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2nd of October, 2010

It has been a week since my last post on this site and I must apologise for not updating it more regularly.  I have been getting ready for university and it has taken up a lot of my time to get the finance in place.  Please be patient with me and normal service will resume soon.

Dissidia 012[duodecim]: Final Fantasy trailer

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together trailer

Lost In Shadow - Official E3 2010 Trailer

Trailer: Monaco (Pocketwatch Games)

This is just Andy's pitch video for his participation in the Indie Game Challenge, but it does have in-game footage from the latest build of Monaco coupled with some rough voiceover work. No release dates yet (presumably still months away from completion), but Andy had stated before that the game should arrive on at least one console and the PC at the very least.

Freeware Game Pick: Gigadeep (Peposoft)

Gigadeep is a new 2D platformer from the developer of Houkaimura (Breaking Town) and MinishoterRS, created in the style of Capcom's Mega Man Zero series. Peposoft's game features eight standard levels (plus two side stages), upgrades that can be purchased from the shop, boss abilities to add to your repertoire of skills, and unlockable characters that play differently from one another.

Though this collaborative project looks incredibly impressive for a freeware release, there are a couple of glitches and game-breaking bugs here that could seriously ruin your enjoyment of it. Playing it on easy doesn't help that much either, since death is instantaneous every time you accidentally touch a row of spikes (you can use the anchor shot ability to break them though).

The jump upgrade should be the first thing you purchase from the shop, and more abilities can be unlocked by collecting the secret research notes that you find throughout your mission. If you receive a pxPlay.mfx error while trying to start a game, placing a msvcr71.dll in your Windows/System folder should solve that particular problem for you. You can download Gigadeep here. (Windows, 206MB)

25th of September 2010

	Siliconera has some useful information about Front Mission Evolved and its link to Front Mission 5.  Front Mission Evolved will be a third person shooter, following in the footsteps of Front Mission Online and Front Mission: Gun Hazard.  More
	Having never played any of the Lunar series, I'm glad that Game Arts will be releasing Lunar: Silver Star Harmony in the PAL territories, on the PSP.  More

Super Robot Taisen L trailer

Trailer: Explodemon (Curve Studios)

Explodemon wants to take you back to the SNES-era of Japanese gaming, but then also remind you of the likes of Halo and Half Life 2. I'm not sure how that will all be possible, but the above newly release trailer looks pretty enough!

A cross between Mega Man and Splosion Man seems like a far better description, but what do I know. Coming to the Playstation Network this Winter!

Browser Game Pick: Flock Together (John Cooney)

I really like this, although it has its flaws. Flock Together is the story of a little girl who accidentally loses her sheep friend by tying balloons to him and sending him into the skies. You must use ropes to attach yourself to birds and fly up as high as possible.

Aim with the mouse and click birds to rope them in, then use the arrow keys to move around. You'll only be able to fly as high as the force your birds provide, but there are stronger birds the higher you go. Birds can also be sold to Mr Rabbit in his hot-air balloon for more rope, allowing you to grab even more birds. It's really great fun simply swooping around, although it's a little annoying that when you get into the clouds, you can no longer use the 'Show Birds' tool since both the dots and the clouds are the same colour!

Play over at Armor Games.

Browser Game Pick: Garden Gnome Carnage (Daniel Remar)

Originally released as a Windows-only game back in late 2007, Daniel Remar's Garden Gnome Carnage has been ported to the Flash platform by Ludosity Interactive for distribution on casual game portals. The objective here is to prevent elves from reaching the top of the building and sliding down your unprotected chimney hole, since the game is over when you're too overwhelmed to prevent that from happening.

Your means of defence include swinging a gnome tied to your chimney to knock back the invaders, throwing bricks at anything that moves, and calling in airstrikes to carpet bomb the entire area for a few seconds of respite. Note that the only way to defeat elves who carry gifts is to knock them out of the screen, and your brick supply is replenished if you allow a cat into the building through the chimney.

Deep space the game gone weird

If like myself you're bored and want to do something more fulfilling than just playing games, there is an article that tries to explain how playing games alters the network in the brain and is in fact helpful.  Here's is an example of that:  I read an article that said that people who play first person shooters were able to identify objects further away than they could before and it helped them to develop a greater range of vision than they they had previously.  More

I think next year I will go to TGS, as I will be able to afford it, assuming I can get some extra work.  The only downside of chatting to women is; at my ripe old age of 38, I'm too old.  Oh well.

21st of September 2010

	In Japan, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will be download only, and to make sure that the purchaser of the game is over 18, this game will only be purchasable with a credit card.  More
	Enslaved: Odyssey will be available to download sometime today on the Playstation Network.  The demo lets you play through the opening chapter of the game.  More
	The demo of God Eater Burst will be available to download in October on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network.  More

Freeware Game Pick: MooD (Benjamin Braden)

MooD: Waist-High in Hell is a top-down shooter that features enemies from the Doom 3 universe, redrawn by Amon26 as minute but recognisable 2D sprites for the players to shoot at. The game features both a single-player campaign and a hotseat deathmatch mode, although you can't strafe nor change the frag win count which is set to twenty by default.

Our space marine starts out with a plain pistol in hand to use for defence, but enemies do drop weapons and medkits often enough when they are defeated. Some of the guns that you can acquire include a shotgun, machine gun, plasma gun, and the rare BFG weapon.

Benjamin is also running a special competition for players who can score over a million points in MooD: Waist-High in Hell. Details of the contest can be found here. (Windows, 6.12MB)

Fan made Half Life 2 movie trailer

18th of September 2010

	Arc System Work are releasing an all girl beat-em-up called Arcana Heart 3.  There will be two version of the game.  The first one contains an art book and costs 9,660 yen ($116), the second one is a standalone game and costs 7,140 yen ($83).  More Check out the trailer below
	Siliconera has some interesting artwork for Street Fighter IV.  They look like some artwork that was done for fun.  More

Arcana Heart 3

Tokyo Jungle trailer

Michael Jackson: The Experience trailer

 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2

It's the weekend; time for some Cosplay