Monthly Archives: September 2009

Gallery: Zaku (for the Atari Lynx!)

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If you’re one of those folks who remembers the late, lamented (and technically superior to other handheld gaming systems of the period) Atari Lynx, well, guess what? There’s actually a small, dedicated group of folks out in California working away on a brand new game for the handheld, which still has a small, dedicated user base. Zaku, published by Super Fighter Team is a horizontal shooter being created on an actual Lynx development kit and according to the official website, will run at a blazing 60fps, making it the fastest game ever on the system… Continue reading →

Gallery: Brink

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Bethesda Softworks has always been more than just The House that Elder Scrolls Built as the company has also developed or published a number of games in different genres over the years. One of Bethsoft’s upcoming publishing projects comes from UK developer Splash Damage (Enemy Territory: Quake Wars) in the form of the third-person action/shooter Brink, which looks as if it’s going to keep the good times rolling for fans of high-concept productions. While the game isn’t set to hit stores until Spring 2010, it’s shaping up to be a pretty impressive game based on the info, concept art and in-progress screens you’ll see below…

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Review: Demon’s Souls

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Platform: PlayStation 3

Developer: From Software

Publisher: Atlus

# of Players 1 (Online: 1 –  3)

Rating: M (Mature)

Official Site

Score: A+

Console (and to some extent, PC) role-playing fans have been subject to some pretty darn disappointing games this generation thanks to a few too many developers and publishers playing it safe by merely rehashing familiar anime-style adventures, cooking up oddball battle systems that just don’t gel completely or copying top-rated western-style games with a few new ideas here and there. Sure, graphics have improved tenfold this cycle and there have been more than a few memorable games released during this period. However, other than stunning visuals and larger game worlds, not too many of these titles have done all that much to raise any new bars for the genre. Continue reading →

Games On TV: Scribblenauts Commercial

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Here you go: mildly amusing, although given the game’s superb originality, it comes off as a bit lower key than I thought it would be.

Ah well… I guess Middle America needs this super-clean version that can be shown at all hours of the day without the usual irate parents’ groups going off the deep end about the game for no reason at all other than it’ll make their kids see and use words in the dictionary that they’d rather them NOT know at all. Yeesh.

Anyway, go buy a copy when it hits stores on September 15!

Games On TV: PROTOTYPE on HBO’s Entourage Sunday Night

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Now, I don’t even watch Entourage, but guess who the heck will be tuning in tomorrow night? Yeah, me. I’m always curious to see how games are presented on big deal shows like this, so I’ll be picking apart the stuff they screw up while hoping Activision sells a few more copies of the game, of course.

Atlus Announces Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Digital Devil Delays Download (Saga)!

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Oh Noes! Well, in case you didn’t pre-order the retail version of SMT: Persona and were hoping to look all cool sliding open your PSP GO! on the subway to play the game you downloaded early the morning of September 22… you’re in for a bit of a shock. The digital download version of the game has been slightly delayed to an October 1, 2009 launch over the PlayStation Network.

Which sort of means if you DON’T have a PSP GO!, it might make a whole lot of sense to drop by your local game emporium and snag the cool pre-order bonuses that come with the boxed version (as the press release below kind of hints at…)

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Half-Minute Hero Demo ( #1) Arrives On PSN

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The first of two demos for Xseed’s upcoming lighting-paced retro PSP Action/RPG is now available for download over the PlayStation Network, which leads me to ask why you’re still reading this when you should be playing this rather hilarious bit of gaming goodness. So, go download away onto your PSP (you DO own a PSP, right?) and play it to death in half-minute chunks, laughing crazily as you skip out the door a few minutes later to go preorder from wherever you normally get your games.

Or pre-order HMH online, if that’s your thing. Heck, it’s not like you’re getting much exercise these days, anyway. A little sunlight won’t kill you, y’know… Well, that’s what I’ve heard… *Ahem,* anyway, let’s see what the official press release says:.. Continue reading →

Dragon Age Origins: Meet Leliana

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In this week’s Dragon Age: Origins update, we’ll take a look at one of the game’s female characters, Leliana, a bard from the land of Orlais who also happens to be a selectable party member and from what I can tell a “romance” option in the game. As I can see some of you less lucky guys getting royally slugged by your real-life significant others over choosing this lovely virtual redhead as your potential partner, you may want to keep the fawning to a minimum…

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Demon’s Souls Arrives, Goes Ahead And Makes My Day…

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THANK YOU ATLUS! Early impressions: Well, I lasted a whole five or so hours before my avatar finally died, falling (well, rolling) off a ledge trying to get the heck away from something BIG and quite nasty chasing my character. This game is brilliant, beautiful and BRUTAL, all at the same time with a side of fries. Scary as hell in spots, too. As a longtime King’s Field fan, I knew it was going to be great, but From Software has really knocked it out of the park. Hardcore? Oh hellllllllllll yeah. This game will kick your butt all over the living room and into the kitchen, whereupon it shall cook and eat your corpse.

Twice.

Back with a full review in a bit… Did I mention it’s also scarier than a big box of dead, flaming monkeys?

Release Calendar: 8/31 – 9/13 (Because I’ve NO Time to List ‘Em All One By One!)

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I actually had this wickedly cool idea a few years back for a fancy, funky interactive release calendar with all sorts of cool widgets and clickable doodoads and such, but I’ve yet to actually bribe, blackmail or beat someone into submission to work on the darn thing. Soooo, here’s a dull analog list of both last and this week’s game releases:

(*denotes games I’ll be reviewing or already have reviewed)

8/31/09
Reel Fishing: Angler’s Dream (Wii)

9/1/09
Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures (Ps2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Champions Online (PC)
Cruise Ship Vacation Games (Wii)
Gears of War 2: Game Of The Year Edition (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero 5 (PS3, Ps2, Wii, Xbox 360)
Section 8 (PC, Xbox 360)
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny (PSP)*

9/2/2009
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (PS3, Xbox 360)

9/3/2009
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)*

9/7/2009
War Leaders: Clash of Nations (PC)

9/8/2009
Ant Nation (DS)
Capcom Platinum Hits Triple Pack (Xbox 360)
Darkest of Days (PC, Xbox 360)*
Dirt 2 (DS/DSi, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360)*
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (PSP)
Fallen Earth: Welcome to Apocalypse (PC)
Go Play City Sports (Wii)
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (DS/DSi, PSP)
Imagine: Detective (DS/DSi)
LittleBigPlanet: Game Of The Year Edition (PS3)
Mini Ninjas (DS/DSi, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Qubed – Lumines Live! (Xbox 360)
Time of Shadows (PC)
Trine (PC)

9/9/2009 (Happy Birthday, Sega Dreamcast!)
The Beatles: Rock Band (Standard & Limited Editions PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

9/11/2009
My Virtual Tutor Reading: Pre K – K (DS/DSi)
My Virtual Tutor Reading: K – 1st Grade (DS/DSi)
My Virtual Tutor Reading: 1st – 2nd Grade (DS/DSi)

Are you asleep yet? No? Good!

Next week, there’s a lot more stuff coming out!