Wiiware “good” games count could reach 2…
…World of Goo is the first, obviously. But you already knew that, right readers? High Voltage have just announced an interesting looking game called Gyrostarr - which from the video looks like a curious mix of Tempest (obviously, this is a good thing) and Kenta Cho’s Torus Trooper (also a very good thing).
5 Indie games that the mainstream couldn’t make…
One of the great things about being Indie (not Goro, although that might be an advantage too) is that you’re free to fuck around with concepts and idea’s that the commercial publishers wouldn’t touch with someone elses bargepole roughly the size of South Africa.
So, lets celebrate, dear readers, five games whose concepts would never manage to get past the pitching stage at a mainstream publishers…
George’s Squizzy Griffin and stuff…
Sometimes good things come out of the bad. Scott’s 360 finally met it’s maker (as is their want) after a year and a half of reliable service. On the bright side, it’s led to the RROD room in George’s Squizzy Griffin.
Sunday Linky Sunday
Ahoy there my hearties, some things that impressed me this week and are deserving of your attention.
Sub Pixel Message Generator - likely one of the most useless things in the history of development, but non the less darn fucking cool all the same.
One Switch Blog - Barrie’s blog gets a makeover. Also check out the link to the one handed controllers where design feedback is called for.
The Discovery of Milliways - Some rather personal insight into an acquired Infocom drive and playable builds of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy sequel that never was. Complete with bonus collection of various Infocom staffers, Michael Bywater, Anita Sinclair and the usual array of daft commentators. On one hand proof the internet is fantastic, and on the other, proof the internet can be a depressing place.
The Geek Trap
Found at Top Man by friend of MR, Rich - this T-shirt is nothing but a massive Geek trap. I’m sure it serves no other purpose than to completely out the hidden retro nerd. Go on, try and resist its completely incorrect lure.
Of course, I’m not really here tonight to talk about T-shirts, even if RR are just about to launch their very own Cafepress store with some tasty designs for you to indulge in (+100 whore points), no - I’m more interested in the geek factor.
One of my favourite magazine columns of recent months has been Stu Campbell’s rather excellent contributions to Total PC Gaming, one of the more readable and enjoyable of recent PC magazine fare (it’s like Retrogamer but for the now, hip kids). The column, for those who have never indulged themselves, is entitled “Why I hate PC gamers”. The “gamers” is an important distinction to make here, fact fans. Not games, no - Stu hates the gamers. Whilst a lot of the articles are quite clearly tongue in cheek, there is more often than not a fairly decent reason for the invective contents of each installment And I fear, audience of mine, I’m generally inclined to agree with a lot of his conclusions.
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