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Age auf LAN

mafutrct — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:24:20 +0000

Was macht man wenn auf der LAN nur CSS gespielt wird? Richtig, man installiert schnell das gute alte

Otra de portable, Age of Empires II

loumalouomega — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:38:26 +0000

Dado el gran éxito que tienen las descargas de aplicaciones portable, hoy os enlazo el Age Of Empires II que algunos me han pedido.

Download - Age of Empires 3

Pablo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:48:35 +0000

Age of Empires 3 é mais uma versão do game de estratégia em tempo real da Microsoft. Ele conta com gráficos aperfeiçoados e ótimos cenários. O internauta pode jogar com até oito civilizações européias (mas, somente duas na versão Trial) em um jogo que une história e guerras com grandes exércitos.

Com foco na Idade Moderna, o jogo tem campanhas sobre a colonização dos Estados Unidos e a Independência das Américas.

Partidas livres, em que o objetivo é apenas desenvolver sua nação e exterminar a outra, continuam presentes, assim como a possibilidade de jogar com outros jogadores em partidas online.

O game apresenta novidades. Uma delas é a que permite cada jogador tem uma cidade natal. Essa cidade não pertence ao mapa de jogo, portanto, é indestrutível porque não pode ser atacada. Contudo, ela evolui de acordo com os resultados das partidas do jogador.

De acordo com o nível de evolução da cidade o jogador ganha bônus de unidades de guerra ou recursos financeiros e materiais. Essa prêmio é cumulativo e varia conforme as partidas que o jogador disputa.

O som e a música, entretanto, são praticamente os mesmos das versões anteriores do jogo. E isso não ajuda a deixar o jogo mais dinâmico enquanto o internauta vai evoluindo sua civilização.

Descrição do fabricante

Chegamos à aurora de uma nova era para jogos de estratégia em tempo real (Real Time Strategy – RTS). Um corajoso Novo Mundo está se erguendo – hostil, porém lindo, repleto de inovações na jogabilidade, gráficos estonteantes e muito mais. O jogo conta com cenários destrutíveis, gráficos em três dimensões e o novo conceito de Home City, uma c idade capital que se desenvolverá de acordo com seu progresso.

Redes HAMACHI

Manolix — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:06:55 +0000

Bueno despues de un largo tiempo fuera de la red, regreso!!!

La semana pasada intentando con mi primos jugar en red Age of Empires 2 pero atravez de internet y no poder… me puse a investigar y encontre un super programa HAMACHI, este programa nos sirve para crear una VPN no importando la ubicacion de la computadoras y esto lo hace muy conveniente para crear tu propia red virtual en internet y poder compartir, archivos, impresoras, carpetas, etc.

Justo ahora lo estamos probando para que resultados nos da…

Dejo un par de redes HAMACHI para jugar Age of Empires 1.0c Conquerors

Red: Empires2GT
Red: Empires2GT2
Red: Empires2GT3
Red: Empires2GT4
Red: Empires2GT5
Pass:12345

Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson

librarianmule — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:28:17 +0000

Stephen Johnson’s Everything Bad is Good for You first published in 2005 is a non fiction discussion on popular culture.

Steven Johnson has a degree in semiotics and literature and you can kind of tell. This book has the subtitle “How popular culture is making us smarter”. That’s plenty provocative enough, so with that you expect him to plead his case well. And he does.

Johnson takes on the task of discussing mass culture as something other than a trivial past time with no inherent merit. It’s kind of a mouthful to go at, but he does it with verve and humour and a good deal of theoretical structure hiding behind the blithe smile of the text.

It’s actually a relief to find that someone is willing to discuss mass culture as something other than a guilty pleasure we all indulge in, but won’t talk about in the clear light of day. What he goes after is proving that the current expressions of mass culture have definitely become more sophisticated and challenging in later years.

When talking about computer games he point out that the most popular games are not the shoot ‘em up games that get all the attention, but the slow and painstakingly complicated ones like SimCity and Age of Empires. He pleads a good case for the delayed gratification these games offer, the things you so rarely hear discussed, like how many hours you sometimes have to spend on a relatively sedate task in order to achieve some minor goal and the frustration that goes with that.

When discussing television he compares the series Dallas to 24 or the Sopranos, making good arguments for how the complexity of the story line has something to do with the taste of the viewers. There’s also a mention of the extremely fast paced and incredibly complicated series The West Wing, a series that actually doesn’t explain anything to the viewer, and more than that, makes it really necessary for the viewer to be active rather than passive.

He also discusses things like how the show The Apprentice or Survivor requires skills like social intelligence rather than the trivia knowledge you need to keep pace in random game shows.

Why is all this relevant? Well, there’s something to it, alright.

“So this is the landscape of the Sleeper Curve. Games that force us to probe and telescope. Television shows that require the mind to fill in the blanks, or exercise its emotional intelligence. Software that makes us sit forward, not lean back. But if the long-term trend in pop culture is toward increased complexity, is there any evidence our brains are reflecting that change?” (Johnson, p. 136).

