The Steambot Chronicles series can’t catch a break. The PS2 original, while rough around the edges, garnered a solid cult following. Eventually, developer Irem teased its fans with footage of a PS3 sequel, and then…nothing. It still looks to be in development, but it is anyone’s guess as to when, or if, …
Archive for July, 2009
Review – Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by christianCivilization IV: Champion Edition
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 by simonMany of the great leaders throughout history were also great warriors. They lead armies, knocked over walls, flags were heavily involved. Playing Civilization IV, this is self evident from the available commanders – Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Gilgamesh. I considered what would happen if you added the greatest warriors in the world today – the …
Review – Gears of War 2
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by jacksonGears of War 2 takes place in a grim future where humanity is at war against an unstoppable force of monsters called the Locust. The endless fighting has torn down cities, painted the Earth’s surface a consistent shade of gray and brown, nearly killed off the human race, and made the survivors intolerable douchebags. If …
Flaws, Fighters and Fanboys
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 by christianFighting games are, sadly, one of the few areas of gaming where I can still get worked up into a fanboy. Shameful, I know, but every gamer has their flaws. My problem is that I am a hopeless, shameful SNK fan. I buy their games when they treat the fanbase like crap. I buy the …
Giving the Right Idiots Power – The Rock Band Network
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 by golden jewWhen Activision announced GH:WT would have authoring tools when Rock Band 2 would not, many reviewers and other industry sounding boards thought this was a critical error on the part of Harmonix. My reaction was “so what” – most gamers are idiots. Therefore I was uninterested in downloading their at best mediocre, but …
Fan Service Inc.
Monday, July 20th, 2009 by cunzy1 1Is anyone else totally addicted to taking snapshots and spending hours on the diorama mode on Super Smash Brothers Brawl? YES! You too! Great. Here are some of my creations for people to use to add some spice to their fan fictions. I’ve given some title and synopsis hints but feel free to use your …
Review – Rune Factory Frontier
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by chrisFarmer’s Diary, Day 1
I have no knowledge of my past. I found myself in a town I had never heard of with only a half-dozen denizens. They told me I could have the farm. How kind of them to take me in for a while.
Now I just need to get some seeds, …
The Pokemon Drinking Game [Prison rules version]
Monday, July 13th, 2009 by cunzy1 1Sometime soon, not today, maybe not even this year, but before the end of the world Richie and I are going to liveblog playing the ultimate Pokemon drinking game. Drinking? Pokemon? Game? I hear no-one say. Yes that’s right. Oh you want to play too? Here are the rules:
1) Equitment
You have to pronounce equipment as …
Best Game Ever – Dungeon Keeper 2
Friday, July 10th, 2009 by golden jewOne of the critical problems of the gaming industry today is that nearly every game is an adaption of a successfully proven concept. This is probably why there is a lot of hullabaloo (scrabble bonus points) whenever an interesting new concept game comes out, even if the concept and execution are flawed. But …
N00b Diaries: Bioshock Chapter Three – The Wide Road to Hell
Monday, July 6th, 2009 by alexisDay Eight:
By this point, I thought the game had etched the peripheral line past which other games fear to tread; etched that line and stepped boldly over it. Then I got to the theater level, and found that Bioshock had actually power-vaulted over said line. About the time that I hear Sander Cohen’s reading of …
