#outrun
#outrun
By: Omar (@siegarettes)
Playstation Mobile is about to be put to rest, but not before one final shout before its end. Oh Deer! is both thorough homage and recontextualization, something that repurposes the aesthetics and vibrations of the original game for a cheap and absurd shock. That is, it’s an Outrun style driving game where you drive a station wagon through lines of deer on your way to grandma’s house.
by Omar (@neo_graphyte)
Konami has announced the cancellation of Silent Hills, the ephemeral new entry in their horror franchise. With it came the takedown of P.T. from the Playstation Store, the removal of the ability to redownload the game for previous owners, and blowback against users attempting to sell PS4s with copies of the game on eBay.
Recently, NBA2K14 had its servers taken down by its publisher. While this is standard business practice for older games, especially sports titles, this one was especially notable because 2K14 was built around online play. Not only were multiplayer options removed, but players’ career modes, characters and single player progress was wiped as well.
In April 2015, the Entertainment Software Association declared that attempts to preserve abandoned games, even by archivists or museums, was illegal, calling it too close to piracy or hacking.
Digital worlds are disappearing. Our history is being erased.
By Omar (@siegarettes)
I’m a SEGA kid. Despite never having owned a Genesis (or even played an actual unit in the flesh), SEGA’s catalog of esoteric characters and arcade legacy built itself a home in my heart. Because of that, the original Sega All Stars Racing, with its litany of references to classic SEGA franchises proved to be an unexpected joy from me. It helped that it was a decent (if absurdly unbalanced) racer as well.
All Stars Transformed proves to be an equally joyous celebration, while also sharpening up the racing mechanics and adding transforming vehicles to the mix. Yes, as the race goes on paths will change with events in the stage, adding an element of dynamism to the tracks.