I am a child of the postmodern, or what Bauman has chosen to term “liquid modernity” so of course this approach is going to appeal to me. Johnson offer the opinion that you have to ask a different set of questions to the popular culture than has been done in the past. I’m all for it. By all means, look at the statistics and see how the levels of complexity offered in computer games challenge the players ability to vast amounts of information at a glance and what that means in terms of intelligence and information assimilation.

There’s always been a sort of canonical war between high and low culture, but there’s always been considerable crossbreeding between the two as well, and this book argues the point that the sheer complexity of some popular culture is a symptom of something or other. That, in an of itself, is enough to make this a work worth reading.

And besides… it’s fun.

Mule

Muito e pouco

esquemanovo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:03:57 +0000

Stunts era um jogo de corrida para computador com uma proposta bastante particular, que surgiu em 1990, mas eu só conheci em 1993. Neste jogo, você pode montar a sua própria pista. Incluir loops, saltos por sobre prédios e outros obstáculos improváveis. Montou a pista? Agora é só correr para a felicidade. Quem precisa de mais do que isso?

O fator competitividade residia em vencer um oponente controlado pelo computador, e um apenas. Ou correr contra o relógio. Gente com muito tempo livre organizava (organiza?) campeonatos de Stunts pela internet. Uma pista é disponibilizada, os participantes baixam, correm, gravam o replay da volta que fizeram, mandam para o site organizador do campeonato que após análise precisa de cada volta solitária feita em casa, determina o vencedor. Uma emoção incomparável.

Vruoooooouuuuummmmm!!!

Tentei jogar Stunts há uns 6 anos atrás. Foi impossível atingir a diversão. Ela estava acorrentada em algum lugar do passado. E foi estranho porque eu passava muito, muito tempo jogando Stunts. É provavelmente um dos 5 jogos que mais joguei na vida – ao lado de Civilization, Age of Empires, SimCity e Phantasy Star. Foi quando o ensinamento de Stunts se fez claro:

Quando se tem pouco, esse pouco vira muito, e preenche corações. Ou mais simplesmente: se a vida te dá limões, faça uma limonada.

Nintendo DS?

Wendy Cooper — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:20:21 +0000

Today Jordon and I were in Future Shop and he mentioned to me that quite a few women he works with that he knows all are asking for Nintendo DS’s this Christmas or have recently bought them.

Jordon wasn’t sure why they all wanted one but when he asked me about it, I thought it would kind of fun. Mark has one and he loves it and it would be fun to play against him.

Now Mark has most of the Mario games but what games am I going to want. I like the Brain Age ones and I was surprised and pleased to see that you can get Age of Empires for the DS. I am hoping that if I get Madden 10 for DS, I will have an idea of what is happening on television.

Any other “must have” games that I need if I get a DS? What games to 40 something mothers like to play?

Everything Geeky - Gamer Speak

Dee — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:03 +0000

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I’ve heard often from people outside of geekdom that when we geeks get together we seem like we’re speaking a different language. This is especially true amongst video gamers, because over the years we’ve found ways to shorten definitions of our games so communication is quick and direct. This comes in handy when you’re fighting for your life in Halo, but there are some broad terms that distinctly involve video game genres that should be in common vernacular. So if you’re reading a video game review and one of these terms come up, you’ll now have an idea of what it is without needing to pretend ‘oh sure, THAT thing.’

Beat ‘Em Up / Shoot ‘Em Up – Beam ‘Em Up and Shoot ‘Em Up are similar enough concepts that they’re grouped together for the purpose of this article. Beat ‘Em Up or brawler games refer to those that feature hand to hand combat between yourself and hordes of enemy. A great deal of the oldest and most beloved games, such as “Double Dragon” or “Street of Rage” are Beat ‘em ups. These are not the same as “Mortal Kombat” games that feature only one-on-one matches. They are usually just you (and some friends if you want) beating up a bunch of enemies as you wander through the game world. Similarily, Shoot ‘Em Up are usually when you play one character or object and shoot wildly at big gangs of enemies. Something like “Space Invaders” or “Asteroids” would fall under this category, and it’s usually involving ranged weapons so you can take things out quickly as they’re thrown at you.

Platformers – Platformers are the games best known in the classic video game era, such as “Super Mario Bros,” “Donkey Kong,” “Sonic the Hedgehog,” and “Prince of Persia.” Basically a platformer is when your character is required to move through a world avoiding obstacles and jumping to and from different platforms. Jump is the most important button usually, but as time went on they developed more aggressive buttons like attack. Platformers can be many different types of genres, such as action or adventure or RPG. They’re highly addictive and entertaining, even if rather simple to play. Modern games like “Jak & Daxter,” “Braid,” and “Ratchet & Clank” are great examples of platformers.

FPS / TPS – These are easy terms. FPS stands for First Person Shooter, when in the game you appear to be acting as the character yourself and only from his/her point of view. “Half-Life” and “Halo” are great examples of these. TPS stands for Third Person Shooter, which is self-evident in that you play looking over your character’s shoulder while still seeing them. The Playstation 3 exclusive series “Uncharted” is a great example of a TPS. You constantly see the main protagonist Drake, and sometimes this makes the vantage point easier to hide behind buildings and shoot at better angles.

