How code Miecraft become more exciting and engaging? This entry from Bethesda’s Blog is how! Skyrim Mash-Up comes to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Skyrim Mash-up – Conent Breakdown Skyrim themed texture set to apply to any existing or newly created Minecraft world. 40 Skyrim characters skins to apply to player’s in-game avatars: Dragonborn (male), Dragonborn (female), Ancano, Elenwen, Argonian Fighter, Argonian Mage, Bosmer Archer, Bosmer Mage, Breton Mage, Forsworn Shaman,…

Bethesda Rage

03/11/2013

After a session playing Skyrim yesterday (I accidently killed the Ebony Knight, I may go back to an earlier save), I was inspired to load up for the first time Bethesda‘s Rage, and I’ve been pleasently surprised. It feels like a glossy verison of Borderlands, set in a near identical World Interplay’s signature post- apocalypse Fallout, although with a feel of Mad Max. Finding it easy to engage with; usual…

Bataman; Arkham Origins (Metacritic 74%, 8.0)on the 360 is staggeringly beautiful, (I’m going to have to go back and play the last title to see how it looks in 1080p) the textures are detailed, and the character movements slick. The flow style battle is back, just as brutal, and fun. Gadgets are equipped from the offset, with the ‘level-up’s’ earned It all sounds good eh? But my one problem with…

I messed up trying to get my Radeon HD 7850 graphics card beyond a ‘standard’ set-up while on Ubuntu When Win7 is loaded this machine flies, lately in Ubuntu my Kerbals are in bullet time πŸ™‚ lspci -nn | grep VGA tells me I’m using: Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850] [1002:6819] So there’s no full 3D driver… yet πŸ™ This guide from The Unofficial AMD Linux Community helped save my…

I’ve just picked up Assassins Creed iv Black Flag for the xbox 360 πŸ™‚ I have mixed expectations about this; (no ratings yet: Metacritic as it doesn’t release to the rest of the World for another 12 hours, gotta love the antipodes) I didn’t really get into ACiii, I didn’t like the controls or find the plot engrossing… but on the other hand I’m a big fan of pirate games,…

illuison of options

26/10/2013

Just completed Beyond: Two Souls, it was a nice change from the run of the mill FPS, or beat-em-up that I usually play. It does play like a film, totally linear, with the Illusion of different paths… promise no spoilers πŸ˜‰ The characters are deep, and the plot dark at times, although I wouldn’t be surprised if the Aussie regulators cut content from the version I played through. This week…

I’ve added yet another fighting game to my xbox collection, and am quite impressed, and it’s an arcade title! πŸ™‚ Virtual Fighter has a great heritage, perhaps one of the 1st 3D fighters, just beating Tekken to consoles I’ve played other versions of the game in the past, but can’t claim to have enjoyed any as much as this. The 3 button simplicity hooks you in quickly, then the learning…

Dragon’s Lair

19/10/2013

I have memories as a kid, crowded around an arcade machine watching older teenage kids pour 10p pieces, which then seemed the size of wagon wheels, into a Dragon’s Lair arcade machine. People would line up their money, ready to deposit it in the slot and continue the quest, after the last players skills had failed him (never remember any girls in arcades?), or his change had been relinquished. Remember…

Latest Ubuntu released today, I have it coming down now πŸ™‚ If it didn’t start automatically for you try: sudo do-release-upgrade No Mir, but hope KSP will now load for me? eh oh, heaps of retro arcade xbox games to try this weekend!

State of Decay

18/10/2013

I don’t know why, but I’ve had this State of Decay downloaded from xbox arcade for quite a while, but I’ve been reluctant to play. Think it may be the fear of making the wrong choices, and getting too attached to characters that die off… have I mentioned before that I may take games a little too seriously πŸ™‚ Anyway, today my journey into the zombie bush began, and except…

I’d read that today was the launch day of Ubuntu 13.10, to find it wasn’t until the end of the month… no worries, I’ve been playing with the beta Then I found Kerbal Space Program 0.22 had launched! Fantastic, except it won’t open in my Ubuntu installation πŸ™ I could boot windows, but will wait and create a fresh install for 13.10 πŸ™‚ The birth of the Kraken

Beyond: Two Souls

15/10/2013

As another break from GTA V I’ve started playing Beyond: Two Souls on the PS3. I enjoyed Heavy Rain… although I never finished the story after I lost all of my saves πŸ™ I love the idea that I can download an Android app (guess it’s on the other popular smart phone too πŸ˜‰ and use it as a controller, although I don’t yet find it as ergonomic as the…