• scissors
    May 11th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

    The internet is full of online games and there are millions of people who are in constant pursuit of new online games, everyday. Obviously, the ardent gamer would like to download the games for an unlimited time and may never get bored of it. There are various kinds of games like war games, card games, and the sites that offer downloading these games differ according to the type of games.

    Some websites are dedicated exclusively for such games while others give unlimited game download of all types. After an initial membership payment, the games are available for free and they are kept updated quite often. So, what do the game designers benefit out of such downloads? The returns may not be high but they do get benefits through advertising.

    The game sites allow the players to use the search options to look for any specific game and instantly download them. There is no limitation on the number of searches that can be done and downloading is also extremely simple and fast. Since millions of people share the files, the process of downloading becomes very easy.

    There are a number of tools provided for the games which can be used at any time of the day and free access is given to all the members. The consoling aspect of such downloading racing games is that almost all sites are quite legal and are free of spy ware and ad ware. Downloading racing games offer the same excitement that online games give and great fun is guaranteed.

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    May 10th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

    The Jesper bench has arrived at Ikea...

    Allowing gamers to rest their arms as the hold the contoller to play in a more comfortable position...
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  • scissors
    May 9th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

    EA have just announced the first details regarding the forthcoming Beatles Rock band game. There will be a premium pack for the game which will include:

    -The Beatles: Rock Band software
    -Höfner Bass controller: Large scale replica of the Bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney
    -Beatles-inspired and Ludwig-branded Rock Band 2 drums with classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head
    -Microphone
    -Microphone Stand
    -Additional special content

    This premium contain will retail for £179.99 or 199.99 Euros.

    Ea also announced there pre order program where any North American and European fans will be eligble to join the Beatles Rock Band Pre order Club. Members will receive breaking game news as well as exclusive game elements including art work and behind the scences footage.

    The game will be avalible for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii worldwide from 09/09/09.

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    May 8th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

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    Capcom today announced that a Multiplayer demo of Bionic Cammando will be heading to Xbox Live in the coming weeks. Sadly no word of a PS3 demo.

    The demo will feature one of the games 16 multiplayer it deathmatch mode. Players will get to trial swinging through the air while showering your opponents with hot lead, useing the grapple to zip to safety before a grenade explodes at your feet and laugh as enemies plummet from the tops of skyscrapers following a well aimed zip-kick to the chest.

    Bionic Commando will be avaliable for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 on Tuesday May 19th

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    May 7th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