Stealth – These are games that are focused on stealth aspects, which means you try and find ways out of situations without ever being seen. This can mean taking down your enemies silently from behind like in “Metal Gear Solid,” or in finding ways through puzzles and different hallways to get around the enemies. It’s hard to base full games on Stealth since it can get frustrating after awhile if you don’t know exactly how to win, so often games throw in the stealth as well as full combat.

QTE – Gamers are usually divided on whether or not Quick Time Events are fun in games or very annoying. QTE’s happen in games when there is a cut scene or movie, and then you’re required to hit a certain combination of buttons in order to make your character act during this scene. Often doing the wrong thing will lead to you dying or being forced to start the combination over a second time. “God of War,” “Spider-Man: Web of Shadows,” and “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” all have examples of QTE’s within them. Sometimes if you fail them you just continue on, but most of the time you have to do it right or it’ll start over. Again and again and again.

RPG / MMORPG – An RPG is a very broad category and stands for Role Playing Game. Many of the most popular series in the gaming industry are either RPG’s or have elements of RPG in it, because what it does is put you directly in the shoes of the main character. You get immersed into the gameplay and feel like you live and breath the character; their story, their companions, and their choices are usually all under your control. The power, muahahah! Anyway big names like “Final Fantasy,” “Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic,” “Kingdom Hearts,” “Fable,” and “Mass Effect” are all RPG’s. In fact most major modern games have RPG in them because it’s so appealing to game fans to really feel like part of the story. MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. This is basically an RPG that takes place on the virtual game world online. Usually the MMORPG lets you create a special character and go on missions to ‘level’ it up. You can choose the appearance and path the character takes while interacting with people all over the world. “Everquest” and “World of Warcraft” are two very popular examples.

RTS / RTT – RTS stands for Real-Time Strategy, and they are usually computer wargames. You build up an army, not unlike the table-top game “Risk,” and position your units to keep your area safe. Eventually you plan to fight off opponents either by defending or simply aggressively wiping them off the game planet. In RTS’ everything happens in real time (note the name) so you have to actively pay attention and keep building your team, and sometimes wait around as your world builds resources and money for you. “Starcraft,” “Age of Empires,” and “Command and Conquer” are famous examples of the RTS genre. Now RTS is often mistaken for RTT, the latter stands for Real-Time Tactics. They are remarkably similar so it is easy to see the problem. The difference is in RTT’s you don’t necessarily have to pay attention to building resources, and the focus of the game is more on specific war battle tactics over general management. Your real attention in an RTT is how to beat the snot out of the other team by sheer force and by outwitting them. RTS is about sustaining a whole civilization or village and surviving. RTT is about being the next Napoleon Bonaparte. “Sid Meier’s Gettysburg” and “Full Spectrum Warrior” are great examples of RTT’s.

Games That Impacted My Life Part 2

Jeff Engert — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:36:55 +0000

Well… I was right in that I had to come up with another few games that impacted my life. So… here they are…

Legend of Zelda

I can’t for the life of me figure out just why I forgot about this. It is for certain one of the greatest video game franchises of all time… and when we finally had our own NES, Legend of Zelda was one of the games we first bought for it (my brother picked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the other one… so you can figure out just how our tastes in video games differ).

What’s more is that I have yet to see a single Zelda game that turned out to be a dud (other than Link’s Crossbow Training or so I hear)… and I’ve yet to see any game come out on the Wii that knocks Twilight Princess off its pedestal as the best game on that console.

Metroid

I never got to play the first Metroid game on NES until many years later when I discovered the wonder of the Internet… specifically, emulators and ROMs. But my grandparents had brought back from the U.S. a big hint book for a large variety of NES games that I treasured greatly… well… until it fell to pieces of course, it saw so much use… and out of the games neither myself or my grandparents had… Metroid was the one I wanted the most.

I did, at least, get to own Metroid II on the Gameboy, which saw a lot of use on the long bus rides I took to and from school. Unfortunately I never had a SNES so I didn’t get to play Super Metroid until much later on. One of the greatest disappointments I’d had with the N64 was that there was no ‘Metroid 64′. I would not play another Metroid game until Metroid Prime 3 came out on the Wii… and like Twilight Princess, it definitely stands on a high pedestal as one of the best games to come out on the Wii and its yet to be knocked from it.

But the most significant reason Metroid is one of the most important games to me was that it was the first time an awesome video game had a female protagonist… and Samus Aran is definitely my absolute favourite female video game character.

Street Fighter II

Ah yes… they had this game at the local fish and chip shop and I’d always go down the road with my father when we decided to have takeaway so I’d get to play this… and it was a hungry beast, devouring many of my 20 cent and one dollar coins. It was definitely the greatest fighting game of all time… and I find that its still more fun to play than many of the more recent fighting games. Like Metroid, it also featured some of the first kick-ass female protagonists in video games… Chun Li and Cammy.

