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The Beatles: Rock Band Guitars

How a Board Game Can Make You Cry (boardgamegeek)

great Wii game review "[T]here aren't enough open bracket symbols in the world to do a sad smiley face sad enough to express the deep sadness we feel looking at this."

rip Dave Arneson

periodic table of controllers (gizmodo)

The Space Game (from the people behind desktop tower defence). I'm stuck on the Defend level... (kottke)

"Left 4k Dead" - 4kb version of Left For Dead (twitter/tdominey)

never really forgave Metallica for Napster, but *this* is Guitar Hero...

Game Damage pilot. Ho hum - here's hoping. (iamcal)

8th rule of 'Noby Noby Boy': don't answer any questions about this content (waxy)

"Disney's Pure shields kids from profanity by including Urbandictionary on the disc"

To try later: water/physics game (twitter/codinghorror)

Video games lack legitimacy. The video game in 2008 is a ghettoized creative form without emotion. Esquire article on Jason Rohrer, and how games need to be as emotionally dense as films and novels. (waxy)

The eyeballing game (twitter / rands)

Nice flash game in the style of Advance Wars

"WebWars: EVE is a new type of game about conquering territory and controlling territory - but, in this case, the territory is websites." Sounds good! (wonderlandblog)

Amusing walkthrough for the game Braid (joystiq)

every Zelda sound ever (apparently) (DNS)

free TV / movie / game related fonts - handy for photoshop fridays (al lowe)

Meh. Rock Band for the Xbox, which I've been looking forward to, gets unreasonably jacked up from the U.S price of £75 ($150 on amazon.com) to £180 in the U.K. Too much. Will pick up Guitar Hero 3 instead.

I've begun a new blog to detail the development of a game called 'Fiver High'. It's for a competition at work to see who can get the most hits over the course of a month (April). A game is probably a bit too ambitious, and won't pick up the hits quick enough, but wtf. At least it'll be fun trying.

stop worrying about the pirates "they weren't customers, they might never be customers, so spending money to try to stop them serves no purpose."

Forumwarz pwnz! An online (Firefox) browser game well worth checking.

Nice "Last Stand" Zombie flash game (cheers Tom)

"Herzog Zwei Memories". The first RTS? I remember amazingly frustrating games of this against my brother. Great game, very tense. And there are ROM's for it all over the place, so reliving my youth is easy. :)

Don't forget you have another couple of days to download Undertow free from Xbox Live to make up for the problems at Christmas with the service (if you were busy celebrating Christmas with your family and didn't notice anything wrong, well, we'll just keep quiet and take the free game thank you very much).

Off sick from work with a cold at the moment, which always feels like a wimpy excuse for being ill, but can't pretend it's flu, and calling it a "man flu" always sounds pretentious. Anyways, have tons of work still to do from home despite my brain being frazzled, which means I've ended up playing games instead.

"Blue Moon" is a boardgamers' game from Reiner Knizia, and anyone who's played "Magic" should feel at home. Keldon Jones has cleverly turned it into a PC/Mac version (very kind of Kosmos to release the artwork) with a brutal AI. It's a great way to learn what is a great two player card game in the non-interweb world. I've only beaten it twice, but then I am ill with man cold.

The "Art of Theft" is a PC game from Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, who writes the "Zero Punctuation" reviews, and is an old school style platformer that is incredibly addictive, with a story that quickly kicks in, and upgrades that suck you back for one more go to try and better your last attempt at a level. Highly recommended, worth downloading for the next time your office loses it's interweb connection and work stops, or your forced to work from home. ;)

Rock Band Stage Kit with lights and smoke. If this continues, a generation will grow up missing the experience of learning an instrument to have the thrill of playing on stage to only their girlfriends and go straight to playing only to their girlfriends.

BioShock: The Game that Wasn't. Bookmarked for later - it contains spoliers, and I haven't finished Bioshock yet, whether it's flawed or not (del.icio.us / n0wak)

How not to do a "viral" arg?

Fantastic games mechanics site (gadgets.boingboing)

So tempting: Bioware looking for an interactive writer for a game. If this was UK based I'd be off B&Eing the local Game for a copy of Neverwinter Nights right now. (penny-arcade)

"The Duel Between Gaming Magazines and Websites". The last magazine I bought regularely was for the sega megadrive (think it was called Megadrive, or some other equally inspired name. Great magazine, though, till it sold out was sold). Then, with the internet, it just seemed pointless. Magazines always seemed a month behind. Now, they definately are. I can find blurry shots of Japanese games myself online. Why wait a month to see them in print? And with people like the Escapist's Zero Punctuation reviews, and metacritic, well, it's all over really.

mentioned before, but here are some blurry pics of Populous DS (can't wait!)(joystiq)

Hill 218 card game, free PC java version available (I haven't won once on easy yet - may have to read rules)

Populous for the DS?! Fantastic. I still have my battered cardboard boxed Megadrive version, but no Megadrive to play it on. (torrez)

Packers 4-0, which is as good as it got last year. Here's to a win against Chicago today.

