games

Spellborn fan-made video 2009-01-26 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn fan-made video

It seems a YouTube-member and TCOS-player by the name of lumay2u was pretty happy with the looks of The Chronicles of Spellborn and created a video to …

2009-05-25 — Vincent Leeuw

Bashers Podcast: Narrative In Games

Last week I was asked to join in on a podcast concerning narrative structures in games at my old writing home Bashers. I earned my seat on the podcast thanks …

2009-06-28 — Vincent Leeuw

When easy is not easy enough

“Should you be bombarded with one-hit-kills when you are playing a game on Easy?” That, in short, is the main question that got stuck in my head during the …

Spellborn enters the Deadspell Storm 2009-07-02 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn enters the Deadspell Storm

If you didn’t catch the news elsewhere already: Spellborn Works went bankrupt. In short this means all of us who worked on the game are now without a job. But …

2009-07-14 — Vincent Leeuw

InFamous urban exploration

While everybody seems to be focused on the differences between Prototype and InFamous, I found myself curiously forgetting about the entire comparison as I was …

2009-07-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Trashy physics

Generally speaking, I don’t like physics in games. So in a way, I don’t like Trash Panic. This downloadable PlayStation Network puzzle game for PS3 has a great …

2009-08-03 — Vincent Leeuw

Metroid Prime's alien progression

Last week a friend of mine started playing Metroid Prime for the first time. While he enjoyed the game immensely, to me it was a bit of revelation to watch him …

2009-08-05 — Vincent Leeuw

WipEout AD-HD

I just downright love WipEout HD. Yet, it suffered some serious neglect after other games were released right after its launch last year. Small wonder then, …

2009-08-21 — Vincent Leeuw

Shadow Complex (X360)

“This is not the greatest Metroid in the world. This is just a tribute.”

2009-09-01 — Vincent Leeuw

The spirit of Batman: Arkham Asylum

It’s actually quite hard to pinpoint exactly what makes Batman: Arkham Asylum so good. That’s not to say that there’s nothing to point at, but rather that …

2009-09-05 — Vincent Leeuw

Metroid: Other M (Wii)

Just over 11 hours and another Metroid has been completed 100%. You could say that means I can now start waiting two to three years again to get my next fix, …

2009-09-11 — Vincent Leeuw

Daredevil

According to BrainHex.com I’m a class Daredevil gamer. Even better, my sub-class seems to be a Daredevil-Seeker, or in plain English: You like rushing around …

2009-09-28 — Vincent Leeuw

A little less blood

It’s weird. Some time ago it was announced that Ninja Gaiden Σ2 would contain less blood than its Xbox 360 original. I remember applauding that stance back …

2009-10-09 — Vincent Leeuw

100% Tetris

Tetris and handhelds go hand in hand. After all, it was the original portable brick – the Game Boy – that made it a common household name. So it was quite …

2009-12-04 — Vincent Leeuw

Moederziel online in Demon’s Souls

In februari dit jaar bracht Sony’s Japan Studio in samenwerking met From Software de game Demon’s Souls uit voor de PlayStation 3. De game verwierf vrij snel …

2010-01-03 — Vincent Leeuw

A tale of blades & Demon's Souls

Demon’s Souls must’ve been one of the bigger surprises of 2009 for me. The positive exposure it got just about everywhere was intriguing, but even as I …

2010-05-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Of repaints and retools

Funny thing. When you are making toys you want to sell a lot of them.> Makes sense right? So when you’ve got a set of toys, it’s a bit silly to cast them …

2010-07-22 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Down the Mountain

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-07-25 — Vincent Leeuw

In Limbo

I suddenly remembered I still had to download Limbo. A one-and-a-half hours later I seem to have accumulated a score of '70', which for some reason my brain …

2010-07-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Lost Spirit

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-05 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Lerrick's Journal

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn shuts down in the US

I'm in doubt whether I should be surprised about The Chronicles of Spellborn being shut down over at Playdom (who bought Acclaim Games) or I should be …

2010-08-12 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Cauldronborn

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …

2010-08-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn: Beakless

Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …