tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212377082011-08-19T07:04:44.995-04:00The world of video games seen through the eyes of Canadian teens.Keadinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-83500876319551446882007-05-27T03:11:00.001-04:002007-08-31T10:00:17.613-04:00I have re-launched the site as General Games 2.0, I hope you enjoy it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.generalgames.ca/">Click Here </a>for redirect to <a href="http://www.generalgames.ca/">www.generalgames.ca</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-8350087631955144688?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1155172193202452342006-08-09T21:09:00.000-04:002006-08-09T21:09:53.226-04:00THe site's going to suffer until September as myself and Chief Zando will be heading out west for vacation. Please try not to kill yourselves.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115517219320245234?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1154657889842608612006-08-03T21:26:00.000-04:002006-08-03T22:18:10.490-04:00ost of you have heard by know that something has changed about E3. The official statement is that the con is not cancelled. It is however a smaller more "intimate" experience with invite only attendance. This is royal balls for anyone who ever hoped to go to the amazing gamerfest, but makes total sense from a publisher's viewpoint. Perhaps PAX will fill the void in the near future, but look for E3 to be less than stellar forevermore.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115465788984260861?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1154654342673897692006-08-03T21:17:00.000-04:002006-08-03T21:19:02.703-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.lik-sang.com/images/large/xbox360-gears-of-war-us.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://image.lik-sang.com/images/large/xbox360-gears-of-war-us.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It's been officially announced that Gears of War will be released November 12th, for the low-low (and promise breaking) first party price of $69.99 CAD or $79.99 CAD for the Collectors Edition. With GoW launching just short of a week before the PS3 it'll be interesting to see who's sales get hurt by who.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115465434267389769?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1154341912095325682006-07-31T06:23:00.000-04:002006-07-31T06:42:09.113-04:00<center><img src="http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/07/entitlementgeneration.jpg" width="400" /></center><p><br />The achievment system on the Xbox 360 has been one of the driving factors for the system. It builds competition and makes gamers desire to play more. It was such a good idea that Microsoft decided to extend it to their PC and mobile platforms with Live anywhere. Apparently they weren't the only ones who thought it was a good idea.<br /><br />Introducing the "Entitlement System" Sony's attempt to recreate the thrill and reward of a flashing icon and a blipping sound effect. Players will rack up "Entitlements" by completing various objectives and it will all be kept on a player card that can be compared and updated. Sony's just brimming with originality these days... </p><p>What's next? Wiiwards?</p><div align="right">[<a href="http://zdmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o1/Podcasts/EGM/071906.mp3">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115434191209532568?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1154341277903506472006-07-31T06:14:00.000-04:002006-07-31T06:22:39.010-04:00<center><img src="http://www.nuclearmonkeysoftware.com/screenshots/firstplayable_05.jpg" width="400" /></center><p align="left">Developer: Nuclear Monkey Software<br />Price: FREE<br /><br />Many of you have now seen the trailer for Valve's upcoming Portal game. A friend tipped me off about this one and damn he was right. This game is amazing. It takes the principal of what Portal will bring and brings it together in a free small game with level editting and a wide community base. In this you play a small princess on a quest to do something or other but for some reason find yourself trapped in a series of rooms only able to escape using a series of giant mouths that act as portals. So you teleport and ride lava turtles to safety only to be confronted with another obstacle filled room. This is a MUST DOWNLOAD NOW!! game for certain. </p><p align="right">[<a href="http://www.nuclearmonkeysoftware.com/narbaculardrop.html">Source</a>]</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115434127790350647?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1154272875298352332006-07-30T11:20:00.000-04:002006-07-30T11:32:50.770-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/47D8C0B4-BDBB-4AF3-8C41-D60B50D451A8/0/4cglstreetfighter2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/47D8C0B4-BDBB-4AF3-8C41-D60B50D451A8/0/4cglstreetfighter2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hitting store shelves this week:</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>Xbox 360:</strong></div><div>Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>Xbox:</strong><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/932331_74165_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/932331_74165_front.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Flatout 2</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>PS2:</strong></div><div>Barnyard</div><div>Flatout 2</div><div>Super Monkey Ball Adventure</div><div>LarryBoy and the Bad Apple</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>PSP:</strong></div><div>Super Monkey Ball Adventure</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>GameCube:</strong></div><div>Barnyard</div><div>Super Monkey Ball Adventure</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>GBA:</strong></div><div>LarryBoy and the Bad Apple</div><div>Barnyard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/934032_77281_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/934032_77281_front.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>PC:</strong></div><div>Atlantis Quest</div><div>Big Oil</div><div>Combat Mission Anthology</div><div>Dungeon Seige II</div><div>Jaws Unleashed</div><div>Barnyard</div><div>Total War: Eras</div><div>Mahjong Towers</div><div>Poker Superstars II</div><div>Specnaz: Project Wolf</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>Mac:</strong></div><div>Battleground Europe: WWII Online</div><div> </div><div></div><div><strong>Mobile:</strong></div><div>Super K.O. Boxing</div><div></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115427287529835233?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153880908731834142006-07-25T22:22:00.000-04:002006-07-25T22:28:28.733-04:00<div align="left"><br />That's right, Assassin's Creed is officially coming to the Xbox 360. It has just been previewed by CVG and has been announced by Ubisoft. It looks like the drive to make money outweighed Sony's grip on exclusive rights!<br /><img style="WIDTH: 301px" height="144" src="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/medialib/screens/screenshot_159516.jpg" width="200" /></div><br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143343">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115388090873183414?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153880496847041332006-07-25T22:16:00.000-04:002006-07-25T22:21:36.890-04:00Toshio Iwai, creator of Electroplankton has been secretly developing a new musical instrument. Similar to a synthesizer, a grid of 16*16 LEDs can be stroked like a harp to make music. Very natural and intuitive the instrument responds to aggresiveness of strokes and can pick up sbutlety making it just as reactive as any traditional instrument. Can't wait to see the Toronto Symphony Orchestra incorperate these.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/24/electroplankton_inve.html">Source</a>]</div><div align="right"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115388049684704133?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153880128223759792006-07-25T22:06:00.000-04:002006-07-25T22:15:28.246-04:00<img src="http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/features/hardware/vistagames/title.jpg" width="400"><br />Gamespot's got their hands on a new update for the Vista Beta and it comes with all the little free MSN games we've grown to love. They've done a nice little roundup and all your favourites are there, Minesweeper, Hearts, Freecell and all that other nonesense, plus a few new titles. They've also done a comparison to their XP editions respectivly and do a nice job of making a big deal on such a trivial topic.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/features/6154558/index.html">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115388012822375979?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153559899105981352006-07-22T05:07:00.000-04:002006-07-22T05:19:35.630-04:00Releasing this week: <a href="http://xbl10kclub.com/galaga.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://xbl10kclub.com/galaga.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Xbox360:</strong><br />Galga (XBLA)<br /><br /><strong>Xbox:</strong> <a href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/932102_73734_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/932102_73734_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Fuel<br />Painkiller: Hell Wars<br /><br /><strong>PS2:</strong><br />The Ant Bully<br />Sprint Cars<br /><br /><strong>PSP:</strong><br />Tekken: Dark Ressurection<br /><br /><strong>GameCube:</strong><br />The Ant Bully<br /><br /><strong>GBA:</strong><br />The Ant Bully<br />Battle B-Damon <a href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/914536_40697_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/914536_40697_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Summon Night: Swordcraft Story<br /><br /><strong>PC:</strong><br />Cibilization IV: Warlords<br />CivCity: Rome<br />The Ant Bully<br />Nancy Drew: Danger by Design<br />Total War: Eras<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115355989910598135?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153559186773765192006-07-22T05:01:00.000-04:002006-08-03T20:15:05.020-04:00<div align="center"><img src="http://www.fun-motion.com/images/de-blob-2.jpg" width="400" /> </div>Developer: Utrecht School of Arts and Utrecht University<br />Price: FREE<br />Very much inspired by Katamari Dmacy, De Blob has you playing a giant fat alien blob that's crashed into a dreary monochrome city and has taken it upon himself to race around town, running over the primary coloured citizens to absorb their pigments and spread them through the city, all while on the run from the law-abiding INK'd Agents. It's a fun simple game for the not-so-serious gamer and most will find it quite enjoyable.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115355918677376519?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153544553235274102006-07-22T00:53:00.000-04:002006-07-22T01:02:33.263-04:00<p align="center"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/aaa.gif" /></p>Remember the N64 kid? A bunch of YTMND users found him and called him. Check the source for a recording.<br /><br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://fmpfilms.com/freefm/n64.mp3">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115354455323527410?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153454447996596662006-07-20T23:49:00.000-04:002006-07-21T00:00:48.113-04:00<a href="http://www.starcraftchronicles.com/hard/sc_main.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.starcraftchronicles.com/hard/sc_main.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The fan base for StarCraft is one of the largest ever seen. It's no surprise then that when Blizzard canned Ghost and fails to offer any other mentions of the Universe, the community'll take it into their own hands. Introducing, StarCraft Chronicles, a CGI movie in development by the fans. They're still in the early stages and looking for various skilled fans willing to work for free, but it's there. I'd love to offer my skills as a 3d architecht, but remembered I don't even know how to spell it right. Maybe I could be like Andy Circa (Circas? Circus?) and run around in leotards pretending to be something cool!<br /><br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.starcraftchronicles.com/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115345444799659666?