Lost & Found (And More Work, Too!)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by geelw

Whee. After a big hard drive crash a few years back, I’d been storing articles in progress, reviews and a few interesting game or story ideas on either portable USB drives or SD cards, but of course, I managed to screw that otherwise reliable storage method up somehow. A few months back, one of the cards I was using for a LOT of DAF stuff suddenly failed to read (nooooo!) and I misplaced one of the USB sticks while traveling around (well, I couldn’t find the darn thing no matter where I looked). Anyway, I’d kept that old card around a few days back, happened to pop it into my camera to see if there were any photos that could be recovered. *Boom!* no decent pics (well, some ebay items I’d sold off last year) but I DID see a load of text files now free from their digital prison. Looks like I’ll be spending the holidays polishing up and posting some old to recent reviews. I’m still on the hunt for that USB drive as it has even MORE articles and ideas plus some PC game data I wasn’t planning on losing (ha ha)…

Oprah’s Not Gay, But She May Be A Mutant…

Posted on December 16, 2010 by geelw

How else does one explain her getting Wolverine to nearly kill himself without even lifting one of her very wealthy fingers? Poor (but very lucky) Hugh Jackman zip-lines right into a pole doing an opening for her show Down Under on Monday. I’m just getting to this now because I don’t watch Oprah and someone sent me the link to a clip this morning. Yes, I laughed for a good ten minutes… after nearly poking an eye out facepalming (ouch)… Er, get well soon, Hugh!

DURARARA! Is Coming…

Posted on December 13, 2010 by geelw

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/xM8kb9f3xDc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0

Yup, anime reviews are coming to DAF very shortly. Stick around for more interesting news on this and a few other surprises…

A Date With D3…

Posted on December 11, 2010 by geelw

Heh. Got an email from UPS that says D3Publisher has sent me an Earth Defense Force Calendar… This should be really interesting (I need to take a pic of the huge fold-out Onechanbara calendar they sent back when those games were released and post it one day). Expect an update with pics around the 15th (the expected delivery date)… I do love the holidays!

In unrelated news, I’ll be giving away some spectacular stuff this month, so watch this space for a big ol’ announcement…

WIN FREE STUFF!!! Disney Epic Mickey Swag Up For Grabs!

Posted on December 11, 2010 by geelw

Well, heeeeeeeere we go again! I'm in the holiday spirit, it is indeed the holidays and that means YOU want FREE stuff, right? From now until the end of the month, I'll be running Friday giveaways of game-related gear, mostly featuring items you won't find in stores. First up, a twofer: I've ONE Disney Epic Mickey Jacket (size XL) and ONE Disney Epic Mickey Oswald the Rabbit T-shirt (size XL, with a Epic Mickey Ears Cloisonne Pin) in need of two good homes!

Sony Sure Knows How To Throw A Holiday Party…

Posted on December 10, 2010 by geelw

There was a lot of stuff to cover at the event, but some of the nicer surprises are embargoed for a few days. Nope, there wasn't a PSP2 or PSPhone to be seen (or heard about) at the event, but throw a stone and you'd hit a great game surprise or someone playing something pretty damn cool. Media Molecule, Guerrilla Games and Evolution Studios folks are great to chat with and make me think of setting up forums on the site just to get their input. For now, my creatively constructive to creatively cranky comments on the industry show up on a few industry news sites where other developers and journalists post so as not to have too many rabid debates here.

Like the sweet Killzone 3 book? Sony was laser-burning whatever text attendees wanted into nice leather journals featuring some key 2011 titles and I chose Guerrilla's upcoming shooter as my pick for the DAF branding. Wish I had a dozen of each to give away on the site, but you'll have to do with ogling that photo for now.

Below the jump is a quick rundown* on what I can talk about images to come in a gallery update this weekend (*well, part one of a quick rundown, as I'm dead tired from a long day and am about to keel the hell over):

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Thank You, Good Morning America (Not Really, Though)!

Posted on November 30, 2010 by geelw

Thank you, Good Morning America… for my day off work!

Having some of your staff walk off with multiple Disney Epic Mickey press gift bags earlier this morning means that I don't have a copy of the game to review today nor the assorted goodies I'd planned to give away as a means to drive much-needed traffic to my blog.

However, being the sole games journalist at the event, I didn't walk away completely empty-handed thanks to a Disney Interactive staffer that handed me a shirt and poster upstairs and made mention about not forgetting to pick up the aforementioned gift bag waiting for me when I left. Meeting Warren Spector, Peter David and a few other folks who worked on the game was pretty special as well.

LBP2 Giveaway Over, Loser Still Makes Off WIth Something Fun…

Posted on November 20, 2010 by geelw

You two lucky winners know who you are, so get to it already. As for the guy that didn’t win a beta code, well he’s either smiling or about to throw a rock at me through his monitor thanks to the prize I sent him just for entering. We. Shall. See. Anyway, enjoy the games, guys! MORE free stuff to some in a bit!

WIN FREE STUFF!!! Little Big Planet 2 Beta Code Giveaway!

Posted on November 18, 2010 by geelw

Media Molecule's followup to the smash PLAY. CREATE. SHARE. mega-hit is on the way and looking to be an even more spectacularly creative game for users to take apart and do what they wish with. If you want in on this one, you'd better be quick – I have TWO Little Big Planet 2 beta codes to give away. To enter: all you need to do is become a DAF follower by clicking on the Google Friend Connect Tab to the left (where it says FOLLOWERS) and that's it!

I'll pick two random winners on Saturday and email you your codes within 24 hours! The taste of The Handmade Arcade can be YOURS, but only if you act NOW! Fine print below the jump – read it before you enter!

It’s Banner Day!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by geelw

Yes, I actually KNOW it’s November (geez, already?). There’s a new DAF banner going up later today, as I’ve so many ideas and games to choose from in terms of screen grabs. Is it going to be COD:BO? GoldenEye? Splatterhouse? BloodStone? Some obscure import to throw you off? Actually, I dunno – come back later and see for yourself. Funny thing is, I prepared a bunch of them about a month ago but i accidentally deleted the darn folder (oops)!