http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers musings, mental mania and moronic maladies Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Legacy of Kain… …the story of an arrogant man afflicted with a terrible curse. …the tale of a faithful servant betrayed and murdered, given the chance to exact bloody revenge. …the unfolding of the destiny of a world in peril, stuck between light and corruption. Actually it’s about time-travelling vampires. Following on from my scathing ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/the-legacy-of-legacy-of-kain/ Some gaming tropes are silly. Like the one about always meeting someone you know, or knew from the before times - before the game started. You know the scene, the hero is calmly going about his mission to save A from B by doing X, when suddenly it turns out ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/have-we-met/ If you like old things repackaged as shiny new things, then Nintendo loves you in your private game bits. High on the success of their plan to release ancient Gamecube titles as new Wii games by slapping the phrase NEW PLAY CONTROL! on the front of the box, those clever sprockets ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/metroid-primology/ In the beginning, Final Fantasy really was supposed to be final. The last ditch effort to save an ailing company from fried doom. I guess it... worked? Twenty-two years later we're staring down the barrell of the 13th installment of the main series, and it looks pretty freaking sweet. Final Fantasy EX ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/13-fantasy-finals/ Sometimes games just shit you right off. It's not that they're bad games, exactly, it's just that they do bad things. Nobody really knows why they keep doing these bad things. Don't they know they're KILLING THEIR MOTHER? 1. Swimming/Underwater Levels In real life, swimming is a fun and relaxing activity. In ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/odd-numbers-6-reasons-to-hate-games/ Assassin's Creed. Sigh. It really could have been a great game. Really. The idea of being a trained assassin in the Holy Land circa 12th Century practically hypes itself. I even liked the silly science fiction madness that framed the whole thing. Unfortunately the game is best described as a flawed diamond. ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/assassins-creed-2-gameplay-trailer/ Tetris has reached its mid-twenties. Recently the innocuous little puzzler reached its quarter-century anniversary to a level of fanfare appropriate to a block stacking exercise. It was, of course, the introduction to gaming for a lot of people, and spawned a endless load of copies, rip-offs, pointless sequels, cosplay and a ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/tetris-celebrates-25th-anniversary/ Today I'm going to be a complete asshole. First I'm going to tell you about two fantastic PC games from a bygone era, ones which should really be played by everyone. Classics. Then I'm going to suggest that you go out and buy them as soon as possible. And when ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/point-click-its-all-in-the-mouse/ I can barely see the computer screen to type this. I've gotten no sleep in the last week, it's making me start to see things and my head hurts like hell. My wife lost her job and sits around at home all day. Our lives are falling apart but it ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/simple-minds/ Recently, on the topic of second-hand video game sales and the apparently epic danger they pose to the future of the industry, talking to Venture Beat, Nintendo America boss-man Reggie Fils-Aime noted that the company does not believe used games are "in the best interest of the consumer". I'm sure what he ... http://www.deadgeekcircus.com/lasers/nintendo-sells-secondhand-ignorance/