Another less important note is that awful movie based off of this starring Van Damme… tragic that it had to be Raul Julia’s last movie… he deserved better.

Fallout 3

I’d like to say the original Fallout was the game that impacted my life rather than the recent release in the Fallout universe… but unfortunately I never really got into the original… or Fallout 2. But I consider this deserving of its place here because it ignited my interest in the post-apocalyptic setting. I’m determined now to incorporate a post-apocalyptic element to the sci-fi novels I will write. And with all of the doom and gloom of these times due to the economic turmoil, civil unrest, religious fundamentalism and the proliferation of the most destructive weapons we’ve ever been capable of building… how can your thoughts not wander in the direction of considering the world after the apocalypse?

Besides… the slow-motion decapitating head shots never get old

Diablo II

Yes… I did play Diablo I before II… but it was so much more annoying to play given that the warrior, rogue and sorcerer of the first title lacked the ability to run. Besides, the second one has greater significance because it was the most popular LAN party game in my high school days. The dark fantasy themes and imagery also helped in shaping my interpretation of all of the ‘Angels vs. Demons’ wars in the fantasy genre. I’m definitely looking forward to writing the later novels of my Chronicles of Castellus series, where this ‘Great Conflict’ is covered in greater detail.

Age of Empires II

Again… yes I did play the first one before the second. But again, the second is more significant to me, because it was another LAN party game in my high school days, and I did play a few games of this online whenever I was bored of Starcraft.

Besides, it helped along my interest in ancient and medieval history and my tinkering with the map editor helped shape the world of Castellus when it was in its embryonic state. Sure there were no fantasy creatures or other humanoid races in this… but that didn’t diminish its value in that respect.

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Another game whose map editor steered the creative direction I was taking in creating the world of Castellus… probably did more for that than Age of Empires II did seeing as how it is a fantasy franchise. Again, this was when Castellus was in its embryonic state… so the way it looks now that it is more or less matured is scarcely recognizable to anyone who could have ever seen the earlier stages of it back in the day.

Anyway… there’s another list. I doubt I need to do a Part 3 but I’m certainly not ruling it out.

Games News

xollothnews — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:02:54 +0000

Sharing viral campaign από τη Nokia

Sharing viral campaign από τη Nokia | byteme

Μία νέα, viral campaign δημιούργησε η Nokia. Πρόκειται για το Sharing 2009 το οποίο θα σας επιτρέψει να «ανεβάσετε» φωτογραφικό υλικό στο διαδίκτυο και κατόπιν να το μοιραστείτε με τη μορφή video με φίλους και γνωστούς.[next]

Συνεργασία Zegetron και Expert

Συνεργασία Zegetron και Expert | byteme

Ανακοινώθηκε από τη Zegetron η συνεργασία της με την εταιρεία Expert με στόχο την ακόμα καλύτερη διάθεση των προϊόντων της, στα οποία περιλαμβάνονται κορυφαία franchises μεγάλων εταιρειών όπως οι Mio Technology, SEGA, THQ, Konami, Bethesda, Warner και Thrustmaster. Η δε Expert συγκαταλέγεται στις τρεις μεγαλύτερες εταιρείες του χώρου έχοντας δίκτυο 117 καταστημάτων τα οποία διαρκώς αυξάνονται.[next]

Η απόλυτη συλλογή για το Age of Empires III

Η απόλυτη συλλογή για το Age of Empires III | byteme

Κυκλοφόρησε το Age of Empires III: Complete Collection (σας είχαμε μιλήσει παλιότερα γι’ αυτό), μια συλλογή που περιλαμβάνει το αρχικό Age of Empires III μαζί με τα The Asian Dynasties και War Chiefs expansions. Ουσιαστικά πρόκειται για την ιδανική λύση για τον gamer ο οποίος θέλει να ζήσει στο maximum την εμπειρία που είναι σε θέση να προσφέρει το Age of Empires III. Η τιμή λιανικής του πακέτου εντοπίζεται να παίζει στα €54,99.[next]

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Νέες κυκλοφορίες: Οκτώβριος 2009

GameWorld – Νέες κυκλοφορίες: Οκτώβριος 2009

Ο Οκτώβριος είναι ως συνήθως το επίκεντρο των αθλητικών γεγονότων για τα video games. Ξεχωρίζουν οι κλασικές κόντρες Fifa 10 vs Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 και NBA 2K10 vs NBA Live 2010. Από τους υπόλοιπους τίτλους, το Uncharted 2 για PS3 διεκδικεί το βραβείο για το καλύτερο παιχνίδι του μήνα, ενώ το Demon’s Souls (επίσης για PS3) αποτελεί μια ευχάριστη έκπληξη. Και το Tekken 6 μέσα στα μεγάλα χαρτιά. Δείτε αναλυτικά όλες τις νέες κυκλοφορίες.[next]

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Δωρεάν DLC με το καλημέρα για το Forza Motorsport 3

Δωρεάν DLC με το καλημέρα για το Forza Motorsport 3, δείτε το νέο trailer | Game 2.0

H Microsoft ανακοίνωσε ότι οι κάτοχοι του Forza Motorsport 3 θα μπορούν με το καλημέρα να κατεβάσουν ένα δωρεάν πακέτο DLC για το παιχνίδι, μέσω μιας token card που θα περιλαμβάνεται με το παιχνίδι.[next]

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χάρτες και modes καθοδόν για το multiplayer του Uncharted 2

Επιπλέον χάρτες και modes καθοδόν για το multiplayer του Uncharted 2 | Game 2.0

H Naughty Dog δήλωσε ότι έχει στα σκαριά νέο περιεχόμενο για το Uncharted 2, το οποίο φυσικά θα γίνει διαθέσιμο ως DLC.