Can't imagine this McDonald's sim flash game will be up for long, as you are encouraged to lay waste to rain forest, sack employees and bribe officials in a desperate attempt to stay in the black while you manage the company. Not a bad way of getting across the impact fast food has, but a high score chart would have been nice - even a green badge/yellow badge with stars, perhaps. Download/Play it while it's up. [reached: August 2013] Disclaimer: I worked for 3 weeks in a McDonalds in the 80's, before walking out never to return. (boingboing)

Loving The Lost Levels! Pink Floyd meets an N64 indeed. 'Game Over' rocks, and is gonna be on repeat play for a while... (wonderlandblog)

I can probably count on one hand the things I have bought on day of launch. Bioshock joins them. "BioShock isn't simply the sign of gaming realising its true cinematic potential, but one where a game straddles so many entertainment art forms so expertly that it's the best demonstration yet how flexible this medium can be."

Possibly the best Bioshock review yet (the game is running with a 97 metascore on Metacritic)

interesting game blog including "Danc's Miraculously Flexible Game Prototyping Tiles"

'Guitar Legend' - Guitar Hero for mobile phones.

Incredibly tense flash game (tip: look at the blueprints at the bottom left and right) (a welsh view)

Bring it on! Guitar Hero 3 (will probably buy for the 360 rather than the Wii...)

Java version of the classic Avalon Hill game Titan

I think my kids quickly clocked "Chore Wars" too... (my character is kicking ass, though!)

Five Lara Crofts come together

More stats about my board game playing than you could ever want (or need to) know...

"The Nobel Foundation Says No to PeaceMaker". Peacemaker game - which challenges the player to find a peaceful solution for the conflict between Israel and Palestine - has been forced to remove the Nobel prize as a n accolade for sucessfully completing the game.

Yes, the Wii might be a Gamecube 1.5, but significant changes make that mean that it's not quite the case. (slashdot) (corrected for awful grammar. I'm ashamed)

sweet little flash game "from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (who are presumably supposed to be making PS3 games or something)" that's remiscent of that old snowball fight game (wonderland)

The game peacemaker (which we mentioned a couple of weeks back) has been given a commercial release

PeaceMaker Israeli-Palestinian game

Carcassonne on the xbox 360

The Guaranteed to Please Collection (board games)

Get ready to jam with "Rock Band"

bloody hell, had to stay late to catch up after playing this at work (damn kottke)

Oh so sweet FPS in a browser

blog covering the game Spore

LittleBigPlanet game video (PS3): "empowering players to make whatever they wanna do" (huh?) contrast with PS3 Home. (waxy)

Sony's Home seems to be all about selling and advertising, missing the 'create your own' trick that has made Second Life the overhyped phenomenon that it is.

"Google purchases in-game ad provider, Adscape". Gotta get used to ads in games, methinks.

No PSP development in the UK (too small a userbase), though we don't develop much for the DS here either "There is no Western equivalent of kawaii - [U.K] studios just don't get cute. "

25 Games Tested in Vista - "For the most part, the OS handled games with aplomb, but on the whole ran them slightly slower than XP"

Roackstar's 'Bully' for £12.99 "Bully is an open-world, story-driven, high-schooling experience unlike any you have played before" Worthplaying.

concerning dead bodies in video games (slashdot)

Flash game: How fast can you type the alphabet? My first attempt an embaressing 12.766. Best 8.688 (downloadsquad)

bookmarking, because theoretically I'll have some free time at some point in my life: "Adventure Game Studio (AGS for short) allows you to create your own point-and-click adventure games, similar to the early 90's Sierra and Lucasarts adventures."

"Kudos is a turn based strategy game where you control someone's life. You decide where they work, who they hang out with, and what they do to relax. Do you want to be an alcoholic saxophone playing taxi driver?" You talking to me? (2006 Top 10 Games of the Year)

Games you won't see on the Wii

Nice Christmas bunny flash game (al lowe)

Strategy tips and tactics for Company of Heroes part 1 and part 2 (which is kicking my ass on easy in Skirmish games...)

Nintendo's gaming advent calendar "Mission in Snowdriftland." (joystiq.com)

I love these things because I'm always surprised that I know more than I think I know: Flash game where you have to name a selection of countries (I got 52 out of however many they asked me). (plasticbag.org)

Board Game Geek has a great gift guide so you can save yourself some pain and give a decent game as a gift to the folks that usually drag out Cluedo on Boxing day. Two birds with one stone, and helping to rid the world of Monopoly. Brilliant!

