About Stephen Colfer

Stephen Colfer plays video games. He is the Editor of www.chronicreload.com as well as well as host of the Chronic Reload and Chronic Rant Podcasts. He also does film, theatre and stand up comedy all of which you can read about through @stephenpip on twitter.

Pirate a Tale of Monkey Island for Free!

In celebration of international talk like a pirate day Telltale Games are giving away the first episode of “Tales of Monkey Island” for free. Here’s a quick blurb from Telltale Back when LucasArts was called Lucasfilm Games, a creative young team introduced us to a pirate wannabe named Guybrush Threepwood in The Secret of Monkey Island. This led to a series of swashbuckling adventures where Guybrush became a Mighty Pirate™ (although not without continuing mis-steps), and the games quickly gained popularity worldwide. Monkey Island has returned in epic fashion this year with the episodic Tales of Monkey Island saga — the first of which you can get free here. Offer ends at Midnight PST which at the time of writing is 18 hours away so get a move on and head on over to www.playlikeapirate.com An email address is all you’ll need.

More Than Just a Murder Simulator

Video games are a rather confusing medium to introduce to people. Unlike film and more so books which have been around longer than most people who are alive today, video games are rather young in comparison and for the most part are only now deciding what they actually are. We live in a very interesting time to be a “Gamer”. Our medium is at a strange place where it’s breaking free to become a unique way to present a world, story or character. Finally cut-scenes and long blocks of story related text are being left behind in the films and books they belong in. Game developers realise there is so much more to do with their stories and ideas than simple forcing them into the face of a player. The initial thrill of long fancy looking cut-scenes has long past, these days most gamers are either too impatient and simple … There’s more