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The Post-E3 Games Showcase Era, Summer 2024 Highlights: Part II

In the ashes of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, amid the bloat and pretense of the games industry, always must there be a presentation... always must there be game trailers... and always must there be those who commentate. So it is that we find ourselves in the aftermath of this year's collected summer showcases, a cavalcade of announcements and information to parse in its wake. For my part, I set forth to note the games that stood out among the pack. Today, we go over the high points of the Future Games Show , the Xbox Games Showcase , the PC Gaming Show and, yes , even the Ubisoft Forward . Heaven help us all... Future Games Show The High Point: Duck Detective: The Secret Salami The premise of “riffing on the hardboiled detective story with talking cartoon animals” would be a fine selling point for a game in itself. The choice to also lean into a sticker book aesthetic, complete with characters hobbling around as barely moving objects in a scene? Now that's a fun time ...

NU ROGUE SQUADRON! - Kurt Pitches

Yep, it’s that time again. Introducing Kurt Pitches… , the series where I put forth my own idea of how this or that project should be developed. Be it a film sequel, a hypothetical game idea, or the entire restructuring of a franchise, this is where I toss out my carefully concocted pitch for success. Today’s subject in question: the much loved, long-in-hiatus Star Wars Rogue Squadron series. BACKGROUND From 1998 through to 2003, developer Factor 5 was tasked with the creation of the Rogue Squadron trilogy of flight combat games, set in the Star Wars universe but largely taking place before & concurrently with the events of the Original Trilogy (at that time LucasFilm and their game development subsidiary LucasArts were leery about games based directly on the films’ events). On the whole the trilogy is beloved by fans and critics alike - despite the third game declining a bit in quality in strikingly similar fashion to Star Fox Assault - which in the present has lead to...

CAPTAIN PRICE - Character Study

Hello again. So, as teased last time, we’re glancing behind the curtain at one of Call of Duty’s most front-and-center characters who - despite that publicity - hasn’t quite received the critical analysis I feel he deserves. For today we’re talking about Captain John Price, of the British Special Air Service. Let’s move out. Price has been this kind of quietly looming presence in the series since its inception. He doesn’t always have the spotlight, but when he does show up it’s usually memorable and definitely liable to include gunfire and/or explosions. Though he did originally show up in the first Call of Duty game - set in World War II, in case you missed it - Captain Price was somewhat of a bit player, an extra NPC who provided covering fire during a handful of missions, chatted with you a bit and ultimately sacrificed himself during one of the later missions. His role was beefed up a bit for the partially-set-in-Africa sequel, but it would only be in the Modern Warfar...

Kurt Talks E3

HENRY CAVILL DISAPPOINTS ME - Kurt's Korner Episode 2

Just a little taste of what's to come from my assorted channels and outlets (for more content along those lines, and for some fun silly good times check out Octorok's full channel here ).