Jon Irwin

The best response to Next-Gen rumors? Ironic juvenile derision.

Cue the whispering voices and film noir soundtrack. “Developer sources” have told VG24/7 that the next Playstation will be 50% more powerful than the next Xbox. Oh, is that right? The report goes on to say, While PS4 will have greater grunt than [Xbox] 720, however, the Microsoft machine has signifi

Is Nintendo’s Wii U doomed already? Or just fashionably late?

After underwhelming holiday sales and analysts predicting tough times ahead for the Wii U, Nintendo has announced their official release list for the first quarter of 2013. And the news won’t do much to dispell the doomsayers. Is Nintendo in for a bumpy ride? – – – Four major first-party Wii U games

Creator of VVVVVV and Super Hexagon abandons RPG project, goes fishing

Terry Cavanagh, on his developer’s blog, recently shared the news that he is no longer moving forward with his in-progress RPG, Nexus City. I’ve been thinking of Nexus City as ‘the thing I’m working on’ since 2010. As a result, for a long time now, I’ve felt like I wasn’t really in control of what I