May 24, 2013

I was a victim of region locking!

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I’m a newcomer to the current-gen console scene, having just purchased a Playstation 3 earlier this month, and a PS Vita earlier this year. With the substantial amount of exclusives that Sony had amassed in the past seven years, getting into the whole Playstation thing felt like being handed the keys to your first car. Suddenly, I wanted to go places — experience everything I had tried to ignore before while I played games on my PC. I powered through Uncharted, I’m in the middle of Demon’s Souls, and I’m currently taking my sweet time exploring the vast landscape of Red Dead Redemption.

And I got so, so hooked on Persona.

Persona 3 FES was great. Persona 4 Golden, even more so. Earlier this week, the PSN store had a sale on some “Ultimate Editions” — basically full games with all the DLC in one discounted package. Persona 4 Arena Ultimate Edition, the unconventional fighting game follow-up to the RPG, was going for a couple bucks cheaper than what just the game would normally cost. And with all the DLC, too! I picked it up right away.

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May 24, 2013

Portable Perks: Puzzle Trooper

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For this week’s Portable Perks, I’ll have to thank our friend Victoria Ho (@vickiho), part of the crew of the world famous Staring at Screens Podcast, for referring this game to me called “Puzzle Trooper”.

Puzzletrooper

It was kind enough of Gumi Asia, a Singapore based mobile developer, to hook me up with the .apk file of their game because unfortunately, the game is only available in Singapore and Malaysia. But once I got that sorted out, I was immediately greeted with colorful and loud art of the game which really stands out. Puzzle Trooper bills itself as an action rpg + puzzle game. It’s basically about matching up 3 or more of the same colored spheres to get an appropriate attack which is shown with a short animation that is also very well done by Gumi. It gets deeper by chaining multiple colored spheres, and eventually getting a lot of chains allows you to call a bomber which drops its payload on the opponent. Again, another fun treat with the animations that doesn’t get too old to watch.

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May 23, 2013

Throwback Thursday: Mega Man is a robot

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It was a warm Sunday afternoon when my six-year-old nephew walked — ran, tumbled, materialized, crash-landed — into the family room, shattering my tranquil state of mind as I busily shot bad guys from rooftops, balconies, and bridges while piloting a jetski through a flooded section of an abandoned Spanish colony.

The boy was very much in awe of what was happening on-screen.

“What’s that you’re playing, Uncle Jed?”

“Uncharted.”

He repeated the unfamiliar name. Uncharted. He pointed to the TV. “What’s his name?”

“Nathan Drake.”

He probably thought that was a mouthful, because he fell silent and just watched. I continued my journey through the flooded city, blasting enemies out of their perches with a grenade launcher. I was also terribly concerned that the boy was picking up some unhealthy ideas from all the violence going on.

Then again, his grandmother brought him up on a healthy diet of Indiana Jones and Star Wars, and he was certainly no stranger to Hollywood violence.

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May 23, 2013

This week’s gaming video round up – I claim to not like consoles but this is full of Xbox

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For those of you who may know me, I consider myself a true and loyal disciple of the Gaben God who sings praises of the superiority of the PC gaming master race. But this week I just couldn’t resist all the mainstream gaming news and videos of the Xbox One flooding these here internets. So let me begin this week’s round-up with what is most certainly on everyone’s mind right now: dat box.

Why waste time watching that long announcement when you can check out this 3-minute super cut of the Xbox One announcement from Polygon

Next up, we have the ever articulate Adam Sessler giving us his constructive views on the Xbox One with this 6-minute first impression video.

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May 20, 2013

DreadOut makes crowdfunding goal

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Prepare your scared face and your comedic whimpering for your webcams, everyone! DreadOut, the game from Indonesian developer Digital Happiness, met its funding goal on indiegogo over the weekend. The game, which we previously covered here and here, challenges you to play as Linda, a high school student who will use cameras and phones and all manner of equipment to combat ghosts in order to save her friends.

We extend our congratulations to the DreadOut team, and we wish them luck in the coming months as development continues. You can view the progress of the game in their dev diaries on Youtube.

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