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153452045026289142006-07-20T23:10:00.000-04:002006-07-20T23:20:45.053-04:00Several of the top requested XBLA titles have been X-Men, TMNT and other 4 player Beat-em-ups. Looks like the alot of prayers have just been answered as it's been confirmed that Behemoth, creaters of Alien Hominoid will be bringing (along with the aformentioned Alien Hominoid) an exclusive new title, Castle Crashers to the Arcade. The game looks great, 4 players, side-scrolling, beating-em-up?! Not to mention it's amazing artistic style. This is going to be one of the most succesfull XBLA titles yet. Don't believe me? Check te video and see for yourself.<br /><div align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ggOBtSivQlM"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ggOBtSivQlM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/07/20/crashing-castles-on-xbox-live-arcade/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115345204502628914?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153451379364617892006-07-20T23:03:00.000-04:002006-07-20T23:09:39.396-04:00<a href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/xblagregcanessa.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/xblagregcanessa.jpg" border="0" /></a> In an interview with Joystiq.com, Greg Canessa (PD for the XBLA program) announced that Texas Hold'em will unfortunately not be free, contrary to previous statements. It would appear that the lawyers couldn't deal right with RiverBelle Casino for the advertising rights, so instead it looks like we'll be paying 400-800 MSP for it. Still a fair deal if you ask me. Greg didn't want to leave on a completely sour note so he mentioned that the game will attach a bankroll number to your gamercard and explained that the more money you get you can "buy" into higher tournaments and such, loose it all and you're back at the bottom. While this isn't terribly fascinating, the mention that it's attached to your gamercard is intriguing, what if there were a whole line of casino games? could your bankroll stay between them?<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/20/joystiq-interviews-greg-canessa-of-xbla/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115345137936461789?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153274795829897212006-07-18T21:52:00.000-04:002006-07-18T22:06:35.863-04:00<a href="http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_fea_wifi_main2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_fea_wifi_main2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Looks like Nintendo messed up for a minute as 3 hidden webpages became available leaking a bit of new information. Smash Bros Brawl (YAY!) and Tony Hawk's Downhil Jam (yay...) will be playable online using the NiWiFi Friends Code system. They're also expanding their Wii Compilations (see Wii Sports) with WiiMusic, possibly calling the line WiiParty Not a bad name if you ask me). More info was added about the Wi-Fi service, including the mention of it being free, and Fire Emblem Wii was confirmed, but the sites were quickly torn down leaving only 2nd hand reports. I presume the news will be announced officially soon.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=3797">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115327479582989721?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153273783887601542006-07-18T21:38:00.000-04:002006-07-18T21:51:09.526-04:00When I heard Portal was going to be a new puzzler I had no idea it was like this! I was imagining some sort of small app, but this is amazing. This has potential for game of the year!If you thought Prey's portals were cool Valve breaks all the boundries! This is unbelievable.<br /><br /><div align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wb7aDZeO_MQ"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wb7aDZeO_MQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb7aDZeO_MQ&amp;eurl=">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115327378388760154?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153273121016442362006-07-18T21:33:00.000-04:002006-07-18T21:38:41.086-04:00Looks like the animated (Japan only for now) Animal Crossing film is well under wya. Their website has gone up and a few images have been posted up. I can't read Japanese, but it looks like there's a female protagonist. But most importantly the leafe on Tom Nook's apron aligns perfectly with his little racoon nether region.<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.doubutsunomori-movie.jp/image/chara/tanukichi.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="right">[<a href="http://www.doubutsunomori-movie.jp/">Source</a>]</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115327312101644236?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153272790935142212006-07-18T21:29:00.000-04:002006-07-18T21:33:10.976-04:00As you can clearly see on my gamercard in the sidebar, I recently broke 10,000 Gamerscore. To my surprise a few days later I recieved a strange message, inviting me to join an exclusive website available only to those 10k and above. It's a neat little community. Decent people on the (mostly quiet) forums, no little kids and even a game store that offers some discounts. It's great being recognized for my awesomeness. Check out the site <a href="http://xbl10kclub.com/xbl10k_main.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115327279093514221?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153272515037431452006-07-18T21:09:00.000-04:002006-07-18T21:28:35.213-04:00I finally decided to give Live's "<a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/?WT.svl=nav">Game With Fame</a>" a try and <a href="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/PMSGWF_1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/PMSGWF_1.jpg" border="0" /></a>managed to score a few <a href="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/84B02548-6B66-43F9-9947-7F3EE7E1D9B9/0/boxpmsathenatwin.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 79px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" height="98" alt="" src="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/84B02548-6B66-43F9-9947-7F3EE7E1D9B9/0/boxpmsathenatwin.jpg" border="0" /></a>games with Athena Twin from the PMS clan. She was really nice, and we played a few rounds of Joust. Well, we tried to play a few rounds of Joust. I'd make a private game and invite and as we started the screen just locked in this evil cavern. I just stared as it looked straight back at me and into my soul. We didn't let that stop us though, connected a private chat and after several tries we finally managed it. Needless to say she stomped my sorry ass, but we had a great time working as a team and even earned a couple of achievments doing it!<br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/PMSGWF_2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The Evil Cavern of Doom!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115327251503743145?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153062448204121552006-07-16T10:43:00.000-04:002006-07-16T11:07:28.253-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/ga/dload/games/cakemania/cakemania_screenshot1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/ga/dload/games/cakemania/cakemania_screenshot1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Developer: Sandlot Games<br />Cost: 1-Hour Demo / $19.99 (USD)<br /><br />Although it's another point and click frenzy game Cake Mania has one of the better stories. You play Jill grandaughter to small business bakers. As she returns from culinary school she finds that a big-box company has bought the land where the shop is and she must raise enough money to save her grandparents business. It's very similar to Root Beer Tapper, but with pastry. This game proves while it may be a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake, pleasing a customer may not always be so easy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=cakemania">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115306244820412155?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1153060907885765362006-07-16T10:32:00.000-04:002006-07-16T10:43:10.496-04:00Hitting store shelves this week:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/932518_74588.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/932518_74588.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox360:</span><br />NCAA Footbal 07<br />Cloning Clyde<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox:</span><br />NCAA Football 07<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/932396_74322_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/932396_74322_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Monster House<br />NCAA Football 07<br />Super Dragon Ball Z<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PSP:<br /></span></span></span></span>NCAA Football 07<br />Miami Vice: The Game<br />Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GameCube:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/932406_74341_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/932406_74341_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Monster House<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DS:<br /></span>Monster House<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GBA:<br /></span>Monster House<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Wildlife Park 2<br />Atlantis Quest<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115306090788576536?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152938168637499322006-07-15T00:32:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:36:08.640-04:00Miami Vice, Pulse, A Scanner Darkly, Clerks 2, and Little Miss Sunshine. What do tyhese movies have in common? Before each begins you'll catch a short trailer for the upcoming Gears of War. All the footage is old, but it's interesting that more games are doing this. New Super Mario Bros. the most recent to memory's got me thinking if video games should hae abigger on-screen presence advertising. Does it really make a difference? Personally I can't say because by the time I see a commercial for it I've reported on the game months ago, but what about you, the laymen. Have you ever seen a game commercial and been affected? Persuaded? Desuaded?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153977.html">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115293816863749932?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152937907557085452006-07-15T00:27:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:31:47.583-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/team_fortress_2_group_photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/team_fortress_2_group_photo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />After yesterday's announcement that Half-Life 2 is coming to the next-gen consoles they've followed up by sending Joystiq a capture of what the new Team Fortress Classic art is going to be like. Cartoony indeed, I'm not sure if I like it though. I'll reserve judgement until I see the environments.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/07/team_fortress_2_group_photo.jpg">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115293790755708545?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152851651149789032006-07-14T00:30:00.000-04:002006-07-14T00:34:11.153-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/756525E7-7E6D-4276-B837-BDC757D2E297/0/livecardoffer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 91px;" src="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/756525E7-7E6D-4276-B837-BDC757D2E297/0/livecardoffer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Xbox Canada's cooked up a great promotion to bring people onto Xbox Live. All you have to do is get an Xbox 360, and transfer your old Xbox Live account. They'll send you a FREE 13 month Gold card just for joining the next-generation. But hurry, offer's ending July 31. Check the Source for more details.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-ca/live/v1offer/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115285165114978903?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152851380106704152006-07-14T00:24:00.000-04:002006-07-14T00:29:40.106-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cyberartscamp.org/webdesign/2004/week1/phillip_chen/images/gordon%20freeman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.cyberartscamp.org/webdesign/2004/week1/phillip_chen/images/gordon%20freeman.