Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Madonna and -shiver, oh, naive reader- Europe. All dressed up in flashy vynil and hanging around in discoteques, under the watchfull eyes of Reagan and Thathcer. Dystopic. On the other hand, the eighties were the golden era of mythical home computers. The 8bit home computers.
Commodore and Sinclair, strong market leaders, even advertised. On TV! With gusto (well, almost)! Take a peek and thank google video it exists, for jingles like "are you keeping up with Commodore, cause the Commodore is keeping up with you" would have been lost in oblivion.
ZX Spectrum commercial (via):
C64 commercial (via):
Related Gnome's Lair articles: Mario's complete gameography, Running old PC games, A nice Spectrum Hack (poke)
Related Tags: Commodore, C64, Sinclair, Spectrum, ZX, ZX Spectrum, Retro, Home computers, Video, Commercial, Vintage, Funny, 80s
Apr 14, 2006
Apr 12, 2006
Bone Act Two: The Great Cow Race
Episodic format and cows seem to go along fine. You see, the second part of the Bone saga has just been released, and I believe you should be heading Telltale's way and having a look at the demo. I, on the other hand, being the lucky bastard I am (as long as it's not a bleeding Monday), have already finished playing this beautiful game. I'm not going to give you a full review, as I am already writing one for the Adventure Lantern site/magazine, but I can give you a few rather important and almost subtle hints:
-Bone act 2 is quite longer than Bone: Out from Boneville.
-There aren't any annoying mini-games.
-You may have to actually think, in order to solve a few of the puzzles.
-It's polished.
-The plot starts unfolding...
-Thorn doesn't look like a zombie instead of like a teenage girl (she does sound too childish mind you).
-The Great Cow Race is a great and very cheap (12.99$) game.
Now, feast upon these screenshots:
Related Gnome's Lair articles: Telltale Texas Hold'em review, Lula 3d review, the Space Quest 4 Easter Eggs
-Bone act 2 is quite longer than Bone: Out from Boneville.
-There aren't any annoying mini-games.
-You may have to actually think, in order to solve a few of the puzzles.
-It's polished.
-The plot starts unfolding...
-Thorn doesn't look like a zombie instead of like a teenage girl (she does sound too childish mind you).
-The Great Cow Race is a great and very cheap (12.99$) game.
Now, feast upon these screenshots:
Related Gnome's Lair articles: Telltale Texas Hold'em review, Lula 3d review, the Space Quest 4 Easter EggsRelated Tags: Telltale, Bone, The Great Cow Race, Bone 2, Adventure, Jeff Smith, PC, Adventures, Game, Games, Screenshots, Preview, News, Weblog
Apr 11, 2006
When Warhammer rumors turn to news
It's been quite a long wait, but Games Workshop has finally provided us, its cult followers and constantly moaning customer base, with nice and shiny pictures, of its forthcoming (apparently nice and shiny too) Warhammer boxed set. Pictured here are the forces included in the Battle for Skull Pass, as they appeared on the latest White Dwarf online (a glorified newsletter that is).
And in case you were wondering how the new Forest Goblin Spider-riders look... er ... wonder no more! What follows is the rather official answer. Not so bad for a plastic little bugger I guess.
Guess I should also mention, that the rumored price of the boxed set will be around 45-50$ and apparently 40-45 euros. There, I mentioned it.
And in case you were wondering how the new Forest Goblin Spider-riders look... er ... wonder no more! What follows is the rather official answer. Not so bad for a plastic little bugger I guess.
Guess I should also mention, that the rumored price of the boxed set will be around 45-50$ and apparently 40-45 euros. There, I mentioned it.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Related Gnome's Lair articles: Space Hulk 2nd ed. review, Warhammer (Fantasy) diverting maneuvers, the forthcoming Warhammer video games.
Related Tags: Warhammer, Rumors, Rumours, Rumor, News, Games Workshop, Fantasy, Tabletop, Entertainment, Weblog, Goblins, Dwarfs, Dwarves, Battle, Skull, Pass, Game, Games, WHFB
Play By Forum RPGs are mostly free
Us gamers are a strange, diverse and at times not-only-male bunch. We also have natural tendencies to embrace free stuff. The pen and paper Roleplayers -the archetypical RPGers- and the (unwashed) masses of MMORPGs players, are our brothers and sisters. We apparently love them. Especially gnomes. Mind you, that certain gnomes, even though lacking free time and having an abundance of alcohol, like to spend part of their time on both.
Seems I digress. Quite a bit.
