Articles by Rollin Bishop
Cartoon Network Starts New Franchise As A Video Game Rather Than A TV Show For The First Time
Say hello to the 'OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo' video game. Cartoon Network, the company perhaps best known for producing animated shows like Adventure Time and Steven Universe, is venturing out into new territory.
Sony Announces Limited Edition 'Uncharted 4' PlayStation 4 Bundle
Looks like Drake's going out in style. Sony has announced that it's going to send Nathan Drake off with a bang on April 26 when Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End releases for PlayStation 4.
'Upwards, Lonely Robot' Invites Players To Climb To The Top Of Tower-Shaped Puzzles
The tower beckons. Upwards, Lonely Robot from developer Random Layers and publisher Kasedo Games is a fairly simple little game. You play a ball-shaped robot that climbs towers.
Peter Molyneux Reveals 'Godus'-Related Real-Time Strategy Game 'Godus Wars'
It's kind of like 'Godus' but with ... more warring. 22cans and controversial developer Peter Molyneux are back again, and they’re returning to the Godus well with Godus Wars.
Vanilluxe Is The Absolute Worst Pokémon
That's saying a bunch, given that there's hundreds of them. There are 721 different kinds of Pokémon in the world of, well, Pokémon.
'Halo 5' Forge Map Brings 'Star Wars' Podracing To The Game
Gotta go fast. Wait, wrong franchise. The one good thing about the first Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace, is the introduction of podracing. Someone’s gone and taken that one good thing and brought it to Halo 5 courtesy of a custom map.
The 'Pokémon 2.B.A. Master' CD From 1999 Is Criminally Underappreciated
Gotta listen to 'em all. As part of the franchise’s 20th anniversary, the Pokémon Company International is working to re-release and promote several of the original Pokémon video games, movies and even the original trading card game set.
Oklahoma University Makes Fitbits Mandatory For Incoming Freshmen
For grading purposes, no less. Most universities care about the health of their student body, but some go above and beyond others. Oral Roberts University, a religious school based in Tulsa, Okla.
Legendary Pokémon Mew Now Available At GameStop For A Limited Time
Gotta catch 'em all. If there was ever a time to become a new Pokémon fan, it is now, with the company celebrating the franchise’s 20th anniversary all year.
Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Seeks Funds To Cover The Prolific Author's Life And Work
The crew just needs to finish securing its production budget. Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a documentary film covering the life and work of 86-year-old author Ursula K.
'Western Press' Is An Infectiously Amusing Dueling Game Set In The Old West
Well, something resembling the Old West. Western Press is a bit hard to describe because words almost don’t do it justice. However, at its most simple, it is a game where you try to press a whole bunch of buttons faster and better than your opponent.
'Moving Hazard' Pits Players Against Each Other With Zombies As Weapons
No rest for the undead. Moving Hazard is, at first glance, your typical tactical, team-based military shooter. There’s several loadouts with weapons like assault rifles, and the point is to take out the enemy team before they do you.
Early 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Box Office Tracking Suggests A $154 Million Opening Weekend
Emphasis on the early. We’re still over a month out from the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in theaters on March 25, but early tracking puts the superhero film’s opening weekend at a respectable, if not groundbreaking, $154 million.
New 'Street Fighter V' Trailer Details The Video Game's Various Modes
Wondering whether there's a tutorial mode? Wonder no longer! A new trailer for the upcoming fighting video game Street Fighter V shows off the various modes available in the game.
'Epistory - Typing Chronicles' Unfolds Into An Origami-Inspired World
Everything has to do with typing and/or paper. Every single action in Epistory - Typing Chronicles is accomplished by typing. Moving across the map, menu navigation, and even combat is all just typing.
'Kôna: Day One' Asks Players To Solve A Surreal Wintry Mystery In 1970s Canada
There's something a bit mystical about the sudden cold. Kôna: Day One is an interactive game that casts players as Carl Faubert, a detective trying to solve a mysterious case in the frigid north.
