Apr 15 2008

Chris Hülsbeck interview

Tag: computers & consolestengo @ 9:33 am

A little late though, I was told that German music magazine KEYS has an interview with Chris Hülsbeck (official site), as part of their feature about game scoring and game music in issue February/2008. If you have the chance to get hold of that issue, there is also an interview with composer Alex Pfeffer.


Apr 07 2008

Uplink, revisited

Tag: computers & consolestengo @ 2:48 am

It’s now seven years since the initial release of “Uplink: Hacker Elite“, time to have another look.
In 2001 British developer Introversion Software released Uplink. What started as a demo version has developed into a cult game with an active fan and developer/contributor community and numerous re-relases and versions. I’ve always been a fan of Cyberpunk […]


Apr 06 2008

Hostages, revisited (aka Hostage: Rescue Mission)

Tag: computers & consolestengo @ 6:59 am

there is a film of that name, and the game itself has five different titles (see below), depending on the market it was released in. So, it might be difficult to track down, but it’s worth the effort…
Let’s flashback to 1989, when a dense game atmosphere could compensate for limited system capabilities. That was the […]