This week, Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw reviews Popcap’s “Peggle“.
So, who else thinks that Zero Punctuation is the best thing to hit game reviewing since the arsecast?
Some of Yahtzee’s previous projects:
6 Days a Sacrifice
Trilby’s Notes
5 Days a Stranger
1213 Episodes 1 2 and 3
Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment
Adrian has compiled a list of freeware games released in 2007, complete with a screenshot for each entry and sorted by category. This definite bookmark item currently contains over two hundred games. Recommendations are also included.
According to the official web site for Plasma Pong, the download link and information page for this freeware game had been taken down until further notice.
The forums are still up, while the game itself can be acquired from Download.com and CHIP Online. Both Washington Post and Gamasutra interviews had revealed that a multi-player version was in the works before this setback.
Apparently you can’t do a Pong remake without approval from Atari it seems.
A collection of freeware games for the Mac:
http://shinh.skr.jp/osxbin/
Titanion, Gunroar, Torus Trooper, A7XPG, Tumiki Fighters, PARSEC47
isshiki’s games: Area 2048
Shmups
Noiz2sa and rRootage
Grid Wars
Gamma Bros
Alien Abduction (Defender clone)
Space Giko Harriya-n (Space Harrier clone)
ToJam Thing
Arcade
Millenipede (Centipede remake)
flOw
XIQ
Frets on Fire
Swarm Racer
Stair Dismount
Pogo Sticker
Tremulous
Route 960
Exolon DX
Super Obliteration
Heads Over Heels
Strategy
The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2 remake)
FreeCol (Colonization remake)
Battle for Wesnoth
UFO: Alien Invasion
Gate 88
Platformers
N
Cave Story (translation patch)
Alex the Allegator 4
The Goonies 20th Anniversary
Adventure
Facade
Narcissu
Nearly Departed
Puzzlers
Rooms
Enigma (Oxyd remake)
Rocks’n'Diamonds (Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine, Supaplex and Sokoban remake)
Apple’s Mac OS X games page has about 600-odd titles to download.
Terry had posted a list of upcoming indie games (complete with gameplay videos) to look out for before leaving on a holiday in Amsterdam.
Recent competitions:
PyWeek 5 (52)
Speedhack (24)
Game In A Day
Shmup-Dev Compo
TIGSource’s B-Game Competition (29)
Gaming World Game Design Competition (16)
The Game Creators NVIDIA Competition (50)
Something Awful Game Dev Challenge
According to several sources online, Barry Diller (CEO of IAC) has recently acquired a majority of GarageGames’ equity (which includes the Great Games Experiment web site). The GarageGames management team will continue to lead the business under the new partnership while assisting with the development of the new InstantAction network.
When launched, InstantAction.com will be a web-based action gaming portal featuring 3D singleplayer and multiplayer games which will run from any standard web browser with no download or installations required. Plans for a Game Development Fund was also revealed, though no figure was announced yet.
Josh Williams’ post
GameDaily BIZ article
InstantAction web site
Kotaku article
After a lengthy hiatus, the collaborative QBasic scene mag “QB Express” is back, and is now in the second issue of its new run. This issue features the results of the “Qlympics”, a best-of-the-community event covering releases between the start of 2003 to mid 2006.
Here’s a run down of the issue, as posted on qbasicnews.com:
This issue features NINE tutorials, FIVE articles and the results of this year’s Qlympics.
Read Lachie Dazdarian’s review of Lodestar, RubyNL’s tutorial on “Time Based Motion & Collision Detection”, learn about Wireframes from Mentat, or discover what makes a game great, thanks to Joe King. We’ve also got comics, the Gallery and all the other QB Express mainstays you look forward to every month.
Click the button for more info, and a couple of highlights from the Qlympics!
Two very interesting videos highlighted by GameSetWatch this month. The first one is a thirty minute recording from the Independent Games Summit held at the Game Developers Conference 2007. This particular clip features Russell Carroll (of GameTunnel and Reflexive Entertainment) as he talks about marketing independently-developed games, how to manipulate the press and casual game portals, publishing, distribution and advertising.
Google video link
download high quality version
original GameSetWatch article
The second video is in a less serious tone, as the popular Consolevania team investigates the current state of games development in Scotland and manages to piece together nearly an hour’s worth of barely watchable film footage from their misadventures. Highlights include conversations with participating students from Dare to be Digital, and a trailer from FLUX by Play Technologies.
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original GameSetWatch article
Jonathan Blow has revealed that Braid will be coming to the Xbox Live Arcade in early 2008. According to XBLArcade:
Braid (Number None Inc.): Arriving in early 2008 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Braid is a platformer/puzzle game. Journey across seven worlds to rescue a princess—in each world, time behaves in its own peculiar way. Cleverly manipulate the flow of time to solve puzzles. Braid aims to provide a mind-expanding, filler-free experience.
Mr. Blow has confirmed that a PC version is in the works as well.