Time magazine and the New York Times don't have a lot of good things to say about the the PS3 (in short: hopefully the 6 months before the European launch will give Sony time to shape the thing into something half decent). Looks like the Wii360 is still the best choice for gamers...

Happy Birthday to Reiner Knizia. Bit sad that there are people who only think of Monopoly, Cluedo or Risk when you mention that you play board games when there are people like Knizia who has created more great games tham many will ever know (try Lost Cities or any of the Lord of the Rings games or Blue Moon City or jus the Blue Moon game or...)

"A match of "Gino Pilotino", Italian edition of "Loopin' Louie", at the Mucca Games Show in Tarquinia. From left to right Andrea Bartoli and Domenico Di Giorgio from DaVinci, Italian radio and tv anchorman Antonello Dose, DaVinci's Press Office Chief Monic"

"Free Computer Version of Board and Card Games with Artificial Intelligence Computer Opponents and with Screen Shots". Can't say the board game geek list titles aren't descriptive... A handy collection of games for getting up to speed and keeping my hand in.

Check your games collection based on Board Game Geek rarity (yes; only I'll find this of interest)

Shame: Viewtiful Joe studio closed by Capcom

a ’second-person perspective’ game

Game designer with a reputation for pasted on themes? Expect some ribbing... (Naturelich Games)

Chess openings (including the shortest game ever), because it's time to up my game against Rich.

belated news to me and a sad loss: A Tribute To Dave Farquhar

NetAcquire - must give this a shot when I have a moment. All five of the following four steps here from boardgamegeek:

After you download and install the software (about 30 secs on high speed connect)---double click and follow these steps:

1 - Make sure your IP/URL is set at acquire.sbg.org
2 - host port should be 1001
3 - local port should be 0
4 - enter a nickname
5 - Hit Enter and you'll enter the lobby. Games are almost always going on. If you've played the board game then it'll be a piece of cake.

If you follow these 4 simple steps you should be fine.

Bejeweled?! Bejeweled?! I have reigned death from an F15 across entire continents, single-handedly fought to clear my name across New York against the Mafia and crooked cops in prolonged gun fights using every available weapon to hand, and thrown the winning touch down pass with seconds on the clock, and have I got a penny to show for it? Bejeweled?!

Boardgamer humour: Interweb Hammer of the Scots game "Whoops! I seem to have a little language barrier with my ACTS opponent from Italy. We're actually playing Twilight Struggle... He must been confused when I told him I wanted to be the British!"

Prisoner's dilemma

geeky game joke (that will make more sense if you read this thread first...)

Great game, 8/10 : Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation and a a good review

Nice preview from Tom's Hardware of the 'Scarface' game: The game features perhaps the most eclectic voice acting cast ever assembled for a video game: actor James Woods; comedy duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong; rapper/actor Ice-T; NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr.; actor Jason Mewes ("Clerks"); actor Ricky Gervais; and Cypress Hill rappers B. Real and Sen Dog, as well as original cast members Steven Bauer and Robert Loggia. Al Pacino helped select a Tony Montana sound alike. Insert your favourite Scarface quote here...

Love this GTA coca cola ad

'Bully' trailer is out, and looks a laugh.

Nice (nice?) video showing off the weapons in the game 'Dead Rising', and the various ways of killing zombies (joystiq.com).

too busy to post yesterday: flying game google maps mashup (Robin)

When Moore’s Law Attacks: playing old games on new PC's

Apparently Nintendo thought Europe and the U.S were too stupid for the real Mario 2, and released another game over here as Mario 2 instead (Doki Doki Panic). Oh well; I was always more of a Sonic fan anyways... (c/o slashdot)

"[Y]our average level of counter strike is a fuzzy logic puzzle which might explain part of it’s appeal." Spot on thoughts on the attraction and challenge of FPS (c/o robotwisdom)

25 Hi-def streaming videos showing how each and every Wii game is played using the Wii-mote.

Things that have happened since Duke Nukem Forever was announced (there's vaporware, and then there's vaporware):

* Britney Spears' entire musical career as a pop star has taken place during Duke Nukem Forever's development.
* Colin Farrell's entire movie career has also taken place during development.
* The concept of Bullet Time has been developed, pioneered, and completely run in to the ground.

Pre-order a PS3 for £549.99? I can buy a PC for that!

Sam & Max coming back?!

official Spore trailer

The Littlest Developers - small collection of indie games. There's a movie kicking around of the string bondage one and it looks great.