'Umbrella Corps' Puts Zombies In The Backseat As Mercenaries Duke It Out
Though they are still rather dangerous at times. There’s something terribly sinister about pretty much every single corporation in the Resident Evil franchise - including but not limited to hiring mercenaries to go on shady missions.
'Stories: The Path of Destinies' Casts A Fox As Han Solo In A Struggling Rebellion
In that he's a former pirate with what appears to be a heart of gold. Stories: The Path of Destinies from Spearhead Games doesn’t beat around the bush when it starts, instead opting to drop players in the thick of things.
'Livelock' Tasks Machines With Ensuring The Survival Of Humanity
Well, machines with human consciousnesses uploaded, but still. If there is one word to describe the co-op shooter Livelock from developer Tuque Games, it is this: hectic.
'InnerSpace' Invites Players To Explore Hollow Planets Filled With Beautiful Distractions
Say hello to a curious set of worlds with a hidden story. Imagine you’re piloting an airplane that’s exploring the innards of a hollowed-out planet that you can see curving in the distance that is filled with ethereal objects.
'Overland' Takes Players On A Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip
With a side of 'XCOM' to boot. The first bit of Overland isn’t interested in telling you what’s happened to the world. It’s more interested in you figuring that out for yourself as you progress across the ruins of the United States — and battle the critters that are seemingly everywhere.
Study Finds Bedbugs Have Built Up A Resistance To Insecticides
Surprise! Humanity's made bedbugs harder to kill. Killing bedbugs may have just gotten a bit harder as researchers from Virginia Tech and New Mexico State University have found that the little critters have built up a resistance to one of the most popular insecticides used against them.
Someone Hacked Peter Molyneux's Twitter And Told Everyone He Was Retiring
Somebody's not a fan of 'Fable III' or 'Godus,' it seems. Video game developer Peter Molyneux is both rather famous and rather divisive in the industry.
Stretch Armstrong Cartoon Officially Coming To Netflix
Though the concept is a bit of a ... stretch. For some reason, the folks at Hasbro continue to try and make a multimedia franchise out of Stretch Armstrong, the toy that’s real good at stretching.
Def Leppard Debuts Music Video Via 'Guitar Hero Live'
The music video for 'Dangerous' is available first in the video game. Def Leppard, the band perhaps best known for pouring sugar on people, has debuted a music video for its song “Dangerous” exclusively via Guitar Hero Live.
Insomniac Games Reveals 'Song of the Deep,' An Underwater Adventure About A Young Girl Saving Her Father
The publisher is kind of unique. Insomniac Games has revealed Song of the Deep, an action-adventure video game starring a young girl on a quest to find her father, who has gone missing under the water.
Sega Releases 3-Hour Recording Of Terrible 'Sonic Adventure' Fishing Song For Some Reason
Say hello to Big the Cat's 'Fishing In Paradise 3 Hours of Relaxing Fishing Music Volume One.'
Lifeshirt Aims To Keep Folks Afloat Without The Bulk
With a side of being stylish to boot. One of the many reasons that folks go out on or into the water without a lifejacket or personal flotation device typically boils down to the fact that the majority of PFDs can be a bulky mess to wear and still actually do anything in.
EVO 2016 Official Lineup Includes 'Street Fighter V' And More
The biggest fighting game tournament around has announced details for EVO 2016. EVO 2016 looks to be a bombastic event with nine different video games set to grace the Las Vegas Convention Center this summer.
Disney Reportedly Sizing Up Offers For 'Star Wars' Television Rights
Coming soon to a galaxy relatively nearby. If you were to, say, have rights to the Star Wars catalog to air on your own television channel, how much would that be worth to you? That’s the question Disney is reportedly posing by shopping around the free television rights to a package containing all nine Star Wars movies — including the currently-unreleased Episode VIII and Episode IX.
