31/05/2014
Watch Dogs is currently installing on my PS3, the nearly 2 year wait is finally over… and I don’t know if I should be excited, or ready for a little disappointment. There have been brief reviews of how unimpressed some players have been, take Metacritic’s user score of 4.5, and the first couple of publisher opinions not too much better, which is the juxta of most game’s scores on (pre)release.…
30/05/2014
Another couple of fun Wolfenstein easter eggs “Mond, Mond, Ja, Ja”Edit When Die Käfer was formed by four Englishmen from Liverpool in Nazi- controlled Great Britain, they were faced with a choice: either start singing in German or face banning and detainment by the Nazi regime. Die Käfer chose to adapt to the times. They changed their name and learned how to sing in German. Currently, they’re touring Europe to…
24/05/2014
Currently installing Wolfenstein: The New Order, from the masters Bethesda, on the XBOX It’s been too long since I’ve played an original enthralling title, and Bethesda have not let me down to date! Before I begin, I have no issue with real people in the target of my online single player aim. I acknowledge that some may find zombies easier to liquidate with a shotgun, personally I don’t care. That…
Typical that Microsoft begin to give away free games after I quit my Gold subscription. The main reason I quit paying out was that they had given nothing away in the ~8 years I’d had an account… ah the irony. May have to sign back up? I enjoyed the outer World hyper realsim of SR:3, and sure the multiplayer game will be well manned now evey Gold member has a…
20/04/2014
Ultra Street Fighter iv – system and character changes As a longtime fan of Street Fighter I get excited about every new iteration… although not maybe the costume packs 🙂 So reasons to be stoked: the game will be released on the XBOX360 and PS3 the 4 old, 1 new character, that is to be added to the line up the changes to the existing fighters variables… red focus! Thanks…
26/03/2014
I don’t seem to have been playing many quality new games in the post Xmas summer months, this weekend the fast was broken with The Stick of Truth… it’s better than all expectations, but you already know that 🙂 I’m enjoying working my way around South Park, but I’m in no rush to complete it. Don’t get me wrong, it is compelling, but I think there’s a reason that the…
Forbes – Bringing Back The Demons It’s impossible to talk about Dark Souls II without a discussion of Demon’s Souls. In many respects, Dark Souls II is as much a sequel to From Software’s PS3 exclusive as it is to the original Dark Souls. If the two games had a baby, this hellishly difficult creation would be their demonic offspring. In form and function, Dark Souls II feels much more…
Game Informer Online: Five Reasons Batman: Arkham Knight Has Us Excited. It’s the end of a trilogy (SPOILER FOR ARKHAM CITY) It’s truly a new-gen game The Batmobile Batman gets around easier Batman’s been training So I guess I should finish the last Batman title before picking up Arkham Knight and a next gen console 🙂
02/03/2014
Today I’ve taken a break from trying to achieve 100% on GTAV, and have picked up Theif, for the 360 I’m a little reluctant about the game, from the not so hot reviews summarised at Metacritc, with a shocking 5.1 user score! Let’s see what the City brings, although I don’t think it will be as much fun as Dunwall.
24/01/2014
I’ve just watched the 2 series 17 South Park Black Friday episodes, as fantastic satire as ever 🙂 “I like the PS4’s controller’s better.” – “The PS4 controller has a touchpad interface.” “Let these Sony fucks wallow in their limited voice-control functionality!” “When you pre-order a game, you’re just committing to paying for something that some assholes in California haven’t even finished working on yet.” – “You know what you…
25/12/2013
If The Cave was too blase, The Bridge was just too out there. I love the concept, this was just too far reaching for my none sober brain 🙂 I will come back to it… although not sure when 🙂
25/12/2013
Bored of the festivities and Queens speech, I have started playing The Cave on xbox live. Entertaining puzzles, pleasant risk free platforming, tongue in cheek humour… the perfect entertainment after a day of sumptuous consumption
23/12/2013
freenect demos located in /user/bin freenect-cppview freenect-glpclview freenect-glview W/S to zoom in/out and C to toggle colour. Click and drag model to rotate
22/12/2013
I’ve found this fantastic video (bonus that the sound track used sounds like Kid Koala), together with the code… but it’s for Windows 🙁 Projects like this sometimes tempt me back to the darkside. Looking on through the list of projects I found another that I would love to give a try: Keyboard Anywhere I started out putting the project together, although disappointingly I ran into a wall trying to…
22/12/2013
After some playing about today with this guide from developKinect.com, I got the the app to work 🙂 I was missing libusb-1.0 on my installation! apt-get install libusb-1.0 later and it’s all go. The app behaves ok, pity I can’t click with it, Off to find what I can do more with it now 🙂 w00t I’ve got openkinect.org working 🙂
20/12/2013
As much as I love the functionality of the xbox 360 kinnect, and there have been some cool games, I don’t use it too often. So I got thinking about what would be an effective use for this sophisticated bit of kit. My first thought was as an alternative cursor controller. And being the 21st century, and having google available at my fingertips, I found that someone had done the…
15/12/2013
This weekend I’ve started playing FF-Xiii-2, after grinding through the first one I was a little reluctant to begin the sequel. The graphics are more easy on the eyes than ever, and I love the lullaby like theme. Watched the ‘Begginer’s Primer’, it brought back fond memories, and I swear I had something in my eye 😉 The quick time events work well, and the plot seems more love story…
08/12/2013
I’ve been enjoying the pirate life via Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. Although not following the narrative plot, but by capturing bounty from anything else that dare invade my naval region. Sharks bleed out, as I harpoon them through the tropical blue waters, and various sized ships are scuttled for their bounty and crew. The FMV’s after each event are getting repetitive, not sure why this brings back old school memories…
04/12/2013
An hour into LEGO Marvel Super Heroes [Metacritic 80%] and I can’t understand the great ratings. Yeah the Hulk transformations are cool, but the repeat battle animations aint I’m not a fan of Iron Man films, but the game pulls off the essence of Robert Downey Jr. The humour is there; “Dr Doom’s, doom ray of doom!” The graphics are nice et al, it’s just that the game doesn’t flow…
30/11/2013
When I first heard of Minecraft, the tale went that the ultimate goal was to bake a cake. Today while batlling zombie’s in a Skyrim block universe, after working my way through the basic training, I could see it had come a long way since it’s baking origin, and I’m looking forward to finding out more. And to think I only started playing what some claim to be the greatest…