Nick Cummings
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Posts by Nick Cummings
Regarding the Xbox Live price bump
August 30, 2010 - 10:50 am
Tags: inflation, Major Nelson, prices, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Gold
Posted in Editorials | 1 comment
News broke this morning that prices for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold service will be increasing as of November 1. Here are the specifics: 1 month: $9.99, up from $7.99; approximately a 25% increase 3 months: $24.99, up from $19.99; approximately a 25% increase 12 months: $59.99, up from $49.99; approximately a 20% increase This seems [...]
Backlog: Silicon Sasquatch’s Finest Hour edition
July 23, 2010 - 11:07 am
Tags: DeathSpank, Dragon Quest IX, Forza 3, Helsing's Fire, Limbo, NCAA Football 11, Ron Gilbert, Scott Pilgrim
Posted in Backlog | 3 comments
So this book called Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour came out this week. You might not have read the series yet, but you’ve probably heard about the comics, or the upcoming game, or the movie starring Michael Cera. The reason it bears mentioning is that it’s a spot-on representation of the minds and memories of all [...]
Review: Limbo (Xbox Live Arcade)
July 22, 2010 - 2:56 pm
Tags: Limbo, Playdead, Summer of Arcade, XBLA, Xbox Live
Posted in Reviews | 5 comments
I’ve tried to keep some distance from the debate over whether games can be — or currently are — art. It’s my belief that art is in the eye of the beholder, so who cares if a few critics (including some critics of another medium entirely) disagree? I’ve had experiences with games that have been [...]
Book Review: Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
July 21, 2010 - 3:59 pm
Tags: Ferraris, id, Ion Storm, John Carmack, John Romero, Masters of Doom
Posted in Book reviews, Reviews | No comments
Editor’s note: Sometimes — purely by accident — we end up spending our free time on things that aren’t games. In an effort to make the site more useful and to encourage us to write more, I’ve decided to take a stab at a good, old-fashioned book review. In case you’re drawing a blank: books [...]
Survey Results
June 23, 2010 - 7:28 pm
Posted in Editorials, Surveys | 2 comments
Astute readers might remember that we asked for your input a while ago in the form of a general readership survey. We think we’re pretty good at establishing our strengths and faults (particularly the latter), but we wanted to get some insight from you guys to see where you’d like to see us go from [...]
Revitalizing World Tour in Rock Band
May 19, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Tags: DLC, Harmonix, Rock Band, Rock Band 3
Posted in Editorials | No comments
It’s no secret that I’m a die-hard Rock Band fan. Ever since Frequency came out nearly a decade ago, I’ve avidly followed Harmonix’s rise from a small studio building relatively niche rhythm games into what is now the undisputed leader in high-quality music gaming. From the time Rock Band first arrived in 2007, I don’t [...]
The Backlog: Hey Ken, can I borrow that lawnmower? edition
May 15, 2010 - 10:29 am
Tags: Bejeweled Blitz, Demon's Souls, Forza Motorsport 3, Mass Effect 2, Mother 3, PES 2010, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Super Street Fighter 4, Torchlight, words with friends
Posted in Backlog | No comments
Street Fighter season is officially back in full swing, and you know what that means: Ken jokes are in vogue once again. Whether you’re poring over exhaustive guides to master Ken’s deeply nuanced fighting style or just enjoying a brain-dead pun, there’s no time like the present to dig into Capcom’s latest fighter. Of course, [...]
Readership Survey – Please respond!
Hi everyone, As Aaron and I have been brainstorming ways to keep improving the Silicon Sasquatch experience, we thought it would be useful to have our readers weigh in and give us a fair assessment of how things are going, what’s working well and what needs to be improved. To that end, I put together [...]
Review: Bayonetta (Xbox 360)
May 3, 2010 - 8:21 am
Tags: Bayonetta, character action, Platinum Games, PlayStation 3, Sega, Xbox 360
Posted in Reviews | 2 comments
What, exactly, is going on in Bayonetta? That question has weighed heavily on me throughout the last few months, from the moment I launched the game to the present day, where I find myself in the middle of my third playthrough. And, frankly, that question is a big part of why this review has taken [...]