Ok, this is a few weeks old, and kind of stupid, but it illustrates a good point:
Earth Defense Force 2017 really is the manliest video game ever made. Seriously, all you do is walk around and shoot a few thousand bugs, lizards, robots, and weird flying things. Once in a while they throw in an epic boss battle. For example, in one you basically have to take down Godzilla single-handedly. Well, it’s not really Godzilla, but…just take a look.
If you have an Xbox 360, make sure to pick this up.
The Gamers of OSU will be hosting our last LAN party of the semester on Saturday, April 19 in the Exhibit Room on the 4th floor of the Student Union.
$5 at the door with PC. We’ll play whatever people are into that day, but safe bets are Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, and Warcraft 3. Probably some console stuff too, but I’m not sure what.
We plan on setting up around 10 a.m., and we’ll be there until about 11 p.m. so stop by any time all.
I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand I love the Guitar Hero games, and on the other, I’m apprehensive that focusing the game on one band will put a damper on things. One of the things I liked the most was how it provided a good mix of bands. It sounds like it won’t be all Aerosmith songs, but I think the lack of variety will hurt.
Well, not the whole controller. Just the D-pad. Seriously, the Xbox 360 has the worst D-pad of any controller I have ever used. The cheap, crappy Gamestop branded controllers have a better D-pad than this. Those Hong Kong made “200-in-1″ game systems have better D-pads that the 360 does.
Apparently I’m not alone in this. Topher Cantler over at Destructoid has written the most in depth article I’ve read on why the Xbox 360’s D-pad is the worst ever made.
I’ve posted before about how much I love Super Dodgeball for the NES. In addition to being one of the best multiplayer NES games, it also has one of the better, if less recognized, soundtracks of its generation. Kazuo Sawa’s work on the game is nothing short of amazing.
I hadn’t really thought about this before, but certain games must be really frustrating to colorblind gamers. For example, this screen shot from Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo that attempts to show what it looks like to a colorblind person by comparison:
It’s one of the examples used to show why this is a problem in Ben Kuchera’s article at ars technica.
Sure, the trailer for Resident Evil 5 is several months old, but it is still raising questions of race and its role in gaming. Here’s the trailer for those that havent seen it yet.
I think the best story anyone has done on this so far is this one over at MTV’s Multiplayer blog. It’s mainly an interview with N’Gai Croal who covers gaming for Newsweek. Also, I saw this post on one of Destructoid’s community blogs. Interesting to see more than one side of it.
I’m still kind of bummed about Computer Gaming World (fine, Games for Windows, whatever) being shut down, but The Computer Gaming World Museum at least serves as a good memorial to the magazine.
It has the cover of every issue, as well as complete .pdf scans of the issues from the first several years.
It’s kind of fun to see how far PC gaming (or really gaming in general) has come in the past two and a half decades.
Yeah, I know it’s been called “Games for Windows” for over a year now, but it’s still CGW to me.
Well, now it isn’t going to be called anything, because after 27 years of publication they are shutting down.
According to Editor Jeff Green’s blog on 1up, the magazine is shutting down, but the editors and writing staff will stay on board at 1up to manage their PC gaming coverage.
It’s sad to see them go, but I guess this is kind of the trend right now. More and more of gaming journalism is moving away from print and more into online publication.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the recent (and extremely good) Sam & Max games you will soon have a chance to catch up, as the first season is being ported to the Wii.
In addition to keeping the old Lucas Arts style point and click style of adventure games alive, Sam & Max has really been the only truly episodic game series so far. Note to Valve, multiple years between episodes is not episodic, even if you name them that way.
Anyway, all six episodes of the first season will be coming to the Wii this fall.
