March Roundtable: Remakes and Remasters

March Roundtable: Remakes and Remasters

In theory, March is about renewal—the weather warms up, the little flowers that grow in grasses spring up, and the month marks the Persian New Year. (What do you mean I’m the only person who cares about that??) Anyway, this kind of renewal has us thinking about rebirth (we already talked about renewal in games, after all!), and rebirth in games means remakes and remasters. (more…)

Grim Fandango Remastered: Price Announced, Pre-orders Open

Grim Fandango Remastered: Price Announced, Pre-orders Open

Developer: Double Fine Productions
Systems: PS4, PSVita, PC, Mac, Linux

I was told about 1998’s Grim Fandango at the worst possible time: long after I owned any machine that could run it, and long before June 2014, when the remastered version was announced at E3. Now, via an announcement from GOG.com, I know exactly when I can finally and for the first time be Manny Calavera, travel agent for the Land of the Dead: January 27th, 2015!

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