Satan Sam

Well, this isn't exactly about the game, but it was how I was intorduced in the first place.

satansam.co.uk belongs to indie games developer James Whitehead, who's in the middle of making another game for the PC, and 360. He's also made a few other games worth trying.

Skulltag - A Doom port with 32 player multiplayer.

Welcome to Skulltag!

The best way to play multiplayer Doom online!

Skulltag is a port for the original Doom and Doom II by id Software. Skulltag brings the classic Doom into the 21st century; maintaining the essence of what has made Doom great for so many years, and at the same time adding new features to modernize it, and create a fresh, fun new experience.

Here's why you should play Skulltag, versus vanilla Doom:

• Client/server architecture! Play Doom online with up to 32 friends... or opponents!
• Over 50 new maps from the best mappers in the community!
• More than 15 gameplay modes, including Capture the Flag and Last Man Standing!
• Numerous modern features, such as Quake-style key bindings, freelooking, and jumping!
• GZDoom's openGL rendering, plus support for it on Linux!
• Tons of new content, such as weapons, skins, runes, announcers, and monsters!
• Bots, as well as the ability to create custom bots!
• ... and much, much more!

This was put here for GamingWolf, but anyone can play it. It's freaking amazing...BELIEVE ME.

Skulltag

Black Shades

Well, as my first post here at the awesome #Doomsday blog, I offer you Black shades, a pretty fun game. Well, it's not so much a game, as a time waster, but it's fun nonetheless. You use WASD to move, Shift to run, and Space while running to tackle. Useful for knowcking down the VIP when he's about to get shot.
If you want to have some fun, (I. E. mess around) go into the config.txt and change the number below "show FPS and other info" number to one, which allows you to utilize the debug menu, allowing you to do more stuff in it.
It's available for Windows. Linux, And OSX. They've even released the source code, so (hopefully) there'll be more games like this.

Website: http://wolfire.com/blackshades.html





6/10

Fantastic Contraption

I originally found out about this on Facepunch Studios and intended to blog it but I forgot, thank Nexx for reminding me.

Fantastic contraption is a simple flash physics game where you have to get the pink shape in to the goal area by building a contraption to move it there (Catapult it there, drive it there, push it there etc.) it starts off with simple obstacles like perhaps a gap and then moves on to more difficult things with the pink shape not even being in the construction area at times.

The game feels like some strange combination of Garry's Mod and The incredible machine and is fun even if the learning curve of the later levels is like running in to a brick wall, but hey it's challenging.

7/10

J-Rock song of the week #5

Roll up for the universe by Takui

OcRemix song of the Week.

I seriously doubt I'll make it past the first week of doing this, and, for that matter, I might do more than one a week. It'll all depend on my mood. I will also copy the description or a portion of the description of the song and paste it here to further let you know what it is. Most of these will probably be Doom related, sorry, but I might switch it up a bit, maybe you'll get Donkey Kong music. In any case, let's get this show on the road. Also, as a side note, if a song doesn't have a description, this means that the song is from one of the featured albums on OcRemix, and, Ill probably throw in a second song, just to make up for it.

Anyway, first song. It's not Doom... funnily enough, but it's a good one.

"This isn't gonna win any award for melodic interpretation, but there was a bit done there. More importantly, the approach was expansive and personalized to the hilt. It's pretty interesting how this has a dark tone like the source tune, but addition of stuff like the breakbeats and gated synths clearly don't give off the same lonely energy the original does. Nonetheless, still a very spacious, well produced mix. I'm feeling like this will get NOed for being too conservative, but the sum total of the changes felt substantive enough to me."

Game: Super Metroid.
Title: Zebes Rising.
Remix Author: Ekaj
Link: Here

Kickass Board Games.

I really can't explain this one that much, you just have to take my word. This site offers a few games to play, all of which are simply amazing. Actually, maybe you've all heard of one of the games on the site. It's called Settlers of Catan. I'd explain how one plays the game, but my descriptions suck ass. So, I'll just link to it's Wikipedia Article. Settlers of Catan.

Sure, that only talks about the actual Board game, but the game, in Java form, no download required, only a simple registration, is on AsoBrain.