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">With the less than stellar (that's an understatement) sale of the console version of Valve's Half-Life 2, it looks like they've decided to give it another shot. At EA's summer press event Valve announced that it will be releasing a retail version of the game that comes bundled with HL2, Episode 1 &2, Team Fortress 2 and a brand new title, Portal. Also, Team Fortress 2 will be given an artistic update, featuring cartoonish spy-like graphics (ala No One Lives Forever). Expect Downloadable Content to follow the episodic story on the XBLMP.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153984.html">Source</a>]<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115285138010670415?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152850994684277682006-07-14T00:16:00.000-04:002006-07-14T00:24:45.780-04:00Some guys went to a Wal-Mart and decided to see how hard they could press a touch screen before it cracked. Results? They couldn't. I've said it before, Nintendo makes high quality shit.<br /><center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNNNwK2XMzk"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FNNNwK2XMzk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><right>[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNNNwK2XMzk">Source</a>]</right></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115285099468427768?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152810142930435252006-07-13T12:59:00.000-04:002006-07-13T13:02:22.960-04:00A while ago Bungie started selling the Halo orchestral music to schoolboards, this school however was a few steps ahead when on e student made copies for the whole ensemble, here's a video of them performing it at a concert.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://useruploads.mythica.org/cgi-bin/watch.cgi?f=orchestrahalotheme.WMV&amp;sid=1593635">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115281014293043525?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152804729642842352006-07-13T11:28:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:32:09.670-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/obit-kotok.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 144px;" src="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/obit-kotok.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />You may not know his name, but you should. Alan Kotok was one of the few guys that worked on Spacewar, the world's first video game. He also invented the first joystick. News has just broken today that he died in May. He will be missed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/obit-kotok.html">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115280472964284235?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152762653301774862006-07-12T23:47:00.000-04:002006-07-12T23:50:53.343-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/photo/060712frogger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.digitaljournal.com/photo/060712frogger.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Chief Zando reminded me that Frogger was a Konami game, so I gave the XBLA version I bought today a test. Turns out if you hit "Arcade Mode" and then punch in the code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start) you get to play as a GIANT Frogger. Pretty cool eh?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115276265330177486?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152754097930433132006-07-12T21:23:00.000-04:002006-07-12T21:28:17.956-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/D6DEC798-7697-47B8-81D3-B7D05FA353E9/0/sbg118xboxLiveArcadeWed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/D6DEC798-7697-47B8-81D3-B7D05FA353E9/0/sbg118xboxLiveArcadeWed.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Xbox Live team has thrown together a lovely promotion for the announcement of the Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays, a free "Party-in-a-Box". They're offering 1000 Free MS points for a few game downloads, coupons for free pizza from Papa John's and free music downloads for your favourite 80's tunes. Best of all, you only need to send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject "Arcade Party". All they ask in return is a few pictures of the party and a little write-up. Check the source for further details. I've already applied and if it goes through any Toronto based readers are free to join me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/0712-partyinabox.htm">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115275409793043313?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152648817627653032006-07-11T16:06:00.000-04:002006-07-11T16:26:51.066-04:00All jason16888 wanted was some good news about the PS3, it never came. It's a true tragedy, but it makes for hilarious radio show call-ins.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://sonyfanboy.ytmnd.com/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115264881762765303?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152647951625513842006-07-11T15:44:00.000-04:002006-07-11T16:00:24.406-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/michaelrpacheco/markyplate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a339/michaelrpacheco/markyplate.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Gastronaut, developers of the XBLA title Super Smash Bros. clone "Small Arms" have let loose one of the game's achievements, and it's definately one of the coolest invented so far. When the game is released, the 4 members of the Gastronaut development team will be the only ones to have it. Anyone that plays with them gets the achievement and anyone that plays someone that's recieved the achievement gets it aswell, so it's like "paying it foreward" for gamerscore. Oh, and it's aptly named "Sx Degrees of Small Arms".<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3152043">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115264795162551384?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152646848988681832006-07-11T15:36:00.000-04:002006-07-11T15:40:49.016-04:00ALthough the press release has been been removed at the request of MS, Gamasutra posted a notice they recieved from Big Bill's group that was intended to be released after the "Summer of Xbox Live Arcade" event in San Fransisco tomorrow. The release announced that starting tomorrow (!) every Wednesday a new arcade game will be available on marketplace. they also announced their starting line-up for the next few weeks. Unfortunately for Microsoft many early readers copied the post so, here's the complete press release a day early:<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><p>Starting today, Xbox Live Arcade users will now go live on Wednesdays at 0800 GMT (Midnight Pacific) to download the first in what will be a series of new releases.</p> <p>The program will start with a release of Konami's 1981 arcade classic Frogger. Other Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays titles debuting in the coming weeks include Cloning Clyde, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Galaga and Pac-Man. Details on pricing for each game were not immediately released.</p> <p>Xbox Live Arcade's Frogger has been enhanced for the Xbox 360, and features new, enhanced artwork that matches and complements the original style. In addition, according to Microsoft, the game's audio, including sound effects and music, has been modernized to sound crisp and clear on today's high performance sound systems.</p> <p>The complete schedule is announced as follows:</p> <p>- July 12 - Frogger<br />- July 19 - Cloning Clyde<br />- July 26 - Galaga<br />- August 2 - Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting<br />- August 9 - Pac-Man</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115264684898868183?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152500376225048132006-07-09T22:57:00.000-04:002006-07-09T22:59:36.226-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/198340_27990_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/198340_27990_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hitting store shelves this week:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox360:</span><br />Prey<br />Chromehounds<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><br />Ultimate Board Game Collection<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:</span><br />Prey<br />Big Oil<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115250037622504813?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152500228326949892006-07-09T22:51:00.000-04:002006-07-09T22:57:08.330-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bgmod.com/resources/news/06042006/bg_10F_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.bgmod.com/resources/news/06042006/bg_10F_03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Although technically not a small game this Half-Life 2 Mod is way too cool to not showcase. The Battle Grounds is a Revolutionary War multiplayer shooter, using the Source engines (albeit poorly) the game offers all the fun aggrivation of reloading one pellet at a time. The games play like your normal territories maps, but the old weapons and focus on team play really make it interesting. You can download it free as an add-on to your Steam account from their site or just search for it through Steam itself.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.bgmod.com/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115250022832694989?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152077306201991782006-07-05T01:16:00.000-04:002006-07-05T01:34:42.006-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/BrainAge_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 203px;" src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/BrainAge_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/BrainAge_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 167px;" src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/BrainAge_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There you have it, undeniable proff that the Chief and I are complete geniuses. Perfect Brain Ages. I wish we could say the same for our sister, but I guess we got all the good genes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115207730620199178?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152072890826961532006-07-05T00:05:00.000-04:002006-07-05T00:14:50.830-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1167/1148580304.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1167/1148580304.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Cliffy B, in an interview with GameDaily has let loose a whole bunch of features Gears of War will have. "Instead of dying right away, you find the screen turning a blood red, and if one of your cohorts walks up, they can revive you and put you back into battle. However, this situation can be devastating if an enemy opponent comes at you, as you're left in a vulnerable spot. In that case, they can whip out a chainsaw and carve you literally in half, splattering blood everywhere and killing you off in a humiliating fashion, and then you're stuck in "watch mode" until the current match is over and your team is revived."<br /><br />Real-time voice synching and voice commands will also be available when you play online. This means that when you yell "Hot damn, no-scoped your spawn camping ass!", your character's mouth will move justly. This is the coolest feature I've heard in a long time, Master Chief's going to have a hard time topping this one, since y'know his mouths under a helmet.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://xbox360.gamedaily.com/game/preview/?gameid=4457">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115207289082696153?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152072263201242392006-07-05T00:01:00.000-04:002006-07-05T00:04:23.226-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images6.theimagehosting.com/324AM190606_power_addlow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images6.theimagehosting.com/324AM190606_power_addlow.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This is the coolest fan periphrial I've seen so far, Nintendo Execs better take note, this thing could be huge!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://images6.theimagehosting.com/324AM190606_power_addlow.jpg">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115207226320124239?