http://shezcrafti.com A gamer, geek, and girl who doesn't get out much. Fri, 18 May 2012 23:43:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://shezcrafti.com/latest-quantum-conundrum-trailer-is-also-a-science-lesson/ http://shezcrafti.com/latest-quantum-conundrum-trailer-is-also-a-science-lesson/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 23:18:19 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5944
Quantum Conundrum , the upcoming first-person action/puzzle game from Airtight Games  (and designed by Kim Swift, one of the lead designers who gave the world the amazingness that is Portal ) has a new trailer out today that will give you a very sciencey lesson about time and physics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMk-iVbA_0g It’s SCIENCE! There’s a Dimension [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/latest-quantum-conundrum-trailer-is-also-a-science-lesson/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/brutal-stunning-new-trailer-for-the-last-of-us/ http://shezcrafti.com/brutal-stunning-new-trailer-for-the-last-of-us/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:46:06 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5850
Topping my list of most anticipated console games this year is  The Last of Us , Naughty Dog’s upcoming highly-anticipated post-apocalyptic thriller for PS3 (exclusive). Every screenshot and teaser we’ve gotten for this game keeps out-doing itself in terms of visuals, which are among the most gorgeous for any game I’ve ever seen, even surpassing [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/brutal-stunning-new-trailer-for-the-last-of-us/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/beautiful-bass-guitar-covers-of-gray-matter-gabriel-knight-themes/ http://shezcrafti.com/beautiful-bass-guitar-covers-of-gray-matter-gabriel-knight-themes/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:03:56 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5828
Music is one of the most memorable things about Jane Jensen’s dark and mysterious adventure games, especially the music in Gray Matter and Gabriel Knight . Both games’ musical scores were composed by the extraordinarily talented Robert Holmes, who also happens to be Jane’s husband. Currently the pair are wrapping up the final three days [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/beautiful-bass-guitar-covers-of-gray-matter-gabriel-knight-themes/feed/ 2 http://shezcrafti.com/the-kingdom-of-loathing-creators-have-a-kickstarter-project-word-realms/ http://shezcrafti.com/the-kingdom-of-loathing-creators-have-a-kickstarter-project-word-realms/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:56 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5806
Hey, remember Kingdom of Loathing –the simplistic but fun (and funny as hell) free online RPG-that-makes-fun-of-other-RPGs drawn with stick figures? Well it’s creators have started up a new project on KickStarter called Word Realms , a massively multiplayer online RPG that’s also a word game. Sounds crazy, right? You’ll do battle by making words out [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/the-kingdom-of-loathing-creators-have-a-kickstarter-project-word-realms/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/15-dope-sega-nintendo-rap-lyrics-from-back-in-the-day/ http://shezcrafti.com/15-dope-sega-nintendo-rap-lyrics-from-back-in-the-day/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:11:35 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5505
(By the way, are white girls allowed to say “dope”?) Rap’s love affair with video games is nothing new . Rappers have been dropping video game references since back in the day, which for me began in the late ‘80s and lasted through 1999, the year I graduated high school. During that time I was [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/15-dope-sega-nintendo-rap-lyrics-from-back-in-the-day/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/go-exploring-in-mysterious-gone-home-game/ http://shezcrafti.com/go-exploring-in-mysterious-gone-home-game/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 03:07:16 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5462
The upcoming Gone Home is an awfully adventure-ish looking  game by the newly launched Fullbright Company , which was started by three ex-Bioshock developers. Gone Home has been in development for several months and will be the company’s first game. I say “adventureish” because the game is described as “a mysterious exploration game set in [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/go-exploring-in-mysterious-gone-home-game/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/rumor-is-gabriel-knight-4-in-the-works-mystery-game-x/ http://shezcrafti.com/rumor-is-gabriel-knight-4-in-the-works-mystery-game-x/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:48:06 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5445
