Review: Plane Weaver

Posted on December 27, 2010 by geelw

Platform: Windows PC

Developer: Blue Coral Studio

Publisher: DADIU

# of Players: 1

ESRB Rating: None

Score: A-

Developed in one month (!) by a team of eleven students at The Danish Academy of Digital & Interactive Entertainment (DADIU), Plane Weaver is a marvelous mix of 3D platforming and puzzle elements that come off as more fresh and innovative than much of what constitutes “Game of the Year” material on consoles and PC. While it's not a supremely lengthy experience, it's visually striking, nicely challenging and genuinely rewarding as you're pulled into some excellently designed levels. The game lightly echoes elements of sleeper hits such as ICO and the upcoming Lost in Shadow, yet never feels too derivative or under-polished. At only 66MB and a free download (for now), it's an absolute must for anyone who craves originality and creativity in their games.

Didn’t Get The Game You Want? Grab Tyrian 2000 For FREE From GOG.com!

Posted on December 25, 2010 by geelw

GOG.com is one of the greatest gamer gift-giving websites currently operating today thanks to their love for the PC classics and the means to get them up and running for sale as single or multiple pack deals at incredible prices. Part of their holiday promotion is releasing Tyrian 2000 (one of the best vertical scrolling arcade shooters ever made, I’d say) for FREE to any and all who have gog.com accounts (which are also FREE). All you need to do is drop on by, sign up and BOOM, the game is yours. the download is a tiny 10MB and you can also grab the soundtrack separately (an extra 128MB on your hard drive). I’m guessing that sound I hear is the gog.com servers collapsing thanks to the traffic I just sent there… or maybe not.

Hmmm… might have been Santa hitting the side of a building (oops)…

WIN FREE STUFF!!! Little Big Planet 2 Beta Code Giveaway (It’s Baaaaaaack!)

Posted on December 23, 2010 by geelw

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/wFSC27hIX1g?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0

EDIT: GIVEAWAY CLOSED! Thanks to all who signed up – MORE cool stuff to come (stick around)!

BioWare & Treehouse Brand Stores Want You to WIN BIG!

Posted on December 15, 2010 by geelw

Yup, ANOTHER awesome holiday giveaway, this time from Treehouse Brand Stores and BioWare. Click HERE to enter for your chance to win one of 100 very cool prizes including tricked out gaming PC’s, headphones, hoodies and collector art packs! The contest ends in 12 days and if you’ve a Facebook or Twitter account (or both), you get even more chances to snag the swag!,

So get moving already! You guys are super lucky, as we poor media folk can’t enter to snag one of those PC’s (well, that WOULD be a bit unfair and a wee bit shifty, so it’s all good)…

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!

Contest: Thrillist & Gamefly Want To Give You A Holiday Surprise

Posted on November 30, 2010 by geelw

More chances to win FREE stuff (a LCD TV, game console, big ol' game chair and a year's worth of rentals – nice)… but not through me (heck, I don't have a box big enough to send all that stuff in anyway!). This cool gear giveaway is sponsored by Thrillist and Gamefly. Check out the info below, read that fine print and enter to win!

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!

Contest: You’ve STILL Got TIme To Get Dracula (And An iPad)…

Posted on October 31, 2010 by geelw

Hey! You’ve still got a few hours to enter and WIN an iPad with Dracula: the Official Stoker Family Version on it. So drop that candy, shut the door and click away! Even if you don’t score the Grand Prize, take a chance as ten random winners get the ebook as a FREE iPad download.

About Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition

Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition, recently crowned App of the Week in the App® Store, is so revolutionary that it is the only eBook edition of Dracula to be endorsed by the descendants of Bram Stoker himself. From lighting up pages with 3D lanterns, to unsealing the mysteries of letters and journal entries, blowing the leaves off of tombstones to reveal the writing beneath, and even to using their own “blood” to reveal hidden text on a page, readers interact with both the text and the stunning graphics to bring the classic novel to life page after enthralling page. Careful readers with a taste for treasure hunting can also uncover rare historical images, as well as audio and film from the earliest days of the Dracula legacy, cleverly hidden within the book.

Contest Rules:

To be eligible you must become a fan of the PadWorx Digital Media Facebook page by clicking the ‘Like’ button on the page before 11:59pm PST on October 31, 2010. Winners will be randomly chosen by PadWorx Digital Media and notified via Facebook message on November 1, 2010. Pre-existing fans of the Facebook page are also eligible. PadWorx employees and their family members are not eligible. Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition codes will be sent to winners electronically. The Apple iPad will ship to the grand prize winner free of charge in North America. If the grand prize winner resides in any other county he/she will be responsible for shipping cost.

GameStop’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Surprize Attack Sweepstakes Still Going Strong…

Posted on October 26, 2010 by geelw

With the November 9th release date around the corner, there's still time to pre-order the game and enter GameStop's Call of Duty: Black Ops Surprize Attack sweepstakes where there's some really sweet gear to win including game systems, vehicles (as in a Jeep, Harley or other real-world ride), game consoles and much more. a prize every 24 hours is revealed, so yup, you might just want to boogie on over to that link above. More details below the jump, of course.