Συγκεκριμένα, θα διαθέσει νέους χάρτες, modes κλπ για το vs. multiplayer του παιχνιδιού, στο οποίο είναι προφανές πως δίνει τεράστια σημασία.[next]

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To πρώτο trailer του Phantasy Star Portable 2

To πρώτο trailer του Phantasy Star Portable 2 | Game 2.0

Στο Tokyo Games Show, η Sega έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα το πρώτο trailer του επερχόμενου Phantasy Star Portable 2 για το PSP.

To πρώτο παιχνίδι ήταν αξιόλογο αλλά τα προβλήματά του τα είχε.[next]

Εξωφρενικές οι αρχικές πωλήσεις του FIFA 10

Εξωφρενικές οι αρχικές πωλήσεις του FIFA 10 | Game 2.0

To FIFA 10 δεν έχει κλείσει καν μία εβδομάδα διάθεσης στην αγορά, και ήδη έχει σημειώσει αρκετά ρεκόρ πωλήσεων.

Το παιχνίδι πλησιάζει τα δύο εκατομμύρια πωλήσεις, παρόλο που προς το παρόν κυκλοφορεί μόνο στην Ευρώπη![next]

Νέο «Daytona» από τη Sega

Νέο “Daytona” από τη Sega | Game 2.0

η Sega έχει στα σκαριά ένα νέο παιχνίδι Daytona για τα arcades.

Για την ακρίβεια, το παιχνίδι ονομάζεται Sega Racing Classic, μάλλον γιατί το όνομα «Daytona», όπως και τα δικαιώματα του NASCAR γενικώς, ανήκουν στην ΕΑ.[next]

To Rock Band 2 διαθέσιμο και για Wii

To Rock Band 2 διαθέσιμο και για Wii | Game 2.0

H Harmonix ανακοίνωσε ότι το Rock Band 2 επιτέλους κυκλοφορεί και για το Wii στην Ευρώπη.

Το παιχνίδι θα είναι διαθέσιμο από την Παρασκευή για την κονσόλα της Nintendo, ενώ νέα τραγούδια θα διατίθενται γι αυτό κάθε εβδομάδα ως DLC.[next]

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Evolutie

mamnascutsoarece — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:27:31 +0000

Si s-a facut lumina! iar lumea a inceput sa evolueze in bine sau in rau; chiar si cea in rau tot evo

Evony blatenetly steals Age of Empires assets

Simon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:26:45 +0000

I have recently been getting involved in all this dodgy Evony business, a “Free to play” MMORTS which contains many avenues to rip players off, an advert campaign which carpet bombs webpages with softcore pornography advertising a game with nothing to do with “Saving a Queen” and blatently steals assets from other games like this,

These are some of the structures found in Age of Empires II: Age of Kings, which i have found memories of.

And now lets see the “Original” assets pumped into Evony

I can see some similarities, can’t you?? Stealing things is a just straight up breaking the law but to me stealing things that make you a profit at someone Else’s hard earned effort and hardship such as making a game seems to make this situation far in a way a lot worse.

More can be found at http://www.bruceongames.com/?s=Evony

Monopoly online

rocks — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:17:37 +0000

Mi juego favorito de siempre ha sido, de entre los confesables, el Monopoly. Bueno, el Age of Empires y el Ajedrez tambien me enganchan… el puto cubo Rubik, del cual tengo un cubo original de hace 30 años (que estaba inmaculado hasta que mi hijo pequeño lo ha empezado a mordisquear), es otro cantar: en todo este tiempo no he conseguido hacer más de 2 lados simultáneos… asi que acababa desmontándolo. También los juegos de deportes me han enganchado tradicionalmente, pero en general los de estrategia y especulación.

Bueno, pues la última novedad es el viejo Monopoly ahora online y global: monopoly city streets se llama el dicho juego y permite, sobre la base del Google Maps, comprar casi cualquier calle del mundo. Y ayer dia 9 dio su pistoletazo de salida. La web colapsada, miles de mensajes en el blog oficial, el Twitter lleno de adictos y con canal propio (of course)… Cuando por fin conseguí registrarme y empecé a caminar calles y llamar a puertas, me di con todo en las narices: empecé por Barcelona y todas las calles principales estaban ya compradas. Opciones: ¿me lío a comprar en el Raval, ahora que está barato y, dice la prensa, degradado? ¿me voy al extraradio? ¿me voy a la desconocido y empiezo a comprar en Kuala Lumpur? En fin, en eso estoy. Pero como no compre y alquile pronto, mi partida va a acabarse pronto. Adictivo, señores, adictivo… pero la tontería esta se acaba en cuatro meses. Se trata de un gancho promocional para que compremos el nuevo Monopoly City, nueva versión -esta de pago- en 3D o algo así.

