Xbox 360 Premium - £159.99 delivered
Must be clearing out to make way for the 60gb consoles. That's the RRP of the Arcade console, and £20 less than the Wii. Mega Bargain.
Xbox 360 Premium - £159.99
I'd quite like a wikipedia entry
I am in a egocentric mood, but ego-searching on Wikipedia is bringing up nothing.
Could someone hook me up with a Wikipedia entry for SavyGamer?
DVD-Video Playback now on the Wii
Head here and grab the mplayer and libdi, follow the instructions, and you should be able to play DVD-Video on your Wii.
If anyone needs any help, let me know.
Braid - Review
Braid, XBLA
Review by LewieP
Braid is the most unique, memorable, emotionally engaging and fun experience I have had with a game in a long time.
Forgive the hyperbole. I am still in shock at how much I loved Braid.
There are no bullshit cut scenes, there is no repetition, there is no filler. It never ever wastes your time, which is a design philosophy I have nothing but respect for. I can definitely see myself replaying this in 6 months time, and I am already a solid chunk into the post-game.
The art is stunning, and the setting and narrative perfectly synchronised with the gameplay. You could just ignore the story and still thoroughly enjoy the game, but in doing so would miss out.
I laughed out loud a bunch of times. The references to other games are intelligent and classy. The puzzles often feel impossible, until you increase you depth of understanding of the rules in the game. Braid is a game about rules, about learning to understand rules, and controlling the world around you with these rules.
There is a direct physical and emotional connection to the game, culminating in a stunning ending sequence, akin to the Team ICO games.
Jonathan Blow has put the rest of the games industry to shame. They have budgets massively greater than he had, access to far more resources, and far more numerate teams of staff. Yet he has pretty much single handily created something which will stand out as one of the most unique gaming experiences I've ever had, and outclassed most big budget blockbuster games in recent memory. I will now buy, sight unseen, anything he puts out.
I only wish I could rewind and play it for the first time again, but sadly, some things can just never be undone.
It is short. I completed it in pretty much one sitting, stopping only to eat. I didn't keep track of the time, but 5 hours feels about right.
If you like video games, you will love Braid. If you don't like video games, it's because you have yet to play a game like Braid. Bitch about the price being more than most XBLA games all you want, but if you do so you are forfeiting your right to ever complain about games being unoriginal, repetitive and homogeneous.
Pick up some cheap MS Points and buy it. Please.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, PC - £13.71
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, PC - £13.71 delivered
Apply code "B4U" for 2% off
Update: Well, Powerplay put the price up, it's not longer the cheapest place to get it from.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, PC - £16.83 delivered
Xbox 360 Premium Console with 60GB HDD - £179.99
Xbox 360 Premium Console with 60GB HDD - £179.99 delivered
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Xbox 360 - £15.23
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Xbox 360 - £15.23 delivered
You have to add this to your basket for free delivery if you aren't buying anything else.
Tom Clancys: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - Legacy Edition, Xbox 360 - £10.99
Tom Clancys: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - Legacy Edition, Xbox 360 - £10.99 delivered
Thanks to mcjihge2 for the tip-off.
Scene It! Lights Camera Action, Xbox 360 - Review
Scene It! Lights Camera Action, Xbox 360 - £17.79 delivered
£14.99 in-store pickup at Argos
Review By Willeth
Some of you might be surprised to find this here - it's not exactly a triple-A title. I bought it on a whim from GAME at £20 a couple of months ago so that I could have something to play with the family instead of monopolising the TV, and so far I've been very impressed.
It contains a wide variety of game modes, whether they're actor/film recogition, movie trivia, observation, and so on - I imagine all the modes from the DVD game, and perhaps a few more that would only be possible with a game pad. And most important of all, it saves the questions that each person has seen individually, so that whenever you play it with any combination of people it should give you a question that nobody has seen before. In practice this works most of the time, but there are some modes that appear fairly often but have only a few questions, so you run through those particular ones fairly quickly.
The 'Big Button Pad' works very well, also. Four are included, and they work much in the same manner as the Buzz! controller - unfortunately, they work via infra-red rather than Microsoft's proprietary RF. What is quite handy, however, is that the larger button on the controller also functions as a D-pad, meaning that it can be used to play games like Uno (or any game where only the D-pad and face buttons are required) single-handed. The upcoming Xbox Dashboard update will also support these pads for their Primetime quiz shows, and while I wouldn't recommend buying the game specifically for that, it's a nice bonus.
It is, of course, solely movie-based, and there are no other trivia games available, with none on the horizon except Scene It! Box Office Smash later this year. This means that if there is one person in the group who is particularly up on their movie knowledge, you'll have a hard time to find a leveller - and there is no handicap option. The game does try to do some of this for you, for example by rewarding players for the most incorrect answers, and a multiplier round at the end which rewards you for consistency. While this might feel tacked-on, thankfully it never feels like the game is cheating you out of a win, a la Mario Party. It's also fairly heavily weighted towards more modern movies, which means that your parents may struggle (like mine), although there are movies from as far back as the 1950s peppered throughout.
Luckily, these down points don't seem to matter so much. Even though she loses with shocking regularity, my mother now accepts the 360 being in the lounge, so that whenever we want we can set up a round of Scene It and have a family game together. Usually every night. I'm not entirely sure that this is a good thing.
Scene It! Lights Camera Action, Xbox 360 - £17.79 delivered
£14.99 in-store pickup at Argos (thanks to Numan1617 for the Argos tip)
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