April 29th, 2008
There is seriously no news to be scene, what with all the news about Grand Theft Auto IV blocking up all the gaming news sites. So, I thought I’d show you a video of one of my favorite old school RPG games. When I saw this video, I remembered how much I loved this game… Not only did I play it a ton of times, but I even watched my dad play it and seriously… if I could hug this game, I would.
I might even give it kisses.
So, without further ado, here’s a video for Ultima Underworld - the speed trial!
Okay, you have to admit that doing the whole Ultima Underworld game in 30 minutes is pretty impressive. At least I’m impressed. This game took me forever to beat! OH, the memories!
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April 28th, 2008
When all the gaming news sites are all talking about the same game, you know it’s got to be good. Even though the following game preview is not an adventure game, you can be sure I’ll be playing it ASAP. That is if I can find it in the stores:
Seriously… did you all know that Grand Theft Auto IV is coming out tomorrow? If you don’t, I’m going to assume you live under a rock covered with 10 tons of sand.
In other news, I finally finished the main quest in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and I have to say that I really, REALLY enjoyed the game. Even though the game isn’t completely over, I’ll say technically it is. I’ll definitely be picking up the official expansion, Shivering Isles, because any game that can give me chill when watching one of the end cut scenes must have a good expansion, right?
Aren’t video games awesome?!
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April 25th, 2008
Back in December, around that time I like to call “Christmas”, I got an XBox 360. Just this week, I was finally able to get the dang thing on my wireless network (those XBox 360 wireless adapters are freakin’ expensive!) and I got to check out XBox Live and look at all the games I could download without having to get off of my butt to rent them!
What I found out is that there are quite a few adventure and other kick ass cool games that you can purchase via XBox Live and I thought I’d share the titles and the prices with you! So, here we go:
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - 1200 Microsoft Points: This game is one of the best adventure games I’ve played in a very long time. While I didn’t play it on the XBox 360, I did play the PC version of it and there are a lot of things to this game that are just awesome. In this game, you get to play three different characters who have very different roles in their worlds. If you haven’t played it, this is a definite must. Now, if they can only get The Longest Journey (the first game in this series) out on XBox live, I would be in heaven.
- Indigo Prophecy - 1200 Microsoft Points: This game was… different. A lot of fun, but very different. This isn’t your ordinary adventure game, either, as there are plenty of action sequences that you must complete before you can continue in the game. You get to play as four different characters to figure out why the main character, Lucas Kane, killed someone.
- Psychonauts - 1200 Microsoft Points: This game is by our friends over at Doublefine and it’s a wacky game featuring lots of different worlds that take place in the minds of Raz’s (the main character) friends. If you’re a schizophrenic, then this is totally the game for you. And only is it fun to play, there’s a lot of great humor involved. So, if you like to laugh, buy it!
- Fable - 1200 Microsoft Points: Now, this game isn’t really an adventure at all, unless you call wandering around the wilderness and random towns, choosing the path of good or evil an adventure. It might not be your typical adventure game, but there’s a lot of cool stuff you can do in this game. There are plenty of side quests to keep you busy, plenty of stuff to buy to make your dude look like a freak, or be a super pimp. I mean, what more would you want in a game?
- Sid Meier’s Pirates - 1200 Microsoft Points: This is another non-adventure game, but there are pirates. And I enjoy pirates. I tried to play this game on my laptop, but for some reason my laptop and Sid Meier’s Pirates didn’t want to work peacefully together for very long, causing the game to crash. But, what I did play of it - it seemed like it could be a ton of fun. I mean, there’s pirates!
- Gauntlet - 400 Microsoft Points: Okay, Gauntlet isn’t an adventure AT ALL. But it’s freaking fun to play. And it brings back a lot of memories of kicking ass with my brother from childhood. Ahhh, memories.
- Prince of Persia Classic - 800 Microsoft Points - Who doesn’t like to play a game where you kill people with swords?
So, there you have it. Games you can download off XBox Live that are awesome.
[XBox Live logo courtesy of Microsoft.]
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April 25th, 2008
You know what’s funny? A game about Sherlock Holmes was released in the US before it was released in the UK. Something about that seems backwards to me! But, as you recall, Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (aka Sherlock Holmes VS Arsène Lupin) was released in the US in the earlier part of this month with no set date to be released in the UK.
Well, according to this post over at GameBoomers, the UK will see a release date on May 16, 2008. The UK will also see cloudy skies and wet weather - that is if my internal weather man is right. Which most of the time it is NOT. But, this time, I have a feeling.
And if you don’t want to wait for no stinkin’ release date, because that’s not how you roll - well there’s some good news for you. You can just go over to this website, pay for it and then download it. Wouldn’t that be more simple than waiting until May 16th, going down to your local gamer store and buying it with cold hard cash? That’s for old people!
[Image for Sherlock Holmes: Nemsis courtesy of Ascaron Entertainment / Focus Home Interactive.]
