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Frotz for the iPhone and iPod Touch!
It wasn't too long ago that I noticed a nerdcore rapper tackling the subject of text based adventure games. Now it seems that the popular software (popular amongst us text based adventure game enthusiasts that is) Frotz has been ported to an Apple App!
Continue reading...How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style
18. August 2008
For a while now Valve through Steam have had a dedicated server for Linux from which you can launch your multiplayer fragfests. I've recently started messing about with it and I've gotten Counter Strike, Counter Strike Source and Half Life multiplayer to launch off of it. I'm still mucking about with server settings and finding statistics for it however I did not find a ton of documentation on this through Google so I decided to put up my notes here.
Continue reading...Cro-Mag Rally for the iPhone/iPod Touch - racing gets really old school
14. August 2008
I've been fooling around with Cro-Mag Rally by Pangea Software for a couple of days now, mostly during my commute and I've been very much enjoying it. It's everything Monkey Ball should have been - less monkeys, more fun.
Continue reading...MotionX Dice for the iPhone or iPod Touch get’s it almost right
13. August 2008
This is almost the dice app I've been searching for! It looks amazingly pretty, the dice actually roll on screen with a flip of your phone or pod, the sounds are good, and it even rolls higher than a 5 on six sided dice! You can skin your dice in various ways to play good old 6 sided games, poker or what have you.
Continue reading...World of Warcraft + God of War = Too Human
8. August 2008
Too Human is a 3rd person action-RPG developed by Silicon Knights featuring a combination of intense combat, in-depth character customization, and a rich, compelling storyline. The mythology of the game (planned to be a trilogy) is based on a modified Norse mythology. The player controls the character Baldur, son of Odin. Baldur is one of the Norse gods – a cybernetically advanced human tasked with protecting the human race. Baldur is considered by the other gods to be less advanced than the rest, thus “too human”.
Continue reading...Football, Xboxes, Best Buy, mind control and pinball, all part of Friday Deals.
8. August 2008
Friday brings us a bevy of deals to choose from. Mind control devices, pinball for the Wii, Xboxes and Football. All things we love, right?
Continue reading...New Egg roll your own PC sale, games for cheap, free music and an inflatable body cavity - Thursday’s deals
7. August 2008
There’s more deals than you can shake a pointed stick at this morning! Lots of stuff to look at but the coolest is probably NewEgg’s build yourself a PC sale. Every component you’d need, you can find for cheaper than normal. Definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to upgrade or roll yourself a new [...]
Continue reading...Use Nvidia? Valve has free games for you! Use ATI? Free games too!
6. August 2008
If you've got some bastardized desktop with both ATI and Nvidia installed then you've just been hit by two branches of the lucky tree. Nvidia (my preferred brand) offers a bit more in the way of free games, but ATI has some stuff as well.
Continue reading...Dice Bag - the iPod touch/iPhone app for the tabletop gamer
5. August 2008
Here's my new favorite app - available free through the app store. Dice Bag! It's nice, simple, sharp looking and a lot of fun to show off to other gamers.
Continue reading...Bionic Commando Rearmed - Making of Video from Capcom
5. August 2008
Capcom has sent us their 2nd in a series of videos for Bionic Commando Rearmed. This one deals with the creation of the world of BCR. Technorati Tags: capcom, video games, bionic commando, video, making of Click the icon, share the link: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]
Continue reading...A Totally New Way to Role-Play - The Window
4. August 2008
These are the three precepts to a Window game: "Everything about a Window character is described with adjectives rather than numbers." "It is the actor's responsibility to play their role realistically." "A good story is the central goal.”
Continue reading...6 reasons why PC gaming is better than Console gaming is better than PC gaming
4. August 2008
Until some sort of convergence happens, where computers become small enough that a good gaming rig can be had in a small, quiet, cool little box there will always be a war between consoles and PCs when it comes to gaming.
Continue reading...Traditional Role Playing Games - are they succumbing to MMORPGS?
1. August 2008
Once upon a time, gaming was sacred. It was a time to spend with like minded folk sitting around drinking Mountain Dew and eating Doritos, laughing, talking, disemboweling a goblin or two, and just having fun. MMORPGs have taken a lot of that away. Now you play alone, or with strangers. Unless you’re lucky enough to chance upon your real life friends on the same server.
Continue reading...Get a free Star Wars Pocket Model. Is that a 31st Flight Droid in your pocket. . .
31. July 2008
Wizkids in cahoots with Toys R Us are giving away free Star Wars pocket models to those in the US with access to a physical location giving them away. In most cases this is a Toys R Us but also a bunch of comic book stores are doing this as well.
Continue reading...Inkseine: Note taking++
29. July 2008
If you own a Tablet or UMPC and you're like me, you're constantly looking for new apps that take full advantage of its unique interface and capabilities. Last weekend I came across a killer app in development by the guys over at Microsoft Research.
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18. August 2008
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