Month: March 2018

Game Developers Choice Awards 2018: Winners

So this year’s GDC Awards have come and gone, and the winners have been posted. I’m a little late to the game this year, as we’ve been busy at TLS with some redesigns and remodeling etc (on this very site) some of which are still in progress. Still, I would be remiss if I didn’t look back and compare/contrast my predictions with which games took home what awards. With that said, let’s go down the list and see once again how my K/D ratio played out.

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Games & Gaming Culture: Top Games of 2017

TLS returns with the show formerly known as Syntax Error, now Games & Gaming Culture, for a fresh new season. What didn’t change was the fact that we always start with our top (and bottom, and all areas in between) games of the year. Check out our picks and thoughts on 2017’s releases.

 

Film & TV: I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday

This week The Lost Signals decks the halls with whatever we can find in the bunker as we discuss the film that won awards for best Special Effects and Best Picture at NJ Horror Con and Film Festival 2018, “I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday.” Gas masks not included.

 

AFI Top 100 #015: 2001: A Space Odyssey

TLS muses upon monoliths, monkeys, mind games, and more all while slowly succumbing to their space madness, in a critique of Stanley Kubrick’s epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. [Aggregate score: 8.7]

Literature: How to Get Back to the Forest by Sofia Samatar

When your parental figures take you on a trip to summer camp, prepare by reading Sofia Samatar’s dystopian How to Get Back to the Forest.  Big Brother is watching you… have the best summer of your childhood!

[Aggregate score: 9]