The Humble Bundle is Back Again, and Now For Android
Great, it's another Humble Bundle. These are going to be the death of me. This time, it's indie games for your Android phone, or tablet, or Kindle Fire if you don't think it counts as a tablet (it totally counts as a tablet). These are games that ahve been on the Humble Bundle site before, but the Android versions are new, or at least new for the Humble Bundle.
You know the deal. Spend as much money as you want and distribute it to the developers and Child's Play and EFF charities (and the Humble Bundle folks, because they have costs, too) as you see fit. If you spend more than the average, you get a bonus game. This time, the games are Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE, and if you spend more than the average of currently $5.73, you get World of Goo, too. You don't just get the Android versions of the games, though. You also get the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, including Steam keys. They're not available on iOS through the bundle, because Apple is terrible at making software actually accessible outside of its own store. There's a good chance the Humble Bundle will add more games to the group before the deal runs out, so keep checking the Humble Bundle site over the next two weeks.
I Tripped Balls While Riding An Elevator In Half-Life 2
I spent 40 minutes in an elevator in a video game last Tuesday. No, I wasn't playing through Mass Effect again. This was all in one go, and while I was in the elevator I saw aliens, dinosaurs, cats, war zones, storms, fire, and demons. Now, thanks to the magic of video and the idea of a longplay, you can, too.
The game, or rather, add-on to a mod of a game, is Elevator for Garry's Mod for Half-Life 2. It takes everyone's favorite machinima playground and turns it into an elevator ride through different worlds. The floors are random, and can be beautiful, nightmarish, mundane, or utterly bizarre. It's a simple and safe ride that is still freakier than going on Disneyworld's Tower of Terror ride after chugging a liter of Dimetapp. It's utterly mesmerizing, and worth at least one playthrough by anyone.
Move Over, Evony! There’s a New Shameless Banner Ad!
One click for a Roman orgy.
One click for a Roman orgy.
Congratulations, Call of Roma. You've made Evony's banner ads look tasteful. Click for the full banner ad. It doesn't show anything. Because it's for a browser game. Where I'm pretty sure there are no orgies you can witness or participate in outside of perhaps the purely textual and abstract, like it gives you construction points.
The Old Republic and How To Do MMO Role Playing Right
I'm 12 levels in on several characters on Star Wars: The Old Republic, and I'm still playing. It's still Star Wars as World of Warcraft, but Bioware has added a few interesting aspects that makes me stay with it and see it as a solid step forward. The gameplay isn't changed much from the World of Warcraft formula, but the storytelling (the RPG part of the MMORPG) is much better. Whether The Old Republic keeps going and digs into WoW's share or not, I hope Bioware's ideas continue in the world of MMOs.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Review (of the First Five Levels)
Well, against my efforts to break up with Star Wars and avoid MMOs, I've started Star Wars: The Old Republic. Star Wars meets World of Warcraft. That can't possibly be a life-destroying game. I've gotten to level 5, so I can't offer a full, or even remotely thorough review, but I can give my first impressions. No PVP, no advanced classes, no vehicles, just the bare basics of what the game is and how it looks.
Great, Another Humble Indie Bundle.
The Humble Bundle is breaking my balls. It seems like every month gets a new one that gets more of my cash and, probably, more of yours. The Humble Indie Bundle 4 is now out, barely a week after the Humble Introversion Bundle finished. And this bundle is... awesome. Seven great games for just $5 (or more, or less, depending on how generous you're feeling).
First, the details if you're not familiar with the Humble Bundle. You can pay however much you want. If you pay more than the average, you get an extra game or two. The games have no DRM and you can get them on multiple platforms. You can decide how much of your money goes to the developers, the bundle people, or the Child's Play and EFF charities. That's it.
Now, the games this time around are a who's who of the best indie games of the last few years. There's Cave Story+, Super Meat Boy, Jamestown, Gratuitous Space Battles, Bit.Trip RUNNER, Shank, and NightSky. I can name four of those games that are worth $10 alone.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: The Greatest Beta Since Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skyrim takes place 200 years after Oblivion, and Tamriel has changed. It's now the Fourth Era, and the Empire has weakened. The Septim bloodline is gone, and the Empire has survived a bloody war with the Thalmor, an alliance of elves that broke away. Now they have peace agreement that keeps the Empire under some rules, including banning the worship of Talos, the first Emperor and the Ninth Divine. The people of Skyrim aren't happy about that, so Ulfric Stormcloak killed the High King of Skyrim and started a bloody civil war in the region. Also, dragons are back, and no one knows why. You start as a prisoner who escapes and has to find out why he has the power to speak in the words of dragons and absorb their souls. Begin the game.
This Has To Stop: Angry Birds Gummi Candy
Angry Birds needs to stop. It's become a Simpsons-in-early-90s-level fad. Or tamagotchi-in-late-90s-level fad. Or pogs-for-that-one-week-in-the-mid-90s-level fad. It's not just a casual game that became popular like Bejeweled, Peggle, or your-Zynga-game-of-choice. It's a multimedia phenomenon. And I'm getting freaking sick of it. At Best Buy, they have Angry Birds iPhone cases, headphones, and speakers. At Toys R Us, they have giant plush Angry Birds. And at Forbidden Planet (and stores normal people shop at), they have Angry Birds Fruit Gummis
Steam Has Ridiculous Thanksgiving Weekend/Black Friday Sale
The headline says it all. Steam usually has some pretty good deals, but they might have outdone themselves with this one. The sale runs through Sunday, so pick up these games while you can. Highlights include, for today alone:
- Fallout: New Vegas - $5
- Monkey Island Special Edition Bundle - $5
- L.A. Noire - $25
- Total War Mega Pack - $12.50
Other sales going on for the weekend include:
- Portal 1 and 2 - $17.50
- Orcs Must Die! - $7.50
- Mass Effect 2 - $10
- Dungeon Defenders - $7.50
- Sam and Max Complete Pack - $33.50
If you want some PC games, now's a great time.
The Huge World of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Extends to Morrowind and Cyrodil (Sort of)
This is pretty big, if not specifically useful yet. Jesse from Finland on Tumblr went to the edge of Skyrim and beyond, and found that the game has land masses modeled all the way to Morrowind and Cyrodil. You need to turn on no clipping after you go east of Stendarr's Beacon, but from there you can find the landscape of Morrowind, with Vvardenfell and the Red Mountain. If you go south of that, you can find Cyrodil, and even the island where the Imperial City should be located.
There's no content there, or even any foliage, but the fact that the land masses are modeled could indicate ambitions for remakes of Morrowind and Oblivion, or expansions into Morrowind and Cyrodil. Modders now have big land masses ready for them to get started with their own remake projects, and that could mean some great things for PC users (and me kicking myself for getting the PS3 version). Skyrim's already a massive game, but if you can move out to the other provinces? Best RPG ever. I want my Telvanni wizard tower back.
[Source: Destructoid]
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