The August, 2008 issue of Linux Format magazine, a UK based magazine, contains a short review of Word War vi.

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Silly little video talking a bit about getting the Xbox 360 controller rumble effect.

You can see the full review of Word War vi v. 0.09 from Linux Format here. (clicky)

-Jason

The adult entertainment superstar, Tera Patrick, has been assigned as a "Special Producer" for Saints Row 2 - developed by Volition Inc. and produced by THQ. As a matter of fact, she'll be one of the celebrity appearances at Comic-Con 2008 that will be promoting the game and she'll be taking pictures and signing autographs on exclusive SR2 art at the THQ booth on Saturday from 2:30 - 4:00pm... giving you another incentive to make the trek to southern California!

You may be asking the same question we are. What will Tera Patrick be doing for THQ? We have not the slightest clue... If she's not assisting in developing a character in the game, she may just be giving some insight or providing her voice for a character. I guess we'll just have to wait until a news story breaks out about this at Comic-Con -OR- through an exclusive news release from IGN.

You can pick up Saints Row 2 on the following release dates:

• North America: October 14, 2008
• Australia / Asia: October 16, 2008
• Europe: October 17, 2008

A notícia é meio velha, desculpem pela minha irresponsabilidade xD

A Microsoft anunciou que a plataforma Live para PC serão livres de cobrança, tanto para os usuários como para as produtoras. O sistema permite que os games tenham funcionalidades como conquistas integradas ao perfil online do jogador e componentes multiplayer online.

No final do ano, o Games for Windows Live também terá uma área de mercado, no qual será possível distribuir games, vídeos e outros conteúdos, como na contraparte para Xbox 360.

Para o usuário, agora, todas as funcionalidades da Games for Windows Live são gratuitas, incluindo as conquistas, casamento de partidas e integração com jogadores de Xbox 360.

Assim, a companhia espera competir com outros serviços similares de perfil online, comunidade e distribuição de conteúdo, como o Steam, da Valve Software. A companhia também tem um programa de utilização gratuita pelas produtoras de seu sistema.

Redação UOL Jogos

Sempre quis ter um X360 e ter Live aqui, agora esse sonho pode se realizar :)

Ah falei com o Tony ontem, ele disse que só volta semana que vem, então o povo aqui vai ficar até lá sem saber qual as novidades dele! MuHuahauahauhau

Well now the UT3 price is now $39.99

I searched the web and thats the cheapest price out there for UT3 on the Xbox 360

of course this price can only be found at bestsku.com

Link
http://bestsku.com/productsDetail.asp?PID=2665

Chinsetakout here!!

Here is Chinsetakout Episode 1 just incase you still have missed it!

Here are some rules they gave for the party and i think a backstage pass will be a free item. Once you have it you get a surprise!!

This is the schedule for the party, like kind of music in different rooms

Check on Club Penguin for these upcoming events

-Chinsetakout

Unprompted reactions to funny situations and impulsive facial expressions often turn out to be most hilarious. And this is what funny videos are all about. They demonstrate how different people have reacted in funny situations. Therefore, if you’re ready for a humorous treat, and have enough time to afford a comical break, find yourself some funny videos to watch online, and enjoy the uproarious experience.

]]> http://pathisopen.wordpress.com/?p=35 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:06:58 +0000 ChrisCaboose http://pathisopen.wordpress.com/?p=35 Hey blog readers. If you like Persona music then its your lucky day.

Enjoy~
Disc 1
Disc 2

Note: Please, once this album becomes available to your area. Support the artists by buying this album. I'm sure they'd greatly appreciate it.

Chris.

Gameplay
Two of the game's main characters, Nobunaga Oda and Tokichiro Kinoshita, are based on real-life Japanese historical figures. Nobunaga was one of Japan's greatest military leaders. His first major victory was in the defeat of the 25,000 man army of Imagawa Yoshimoto using only 3,000 troops. This battle is depicted in the opening credits of the game and it shows Oda's tactical knowledge at its best. His inhuman and viciousness mannerisms have been compared to those of Vlad Tepes Dracula and even Napoleon Bonaparte. Being the first Japanese warlord to arm his men with firearms, he was also one of the first leaders to incorporate the use of weather and landscape as part of his military strategy.

Tokichiro Kinoshita is the other historic character of the game. This character has been created to represent Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the true-life lieutenant of Oda. Toyotomi actually made Oda's dream a reality and unified Japan under one shogunate. However in this time that the game is set, the unification is far off and Kinoshita is just a bit player in the grand scheme of things.

While both of these previously mentioned characters are on the 'dark path of the Force,' the true hero is not in the history books. Samanosuke Akechi is a ronin (master-less) samurai. During his worldly travels, he receives a message from his former master's daughter asking for his help. The Inabayama Castle has been besieged by demon monsters and Princess Yuki is in fear for her life. Samanosuke rushes to her aid, but arrives at the castle too late to prevent her kidnapping. With the assistance of Kaede, a skilled female ninja who also is a limited playable character, he hopes to rescue the princess and rid the Mino province of this evil influence.