Three is a Company

Curtis — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:50:39 +0000

NEWS! All in 3’s. First, it looks like Final Fantasy 13 has been dated for Japan.

Final Fantasy XIII Release Date Confirmed

Square Enix confirmed tonight at a Japanese press event that Final Fantasy XIII will indeed be out on December 17. Least, that’s when it’ll be out in Japan.

The date isn’t a surprise – not after it was accidentally leaked by Square on the company’s YouTube site – but still, it’s nice to get confirmation.

It’s priced at ¥8800 (¥9240 with tax), which works out to be USD$95 (USD$100). So, yeah, expensive.

As for a Western release date, sadly all Square Enix would say was "Spring". Which we knew already. Ah well! Stay tuned for more news throughout the evening.

Still looks like a Spring release for the USA. Now it looks like Microsoft is releasing Age of Empires 3, the complete collection.

Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection: Marches into Retailers September 15

Original “Age of Empires^® III” and expansion packs now available in one retail package

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that one of its most critically acclaimed Games for Windows franchises, “Age of Empires III: Complete Collection” is coming to retailers Worldwide.

The “Age of Empires^® III: Complete Collection” includes the original game plus two expansion packs, “Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties” and Age of Empires III: War Chiefs”, developed collaboratively by Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios for the Games for Windows platform. Leading and innovating the RTS genre through exciting and revolutionary gameplay features, “Age of Empires^® III” is one of the fastest-selling titles in the franchise history. The “Age of Empires^® III: Complete Collection” will be offered at the estimated retail price of $49.95 (€54.99)

“Age of Empires^® III: Complete Collection” lets players lead various civilizations from Europe to the New World, explore over 15 Asian Wonders, play random map styles that feature remixes of classic “Age of Empires”, and provides solo experiences that engage in strategic combat.

“Age of Empires^® III”, “Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties”, and Age of Empires III: War Chiefs” are rated “T” for teens ages 13 and older. The use of the expansion packs requires installation of the “Age of Empires III” core software included in the bundle.

For more information about “Age of Empires III: Complete Collection” please visit www.ageofempires3.com.

For access to box art for “Age of Empires^® III: Complete Collection,” please visit the Edelman FTP at: http://edelmanadmin.psni.com/public/Age%20of%20Empires/

Age of Empires is one of the best RTS. It is to bad they closed down the studio behind it games. Finally, reasons #1342425632 why the Wii sucks. The Gamecube is better. Check out this video.

Metroid Prime Trilogy Version Looks Worse Than The Originals

Those picking up Metroid Prime Trilogy appear to be trading convenience for graphical fidelity, with this clip showing that one of the Trilogy versions of the game is sporting reduced textures and particle effects.

The opening minutes show the original game (Metroid Prime), while the Trilogy version kicks in at around the 3-minute mark. The differences in the water, in Samus’ texturing and the effects of her weapons are clear to see.

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Friday Random 10

Rhubarb_Runner — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:40:40 +0000

It’s that time again…

“Scratch & Sniff” – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Outbound
“Spanish Gold” – Icehouse, Measure for Measure
“The Ely Diamond” – Roger Eno, Music of Neglected English Composers
“Audio Verite” – Echolyn, As the World
“Tide Me Over Warm ‘em Ups” – Age of Empires soundtrack
“Flanagan’s People” – National Health, Complete
“White Car” – Yes, Drama
“Talking Through Pictures” – Marc Jordan, Talking Through Pictures
“Flying Start” – Mike Oldfield, Islands
“Die Bunge” – Cluster & Eno, Cluster & Eno

Enjoy your weekend!

Dissertação Acerca dos Círculos – II

jguilherme — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:04:20 +0000

É como um grande tabuleiro dinâmico. Move-se constantemente, caoticamente organizado, soldados marchando e arqueiros lançando. Armas de cerco derrubando muros e construções, desconstruindo cidades inteiras, sem nada deixar para o futuro. Alguns milênios de suor e sangue não são o suficiente para conter o avanço, é necessário. As perdas são, infortunadamente, inevitáveis.

As estratégias, enquanto estudadas, fazem sentido. Cada nação teve seu poderio, seus fortes, e todas, pouco a pouco, salvo raríssimas exceções, foram se esvairindo pelos ralos da evolução. Algumas ainda sustentaram o alicerce por tempo mais longo, é verdade. Mas o tempo de glórias jaz enterrado em algum outro rio de Yucatán… Talvez do Canal da Mancha.

Pisei num caco de vidro, e por baixo dos outros restos achei algo amassado, queimado, não sei ao certo em que estado estava, algumas palavras eram legíveis, ainda em sua língua-mãe, outras, confesso, tive de inventar.

