Archive for May, 2008
« Previous EntriesThe MMO Report: D&D Online, WoW, Age of Conan & Wizard 101
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D&D Online gets a new update, a European Guild takes down Kil’Jaeden, and Age of Conan gets a pornographic interpretation and more in this weeks report covering the goings on in the massive multiplayer online universe.
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Battle of the Bands: Flash Game
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Halo 3 Homicide Detective
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This well produced short from College Humor features detectives investigating a mysterious death in Halo 3. Good stuff.
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Law of the Game on Joystiq: Legal machinations of machinima
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This week on Law of the Game on Joystiq: Machinima.
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Home computer in repair shop for a few days
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
As luck would have it, my computer’s hard drive crashed, and it’ll need to go for repairs for a few days. Until it’s ready again, I can use a computer I have at work, but I won’t be able to update as well as I’d like to. The home [...]
Sessler’s Soapbox: Previously On… Alone In the Dark
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This week, Adam explores the movement for video games to tell their stories in episodic segments, much like a season of a television show.
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The World Ends With You: Zero Punctuation review
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Yahtzee takes on the well received Square Enix title ‘The World Ends With You’ for the Nintendo DS. Watch the always entertaining Zero Punctuation review to find out how it holds up.
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Gondomania clip
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Check out this short recording here.
This is a pretty fun game where you pilot a special aircraft battling the baddies, and there’s several upgrades available as well.
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Halo 3: June Update Details
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June Bugs
Flipping the calendar to a new month means it is time for another refresh to Halo 3’s Matchmaking playlists. A detailed changelist for the month of June is below. Direct your vitriol, adoration and quirky one-liners to the Optimatch Forum.
Hardcore
ADDED Head to Head (Ranked)
1vs 1 hopper
Relies primarily on Duels-style Slayer (indicator [...]
Turbo Out Run taping
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This was the sequel to the first Out Run. Unlike the first game, this dropped the fork-in-the-road options and instead features some customizations. It might’ve even been what led to the making of Rad Mobile the following year!
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Short recording of Shoot Out
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A semi-first-person perspective is what you have here as you battle the underworld downtown.
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Liberation clip
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A pretty simple overhead shooter.
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Darwin 4078 and Super Real Darwin
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Here’s two short recordings of some special space fighters. First one:
Second one:
You fly a surrealistic spaceship battling plenty of equally surrealistic enemies in the galaxy, and some of the powerups in both games can make your craft bigger.
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More great accessories for Guitar Hero
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Activision’s got more goodies to offer that are compatible with this new musical success:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Inc is adding drums, bass guitar, and microphone to its popular “Guitar Hero” video game, a move aimed at winning away fans of MTV’s rival musical title “Rock Band.”
“Guitar Hero World [...]
Competition Golf
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Take a look at this tape:
One of the earliest golf games made, and one of the most engaging.
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Hyper Dyne Sidearms recording
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This is the sequel to Section Z, and it’s got more great action while flying with a special jetpack in the air.
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Nintendo DS: Best to Worst Games
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88 World Ends With You, The
85 Professor Layton and the Curious Village
83 Space Invaders Extreme
83 Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
79 Crosswords DS
78 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
77 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
75 Nanostray 2
74 Bomberman Land Touch! 2
74 Drone Tactics
73 Speed Racer
70 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
69 Rondo of Swords
68 Super Dodgeball Brawlers
67 [...]
PlayStation Portable: Best to Worst Games
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91 God of War: Chains of Olympus
86 Patapon
83 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
83 MLB 08: The Show
82 WipEout Pulse
82 Echochrome
80 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
77 Downstream Panic!
75 FlatOut: Head On
73 Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
73 UEFA Euro 2008
71 flOw
71 R-Type Command
65 Puzzle Guzzle
64 Wild ARMs XF
64 Fading Shadows
63 Major League Baseball 2K8
61 Warriors Orochi
57 [...]
Nintendo Wii: Best to Worst Games
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94 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
89 Okami
86 Boom Blox
83 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
83 Bully: Scholarship Edition
82 Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
82 Mario Kart Wii
81 LostWinds
80 Wii Fit
78 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
71 Sega Superstars Tennis
71 Defend Your Castle
70 MX vs. ATV Untamed
70 Speed Racer
70 Harvest Moon: Magical [...]
PlayStation 3: Best to Worst Games
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98 Grand Theft Auto IV
85 MLB 08: The Show
84 Devil May Cry 4
83 Warhawk - Operation: Broken Mirror
82 Echochrome
82 Condemned 2: Bloodshot
81 Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
81 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
80 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
79 UEFA Euro 2008
74 Army of Two
74 Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
72 Club, The
72 Dark Sector
67 [...]
Xbox 360: Best to Worst Games
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98 Grand Theft Auto IV
89 Rez HD
88 Ikaruga
84 Devil May Cry 4
83 N+
83 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
81 Poker Smash
81 Condemned 2: Bloodshot
80 Bully: Scholarship Edition
80 UEFA Euro 2008
79 Penny Arcade Adventures Epsiode One: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
78 Lost Odyssey
78 Assault Heroes 2
77 Football Manager 2008
76 Pro Evolution Soccer [...]
Infinite Undiscovery: Square Enix RPG announces release date
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Square Enix recently announced that its upcoming RPG Infinite Undiscovery will be shipping Sept. 2, 2008. The Xbox 360 exclusive is being developed by Tri-Ace, the company behind Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile, and includes real-time battles. Most surprisingly, North American gamers didn’t have to wait for a lengthy localization process — it’s coming out [...]
Brief cassette of Section Z
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One of Capcom’s earliest games, this may have been inspired by Gradius, and has some pretty good stages to go through, and music. You need to make your way through 59 levels to get to the final boss, called L-Brain. This is the NES version, which [...]
Law of the Game on Joystiq: Used to be Fair
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In this week’s Law of the Game on Joystiq, fair use. Need I say more?
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Snow Bros. Nick & Tom
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In 5 recordings:
This is a very cool game where you guide the two title snowmen through 50 single screens and five stages to help liberate some princesses from the clutches of a sinister demon. Similar to Bubble Bobble, you can get extra points from bonus items they leave around [...]
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