Onimusha: Warlords is billed as an action game. Although there is plenty of this, it is definitely more than just another hack-and-slash adventure. Cerebral traps and puzzles are generously sprinkled through the adventure. Unlike Resident Evil, Capcom's well known zombie killer series, there is not a lot of backtracking across great distances to solve most of these challenges. There are some instances where you will have to gather clues to unlock some of the coded chests, but these are mostly the exception rather than the rule for the gameplay. Special keys will usually appear right before they are needed and their corresponding doors can be reached by simply following a straight line by using concealed passages that were missed the first time through.

While the player will usually rely upon the prowess of their blade to see them past the many enemies, this is not the only weapon that you will wield. Kunai (throwing knives), bows and firearms are available for the playable characters to use. Most of the projectile ammunition is limited so it's best to save it for the proper occasion. Weapons can be exchanged on the fly without having to worry about letting the bad guys get in a couple of cheap shots. Moreover, each one is upgradeable using the souls of the defeated demons that you have captured.

Samanosuke is granted the use of a special gauntlet which collects the souls of the monsters he dispatches. There are various types of soul matter that can be only used for a specific purpose. Pink colored souls can be used for upgrading your equipment, yellow souls will return health to your character and blue colored ones will add to your magic meter. Depending on what the monster is, and how it is killed, directly reflects on what type and amount of soul matter will be released. If not captured in a timely manner, soul matter will eventually drift away.

Even though Onimusha was completed in the early part of the Playstation 2 lifecycle, it is still graphically impressive today. Environments are interactive and can be utilized to assist you in killing enemy forces. Ropes, fires, mist and other aspects of the game can be influenced by you or the demon characters. This truly keeps a player on their toes and makes them think outside the box for a unique answer to an everyday problem. Why should you go and duke it out with a horde of monsters, when you can simply cut a rope that is holding a cart up on a hill and let it do your light work? It's the simple touches like this that really makes Onimusha stand out above other action titles.

Some of the most interesting aspects of Onimusha are the sound options. Language and subtitles can be set to various combinations of English or Japanese. The background music and sound effect volumes can individually be adjusted. However, the most ingenious part of the game is in the stereo sound choices. You can set up the speakers to work in normal stereo, stereo specific or inverse stereo specific. What stereo specific means is that anything that would make a sound on the right side of the screen will come through the right side speakers. The really unique choice is the inverse stereo selection. If your character is facing towards you on screen and a sound comes from the left side of the screen, the sound will resonate through the right side speaker channels because the sound came from the character's right. This detail is unlike anything else I have experienced in a video game and it definitely was appreciated.

Probably the only disappointing aspect of the entire game would be the control setup. Even though the DualShock 2 is now completely analog, for some strange reason Capcom has restricted the character's movements to be done only through the directional pad. With the rest of the button function assignments making sense, and being exceptionally well designed, I have yet to fathom why Capcom went this direction with Onimusha since the left analog stick is not used at all in the game. Perhaps game developers will learn in the near future that it is us, the gamers, who are buying their games and each of us like to use their controller differently. I honestly can't believe that custom button configurations are that hard to incorporate into a game, especially after everything else that I have seen done in this title.

The only other minor gripe is the limited save point abilities of the game. You only can record your progress in one of the limited 'magic mirrors' scattered across the land. While these are also used for leveling up your equipment and weapons, I would have liked to simply be able to pause the game and save where I was rather than having to backtrack halfway across the level to find the last known mirror so that I could continue on with my real life. I realize that Onimusha is developed by the same company that created the Resident Evil series, and this game has its roots deep within that which came before. However, the typewriter save style was frustrating back in 1997, so why would they believe that today's players would desire to see it appear again? This is one of those questions that will plague mankind until the end of time.

Extras
Extras are plentiful in Onimusha: Warlords. An unlockable Onimusha 2 trailer is available once you complete the game. Extra costumes can be found by finishing the game with a superior ranking or finding special hidden items while playing the game. Moreover, if you find all twenty of the hidden Florite stones, a special mini-game is opened for the player. If the player can beat all twelve levels of this game, then access to an additional special mode for the story mode of Onimusha becomes available.

Conclusion
Onimusha: Warlords gives the player a quality product. Almost every ingredient, from the engrossing storyline, to the solid graphic engine and wondrous sound options brings this game to the forefront of the action genre. Even the static cameras, that usually are a distraction for most games, add to the overall movie-like feel that Onimusha was trying to bring about. This is definitely a game that gives the player the most bang for their gaming buck. I recommend that fans of all genres give this one at least a rental, but action fans should run out immediately and pick up a copy for their libraries.