    1. Dungeons & Dragons – It doesn’t matter what edition you choose, D&D is the premiere roleplaying game. If someone only knows one roleplaying game, this is it. Odds are you’ve played it, whether you like it or not.
    2. Shadowrun – Despite a game system that seems to be getting worse and worse as time goes on, the game itself has a bigger history than most. It has spawned multiple video games on multiple platforms. Maybe they’ll be able to balance the game a little in 5th edition?
    3. Star Wars (D6) – In my opinion, there is no other way to play Star Wars than using the D6 version. It was the premiere D6 game and still stands the test of time. It is a simple system with a world that everyone knows.
    4. Call of Cthulhu – The ultimate game in providing player death. The game has been imitated but never truly duplicated (well). I can honestly say that the only time I’ve ever been actually scared during a roleplaying session was once and we were playing this game. Ironically, it was a dark and stormy night…
    5. Delta Green – A completely underrated game, in my opinion. The world and lore that was put together for this game is phenomenal. If you are a conspiracy theory guru and a roleplayer that hasn’t picked up this game, buy it now! It will be the best money you’ve ever spent on an RPG book.
    6. Deadlands – Originally came out with a spectacular, award-winning system that had a pretty unique setting. In my opinion, it was really a catalyst for getting the Savage Worlds system up and running. It has been the flag-bearer for the system ever since.
    7. Mechwarrior (Battletech) – I probably have a personal bias with ranking this game so high, but it was the first roleplaying game I ever played. My parents wouldn’t let me play D&D so this was the next best thing. It’s done pretty well for itself over the years too, but more as a tabletop strategy game than a roleplaying game.
    8. Palladium FRPG – Both 1st and 2nd edition rules are equally horrible, but the world is marvelous. The game itself really harkens back to the time of early edition D&D with a twist. Too bad Kevin Siembieda doesn’t feel like creating a game system that is up-to-date.
    9. Marvel Superheroes – Combine spectacular superheroes with an incredibly fun character generation system and you have this game. The charts that it required to play sucked, but the crazy superheroes you could make were awesome. A system like this wouldn’t fly at all these days, but back when the game came out it worked well enough.
    10. Rifts – Holy overpowered and unbalanced classes, Batman! Great world, great classes, horrible balance and system. If you don’t care about game balance but love stories, then this could be the game for you. Personally, I’ll just take my Glitterboy armor and destroy everyone with the touch of a button.
    11. Vampire – This game, as well as other World of Darkness games, should probably be ranked higher on the overall list, but I never had a ton of experience with these games. It still is the number one LARP’ing game in the world though, since there are people out they LARP’ing the game that don’t even know it (Goths, or Vampire LARP’ers? You decide).
    12. Mage – A pretty inventive, free-flowing magic system. I remember reading this book at a bowling alley for the first time and thinking, “Dang, you could do anything with these characters?!” If you could think it, you could cast it. Provided that your character had the ability to do it, that is.
    13. Werewolf – This game was fun, especially coupled with Vampire. I loved taking my Werewolf against Vampires in 1st edition and destroying them, mostly because the systems weren’t balanced to go together. I also give the game props for having that 1st edition hard cover with the claw marks in it, great advertising.
    14. Paranoia – The only game that you start out Mario style with six lives. You die once; your clone comes in later to replace you. It is also one of the few games that I think the print adventures were usually better than the adventures created by the game master.
    15. Spycraft – This game advanced leaps and bounds from the 1st edition to the 2nd edition. I believe they could be poised to advance up there with WotC’s D&D and White Wolf’s World of Darkness. Only time will tell, but the game has a ton of potential.
    16. Gamma World – I always thought this game should have gotten more props than it did. The random character generation charts were awesome. What other game could you play a poison spewing plant-thingy?
    17. Cyberpunk 2020 – A very lethal, near future game. The game is cool because it is pure cyberpunk. No trolls, orks, or magic, just pure guns and chrome. Yet another game system which completely falters in the face of the world setting, but still a great game.
    18. Warhammer FRPG – I don’t know which came first, the miniatures game or the roleplaying game. But the Warhammer roleplaying game is a nice alternative to D&D. It also has a lot of backing with being the biggest miniatures game out there, as well as tons of video games and computer games further enhancing the world.
    19. Earthdawn – According to FASA, it was supposed to be Shadowrun but in a fantasy setting. The game had a pretty unique system and setting, but for some reason it always felt kind of bland when you played (sometimes like 4th edition D&D). The game did pretty well, however, and still has a small following.
    20. Hackmaster – Best critical hit tables ever. I remember running this for our gaming group and just hoping that every time someone made an attack roll that it would be a critical hit. You never knew what part of your body was getting mauled or completely chopped off.
    21. Talislanta – Another fairly under-rated game, in my opinion. Talislanta had some pretty awesome artwork when the game came out, as well as a huge list of character classes and races. Unfortunately, the system was almost too simple and lackluster.
    22. Legionnaire (Renegade Legion) – This is one game that is probably on my list and no one else’s. It was the first game I ever game mastered. It was supposed to be Shadowrun and Earthdawn, but in the distant future. I remember having a lot of fun designing adventures and running them for people, but it was so long ago I couldn’t tell you what even one of them was.
    23. Twilight 2000 – I have a special place in my heart for post-apocalyptic settings and this game does it well. They created a new version of the game which I haven’t played yet, but I always had a lot of fun in this pseudo Mad Max kind of setting.
    24. TORG – A D6 based game that I only played a handful of times, but it had one of the wackiest settings I’ve ever played in. That is partially because they gave the game’s players control over the direction the game timeline went. It is probably a good example of why you have professional writers write a game, and not the players.
    25. Beyond The Supernatural – Another game that probably won’t make it on anyone else’s list. Call of Cthulhu is a better setting and has better game system available for it. But there was always something about the adventures that were published for this game that I found pretty intriguing.

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  • scissors
    May 6th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized
    hardy boys nintendo wii video game
    The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft” is in development for Nintendo Wii. Players will face challenging puzzles and exciting dialogues embedded in a thrilling story, which is especially suitable for children! In The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft, the vault at Spencer Mansion is robbed, and the Bayport Police call on the Hardy Boys to help tie-up some loose ends, but they soon find themselves in the middle of a major criminal investigation that takes them on an adventure all over Bayport, and even into New York City. But the pieces don’t add up, and Frank and Joe find themselves embroiled in a drama of sinister proportions.