In her latest video update for KickStarter, adventure game designer Jane Jensen dropped a huge bombshell on her fans: Her new community-supported game studio, Pinkerton Road (which recently achieved a $300K fundraising goal on KickStarter to produce its first game  Moebius ) will be producing a second game this year, code-named “Mystery Game X.” Rumors [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/rumor-is-gabriel-knight-4-in-the-works-mystery-game-x/feed/ 2 http://shezcrafti.com/the-perfect-strangers-video-game-youve-never-dreamed-of/ http://shezcrafti.com/the-perfect-strangers-video-game-youve-never-dreamed-of/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:04:53 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5340
Have you ever dreamed there was a video game based on the oddball ‘80s sitcom Perfect Strangers ? Yeah, me either. But now that there is one I’m inclined to believe I just never dared to dream big enough. Thanks to a designer named Jason Oda, the world of video games just got a little bit [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/the-perfect-strangers-video-game-youve-never-dreamed-of/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/the-hit-squad-the-worlds-first-8-bit-feature-film/ http://shezcrafti.com/the-hit-squad-the-worlds-first-8-bit-feature-film/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:30:35 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5247
So, a couple of ridiculously attractive guys  (that was for the benefit of my female readers) known creatively as the Super Pixel Bros . are in the process of making the world’s first 8-bit feature film called The Hit Squad . As if that doesn’t sound radical enough, The Hit Squad will be a throwback [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/the-hit-squad-the-worlds-first-8-bit-feature-film/feed/ 6 http://shezcrafti.com/some-awesome-guy-edited-all-three-uncharted-games-into-movies/ http://shezcrafti.com/some-awesome-guy-edited-all-three-uncharted-games-into-movies/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:50:03 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=5147
Love  Uncharted but can’t wait for the upcoming film that’s taking Hollywood a painfully long time to make? Here’s something to tide you over: Reddit user morphinapg who is totally fucking awesome, according to my official sources, had the good graces to edit all three Uncharted  games into feature-length movies.  He did so by splicing together [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/some-awesome-guy-edited-all-three-uncharted-games-into-movies/feed/ 4 http://shezcrafti.com/ni-no-kuni-is-one-of-the-most-gorgeous-ps3-games-ive-seen/ http://shezcrafti.com/ni-no-kuni-is-one-of-the-most-gorgeous-ps3-games-ive-seen/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:01:33 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4627
Seriously. Just look at these Ni No Kuni screenshots and try not to drool: More screenshots at IGN here  and the game’s English trailer is here . Ni No Kuni  has been out in Japan since last November, but sadly the game’s Western release has been delayed as Kotaku reports: Originally scheduled to appear later [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/ni-no-kuni-is-one-of-the-most-gorgeous-ps3-games-ive-seen/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/will-moebius-be-jane-jensens-first-pinkerton-road-adventure-game/ http://shezcrafti.com/will-moebius-be-jane-jensens-first-pinkerton-road-adventure-game/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:52:39 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4595
This weekend, backers of Jane Jensen’s Pinkerton Road KickStarter project  (who pledged $16 or more) are voting on which adventure game the studio will produce first. In the running are three titles: Moebius –  A metaphysical sci-fi thriller in the vein of Dante’s Equation and Gabriel Knight Gray Matter II: The Ties that Bind –  [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/will-moebius-be-jane-jensens-first-pinkerton-road-adventure-game/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/my-top-10-favorite-nintendo-game-soundtracks/ http://shezcrafti.com/my-top-10-favorite-nintendo-game-soundtracks/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:06:16 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4290
Someone asked me on Twitter today what one of my favorite Nintendo game soundtracks is. And true to form, I couldn’t really make up my mind. My favorite NES game soundtrack?! You might as well ask me what my favorite episode of Dark Shadows is (Answer: all of them .) Anyway, it got me thinking. [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/my-top-10-favorite-nintendo-game-soundtracks/feed/ 4 http://shezcrafti.com/the-reading-glove-project-real-life-adventure-games/ http://shezcrafti.com/the-reading-glove-project-real-life-adventure-games/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:41:19 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4246
