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A idea for a Zombie game. Tell me what you think!

Nequa — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:39:40 -0400

Here is a idea for a good zombie game. Tell me what you think.

It plays like a firt person game but it is a open world in a way. The story goes like this your in a town that is infested with zombies and it has been blocked off by milltery units. you have to survie 400 days untill it is lifted and you can go . by then all the zombies should have faded away. the town is 5,000 people and it has many shops, houses ,gun stores ect. you go int building and you get choies like to...

Community Fun: Space Pony Hats!

Zoomba — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:01 -0400

If you're a fan of Sins of a Solar Empire, you may have seen the game achievement "Space Ponies" in the achievements list. The origin of the pony is a long tale to tell. Suffice it to say, it's a joke from early in the Sins of a Solar Empire beta test that grew and took on a life of it's own, and became a bit of a forum favorite joke.

Turns out that one of the guys in the Sins community makes custom embroidered hats. PoorManDSO (www.darkstaroutpost.com) had a few of the hats...

Erathoniel's Daily Feature Five

erathoniel — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:43 -0400

Don't Shoot the Fish Now, I've got a question for ESRB (the darn games raters). Why is itthat for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune there is gratuitous bloodshed ofhuman life, but the fish cannot be killed? Why? Because you said itwould affect the rating. Is a totally realistic game M just because youcan kill anything that walks, or due to its actual content? Why is itthat anything goes so long as it's not so "insensitive", but a T gamecan have a body count of 10,000...

Mario Kart Wii: Day 1 Impressions

Zoomba — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:38:26 -0400

So yesterday I went out to my local Best Buy and picked up a copy of Mario Kart Wii for my Nintendo Wii. Like all Nintendo consoles, it seems my game library is dominated primarily by Nintendo developed titles (Zelda, Mario, Smash Brothers). So it just sort of makes sense that I'd go out and get the latest Mario Kart game.

Now, I have a confession to make. In all of the previous Nintendo consoles I've owned (NES, N64, GC, GBA, DS) I've never owned a Kart game (was there even one for the NES?). Sure I've played them from time to time at parties or at a friend's house, but I've never had enough time to really become proficient at the series.

This also means I don't come to the game with a favorite in the series to compare it to, and can't look at the game and say "Well, the driving physics aren't quite as good as they were on the N64 version, and the item management really needs to go back to the way it was in the DS title..." So I'm basically as end-user as it gets when it comes to Mario Kart Wii. So with that in mind, here are my thoughts after a few hours with the game yesterday...

On Why Central Publishing For Games Is Bad

erathoniel — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:09:59 -0400

Central publishing for games is one of the scourges of the consumer market. When a major publisher, like EA releases a game that recieves critical review, but sells poorly, they cancel the series because they are a major corporation and they have huge upkeep costs and demand huge profits. When an indie game sells poorly, but recieves great reviews, the franchise of games will often continue, which results in a continuation of a franchise into a wonderful series of masterpieces...

Game Review- The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

erathoniel — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:57:31 -0400

Today I'm gonna write a review of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. It's an awesome game, really, with well over 25 hours (wonder why I didn't post yesterday) of small-time sub-plot scrabbling around as far as I've gotten. No "xp" system either, like Morrowind, so it plays realistically versus most other RPG's. Its graphics are great (360 version), and it plays quickly and smoothly. Also, it has good challenges (optional and not), which allow the player to play on any difficulty and still be rewarde...

On Abandonware

erathoniel — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:37:17 -0400

Technically Abandonware is a legal grey area, but how is it morally? I view it to be a helpful promotional tool for future products.

Shadowrun (for Genesis) is the game that introduced me to the Shadowrun series. I'd buy a sourcebook if I had the cash lying around, could find it, and would actually use it, and I frequent the novels and fanfic of it. I'd even buy the 360/PC Shadowrun if it weren't M$ crap (Still not buying their games often since MechAssau...

Mario Kart Wii is here!

Island Dog — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:05:24 -0400

Mario Kart Wii is here! Just got back from the midnight launch at my local GameStop. I got there early so me and the GS staff had some fun taking pictures with the IronMan display.

I was surprised at the amount of people who were there, and every person seemed to get the game and an extra wheel.

Well it's here now, and my wife has just started playing. Looks great so far!

On Banning Video Games

erathoniel — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:51:05 -0400

    My opinion on banning video games is: "Why?".

    Sure, certain games should be banned *coughmanhunt2cough*, but not all games deserve this fate. Instead of banning video games, why not accurately enforce rating restrictions and piracy prevention laws on the games?

    Why should violent games be banned when more violent movies and books are being made? It's not like I'm trained for a rampage by playing eight hours of Tom Clancy games a day...

Grand Theft Auto IV

MythicalMino — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:54:37 -0400

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/

Anyone else getting this? I have pre-ordered, and will be going to the midnight opening to pick it up. It is due to release this next Tuesday (4/29/08).

I am not sure when the last time I was this excited about a game...maybe Lord of the Rings Online. I just know that this game looks like it is going to be AWESOME.

So many things I am looking forward to. The Euphoria Engine (the game engine) supposedly renders character animations "on-the-fly". And there...

Jack Thompson Sanctioned by Florida Courts

Island Dog — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:24:51 -0400

Not too much comment on, the article speaks for itself.

