Why is it that Star Wars video games have now become a source of hilarity? This is facepalm hilarity.
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In [Nat’s] Digital Hands: World of Goo
World of Goo Launch Day Trailer from 2D Boy on Vimeo.
I was able to add a few more points to my Wii profile and download the game. It’s fun. The style is reminiscent of an old public service announcement by a company. There are a lot of LOL moments here.
In My Portable Hands
We’re lousy with games around here lately!
In [Brock’s] Hands
Just got the call around 7:30pm… Now to wait for the wife to finish watching her stupid, stupid movie!
Edit: Spent about 2 hours playing around with the game tonight and it’s a lot of fun so far. The tutorials are almost all chuckle-inducing and the level design thus far is impressive.
Unfortunately, the LBP servers are down (which makes sense as the game isn’t supposed to be officially available until tomorrow) so a lot of the extra functionality is still essentially locked, but the game looks like it will take a long time to play through in order to find every little fiddly bit and hidden path in each level.
Oh, and I need to go and get myself a Playstation Eye. I’d hoped I could have hooked my 360 Vision camera, but nope.
The Force Unleashed in 1915
It’s Friday and we need to have a little fun.
I feel, in a way, it made it better.
Fable II Quirks
I’ve now put almost 8 hours into the game. It is everything Fable I should have been but there are some weird things going on.
- The economy is a little messed up on the gambling games. I won a large amount of money, but when leaving the game, I actually lost some.
- The map is useless except for a vague general overview
- The inventory and expressions menu are a little counter-intuitive
- Are you used to using “B” to cancel? So am I. Has anyone else frightened the citizens by thinking you were canceling an action and you torched an area with a spell?
- Inconsistent volume levels between gameplay and cinematics.
- Co-op is completely useless. It’s not even co-op. A locked camera? You’re just a helper? It’s not your character? I can see why Lionhead didn’t have it in there. Funny. People complain and that’s what you get. There are times the developer does know best.
This is not a big deal, but it’s too easy to do things on accident. I got married twice because there were onlookers nearby when I was doing expressions. I ended up giving the wrong person a ring. I was then stupid enough to move them into houses next to each other. Both spouses were mad at each other and then turned their anger towards me. They both walked off together. I’m now renting my two houses out. I actually thought that was pretty funny, but I did not intend to become a bigot (Yes, I did end up hating them. I was a bigamist as well.) and a divorcee.
This may seem like a big gripe. I like the game, but there’s just a little bit of polish that was missed. It’s just a smudge. I guess it’s because I’m also playing the most polished game ever right now.
Gears of War 2: The New “Mad World” Trailer
I was going through my Google reader feeds as I usually do everyday and came across this new marketing video for Gears of War 2.
I don’t know if I like it better than the “Mad World” video or not.
I feel that the “Mad World” trailer had a darker tone to it and that you couldn’t help feeling alone. Plus the music was awesome. With this new trailer entitled “The Last Day” it seemed more like the calm before the storm, at least this time Marcus has his bros to go with him. It’s kinda cool if you think how you’d feel if you were in their position. You and a couple of other guys are about to drop down underground and take on a HORDE of locusts with just your lancer. (Even though the lancer is a beast of a weapon.)
Kinda makes you think, at least it did for me.
I guess I’m just glad that they try and add some emotion to the game which is mostly about blowing stuff/people up.
Good marketing.
Grand Theft Dead Rising?
I just read this rumor earlier today on Joystiq.
While it would be weird to go from the gritty setting of Liberty City to a zombie-infested Liberty City, I would certainly approve this change. Especially if Frank West was a playable character.
A Little Clarification
Fable II is what Fable should have been.
That is all.
I’m only two hours in, and I can tell already.
Damnation: Multiplayer Gameplay Video
When I first saw some single-player gameplay of Damnation I thought to myself, “Meh, just another shooter.”
After dismissing the game I promptly forgot about it.
THEN, I saw some gameplay for the multiplayer and I thought to myself, “Assassin’s Creed with guns?!?! sign me up!”
Granted the weapons don’t look like anything to write home about the gameplay looks pretty solid. Especially when you can shoot while you are hanging. There are a couple of instances in the clip where the player is either hanging off of a railing or the edge of a roof and taking shots at someone who has no clue where he’s being shot from.
Ahh… I can see the frustration now.
I have been humbled and promise to never cast aside what may appear to be just another game.
Has it happened to you before?