Stolen Golem » Gaming

Warcraft fan lays down the lore at Blizzcon

Alastair — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:36:18 +0000

Nice.

Tom Hehrer?

Alastair — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:44:47 +0000

One of the charming aspects of the new Civ 5 game is the number of pop culture and comedy references the developers have included in it. Everything from Battlestar Galactica to All Your Base makes an appearance in the achievements, instructions and in this particular instance – the quotes you get when unlocking a new Technology. The important thing to remember however, when referencing a sacred cow is to not bloody cock it up! Sadly Civ5 has managed to do just that several times throughout the game – the worst offence in our eyes is against the exceedingly talented Tom Lehrer.

Ok so this probably didn’t deserve a whole post to itself but Mr Lehrer is our very own particular sacred cow and well… it’s given us the chance to turn you on to him and his works now too. We thoroughly recommend you give him a listen here.

2 year old reviews God of War 3

Alastair — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:26:45 +0000

This is excellent, more mini-g! (oh and Sony? Please port GoW3 to the PC… pretty please?) QSD86RFJDUP8

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Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 – teaser trailer

Alastair — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:42:29 +0000

Wow! It’s incredible what they’ve achieved here with softimage. The comments say it all… simply stunning! Check out the teaser trailer for Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 below – click fullscreen.

via @timwhitlock

The Guild – Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

Alastair — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:29:00 +0000

Only +5 dex on a chestpiece… yeah right, come back when you L2P luv.

why everyone should love zero punctuation – sims 3

Alastair — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:32:26 +0000

Zombies ate my Blog

Alastair — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:01:56 +0000

Some of you may have noticed a distinct lack of any blogging recently aside from the seemingly compulsory pic a day updates and frankly the last 2 have been a little ropey. Well this is all because I have literally been consumed by Zombies, Plants Vs Zombies to be precise. About 10 days ago Popcap games unleashed this hugely addictive tower defender game on to the world and I have to say that I immediately became a massive fan and have spent pretty much every spare momentI can charging through it at speed.

The idea is that of course, Zombies are attacking your house and you’ve got to fend them off wave after wave. The only weapons at your disposal are the plants you’ve been expertly growing and a few upgrades you can buy from your insane and escellently voiced neighbour, if you can collect enough money to pay him that is. As you progress through the various stages and defend new areas of the homestead you will pick up more plants with new abilities and encounter increasingly more cunning zombies, my favourites so far being the Michael jackson thriller zombie and the zombie bobsled teams!

As I’ve mentioned this game has absolutely massive appeal, the artwork is engaging, the audio is really well crafted and funny and the game has been thoroughly well balanced. At no point have I either felt like there was not enough challenge in a level of as if I was going to be overwhelmed by the sheer impossibility of it all. Also this title has really impressive support, popcap having already produced their own Youtube music video for the game and a small and funny LARP series of zombie office worker scenarios which are also worth a watch.

I highly recommend you download the trial for this yourself and if the £14 price tag is too high you can always petition Popcap for parity with the American market or of course, borrow from a friend.

“get ready to soil your plants”

Excellent advert for Ruse

Alastair — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:15:35 +0000

This one is quickly going viral and I can see why. Not only is it visually compelling but it’s a fantastic shift in the portrayal of the modern gamer, away from the traditional teenage male in his bedroom to the successful sophisticated and successful tech savvy adult.

You can find more about the game here