Table of contents for No. 172 in GamesTM

BLOOD ALLOY: REBORN Format: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Wii U Publisher: Suppressive Fire Developer: In-house ETA: Q3 2016 INSPIRED BY Metroid and Dark Souls, Blood Alloy: Reborn is the product of a failed Kickstarter campaign that inspired the developer, Suppressive Fire, to go back to the drawing board. The current iteration has been boiled down to its purest form with reworked art and design, and with a much smaller scale game in the works compared to original concept the team is promising a finished product by the time 2016 comes to a close. THE CULLING Format: PC Publisher: Xaviant Games Developer: In-house ETA: Steam Early Access PICTURE YOURSELF on a remote island with 16 people. Now you have 20 minutes to explore, craft weapons before slaying your island brethren.…

BENEATH APPLE MANOR (1978) Argued by some to be the first procedurally-generated game, Beneath Apple Manor is essentially a roguelike, although it predates Rogue by a couple of years. You must work your way through a series of dungeons with ten rooms per level, finally reaching a Golden Apple as your prize on the last floor. ELITE (1984) The legendary space explorer used a similar system of seed numbers to store planetary data as No Man’s Sky does now, using it as a way to reduce the amount of data that was needed to make the game. It ended up with eight galaxies containing 256 planets each, although it could have been a lot more. DIABLO (1996) The great populariser of the dungeon-crawling genre, Diablo used procedural generation for its…

In Dark Souls, we’ve always played some variation of a Cursed Undead, a human that has since been doomed to eternal cycles of death and rebirth – essentially forcing you to lose every inch of your humanity and go hollow. Everything in Lothric is on the brink of disaster – more so than ever. Humanity has already faded, the dark times have consumed all. This means your origin in Dark Souls III is slightly different: a bell chimes, you emerge from a tomb, broken. You aren’t referred to as an Undead this time out, but as an Ashen One. It is often remarked in Dark Souls III that you are “unfit to become a Lord” which is itself a direct contrast with the events of the first Dark Souls. There,…

Football Manager Shouting at your screen after your allegedly good players have lost their third game in a row might not seem strategic, nor does the ‘bid all the money’ approach to transfers, but Football Manager has become an increasingly strategic game as it has become more complex. Mind games and careful management of individuals, bosses and fans all comes together. Galactic Civilizations 2 Along with all other 4x games, Galactic Civilizations 2 (and its series stablemates) blends elements of management, simulation, planning, building, combat and strategy. It is the kind of thing that can and will take over many hours of your life should you give it half a chance. Prison Architect What could have been a simplistic building simulator becomes so much more strategic when you realise how…

1 UNBOX THE HEADSET ONCE YOU’VE GOT THE RIFT IN YOUR HANDS, YOU’LL WANT TO TAKE NOTE OF THE CABLE RUNNING FROM THE TOP OF THE HEADSET. MAKE SURE IT IS ATTACHED SECURELY TO THE PORTS ON THE FRONT OF THE UNIT, AND MAKE SURE IT ISN’T OBSCURING THE LED SENSORS IN ANY WAY. 2 CONNECT TO YOUR PC AT THIS POINT, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY CHECKED THE PC SPECS, AND UPGRADED IF NECESSARY. NEXT, YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SPARE HDMI AND USB PORT OPEN. CONNECT UP THE 10FT CABLES TO YOUR PC, BUT BE WARY OF USING EXTENDERS – IT WILL INTERFERE WITH THE SIGNAL. 3 START THE CONFIGURATION ATTACH THE POSITIONAL TRACKER TO YOUR PC VIA USB, THEN GRAB A COMFORTABLE CHAIR AND ADJUST…

THE CLIMB • If there’s one thing we can say about a Crytek release with absolute certainty, it’s that it’s bound to look stunning. The Climb is no exception; Crytek’s first venture into VR sees the Oculus Rift used to replicate a gorgeous (and stomach-churning) mountain ascension sequence; leaping across rocks in VR is terrifying enough to make your legs a little numb. The Climb has been designed as a competitive experience too, so be sure to get your friends together for some friendly death-defying competition. EVE: VALKYRIE • Without question, EVE: Valkyrie will be VR’s first blockbuster. We’ve had extensive time with Valkyrie, and were immediately impressed by the fast-paced dogfighter. It brings the battles of Battlestar Galactica to life, as you battle relentlessly against other players in beautifully-designed…