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152071024453490292006-07-04T23:39:00.000-04:002006-07-04T23:49:03.640-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.1up.com/media?id=2936908"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.1up.com/media?id=2936908" alt="" border="0" /></a>All week 1Up is posting new info on Call of Duty 3. They've already put up a new trailer with actual gameplay footage and it looks amazing, I included it below, but you really need to see the source for all the pictures and info. I thought it was just marketing baloney when the E3 trailer showed you wrestling for your life, but this trailer proves my skepticism wrong. This game looks amazing! Best part of all it's super multi-platform, so everyone can enjoy!<br /><center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="ExternalInterface" height="305" width="320"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.gamevideos.com:80/swf/video.swf?plylst=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamevideos.com%3A80/video/asx%3Ffileurl%3Dgv.com.COD3gameplay01_640x360320x180.flv%26videoid%3D4412%26usersubmitted%3Dfalse%26runtime%3D122&showlogo=false&amp;playAuto=no"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><param showlogo="false"><embed src="http://www.gamevideos.com:80/swf/video.swf?plylst=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamevideos.com%3A80/video/asx%3Ffileurl%3Dgv.com.COD3gameplay01_640x360320x180.flv%26videoid%3D4412%26usersubmitted%3Dfalse%26runtime%3D122&showlogo=false&amp;playAuto=no" swliveconnect="true" name="ExternalInterface" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="305" width="320"></embed></object></center><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3151678&amp;did=1">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115207102445349029?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1152070590109367882006-07-04T23:27:00.000-04:002006-07-04T23:36:30.173-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/07/white-psp-europe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/07/white-psp-europe.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />We've seen the PSP ads that've told us to <a href="http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/uk/british-psp-ads-promote-suicide-removed-by-station-159271.php">jump infront of trains</a> and <a href="http://www.theaveragegamer.com/2006/03/01/psp-adverts-white-bits/">snap upskirt shots</a>, but this one really crosses the line. I don't know what they were thinking when they came up with this, but I'm sure the board meeting went a little something like this:<br /><br /> "What if, and I might be talking crazy here, but what if we had an angry anorexic white chick choking a poor black guy?", pipes in one of the Sony ad execs.<br /> "Genius, white play, white power, we promote both our causes!", exclaims the head of marketing. "Kaz'll be pleased! Now everyone don your white hoods and join me in our chant!"<br /> "Riiiiiiidddggggeeee Raaaaacccceeeerrr!", they chant for hours before heading off to the 3:00 lynching.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://digitalbattle.com/2006/07/04/racist-white-psp-ad/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115207059010936788?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151721226234170532006-06-30T22:29:00.000-04:002006-06-30T22:33:46.236-04:00Again, away later, you get now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oasisgame.com/images/screenshot2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.oasisgame.com/images/screenshot2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Oasis by Mind Control Software is a must download. It plays like a strategic board game without all the boring stuff and alot of cool features only available on a PC. you play an Egyptian prince who's missed a big fight and your dad's dead. Now it's up to you to scour Egypt for followers, research tools and fight off wave after wave of evil Barbarians. But things aren't easy, the land's een covered in a mysterious fog that only lifts as you explore and the Barbarians thrive when you can't see where they come from. Thankfully building roads and gaining the support of special people (Scouts, Prophets, Architects, etc.) can help you on your journey to becoming the greaest ruler Egypt's ever seen. The full version's $20, a steal for a game this good.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://purchase.oasisgame.com/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115172122623417053?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151720910296823232006-06-30T22:25:00.000-04:002006-06-30T22:34:14.146-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/931424_72782_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/931424_72782_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Since I'll be gone this weekend you get to know early (lucky ducks!):<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox 360:</span><br />Battle for Middle Earth II<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><br />Ultimate Board Game Collection<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:</span><br />Kitty LUV<br />Terrawars: New York Invasion<br />Glory of the Roman Empire<br />Big Oil: Build an Empire<br />For Liberty!<br />First Battalion<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115172091029682323?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151720245149106222006-06-30T22:16:00.000-04:002006-07-12T00:09:29.706-04:00Cheif Zando found this on YTMND.com, enjoy!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://gmanpracticaljoke.ytmnd.com/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115172024514910622?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151719862751843612006-06-30T22:05:00.000-04:002006-06-30T22:11:02.753-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/06/cannymario.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/06/cannymario.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Downtown Toronto, Nintendo's set up a giant Mario made out of canned foods for "The Daily Bread Foodbank". He's big, he's mean, he's Italian, and he's also promoting New Super Mario Bros. See, homeless fed, video games for the rich, Nintendo does love everyone!<br /><br />P.S. The people in the picture are my friends. See, they do exist!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115171986275184361?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151718865140336592006-06-30T21:49:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:58:59.833-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://digitalbattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Untitled-1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://digitalbattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Untitled-1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Sony's finally patented the name of their new controller. Ripping yet another page from Nintendo's book (and getting it horribly wrong), Sony's opted for a double-vowel incursion with real-world connections, just like Wii. Unfortunately Sony must not have been listening to the outcry of bathroom jokes Big N recieved when they opted for the very special name "Poos". That's right. Just so you know, it's supposed to be an infinity sign in the middle there, looking like the two analog sticks, but every time I look at it I can't help but think of the body part it's named around.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://digitalbattle.com/2006/06/30/sony-trademarks-ps3-controller/">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115171886514033659?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151718453005531232006-06-30T21:38:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:47:33.006-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/museum/games/scans/126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/museum/games/scans/126.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The folks over at AddictedGeek decided to test out the "timeless" label Goldeneye (N64) has recieved by most gamers. They took a 12 year old geek whose history goes through the PS2, 360 and a pretty hardcore PC, sit him down and have him review the game. "Admittedly, it was a good fun. For about 20 seconds." Let's just say things went less than stellar. Lousy whipper-snappers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://addictedgeek.com/?p=133">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115171845300553123?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151717873604814522006-06-30T21:34:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:37:53.626-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.transfan-asylum.org/screencap/caps/optimus6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.transfan-asylum.org/screencap/caps/optimus6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Ignoring their giant flash countdown clock, the Transformer's website has posted a teaser trailer. It doesn't show much, but it'll definately wet the appetite (and dreams) of any geek.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.transformersmovie.com/">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115171787360481452?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151634177038440842006-06-29T22:13:00.000-04:002006-06-29T22:23:29.726-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chronologyproject.com/namor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 130px;" src="http://www.chronologyproject.com/namor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Marvel's Ultimate Alliance is hosting open auditions for the role of Underwater anti-hero Namor. So, if you think you can pull it off grab your mic and give it a shot. Or don't if your Tuna. (Get it, they're the chicken of the sea!).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.marvelultimatealliance.com/news.php?id=201#headline">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115163417703844084?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151633586360323932006-06-29T22:01:00.000-04:002006-06-29T22:13:06.390-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.videogamereview.com/Channels/VideoGameReview/images/products/product_86535.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 92px;" src="http://www.videogamereview.com/Channels/VideoGameReview/images/products/product_86535.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Alright, he hasn't really said what his character's like, but Brandon Routh has admitted that he playes World of Warcraft. "I just like that world. I love medieval time and swords and horses and that kind of thing. It's fun to live that out, and I can play with some friends who also enjoy the game. It's challenging and mentally engaging. It's just fun." There you have it, even superheroes game.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10912">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115163358636032393?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151632909565421602006-06-29T21:43:00.000-04:002006-06-29T22:01:49.590-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/snipshot_1btuxb52c5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/snipshot_1btuxb52c5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Peter Moore has announced that Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged will be shipping by the end of the year. The box will bring Geometry Wars, Smash TV, Texas Hold'em, Wik: Fable of Souls, Bejeweled 2, Outpost Kaloki X, and Hardwood Backgammon to the non-Live world (Those poor people...) for a mere $40 USD. It will also try to draw them into Live with a 1-month Free Gold card and 100 MS Points.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115163290956542160?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151611994433781082006-06-29T16:09:00.000-04:002006-06-29T16:16:54.050-04:00I'm back from Niagra Falls, but only for te day, tomorrow I go to my Grandmother's for a few more days (I'll be back Tuesday). The motel we stayed at had an arcade, but it really sucked. It had Ms. Pac-Man Cruisin' USA and a random Police shooter. Problem is they were all $1 each to play and I'm rather che...broke... Anyway, we went down the street to this giant Marvel Midway and let the mayhem ensue. Enjoy the video:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YieWqo54IvY"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YieWqo54IvY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115161199443378108?