All I want you to know, is that the fine folks over at Adventure Lantern have started organizing (and hosting) very interesting play-by-forum (not yet so massive) multiplayer RPGs. Everyone is invited to join or even start his own game... Of course it's free.
To wet your appetite, I've asked two of the people running games at the Adventure Lantern forums to tell us a bit about them:
Ugur creator and moderator of the Orion Chronicles:
''Orion Chronicles invites you to a free-form role-playing experience on the Adventure Lantern forums. Set in the far future our world, Orion Chronicles depicts a twisted earth decimated by war and pollution. In hopes of creating a new civilization, humanity is expanding across the solar system. The already-established colonies on the moon are home to a unique mix of opportunists and pioneers. Yet on the surface of the moon an ancient force yearns to be awakened. And a journey into the far reaches of space awaits unsuspecting adventurers.''
Paul creator and moderator of Tavernlore:
''Tavernlore, a new era in play-by-email and play-be web gaming is about to begin. Currently in Beta Test, AdventureLantern.com and TavernLore.com have teamed up to host hundreds (if not thousands) of simultaneous players; without the restrictions of standard MMORPG (massively multiplayer RPGs). What if ever monster, and villain in the game were played by a REAL person, with their own motives and sneaky surprises. It proves to be a game to remember!''
Seems I digress. Quite a bit.
All I want you to know, is that the fine folks over at Adventure Lantern have started organizing (and hosting) very interesting play-by-forum (not yet so massive) multiplayer RPGs. Everyone is invited to join or even start his own game... Of course it's free.
To wet your appetite, I've asked two of the people running games at the Adventure Lantern forums to tell us a bit about them:
Ugur creator and moderator of the Orion Chronicles:
''Orion Chronicles invites you to a free-form role-playing experience on the Adventure Lantern forums. Set in the far future our world, Orion Chronicles depicts a twisted earth decimated by war and pollution. In hopes of creating a new civilization, humanity is expanding across the solar system. The already-established colonies on the moon are home to a unique mix of opportunists and pioneers. Yet on the surface of the moon an ancient force yearns to be awakened. And a journey into the far reaches of space awaits unsuspecting adventurers.''
Paul creator and moderator of Tavernlore:
''Tavernlore, a new era in play-by-email and play-be web gaming is about to begin. Currently in Beta Test, AdventureLantern.com and TavernLore.com have teamed up to host hundreds (if not thousands) of simultaneous players; without the restrictions of standard MMORPG (massively multiplayer RPGs). What if ever monster, and villain in the game were played by a REAL person, with their own motives and sneaky surprises. It proves to be a game to remember!''
. . . . . . . . . . .
Related Gnome's Lair articles: The Heart of the Dungeon, Vintage D&D, RPG art
Related Tags: RPG, CRPG, pbm, Role Playing Games, Game, Games, free, freeware, MMO, MMORPG, Adventure, Lantern, forum, forums, RPGs, Orion
Apr 9, 2006
Museum Monday #9
Monday. Life (and more importantly work) is getting rather tiresome. It's still better than nothing I guess, and does have its moments, just not on a Monday. Unless of course you take Museum Monday into consideration. But, who (beside a gnome that is) would ever dream of doing such a thing? Nobody I guess.
Still, pessimist introduction aside, this Museum Monday will be about a most interesting virtual museum. The aptly named Video Game Museum. Visit its cyber halls, ignore the mediocre design and feast upon more than 13000 game articles (well, screenshots mostly) on every conceivable format, 60 reviews, 3130 (at the time of writing) game endings and quite a few interesting downloads.
Have a nice Monday. Indeed... I'm off for a drink.
Still, pessimist introduction aside, this Museum Monday will be about a most interesting virtual museum. The aptly named Video Game Museum. Visit its cyber halls, ignore the mediocre design and feast upon more than 13000 game articles (well, screenshots mostly) on every conceivable format, 60 reviews, 3130 (at the time of writing) game endings and quite a few interesting downloads.
Have a nice Monday. Indeed... I'm off for a drink.
Related Tags: Monday, Museum, Virtual, Virtual Museum, Game, Games, Video Game, Video Games, retro, Weblog, Blog, Museum Monday
Quite an irresistible Warhammer e-zine revival
It's been quite a while, but the best -and admittedly the only- Warhammer (pdf) e-zine made its comeback. At last. The 8th issue of Irresistible Force is available for download at irresistibleforce.net. And a worthy download of 20 Warhammer packed pages it is. Give it a read.Related Tags: Warhammer, WHFB, Games Workshop, Miniatures, Game, Games, Ezine, pdf, E-zine, free, Magazine
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)