Stranglehold: Collectors Edition, Xbox 360 - £8 delivered
Only one in stock, so be quick!
Stranglehold: Collectors Edition, Xbox 360 - £8
2 PS3 games for £25
2 PS3 games for £25
Includes:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
Resistance: Fall Of Man
MotorStorm
Or, Blu Ray films:
Tears Of The Sun
Layer Cake
Kung Fu Hustle
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Patriot: Extended Cut
Hostel
S.W.A.T.
Hollow Man Director's Cut
Shrooms
The Replacement Killers: The Extended Cut
Thanks to ronaldinho10 for the tip off.
Fahrenheit, PC - £4.99
Fahrenheit, PC - £4.99 delivered
Cracking on the Xbox, not played in on the PC, you might want a controller to play it. Anyone out there played it on PC?
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, Wii - £13.22
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, Wii - £13.22 delivered
Apply code "B4U" for 2% off
Tabula Rasa Collectors Edition, PC - £4.99
Tabula Rasa Collectors Edition, PC - £4.99 delivered
Oh poor Mr Garriot...
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, DS - £12.99
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, DS - £12.99 delivered
New Wii System menu homebrew hack
Features of this hack include:
Removing the health warning screen
Region free Wii and Gamecube games
Built in "rescue mode"
Removing background music
It's not released yet, but should be soon. Finally I will be able to play my imported Gamecube games again. Even nicer to be able to boot all imports straight from the Disc Channel, with no need to boot any homebrew.
I expect custom background music can't be too far away either.
KORG DS-10 Synthesizer, DS - Review
KORG DS-10 Synthesizer, DS - £34 delivered
Review by LewieP
This is a Korg Synth for the DS.
I was tempted to end this review here actually, there is very little else to say.
Here's a list of artists that use similar models of Korg Synths:
The Prodigy, William Orbit, The Dandy Warhols, Foal, Klaxons, Aphex Twin, Ladytron.
So you'll be in good company.
Honestly, I am not hugely talented at this kind of thing. I am basically completely new to it, but just spending a few solid hours has compelled me to learn more about how to use synths. Thanks to 'The Reverend Dr Galactus' for linking me to this pretty great starting point.
I have had great fun with it, and I can only imagine what someone with more knowledge and skill at this kind of thing can put out. I expect there will be some insane concerts of people using multiple consoles all over youtube in the coming months.
If you would like to try out a pretty full featured synthesizer for a fraction of the regular cost, then this is more than likely to sort you out. Grab whatever cable you need to hook it up to your recording/playback device (the DS speakers really don't do it justice) and you have a pretty killer set up.
It is almost entirely in English, just the manual and a few error messages in Japanese I believe (I haven't encountered them myself), and this is no doubt cheaper than the UK price will be, that is if it even gets a release here.
I am picking up a cable to record straight to PC, so I might have some recordings to show off in the coming weeks, and I'm going to see if I can convince my mates' band (New Art Riot) to do some collaborations.
KORG DS-10 Synthesizer, DS - £34 delivered
Link's Crossbow Training, Wii - £15.93
Link's Crossbow Training, Wii - £15.93 delivered
Includes Zapper.
SavyGamer Podcast RSS Feed Now Available!
I've just set up an RSS feed for the new SavyGamer podcast. Simply enter the normal RSS feed (this one here) into iTunes (by clicking 'Subscribe to Podcast' in the Advanced menu) or your favourite podcatcher and it'll automatically download the podcast every Friday, as soon as it's posted.
Personally, I recommend Juice. You can schedule it to check for new downloads whenever you want and it'll keep track of your previously downloaded files and only grab the most recent one, even if you delete the file itself.
We're still working on getting the feed added to the iTunes Music Store, but as soon as it is I will post it here.
Remember that we're still looking for a name for the show! If your entry is successful, you'll win $40 of Play-Asia credit. Listen to the podcast to find out how to enter!
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 - Review
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, XBLA
Review by LewieP
I downloaded Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 last night at around 7pm. Before I got into it, I already knew from reading around that there was 6 game modes, all of which needed to be unlocked, which took around half an hour. I allotted myself exactly this amount of time for a first play. Sure enough, I unlocked all six modes, with a little time to spare.
I then, begrudgingly had to stop playing, as real life got in the way.
I returned at around 11pm, hoping to put in another quick half hour before bed. I initially went back to "Pacifist" mode. First I set myself a 1 million point goal, which I then beat. Then I set myself a 5 million point goal, which I also beat. Then I set myself a 10 million point goal, which I then beat, and in the process got my first achievement.