DETAILS FORMAT: Xbox One OTHER FORMATS: PS4, PC ORIGIN: Japan PUBLISHER: BandaiNamco Games DEVELOPER: CyberConnect2 PRICE: £44.99 RELEASE: Out now PLAYERS: 1-2 (1-2 Online) ONLINE REVIEWED: No With Masashi Kishimoto’s long-running manga series having finally reached its conclusion, it seems possible that we may not see further tie-in games to accompany it. But if Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is the end for Naruto as a gaming property, it’s a series going out on a high note. This is an evolutionary sequel, doing everything its predecessors did, only bigger and better. Just as in previous entries in the series, this game offers compelling ninja combat based on timing and positioning, and a visual treatment that perfectly captures the spirit of the source material. The core combat has been revamped…

Why make it a run-and-gun? I was a big fan of platform games and side-scrollers, Contra, Super Castlevania, Turrican and Mega Man on SNES were my favourite games. I was also playing the Willow arcade game, which inspired me to push the visual quality on the SNES above other games. I wanted it to be as good a side-scroller as Contra or Castlevania, with the visual quality of arcade games such as Willow or Street Fighter, and vehicle gameplay using Mode 7 as seen in F-Zero. Why did you add different gameplay perspectives? I wanted to allow players to interact with their favourite Star Wars vehicles in third or first-person perspective, and experience the different aspects they’d seen in the movies. I didn’t want to utilise the vehicles in a…

WE BOUGHT INTO THE COMIC BOOK BUSINESS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE MARKETGreg Fischbach, Acclaim CEO Released: 1999 Format: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Inc. Key Staff: Jason Falcus (studio head and development director), Simon Phipps, Guy Miller (game and level design, story), Paul Taylor, Jonathan Ackerley (programming), Trevor Storey, Nick Patrick (art, level design), Tim Haywood (audio) THE EARLY TO MID-NINETIES WERE A SUCCESSFUL PERIOD FOR GLEN COVE’S ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT. Mortal Kombat was raking in the dollars, and with the millions invested by cable company Tele-Communications Inc burning a hole in its pocket, Acclaim was looking for companies to acquire. Valiant Entertainment was founded in 1989, partly by famous Marvel alumni Jim Shooter and Bob Layton. The comics industry was fast approaching its peak, which…

SAs the sun set on 2015, it was easy enough for us to take a step back and declare it a banner year for the current generation – the year open worlds expanded, storytelling evolved and, in many respects, gaming grew up. But through all of the good gaming times, fond memories shared, and accolades awarded across the winter months, it’s also worth remembering that it too was a year peppered with small, but regular disappointments. Because for every release with the impact of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Life Is Strange, there seemed to be an accompanying, heartbreaking, delay. That means 2016 is already packed with the likes of The Division, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Gears Of War 4, and yes,…

Big Park Originally responsible for driving NFL integration with the Xbox 360 and Xbox One forward, the studio has seemingly been consolidated into the Microsoft Game Studios machine as entertainment takes a back seat to gaming. Function Studios Described as an “incubation team at Microsoft Studios under the Xbox division,” Function was responsible for “[bringing] new technologies to the consumer as we did with the Kinect.” Now rumoured to be working on HoloLens. Good Science Responsible for working on the original Kinect tech – as well as the likes of Kinect Adventures, Fun Labs and Star Wars – Good Science is heavily rumoured to be working on launch titles for the upcoming HoloLens tech. SOTA Started alongside many of the other studios listed here, SOTA was rumoured to be working…

“ Whether it was Chess, Go or Senet they paved the way for all modern games ” It’s the oldest genre in the world, predating videogames, computer games, any form of organised game. It forms a base element of near enough all thought processes. Nations have risen – and fallen – because of good and bad use of it. Without strategy, there would be nothing – never mind Civilization, we wouldn’t have a civilisation as we know it. Strategy is, in short, quite an interesting genre. Inxile’s Brian Fargo puts it simply: “Without strategy there is no game,” he says, “Whether I’m playing Civilization, Tiger Woods Golf or Halo I need to be developing some kind of strategy in my mind as to how to approach the problems. It is…

