If zombie games have taught me anything, there are two ways to survive in a zombie apocalypse. 1) keep to the shadows, don’t let the zombies see you and get to the safe house in one piece. Or 2) run through the zombie ridden enviroment taking out every single zombie with a whole array or weapons and blunt objects till you finally plough your way through to the safe house. As you can probably guess the latter is my favorite, games like Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising to rank highly in my books. So am I excited for the next installment in the Dead Rising zombie apocalypse?
So here it is. The final part to the latest season of Telltale Games’ Sam and Max. In this season alone the duo have stopped an alien invasion, quelled the rising of an Elder God, dethroned an Egyptian Pharaoh and fought off an army of clones. Now Max is possessed by an Elder God and is rampaging and destroying the city while armies of his flaming head feed off the dreams of the sleeping. Sam only has a short amount of time to assemble a team and get inside him and stop the madness before Acting-President Agent Superball has him and New York City nuked. Taking place two weeks after Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, the ride stops here as the story reaches its brilliant conclusion in the best Sam and Max Finale yet!
While gaming is a hugely successful industry, and has been growing rapidly over the last couple of decades – for some reason there really seems to be a lack of coverage on television. While there are many shows related to film reviews and the like, gaming just doesn’t seem to be able to find a real place on TV screens – aside from the odd advert or two that have been becoming a little more common nowadays.
Strangely, the biggest gaming TV I can recall was GamesMaster, which was actually quite successful, shown on Channel 4 from 1992 up until 1998. While the games industry was only getting stronger at that point, the senior staff at Channel 4 were responsible for it’s removal – just when the show was getting more serious, aimed at real gamers and delivering the kind of stuff that was interesting to watch. But it was not to be – and the show was never to be seen again. Since then, there have been a few attempts at gaming shows – all of which have failed to grasp any real attention. I remember an old gaming channel on Sky, Game Network (which was actually where I first heard about Devil May Cry – which grew to become one of my favourite games), which used to be run by people from Holland (or somewhere in that region) – however amongst some of the genuine info,it was full of phone-in competitions and repeated sections, general rubbish to try and fill space and bring in a bit of extra cash – it’s late night hours filled with condescending “Babestation” stuff that cheapened the channel furthermore. The overall experience was a little like trying to read a game article crammed in the corner of a page full of ads, but it was better than nothing.Continue reading ‘Gaming channel Ginx due for satellite TV’
Ok before anyone asks, no, we are not starting to do film reviews. This is just a one-off film review because lets face it, if you can get anymore video game references into Scott Pilgrim Vs The World then you would pretty much be observing someone playing a video game, and its with that opening statement I give you my Scott Pilgrim Vs The World film review.
I have always had mixed feelings about the Mortal Kombat series. Back on my SEGA Mega-Drive I loved playing Mortal Kombat. Sure I was pretty rubbish at it seeing I was about 8 years old and I was pretty much mashing the joy pad to see what it did (This method wasn’t the best way to execute fatalities). But as I grew up, so did MK and somewhere down the line I lost interest. The games seemed a little slow and maybe even a bit buggy to me. Scorpion and Sub Zero were never the same in my eyes, and the disappearance of Johnny Cage in the later games pretty much nailed it on the head for me.
Ever since the release of the Wii, the gaming market has seen a radicle change. People who didn’t really have any inclination to play video games (I.E grandparents, old people, boring mum and dad folk) had the sudden urge to pick up a Wii-mote or the Wii balance board and start playing video games. Games such as Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit and Family Game Night were being played in homes all over the world. Then with the introduction to things like Mario Kart to the Wii people everywhere, whatever age were falling in love with gaming once again.
Now when one console developer does it, eventually all of them are going to jump onto the band wagon. This is where PlayStation Move and Microsoft’s Kinect come in. They have been a long time in development, but about christmas time this year, you are going to experience what Microsoft and Sony have to offer. Myself and GuitarGirl24 on the other hand got a sneak preview of what Microsoft’s Kinect has to offer.
So some of you FPS fans are probably every now and again playing the old Duke Nukem 3D, as it’s the only true first person Duke game you have. Previously You have probably been looking at your watch sitting in a darkened corner of your room between bouts of Halo and Duke Nukem 3D staring at your time device for 13 years. Why? This is because you have been waiting for the next FPS game in the Duke Nukem franchise, Duke Nukem Forever, and it had been taking 13 god damn years to make.
But sometime mid-last year you probably gave up hope, with the news that 3D Realms had bitten the dust and that Duke Nukem forever was pretty much buried in the ground forever you probably reluctantly returned back to playing Duke Nukem 3D for the twenty thousandth time and every now and again looking at this trailer and thinking what could have been.
3rd person shooters are a mixed bag with me. I love Max Payne possible one of the greatest 3rd person shooters there is. I have tried my hand at Gears Of War and I really did get into it. Thing was I lost all my save data mid way through 1 and couldn’t be bothered to start again. (I must pick that up again some time) but there are some just some 3rd person shooters that don’t cut the mustard with me, and Kane and Lynch Dead Men was one of them, for me it didn’t feel like a complete game there were a few issues with it which I won’t go into now but I didn’t get on with it.
After playing the Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days demo though, I have an inkling to try my hand at the first game again, because the demo for the second installment in the Kane and Lynch series was, how should I put it?…Awesome!
You may remember a week or so ago an article I wrote about how Plus XP has developed and how we got to where we are today. You may also remember that article mentioning how rubbish I thought my writing was back then. This got me thinking, I had some good points back then, so I have chosen to revisit those points and write about them, now I have a bit more writing skill under my belt I may be able to write something which makes sense.
