Evacuation is this interesting little addictive puzzle flash-game. Levels start off simple but get exponentially harder. Apparently, there’s an ending at level 200? It’s a little easier if you just suicide some (read: all) the crew except the captain, but, your score suffers as a result. I can barely survive to level 40 with a full crew without extensive cheating, so… :-( [via]
Saw Spelunky! over on metafilter, but didn’t give it a try until a week later, when everyone else I knew on IRC had already tried it, and I finally said to myself, hey, why not. Spelunky! is a rogue-like platformer, where you play the role of the brave and dashing archaeologist (presumably), and run around saving fair maidens from traps and monsters of all sorts, while collecting gold and gems to presumably fund future excavations and exploration. There are a lot of neat and interesting events and items in the game, such as the gold idol, where, as a nod to ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ if you pick the idol up, as expected, a boulder drops and rolls after you. Would be a lot more fun to explore if everything didn’t try to kill you though. :(
Interesting little flash game over on Amor Games called Achievement Unlocked.
Can you figure out how to unlock the achievements (which is all you can do in the game, hence the name) without looking at the hints?
Looks like Nintendo launched the north american version of Club Nintendo (Nintendo Rewards Club) yesterday. Register games, fill out surveys to get coins, and trade in coins to get prizes. Most notable prize is the Game & Watch Collection game for the DS, for 800 coins. You can get 30 points for filling out surveys on DS games you own, and 50 points for Wii game surveys. After, filling out the surveys for the games I had registered (took a while, since the site is getting hammered from the traffic), I had 1050 points and ordered the G&W Collection. Oh, and here’s a list of the eligible games that you’ll be able to get points for. Whee.
When I first saw this I thought to myself, Dolphin Olympics 2. Two? This original game was popular enough for a sequel? And I gave the game a shot, and, hey, it’s not bad. It’s definitely a great little time waster, and an addictive one at that. You’re a dolphin and you can do all sorts of tricks in the water, and, as you keep chaining tricks (“Triple Reversal + Quadruple Schooled + Triple Nice Entry + Wraparound” anyone?) you keep getting more points. After you get the hang of it, it’s not too hard to get enough height to go soaring right into space. Wish there was a music or something to it though. [via]
Come on, who doesn’t love lego minifigs? Apparently not The Sun, who’s all up in arms over minifigs which to them look apparently like islamic terrorists. Doesn’t look like it’s hurt Brickarms though, who are now completely backordered on their minifigs, ostensibly because of all the press this has generated. They still have weapon packs for sale, which, quite frankly are even more awesome then the minifigs themselves. I mean come on, who wouldn’t want a lego sniper rifle? [via]
I wanna be famous! I wanna be famous!
I live alone in a small apartment
I’ve got no money and I’ve got no job
I’m a real nice girl with a good personality
and I can cook and i have a kitten
by now I should be a star
I can even sorta play guitar
but I’m not rich; i’m poor and lonely
I live alone in a small apartment
I watch tv almost every evening and cry myself asleep
I don’t know what to do with my life
but, I really really really really wanna be famous
really really really really wanna be famous
really really really really wanna be famous …
[via]
Voting opened up a couple of days ago for TIGSource’s Commonplace Book Competition and downloads for the games (and voting) are available now. Embedded below is a video that includes some footage from quite a few of the entries, so you’ll have some idea of what to expect from them. Have fun!
(subliminal message: vote for Eversion!)
saw this over on neogaf
http://gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20081210_dragonquest/
Gigazine is covering a mysterious Dragon Quest Press Event at Tokyo’s Park Hyatt hotel. It’s due to start in 30 mins or so. :o :o :o
Based on the schedule, it looks like they’ll be announcing a new game, including staff, etc.
Edit:
Okay… Dragon Quest IX will be hitting Japan on 28th March 2009, for 5980yen. The game finally has a release date! Yay. Looks like the announcement isn’t really major………
HOLD UP!
HORII SEZ DQX IS FOR THE WII! IWATA SAYS THANK YOU! OMG!!!!!!!
Oh, and some independent confirmation from famitsu would be nice, given that gigazine is down, ostensibly from the ridiculous traffic because of the announce:
そしてさらに、次回作『ドラゴンクエストX』がWiiで開発中であることも明らかに！！
Apparently it went down something like this:
Wada: Iwata’s appearances are rare, so I’m really happy. Completing DQIX is a big relief. A “thank goodness” kind of feeling
Iwata: Thank you for developing DQX on the Wii
Well, that about wraps it up for the PS3 in Japan, doesn’t it.