After nearly 12 years away from the frontline of gaming, Doom is returning and while its development has been challenging, the final game looks to have recaptured the same spirit as id’s original shooters. By harking back to some older shooter concepts, Doom is looking to revitalise the genre and stand out from the military shooter crowd. But just what exactly has the team added to Doom to make it so much fun? 01 CLASSIC GAMEPLAY Perhaps the most important choice made by id Software in the development of Doom has been to stick to what the series has always stood for rather than chasing some new vision of what the FPS is supposed to be. Not only does that mean that 2016’s Doom has a classic, down-the-barrel feel to…

One of the biggest problems facing virtual reality is the question of playtime and the potential repercussions. Being that this is brand new technology, it’ll likely be a while before we get definitive answers on whether or not long gaming sessions inside VR – with your eyes so close to two very powerful, magnified screens – will have any long-lasting effects. We’ve often heard developers cite that children under 12 years of age are being advised against long sessions as their eyes are still developing; so if you have kids and want to take them on a virtual-reality adventure, it is worth monitoring the length of their play sessions. Our longest VR session to date has been with EVE: Valkyrie, which clocked in at around six hours of near continuous…

One of the biggest concerns going into virtual reality was the fear of crippling motion sickness destroying any sense of long-term immersion. If we think back to every time we’ve had the opportunity to get eyes-on with Oculus Rift pre-2015, almost every game demo we played lasted for roughly 10 to 15 minutes and would leave us caught between trying not to vomit and completely awestruck by the technology. Thankfully, motion sickness has been all but eliminated from the games that we’ve played on the final headset build. Thankfully, the technology has evolved to match developer ambition. The device is now in a position where it can support lengthy play sessions. “It’s just the tech. Honestly, it’s all tech. Our design is built around player comfort and immediacy; knowing your…

There’s going to be a big, immediate buzz around virtual reality in the coming weeks. It’s a huge deal, after all, and now you all finally have an opportunity to see what we’ve been raving about for years now. But it’s good to keep things in perspective, and it’s worth remembering that this is only the beginning of a very exciting time in our industry. Being an early adopter has never been cheap – remember the first-gen iPhone? They launched at $499.99 with a two-year contract, before eventually inevitably dropping in price. Right now, the Rift is a premium, impressive piece of technology that has the potential to change the way we look at and interact with videogames. But it’s also an experience that’s launching with absent features – such…

30 MINS • Hunting through the night is terrifying, as wolves creep and howl through the shadows, best bring a healthy helping of fire with you for safety. 10 HOURS • Once you begin to progress through the skill trees you’ll be able to tame some incredibly powerful animals to aid you in your journey. 2 DAYS • At this point, you’ll begin to hunt through every corner of the map looking for treasures and cave paintings to wrap up the last achievements.…

DETAILS FORMAT: PC OTHER FORMATS: PS4 ORIGIN: USA PUBLISHER: Choice Provisions DEVELOPER: In-house PRICE: £10.99 RELEASE: Out now PLAYERS: 1 MINIMUM SPEC: OS:Windows 7 x64,Processor: Intel Corei5, Memory: 2 GB RAM,Graphics: DirectX 11compatible graphicscard, Storage: 2 GBavailable space ONLINE REVIEWED: N/A Space travel is hard, unforgiving and dangerous. If you hadn’t worked that out for yourself, Tharsis will make sure you’re aware of it before very long. Having encountered trouble on a journey to Mars, your goal is to keep the ship’s crew alive by managing its food supply, mitigating problems with the ship itself and keeping stress and health in check. This seems intimidating, but a quick play through the tutorial is all it takes for you to get acquainted with the dice-based system that governs your available actions.…

NO MOVIE LICENCE has as many games devoted to it as Star Wars does. Although the first game didn’t arrive until five years after the original film, they soon began arriving thick and fast, eventually reaching saturation point during the early Noughties, when the release of The Phantom Menace and the original trilogy saw interest in the brand peak to an all new high. Interestingly, the first Star Wars games weren’t actually made by Lucasfilm as the studio didn’t have a dedicated games department. Instead the licence was given to the likes of Parker Bros and Atari, although George Lucas would still have the final say on what would appear in the final product. In fact, even when a games division was finally set up at Lucasfilm Star Wars games…