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April 24th, 2008
Well, I found out some really cool news over at The International House of Mojo and it really has nothing to do with a game at all. Unless you count your imagination and all the limitless possibilities of adventure game play you can think of with the new LEGO Indiana Jones. Yes, that’s right. Our favorite world traveling, trouble causing, archeologist is now out in many kids (and adults) favorite play blocks, LEGO.
Now, not only can you have Indy save a grail from destruction at the hands of the Nazi’s, but you can also get your LEGO Indy to save a maiden in distress from a fire breathing LEGO dragon (if you have the LEGO Castle Set (I’m sure that you do… nerd)). I mean, there’s all sorts of things you can do with a LEGO Indiana Jones!
If you’re interested in getting a set of LEGOs for you or your kids, check out the LEGO Indiana Jones website.
[LEGO Indiana Jones image courtesy of LEGO.]
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April 23rd, 2008
Many many moons ago, there was an interactive fiction gaming development company with the ever so proud name of Infocom. Some of you may, or may not have heard of these guys, but they were a pretty large gaming company back in the 80s and created many interactive hits like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the series of Zork. I mean, these people made a ton of games, but these are the ones I’m familiar with.
Well, someone made a backup copy of the shared Infocom harddrive back in 1989 and it was given to this guy named Andy Baio over at Waxy.org and he gives us a good idea what was happening over at Infocom in the 80s and all the different cool little things that a gaming company goes through to create a game. Specifically, Andy talks a lot about a never released sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy called Milliways: The Restraurant at the End of the Universe
Since many of you who read this blog have been playing games since the 80s, I figured you like to see what there is to see about this unreleased game and how cool it would’ve been if we would’ve gotten a sequel. So, check out Andy’s blog entry here. There’s tons of cool stuff to read about!
[Infocom logo courtesy of Infocom.]
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April 22nd, 2008
YES! Another European game that will be hitting the North American continent has been announced. Aurora: The Secret Within was developed by a UK based company called Lexicon Entertainment and it will be published by Tri Synergy here in the United States sometime later this year.
The story itself takes place in Roswell, New Mexico in the 1950. You can believe that that can mean only one thing. Aliens. And lots of them. Check out the story:
Roswell 1950, and a sensational rumour from the US Army has surfaced. A flying saucer has crashed near Roswell.
While this unbelievable event is broadcasting, the detective Pileggi falls into a mysterious case about the vanishing of a local farmer. During the investigation, he will discover that his reality has always been an illusion.
The Pentagon has been leading people to believe that Area 51 has been hiding projects about supersonic airplanes or alien technologies. The truth however is that the base was developed for a secret project called Aurora.
Or maybe it isn’t aliens. Now the story has got me wondering what the hell the American government is REALLY trying to pull here. I’m going to bet it’s some type of radio controlled elephant with huge missiles built in.
[Images for Aurora: The Secret Within courtesy of Lexicon Entertainment.]
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April 21st, 2008
There are a lot of adventure games that are being developed in Europe that just aren’t seeing the light of day here in the United States. Why? Because Amercians are fairly stupid and don’t enjoy adventure games as much as they enjoy games like Grand Theft Auto. Not that I can really blame my fellow Americans, because killing hookers in GTA is one of the more fun things that a game could offer. But, I digress.
What this post is really about is the French adventure game development company, Microïds, and Amercian publishing company, Encore, have joined up in an unholy marriage of doom and destruction so that the US can see a few more adventure games on their store shelves. Yes, that’s right. An agreement has been made between the two companies that Encore will publish all of Microïds extensive list of games. Now, that’s a lot of games.
The first games that will see the light of day in the US are: Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, Nostradamus, Still Life 2 and Sinking Island, which will start hitting stores in the last half of 2008.
Sweet deal!
[Logo for Microïds courtesy of Microïds.]
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April 18th, 2008
Who likes Batman? I DO! And who likes LEGOS?! I DOOO!! So, that’s why a LEGO Batman game would be awesome! And there’s one coming out! Just check out this trailer:
Isn’t Robin cute?
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April 18th, 2008
There are lots of rumblings going around the internet that says the only people who can make a good Wii game is Nintendo themselves. Why is that? I mean, there are all sorts of cool ass things you can do with a Wii Remote and a little magic. Yet, no one can make a decent game that will entertain the masses as far as the Wii is concerned.
And it looks like this generalization may also include adventure games.
A guy by the name of Jack Allin over at Adventure Gamers wrote an article in which he describes what the downfalls of two adventure games, CSI: Hard Evidence and Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, on the Nintendo Wii.
So, what’s wrong with these games on the Wii? Well, according to Jack, CSI: Hard Evidence is an exact replica of its PC cousin and there was no attempt to add any of the unique Wii features such as motion control. But, having motion control isn’t necessarily a good thing, as you can see with Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. Why? Because the motion response in the game is horrible and doesn’t respond well to normal humans using it. Not only that, but the game doesn’t actually tell you HOW to use the motion controls, which is fairly annoying, because sometimes you have no idea what the hell to do in the game until you start flailing your arms about and a lid pops open. Or something.
So, there you have it. Adventure games for the Wii? It would be awesome, but someone has to do it right first.
Dangit.
[Logo for the Nintendo Wii courtesy of Nintendo.]
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