Final Score: 8.9

But, you may be thinking what I’m thinking – how in the world is Zipper going to accommodate such a large online player base on their servers? There were times where Socom Online lagged a little, so how will this reduce lag, if any? If there is lag, will the graphics look anything like they do in the trailer? All we know is, Zipper is coming up with an advanced new server architecture that is structured well enough to accommodate such a large number of gamers and make this game run smoothly.

MAG is an online-only game and earmarked to be released in 2009.

If you haven’t seen the video yet, you can download the conference in the Playstation Store or view the trailer below:

I'm Voni. This is my blog. Be nice to the kittens and avoid dropping litter. Follow those rules and we'll get on famously.

In all seriousness, yes, this is going to be a gaming blog. I keep another personal blog elsewhere, but I'm not linking to it because it's not going to be at all relevant to this one. It's really only there to contain the overspill from my brain. If I didn't write in it, I'd probably be on the streets shouting 'Why don't ducks have teeth?' at strangers, and I think the police frown upon harrassment.

(Honestly, if you can tell me if ducks have teeth or not, let me know. It's an issue).

Anyway, I'm hoping to update this site weekly with musings on video games and the gaming community at large. Also hopefully, it'll be entertaining. I'm sure you'll let me know if it is or not soon enough.

If you're interested, I currently game on my PC, a PS2 and Nintendo DS. Yes, yes, I know, I haven't got anything current gen. Yet. In a few weeks I'll get my mitts on a PS3, and then with any luck the fun will really begin.

Voni

What’s more appealing about cartoon games, is their interactivity. The opportunity for a gamer, to control the action in the game, makes it all the more exciting and fascinating. And that would perhaps explain why these games have the ability to keep us hooked on.

stay within the routine and system of Rockstar game's  method of clues

http://truxtertech.com/news/?p=164

http://truxtertech.com/news/?p=165

See the kids have gotten lazy and so rockstar does not realize they are out there

there used to be horedes and groups of people actually trying to find the nex clue and or how to compile the fricken game themselves.  but from what I see, rockstar games does not see that the kids  need to hear  themn say "HEY STUPID WE PLAY A GAME OF  FIND THE CRAP, BEFORE WE RELEASE TO PC FIRST...... YES.... EVERY TIME"   They make us drool before we get the game. They make us prove we are the smarter of the gaming world.

The game is coming and we can see it in april from what i suspect and see. that puts us right in schedual for what they wanted in the first place, but a year later.  due to the hold of the 360 version and sony arguement.

Yes Grand theft Auto  is meant for the pc computer

 "Do you wanna play (Você quer jogar)?"

A fórmula é simples, atrizes gatas + sequências de lutas bem construídas sempre rendem filmes interessantes (mesmo que sem o menor conteúdo - quando o assunto é roteiro - como é o caso deste filme).

O que esperar de uma adaptação de um famoso video game que tem como parte do elenco principal Jaime Pressly (série: My Name is Earl) e Devon Aoki (a japa furiosa de Sin City)? Pois é, eu também pensei a mesma que a maioria de vocês, nada!

Mas aí é que está a surpresa, o filme é até muito legal (e até consegue fazer com a Pressly e Aoki não sejam tão descartáveis como nos demais filmes que já participaram).

Junto com o elenco que poderia ter afundado o filme estão Holly Valance (séries: C.S.I: NY, Shark, Moonlight, Prision Break) e Sarah Carter (série: Smallville), mas, muito pelo contrário, elas deixam o filme ainda mais divertido de assistir (e não poderia ser diferente, afinal, gatas do jeito que todas elas são, né? xD), e daí, a história - a esta altura - é o que menos importa! =]

O desempenho delas na tela não é feio, elas até convencem que são boas de briga, e as cenas bastante criativas (embora contenham sequências absurdas, por ex: a fuga da Kasumi, personagem de Aoki, no início do filme, e uma cena de luta entre Helena, personagem de Carter, contra os capangas... e sequências extremamente clichês, por ex: a luta entre as personagens Christie e Helena na CHUVA + slow motion - câmera lenta!) ajudam a nos convencer que elas realmente sabem lutar.

Agora, quando o assunto é atuação... Nem a beleza delas consegue salvá-las de críticas ruins, porque putz... Vão atuar ruim assim lá longe, e olha que o filme praticamente não tem história... Tipo, um torneio de luta, e ponto final (deve ser por isso que elas lutam pra caramba no filme, xd)!

Enfim, quem estiver procurando um filme de ação despretencioso (que tem até umas cenas de comédia no meio), tipo, pra passar o tempo mesmo, D.O.A - Vivo ou Morto é realmente uma boa pedida.

