Monthly Archives: July 2009
OCR releases free Final Fantasy IV remix album
OverClocked ReMix (OCR) has just released a new compilation album featuring nearly 50 fan-made arrangements from Final Fantasy IV. The three disc set, titled Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption, is free to download and features several … Continue reading
Evony ads with a side of WTF
If you’ve visited a gaming site in the last month or two, you’ve seen at least a dozen ads for a game called Evony. The banners and letterboxes are everywhere, each begging you to play this “free forever” game, rescue … Continue reading
Fan-made Mother 4 in the works
With the release of Mother 3, creator Shigesato Itoi said the series was complete. The fans have other plans. Officially announced yesterday and with its own website today, Mother 4 is an in-progress fan sequel to the EarthBound series. The … Continue reading
EarthBound celebrates 20th anniversary
EarthBound is 20 years old! The original Mother game was released in Japan on this day in 1989. Of course, we didn’t get our taste until 1995, but I don’t care, I heart EarthBound all the same. To celebrate, EarthBoundCentral … Continue reading
Team Fortress 2 screenies
It’s been over a year since I last posted random Team Fortress 2 screenshots. Bet you missed them, didn’t you? The killcam provides a ton of fodder for posts like this, capturing players in weird/awkward/hilarious moments almost every time. A … Continue reading
La-Mulana bound for WiiWare
Here’s some delicious news for indie gamers who own a Wii. Nicalis, our new favorite company who is (eventually) bringing Cave Story to WiiWare, has announced it will bring the ultra-tough MSX-style platformer La-Mulana to WiiWare! If you haven’t played … Continue reading
Infiniminer updates, goes open source
Oh, Infiniminer. Since my last post, this gem of a game has gone open source, spawned an excellent sandbox-style browser-based child called Minecraft, and had a handful of updates from the original creator. And I still think it’s one of … Continue reading
Tim Langdell is still a jerk
In mid-June I posted a rant about Tim Langdell and his insistence upon keeping the word “edge” out of every video game title known to man. Except the ones he works on, of course. Claiming to have a monopoly on … Continue reading
iTunes App Store: 1 year old and 13,000 games
The iTunes App Store is about to turn one year old and the service has already amassed a collection of 13,000 games. That means there are 12,938 useless games waiting for you to waste your money on! From my extensive … Continue reading
