The Gamers of OSU will be hosting our last LAN party of the semester on Saturday, April 19 in the Exhibit Room on the 4th floor of the Student Union.
$5 at the door with PC. We’ll play whatever people are into that day, but safe bets are Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, and Warcraft 3. Probably some console stuff too, but I’m not sure what.
We plan on setting up around 10 a.m., and we’ll be there until about 11 p.m. so stop by any time all.
I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand I love the Guitar Hero games, and on the other, I’m apprehensive that focusing the game on one band will put a damper on things. One of the things I liked the most was how it provided a good mix of bands. It sounds like it won’t be all Aerosmith songs, but I think the lack of variety will hurt.
Yeah, I know it’s been called “Games for Windows” for over a year now, but it’s still CGW to me.
Well, now it isn’t going to be called anything, because after 27 years of publication they are shutting down.
According to Editor Jeff Green’s blog on 1up, the magazine is shutting down, but the editors and writing staff will stay on board at 1up to manage their PC gaming coverage.
It’s sad to see them go, but I guess this is kind of the trend right now. More and more of gaming journalism is moving away from print and more into online publication.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the recent (and extremely good) Sam & Max games you will soon have a chance to catch up, as the first season is being ported to the Wii.
In addition to keeping the old Lucas Arts style point and click style of adventure games alive, Sam & Max has really been the only truly episodic game series so far. Note to Valve, multiple years between episodes is not episodic, even if you name them that way.
Anyway, all six episodes of the first season will be coming to the Wii this fall.
Yes, you read that right. Charlie Daniels doesn’t like Guitar Hero III, mainly because of the way a cover of his song “Devil Went Down to Georgia” is used in the game.
In an April 4 post on Daniels’s Website, he said that one of his main problems with the game are that the devil can, and often does, win in the showdown using the updated (guitar heavy) version of his song. For those that haven’t played, at various points in the single player side of the game, players duel with famous guitarists Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), Slash (of Guns and Roses) and the devil
Daniels also said, “Actually the game really has a dark side complete with grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage.”
Now, I realize his music falls more on the country side of things, but has he really not seen a rock concert in the past 30 years? The game (while exadurating slightly) doesn’t do anything you wouldn’t expect to see on stage at a concert (with a huge effects budget).
The song “Still Alive” by Jonathan Coulton from the game Portal, is available for download in the 360 version of Rock Band (PS3 version coming soon) and even better, it’s free (for the first week anyway).
Here’s a video of someone playing Expert level guitar on it.
Well, an unofficial one anyway. According to an article at Shoot the Core it will be hitting XBLA on April 9th.
Still a bit obscure due to it’s only previous U.S. release being a limited print run on the Gamecube a few years ago, it’s good to see this game getting some attention. It’s one of the best, and hardest, arcade shooters I’ve ever played.
Here’s a video of the first level being played on the Gamecube version.
Super Dodgeball Brawlers is coming out for the DS! Sure, they announced it a while back, but there are finally some gameplay trailers up.
Here’s the Japanese trailer for the game.
It looks great. I’m just mad that I’ll finally have to shell out for a DS. That’s right, not New Super Mario Bros., not Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Super Dodgeball Brawlers.
I love the NES version, and I actually bought my Gameboy Advance for Super Dodgeball Advance, so this is the game release I’m most looking forward too. I realize that not everyone has played the older games in the series (or even heard of them), so here is some footage from the NES version, and yes, it is suppesed to look like that.
