Paul Brownlee

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is a package with Dark Souls II, the three downloadable Lost Crown chapters, and some brand new content. FromSoftware expanded on the story, added a NPC, improved the gameplay, and made new event scenes.

Read Huge Dark Souls II Update For PS3, Xbox 360, And PC Scheduled For February 2015 on Siliconera!

Cabbagetroll's masterful summary of the Bible (both testaments) on Reddi's /r/Christianity really captures the books' spirit. Read the rest

Sony’s Playstation advertising used to be clever and weird and manipulative. Now it just makes me think of a ship burning faster than it can sink.

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Smash Bros. for TI-83/84 calculators ⊟

Obviously, we’re not talking about a 1-for-1 port here. You’re not going to be playing For Glory matches online with Rosalina’s full moveset against three other people in the Nintendogs stage. That doesn’t make this Smash Bros. Open TI-83/84 project from Hayleia any less impressive. It looks like the game only supports Falco and Fox so far, but it has multiplayer. Oh, and it’s free. If you want more than that, maybe you can help Hayleia with development.

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it comes the excitement of impending Black Friday deals on the hottest gifts of the holiday season. Ever since its launch one year ago, PlayStation 4 has been the number one console, and today I’m pleased to officially announce two Black Friday PS4 bundles featuring some of the biggest games of the year for gamers in the United States and Canada.

The first bundle is the Grand Theft Auto V PS4 Black Friday Bundle featuring a 500GB PS4 and a copy of Grand Theft Auto V, as well as a digital download voucher for The Last of Us Remastered — all for just $399.99 USD/$449.99 CAD. Get a brand new PS4 just in time for the holidays with this epic bundle!

The critically acclaimed open world, Grand Theft Auto V, comes to PlayStation 4 with a host of technical upgrades and enhancements including enhanced resolution, greater draw distances, new wildlife, vehicles and weapons, and a brand new seamlessly integrated first-person mode.

Good news for all those who have already spent countless hours exploring everything Grand Theft Auto Online has to offer on PS3 or Xbox 360 — with Grand Theft Auto V on PS4, you can transfer your existing GTA Online characters and progress to your PS4 so you don’t have to start over. And if you are making your return to Los Santos and Blaine County on PS4, you’ll also get access to exclusive vehicles, weapons, collectibles and more.

This bundle also provides the perfect opportunity to play The Last of Us Remastered — the definitive version of the game that won over 200 game of the year awards — featuring enhanced visuals and loads of additional content.

Our second Black Friday bundle features a 500GB PS4, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and LittleBigPlanet 3 — all for just $399.99 USD/$449.99 CAD. Pack your space suit and join LEGO Batman on an out-of-this-world adventure as the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. And in LittleBigPlanet 3, you can explore a world filled with limitless imagination as Sackboy and his new cast of friends — OddSock, Swoop and Toggle.

Make sure you mark your calendars for Black Friday, because these bundles won’t last long. Check your local retailer and pick them up while supplies last to get the ultimate deal on PS4!

Nerval's Lobster writes While pundits and analysts debate about diversity in Silicon Valley, one thing is very clear: Black Americans make up a very small percentage of tech workers. At Facebook, Google, and Yahoo, that number is a bit less than 2 percent of their respective U.S. workforces; at Apple, it's closer to 7 percent. Many executives and pundits have argued that the educational pipeline remains one of the chief impediments to hiring a more diverse workforce, and that as long as universities aren't recruiting a broader mix of students for STEM degrees, the corporate landscape will suffer accordingly. But black IT entrepreneurs and professionals tell Dice that the problem goes much deeper than simply widening the pipeline; they argue that racial bias, along with lingering impressions of what a 'techie' should look like, loom much larger than any pipeline issue.

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Bloodborne brings FromSoftware and Sony Computer Entertainment's Japan Studio back together for the first time since Demon's Souls.

Read Bloodborne Bumped Back To March 26 In Japan on Siliconera!

Within the span of a day, the Kickstarter campaign for Sekai Project’s translation of Clannad has reached its funding goal.

Read Clannad Kickstarter Reaches Funding Goal In A Day on Siliconera!

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Capcom have shared more footage from the English-language version of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, this time demonstrating multiplayer gameplay.

Read Capcom Show Off Multiplayer Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate In English on Siliconera!

Project Nimbus is Now Available on Steam Early Access!

Project Nimbus is a high speed mech action game set in a post apocalyptic world. Players control 'BattleFrames' - humanoid battles suits armed with an arsenal of weapons.

In the latest episode of “Clueless Gamer,” Conan plays Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

Read Conan O’ Brian Finds The Odd Things In Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on Siliconera!

This month we’ve got even more day and date releases into PlayStation Plus including The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on PS4, Frozen Synapse Prime on PS3 and the Hungry Horde on PS Vita. Our members will also receive the delightful Steamworld Dig on PS4, addictive Luftrausers on PS3 and charming Escape Plan on PS Vita.

