I think I want to play as Terran, no other unit looks as radical as Thor. And now I know exactly what buildings I need to create them…6 months ahead of time. The Terran and Zerg trees are below…
Starcraft II’s Tech Trees
July 1st, 2009 by MikeNow Playing: 06/28/09
June 28th, 2009 by Mike
I haven’t done a “Now Playing” in like a year and a half, so I figured “why not randomly do one today”. Yesterday, I upgraded to a DSi and have been playing a ton of PiCTOBiTS and BOXLIFE, as well as some Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswakers on XBLA. Gamestop had a pretty good trade in deal (though I’m pretty sure it’s still a rip off) for the DS and DS Lite trade ins, $40 for the DS, and $70 for the DS Lite. Since we had two DS’es and a DS Lite laying around, the DSi upgrade was pretty much free. Sure, I could have probably get more for them on eBay, but I didn’t feel like dealing with that this week.
PiCTOBiTS and BOXLIFE are both downloaded puzzle games (DSiWare) that you would normally have to pay for, but Nintendo has a pretty cool promotion going on right now, you receive 1000 points for free, enough to buy both games (that offer ends 10/05/2009). Both are amazingly fun and addicting (PiCTOBiTS soundtrack is great), below are two game play videos…
Magic The Gathering: Duels Of The Planeswalkers Review
June 28th, 2009 by Mike
I used to play Magic the Gathering a long, long time ago…it’s one of my many dorky pastimes. When I saw that a Magic the Gathering game had come out on Xbox Live Arcade, I decided to give it a shot and see if the game was as fun as I remember. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised, the game was pretty easy to get back into since the rules really haven’t changed much in the 10 odd years since I played last. While Duels Of The Planeswalkers doesn’t have flashy graphics or over the top animations, it makes up for it through standard Magic the Gathering game play (and I think that’s what I like most about the game, it doesn’t try to do more then it is). Duels Of The Planeswalkers sticks to the basics of the card game and doesn’t go much beyond that, which is all I really want with a Magic game.
Left 4 Dead Premium Theme Coming Soon
June 28th, 2009 by Mike
This month’s Official Xbox Magazine comes packaged with a pretty awesome Left 4 Dead Premium theme. The magazine should be out this Tuesday and will also include four exclusive L4D gamer pictures. I’m probably going to pick it up since Left 4 Dead is pretty much the greatest zombie game ever, besides maybe Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
[ via CVG ]
Persona Gets Bonus Soundtrack
June 17th, 2009 by Mike
I want every Atlus game, ever. Not because of the bonus stuff that cames with every game, though, kind of getting bored with just getting video game soundtracks. I mean, I don’t not want them, I just want a little more variety. I would love to see more brass knuckle like extras.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Bonus Soundtrack
June 9th, 2009 by Mike
If you never liked Marvel Vs. Capcom 2’s original jazz soundtrack, you’re in luck. Capcom will be releasing a “mixtape” of hip-hop songs inspired by the game this summer alongside the re-release of the game for the PSN and XBLA. Featured artists include:
- Raekwon
- Talib Kweli
- E40
- DJ Qbert
- Hieroglyphics
- The Grouch and Eligh of Living Legends
- Planet Asia
- MC Supernatural
- Havoc of Mobb Deep
- DJ Toure
- And more…
The soundtrack will be available through Marvel.com, Capcom-Unity.com, and tu4ar.com.
[via Kotaku]
Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island
June 9th, 2009 by MikeEA INVITES PLAYERS ON A BURNOUT VACATION TO BIG SURF ISLAND
Extend Your Paradise on June 11 for £9.99London, UK – June 8, 2009 – Criterion Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio today, has announced that the Burnout™ Paradise Big Surf Island expansion pack will be available to download on June 11 for £9.99 on the PLAYSTATION®Network and 1000 MS Points on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.
Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island is a brand new playground that enhances and expands the amazing world of the award-winning driving game, Burnout Paradise. Highlights include fun challenges and events for groups of friends to play online, an exciting new world to discover, the biggest and wildest jumps yet, plus a set of nine new vehicles to experience it all in.
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Starcraft II Beta Test Opt-in
May 6th, 2009 by adminIf you want a chance to play the Starcraft II beta, head over to the Battle.net website and create a Battle.net account, if you don’t have one already. After logging in to your account you’re able to download a small application which sends Blizzard your system specs and officially opts you in for the beta. My computer sucks, so hopefully they’re looking to test the game on shitty systems. This is why I need a new computer, Liz.
Also, another new (at least to me, I didn’t know you could do this) feature at Battle.net…you can enter in all your old CD keys from Starcraft, Diablo II and Warcraft III. Once you’ve entered all the keys you have you’ll be able to download and install the games for free from then on. I think that’s an awesome feature, I no longer have to worry about losing the CD’s/keys ever again, or searching for the CD’s to install the games.
Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5 and Bionic Command Coming to PC
May 1st, 2009 by Mike
Yeah, they’re all coming to PC. AND you can play Resident Evil 5 with crazy Nvidia 3D glasses, to really get into it. Don’t switch the blade on the guy with shades, oh no.
Braid, Dawn Of War II Soundtracks
April 30th, 2009 by Mike
If you liked the Braid or Dawn of War II soundtracks, you can now get both, for free. Dawn of War II soundtrack packaged together in .rar format and available here. Braid’s soundtrack is technically for sale here, but you can listen to the embedded player below for free (it automatically begins playing so don’t have your speakers blasting)…
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