Pinball

As I've aged Pinball, for some reason, has become more interesting. As a kid I though the game was pointless most likely because of it's simplicity. What could be hard about pressing a button as the ball approaches a flipper? And there's a Who song about this?? Now I see that the game coupled with the complexities introduced with new tables is far from that and it's become quite interesting....

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See the Light (Announcement)

Sorry for the lack of reviews this past week... I've been away at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH  since last Wednesday as I was helping FRED Distribution demo their games. I always bring my laptop and had hopes of getting a couple of reviews in while there, but I really didn't have time to play Android games at all.In the meantime here's a press release that came in last week for a new...

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Blur

Genre: RacingPublisher: ActivisionDeveloper: Bizarre CreationsMade by the masters behind Project Gotham Racing and Metropolis Street Racer, Blur is a racing project by Bizarre Creations that aims to take arcade-style action and realistic driving physics to a whole new level. The game drops players into heart-pumping, electrified racing action with 20 cars on a track all targeting the finish line and battling each other as they trade paint and collect...

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Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing ( Portable )

Genre: RacingPublisher: UbisoftDeveloper: Criterion GamesSpeed down the straights, get your knee down, and clip the apex of 12 tough tracks on the world's fastest bikes. Compete in single-player, two-player split-screen, or through the Internet with up to eight players. Suzuki 2000 reigns supreme in the frienzied world of superbike racing.Features :Beautiful 3D graphics: 12 tracks, 7 richly detailed track environments; an unequalled fluidity; a...

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Coldest, LinWarrior, Metallblech - Mech Combat Action Games

I stumbled upon an older release of Coldest while making space on my HDD for game video recording, Metallblech popped out of nowhere recently on our forums with awesome art and I still haven't tried Linwarrior's latest release. Time for a mech games post!Mechs are big robots and they make sounds like this and you can have great fun assembling them and then blowing stuff up!MetallblechMashup of Metallblech's artPlanned as a game for Syntensity, there...

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Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper

Genre: AdventurePublisher: Focus Home InteractiveDeveloper: FrogwaresThe year is 1888, and the setting is London's Whitechapel area, where a horrible series of crimes has taken place in this East End district. The bodies of several women who have suffered horrible mutilations have been found. The police have been having a hard time finding a serious lead as the murders continue, creating paranoia and terror in the streets. Sherlock Holmes sets out...

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HE'S ALIVE

*Qubodup's eyes shift left and right*Qubodup mutters, "I smell death."*Charlie jumps out from behind a tree*"No! It's me!"Or maybe Q meant death by a thousand of Charlie's bad jokes? I got jokes, man.Ok, ok... games stuff. Enough inane joke stuff. Games...FreeOrion 0.3.14 came out with a fairly mega changelog. A preview of the 3d space combat is in there, as well as lots of fixing and balancing and content enhancing. It's becoming a very deep game and once the 3d combat is done it'll be one of the stand out open source games you can play,...

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DigitalMan Open Source Game Competition

Squamulus in the forums has pointed us to the DigitalMan Open Source Game Competition, a competition for complete-ish open source games, wherein the winners get ported to their new all-encompassing content delivery/creation system WorldKi Nominations started a week or so ago and so far they have 41 open source games nominated, which is quite a decent list in my opinion, you can view the full list here. Unfortunately, nominations close today (12pm CST) so this post might be a bit late if you want to nominate your own games..Voting begins as soon...

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Boris the Bullet Dodger

Boris the Bullet Dodger is a long name for a simple game. In this game you are Boris and you're headed north while dodging bullets. The rules of this one are pretty much contained in the title of the game which is good because the game doesn't include or need any. Then again, it might be motivational to know some of the cool power-ups that await me should I choose to persist at my mission. I'm...

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IndyCar Series (RUS/ENG)

Genre: Racing SimulationPublisher: CodemastersDeveloper: Brain in a JarThe IndyCar Series, is a 15-race, single-seat championship that competes on speedways throughout the USA, including California and Texas, with the historic and world-famous Indy 500 the highlight of its racing calendar. Fast and furious, the 650 bhp cars reach 0-100 mph in less than three seconds and can race at speeds over 225 mph on the larger oval circuits.Realistic driver...

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Mobil 1 Rally Championship ( RIP )

Genre: RacingPublisher: Electronic ArtsDeveloper: Magnetic FieldsThirty-six stages from the official British Rally Championship can be raced in over twenty licensed cars. As in real rallies, you must manage the repair of your car between the stages of the race. The game features superb, photo-realistic, 3D graphics including weather.Minimum Requirements :* P266MHz* 64 MB RAM* 4xCD-ROM* 8 MB 3D card* 20 MB free disk spaceRecommended Requirements...

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Pro Race Driver

Genre: Racing Publisher: CodemastersDeveloper: Codemasters Internally developed by Codemasters and known by several different names (it is known as V8 Supercars and is also considered part of the TOCA racing series), Pro Race Driver is one of the most popular racing titles in the world. Boasting 42 licensed automobiles, 38 international circuits, and 13 different championships, Race Driver also has one of the biggest feature sets in the genre.Also...

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BOFH: Servers Under Siege

BOFH title screen: NINJAS AND PIr.. SERVERS! (and whips and guns)BOFH is a top-down shooter that takes place in a school. You're a mean administrator and have to shoot bad guys, take their weapons and disarm bombs attached to server stacks by finding notes that tell you in what order to cut the wires!Now this might sound overly simple, but the enemy AI make the mindless shooting interesting enough by reacting to gunshots sounds and having non-naive...

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Ufo:AI and A3P updates

A long awaited update of one of the flagship FOSS games has just been released: UFO:AI! UFO:AI (for those not in the loop) is a turn based strategy game very similar to the classic X-COM.The improvements of the new version are multi fold; Besides big improvements to the render engine, game-play was also overhauled, but head over to their full change log to get the full picture.Speaking of pictures, here a nice one showing the new glow effects on...

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AutoBall Football

We've got a decent soccer game... a great hockey game... a solid baseball game... but no decent football games. Why? Why? Why? Football season is right around the corner so now is the time to strike. Enter AutoBall Football from Antithesis Design. AutoBall Football is unique. I've never encountered a football game remotely like this so let's take a look.First, the instructions are hard to...

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Droidkoban 3D

I've been meaning to review this title for awhile, but it's gotten interesting. At one time the developer was giving away copies to anyone willing to write a review. Now the game is free and the developer is asking for donations. I say the developer needs to just let things take their course... the game is good (and I'll talk more on that) and there was a free, lite version already. I think...

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Rally Trophy

Genre: RacingPublisher: JoWooD Entertainment AGDeveloper: Bugbear EntertainmentRally Trophy is a challenging racing game and the first "historic" rally simulation. Included are such classics as the Fiat 600 Abarth and the Morris Mini Cooper, along with 9 others. An emphisis has been placed on recreating real-world physics as well.Minimum Requirements :* P 300 MHz* 64 MB RAM* 8 MB 3D accelerator* SB compatible sound card* 8xCD-ROMRecommended Requirements...

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