Jessica Conditt
Weekend Editor - jess@joystiq.com
Jess is a professional nerd, specializing in gaming, comics, journalism, rum and writing. Native to Arizona, she has had plenty of time to sit indoors, out of the extreme desert heat, and play a variety of tan-obliterating games -- and then write bitter, pale reviews on them. Jess has written for online gaming outlets since 2008 and graduated from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 2011 with a degree specializing in digital media, which she plans to completely ignore while writing stories for Joystiq.
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Project Awakened brings super powers to Steam Greenlight
Project Awakened, the super-powered action game that Phosphor Games resurrected on Kickstarter, now has a Steam Greenlight page, hoping to eventually sneak onto that service. As Phosphor told us earlier this month, Awakened is a PC, next-gen game heavy on customization and kicking dystopic booty ...
Indie Royale Valentine's Bundle 2.0: Serious Sam 3 BFE, Shad'O, more
Nothing says "I love you, baby" quite like making some massive beasties go boom, which is why Serious Sam 3: BFE is headlining today's Indie Royale Valentine's Bundle 2.0. Also feeling the love are Shad'O, Oozi: Earth Adventure, Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time, Lunnye Devitsy 2013 and ...
Super Joystiq Podcast 039 Live: Aliens Colonial Marines, Kentucky Route Zero [Watch the recap!]
Update: The live show is over. Watch the replay above! This whole "live Joystiq podcast" thing is really a ruse so we don't have to spend Valentine's Day alone this year. Looks like the jig is up, but don't be mad, baby. We have plenty of legitimate (and not-so-legitimate) games to talk about. ...
Steam for Linux sale: Amnesia, FTL, TF2, Sword and Sworcery, more
Steam for Linux is live and celebrating its own existence with some cartoon cake and a week-long, 50 - 75 percent off sale on Linux games. The sale covers Steam's entire Linux catalog, running now through February 21 at 10 a.m. PST. Some notable games include Amnesia: The Dark Descent, FTL: Faster ...
Spock and Kirk battle it out together in this Star Trek trailer
The latest trailer for Star Trek: The Game shows off the daring heroism of a true bromance, this one between Kirk and Spock. It's OK, Spock, you can cry a little if you need to. This kind of love really gets to us, too. ...
Multiplayer shooter Nexuiz tied up in the future of THQ Partners
Nexuiz, an arena-based product of Illfonic and THQ Partners, is in limbo following THQ's bankruptcy and assets sale, during which the Partners brand was not sold. "Our deal with THQ was basically a licensing deal through THQ Partners, so we do have a period of time [in which] THQ has the rights to ...
Newell on reported layoffs: Valve isn't canceling any projects
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell provided Engadget a comment regarding today's reports of layoffs at his company, confirming that Valve saw some changes recently, but not specifying any job losses. "We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons," Newell said. "There seems to be ...
The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Gratuitous Space Battles
Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We believe they deserve a wider audience with the Joystiq Indie Pitch: This week, English ...
DMC: Devil May Cry reigns over a Bloody Palace on February 20
The free Bloody Palace update hits DMC: Devil May Cry on Tuesday, February 19 for PS3 and on February 20 for Xbox 360 in the US; European Xbox 360 and PS3 players get the update on February 20. Bloody Palace mode is a 100-level romp through demon-infested rooms, and it will support leaderboards, ...
The Last of Us delayed to June 14 worldwide
The Last of Us is now scheduled to drop on June 14 around the world, delayed from its initial launch date of May 7. Developer Naughty Dog says it needs a few more weeks to polish the game, in a statement on the PlayStation Blog: "As we entered the final phase of development for The Last of Us, we ...
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Super Joystiq Podcast 039: Aliens Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3, Capcom
Posted on Feb 15th 2013 2:00PM