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Gizmodo: Real Gaming for Macs Finally Here with Steam
Steam for Mac lets you Instantly Play Portal Check out this article on Gizmodo about how you can instantly start playing REAL games on your Mac.
News: Portal is FREE from Steam!
It's free for both the Mac and the PC until May 24th. Hurry up before this goes away!
News: Yogi Bear in 3D Dot Heroes
Yogi Bear in 3D Dot Heroes God I loved that cartoon. Who doesn't like that silly bear and his innocent child companion Boo Boo. It was so nice to see Yogi raise the young Boo Boo by himself in an unmarked cave in the privacy of the forest.
News: Kick Ass Playstation Home Costumes
I've updated part 3 of the review with the information on how to get them. unfortunately, this is not available in the US.
News: Random Tuesday
A wise old man once said randoms best come on Tuesdays. What? As a bonus, when looking over the rough draft for this post, here is how wonderhowto described it:
Kick Ass Game Review Part 3: Conclusion
Kick Ass Review Part 3: Conclusions [Spoiler Alert! Plot points are discussed from the movie and comic in this section!]
News: 3D Dot Heroes Preview
3D Dot Heroes Preview Release Date: May 11th, 2010 for the PS3
StarCraft II Situation Report : Patch 11
I have no idea what this forum is talking about but Starcraft players may find it useful.
Kick Ass Review Part 2: Gameplay and Design
Kick Ass Review Part 2: Gameplay and Design In the game, you can play as Kick Ass, Hit Girl, or Big Daddy. Each charater has a light and heavy attack that can be strung together into small combos. Each character also has three special attacks assigned to the Square, Triangle, and Circle buttons requiring different amounts of MP. For bosses, each character has two finishing moves.Kick Ass
News: Future Cops - Hong Kong Street Fighter trailer
Ok, this is a dumb movie. It's really, really, really dumb. But it's one of my favorites precisely because it's so stupid.
News: Mod Nation Racers Long Load Times
Just sad to see this. I was really hyped for this game but these load times are a deal breaker. It takes so long to just get to a race and loading any particular races averages to about a minute? No thanks. ;_;
News: Star Craft 2 Efficiency
Ever wonder what the most efficient method is for resource gathering in SC2? Yeah, me neither. But someone has come up with a nifty chart that displays how many workers you should have until you start seeing diminishing returns. Serious business these games are.
Kick Ass Game Review Part 1: Background and Voice Talent
Kick Ass Game Review Part 1: Background & Voice Talent There are three parties involved in bringing you The Kick Ass Game:
News: Just Cause 2
Just got finished playing Just Cause 2, a fairly new title developed by Eidos & Avalanche. I was fairly skeptical of it due to the 81 metascore on metacritic, but decided to rent it with Gamefly. At first, I was pretty turned off due to the highly repetitive missions (HIGHLY), but after exploring the vast world, I realized it offered so much more.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm approaches!
I'm not sure if who follows World of Warcraft, but recently they went into Alpha testing (for friends & family of the company), which means the release is coming fairly soon.
News: Super Mario Xbox 360 Debut
Mario makes his debut on the 360! Looks pretty faithful to the original.
News: Ellen apologizes to Apple
Apple makes Ellen Apologize Publicly No. Not about her dancing.
News: Name your price for 5 games
Name your price for 5 indie games!http://www.wolfire.com/humble This event will run for a week and the money raised will go towards two charities. The Humble Indie bundle is a collection of five indie games where you can set your price! Want to buy the whole package (worth $80 retail) for $10, $5, $1, or even a penny? sure, go ahead, you can pay as much or as little as you want. Some have payed over a hundred for the bundle, but the average is around $7-$8 dollars.The games:
GTA 4: Nose Picks, Cops, and Coke
A wise old man once said, "Random best comes in threes". True story, somewhat. The elusive Flicker-Wiper:
Starcraft 2 Release Date: July 27th
Starcraft 2 has been given a release date of July 27th, aka Blizzard finally releases something! That's an actual in game screenshot..
