Gaming Round-Up: December 7, 2015

"Assassin's Creed Syndicate concept" by Zhou Shuo

News: Doublefine is trying to crowdfund Psychonauts 2.  The news has been met with mixed reactions, and this 2005 post-mortem of the first game by executive producer Caroline Esmurdoc offers a little insight as to why this game inspires strong opinions.

News: Telltale is making a Batman game. Relatedly, the Arkham Knight is the newest unlockable character in Injustice.

Doctor Omar Hafeez-Bore offers a refreshingly positive perspective on gaming in an article at Eurogamer entitled "Why I play video games."

How do the games we know and love look to a person in their late fifties, coming to the medium with no experience? Theatre professor Michael Evenden tells us.

Posters: Leap Of Faith

"Leap Of Faith" by Valencia, Spain-based Coke Navarro

Prints available for purchase from French Paper Art Club. €35

Posters: Assassin’s Creed

Assassin’s Creed by Noble-6

Prints available for purchase from RedBubble.

Paintings: Assassins Creed

"Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad -Assassins Creed" by BurnsidesManor

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$8

Gaming Round-Up: February 2, 2015

"Assassin’s Creed Unity" by Michele Frigo

News: Microsoft announced at their Windows 10 unveiling that the Xbox One will be able to remotely stream to Windows 10 PCs, enabling gamers to play their Xbox without playing their Xbox.

News: Nintendo has announced a program to share YouTube ad revenue with YouTubers who play the company’s games, and man are some people upset about it.

6 Reasons Grim Fandango still holds up as One of the Greatest Games Ever

ARS Technica considers What Super Bowl ads can tell us about the game market

The Daily Dot considers 4 games that would make awesome, unconventional esports

Googled Donkey Kong and found this site that allows you to play the game. There’s also Pacman, Mario and Galaga.  It's a real blast from the past for us Gen-X gamers.

Half-Life levels from an isometric perspective.

Posters: Assassin’s Creed: Victory

"Assassin’s Creed: Victory" by UK-based Lewis Dowsett

Posters: Assassin’s Creed Unity

"Tricolore - Assassin's Creed: Unity" by Mirco Zett

ACU Posterspy.com competition Entry