Cute flash Farm game (c/o Popbitch)

w00t! There may not be a god, but there's a damn fine approximation of one working magic somewhere: Guitar Hero II for the PlayStation 2 coming soon!
(er, excuse this extra blasphemous easter special post...)

Brilliant game: Guitar Hero note charts (see the videos as well)

Nooooooooooo 'Microsoft snaps up Peter Molyneux'

Time to learn to touch type - with 'Typing of the Dead' (like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing ... if Mavis Beacon was a flesh-eating zombie!!). Genius (c/o kottke)

A cycling MANAGER game. I shit you not.

'Roma Victor' game crucifies players that misbehave

Murloc World of Warcraft flash game - not sure if it's any good, but posted here so I can pretend I'm going to come back and look at it when in fact it'll leave my memory as soon as I click 'post'

sweet little evolutionary flash game

"Lula 3D is f...ing awful." When you get a game review like that, you really have to have cocked up somewhere...

addictive? blob game. chain reactions are best

Autobahn: a flash game with a nice sense of speed. Other than that, there's not a lot to it.

Orisinal: sweet collection of flash games with a washed out style that makes you feel short sighted (c/o Nile).

Nice boardgames website: Funagain Games

checkers (we called it draughts) rules

Capcom show a sense of humour: rub Jill Valentine's breasts when playing 'Resident Evil : Deadly Silence' on a DS, and she'll cover up.

Good Experience Games - 'games that, in my opinion, offer a "good experience"'

GeneRally: create a couple of computer controlled opponents, select a track (or more) and race. sweet.

Galactic Magnate game enables you to play monopoly online for free. If that's what you want to do.

Fantastic. Panoramic screenshots of game levels, including Battlefield 2.

Somethings Awful's 'Honest Game Titles'

(Oldie...) Nice looking flash game where you click a tile and hope to set off a chain reaction, and the longer the chain reaction the better (my best 150 1338). But unless you want to sit and study it before clicking, you're essentially just clicking and seeing what happens, which is a bit pointless, imho...

Too much time on their hands (#1 in a series): Alternative NCAA 06 Playstation covers to print out.

Multithreaded Game Scripting with Stackless Python

Might be worth a go: Fraps, real-time video capture and benchmarking, especially for capturing your m4d sk!llz in FPS's.

JC has built a PSP portal!

Damn - mugged by a bot in an online RPG. Lucky it happened in Japan; I'd hate to think of the reaction you'd get if you tried reporting this in a UK Police station.

"You Must Play Façade, Now! Façade is one of the most important games ever created, possibly the most important game of the last ten years. More important than The Sims; more important than Grand Theft Auto; far more important than Half-Life. If you are a game designer, or you want to be a game designer, you must play this game." Okay, this had better be good... (PC only)

Maddox weighs in on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'Hot Coffee' mod debacle.

c/o Adam: drunken quail shooting game

Wired story on live game of Monoply involving GPS monitored black cabs and online play. And a quote from an ex-deepender :)

Five Finger Fillet - superb gruesome game promo for TV channel.

Nice shockwave Cowboy shooter game.

(Oldie... but still annoying as fuck) Catch flies with chopsticks game.

(Oldie... but new to me!) Little punk game - run around torching cars and escaping the cops.

Battlefield 2 demo review. I know, a review of a demo. Still...

(oldie but...) html adventure game. solve the clues to progress (obviously)

WikiTrivia! Pick a category (Comics, Movies, Sports , Sci-fi, Blogs, etc), and beat my score of 10. And apparently it's been made easier...

3D-SFCave in java in a browser. Kinda fun. Kinda prefer the side scrolling version. But kinda stuck trying to beat my last hi-score (826).

Leeeeeroy! WMV movie from a game that shows the planning and cunning and dedication of a team as they prepare to storm a room in an online multiplayer game. But they didn't count on Leeroy...

Silly game. In flash. That I can't do.

Civilization 4? Gonna need help...

Favourable 'Godfather' game preview

Republic was a great idea for a board game (that never was) which didn't quite cut it as a PC game. But after all the hype I had to buy it (and had to buy the Brady book to figure out how to start), and am sorry to hear Elixir are calling it a day.

Cool little traffic light game. i got 180...

History of the Yeti Sports game 'Smack the Penguin'

Escape the Boogeyman - Shockwave game for Boogeyman film that scared the life out of me

Fantastic 'Chess' review

Indie Game Case Study: The Story of a Modestly Successful Game

John Carmack on java game developing for mobile phones

5k Wolfenstein in Java. Gotta love this tiny FPS, but why not WASD?

Friday timewaster: Ninja Cupido game