Create your own Trials Rising contract images with this template
Trials Rising is the new game in the series, and while it is as fun as ever, it’s got some pretty annoying “contracts” (challenges) that mostly consist of “do ___ backflips and complete the track.” I made a fake image satirizing this, and it got a lot of upvotes on the Trials sub: If you’d…
How to Get Joystiq’s Full Text RSS Feed
Joystiq recently switched their RSS feed to a truncated version, which means you only see the first couple sentences, and then you need to click to see the rest. This is super annoying and takes way longer if you just want to skim through the articles. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of an…
Fez is amazing! But everyone has translated the alphabet sideways. SPOILERS!
Fez is a really great game! I had no idea it had so many puzzles and riddles…I thought it was just a quirky platformer puzzle game. So you should totally buy it, not read anything else about it, and try to figure it out yourself. You can “beat” the game without solving too much, but…
Iron Brigade “Settlement Savior” Achievement Tips (Survival mode)
I just got the achievement for this (make it to wave 30 on Settlement); it was pretty tough! Thanks to rabies for the basic loadout/strategy. You can do this solo, but I played with a friend of mine. The difficulty scales, but I figured with both of us being fairly good players this was the…
“Outland” is punishing, and not in the way you think.
I beat Outland, and overall I really liked it (I’m a huge fan of Ikaruga). I almost gave up a few times, however, because some of the boss fights are frustrating. The main reason? No halfway checkpoints! Actually, that’s not even accurate, it’s that the checkpoints come before a long stretch of nothing for some…
How to Fix GameStop.com
In my last post I exposed GameStop’s wish list lies. Now it’s time to fix GameStop.com, so let me outline my proposal step-by-step — but first, I’ll fix those stupid mismatching icons: There. That took me five damn minutes, GameStop. I would be happy to send you those graphics if you’d like. Okay, so now…
HOT NEWS ITEM! GameStop’s Wish List lies
I use wish lists on various sites to track prices on games, and one of those sites is GameStop, everyone’s favorite store to hate™. While adding a few games, I noticed they had a warning next to them: First of all, couldn’t they spend $20 to have someone match the background color on that icon?…
Double Fine’s “Trenched”: Things I’d like to see in Trenched 2 (now Iron Brigade)
I just finished Double Fine’s 3rd XBLA game, Trenched (update: now called Iron Brigade), and loved it. I got all the achievements, which means I got gold medals on every mission (“Volcano” was tough!), and I even leveled up every weapon just because I wanted to keep playing. I beat the game in about five…
Kodu Game Lab is out! Remember Kodu? Anyone?
Kodu, you may remember, is the game programming tool shown at CES by “actual 12-year-old girl,” Sparrow. It was cartoony and cute and bright, and many people wrote it off instantly: “LBP rip-off!”, “Stupid rock-carrying game?!”, and so on. I really wanted to try it out, and now, apparently, it’s out. I say apparently because…
Dark Sector, and Poor Game Design
My roommate just signed up for GameFly, and got Dark Sector. I was never really all that interested in the game, but I figured I might as well play it since he’s only renting it. I’m not going to write a full review since I haven’t finished it (and probably never will), but I want…