#bluesandbullets

Blues and Bullets: Episode One starts on all the wrong feet, but sticks its landing as a compelling noir detective story. Heavy-handed storytelling gives the victim's location away before we even know there's a kidnapping. Occult themes and gore scream, "this game can't do subtlety!" Yet character relationships and smart pacing hooked my interest despite [...]

Blues and Bullets: Episode One starts on all the wrong feet, but sticks its landing as a compelling noir detective story. Heavy-handed storytelling gives the victim's location away before we even know there's a kidnapping. Occult themes and gore scream, "this game can't do subtlety!" Yet character relationships and smart pacing hooked my interest despite [...]

Setting and a sense of place is something special about video games. In no visual medium can settings be so thoroughly inspected, dissected, and explored as in video games. We often talk about the "world" of a game, the "atmosphere". The setting of a video game can speak to us, can imprint itself in our [...]

If you've ever seen The Untouchables or felt let down by what a disappointment L.A. Noire ended up being, then Blues and Bullets may be the title for you. This brand new episodic series from developer A Crowd of Monsters releases on Steam July 23 and looks to satisfy those craving film noir experience in their games. The [...]