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151355187446619002006-06-26T16:47:00.000-04:002006-06-26T16:53:07.476-04:00Yeah, you heard right, I won't be able to update the site for the next week. I'll be in Niagra Falls on vacation. So, you'll either have to hold down that urge for my excellent writing skill or you'll die. I implore you not to choose the latter.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115135518744661900?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151354743015549292006-06-26T16:41:00.000-04:002006-06-26T16:45:43.076-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csusap.csu.edu.au/%7Emloxto01/images/main01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://csusap.csu.edu.au/%7Emloxto01/images/main01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Although it's very basic and only has you showing up together as NPCs, MultES4 Allows you to run around with 1 friend and fight monsters. There's no chat, inventory, quest, or stat synching, so things are pretty minimal, but they're working hard and expect things to escalate quickly, enabling 8 players simultaneously in Cyrodill. Let's cross our fingers they get some real progress on it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://csusap.csu.edu.au/%7Emloxto01/">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115135474301554929?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151352577637376392006-06-26T16:04:00.000-04:002006-06-26T16:09:37.676-04:00Tomorrow Xbox Live will be undergoing some maintenance to enhance performance, no new features will be added but we can presume some sort of improvement will come (likely less lag). Maybe if we're lucky they'll tidy the marketplace a little more. Thankfully it's only from 2 - 6 AM so only those crazy 24 hour Halo fans will be affected. Also the Xbox.com website will be down and up in the same time with the forums the only accesible part.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br />[<a href="http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/06/26/Xbox-Live-Maintenance.aspx">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115135257763737639?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151213625126514352006-06-25T01:25:00.000-04:002006-06-25T01:33:45.130-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/927444_66305_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/927444_66305_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hitting store shelves this week:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox 360:</span><br />Over G Fighters<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><br />Naruto: Ultimate Ninja<br />America's Army: Rise of a Soldier<br />Pirates of the Carribean: Legend of Jack Sparrow<br />Micro Machines V4<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PSP:</span><br />Stacked with Daniel Negreanu<br />Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/929256_69693_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/929256_69693_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Micro Machines V4<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DS:</span><br />Sudoku Gridmaster<br />Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest<br />Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi: The Genie & The Amp<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GBA:<br /></span>Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:</span><br />Hard Truck: Apocalypse<br />Titan Quest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/918651_70855_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/918651_70855_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Glory of the Roman Empire<br />Kitty LUV<br />Night Watch<br />Pirates of the Carribean: Legend of Jack Sparrow<br />OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast<br />Micro Machines V4<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115121362512651435?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151213118639465462006-06-25T01:16:00.000-04:002006-06-25T01:25:18.663-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.toybox-games.com/Images/online/Product/screenshots/Teddy/large/Teddy_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.toybox-games.com/Images/online/Product/screenshots/Teddy/large/Teddy_8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I have to admit, I am completely addicted to this game. I'm not sure if it's the cutesy colour screen or the repetitive (but fun!) gameplay, but I can't put it down. In Teddy Factory you play a poor girl living in an orphanage that's in charge of making sure every orphan has a cuddly animal to snuggle up with. The only problem is your kind uncle who once ran the teddy bear factory has been bought out by a large corporation and you have to work in the factory to make exces bears to give to the children. It totally feels like you work in a Build-A-Bear, except instead of making them for snotty brats you make them for snotty orphans! Kinda makes you feel all warm and good, helping *virtual* orphans. The demo's pretty inclusive and the game is definately worth a check, however at around $20 it's likely to turn off alot of people, especially considering it looks so kiddie. I definately think it's worth a look though, I can't stop building bears! ORPHANS HAVE HOPE!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.toybox-games.com/product.html?prodname=Teddy&amp;pagefrom=online">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115121311863946546?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151104913257873482006-06-23T19:01:00.000-04:002006-06-23T19:22:17.796-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0LenbSKbn-U"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0LenbSKbn-U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> </div><br /><br />Ah, Jon Stewart, I love you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115110491325787348?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151103448598463942006-06-23T18:51:00.000-04:002006-06-23T18:57:28.653-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/graph.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b178/Kraii/graph.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I found myself just now wondering if better games made better movies. So, I did some research, took a bunch of random movies based on video games and compared the score of the original game (voted by users of <a href="http://www.gamespot.com">GameSpot</a>) and the movie adaptation (voted by users of <a href="http://www.imdb.com">Interternational Movie Database</a>). Shockingly it turns out that no matter how great a game was the movie will inevitably suck. Silent Hill is the best game-film I checked and Uwe's stinking up the bottom with a pathetic 20% for House of the Dead (#17th worst film ever). It's really odd because even comparitivly it makes no difference whther the game was good or bad the movie results vary (within their degrees of suckiness).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115110344859846394?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1151101705217162792006-06-23T18:24:00.000-04:002006-06-23T18:28:25.220-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/previews/screens/pc/world_of_warcraft/world_of_warcraft2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/previews/screens/pc/world_of_warcraft/world_of_warcraft2b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Blizzard's begun to offer server swapping for characters in World of Warcraft. This is a feature rarely added to games, Everquest being the last remembered one, mostly due to it's hefty cost. SOE Charged upwards in the 100's of dollars for a server change (multiple characters), while Blizzard only charges $25. Cheaper? Yes. Sane? By no means.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153087.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&amp;subj=6153087">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115110170521716279?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150930695053215052006-06-21T18:50:00.000-04:002006-06-21T18:58:15.086-04:00<a href="http://palgn.com.au/media/pics/art_4578_id_2.jpeg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://palgn.com.au/media/pics/art_4578_id_2.jpeg" border="0" /></a><br />I was just thinking for a minute, while Nintendo's never been known for rarely producing (or even allowing on their system) controversial games I'm curious to know how the enhanced immersion factor of the Wiimote will change the ESRB rating system. Currently there's no criteria for immersion in games because it's so subjective. However, now there's a clearcut difference between say an 360 title and a Wii title as far as player involvement is concerned. Maybe I'm just paranoid that Jack Thompson and his army of retarded politicians are going to peg Nintendo for producing "murder simulations", but I think developers should definately be a little more careful when handling the Wii to avoid legal backlash. It could definately be said that the actual act of swinging a sword or aiming a gun could have a greater impact on the "evils" video games invoke than a simple tap of the A button. It's really something to look out for, I mean, none of us really want katana masters as children, right?<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide_print.jsp">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115093069505321505?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150642172072896542006-06-18T10:28:00.000-04:002006-06-18T10:49:32.096-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.popcap.com/images/heavyweapon/ss_three.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.popcap.com/images/heavyweapon/ss_three.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This game is great, it's an arcade shooter, you're a scrolling tank that keeps getting powerups. I play the web game quite a bit and the deluxe version's only $20, or you could wait 'till it's out on the Xbox Live Arcade.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=heavyweapon">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115064217207289654?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150640858744811262006-06-18T10:17:00.000-04:002006-06-18T10:27:38.773-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/923586_57845_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/923586_57845_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hitting store shelves this week:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox:<br /></span>NFL Head Coach<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><br />Moto GP 4<br />NFL Head Coach<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PSP:</span><br />The Legend of Heroes 2<br />Ultimate Board Game Collection<br />Tomb Raider: Legend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/926820_63462_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/926820_63462_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />DS:</span><br />Break 'em All<br />Sudoku Mania<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:</span><br />Cossacks 2: Battle for Europe<br />Hard truck: Apocalypse<br />Rome: Total War Alexander<br />Jaws Unleashed<br />NFL Head Coach<br />Sea World Adventure Parks 2-Pack<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115064085874481126?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150491526345996562006-06-16T16:54:00.000-04:002006-06-16T16:58:46.346-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://palgn.com.au/media/pics/art_4207_id_6.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://palgn.com.au/media/pics/art_4207_id_6.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Grand Theft Auto IV will be using the RAGE graphics rendering engine, the same one that they used for Table Tennis. Needless to say the series' blocky look definately could use the awesome graphics update, but the coolest thing is the physics. One of the most detailed (Check out Table Tennis!) just imagine precise calculations of bodies flying and car crashes! Hmmm, how will the quality of the graphics affect the next Hot Coffee segment?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.news4gamers.com/News-1896.aspx">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115049152634599656?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150491205104710562006-06-16T16:48:00.000-04:002006-06-16T16:53:25.106-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/gallery/execs/web/gates-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/gallery/execs/web/gates-2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Not a full retirement, but the Big Bill is planning to work part-time by the end of 2008. He's doing it to work more on his charitable organization, but still rake in all the money. Besides really, will it make much of a difference? No, almost everything is run by the company's little guys anyway. Kinda puts that whole capitalist system into perspective doesn't it?