"Today the Florida Supreme Court sanctioned Mr. Thompson after he failed to prove that they shouldn't through his recent "show cause" order. So what does all this law jargon mean exactly? Well the long and short of it is that Thompson will no longer be able to file cases directly to the courts but instead will have to hire another lawyer to do so on his behalf."

Link: http://kotaku.com/370312/thompson-sanct...

Game Review- Beyond Good And Evil

erathoniel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:26:41 -0400

Beyond Good and Evil is an awesome game for multiple consoles (you can get it for PC on GameTap). Basically it's a science-fiction recent Zelda-esque adventure game that was a commercial flop but a commercial success.

It's graphics, though cartoony, are artistic and stylized. The game is plenty deep, indeed, it can be crushingly deep. The only recommendation I have for a player is to save often, as one can get stuck where they just want to go back to wher...

Game Review- Jack The Fugitive

erathoniel — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:43:27 -0400

Jack The Fugitive is a side-scrolling shooter set in a futuristic dystopian post-apocalyptic world, where everything is dying but Corper cities, basically fortresses where one is forced to conformity.

All in all, the graphics and music are of good quality, the gameplay is engaging, but, the best part of the entire game is the storyline. It's not the most unique, but it's well written, features a romance (within marriage), comedy, and all-around action. It...

What's this cateory thing?

jackpace65 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:14:46 -0400

I went to make my first post and got confused by this huge drop down category list. Why is there 10000 categories to choose from? Am i suposed to pick one that says "Metaverse"? If so i could not find it.

The Eighteen Theses of Game Design

erathoniel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:15:37 -0400

You all know, if you've read my stuff before, that I have big ideals on what I want in a game. Not many games make it past me. You can now read onward, or die trying. Or do something else, I won't stop you.

First, the ultimate game would have to play in multiple styles. It must be at least playable from FPS and/or TPS perspectives, with one other perspective, such as an RTS or Hack and Slash style. This would allow fans of more genres to play the game, an...

Gaming Piracy : Set your priorities straight

Cikomyr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:32:41 -0400

Here is a small text I want you to read: http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=637984

Hi everyone,

My name is Keehwan Her and I am the Atari producer for Mysteries of Westgate (MoW) among other D&D products. Most of you know that the release of Mysteries of Westgate has been delayed because of ongoing development of a new security system. Near the end of MoW’s development last year, we realized that the traditional protection of the .exe file would not work with it so w...

MyColors: Sins of a Solar Empire available

Draginol — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:51:11 -0400

For those of you who purchased Sins of a Solar Empire Collector's Edition (which is what you automatically get when you purchase directly from Stardock either digitally or the CE box) you get the Sins of a Solar Empire MyColors theme. Just type in your CE serial # (visit here to have Stardock email your serial #) into MyColors. If you have the CE version, you should be able to see it from the update page within Sins of a Solar Empire.

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Biggest ship designs

Sethpenguin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:26:14 -0400

I've seen tons of ship designs made by you guys but i've never seen a gigantic one so please if you think that your ship is big, please post some screenshots.

5 Things That Video Games Do That Really Make Me Angry

DoctorNick — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:08:04 -0400

I'm sure that this list could be a lot longer, but I'm going to focus on six issues that really piss me off when I'm playing video games. If games happen to have more than 2 or 3 of these traits they tend to collect dust in my game cases very quickly, or they will do the same at your local game store. So, without further adieu:

Annoying Things in Gaming

mittens — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:29:21 -0400

Following my cohort's lead, I'm going to list some things or trends in video games which bug me in some way shape or form.

Poorly-Placed Checkpoints: In games which have a checkpoint save system, the checkpoints are occasionally very poorly laid out; when the player overcomes a particularly difficult/annoying puzzle or makes it through a rough combat scenario not having a checkpoint immediately nearby does not add to the game's difficulty level. All the lack of a checkpoint does is make the g...

Are You Ready to Rock?

Island Dog — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:47:23 -0400

I haven't picked up Rock Band for the Xbox 360 yet, but I have played it at my in-law's house, and it is fun. We took a trip to GameStop this weekend and I spotted this, so I might just have to pickup Rock Band soon.

9-5 Gaming: Oblivion: Revisited, Reloaded, Retarded

9-5gaming — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:19 -0400

    Thanks to a lack of funds I have been going over some of the games I have. This would occur even with money available since I like to go back to most games I have played to see if I wasn’t beside myself with stupidity when I got them in the first place. With Oblivion I am still on the fence as the second time through I find myself more annoyed than I ever remember being. This might have something to do with the system it was on.


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Rockstars Bully Debated on CBC

9-5gaming — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:18:32 -0400

    I happen to be a big fan of Rockstar games. I also happen to watch a lot of CBC. I find it refreshing to look outside in on my own country. Often times I feel the US forgets there are countries besides Mexico, Canada, and Iraq. But that is a different matter. In this editorial Canadian teachers cried out for the boycott of Bully.
    Teachers of K-12ish said that Bully promoted violence and bullying in schools. That parents...

9-5 Gaming: Master Gygax

9-5gaming — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:31:03 -0500

On Tuesday March 4th 2008 Gary Gygax passed at the age of 69.

Some have remembered him as the father of role-playing games. Those some are correct, he was.

The first dungeon, basement, dork of us all created what has now been known as GenCon 0. 20 people he put in the basement to try out some games he had written and developed. This took place in 1967. GenCon celebrated that event the next year on the same date. If you don't know what GenCon is stop reading this now and never look back. ...