Jan 2, 2007

Board Game reviews

Free PDFs and e-books

1700 Arcade Game Manuals

Lots of classic gaming magazines


Book of Graphic Adventures

Computer Animation Primer

Dark Future & The Battle for Armageddon

Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics

Dragon magazine issue 1

Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) issue 1

Instant Campaign Builder

Knights of the Dinner Table

Little Wars by H.G. Wells

Lone Wolf RPGs and other digital gamebooks

Mean Machines issue 0

Power Up game design & artwork docs

PSX: The Guide to the Sony Playstation

Retro Gaming Mags

RPG Sex rules

Space Invaders (Atari 400/800) manual

The Art of Computer Game Design


The gnomes (οι γνώμοι)

The Sandman volume 1, issue 1

The ZX Spectrum on your PC

White Dwarf issue 1

Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks

Zelda: A Link to the Past (Graphic novel)


Zombie Plague

ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 19XX

Walkthroughs, hints, guides, FAQs and maps

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express

Al Emmo and The Lost Dutchman's Mine

Apprentice Deluxe

Baldur's Gate

Beyond Good and Evil

Half-Life

Knightsquire

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Maniac Mansion

Medieval II Total War

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle


Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure

Sam and Max: Season 1 - Episode 1: Culture Shock

Sam and Max: Season 1 - Episode 2: Situation: Comedy

Sam and Max: Season 1 - Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and The Meatball


Sam and Max: Season 1 - Episode 5: Reality 2.0


Scratches

Secret Files: Tunguska

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

The Blackwell Legacy

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (more & map)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess


Thy Dungeonman 3!


.....moooore :

Commodore 64 walkthroughs (tons of 'em)

Text-adventure maps

Zelda, Wolf-Link and Dog-Thor

Ah! The brilliance of Zelda Twilight Princess. The sheer silliness of the following (quite Spanish) video. The incomprehensible brain of mustachioed dogs... Amazing, just amazing. Funny too.


Related @ Gnome's Lair: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess PDF guide, the Zelda comic, HALO: Monty Python


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Sam & Max: Season 1 - Situation: Comedy Walkthrough

[Yes, another excellent and -this time- fully unedited Sam and Max Walkthrough by Tim the Excellent of Independent Gaming fame. The original version of the walkthrough can be found here, while a walkthrough of S&M Episode 1 cosily rests here.]

Disclaimer: This is a walkthrough. A walkthrough of the Sam & Max Season 1 - Situation: Comedy adventure game by Telltale. You will thus find neither porn nor porns here. No. You'll only find a way to beat this (already pretty easy) game.


Walkthrough:

1. Exit the office and head for Bosco's convenience store.

2. Quit the conversation with Bosco.

3. Try to grab the SHAVING CREAM on the table to your right.

4. Exit the store and chase after the skinbodies in your car.

5. To stop the skinbodies, click on the gun icon on the bottom left of the
screen.

6. Watch for a manhole which appear periodically in the middle of the road.

7. Shoot at the skinbodies to make them swerve into the manhole.

8. Timing is important, you need to get it just right to retrieve the
SHAVING CREAM.

9. Now head for the TV studio.


At the TV studio

Easter Egg - A prop from the Bone: The Great Cow Race makes an appearance.

1. Talk to the director.

2. Ask about what she's doing, then request for an audition.

3. When the audition starts, use the SHAVING CREAM on Sam.

4. Next, use the TEAR GAS GRENADE LAUNCHER on Max.

5. After passing the audition, use the sitcom door to enter the next room.

6. During the conversation, tell the director to start taping.

7. Grab the LAMPSHADE and put it on the cow's head.

8. Featherly will enter the room, answer 'Our chef.'

9. Grab the PLATE from the table on your right.

10. Use the PLATE on the cowpie to trigger the next question.

11. Answer 'Moo Goo Gai Pan, a delicious food', when asked.

12. Max will deliver his line and Sam will receive the MIDTOWN COWBOYS CLIP.

13. Use the door on the left to meet the Soda Poppers again.

14. Head right and grab PEEPER'S LYRICS from the top of the apple crate.

15. Move right again and use the game show door.

16. Sam and Max will converse with Hugh Bliss automatically.

17. Ask Hugh to perform a magic trick, then state green.

18. Now ask Hugh for a group PHOTO together with Sam and Max.

19. End the conversation with Hugh.

20. Click on the left podium to start the game show.

21. Grab the CARDS from the podium on the right.

22. Now use PEEPER'S LYRICS on the card slot.

23. Click on the podium to your left again to start the game show.

24. Answer the easy question to earn yourself a million food stamps.

25. Head back into the Midtown Cowboys set.

26. Use the cooking show door which is located to your right.

27. Click on the pot, pan, plate or bowl to start cooking.

28. Choose to make a CAKE.

29. Select any ingredient (minimum one), then click on the oven icon.

30. You'll now have the CAKE in your possession.

31. Head out of the TV studio and drive back to the office.

32. Enter Sybil's place.

33. Give Sybil the PHOTO and she will print the newspaper.

34. Grab a copy of ALIEN LOVE TRIANGLE TIMES, just outside the store.

35. Enter the store and ask Bosco to sell you the VOICE MODULATOR.

36. Pay using your FOOD STAMPS.

37. Head right, then use the CAKE on the condiments.

38. Condiments are located under the Not'chos poster.

39. Head back to the TV studio.


Embarrassing Idol

1. Give Whizzer the CAKE WITH KETCHUP ICING. He will leave the set.

2. Use the VOICE MODULATOR on Sam, then use the microphone to sing.

3. You will win all votes from the remaining judges.

4. The director will award Sam a RECORDING CONTRACT.

5. Now you have the CONTRACT, CLIP and NEWSPAPER required to see Myra.

6. Enter the game show set and use the talk show door on the right.

7. Ask for permission to be on the show during the conversation with Myra.

8. Tell her about the CONTRACT, CLIP and NEWSPAPER in your possession.

9. She will then allow Sam and Max to be on her show.

10. Tell Myra that you would rather relive your Embarrassing Idol glory.

11. You will now get a chance to access your inventory.

12. Use the VOICE MODULATOR on Sam, then quickly use the BANJO.

13. Talk to Myra about the picture in the Times after the cutscene.

14. Tell her that someone else was involved as well.

15. Choose Bessy the Cow when quizzed about it.

16. Watch the ending!


Related @ Gnome's Lair: Super Jazz Man, Linus sees Samorost, Knightsquire



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Jan 1, 2007

There goes 2006...

Tsk, tsk. Who would have thought?

Pah!

Hopefully though 2007 will turn out to be a decent year. An improvement of sorts. On the other hand, mankind can be pretty sure that 2007 will definitely be another year added to the always interesting life of the still young and perky SEGA Dreamcast. You know, the console you should definitely own. The shmup playing wonder and home of the legendary Shenmue games, that accidentally doomed SEGA hardware.

You see, oh brave and apparently numerous Dreamcast fans, according to racketboy, another brand new shoot 'em up, besides the already released Under Defeat and the forthcoming Last Hope (read an interview on it here), should be hitting the Dreamcast scene in 2007: Karous. A game with a Japanese official site and nice YouTube promo.

Anyway. Enjoy 2007!

Related @ Gnome's Lair: Not a Dreamcast 2, HiSaturn Navi, Newcomer: a brand new C64 game


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