Our PS4 members will discover what randomly generated evils lie in the basement in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, as well as dig for treasures below a western town populated by robots with Steamworld Dig. For PlayStation 3, our members will receive two types of shooters, Frozen Synapse Prime which requires a strategic mind, and the more arcade-y Luftrausers. Finally, our Vita owners can enjoy the touch-screen puzzler Escape Plan as well as The Hungry Horde, where you’ll try and amass the largest zombie horde possible before the government catches on!

All of these games will be free for Plus members starting today when PlayStation Store updates.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PS4 | PS VITA)

Free for PS Plus members
The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey, players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him superhuman abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the ultimate of remakes with an all-new highly efficient game engine, all-new hand-drawn pixel style artwork, highly polished visual effects, all-new soundtrack and audio by Ridiculon, and hundreds upon hundreds of designs, redesigns and re-tuned enhancements by series creator, Edmund McMillen.

Steamworld Dig (PS4 | PS VITA)

Free for PS Plus members
SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure with strong Metroidvanian influences. Take the role of Rusty, a lone mining steambot, as he arrives at an old mining town in great need. Dig your way through the old earth, gaining riches while uncovering the ancient threat that lurks below…

Frozen Synapse Prime (PS3)

Free for PS Plus members
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a small rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers from shotgunners and snipers, to grenadiers and machine-gunners in the ultimate turn-based strategy game. Plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn. Combat plays out on procedural, 3D, destructible and customizable battlefields.

Luftrausers (PS3 | PS VITA)

Free for PS Plus members
The skies will be set aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Select from over 125 combinations of weapons, bodies, and propulsion systems and take to the skies to battle enemy fighter planes, battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores. Bravely volunteer for one of over 100 daring missions and become the most legendary Rauser pilot of all time!

Escape Plan (PS Vita | PS4)

Free for PS Plus members
Escape Plan takes advantage of the PlayStation®Vita system’s multi-touch display, rear touch panel, swipe interfaces and motion sensor, putting the fate of Lil & Laarg in the palm of your hand. Players can swipe, tap, poke, squeeze and slap our hapless heroes and interact with the unique and twisted puzzles of each room. Only you can help them survive before their captor and nemesis, Bakuki, recycles them and turns them into his minions. Swipe as if your life depended on it in this exclusive survival-humor game for the PS Vita system.

The Hungry Horde (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members
Lead a horde of zombies on a manic mission to expand the ranks of the undead and destroy humanity. Battle the clock and attempt to trash the planet in this highly addictive, run-till-you-die zombie rampage – one game and you’ll be “turned”!

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I've never actually played Five Nights at Freddy's, but I do love watching the reaction videos.



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New wave of Sega 3D Classics coming to the West ⊟

More Sega 3D classics coming to North America and Europe’s eShop! It starts early next year with After Burner II, which will be followed up with monthly releases include 3D Fantasy Zone, 3D OutRun, 3D Fantasy Zone II, and 3D Thunder Blade. They’ll be priced at $5.99/€4.99/£4.49 each.

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The game will launch on November 11th, 2014 via digital PC stores (including Steam) for $19.99.

Read Valkyria Chronicles Reaches PC On November 11th on Siliconera!

Shovel Knight has been out for a few months now, but developer Yacht Club aren’t done with the game yet.

Read Shovel Knight Will Get New Playable Characters After Its European Release on Siliconera!

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Pix the Cat: adventures in the micro-labyrinth ⊟

Take one part Pac-Man: Championship Edition, one part Snake — like, the thing for your old phone — and one part the unimaginable microcosm inside every living creature, and you get Pix the Cat. It’s an arcade maze action game that takes you, much like the Tuck Pendleton machine, ever deeper into Inner Space.

It’s fairly simple to describe: you pick up eggs around a maze, which hatch into ducklings that follow behind you. You then deposit them into designated spaces elsewhere in the maze. Then an exit opens up to the next stage.

However, every little aspect of this simple game is tweaked to make it feel unique. Your combo meter goes up as you collect eggs, but is broken if you deposit a duckling before collecting all of them — or if you run into your own trail of baby ducks. So you have to very carefully plan your route around the stage to pick up all the eggs, then drop them off in the right place. While a timer counts down, of course.

The exit to each new level takes you… inside the level you were just in. Each new level is visible as a tiny rectangle on the screen, and you shrink down to enter the new one. Over the course of a game you’ll go into dozens of levels within levels, feeling more like a continuous, and dangerous, descent than a disconnected series of stages. Some levels even have you leave and go back up to access a different entrance.

Oh, and as you build combos and clear stages, the visual style of the game jumps around into all kinds of flashy looks, only adding to the hypnotic effect of being drawn ever deeper into the maze.

On top of the base mode, there’s extra stuff to vary the experience, including a Nostalgia Mode with different rules and a great Steamboat Willie makeover, and a PS4-exclusive multiplayer Arena Mode.

I’m really glad this game is free with PlayStation Plus, because it means I can just tell a lot of you to check it out; despite all the crazy visuals, it’s almost minimalist in its focus, and it won’t take long for you to get into.

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