JC Fletcher
Managing Editor - jc@joystiq.com
JC is Joystiq's new Managing Editor, having previously served as Features Editor and Contributing Editor, and as a blogger for satellite sites DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy.
In his spare time, he helps run Tiny Cartridge, a DS/3DS/retro oddities blog.
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Rock Band Blitz is not a cover of Frequency or Amplitude
Yes, I'm surprised too. Rock Band Blitz, despite its superficial similarity to Harmonix's PS2 music games Frequency and Amplitude, is fundamentally different from those -- and from Rock Band. Well, okay, you're still hitting buttons in time to music, represented by icons coming down the screen. ...
Pre-Blitz: Harmonix on building a new Rock Band from scratch
Harmonix team members Matthew Nordhaus, Chris Foster, Brian Chan, and Jyllian Thibodeau explained the development process that led to Rock Band Blitz, by way of showing us previous versions and iterations of the game. Collectively, these prototypes were referred to as "Pre-Blitz," and epitomized by ...
A look into Twisted Metal's 'greenlight' process, with cut content
David Jaffe posted a video made for a "green light" meeting – an early Twisted Metal clip put together to demonstrate modes that were being considered for the final game. Some of the content in this video never made it into the retail game! For example, in early versions of the game, Sweet ...
Indie Royale bundle offers bonus Explodemon prototype
The Indie Royale "April Fool's" bundle includes Defense Grid: The Awakening, Hack, Slash, Loot, Alien Zombie Megadeath, Astro Tripper, and Explodemon. It also includes, as a bonus, exclusive access to the past. A new surprise unlocked for the bundle yesterday is a 2005 prototype for Explodemon, ...
Max Payne comes to iOS April 12, Android two weeks later
You'll be able to play Max Payne on a minimal screen next week. The mobile version of Remedy's squint-em-up will be out on iOS April 12, publisher Rockstar reported today. Androids will gain the ability to enter bullet time when Max Payne mobile lands on that platform on April 26. The mobile port ...
Nintendo's Kid Icarus: Uprising cosplayer is Pit (and not the pits)
Normally we wouldn't post about a single cosplayer found at PAX East, much less one there at a publisher's request; however, this Kid Icarus: Uprising Pit costume, designed and worn by PikminLink, is too amazingly accurate to ignore. The wings! The weapons! The character-accurate bike shorts! The ...
Your Japanese SNES Warlock game supply is secure at PAX East
If you're at PAX East this weekend, and in desperate need of a brand new, packaged Japanese copy of the SNES game based on the movie Warlock, Sudden Impact Games has you covered. Head over to booth 148 in the expo floor, and you can find your very own copy of that one game from 1994, in the ...
Arkedo's next games are about pee and poo
Having completed development of Hell Yeah! for Sega, Arkedo Studio's first priority is to rest -- the studio is taking a month off after the production of what studio head Camille Guermonprez called Arkedo's biggest game ever. Following that, the company has its number one and number two next ...
Sega: Rhythm Thief 'still happening'
We still have no official word on the aftermath of Sega's restructuring -- how many employees were laid off, or which games have been canceled. However, we obtained confirmation from a Sega rep on the PAX East show floor of one upcoming packaged game that has not been canceled: Rhythm Thief and the ...
Ms. Splosion Man platform 'splosion: coming to PC, iOS, Windows Phone
Like playing Ms. Splosion Man, but have an intractable grudge against your Xbox 360? Twisted Pixel is bringing its concussive platformer to several new platforms, including PC (on both Steam and Games for Windows Live), iPhone, iPad, and Windows Phone 7. The porting process is a multi-studio ...
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