<br /><br />What effect will this have on Xbox? None likely, just one less awkward character talking about his achievements from level 5 of Zuma and his "Marble Blaster" (?!) loving son prancing around the next E3.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/15/technology/microsoft_news/index.htm?cnn=yes">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115049120510471056?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150490685959454892006-06-16T16:40:00.000-04:002006-06-16T16:44:45.963-04:00According to Billboard.com Super Mario Bros. Theme is the most popular cell-phone ringtone, holding the number 1 spot for 87 weeks! That's almost 2 years! WTF!??! Yeah!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&amp;f=Hot+Ringtones">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115049068595945489?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150490373714455932006-06-16T16:27:00.000-04:002006-06-16T16:39:33.753-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/_H2Screen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/_H2Screen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Halo 2, finally on the PC years after console brings an interesting prospect. With Vista being Live enabled it seems like a logical choice would be to make Halo 2 playable cross-platform. Unfortunately MS says that's not a possibility, but lucky us! We'll be able to express our wishes to play together or even set up a match on the console version we already own with cross-platform messaging. Um... yay...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151518">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115049037371445593?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150389759043166722006-06-15T12:41:00.000-04:002006-06-15T12:42:39.130-04:00Well, at least some of it, probably mostly rumours, but does have inside sources from Bungie, check out the source.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://halo3ending.ytmnd.com/">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115038975904316672?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150388303974096972006-06-15T11:58:00.000-04:002006-06-15T12:18:24.130-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.masterpiecepumpkins.com/Graphics/DrEvil%20_orig.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 146px;" src="http://www.masterpiecepumpkins.com/Graphics/DrEvil%20_orig.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The ESRB has updated their policy, now if a game is found to have questionable content hidden in it (ala Hot Coffee) publishers can be fined for up to $1,000,000 (A MILLION). Now, my question is, how much MORE money did rockstar make after Hot Coffee? I'm not entirely sure, but it may just offset that million. Still though, that's nothing to sneeze at. Looks like Developers are going to have to be alot more careful. Damn...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&amp;amp;id=3226&amp;Itemid=2">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115038830397409697?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150248467913782872006-06-13T21:26:00.000-04:002006-06-13T21:27:47.960-04:00Hey guys, sorry to let you know (I kinow how much you love the site.... But I'll be lacking in posts (as you can tell from recently) as my internet scenario is trash thanks to rennovations. (Nevermind exams). So, sorry for the lack and lack to come of posts, expect things to be nice and cheery by month's end.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115024846791378287?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1150209418568761462006-06-13T10:07:00.001-04:002006-06-13T10:36:58.570-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/931233_72312_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/931233_72312_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hitting store shelves this week:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox360:</span><br />MotoGP 06<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Xbox:<br /></span>Urban Chaos: Urban Response<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PS2:</span><br />IHRA Drag Racing<br />Armored Core: Last Raven<br />Urban Chaos: Riot Response<br />Street Fighter Alpha Anthology<br />AMF Xtreme Bowling<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/931620_73077_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/931620_73077_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PSP:<br /></span>Metal Gear: Digital Graphic Novel<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GameCube:</span><br />MLB 2K6<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GBA:</span><br />Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar<br />Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar<br />Backyard Baseball 2007<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PC:</span><br />Luxhor Mahjong<br />Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/930270_70684_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/0/930270_70684_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />IHRA Drag Racing<br />Rush for Berlin<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mobile:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>Lara Croft's Poker Party<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mac:<br /></span>Luxhor Mahjong<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-115020941856876146?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149818174775103472006-06-08T21:52:00.000-04:002006-06-08T21:56:14.803-04:00I recently got ahold of Anthen<span style="font-family: georgia;">a Tw</span>in of PMS Clan fame. I asked her a few questions regarding the state of girls and gaming.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> 1) What do you think has caused the rise in girl gamers? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Exposure that women REALLY do play.and can play well! I believe this is because women, for really the first time in gaming, are getting recognition and support from the gaming community, media, and companies...in that order. For PMS Clan, we started on Xbox Live 4 years ago. It took almost 2 years of serious game play, dedication, and hard work to get the recognition we have today...and now many new women are actually able to come into a supportive gaming environment and learn to kick some butt, or just have fun! Guys are getting their girls systems now, and the girls are liking them! They go tell their girl friends about it, and the story continues. </span><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> 2)How do guys react to girl gamers online? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is a double-edged sword...some are mean as heck and some are huge supporters. Especially if one is losing to a girl, it can get really bad. I think majority of the gamer guys support us girl out there, though. Although, I have noticed a little more animosity as we have gained more recognition, sponsorships, and media. It really is a shame, and I think people need to realize that groups that bring positive attention to female gaming.like diversity, competitivness and a good community, help the industry overall. It brings awarenss not only to female and male gamers, but also to mainstream audience.which is where more gamers come from! </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">3) Has that reaction changed? (What did it used to be?) </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was really bad for us at first.until we started entering into the PRO tournaments last year. Once we started giving a face to PMS, as REAL GIRLS, the guys started realizing we WERE real women playing, and started treating us more like humans. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">4)What is your training schedule like? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Personally, I only get to play about 3 hours a night now...and I play Xbox, PC, and hand-held games. I am training in PGR for CPL Summer, and will be Playing Halo2 at WSVG's LanWAR since one of my teams needed one more girl. I work full time as a manager for a finance company during day, and I run PMS Clan at night. Many of our top PRO Players like PMS Teen FiOS (our Verizon/FiOS sponsored team), and other members, play about 6-8 hours a day on their specialty game. Most of our girls average around 3-4 hours a night. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> 5) How competitive is PMS? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">PMS is in almost every PRO US tournament for console for the past year. Our teams placed 6th & 8th at the CPL Summer Championship and the championship bracket twice at MLG events. Our PC division launched PMS V3nus last year at CPL Winter, and we will be debuting a new CS team at CPL Summer 2006. We were in the top 20 of Xbox clans on teamcompete.com in R63, and we have held successful competitive divisions in UR, CS, RTCW, GR series & R6 series. We have allot of catching up to do with the guys, as they have been playing competitively for years.and this is new (last couple of years) for many of the females players. I think as our younger generation of PMS girls, and younger women from other teams, start competing, that is when the world will see 1st place win from a female. I do want to point out, although we are competitive, it is not solely about competition for us.it is about support each other in gaming. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">6) What were the major contributors to girls playing more games? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 1.. Supportive gaming environment. As women find their place in gaming, and have communities supporting them, women turn a hobby into a passion. Many girls have joined PMS as casual players.and are now our top players. One of our main PRO players, Smiley PMS (16, she plays on our PMS Teen Fios team) said she probably would not even be playing Halo2 anymore if she had not joined PMS Clan do to all the smack talk and obscenities that can sometimes be found online (especially when you are a girl). </span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> 2.. Companies recognizing importance of marketing to women. </span><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> 7) How did PMS get started? </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">PMS Clan was formed almost 4 years ago, at the Xbox Live. My sister and I ran into a girl named Blues, and it was the coolest thing to play together. Sisterhood at it's best! I went and posted on the Xbox.com forums about the new PMS Clan we created, and we met 2 other girls (FraggityAnn & Wildthing) to make our first 5 founders. Today we have close to 500 girls, which is really amazing. Any girl with a positive attitude is welcome into PMS. We only screen for attitude and dedication (i.e. attending practices), and they would just need to post in our recruitment section of our forums at www.pmsclan.com </span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />She also encouraged me to let you guys know that to set up playtimes for PC, Xbox, or PS2 or for just more information you should visit the forums at www.pmsclan.com</span><span style="font-family: monospace;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114981817477510347?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149813872336025152006-06-08T20:38:00.000-04:002006-06-08T20:44:32.360-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mks-mod.com/site/e107_themes/clear_me/images/logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.mks-mod.com/site/e107_themes/clear_me/images/logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Some modders in the HL2 community are working on a mod for the Half-Life 2 engine based of Nintendo's MarioKart series. The game will feature both Nintendo and Half-Life characters and will attempt to stay true to the MarioKart feel.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.mks-mod.com/site/news.php">Source</a>]<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114981387233602515?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149769362866640362006-06-08T08:20:00.000-04:002006-06-08T09:08:58.773-04:00<center><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MR8-718ecuQ"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MR8-718ecuQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade recently got their DS Lites shipped from the Nintendo PR department, here's a video of them opening it, proving Nintendo puts a little more effort into presentation.