Clint Hocking: "To cut straight to the heart of it, Bioshock seems to suffer from a powerful dissonance between what it is about as a game, and what it is about as a story. By throwing the narrative and ludic elements of the work into opposition, the game seems to openly mock the player for having believed in the fiction of the game at all. The leveraging of the game's narrative structure against its ludic structure all but destroys the player's ability to feel connected to either, forcing the player to either abandon the game in protest (which I almost did) or simply accept that the game cannot be enjoyed as both a game and a story, and to then finish it for the mere sake of finishing it".

Read on to find out more of what the Creative Director on Far Cry 2 had to say.
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Aug 24, 2007 Here we have new(ish) screenshots from Far Cry 2, many of which are used to show off the new game engine Ubisoft has developed for the first-person shooter sequel. Obviously a gameplay movie would give us far clearer idea of the qualities of the technology, but just look at that burning tree. It's hot! Ahem. Once you've passed mince pies over the screens, go read our Far Cry 2 interview with Louis-Pierre Pharand, Far Cry 2's producer and Clint Hocking, the game's creative ... » Read More

The first hints of the setting - or settings - that Ubisoft is using as the backdrop for the action in FPS Far Cry 2 have arrived via concept art that's slipped out onto the internet. And judging by what's on display, the follow-up is going to take us to numerous locations around the globe. You'll also notice the concept art includes characters or "Buddies," which are surely people who join up and fight alongside you during the adventure, although we imagine they won't do so all at ... » Read More