Se é assim? Se é assim que quis o Senhor? Quis o Senhor minha labuta a troco da lágrima nos olhos de minha filha, dos gritos de desespero de minha mulher, perdendo as graças defronte a mim? De todas as minhas preces, de todas as privações, ver, com o Livro em mãos, minha casa sendo reduzida a cinzas em teu nome, monstruosidades atemporais grunhindo, brandindo espadas, estuprando minha mulher, imolando minha filha!

Do alto daquelas colinas, uma vez que olhei para cima, cri na tosca mortal esperança do nada, do vazio, vi anjos descendo à Terra, pisoteando plantações, despertando terror. Vi bocas abertas, mas meu coração era mais alto que os gritos da vila. As paredes olhavam com pessoas por dentro, tentando como vermes entrar na pedra. Ouvi velhos amigos urrando de dor ao atear fogo em si próprios. Pecadores todos, acreditando na última das desgraças, o último dos juízos. Mas eu pagava os tributos Divinos da Misericórdia, eu seguia as tábuas, que agora parecem mais pedaços ocos de pedra, ocos para leve permanecer o fardo dos que vestem o amarelo que escorreu por minhas mãos para alimentar a Tua boca.

Há para onde ir? Procuro dentro de minhas mãos a fé, e não a vejo, não vejo nada. Em breve talvez deva agradecer por ter sido dilacerado junto à minha tenda, à minha casa, que fiz questão de levantar palha por palha, madeiro por madeiro. Pedra por pedra.

Creio que o Senhor lembre aquele dia chuvoso. Estava eu repousando sob o moinho, olhando para o movimento dos grãos, e eis que vi a sombra mexer-se. Ora, vi a sombra. Desconfio agora, que já não me adianta, de que escondido em algum lugar da sombra alguém me alertava sobre tudo o que viria, mas era só a noite cair, eu acendia outro pedaço de carvalho para não cegar completamente. No escuro eu sentia medo, porque algum estranho sussurrava, entre florestas, as palavras que tanto quis ignorar.

Desgrace-me, mande-me ao sétimo dos infernos, foi uma toda vida de ferros forjados, palavras mal-escritas, crenças lastimáveis, o ouro que colhi derretido foi em minha garganta. Minha família toda acabou como acabavam as ovelhas que sacrifiquei. De todos os monumentos colossais, escondi em minha ingenuidade o maior dos castelos.

E, nesses últimos segundos, não irei culpá-lo. Entreguei cada grão e cada quilo e cada suor por minha vontade. Eu quis a salvação. Como o Sol se põe no horizonte flamejante, agora vejo: não há nada para ver.

Age Of Empires

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Age Of Empires

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Episode 2. How to fix your life by fucking it up.

blog author — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:02:00 +0000

Ok, it’s been about 3 weeks since I last posted. I promised myself I was going to post every seven days but to be honest I’ve spent the past few weeks procrastinating – or to put it more bluntly, fucking shitting myself. It’s one thing to declare to the world that you’re going to change your life, it’s another thing entirely to actually get out there and do it. And if you’re sat there wondering what could be so scary about the prospect of improving ones life, now is probably the time to make it clear that it’s not improvement I’ve got my eye on. Let me explain.

Usually when someone decides to change their life they aim straight for the the self-improvement books on Amazon.com. NLP, self-hypnosis, affirmations, life strategies, all that stuff. Those of you who have spent any period of your life a little dissatisfied with your career or slightly disillusioned about your “destiny” will have turned to this kinda stuff in your thirties and forties; late twenties at earliest. If, like me, on the other hand, you spent your entire school life* as the class scumbag, it’s a safe bet to assume that like me, you will have become one of the worlds foremost experts on self-improvement theory by the age of 13-14. (*When I say entire school life, I mean literally. My first day at nursery school I pooed myself in front of everyone whilst wearing shorts. The turd rolled down my leg and did a kind of ski jump off the end of my shoe and rolled across the floor. This little incident later earned me the nickname “Pooval Knievel”… you figure it out!)

Without question my best (and only) friend during high school was Tony Robbins. Name a book or a CD programme and I own a copy. Gimme a page number, I’ll quote you a paragraph. Gimme a CD track number, I’ll spit you the monologue. In fact, I’m willing to bet that if I pitted my wits against the man himself, I could probably remember more of his material than he could – I’m serious. And if that’s even partially true, what’s wrong with this picture folks?