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114976936286664036?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149681805372831842006-06-07T07:51:00.000-04:002006-06-07T08:04:22.516-04:00<center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xAc_MQgFEds"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xAc_MQgFEds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Alan, I feel your pain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114968180537283184?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149567001357012012006-06-05T23:37:00.000-04:002006-06-06T00:10:01.396-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gpara.com/main/main16257.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.gpara.com/main/main16257.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Wii will have the capability to download special DS demos, and likely other content overnight so when you wake up you'll get a lovely gift in your living room. And this time it won't be from your cat.<br /><br />"I'll give you a specific example we are planning for. Let's say your Wii is connected to the Internet in a mode that allows activation on a 24-hour basis. This would allow Nintendo to send monthly promotional demos for the DS, during the night, to the Wii consoles in each household. Users would wake up each morning, find the LED lamp on their Wii flashing, and know that Nintendo has sent them something. They would then be able to download the promotional demo from their Wii's to their Nintendo DS's."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1493391">Source</a>] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114956700135701201?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149565042718995342006-06-05T23:29:00.000-04:002006-06-05T23:37:22.756-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.flickr.com/63/161296874_ebebb33f22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/63/161296874_ebebb33f22.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />According to Major Nelson's Blog tomorrow will be the day 360 fans can finally download the anti-annoyance update that eliminates alot of the minor flaws in the system interface. The download will be released periodically depending on timezone (5 AM in Toronto), so any time after your zone gets it you can start downloading. Xbox.com has also posted a list of all 125 additions to the system.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[<a href="http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/06/05/Xbox-360-Dashboard-release-schedule.aspx#comments">Source</a>]<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114956504271899534?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149429170313196742006-06-04T09:26:00.000-04:002006-06-04T09:52:52.703-04:00<a href="http://www.tomdownload.com/games/arcade/images/chicken_invaders2_big.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.tomdownload.com/games/arcade/images/chicken_invaders2_big.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://gfx.download-by.net/screen/84/84543-chicken-invaders-2.jpg"></a>It's like space invaders, but you no longer have a fixed axis, there's weird bonus stages and instead of pixelated aliens, you're shooting fat chickens in the groin. It's free too, so that's a plus. But then again, I'd never pay for a game this simple.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://zone.msn.com/en/chickeninv2/default">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114942917031319674?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149427215569655422006-06-04T09:08:00.000-04:002006-06-04T09:23:43.106-04:00<a href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/932332_74166_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/2/932332_74166_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Hitting stiore shelves this week:<br /><br /><strong>Xbox:</strong><br />MLB SlugFest 2006<br />AMF Xtreme Bowling<br />And1 Streetball<br /><br /><strong>PS2:</strong><br />IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition<br />Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories<br />MLB SlugFest 2006<br />AMF Xtreme Bowling <br />And1 Streetball<br /><a href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/5/931275_72391_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/5/931275_72391_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>PSP:</strong><br />Race Driver 2006<br /><br /><strong>DS:</strong><br />Big Brain Academy<br />Magnetica<br />Scurge: Hive<br /><br /><strong>GBA:</strong><br />Scurge: Hive<br />Juka and the Monophonic Menace<br /><br /><strong>PC:</strong> <a href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/926846_69032_front.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/926846_69032_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Mumbo Jumbo Puzzle Pack<br />Ultra Sudoku & Ultra Kakuro<br />The Movies: Stunts &amp; Effects<br />Jaws Unleashed<br /><br /><strong>Mac:</strong><br />Battleground Europe: World War II Online<br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114942721556965542?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149386682041113882006-06-03T21:48:00.000-04:002006-06-03T22:16:19.803-04:00The results are in, I got 7 right. Not bad, but not that great. Wii and Spore came out as the big winners, Gears of War nabbing a few too. Kinda surprised Guitar Hero 2 won over WarioWare though, but I can see why. Anyway, there you have it. E3 is now dead. More next year.<br /><br /><strong>Best of Show:</strong> Wii <a href="http://images.sci-tech-today.com/images/id/7941/nintendo-wii-microsoft-xbox_360-sony-playstation_3_sci.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand" height="90" alt="" src="http://images.sci-tech-today.com/images/id/7941/nintendo-wii-microsoft-xbox_360-sony-playstation_3_sci.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Best Original Game:</strong> Spore<br /><strong>Best PC Game:</strong> Spore<br /><strong>Best Console Game:</strong> Gears of War<br /><strong>Best Handheld Game:</strong> Zelda: Phantom Hourglass<br /><strong>Best Hardware:</strong> Wii<br /><strong>Best Action Game:</strong> Gears of War<br /><strong>Best Adventure Game:</strong> Assasin's Creed<br /><strong>Best Fighting Game:</strong> Heavenly Sword <a href="http://www.igniq.com/images/will_wright_spore_300605.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px" height="139" alt="" src="http://www.igniq.com/images/will_wright_spore_300605.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Best RPG:</strong> Mass Effect<br /><strong>Best Racer:</strong> Excite Truck<br /><strong>Best Simulation</strong>: Spore<br /><strong>Best Sports Game:</strong> Wii Sports<br /><strong>Best Strategy Game:</strong> Supreme Commander<br /><strong>Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game:</strong> Guitar Hero 2<br /><strong>Best Online Game:</strong> Enemy Terretory: Quake Wars<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/win.html">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114938668204111388?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149385334315109992006-06-03T21:22:00.000-04:002006-06-03T21:42:14.336-04:00<a href="http://www.masslive.com/images/weblogs/soundcheck/matisyahu.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.masslive.com/images/weblogs/soundcheck/matisyahu.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I remember seeing this guy on the news before, he's a Jewish Reggae performer who sings about his faith. Decked out in his wide-brimmed hat ad accompanied by his kickin' beared he's this month's artist. His video Youth is available on the marketplace now. Check it out, it's really different.<br /><br /><p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kHdQX0jPvNg" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114938533431510999?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149384059834737962006-06-03T20:55:00.000-04:002006-06-03T21:20:59.860-04:00<a href="http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/sonic-site/Dreamcast.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/sonic-site/Dreamcast.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Like a zombie, thrusting it's hand out of the rain soaked earth on it's grave t<a href="http://www.magnet.com.br/classic/byo/dreamcast/sonic_2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand" height="165" alt="" src="http://www.magnet.com.br/classic/byo/dreamcast/sonic_2.jpg" border="0" /></a>he Dreamcast <a href="http://www.armchairempire.com/images/Reviews/Dreamcast/shenmue/shenmue-ab.jpg"></a>defiantly shouts out to the night "I'm not dead yet!". A full Sega rennaisance is occuring with <a href="http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/710/710507p1.html">IGN re-reviewing</a> all 250+ Dreamcast titles, GOAT Publishing developing <a href="http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/News200606#GOATBOAT">10 new games </a>to be revealed at DreamCon in a few months, and Sega Japan <a href="http://segadirect.jp/Catalog/CustomPages/CustomDetail2.aspx?File=dcset.htm">reselling</a> the Dreamcast online. If all goes well, Sega may have anoher chance at things (maybe a <a href="http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/04/segas-new-retro-friendly-handheld.html">handheld</a> down the line?). The Dreamcast deserves it more than anything, the first online console, one of the most innovative and with a great library of games I think it's time we gave it a second look.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114938405983473796?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149368622757793622006-06-03T16:33:00.000-04:002006-06-03T17:03:42.796-04:00Microsoft's PR team has announced that a major Backwards compatibility update, with many titles people have been asking for is on it's way. There have been major problems emulating each game's unique use of the Xbox's hardware. It's quite an impressive feat to get this many, but let's just hope they'll have more in the future.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/06/01/535135.aspx">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114936862275779362?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149133330715968092006-05-31T23:36:00.000-04:002006-05-31T23:42:10.720-04:00<a href="http://www.blizzplanet.com/coppermine/albums/warcraft3/mods/project-revolution/ultralisk.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.blizzplanet.com/coppermine/albums/warcraft3/mods/project-revolution/ultralisk.gif" border="0" /></a><br />The modders at Snowflake Entertainment are working on a Warcraft 3 Mod to mirror the gameplay and look of Starcraft: Brood War in 3D. It will have all the same gameplay, all the same characters, story, everything. Just 3D and cool.Why Blizzard can't do it themselves we'll never know. Oh right, they're busy making <a href="http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamemain?cid=1951015454&tab=&amp;page=0&amp;eid=-1">Starcraft: Ghost</a>.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.blizzplanet.com/content/560/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114913333071596809?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149132651294808802006-05-31T23:21:00.000-04:002006-05-31T23:30:51.296-04:00<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Beijing_2008_logo.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: hand" height="136" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Beijing_2008_logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br />O.k. not quite, but there's a move to get it in place. Major League Gaming is being petitioned as an insertion into the 2008 OlympicsEspecially considering that Bejing (the host, duh!) has quite the gaming <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Mlg_logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 42px" height="50" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Mlg_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a>culture with multi-billion dollar intakes. The Olympic council is frowning on this request, but it is being considered for two reasons. Noone watches the Olympics, and it would be something shocking for people to check out. Also they license the Olympics out for gaming and it really does become a conflict of interest to disallow it at the games. It's likely not goint to happen, but maybe one day. Once China rules the world.