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  • This Quantum Conundrum Game Show Could Have Been Nick Arcade (It’s Not)

    I think I’m not the only one who yearns for a return of Nick Arcade. The early 90s game show featured kids answering trivia questions based around video games and then the winners attempting to navigate a virtual reality side-scrolling platformer to claim the top prize. It touched many young gamers’ hearts and made us hope that video games had a bright future as the subject of game shows. Unfortunately, Nick Arcade was cancelled only after one season and we never saw one again – until now.

    To help sell Quantum Conundrum, the new game from Portal co-creator Kim Swift, iam8bit has put together a faux-game show based based on the title called “The Super Dimensional Quantum Learning’s Problems and Solutions Gametime Spectacular!!” If that sounds a tad bit ridiculous to you, you’re not alone. It almost seems like the whole thing was thrown together at the last minute and the title was just an afterthought based on stereotypical Japanese game show titles.

    So how’s the actual show? It’s admirable that they kept the feel of the game in tact, but the actual content just isn’t very good. We do, however, get to see what Kevin Pereira has been up to since he left G4 and Attack of the Show. He’s the highlight of an otherwise atrocious attempt at trying to be a parody of the game shows I grew up with in the 90s.

    This is just the first episode of the planned mini-series so here’s hoping it gets better from here on out. There are still three more dimensions for them to play around with so the challenges could get more interesting.

    As a final thought, some network should really bring back Nick Arcade or some kind of approximation. If that fails, I’d be willing to settle for a new season of Legends of the Hidden Temple. We can make this happen.

  • Quantum Conundrum For PC Now Available in Every Dimension

    Quantum Conundrum, the new puzzle game from one of the creators of Portal, has officially launched for the PC. The game is available through Valve’s Steam platform for $14.99. In addition, players can opt to purchase a “Season Pass” version of the game for $19.99, which includes a soundtrack and two upcoming downloadable content (DLC) packs. Console gamers feeling left out won’t have long to wait – Quantum Conundrum will be released through the PlayStation Network on July 10, and through the Xbox LIVE Arcade on July 11.

    “Quantum Conundrum is one of the most innovative, thought-provoking games of 2012 from one of the great designers of our industry, Kim Swift,” said Mike Fischer, president and CEO of Square Enix, Inc. “We’re proud to launch the next evolution of puzzle games and we’re anxious to see how gamers react.”

    Fischer might be required to praise the titles his company releases, but in this case he’s not just blowing hot air. Quantum Conundrum received quite a bit of praise at E3, including nominations for best new franchise, most innovative title, and Best Puzzle Game from IGN.

    Developed by Airtight Games, the title puts players in the role of a boy who stumbles into his uncle’s home, which is used to test wild inventions. The uncle, voiced by John de Lancie, is lost in another dimension and guides the player through puzzles that require an Inter-Dimensional Shift Device to alter the physics of the world. Take a look at the E3 trailer for the game below and visit the Steam Store to purchase the game for PC.

  • Star Trek’s “Q” is the Voice of ‘Quantum Conundrum’

    Square Enix announced this week that actor John de Lancie will be providing voice talent for their upcoming game, Quantum Conundrum. de Lancie is best known for his role as “Q” in Star Trek: The Next Generation and recently leant his voice to the character of William Miles in the Assassin’s Creed series of games. In Quantum Conundrum, de Lancie will be the voice of Professor Fitz Quadwrangle. The professor will, while lost in another dimension, try and guide his nephew (the player) through his hazardous manor home.

    “The professor’s character is funny, a bit bizarre, and a great joy to perform,” said de Lancie. “If players have half as much fun with the game as I did playing the character, then they’ll be having a great time.”

    Though the game may sound silly, it is the next game from PORTAL co-creator Kim Swift. In the game, players are a young kid who arrives at his uncle’s mansion and finds him trapped in another dimension. Players must use Uncle Quadwrangle’s wild inventions to save him. The “IDS Device” in particular will allow players to shift dimensions such that the objects around them become “fluffy” or gravity is reversed. The gameplay is exactly the type of puzzle platforming that made me fall in love with the PORTAL games, and I’m hoping Quantum Conundrum can re-create the the joy those games have given me. It is encouraging that they have hired good voice talent.

    The game is scheduled for release sometime this summer, and you will be able to download it on PC, the Xbox Live Arcade, or the Playstation Network. Check out the trailer and see all the silly, crazy inter-dimensional action coming your way: