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Arkham Horror Open Beta for the PC: Sign up now!

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Arkham Horror Open Beta for the PC: Sign up now!

A couple of days ago I found a link to a video of a college student who was recreating the popular Arkham Horror board game for the PC. It wasn’t an official release by Fantasy Flight Games, but rather a graduation requirement for school. Her plan seems to be pretty solid. Since this is a school project, EU law covers this as fair use and she intends to present this post-grad to the guys from FFG and see if some partnership can be struck. In the meantime, Andi needs your help. She’s looking for beta testers till Feb 5 2012. You may be an Arkham Horror fan — or a Read more »

Ascension: Return of the Fallen Expansion now on iOS

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Ascension: Return of the Fallen Expansion now on iOS

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Justin Gary of Gary Games — better known as one of the Magic Pro-Tour players who founded the highly addicting deck building game, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer. In this interview he hinted of an iOS version of the first expansion, Return of the Fallen due soon. And “soon” really meant before the holidays. For USD $2.99 you can upgrade your version of Ascension and buy RotF as an in-app purchase for USD $2.99. BUY ASCENSION: RETURN OF THE FALLEN (USD $2.99) Return of the Fallen introduces a new expansion deck which can be incorporated into the main game or played separately, albeit Read more »

Brawl: The Card-Based Boxing Game

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Brawl: The Card-Based Boxing Game

There’s a new game out for iOS and it’s called Brawl. The game made it to my radar for two reasons — first because it was a free release and secondly, it was a card-based boxing game. I’m a huge fan of deck building games like Ascension, Dominion and 7 Wonders so albeit this one makes use of much simpler rules (yep it’s really simple), I find the genre of fast-paced card action rather interesting. The game itself isn’t very deep. Two boxers fight their way to victory and punches are thrown through cards. The winner is determined by whoever landed the most punches. A game consists of two player Read more »

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer has version for iOS

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Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer has version for iOS

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is by far one of my favorite card games. It’s right up there with 7 Wonders and Bang! Board Game Geek has awarded Ascension: CotG 3.5 stars out of 5 and the good news is that they full game is now available on iOS for a mere USD $4.99. The physical game costs USD $27.99. Ascension: CotG is a deck building game for 2-4 players. The game was designed by a handful of Magic: The Gathering Pros and they wanted to build a fast-paced card game that didn’t rely on who had the better deck beforehand. Instead, players start off in equal footing and build Read more »

Guys you gotta try Spiral Knights. It’s free on Steam

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Guys you gotta try Spiral Knights. It’s free on Steam

Steam has recently released Spiral Knights, a free to play MMO that runs on their network. Developed by SEGA, the game is available on both Mac and PC. It’s a quick download for 300MB. Spiral Knights looks like a typical dungeon crawl game. It’s not pretentious and it’s loads of fun. And yes I have to reiterate it’s free! Read more »

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri on GOG for USD $5.99

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Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri on GOG for USD $5.99

One of the best games from my childhood — and definitely one of the best games of all time is now available on digital download from GOG. At USD $5.99 it’s a definite steal. Alpha Centauri was a spin off from Sid Meier’s Civilization. No problems with compatibility here as this version works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit). It also comes with the original manual in digital form. Download now for USD $5.99. Read more »

Complete X-Com series for only USD $2.00

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Complete X-Com series for only USD $2.00

I remember the first time I hacked into X-Com’s hex codes. I was in middle school and it was right about that time when Norton DOS came out. Apart from the colorful menus and new command lines, it came with a Norton code editor and it was then I discovered the joys of manipulating the in-game weapon values. I found a way to edit the weapon templates so after saving a copy of the original file I’d have a little fun with the values. For instance, the stun rod was an instant kill. I changed the grenades and rockets to armor piercing, which became really hilarious to kill people by Read more »

Downloading software: being green or just more convenient?

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Downloading software: being green or just more convenient?

How do you obtain legal software? Do you go out to a local computer store and buy off the shelf, order it from an online retailer, direct from the vendor, or do you download it? According to a recent study (for Microsoft, no less) downloaded software is eight times more carbon efficient than its boxed equivalent. Some interesting UK-based statistics suggest that if the 16 million units of software sold last year had been downloaded instead, there’d be enough electricity saved to power 12,000 households for a year. Imagine what the stats in the US would be. Read more »

Daft Punk gets the 8-bit treatment

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Daft Punk gets the 8-bit treatment

“The music of Daft Punk revisited on Vintage Game Systems” Here we have 11 Daft Punk tracks covered using 8-bit gaming systems: Around The World by The Listrix Short Circuit by Random Voyager by Zombectro Revolution 909 by Note! Aerodynamic by Je deviens dj en 3 jours Superheroes by Stage7 Crescendolls by Flashbob One More Time by Microchip Teachers by Fluxxin Indo Silver Club by Motone Veridis Quo by EvilWezil Go grab the free download and cover art. Via Read more »