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/31/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114913265129480880?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149132099561262962006-05-31T23:18:00.000-04:002006-05-31T23:21:39.563-04:00Remember this?<br /><img src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/04/18/PH2006041800003.jpg" /><br /><br />The Gizmondo Exec that broke that car off a pole in a race? Well, he's pleading not guilty in his case against Grand Theft Suto of his 4 Luxury import cars. If he loses he may be down quite the sum. Hell, his bail alone is $3 million. Just thought I'd let you know.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/14705258.htm">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114913209956126296?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149131893026014882006-05-31T23:09:00.000-04:002006-05-31T23:18:13.026-04:00<a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/images/microsoft_360eyetoy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" height="128" alt="" src="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/images/microsoft_360eyetoy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sept 19th will be the day North Americans can pick up their Xbox Live Visions and start looking at eachother. Asia and Europe get theirs October 2nd. Looks like a whole summer full of voices alone, cause you know most of the faces on XBL were made for radio.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/05/31/Erratum_3A00_-Xbox-Live-Vision-Camera-date.aspx">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114913189302601488?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1149131233629283862006-05-31T23:04:00.000-04:002006-05-31T23:07:13.650-04:00<div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/itAUhsvN1xE" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div><div align="left">Alright, the commercials were starting to get dull, now they're fnny gaming videos. This one's the Christmas episode (in June?!) of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114913123362928386?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148962190817110042006-05-29T23:59:00.000-04:002006-05-30T00:11:05.356-04:00GameCriticsArawds.com has posted the nominees for this year's best of E3 awards. PC being the big contender with 52 of the nominations (more than 1/2) in their court. Place your bets in the comments, I've left a few of mine below.<br /><br /><strong>Best of Show:</strong> Wii <br /><strong>Best Original Game: </strong>Spore<br /><strong>Best PC Game:</strong> Crysis<br /><strong>Best Console Game:</strong> Gears of War<br /><strong>Best Handheld Game: </strong>LocoRoco <a href="http://www.forumpcs.com.br/galeria/albums/userpics/20281/e3logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 91px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px" height="294" alt="" src="http://www.forumpcs.com.br/galeria/albums/userpics/20281/e3logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Best Hardware:</strong> Wii<br /><strong>Best Action Game:</strong> Lost Planet<br /><strong>Best Adventure Game: </strong>Twighlight Princess<br /><strong>Best Fighting Game:</strong> Virtua Fighter 5<br /><strong>Best RPG:</strong> WoW: The Burning Crusade<br /><strong>Best Racer:</strong> Test Drive Unlimited<br /><strong>Best Simulation:</strong> Spore<br /><strong>Best Sports Game: </strong>Wii Sports<br /><strong>Best Strategy Game:</strong> Supreme Commander<br /><strong>Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game: </strong>Wario Ware: Smooth Moves<br /><strong>Best Online Game:</strong> Huxley<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nom.html">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114896219081711004?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148961460597955232006-05-29T23:55:00.000-04:002006-05-29T23:57:40.596-04:00Long-time gamerscore champ ST TheKing has officially been dethroned by Rance6. The spanish player is only a couple hunfred points ahead, so expect The Return of The King. (Get it? Like in Lord of the rings! Hahaha!!!!!!!!11oneoneone).<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.mygamercard.net/leaderboard.php">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114896146059795523?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148959432510571482006-05-29T23:21:00.000-04:002006-05-29T23:23:52.510-04:00<div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wzQQWW6Z0pA" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div><div align="left">I just realised, if the prince had been around during medieval times he'd be the greatest military man in the world. Just think, Odama, but sticky!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114895943251057148?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148958917608613542006-05-29T23:11:00.002-04:002006-05-29T23:15:21.863-04:00<p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 257px; HEIGHT: 232px" height="237" src="http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts/articlepics/photoshop/05-26-06-games/Planet-Idiot.jpg" width="333" /></p>SomethingAwful.com has posted a whole bunch of images from their Photoshop Friday. This week's theme was games according to grandma, and some of them are pretty funny.<br /><p align="right">[<a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3829">Source</a>]</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114895891760861354?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148855565651294672006-05-28T18:22:00.000-04:002006-05-28T18:32:45.683-04:00<a href="http://msnprod.oberon-media.com/images/games/granny_paradise/granny_paradise1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://msnprod.oberon-media.com/images/games/granny_paradise/granny_paradise1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Play as an old lady, collecting her cats and growing flowers while on the run from tiki men and dogs. Granny in paradise is a decent platformer, that's worth a checkout and maybe a buy (150+ level Deluxe = $20) if you really think it's that funny but the gameplay's really too simple to warrant anything more than the webgame version.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://zone.msn.com/en/grannyinparadise/default.htm">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114885556565129467?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148831056211061252006-05-28T11:19:00.000-04:002006-05-28T11:46:55.000-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/927314_75914_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 135px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/4/927314_75914_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hitting store shelves this week:<br /><br /><b>Xbox360:</b><br />Hitman: Blood Money<br /><br /><b>Xbox:</b><br />Hitman: Blood Money<br />Stacked with Daniel Negreanu<br /><br /><b>PS2:<br /></b>Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords & More<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/919983_53285_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 135px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/919983_53285_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hitman: Blood Money<br />Stacked with Daniel Negreanu<br /><br /><b>PSP:</b><br />Puzzle Challenge: Croswords & More<br />Race Driver 2006<br /><br /><b>DS:</b><br />Miss Spider: Harvest Time Hop &amp; Fly<br />Scurge: Hive<br /><br /><b>GBA:</b><br />Scurge: Hive<br />Juka and the Monophonic Menace<br /><br /><b>PC:</b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/8/930448_70970_front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 135px;" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/8/930448_70970_front.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />City Life<br />Soldier Elite<br />Hitman: Blood Money<br />Dark and Light<br />Stacked with Daniel Negreanu<br />Act of War: High Treason<br />Out of the Park Baseball Manager 2006<br />Half-Life 2: Episode 1<br />Drop Team<br /><br /><b>Mobile:</b><br />Alien Quadrant 3D<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114883105621106125?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148715472685632072006-05-27T03:33:00.000-04:002006-05-27T03:45:18.370-04:00<a href="http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/gen526.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/gen526.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Nintendo has officially confirmed that there will be no DS version of Super Smash Bros. Boo!<br />"Fans should look forward to the Wii version instead of a DS version.", says Iwata. But what will keep me entertained on the long subway rides to my therapist?<br /><br />At least it has been heard from him that 2 new additional third-party characters will appear in Brawl. Only characters who have been on a Nintendo console may enter in the Master Glove's tournament, so Mega Man is looking like a heavy contender. Sonic's looking good too.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://wii.qj.net/Sakurai-Says-No-Smash-for-DS/pg/49/aid/45397">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114871547268563207?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148714838219671462006-05-27T03:23:00.000-04:002006-05-29T23:20:57.903-04:00<p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 404px; HEIGHT: 196px" height="178" src="http://www.wii60.com/images/whywii.gif" width="314" /></p>After Peter Moore's comments about the Wii, Xbox fans and Nintendo's devotees have seemingly called a truce and have joined together to form the wii60 alliance. Wii60.com now hosts all things well, Wii60. Or anti-PS3. but then again, who can tell the difference in the fanboyism?<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.wii60.com">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114871483821967146?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148713144181908602006-05-27T02:45:00.000-04:002006-05-27T02:59:04.210-04:00Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing a giant Xbox 360 update that w<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/05/xbl_dash_update8u.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/05/xbl_dash_update8u.jpg" border="0" /></a>ill enable background downloading, multi-downloads, enhanced control for video/music/DVD, better XBLM organization and Vision integration. It will also allow you to choose whether you want to boot to the dashboard or whatever's in your disc drive when you start the system. The download will be free fast and available to anyone with Xbox Live. Those without XBL will have to wait until the 2nd batch of 360 games come around that will have the update embedded in them.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/26/msft-announces-first-major-xbox-360-update/">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114871314418190860?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148712307499571142006-05-27T02:41:00.000-04:002006-05-27T02:45:07.500-04:00<a href="http://media.g4tv.com/images/imagedb2/230/23054_L.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://media.g4tv.com/images/imagedb2/230/23054_L.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Half-Life 2: Episode 1 launched recently and by reviews I've seen (no time/money to get it yet) looks pretty decent. And of course, episodes 2 and 3 have now been officially confirmed, so you'll be able to keep playing in that physics run world we all love. But with more DOG!<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/valve/halflife-2-episodes-2-3-announced-dated-176560.php">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114871230749957114?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21237708.post-1148712067292468112006-05-27T02:37:00.000-04:002006-05-27T02:41:07.313-04:00<a href="http://content.ytmnd.com/content/f/8/b/f8b4f2d5d09ea4b223356844ee07a698.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://content.ytmnd.com/content/f/8/b/f8b4f2d5d09ea4b223356844ee07a698.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Sorry I haven't been posting lately, I've been terribly busy with ridiculously important things. I did however, find time to craft a YTMND using Garry's mod and a way too addicting song that I stole from the original. Without further ado, the enabling source button.<br /><br /><div align="right">[<a href="http://mybike3d.ytmnd.com">Source</a>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21237708-114871206729246811?l=general-games.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Keadinnoreply@blogger.com3