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Bionic Commando: Rearmed is Heavy on Nostalgia, Light on Gameplay
In 1987, Capcom unveiled a new franchise - Bionic Commando. Bionic Commando started as a standalone arcade game, in which the the main character was a soldier equipped with a bionic arm used for swinging, grabbing, and ass-kicking. In 1988, a sequel was made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Two weeks ago, Capcom released a remake of the 1988 NES classic on the Playstation Network, XBox Live Arcade, and PC gaming systems.
Continue reading...Book Review: You Call This the Future? by Nick Sagan
27. August 2008
The new book by Nick Sagan (son of Carl Sagan), You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised, is characterized by explanations of some of the fascinating technologies envisioned in classic science fiction along with explorations of the progress modern science has made towards achieving those visions. Classic science fiction references appear side-by-side with summaries of state of the art scientific research.
Continue reading...Mach Dice is the iPhone RPG die rolling app you’ve been waiting for
25. August 2008
Finally! The die app you role players (or lovers of multi-facted dice) have been waiting for has arrived, from MachWerx. It's Mach Dice and it's beautiful. The premise is simple. You choose the dice, you make the roll. You can select any type of die you want, up to 100 of them - multiple dice of different sides are available as well.
Continue reading...Fantastic Contraption: Release Your Inner Engineer
23. August 2008
In the world of time-wasting, flash games may be the ruling elite. Simple games like Motherload and Portal: The Flash Version have gotten me through countless long days at work. And now that I've discovered Fantastic Contraption, I just might never work again.
Continue reading...Fourth Edition Dungeon Master’s Guide: Half Good
23. August 2008
In the second of three Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition core rulebook reviews I take a critical look at the Dungeon Master's Guide.
Continue reading...D&D 4th Edition Reinvents Itself, but in a Good Way
19. August 2008
WotC's Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition introduces a slew of changes to the venerable franchise, from a new modern look and feel to streamlined gameplay rules and a completely redesigned class and skill system. Today I take a look at the Player's Handbook, and I will review the Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual in upcoming articles.
Continue reading...Frotz for the iPhone and iPod Touch!
18. August 2008
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...Book Review: The Way Toys Work
15. August 2008
Did you know that the inventor of the erector set won an Olympic gold medal in the pole vault in 1908? Or that the Slinky was named by thumbing through a dictionary looking for a word that sounded like the motion of a toy? Or that (despite popular belief), Furbies do not listen for new words to add to their vocabularies (and therefore should never have been banned from government property)? Neither did I, until I read The Way Toys Work:The Science Behind the Magic 8 Ball, Etch A Sketch, Boomerang, and More.
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...Blaze Media Pro – multimedia editing suite
13. August 2008
I've spent a little time with Blaze Media Pro over the past week exploring what this media editing suite can do. It's a pretty comprehensive suite of tools for Windows users, covering everything from ripping and burning both audio and video to editing tools that allow you to splice, cut and paste.
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...Diceshaker – another RPG die rolling app for the iPhone or iPod Touch
11. August 2008
Diceshaker is another handy app to have if you're into rolling multiples of d8's on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It's a bit more flexible than the previous apps I've looked at in that you have more dice / multiples to choose from.
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...Ambiance for the iPhone/iPod touch
8. August 2008
In my continued quest to find interesting and useful apps from Apple’s App store I came across Ambiance. It’s a fun coincidence that the two apps I downloaded first ended up #1 (Koi Pond) and #2 at the apps store for paid apps. Both are $0.99 apps and both aren’t games. I find this trend [...]
Continue reading...Koi Pond for the iPhone/iPod Touch
7. August 2008
Koi Pond is really very lovely to look at. The water is done wonderfully, reacts well to touch and has nice splooshy sound effects. The fish act naturally and will dart around your screen if disturbed, as advertised. As you can see from the screen shots, it's quite beautiful to look at.
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29. August 2008
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