Dice, a company that is most renowned for its work on the Battlefield series, has neglected to release a demo for its recently-released PC title Mirror’s Edge. Most often, the PC version of a demo is the most valuable, many people will use it as a canary would be used in a mine shaft. If the demo runs great and controls well, I will most definitely go buy the game. But until then I suppose one can only hope that DICE, who reached fame on the PC, will stoop to support its bastardized child of a platform with a Mirror’s Edge demo. Thanks DICE.
Speechless before this incredible Littlebig Planet Creation (they have made a calculator)
This is so incredible, it looks simple until a little ways in where you see how they got this to work.
Team Fortress 2: too late to jump in?
Team Fortress 2, a game that retails for 19.99 and one that I have finally purchased after a year of not having a pc to play it on. Of course, I was a bit nervous entering an online fps this late in the game. Yet I found TF2 and its community to be decidedly welcoming and easy to assimilate into. I had high hopes for TF2 as a game, and it has done nothing but exceed everything I had previously conceived about it. If you were hoping I was going to have plenty of negative things to say, stop reading. If you are late to this party just as I was, come on in, theres still room in the server.
Gaming and Stress
Playing games can be a wonderful stress reliever for me, sitting down to spend some time with Mario Galaxy wipes away the woes of the day. Yet games giveth and most certainly taketh away. Note the use of the picture of Geometry Wars 2. This was no mistake, some games can be the exact opposite of a stress reliever. (more…)
The Spore Patch of Fail
Well it would seem that Will Wright and his dream team are not infallible after all. From what I have been reading on numerous forums and other blogs across the internet, and based off of my own experiences, it would seem that the recently released spore patch works only part of the time. I’ve read both sides; either the patch works or it doesn’t. Personally, I don’t know why the patch wouldn’t work for ALL computers. Fiercemudcrab’s game runs fine with the new patch, and many others as well. But why does mine not work? Why does my computer, which surpasses all of the recommended system requirements, not seem to run the patch?
Chocolate Rain!
This is so ridiculous, this person is serious. Here is his website, again, he is serious. [update] If you ignore the video the song is not all that bad, not for those angered by repetition though. [update] nevermind
Game Reviews FTW: Hearts of Iron II
Hearts of Iron II is a fantastic game by Paradox Interactive that gives you the reigns of any country in existence during WWII. This might sound like any other RTS game on its surface, but when I say any country, I mean any country. You can play the common ones like the US, Britain, Germany and Japan like you can in most WWII-themed games. If you ever had the need to play through WWII as Brazil, however, then you might want to check this out. The game combines massively in-depth strategy, rightly called “grand strategy,” and good replay value to create an impressive RTS.
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009, I want a demo
I understand that the Cabela’s games do not usually get demos, but I feel that this one could definitely use it. I know what you’re thinking, why is he excited about this game? Being nuts about hiking, and always interested in survival, this Cabela’s game looks to be a fun romp through the wilderness. From what I have seen of the trailers, this game integrates survival elements so that you are no longer just killing for sport (something that I generally frown upon unless it is in video game form), I want to know. Badly. I also realize that games that don’t necessarily have huge budgets often don’t have the development allowance to create a demo, but please Cabela’s, just this once! The graphics also look to have taken a big leap forward, and I forgot to mention that the game retails at the affordable 39.99. I wish I had enough of the cash to just go out and buy it, but the way this fall is shaping up, it looks like we won’t see a review for this one until it shows up in the bargain bin. Sadface.
Urine the Movies! Microsoft’s slice of the casual pie.
Urine the Movies! A game in which players, no matter what age, gender or street cred, can join in the wonderful act of being in their very own movie about urination! Sadly, the real game sounds a bit worse. You’re in the Movies, demonstrated at Microsoft’s press conference at E3, is a game that throws ‘players’ into preset scenarios, the joy apparently comes from doing silly things that will then be put into the movies. As this is an obvious attempt to bring the casual masses over to that 200 dollar arcade sku and pick up a vision-cam while they are at it, I raise a simple question. When I was younger, we used to use a camcorder to make silly movies, which we could instantly throw in the vcr and watch on the television. Now one can get a digital video recorder that plugs straight into the tv, for much cheaper than the Xbox 360. So why then would one take the trouble to use You’re in the movies? It seems that this game shackles creativity’s legs and only allows it to wave its arms frantically, in other words, the potential for creativity and therefore fun is very limited with this ‘movie’ making application.
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