At Home/Work With The Nerds…

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$George\'s Squizzy Griffin$

That’s me right now. Manflu aside, which is causing huge concentration problems when trying to do owt, (moan,moan,whinge,whinge) over the weekend I received the room templates for George’s Squizzy Griffin from Scott to get on with building my segments.

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Sunday Linky Tuesday

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Hah, see what I did there? Due to manflu likely caused by an excess of ranting of late (note to self: post more happy shiny things) I’m running a few days behind this week but here goes all the same. Links and goodness and things and stuff.

Game Ovr - via Auntie Pixelante, an ace collection of game related images to idle your time over.

This is Ciellus - I meant to post a while back but it slipped my mind, more timely now that Terry has announced he’s going to be ploughing some serious time and work into it. The teaser shot made me a tad moist in departments it really shouldn’t have.

Konami attempting to censor MSG4 reviews - “Konami issued us with a list of things that we’re not allowed to discuss. This list of prohibited topics is pretty long, and even extends as far as several facts that the company itself has already made public”, the disclaimer that sets off more alarm bells than a fire at a fire alarm factory. Via The Escapist.

Collectible Design In Games - I usually subscribe to the point of view that they’re pretty much a cheap shot design decision yet I’ve spent so much time with C4 hunting down orbs in Crackdown it’s spooky. Christ, I’ve got a 4 year old who looks out for the glow and throbbing sound and points to where to go. Obviously, Realtime Worlds got something seriously right here.

The Gematria Project - I’m sure I’ve heard of this bloke before… gratuitous self promotion ahoy. My music on MySpace. May cause brain tumours.

Condemned To Hell - The Texas governor is this years keynote speaker for E3? No wonder companies are scooting off from the ESA at an epic rate. Mental.

Edge review Noitu Love 2 - and award it 7/10. An Edge 7 is roughly on par with every other magazines 40 gazillion rating. They’re still unreadable though.

Painkiller - a few weeks late on this, but some love from Yahtzee for the oft derided People Can Fly Robotron meets FPS one off (yes, there is only one - la,la,la,la,la,la etc…). To coin a phrase “what he said”. I fucking love Painkiller, it’s so gloriously dumb.

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Ikaruga - 360 Gamer - Whut?

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Ikaruga

One of my pet niggles and something that seems to set off the full set of fire alarms in my head is really bad games journalism. I know, I know - after all these years online I should be fully aware that for every RPS, there’s a pile of colossal cuntwittery unleashed upon the world in barely legible form. So much so that when giving this little place its last brush over with a comb (yes, my blog has a Bobby Charlton cut - deal with it) one of the ideas I contemplated was a “this week in shit games journalism” segment.

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Creating a room in JSW:O

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WMV Version

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Sunday Linky Sunday

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Time to start getting back on track with this here blog methinks, so here’s a (”half a” due to restricted net access) weeks worth of essential reading from other fine places on the ol’ interweb.

Why The Industry Shouldn’t Rely On Metacritic - more timely than ever considering the recent announcement by MS that games will live or die via critics.

The Trouble With Demos - scarily, I’ve never quite got my head around *why* people don’t understand the value of a good demo. You’d almost think they don’t want me to cough up the cash. Interestingly the article uses Timeshift, one of the most colossally cock demos I’ve ever had the misfortune to wade through, as an example of how not to do it. Words of fine wisdom contained herein.

An Interview with The Balrog - Gnome does it again with some Zenobi loving. A fine interview from a fine interviewer and the finest of subjects.

What is the world coming to? - Help me Mrs Medlicott, I don’t know what to do. I’ve only got 3 bullets and there’s 4 in Motley Crue. Seriously. You people are giving Motley Crue money? Are you mad?

Pixeljunk Eden - Where design wankery meets games. And not in a depressing way for a change.

Red Fish, Green Fish, Blue Fish - SHARK! - Handy handheld DIY gaming.

I Miss Color - Having recently made attempt #2 at playing through Gears Of War and finding myself plummeting to new depths of depression as a result (partly through awful game and partly through having never seen quite so many shades of grey in my life) I can’t help but nod in agreement. But then, I’m right behind the Blue Skies In Gaming campaign too…

Difficulty Difficulties - More “make easy easy” shenanigans. “Well I started off with good intentions and ended up cursing and calling people jerks (Sorry Puzzle Quest makers), it happens.” - I know that feeling well…

Inno Vation - Tim reports on a new Omega game. Internet rejoices. Probably.

RPS review Smileys Shooty Adventure so I don’t have to - My short review anyway. Better than Everyday Shooter, not as good as Grid Wars - not quite “out there” to be amongst the gods but definitely worth a punt.

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