Section: News, Consoles, Wii, Game-Companies, Developers, Publishers, Genres, FPS

The Conduit, the forthcoming Wii game from High Voltage Software, is going to have some substantial star power put into it. High Voltage Software has just annoucned that Mark A. Sheppard, William Sheppard and Kevin Sorbo have signed on as voice actors for the first-person shooter (FPS). So a father-son team (William and Mark A. Sheppard) will face off against Hercules (Sorbo). Read More

The Premium Services in Mabinogi are a helpful way to make gaming a bit easier in Nexon’s free-to-play MMORPG. They aren’t necessary, but all four options make adventuring quite a bit easier, if you decide to take advantage of them. Plus, all four options will allow you to take part in the story quests, which is an automatic bonus. They’re also fairly affordable as well. The Advanced Play, Extra Storage and Nao’s Support Services all cost $9.50 (9,500 NX) for 30 days. The Fantasy Life Club, which bestows all three services at once for 30 days, costs $14.90 (14,900 NX) for 30 days. Since you may not want to jump right in without knowing what each service is giving you, Gamertell is testing and looking in-depth at each service, to analyze what kind of player might want each one and how helpful each is. Advanced Play Service The Advanced Play Service is something I could see veteran Mabinogi players enjoying. Many of the premium items included in the service apply to battling, either alone or with a group. Read More

Section: News , PCs , Windows , Game-Companies , Developers , Publishers , Genres , Adventure Point-and-click adventure fans will be a bit dismayed to hear that the Windows detective adventure Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel has been delayed. Originally, the title was expected to squeak out before the end of 2008, but now Lighthouse Interactive has announced that Akella’s game won’t be out until early 2009. If Amazon is any indication, Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel will be out March 31, 2009 and cost $19.99. Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is designed to be a classic point-and-click adventure game. You play a detective who happens upon the Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel. Suddenly, an avalanche traps everyone in the hotel, and then someone dies. As the detective, you have to explore the hotel and interview the 15 other guests and residents to determine what really happened. Depending on how you play, you’ll unlock one of five possible endings. Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel actually has quite a long history. The story originally stems from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s 1970 Russian novel, ????? “? ????????? ??????????.” The story was also made into a movie called Hukkunud Alpinsti Hotell in 1979. Read [ Blue’s News ] Also Read [ Adventure Gamers ] Site [ Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel ] Product Page [ Amazon ] Full Story » | Written by Jenni Lada for Gamertell . | Comment on this Article »

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Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel closed for remodeling until 2009

Section: News , Consoles , PS3 , Genres , Action While Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, and PC Alone in the Dark fans have all been enjoying the latest entry in the series since June 2008, it’ll finally be time for PlayStation 3 owners to get their scare on. The already delayed PS3 version of the newest chapter in the Alone in the Dark series has received quite a few of improvements and has been given its own subtitle: Alone in the Dark: Inferno . While storyline bits remain unchanged, Eden Games has promised a wealth of gameplay improvements based on the criticisms of the previous versions. These new improvements include: 360 degree camera Fine-tuned controls More accessible inventory Improved car dynamics and handling A brand new action sequence for Episode 6 A demo is slated to be on the PlayStation Network early November 2008 and the game will be released November 21, 2008. See, good things do come to those who wait. Read [ Destructoid ] Also Read [ Joystiq ] Full Story » | Written by Kris Rosado for Gamertell . | Comment on this Article »

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A lot of you visit the site regularly but, one thing you don’t know is the people behind everything we got going on here. Because of that, we’ve got a series coming out called “Meet the Geek”. We’re interviewing our Affiliates so you can meet them and find out a bit about what they do.

First on the hot seat is PJ from Gamertell!

TGM. Let’s start with an easy one. Tell us who you are and what you do.
PJ I am PJ Hruschak, the Editor for Gamertell. It’s a freelance and essentially part-time position, although it probably takes up more time than your average daily shift at Burger King. I am also a freelance writer for various publications including Geek Monthly Magazine and GamesRadar. I sometimes design web sites and produce Flash videos and graphics for clients as well.

TGM.So you are an Editor for Gamertell. How many articles do you edit a day? How often do you write for Gamertell?
PJ I edit every article that comes through our queue with the exception of some of the articles by the two Assistant Editors, Jenni Lada and Danielle Riendeau, who have the freedom to post their own material. Most of my time on the site is spent finding topics and suggesting article ideas for writers. In some instances, I’ll work with a writer to fine-tune a post. I like to draw on a writer’s strengths and help them improve their craft. It’s good for them and for the site. The site typically has seven to 10 new posts per day, with big news days or events bringing hat average way up.

The amount I write for Gamertell really depends on what needs to be covered and how much time I spend editing writers’ articles. On a good day I can get three to five posts written although most days I have only one, if any. If I’m working on a review it can be even less frequent. I also have a dozen half-written drafts of feature articles waiting to get fine-tuned that I peck away at between editing and higher priority posts. That doesn’t even count other projects.

TGM. How tough is it to come up for content for all those articles?
PJ It’s often difficult to come up with truly engaging content. Standard game news, which is the majority of the content, is important and interesting but it doesn’t get the enthusiastic reader response like a good feature story or truly well-written column can. Plenty of inspiration can be found in various game blogs but the best stuff usually comes from random thoughts or a quick comment made by a friend, writer or reader.

TGM. Do you have sources you rely on or, do you rely on your own powers of scouring the net?
PJ There are a few gaming news sites I regularly check but I like to make sure I get to the fringe blogs as well. I rarely check a forum because it’s just too time consuming to weed through pages of tangents of useless personal insults.

Otherwise, with more than a dozen years of entertainment writing experience I have decent direct communication with some game companies.

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