So, I checked out the rest of the achievements. They are pretty interesting, so I tried a few of them. Some I got first time, some took a few attempts, and some I am yet to get.
By this point, my half hour play had turned into 2 and a half hours.
Not only do I find this game perversely compelling, addictive even, I really admire what they have done.
The original Retro Evolved was the poster boy for what an Xbox Live Arcade game should be. Relatively simple and low on content, fun, different and very pick up and play. If the genius was in the simplicity for Retro Evolved 1, for Retro Evolved 2, it's in the variety.
The six modes each offer something completely different.
Deadline: You have 3 minutes and unlimited lives to get the highest score you can. You build up a multiplier by collecting geoms, which each enemy drops.
For this mode, you are basically putting into practise all the skills that the other game modes teach you.
King: Pretty complicated to explain, and actually pretty complicated to master - There are temporary safezones, and you can only shoot when inside them, but enemies cannot touch you in them. As soon as you enter one, it starts to decay.
This mode focuses on 3 main skills - dodging enemies, shooting the right enemies at the right times, and collecting geoms.
Evolved: The new version of Retro Evolved. A fair bit different, since it has geoms for multiplication, and doesn't have the weapon upgrades. Pretty standard game to be honest.
Pacifism: My favourite mode. No shooting, just dodging enemies and killing them by using the explosive gates.
Really focused on making you find gaps and look for space.
Waves: Based on the Geometry Wars from PGR4, vertical and horizontal waves of enemies constantly spawn. Pretty evil.
Sequence: 20 levels of specific challenges, if you die you will be taken to the next level.
Basically, whatever mood you are in, there will be a mode for you, and the difficulty curve is pretty great. It teaches you how to be better as you unlock the levels.
It has also had a nice graphical facelift from the original. Way more colourful, and even more particles.
I do have a small complaint, although apparently this is common with XBLA games. If you are not signed in to live, it won't save any high scores. Seems a little silly to me.
If you liked the original, you will like this more. If you don't yet have the original, this is far better value for money, and pretty much a must-buy.
Also: Wow, if you do decide to get it, check this out. 3D camera mode!
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Xbox 360 - £3.98
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Xbox 360 - £3.98 delivered
The SavyGamer Podcast, Episode 0
That's right! This is the pre-inaugural edition of the SavyGamer Podcast - as yet un-named, but we'll leave that to you. We'll be talking all things gaming and bargains from a British perspective, with chat and everything that you'd expect from a gaming podcast. Subscribe to our RSS feed and get the podcast every Friday.
Show notes (highlight to view):
00:00 Intro
00:30 Welcome
00:44 A SavyGamer History
02:51 Name our podcast - win $40 of Play-Asia vouchers!
04:18 Nintendo seize R4 carts - massive piracy discussion ensues
06:55 David Reeves of Sony is very frank about piracy
11:31 Why aren't more consoles region-free?
12:32 Home beta applications open in Japan
13:30 Will's hot for LittleBigPlanet
15:31 Firmware woes
16:58 PS3 Platinum range is here
17:50 It's the Summer of Arcade!
24:38 We're going to PAX!
26:03 Castle Crashers - we love it, but is it going to be daylight robbery?
26:30 No. No it isn't.
27:36 You can't trade in digital content. Will we keep it next-gen?
28:58 Microsoft are focusing more on Europe, say Edge. Will rants a bit.
31:45 EA try to spin their Boom Blox numbers
34:37 Wii MotionPlus and AiLive - poking is super important
39:02 Could Jet Grind Radio be coming to Wii?
41:06 GTA: Chinatown Wars will have WFC support
43:30 Battlefield: Heroes delayed
47:15 Bargain of the Week
52:00 What we've been playing recently
59:46 Omega Sektor trip
1:05:51 Contest details
1:08:07 Close
Link dump:
Braid Dev Blog
The Art of Braid
Tesco's MS Points deal - £13.97 for 2100 points
PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo
The Cross-Country Supertrip
Edge Magazine
AiLive and LiveMove2
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Burnout Paradise for £19.98 [PS3] [360]
Ninja Gaiden II for £19.99 [360]
Omega Sektor
Contest entry email
Update: You can submit as many entries as you want, but obviously you can only win once ;D
Total Runtime: 1:08:14
Total Filesize: 62.4 MB
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