Of the games there, though, my personal favorite is Toulouse. The game is actually pretty simple. The players must place tiles which have various pictures on them, one of which is the front of a castle. The point of the game is to start the construction of Roads, Monastaries, Pastures, and Castles, then, place your players in them to claim them. Once one of the above is finished being built (By adding onto it using various differnt tiles) the player will gain points. Two of the tiles, though, one being a Monastary and one being a grassy piece of land, only award points to the players if they have tokens on them till the end of the game. there are three special tokens, one of which I have no idea how to use..it's just a larger verion of your player tokens. One looks like a tower, if placed in an incomplete castle that you own, when finished, you'll recieve double points. The other token is a pig, which, like the tower token, you place in a space occupied by one of your player tokens, the only difference, however, is you place the pigs in pastures rather than castles. At the end of the game, it will add up some random bonuses that you might've gotten along the way. The game also has Cloth, Barrels, and Lumber (I believe) and I have yet to figure out what those do. In the end, it's fun to see what wacky castles you all might've created.

P.S. Sorry if the description I gave for Toulouse was...erm..confusing. Also, as you can plainly see, I like Toulouse a little more than Settlers of Catan, why? because it's simpler, and don't get me wrong, Settlers of Catan is a freaking amazing game.

J-Rock song of the week #4

CHU-BURA by Kelun followed by some me-trying-to-be-witty comment.

J-Rock song of the week #3

I'm late but meh. Seems no one else has posted since last time, way to keep the blog active gaiz. I'm slowly turning this into a weeaboo blog. Song: Brilliant by D'espairsRay.

J-Rock song of the week #2

This weeks song is "Brightdown" by Tamaki Nami This is more like J-Pop but who can tell and/or gives a shit anyway? Well, truth be told I didn't really listen to the song properly, I was looking at the uh, dancing. So its really just chosen based on that.

System Shock 2.

Ok, I'm pasting this from The Underdog's site, so...yeah. Also, The game is Multiplayer Co-op!

Doubtless among the best games ever made, System Shock 2 is a superior RPG/FPS sequel to the 1993 classic System Shock. Anyone who has played and liked the original game needs to try this game. Even those who did not play the first and are looking for a mesmerizing and scary game that blends RPG elements into a first person shooter will enjoy this.

In the time of System Shock 2, around forty years have passed after events in the first game. After the close call of super-computer-gone-crazy SHODAN, the governments have banded together under the United National Nominate (UNN) to oppose megacorporation Tri-Optimum and other large companies. An uneasy peace now exists. When the game starts, you are at a UNN base. You go through some training missions, and the tutorial is very easy to learn and controls quick to figure out. The interface of SS2 makes controling your character easy: one hand on the keyboard to move your guy and the other on a mouse to look around and pick things up will serve most people well. Joysticks are supported, and it is suggested that you learn some of the hotkeys in the game to save yourself time and effort.

After the training, you get to pick a branch for your character -- either the Marines, specializing in heavy weapons, the Navy, strong in lighter weapons and hacking (close to the original game), and the new OSA, which allows you to use your Psionic ability to attack your enemies. It's a four year tour when you sign up, and each year you can pick your assignment from one of three choices. Each choice allows you to imrpove some aspect of your stats, allowing you to start customizing your character. During the game you will be receiving Cyber Modules, which can be used at machines to learn new skills, such as Hacking or Heavy Weapons, or impove your charcter's abilities like Strength and Agility. You can't be a jack of all trades -- once you pick a military career, its suggested that you work on improving the abilities that your character does best. Also found in the game are four rare OS machines, which give you a skill such as Auto Mapping, Sharpshooter, and Tank.

It's in your forth year that the game finally starts for real. The year is now 2114. You request to be assigned to the UNN Rickenbacker, the destroyer that will be 'piggy-backing' the FTL Tri-Optimum ship Von Braun. After the first three quiet months, a distress call is picked up coming from the Tau Ceti system, light years away from Earth. After that......well, your memory seems to be damaged, because the next thing you know you're coming out of a cyro tube with blood on the floor and a woman's voice telling you that something has taken over the Von Braun and to come meet her. When a panel explodes seconds after coming out of the tube, you KNOW you're in for a wild ride!

There are so many good things about System Shock 2 that I can only really touch on the major ones. The easy to learn interface has been mentioned already. The graphics are the same as the Thief games, and are quite good, wih dark and light contrasts and the feeling that you really ARE on a starship. As you go through the ship, picking up the pieces of what happened and trying to stop who - or what - has taken over, you find logs from the dead crewmembers, like in System Shock. The voice acting is wonderful, really making you feel like you are there. The enemies are numerous and the AI is very smart, with mutants attacking you straight on while assassins try to pick you off from dark corners.

