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Rock of Ages Trailer
Rock of Ages is coming out at the end of August and it looks hilarious. I love the Monty Python feel of it and I’m sure my son is going to adore the rolling around and squashing gameplay!
TF2: Sentry Sabotage
Nitronic Rush Teaser Trailer
Call me old but this game reminds me of Eliminator back in the days of the C64. OK, all they share is that you dodge obstructions on the road but you can flip your vehicle on to another parallel road ….
Looks great, much more interesting than Audiosurf. (via)
75 Free Indie Games in 5 minutes
You should watch this video here because all the games are linked in that post. I haven’t watched the whole lot yet but the following games do interest me: Monolith, Screwball, Dreamball 64, Annihilation (woah, that looks very familar!) and finally Pylo Nouveau (only a demo available).
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Allied Star Police is a pretty good twist…
Allied Star Police is a pretty good twist on the tower defense theme and you can get it for iOS here for free. This is a PopCap game designed by ten-year-old Owain Weinert.
PopCap met Owain in April when Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Alaska & Washington told us about his wish to make a video game. Owain (which means “little warrior” in Welsh) was diagnosed with pre-B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia last year and has gone through lots of difficult treatments. But his dad said that what he really wanted was to hang out with “real game designers”. So we volunteered to help Owain make his video game during PopCamp. PopCamp is a unique time here when folks can tinker around with interesting ideas, learn lots of new stuff and share it with everyone else at the end of the week.
Four Free Games
- Spelunky looks like a modern day Rick Dangerous and that gets my thumbs up!
- Dig n Rig reminds me of Terraria but it’s not.
- SkyIsland is a fairly cool browser based platformer with a 3D twist!
- A Flipping Good Time is a 2D platformer with a gravity twist.
Of those I’ve only played SkyIsland. I just haven’t got around to installing them yet.
Oh, apparently to get better at TF2 you should install tr_walkway. Again, yet to try it myself. Not enough hours in the day!
While I have you, does digital distribution spell the death of retro gaming? Interesting read but having a physical copy of a game is no guarantee that a game will work on a machine in the future. Modern consoles are so prone to breaking that I can’t imagine any regularly used Xbox 360 or PS3 surviving 20 years …
Humble Bundle #3
The latest Humble Bundle is out featuring Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVV, And Yet it Moves and Hammerfight.
I already have most of the games, I don’t have Cogs and Hammerfight, but I’ll buy the bundle anyway. It’s a good deal as it’s “pay what you want”!
Minecraft up in the aether
Aether, a mod for Minecraft that is, “a celestial realm found in outer limits of the atmosphere. The Aether is what you could call the “antipole” of the Nether. The Nether is a network of desolate, fiery caverns filled with bloodstained Cobblestone and sticky Soulsand; it lies beneath the very soil of our Minecraft world. The Aether, on the other hand, is a collection of floating plains and islands, all connected together to create a breathtaking dimension of the skies. Even during the night, the Aether is still quite peaceful, and a normal day in the Aether is the equivalent of three days on the surface.”
It has floating whales, new block types, angry birds, and dungeon systems protected by guardians!
Unfortunately it’s not trivial to install and when the next Minecraft update comes out it’ll mess everything up, probably. Still looks like a stunning mod for the game! (via)
BF3 Multiplayer Trailer
Yes, yes, yes. Footage of the alpha test of the game is making it’s way around the net but you won’t find it here. The game is far from complete but shows lots of promise.
Oh yes, check out the battlelog too. That would be the social interface to the game DICE are working on. (Thanks xRegardsx for reminding me ’bout that post)
Great Pixelenemy interview with Kevin O’Leary about Battlelog and the BattleRecorder.
Now, why is it that the gaming PC I want to get always costs over 1,000 Euro? PS3/Xbox versions for me!