Now, I’m not going to denounce the entire self-improvement industry because I’m sure it works for plenty of people. Millionaires and worlds leaders impart basic NLP maxims all the time and swear blind that adherence to them “is what got them where they are”. Which begs the question, why the fuck did I end up here? Well, here’s the thing. Like them, I’m armed to the teeth with theory. It’s the adherence to this theory I seem to be having a problem with. Here’s an example of how I might deal with one of life’s many confidence-knocking curve balls:

Someone does or says something to remind me how much of a loser I am; hurt and offended I’ll sit there dwelling on it and compound my exasperation by inwardly reminding myself of any and all the past incidences which have resulted in this same feeling of personal inadequacy (hence the content of my first post). Once I’ve worked myself up in to a little red-faced paddy that steams up my glasses I’ll be like “Right, that’s it! I’m not putting up with this anymore. It’s time to start making some changes.” I usually follow this up by going straight on to Google and searching for things like “move to the Caribbean” or “plastic surgery to become sexy” or “train to be a boxer”, anything that springs to mind which I think could be the catalyst for change. I might request a brochure or jot a phone number down which I swear to god I’m gonna call as soon as I get home.

That evening when I return home to an empty apartment (knowing full well where – and with whom – my girlfriend is) I’ll switch on my laptop and spend the next five hours playing “Age of Empires” for the millionth time whilst stuffing my face with Oreos, Pringles and cheap fake Red Bulls from Tesco. If, on this particular occasion I happen to slay the enemy and capture his kingdom, I’ll sink victorious in to my swing-back computer chair with a genuine feeling of achievement and tell myself “you know what, things aren’t so bad.”. If, on the other hand, I find myself defeated by the Viking Elves, I’ll have a child-like tantrum and storm off to bed and then lie there telling myself “Who are you kidding, loser? You’ll never change.”. Either way, by morning, I’m back sat on the toilet having a shit and reading the Beano before going to work with no intention whatsoever of doing anything about anything. Just another case of a 27 year old man having a paddy.

I’ve come to realise that the reason I don’t apply any of Mr Robbin’s teachings is because I don’t want to. All those pipe dreams of plastic surgery, taking up boxing and moving to the Caribbean isn’t even what I want. When I imagine myself laying on Jamaican sands, sipping cocktails and snorting cocaine from the arsecrack of naked big-titted black girls, it’s not because I think that that would represent the lifestyle of a man of acheivement and instill within me a feeling of worth; I just want to be able to make other people jealous of me for a change. Nor do I want to embark on a lucrative, professional boxing career; I just want to be able to smack the shit out of all the twats at work who bully the crap out of me. And when I think about having plastic surgery to become better looking, that’s only because I think that good looks would enable me to sleep around and treat women like shit the way they have me my entire life. Self-improvement is for the ambitious amongst us. I’m not ambitious. I’m just fucking pissed-off.

I sick to death of emails, filing cabinets and fucking Xerox machines. I’m sick of watching the clock at work waiting to go home so I can sit and watch the clock there until its time to go to bed just to wake up and do it all over again. I’m sick of my wannabe upper-middle class colleagues. I’m sick of all the whispering and snickering. I’m sick of all that alpha male shit from the guys; ruffling my hair and slapping me on the back. I’m sick of my glasses being used to play “piggy in the middle” and that I’m always the fucking piggy. I’m sick of spending my dinner hour at my desk in silence while everyone else meets for “mochas and lattes” at Starbucks. I’m sick of Dr Pepper and chicken salad sandwiches where the stupid twat at the sandwich factory has overdone it with the tomatoes and made the bread piss wet through. I’m sick of walking down the street with my head down. I’m sick of being the one who moves out of the way for every fucker else. I’m sick of sitting at the front of the bus and feeling intimidated by the rowdy teenagers sat at the back. I’m sick of lying about what a great social life I have when I never even go out anywhere. I’m sick of looking in the mirror and feeling ashamed. I’m sick of dressing in “2 for £10″ clothing from the supermarket. I’m sick of being in a relationship with a girl who sleeps with her mouth wide open breathing the smell of another mans nutsack in my face. I’m sick of feeling like I can’t do any better. I’m sick of seeing beautiful girls I can’t have. I’m sick of beautiful girls showing their disgust when they catch me looking. I’m sick of jacking-off over the sink at work. I’m sick of jacking-off in to my socks at home. I’m sick of the fact that when you’re me jacking-off is something to be sick of. Sometimes I get half way through and think, “Fuck it, I can’t even be bothered!”. I’m sick of it.

So, what am I supposed to do? Cut my losses and start afresh? Quit my job? Sell my apartment? End my relationship? And what good will that do? I’ll go from being a pathetic loser with an income, a roof over my head and relationship status, to being a pathetic loser with fuck all. Homeless, jobless and single. Nothing learned, nothing gained. Don’t bother. On my journey back to square one I don’t want to take a shortcut across the board. I want to turn around and walk back through squares 50, 49, 48, etc. and deal with all the injustices and missed opportunities along the way – otherwise any attempt at a new life is destined to be polluted by the frustration and bitterness of the past. Put simply, before I start building a new life, I need to destroy my old one first.

From now on my mission is to take all the things I hate about my life and eliminate them one at a time. Every week, starting with the easy stuff and getting braver, I’m going to set myself a challenge and post the resulting stories, anecdotes and outcomes here for all the world to see – the sole purpose of which being the pressure to either put my money where my mouth is or look like a pussy in front of you guys. (Heaven forbid!) So what can we expect in the weeks to come? Well, you’ll just have to wait and see won’t you…