What was the design ethos behind the games? We were focused on creating a game that allowed players to explore Star Wars environments in 3D for the first time. We felt like Dark Forces was an incredible opportunity to build what we all imagined lay beyond the sets created for the movie and bring those environments, characters, and stories to life and make the player feel like they were part of discovering it. So we knew that we needed strong characters and story. And we were also very focused on creating environments that felt as real as was possible given the tools and technology that was available at the time. Did this change at all during development? It didn’t. We started with a vision of creating a game that was…

TUROK: DINOSAUR HUNTER A European launch game for the Nintendo 64, Acclaim’s version of the loin-clothed beast-slayer was a big hit and paved the way for multiple sequels. Developed by Iguana Entertainment (Acclaim Studios in Austin, Texas), the first-person-shooter had its faults, but benefitted from a dearth of similar titles on the N64. The mixed reviews of 2008’s Turok on the Xbox 360 and PS3 appear to have ended the franchise for now. Acclaim itself bowed out with Turok: Evolution in 2002. ARMORINES Created as an adversary for superhero X-O Manowar, the Armorines were a government-sponsored team of super marine soldiers, and a logical choice for a videogame. Another first-person shooter, the game used the same engine as Turok 2, but was received badly, and poor sales ensured there would…

I LOVE SEEING HOW PEOPLE PLAY MY GAMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS – I THINK THAT’S WHAT GIVES ME THE BIGGEST BUZZ SIMON FOSTER ON WORKING WITH CHRIS “I’d come back to the UK on the empty promise of a partnership with an old work colleague and been left unemployed. I put together some images and gave them to my brother who worked at another publishing house, he gave them to the editor of an Amiga magazine. Now he’d been sent a Frogger style game that he liked but the graphics weren’t up to much, so he put me and the programmer in touch with each other. Once I’d shown that I could do the most important thing a designer can do, which is finish the job on time, he put…

CHTHON If you played Quake as a kid, Chthon was one of the most terrifying creatures ever designed, with its demonic face and its powerful lava attacks. VORE Think of this spider-like hybrid horror as Quake’s version ofDoom’s Baron Of Hell. Keep an eye out for its homing ball, due to the significant damage it inflicts. SHUB-NIGGURATH The ruler of monsters and destroyed of worlds, Shub-Niggurath is a tentacle nightmare that arrives in the final moments of Quake. It’s a classic, frantic fight.…

STREET FIGHTER SOCKS • The joy of these socks is that, when wearing shoes, nobody will suspect what is hiding on your foot. For all they know you just have bright socks, right? WRONG. They’re Street Fighter themed, and therefore awesome. www.numskull.co.uk RARE T-SHIRT • For true gaming fans, few logos (or developers) are so widely loved as Rare. Now, with this officially licensed shirt, you can show off your love for the British company by emblazoning its logo on your chest. www.insertcoinclothing.com RYU VARSITY JACKET If you want to show off your Ansatsuken skills outside of the dojo, this is the way to do it. With stylised SF and Ryu logos and a bright colour scheme, it’s the perfect way to get into the Street Fighter mindset. www.numskull.co.uk…

WARREN SPECTOR HAS JOINED THE DEVELOPER OF SYSTEM SHOCK 3 AS DIRECTOR HTC VIVE PREORDERS BROKE THROUGH 15,000 UNITS ONLY TEN MINUTES AFTER GOING ON SALE THE WRITER’S GUILD HAS GIVEN RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER AN AWARD FOR ITS SCRIPT 4 BILLION SESSIONS OF FALLOUT SHELTER HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON IOS AND ANDROID SAYS BETHESDA THE NEW MINECRAFT COMBAT UPDATE IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE MICROSOFT BOUGHT MOJANG DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN IS CAPCOM’S FASTEST SELLING PC GAME EVER, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLISHER…

“A new dedicated handheld couldn’t hope to penetrate the modern market ” With the 3DS reaching a plateau and Wii U lucky to get even a bronze medal out of this generation, it’s plain to see that Nintendo currently stands at with regards to its next hardware release – one route leads to a Wii-style success story, one to another generation of treading water and the last... well, folks round these parts call that one ‘Sega Road’. Nintendo wouldn’t nearly be the first major player to exit the home hardware market – Atari, SNK and Commodore all pulled out long before Dreamcast removed Sega from the equation, but I’m fairly sure that’s not a situation Nintendo plans on dealing with. The handheld market, however, is a different matter, yet one…