Nota: 7,0/10

Well I am sure all of you already heard about Massive Actoin Game (MAG) Sony's next hit shooter video game. If you haven't the you need to watch Sony's E3 conference here. So yea this game is expect to be like a HUGE Socom and the MAG trailer gave hints to planes, paratroopers, and discribes the map as a "world". Nobody really knows whats going to be in the new MAG game except for up to 256 players online! and that it will be squad based. Zipper also said that at a curtain rank you can become a leader of a squad, nobody knows anymore details on the game. OH and Sony gave us all a little sneak peak, literally really small... the sneak peak. I really think Sony is trying to torture us with that small sneak peak :D.

Thanks to the Playstation Blog.

I was reading the London Paper the other day when I came across the article, “Mind control is Wii’s new brainwave.”

Partly interested and partly shocked it wasn’t about GTA4, I read on to discover Nintendo have claimed thought-controlled computer games are “only a few years away,” according to Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo.

And if you think that’s cool, check out this footage of some über-geek reinventing the Wiimote.

It now acts as a motion-sensing headset, which, when connected to a computer running a certain program, makes images look like they’re coming out of the screen…

Is this the future of gaming?

The guy in the knit shirt leans back in his leather chair, his hand wrapped around the joystick. On the console display, two plane-shaped icons show the available ammo. As the target vehicle crosses his screen, he squeezes the red button. The car vanishes in a fireball.

[...]

But this is no game. This is the real thing. It's called the Universal Control System. It directs aerial military drones. Raytheon, a high-tech defense contractor, exhibited the system last week at an air show in Britain. It looks and feels like a video game. But it kills real people.

[...]

If you've seen combat in the flesh, you know what the fireball on the screen means to the people in the car. But to a teenager raised on Doom and Halo, it looks like just another score. He can't feel or smell the explosion. He isn't even there. The eeriest thing in the demo video is the total silence that accompanies the car's destruction. The only sound that follows is the pilot's triumphant verdict: "Excellent job." It's like something you'd read on the screen after getting a high score at an arcade.

If you can't see the connection with Ender's Game, then either you haven't read it (so I don't want to ruin it for you), or you have read it and you just don't get it (then you should read it again or get a friend to condescendingly explain it to you).

The Far Side connection was with a comic I once saw that featured a geeky teenage boy (I guess that would be a normal Far Side kid) that was on the ground playing Super Mario World. During his play, his parents gleefully daydreamed about his lustrous future as a video gamer. I was trying to find an example of the comic strip, when I ran across the following Gary Larson request:

So, in a nutshell (probably an unfortunate choice of words for me), I only ask that this respect be returned, and the way for anyone to do that is to please, please refrain from putting The Far Side out on the Internet. These cartoons are my "children," of sorts, and like a parent, I'm concerned about where they go at night without telling me. And, seeing them at someone's web site is like getting the call at 2:00 a.m. that goes, "Uh, Dad, you're not going to like this much, but guess where I am.

So, instead I will give you a lovely picture of a thagomizer.

To very different worlds colliding in a sobering look into the future of warfare. While it may be quite disturbing to think of wars being fought in a dehumanized, video game environment, it lends to the increasingly prevalent feeling that more and more "the future" is happening right now.

What was cool to me was the ad; it wasn't just some random ad that added no value to the advertiser—it had targeted appeal and a real direct response component, which says to me that there is some staying power to this service. Second, I like the attitude/personality that the brand emotes. In addition to the "pretty sly" comment, when I tried to dial my number as my test run. She (the sassy recorded voice) quickly replied, "don't you have any friends" and then chided me for dialing my own number. I laughed for a second, which soon ended when I realized that I really don't have any friends.

Update: Our self-proclaimed Chief Awesome Officer just texted me with a poorly structured statement of dislike for Sly Dial in comparison to Pinger. You probably are wise enough to realize that Pinger and Sly Dial aren't very similar, but then again, you missed the Ender's Game comparison. Irrespective of that thought, check Pinger out as well; it looks pretty neat.

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A couple of weeks ago Slant 6 finally released a trailer for probably one of the most anticipated games to come to the Playstation 3 this year, Socom: Confrontation. Just from Socom's history everyone knows that this game is going to rock, but then people start to see the trailer. Being the huge Socom fan that I am I was very disapointed in the trailer. The trailer made me scared as to whether the game was really going to be as good as all of us were thinking. Well as many said they were disapointed and felt because of the trailer the game was going to suck, I continued to keep track of Socom progress and look at gameplay videos and previews by all the big game review sites. Well I found out here that the trailer was made with the pre-alpha build meaning that it still had to go through Alpha and also beta build. I then found some fresh videos at IGN of gameplay and in the upper left-hand side it clearly states Alpha build, so these videos are a lot newer and they reasured me that this game was going to be what we all expect it to be. Gamplay Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, and Video 5. And let me remind you that these videos are still not even Beta build. So I can not wait for more updates and also the Beta to be released. I will keep you all up to date!