The sounds are -- oh my God, the sounds! I played the first System Shock with the volume down, but you can NOT do that in this game. The sounds are critical to your survival. You can hear enemies aproach, listen for the whine of a security camera, turn around in dread as a you hear a turrent pop up. All these effects make for a game that is VERY scary, the scariest game I have ever played. You will hesitate as you open each door and peak around each corridor, wondeirng what horror is waiting for you. A full stereo surround system is needed for the best music and sound effects, but you can still get some effects no matter what you do. The enemies love to ambush you, from the mutants who beg to be killed as they attack you, to the Cyborg Midwifes who say downright creepy things as they look for you. (The first time you hear one say "Babies need fresh meat!" you'll feel no remorse for blowing one away. :) )

Other elements also make System Shock 2 a classic. The plot is fantasic, told to you both through the logs and e-mails and some of the cut scenes that you see in the game. It is full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end. New for this game is that your guy has the ability to pick up 'emissions' from the recently departed.....in other words, you can see ghosts of recently dead crewmembers. The first time you see one, you'll wet your pants and waste a entire clip of ammo on it! These pop up with no warning and are downright creepy. You'll feel remorse for the dead crew and even some of your foes, and feel a sense of urgency as you play - a remarkable game immersion that few games can boast. The shooting aspect of the game blends in nicely with the RPG elements as you need to decide when and how to improve your charcter. There are about a dozen weapons and numerous other chemicals, items, and implants that you can pick up and use. Different difficulty levels and the three military branches give the game a good deal of replay value. Finally, the game supports multi-player in which you can play with other people co-operatively.

System Shock 2 is a must-play for anyone who likes FPS, RPG, or a well-written adventure game. Be warned, though -- this game is VERY scary! Although some people will only admit to being nervous once in a while, it's enough to give most people a thrill. I've thrown my mouse into the air many times when a monster suddenly attacked me from nowhere. Those of strong heart will play this game in a dark room at night and with headphones. Me, I have to stick to day playing. :) Even if you can only play the game in short bits before you need to go outside and smoke a cig to calm your nerves will still want to go back to it soon, though. At the current bargain-bin/budget price, you can't go wrong picking this one up. Like the original, System Shock 2 deserves to go down in computer gaming history as a classic. Two thumbs WAY up, and a well-deserved induction into our Hall of Belated Fame.

System Shock 2

Changed: I uploaded the file to Filefront. The note at the bottom still stands though.

Note: When you finish installing the game and doing what it says in the readme (yes, that means read the readme) you might want to either move, or delete the videos in the cutscenes folder. In any case, for some reason, the game crashes if you have them in, and if you take them out, rather than trying to load them in game, it'll skip over them, and, TADA! not crash. Also, if you're running the game on a PC with moer than one core, if the game isn't working right, Hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, go to processes, right click shock2.exe. Click "Set Affinity" and turn off one (or however many you can until only one of the boxes are checked.) Then unshrink the game, and it should work better. Sorry if this was a bit...ungrammarized, I just took some Benydril, and I'm very sleepy.

Awesome video I made, maybe a meme someday?

Me and a friend noticed this funny scene from 300, so we mixed it up with some epic music to make an awesome video, please rate it if you watch it.

300 Epic Apple Bite

Old Legend of Zelda for the NES advertisement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYgyOofLZmc

Just imagine a modern television commercial being like that...

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teB2xkUw3bI

Not as bad as the first commercial, but Link talks. o_O

Bootfighter WindomXP sp-2

Windows only, as far as I know.

The name itself is a parody of WindowsXP service pack 2(tm)

Mirror Moon Translation

Here is some copypasta for all of you.

Giant Robots. One-on-one beam saber action. Macross Missile Massacre (tm). The only thing that would make this game better would be online multi-player capability. Oh yeah, it has that too.

This free Gundam clone offers surprisingly addicting gameplay and lets you indulge that fantasy you've always had ever since you saw your first Gundam anime. 3-D arenas pitting teams of mecha against each other makes the gameplay just like the Gundam Arcade game in Japan, which is similar to Armored Core and Virtual On, but you don't have to blow 100 yen each time you want to play.

Produced by Y. Kamada (YSK), who has given us his approval to make this installer, this game has the following ways of giving you your Gundam-piloting fix:

• Survival Mode: Fight until you drop.
• Practice Mode: Go ahead, bully the defenseless computer!
• Team Battle Mode: Ever wonder what it was like to pit one army of mecha against another?
• Blitz Tactics Mode: One army versus another, but with giant warships too.
• Online Competition Mode: Because destroying your friends is always more satisfying.
• Custom Pilot Creation: We all love the default cat pilots, but the game also includes the option of using your own avatar pic and different voiced effects, even your own! Don't worry, the cats aren't offended. Base Installer includes custom Ryuusoul pilot (my ego knows no bounds).