What’s your favourite space exploration game? I would actually say the original Elite. What’s your favourite space movie? These are not easy questions! I’m going to say Aliens. What fictional planet would you love to visit? I reckon I would go for Tatooine. Would you take the Virgin Galactic flight? Yes. If I could afford it, absolutely. What indie game has most impressed you recently? Impressed is difficult. Big games for me were Legend Of Grimrock, Talos Principle I really loved. Recently Firewatch and The Witness, they are really impressive. That’s actually the word I would use. This sounds bad, but I don’t think they’re my favourite games ever or anything like that, but they are stunning. What’s your favourite space fact you’ve learnt while making the game ? My…

In applying procedural generation models to art design and audio, art director Grant Duncan and audio director Paul Weir, probably had the biggest adjustments to make to apply their skills to No Man’s Sky. However, it’s the simplicity of the programming that gives them room to explore and create. “You never need to make a system more complex than it absolutely needs to be,” says Weir. “If it’s looking like it’s complex, it’s probably wrong. The research behind it, working through the problem? That’s complicated. The solution is often really straightforward and very simple. That’s what elegant programming is all about. You don’t want complicated programming.” Weir pauses, hesitant for a moment, and turns to Duncan. “Was that bollocks?” “No, it was gold,” laughs Duncan. Weir joins in. “For some…

Both Dark Souls and its sequel Dark Souls II featured the nasty little system where your character would become ‘hollow’ upon dying. You may not have even realised the implications of this happening your first time around, as the game doesn’t care to explain it to you. In the original, being hollow meant you were unable to summon other players for co-op nor be invaded by enemy players. In the sequel, being hollow reduced your maximum hit points up to 50 percent – which was brutal. This could be reversed by spending a very rare resource in the form of Humanity, or Human Effigies; depending on the game. Dark Souls III has seemingly gotten rid of the whole system. It is of course highly possible that it was simply disabled…

Company Of Heroes When the RTS genre was all but dead on its feet, in came this plucky young Second World War upstart and singlehandedly reinvigorated and entire sub-genre. Its sequels are fantastic, but the original still has such an incredible feel to it, it’s hard to recommend anything else in the series over it. Defcon Mutually assured destruction is something satirists can have a field day with when it comes to discussing how it can be called a ‘strategy’ with a straight face. But in playing Defcon you realise just how the total annihilation of life on earth could play out with a bit of thought behind it. Also, it’s actually terrifying. Sins Of A Solar Empire When PCs got more powerful, their strategic elements got deeper. Or, they…

WHAT’S IN THE BOX OCULUS RIFT POSITIONAL TRACKING SENSOR OCULUS REMOTE XBOX ONE WIRELESS CONTROLLER DETACHABLE HEADPHONES W/ MICROPHONE LUCKY’S TALE EVE: VALKYRIE (W/ PRE-ORDERS) Virtual reality has the potential to change the way we look at and experience, well, just about everything. That’s not a statement made purely for editorial impact, it’s just the reality of the situation we now find ourselves in. Between the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Samsung Gear VR, virtual reality is primed to take the world by storm in 2016. Each headset offers different experiences for vastly different audiences, and the ranging financial barriers of entry reflect that. Valve’s collaboration with HTC has brought about the Vive, undoubtedly the first premium consumer VR headset – and one that refuses to compromise on its graphical…

