Posted by Krux on Thursday June 24, 2010 @ 06:42pm
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Now this kicks ass:

http://www.thedrunkenmoogle.com/

The Drunken Moogle is a blog devoted to what might be the best damn things this side of Hyrule: video games and booze.

Posted by Krux on Saturday May 29, 2010 @ 07:23pm
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And is apparently crazy.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/05/29/the-creator-of-super-mario-brothers-crossover-is-a-crazy-man/

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Posted by tele on Tuesday February 9, 2010 @ 02:24pm
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So I picked up some new Guitar Hero World Tour drums yesterday since my other set died a few months back. I knew there was a Midi port in the back of them, but heard that there were problems getting them to work properly with electronic drums. Guess I was wrong! After looking online I found getting them to work with my Roland V Tour TD 9S is really simple. Yay! Heading to the music store now to grab a cable. I'm thinking it will be harder to play songs on the Roland, but we'll see

Posted by Krux on Saturday January 30, 2010 @ 06:20pm
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I know it's been out for awhile, but I just started playing Borderlands. Just doing single player at the moment, but talk about a fun game.

Posted by unicron on Friday January 15, 2010 @ 08:15am
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First Person Tetris

Posted by Stealth on Thursday December 10, 2009 @ 07:18am
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From a few articles posted yesterday - http://www.geek.com/articles/games/gamers-receive-isp-warnings-from-playing-modern-warfare-2-2009128/

"..The latest problem the game has caused is ISP letters threatening to cut off connections due to the activity being logged while playing the game.

The problem seems to stem from the way in which IW.net utilizes a connection to handle online gaming. ISPs have no idea an account is playing MW2 and just see activity that looks like a virus infection, or excessive file sharing. As well as warning letters some gamers have had their connection speeds throttled and others are having to pay additional costs on their regular bill."

Boy.. IW And Activision are really going to take a beating for this.

Posted by Stealth on Sunday November 8, 2009 @ 01:21pm
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So, in case anyone pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 or Left 4 Dead 2 via steam (FTP on a PC, not some console crap) your purchase can not now start pre-loading. w00t w00t! MW2 is just going to be BAD ASS (at least single player). Multiplayer remains to be seen.

Posted by Krux on Friday October 23, 2009 @ 03:39pm
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This came across the news reader, Death Rally. Man I remember we had a blast playing this game at the old netgames we use to throw.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/10/21/brand-new-youre-retro-death-race/

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Posted by Krux on Sunday August 30, 2009 @ 04:34pm
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I'm curious as to what games people are playing these days.

I beat the main missions in Fallout 3 (and a good chunk of the side missions), and am working on the Broken Steel expansion, plus exploring post apocalypticia. PC has been running stable, so it's been a lot nicer not having the game crash constantly. PC version is moddable as well, so I have the original music on the GNR station, plus about a hundred era appropriate songs. I mean the sound track is good, but the 20 songs it comes with get a bit old after awhile. Also running a mod that lets your dog, dogmeat, carry stuff for you. I figure that it's conceivable that you could get your dog to help carry things, and it saves on having to travel back and forth to your house in megaton because you want to keep more of the junk you find around the wasteland.

I was playing Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns on the DS, but haven't picked that one up in awhile. The new one involves a lot more grinding of characters than the first, so it gets a little old after awhile.

But yea.. really Fallout 3 is the only thing I'm playing lately.

Posted by Stealth on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @ 01:30am
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Pretty cool article form older game developers about various fixes they had to employee to get the games to work right. Funny stuff.

"Programmers are often methodical and precise beasts who do their utmost to keep their code clean and pretty. But when the chips are down, the perfectly-planned schedule is shot, and the game needs to ship, "getting it done" can win out over elegance.

In a case like this, a frazzled and overworked programmer is far more likely to ignore best practices, and hack in a less desirable solution to get the game out the door. We have here compiled nine testimonials from working developers, which chronicle times when they weren't quite able to follow the script and had to pull some tricks to save a project. "

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4111/dirty_coding_tricks.php

Posted by Krux on Sunday August 23, 2009 @ 01:53pm
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This looks really cool. I think I'll be picking up this one to get some new old school adventuring on.

Tales of Monkey Island
http://www.worldofmi.com/

Posted by tele on Thursday August 20, 2009 @ 11:13am
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Any of you guys play any music games? I know Krux doesn't for reasons he won't speak about in public, but what about everyone else? I still find myself addicted to the drums in Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour. Not as good as I'd like to be, but I can hold my own!

PS, the Rock Band Beatles and Guitar Hero 5 set lists look mighty thus far. And fuck DJ Hero and Scratch.