News: Aisha Tyler introduces the new Halo Reach Beta
She says that she's going to "smoke your ass" a lot, so you might want to turn the volume down at work. Aisha Tyler, former host of Talk Soup, avid gamer, walks you through a bunch of the new maps, games, and weapons for the new Halo Beta. Via markflar a la Joystiq.
News: GTA 4 First Person View Mod
GTA4 1st Person View Mod This mod has been out for a while, but with some people gettings Grand Theft Auto 4 for the PC last week because of the Steam sale, there has been talk about what are the best mods to get. There is a thread on Neogaf that talks about playing the game in first person mode instead of the default 3rd person point of view.
News: Kick Ass Game 1st Impressions
Kiss Ass Game First Impressions Review of the game next week. Here are some quick impressions of the game and the first level
News: Super Mario Crossover!
This is great! Play Super Mario Bros as a bunch of other NES characters. Yo...JD where's your game?
News: Robot Unicorn Attack
Robot Unicorn Attack It's a very small flash game from adultswim that's like nothing else you've ever played. http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html
News: Black Wii to hit stores in May
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=244498 From the Article:
L4D2: The Port Finale
L4D2: The Port Finale The Third Chapter in The Passing is the Port Finale. It's similar to the Dead Center finale, where you have to gather gas cans spread throughout the map and fuel the generator to lower the bridge.
News: The Kick Ass Video Game!
The Kick Ass Game (PS3, Apple AppStore) From the Official Website ( www.thekickassgame.com ):• 3 playable characters (Kick-Ass, Big Daddy and Hit Girl)
L4D2: Chapter 2 - The Underground
L4D2: Chapter two - The Underground "Ok explain something to me, how is an under-the-river tour scenic?" - Nick
News: Kevin Butler PS3 Modnation Racers Spot
Modnation Racers is like the Kart version of Little Big Planet. Kevin Butler is a comedian that does PS3 commercials here and there, good stuff.
L4D2: The Riverbank and the Wedding Witch
The Passing takes place before Dark Carnival in L4D2, right after Dead Center. The chapter starts with random chatter between characters of part 1 and 2. You'll see either Francis or Zoey on the bridge, but they don't always say the same thing. Zoey! We miss your slow witted jokes! The game uses the aging Source engine, modified throughout the years with new effects to keep it current. Outdoor scenes look great but indoor scenes suffer.
News: Red Dead Redemption LA Times Article
Red Dead Redemption LA Times Article http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-reddead-20100425,0,3266497.story
News: sonic the mellow walkthrough
I could not stop laughing at this walkthrough. It's Christopher Florence, and he's going to take you through the original Sonic Jam on easy, "you know, no stress". "Nothing to worry about". At about 5:52 or so he starts talking about chili cheese dogs. It's great.
Left 4 Dead 2 New Content: The Passing
New content for our favorite Zombie game! The Passing, released 04/22/2010, bridges the storyline between the first and second game. Free on PC, 540 fairybucks on Xbox 360. We have it downloaded it and ready to go for tonight, we'll write back with impressions!
News: Wii + Netflix = Finally!
After over three years of waiting, we finally can stream Netflix on our Nintendo Wii. This is several years after it was available on Microsoft's XBOX 360 and a year or so since it came to PS3.
News: Red Dead Redemption
Personally, I loathe westerns. This trailer alone changed my mind for this game. An open world western where you do and go as you please? May 18th, 2010 can't come soon enough.
News: Alan Wake
A cross between The Shining and Misery. 5+ years in the making for a very ambitious project. Coming May 18th, 2010!
News: Mass Effect 2
The movies have Star War. Television has Star Trek. Now video games can claim Mass Effect as their own breakthrough space opera (sorry Eve Online ^_~).
News: Bayonetta
Somewhere between Uncharted and God of War 3 exists Bayonetta, the best action game of 2010.