Toger is a well-rounded gamer in every sense of the word. She (surprise!) will play just about any genre as long as it’s fun. Her first gaming experience was Castlevania on the NES… back in the 80s… as an adult. You do the math. If you’re interested in stalking her, she can frequently be heard as a featured performer on the comedy podcast Bell’s in the Batfry.
While the rest of the T-R silo dwellers are wandering the wastelands of Fallout 3, painstakingly making their way back to a bloodstain in Demon’s Souls or negotiating the jump mechanics of Portal I decided to go retro with Cranberry Production’s new point-and-click adventure Black Mirror II, the sequel to the reasonably well-received Black Mirror (well, except for the voice work of the main character).
With the all press that LucasArts has gotten for releasing Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and several of its classic adventures on Steam, it was really just a question of time before other publishers would follow. First to jump on the “everything old is new again” bandwagon: Activision with news that they’ve expanded their offerings on Steam to include the King’s Quest and Space Quest Collections, Aces of the Galaxy, Time Shift and 3D …
All during this past weekend, LucasArts has been teasing its Twitter followers with hints of a big announcement for fans of their back catalog. The wait is finally over. After years of pleading and begging from its dedicated fan-base LucasArts has answered the call and plans to re-release some of its back catalog. Partnering with Steam, LucasArts is releasing – in a first round – 10 games on July 8, 2009: Armed and Dangerous Indiana …
Review by Toger Jules Verne’s Return to Mysterious Island Developer Tetraedge Games, Inc. Publisher Chillingo Ltd. Released June 2009 Available for iPhone/iPod Touch Time Played Finished Verdict: 4/5 Thumb Up I’m not what you’d call a “good” camper. The thought of sleeping on the ground while all manner of critters crawl hither and yon over my body is not my idea of fun… and we won’t even mention the lack of decent bathroom facilities while …
Has anyone heard of Trine or tried out the demo? Developed by Frozenbyte, Trine is billed as a physics-based, action/puzzle platformer with three different swap-able player characters – Wizard, Thief, Knight – who each have specific abilities to help you solve puzzles and defeat the undead that populate the game world. The wizard can create objects out of thin air, the thief is agile and can latch onto solid objects and the knight is a …
By now, I’m assuming you’ve all heard about LucasArts’ The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition? No? Venture forth from the cave, people. It’s a brave new world! Okay, so it’s not going to stop chunky, middle-aged people from wearing low-rise jeans, but is it a reboot of a much loved classic adventure game – with voices, re-mastered music and new, improved HD graphics coupled with the ability to seamlessly transition between the classic and …
Did I mention I’m a sucker for strategy games even though I lack the strategy gene? Unless clicking all around the menus adding buildings because they’re pretty is considered a strategy. Anyway, I spent most of this past weekend playing around with Related Designs’ demo of their newest entry in the Anno series – Anno 1404. (And because we’re an illiterate lot here in the U.S. and Ubisoft apparently felt sorry for us, you’ll find …
PlayStation LifeStyle, Sony’s web portal for all things PlayStation, has posted very early footage of Team ICO’s next game, Project Trico, destined for the PS3. The footage is just under 4 minutes, but in that short period of time managed to make me feel all warm and squishy inside… either that or I’m coming down with something. Since this is early days yet, the human character doesn’t have a lot of detail; however, the backgrounds …
Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Playing Games column listed their nine Most Bizarre Video Games of All Time. To limit the list, the authors decided to concentrate on titles that were “actually kind of fun to play” and exclude licensed titles. (I’ve included my impressions for the games that I’ve played.):
Need I say more? Capcom’s newest Nintendo DS entry in the Ace Attorney series – Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth – is scheduled for a late May 2009 Japanese release. Unlike the previous Phoenix Wright games, Gyakuten Kenji is not releasing with the dual Japanese/English languages so importing is not an option – unless you’re well versed in Japanese. I knew I should have started on My Japanese Coach before now. As soon as we …
So, I played the demo version of Flock! on XBLA a few days ago. Can I just say how freakin’ cute this game is? Fluffy cotton wool sheep squeaking as you herd them, tall grass that isn’t really grass at all but long pieces of yarn and a landscape that’s created from quilted fabric. I don’t think there are words to describe how cute it all is. It’s enough to make you want to cuddle …
I’m easily distracted by all things bright and shiny. So instead of working on the review for a game I finished two weeks ago (shhhh!), I’ve been playing Xseed’s newest game for the Nintendo DS – Avalon Code. I’ve only put in about three hours (well, really four but I restarted after playing the first hour) and I’m having a blast!
Ever wonder what made those crop circles you read about in the news? Capcom’s upcoming title, Flock!, may just have the answer. The Flock! universe is inhabited entirely by stuffed toys living in a quilted world. Players will control an other-worldly UFO sent to this comfy world to herd the animals onto a Mothership for purposes… of an undetermined nature. I’m not sure I want to know why these aliens require the plushies. Maybe they …
Animal Crossing with magicians?! *swoon* That’s the basic premise behind Konami’s upcoming Nintendo DS offering, Little Magician’s Magic Adventure or Magician’s Quest: Mysterious Times – not to be confused with the online Manga of the same name – or Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry (EU).
When last we left brilliant FBI agent, Victoria McPherson, she was attempting to soak away the bumps and bruises acquired while tracking down an elusive serial killer – a killer whose MO seemed to span several generations and cities. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll know that the original Still Life ended with a cliff-hanger due to its developer, Microïds, running out of time and money. Not too long after that, Microïds shut …