The Governator
How can this not be anything but amazing? It’s like Captain Planet, only with Arnold Schwarzenegger in it, in a big robot suit thing.
Category: Blog
April Fools’ Day 2011
I have a bit of a reputation at work when it comes to April Fools’ Day. Each year I inform the staff of some controversial policy change or a new way to make life hell for them, and each year I get complaints and some congratulations. It’s always a bit of fun. Of course, this causes a problem because with the reputation comes both expectation, and cautiousness. Staff know I’m going to pull something, and will be on the lookout …
GTA IV Vice City
Some clever sod has started remaking GTA Vice City using the GTA IV engine. And it looks lovely. And I need it.
3DS Update!
I have more thoughts about the actual games over on my Gaming Diary, but here are some more comments about the handheld itself. First of all, I love it. Everything about it. It’s such a lovely, lovely device. The screens are bright, the 3D adds loads to the games (and even just the menus and stuff), and the extras already installed are great. I’ve been playing through Super Street Fighter IV and logging which characters I’ve completed it as in …
The 3DS is Here
Actually, it arrived yesterday. It’s very shiny. And very, very impressive. I’m amazed at the difference a bit of 3D makes to games – those on other consoles suddenly look very flat and “wrong”. Even just the subtly 3D menus, splash screens, and “screen furniture” make the games more alive. No doubt over the next few days I’ll post more of my thoughts, but here’s a brainjumble purge to be getting on with: The console Surprisingly small. It’s supposed to …
Rage Trailer
Is it just me, or does the big guy running the show look like Bam Margera’s creepy uncle? Also, it doesn’t look much like the iPhone version. Aside from the graphics, of course. This looks much more flashy and shooty.
Brink: Revolution Begins 20th May
What would a shooty-bang-bang gun game be without lots of lovely shooty-bang-bang guns, eh? Not very shooty or bang-bangy, that’s what. Lucky then, that Brink has lots of guns. Billions. Probably.
Batman: Arkham City
Aside from the VERY exciting 3DS release (10 days away!!) there are only two games this year I’m looking forward to. One is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which I am currently on Media Blackout from as I don’t want any spoilers or anything – I want to play it without knowing a thing about it. The other, is Batman: Arkham City. Despite hating the demo of Arkham Asylum, I loved the full game. I eventually realised this was due …
Let’s Play! Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
Look! A Commodore 64 game! I finally got the Java C64 emulator working, so you might see some more of these in the future. It’s a bit picky about what will and won’t work though. Anyway! The bunnysamurai game! I’m pretty sure he was in one or more episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Did I make that up in my head? He wasn’t attacking straw there, anyway.
Pre-ordering pre-owned games kerfuffle
Quite a few people on Twitter are having a bit of a moan at the moment. No change there. But one of the moaning points today is about Game’s announcement that they’ll be trialling the ability for customers to pre-order pre-owned games. That is, you can order a second-hand copy of a game before the game is even out. Exactly why this is attracting so much vitriol I have no idea. MCV are reporting it as “the first time that …
Sonic 2 HD
I got out my calculator, and worked out that this is exactly 44279762.89% better than Sonic 4.
Baywatch vs Erasure
“Blue Savannah” by Erasure popped up on random play this morning, and something about it was familiar. I don’t mean the song, as I’ve obviously heard it before (yes, I like Erasure), but I’d heard it before… somewhere else. Then it hit me: the piano riff is also in the theme to Baywatch (no, I don’t like – or watch – Baywatch). Apparently, the theme is called “I’m Always Here”. Anyway, to prove I’ve not gone a bit mad: Blue …
Fixing Windows Update error 8000ffff
One of our Windows 2008 servers threw a wobbly (technical term) after a power cut a few weeks ago, and although I got it working again, it wouldn’t install updates, giving error code 8000ffff each time. The usual searches of the internets suggested a common fault with Vista on Dell machines, but none of the proposed fixes seemed to work. They included uninstalling an update I didn’t have installed, running a Microsoft “Fix It” tool, which didn’t work, and installing …