• IN A RUSH TO MEET THE MARKET FIRST, OCULUS RIFT WILL BE WITHOUT ITS KILLER CONTROL INPUT – OCULUS TOUCH. TWO WIRELESS CONTROLLERS THAT ESSENTIALLY FUNCTION IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO PLAYSTATION MOVE OR NINTENDO’S WII MOTES, OCULUS TOUCH GIVES YOU A WILDLY IMMERSIVE VR EXPERIENCE. THE CONTROLLERS – WHICH LOOK LIKE A TRADITIONAL GAMEPAD SPLIT IN HALF – ALLOW YOU TO REACH OUT INTO VIRTUAL SPACE, MAKING HAND GESTURES AND INTERACTING WITH OBJECTS DIRECTLY. WE’RE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE CONTROLLERS MISS THE LAUNCH. IT’S THIS LEVEL OF INTUITIVE INTERACTION THAT MAKES THE HTC VIVE SO APPEALING. HAVING FULL CONTROL OF YOUR ARMS AND HANDS IN A 3D SPACE IS MIND-BLOWING; THE IMPACT THIS STYLE OF CONTROL METHOD HAS ON THE FPS GENRE – WHEN PAIRED WITH THE POSITIONAL…

DETAILS FORMAT: Xbox One OTHER FORMATS: PC, PS4,PS Vita ORIGIN: Britain PUBLISHER: Ubisoft DEVELOPER: Climax Studios PRICE: £7.99 RELEASE: Out now PLAYERS: 1 ONLINE REVIEWED: N/A If it’s going to continue the Assassin’s Creed series can learn a lot from Chronicles: Russia. A 2.5D platformer in the vein of Mark of the Ninja, it strips away so much of the clutter that slows down the mainline Assassin’s series. You don’t have as many gadgets, or skills. And the typically useless free-running mechanic is now simple climbing and jumping – there are still plenty of moments where you’ll fumble and fall, but Chronicles: Russia is much more graceful than 3D outings like Syndicate. Best of all, it dispenses with the typical Assassin’s Creed screen clutter. There are fewer pop-ups, no blinking,…

DETAILS FORMAT: PC ORIGIN: Canada PUBLISHER: Daniel Mullins Games DEVELOPER: In-house PRICE: £3.99 RELEASE: Out now PLAYERS: 1 MINIMUM SPEC: WindowsXP, 2GB RAM, DirectX 9.0,400MB HDD space ONLINE REVIEWED: N/A In Pony Island youcontrola happy little Pony whose only mission in life is to hop over fences and reach the end goal. At least, that’s the facade behind which a more sinister reality awaits. It turns out Pony Island is actually some sort of evil arcade cabinet that traps human souls. The real protagonist of Pony Island is you, the player, and your enemy is the arcade game’s mysterious creator, a seemingly sinister figure that crops up in text form, demanding that you hand over your soul. Yes, this game is a bit weird. This mystery developer has apparently already…

DETAILS FORMAT: PS4 OTHER FORMATS: PC ORIGIN: USA PUBLISHER: La CosaEntertainment DEVELOPER: PeterMoorhead PRICE: £15.99 RELEASE: Out now PLAYERS: 1 ONLINE REVIEWED: N/A There are games that finish with more questions than answers and there are games that finish definitively, everyone getting a clear picture of what has happened in its final moments. KLAUS, a puzzle platformer, is of the former variety, its thought-provoking narrative leaving players to put the pieces together. Waking up with amnesia in a basement, you play as Klaus, so named because of the tattoo on his arm. Once you’ve dusted yourself off, an existential journey through the building begins, meeting bosses and a brawny playable friend, KI, along the way. Breaking the fourth wall via textual speech, the protagonist addresses the player constantly. This method…

What was it like working on Star Wars? It was the most intense project that I had ever been involved in, let alone being the project leader and game designer. Every single day was a battle of issues involving every department associated with Star Wars’ development. From a team perspective, we were up against shared company resources, along with trying to create the impossible. New technology, a game worthy of the Star Wars name and a product that would out-earn any other game of the time were just some of the daily pressures we faced. And let’s not forget the creation of a brand new controller, voice and music to the mix? Was Lucasfilm a stickler for detail? From the initial meeting with the licensing group to all the follow-up…

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“It came right at the end when we were finishing off the PC version. The infamous Columbine school massacre took place in April 1999, and this led to the sudden and arguably misguided opinion that violent video games were a key factor. I believe Acclaim CEO Greg Fischbach was called before a senate committee investigating the issue, or something like that. Afterwards, as a result of what was discussed, or nervousness about the public perception of violent videogames, the order came through that Shadow Man’s content should be toned down. Gore was cut down across the board, and as quickly as possible. I got an interesting bug caused by this rapid censoring. There was one room where the tiled ceiling bled if you shot it. The collision detection was reporting…