    After their release on the PC, The Hardy Boys were able to obtain official awards including the “Ultimate Games Award 2008”, which focuses on pedagogical valuable games.

    Also the BuPP, the “Federal Office for the Positive Assessment of Computer and Console Games”, situated at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, loves the game and awarded a recommendation to The Hardy Boys. “A recommendation of the BuPP stands for: it is most likely that children will have fun playing the game and parents have no reason to be worried but can furthermore trust that their children will benefit beyond the fun from playing. The Hardy Boys fulfill these criteria!”, states Herbert Rosenstingl, head of the BuPP.

    About The Hardy Boys

    With over 100 million copies of their beloved books in print, America’s original crime scene investigators, Frank and Joe Hardy, are riding a wave of classic retro popularity combined with a whole new attitude. Since 1928, Simon & Schuster and Grosset & Dunlap have published The Hardy Boys classic editions, currently selling over 1 million copies annually. The new contemporary series Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, featuring the boys as spies for American Teens Against Crime launched in 2005, with an additional Super Mystery published every summer.
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  • scissors
    May 5th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

    Here's a box set of the Duel Master anime.

    The DSvision was a failed experiment, but it looks like Nintendo's keen to try and revive it. First you have to buy the DSvision adaptor, which is a regular DS cartridge with a mini-SD slot. Then you buy movies and such that slot in, or you can even download content with Nintendo Points.

    Ju-on is nice and happy. The back of the box has a unicorn shooting rainbows out of its eyes. Higurashi's cover confuses me a tad. It's the third visual novel for the DS, based on a series known for its rather disturbing content. What with all the death and everything. Oh well. Two Fushigi Yuugi DS boxes, one game! It's a bit like Pokémon, but nothing like it at all.
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    May 4th, 2009ThelmaUncategorized
    Hey! Say! JUMP video game Wii
    Hudson announced just last week that its Nintendo Wii game Deca Sporta (Deca Sports in the West) has sold through two million copies - unarguably, one of the most successful Nintendo Wii third party titles worldwide. Accordingly, the company shipped some 85,000 copies of the sequel for its launch day this Thursday in Japan, going as far as to employ multi-platinum boy band superstars Hey! Say! JUMP in its frequently run television commercials.

    According to reliable, respected salesblogger Sinobi, however, Deca Sporta moved just 2,500 copies its first day - 3% of the total shipment. While no game's sales should be judged by day one alone, it is worth noting that the original's launch day sales in Japan were a solid 30,000, with 50% sell-through.

    This is just the latest grim Nintendo-related news item in April - Nintendo DSi's Western launch may have done very well, but the company's stock is down 7.5% today following its first NPD sales dip post-supply constraints. In Japan, PS3 outsold the Wii last month, prompting Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata to state the console was "experiencing the most unhealthy condition since it hit the Japan market."

    The situation is so disturbing that major Japanese tech news site Impress Watch was moved to post an opinion piece about a speculative "Nintendo crash". While somewhat alarmist, the article does raise one important question: What if Nintendo sales begin to slow worldwide, as they have in Japan since January? The author, Hiroshige Goto, pinpoints a crippling lack of software for Wii in 2009, along with the allure of high-profile PS3 releases like Resident Evil 5 and Yakuza 3. With no clear must-have Wii titles on the horizon save Wii Sports Resort, the prospect of a worldwide Nintendo slump becomes a plausible notion. Clearly, all eyes will be on Nintendo this E3.
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  • scissors
    May 3rd, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

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    Capcom has announce Street Fight IV will be getting a champion ship mode update. The New mode will be available from Friday 24th for PS3 and Xbox 360 and best of all will be free.

    The Championship mode will expand the online aspect of the game and will allow players to battle it out in online tournaments and also the ability to watch replays of the best tournament matches.

    Their will be five different tournament grades to compete in, meaning you take take part against people of a similar skill level. Winning tournament matches will increase your grade points making you eligible for more exclusive tournaments. You will also earn Championship points which as as a prize money for taking parts in competitions.

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    May 2nd, 2009ThelmaUncategorized

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    Earlier on Today Criterion Games announced the release date of the new Cops and Robbers DLC for Burnout Paradise. The release date will be Thursday April 30th. This DLC is set to be the most exciting freeburn mode yet and will join the current favourite game mode Marked Man, Road Rage and Stunt Run.

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