09.Jun.2008 New Soul Caliber IV Character: Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice
As read on the Guardian Games Blog (link via @Belldandy): You heard it here last... Yep, Namco has announced a new character for Soul Calibur IV and it's yet another Star Wars refugee. Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice from Force Unleashed is the incoming pugilist, joining Vader himself as well as pint-sized sentence-mangler, Yoda. "The Secret [...]
EA attempting GTA takeover.
EA has made a proposal for a hostile takeover of Take-Two, the people who put out the Grand Theft Auto games. http://eatake2.com
21.May.2008 Demos
Two demos of possible interest have been released: LEGO Indiana Jones and The Penny Arcade Adventures. Both can be downloaded from FilePlanet
29.Apr.2008 Metaplace Stress Test: Graphical Social World
Tomorrow Metaplace, our favorite not-game, is having a stress test. From the site: Reminder! We will be having a public stress test of a graphical social world tomorrow, Wednesday April 30th at 5:00pm Pacific time! In preparation, please make sure you have the latest version of Flash. To participate, you do not need an account [...]
20.Mar.2008 FF Tactics on the DS
For those of us with a DS, IGN just posted some great news. In June, Final Fantasy Tactics A2 will be coming our way! http://ds.ign.com/articles/860/860776p1.html
01.Mar.2008 Battlefield Heroes – Trailer
The first Battlefield Heroes trailer is out, half promotional material, half gameplay. I'm kinda digging the visual style, but the gameplay footage isn't grabbing me. It's free though, so it'll be easy enough to play test ^_^
26.Feb.2008 Adventure Game Studio, freeware, creates games similar to King’s Quest, etc
This is a pretty nifty tool. The Adventure Game Studio, or AGS, is what was used to remake Kings Quest I and II, and III. There are also people making all kinds of new adventure games for this. I want to try out some of these indie games. I also think this could be a [...]
FC Twin console system plays NES, SNES games; $50
Um, I think a lot of people will want to have one of these. -Here is where you can purchase one -Here is a review on the system
25.Feb.2008 Game Notes Icon!?
Game Notes needs a cute little icon. Something to set as our Twitter pic. Anyone have any ideas?
18.Feb.2008 Petz Catz 2
The synopsis for Petz Catz 2: The cats have finally captured a wolf, Ivlet, that has been harassing them for a long time. The source of the cats' power is a magic top hat, but due to the easy duping of two young kittens, Ivlet gains control of the mystic relic.