Have you ever wished it was possible to play point-and-click style adventure games in real life--using real locations and touching real objects? (No? Am I the only one?) The Reading Glove is an amazing technological research project that might make "real life adventure games" a reality one day.]]> http://shezcrafti.com/the-reading-glove-project-real-life-adventure-games/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/what-game-of-thrones-looks-like-in-16-bits/ http://shezcrafti.com/what-game-of-thrones-looks-like-in-16-bits/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:03:39 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4238
That magnificent bastard Doctor Octoroc, the video game artist and musician who gave the interwebz such gems as the 8-bit Saved by the Bell game and 8-Bit Breaking Bad (among lots of other assorted kickassery) has done it again with 16-bit Game of Thrones.]]> http://shezcrafti.com/what-game-of-thrones-looks-like-in-16-bits/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/straight-outta-console-nintendo-infused-nerdcore-hip-hop/ http://shezcrafti.com/straight-outta-console-nintendo-infused-nerdcore-hip-hop/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:20:34 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4177
Straight Outta Console: The Nintendo Thumb Mixtape is a fresh as hell nerdcore album by rapper Heath McNease that sounds like what was born after your Nintendo banged a hip hop CD. No, really–it does!  Have a listen:   “I did it all for Tanuki?” Come on now, that’s some clever shit. Actually, the whole [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/straight-outta-console-nintendo-infused-nerdcore-hip-hop/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/jane-jensen-launches-new-game-studio-pinkerton-road-and-kickstarter-project/ http://shezcrafti.com/jane-jensen-launches-new-game-studio-pinkerton-road-and-kickstarter-project/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:02:53 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4065
Jane Jensen , the legendary adventure game designer who brought us the incredible Gabriel Knight series of games and Gray Matter (my personal favorite adventure game of the past few years), has launched a new game studio called Pinkerton Road out of her Lancaster, PA farm. To fund the new company and its upcoming game [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/jane-jensen-launches-new-game-studio-pinkerton-road-and-kickstarter-project/feed/ 1 http://shezcrafti.com/adventures-in-pixels-is-an-illustrated-album-of-chiptunes-music/ http://shezcrafti.com/adventures-in-pixels-is-an-illustrated-album-of-chiptunes-music/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:25:33 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=4033
If you enjoy chiptunes music--and ever spent hours on end crawling dungeons and slaying 8-bit dragons--then you'll want to check out Adventures in Pixels by songwriter and musician Ben Landis. It's an album full of delightful chiptunes accompanied by a comic of original artwork that illustrates each song with added humor that only gamers can appreciate.]]> http://shezcrafti.com/adventures-in-pixels-is-an-illustrated-album-of-chiptunes-music/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/the-cures-just-like-heaven-meets-mario-paint/ http://shezcrafti.com/the-cures-just-like-heaven-meets-mario-paint/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:55:13 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=3775
Feast your eyes and ears on this delightful version of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” made with Mario Paint. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkxALBPmE8I Yeah, I know there are tons of Mario Paint videos out there, but this is one of my favorite songs and I’m a little disappointed that it has less than a thousand views. It was [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/the-cures-just-like-heaven-meets-mario-paint/feed/ 0 http://shezcrafti.com/are-casual-games-getting-better-or-am-i-just-getting-older/ http://shezcrafti.com/are-casual-games-getting-better-or-am-i-just-getting-older/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:03:43 +0000 shezcrafti http://shezcrafti.com/?p=3622
A worrisome thought struck me the other day as I lay in bed playing Cut the Rope on my Droid:  are these casual games getting better or am I just getting older? Why is it that I’m sitting here playing a casual game when I still haven’t finished Skyrim , or even unwrapped my copy [...]]]> http://shezcrafti.com/are-casual-games-getting-better-or-am-i-just-getting-older/feed/ 1