I've not had much sleep, not got a seat on the train to London, and the train is delayed. I have a big cup of hot Tea. London Games Festival is going to be brilliant.
Video Games Live is tonight and I can't wait, I'll be sure to report on it.
The Road to LGF
London Games Festival GO!
London Games Festival is about to kick off, and as you may know, me and Willeth will be there, and we'd love to see some of you guys if you're going to be there.
Here's the (provisional) events I'm going to be at:
Video Games Live - 24th
A Live concert with Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall, and the English Chamber Orchestra performing classic and contemporary Video Game music at the Royal Festival Hall. I'll be at the 4pm showing.
DS World Record - 25th
I'll be helping set a new record for most DS players together in one place, at the Rocket Centre at London Metropolitan University at 4pm.
LittleBigPlanet - Covent Garden - 26th
I'm probably gonna check out the 'creative workshops' in covent garden, and see if I can do/make something cool.
Eurogamer Expo 2008 - 28-29th
The big event, I'm going to be playing as much as I can, definitely RE5, Left4Dead and Fallout 3.
GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair - 28-29th
I may also try and get a job
Rock Paper Shotgun: THE LONDON THINKOSIUM - 28th
I'll be at the Alphabet Bar, I'm sure this is going to be a right laugh.
If you can't make it to any of the festival, I'll be record as much of it as I can, so watch this space. If you are going to be about, shoot me an email on lewiep@savygamer.co.uk, and we'll have to meet up!
Xbox 360 Premium 60GB - £142.18
Tesco are selling the 60GB premium for £144.71, which is an incredible price. You can save a couple more quid by getting it from PC World via their pricematch.
You can order one to collect in store, and get them to pricematch it +10%.
Fatal Fury Battle Archive - Vol 1, PS2 - £13
Fatal Fury Battle Archive - Vol 1, PS2 - £13 delivered
Includes:
Fatal Fury,
Fatal Fury 2,
Fatal Fury Special,
and Fatal Fury 3.
World Heroes Anthology, PS2 - £13
World Heroes Anthology, PS2 - £13 delivered
Includes:
World Heroes,
World Heroes 2,
World Heroes Jet,
and World Heroes Perfect
King of Fighters Anthology, PS2 - £13
King of Fighters Anthology, PS2 - £13 delivered
Includes King of Fighters '94, '95, '96, '97, and '98.
Castlevania Double Pack, GBA - £11.98
Castlevania Double Pack, GBA - £11.98 delivered
make sure you pick "Amazon.co.uk" on the right.
Contains Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of Dissonance, which both looks fantastic on the DS.
Siren Blood Curse, PS3 - £13.93
Siren Blood Curse, PS3 - £13.93 delivered
Use discount code HALLOWEEN to get £2 off the displayed price. Thanks to Furry for the tip!
Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Edition, Xbox 360 - £49.99
Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Edition, Xbox 360 - £49.99 delivered
Includes:
Art Book
Selected Soundtrack CD
Safety Deposit box
Keychain
Duffel bag
Left 4 Dead, PC - £20.69
Left 4 Dead, PC - £20.69 delivered
Apply code "Softuk10" for 10% off. Thanks to $ilva $hadow for the tip off.
World of Goo - Review
World of Goo, PC/WiiWare
Review by LewieP
World of Goo is as close to perfect as it gets.
Please get it.
It's genuinely incredible.
I played the original tech demo for World of Goo (Tower of Goo), a few years back, and thought to myself "Wow, this is really neat, I wonder what could happen if they made a proper game out of this, I bet it could be fantastic."
That's exactly what 2D Boy have done, and it is fantastic.
It feels, and plays, like a very contemporary update to lemmings. It even has moments where you get to destroy everything on screen as a cathartic release from failing a level, before you give it one more go. The controls are brilliant, the animation is lovely, and the presentation is brilliant. The music is brilliant, it feels like it's not quite right, but that is part of the charm. Reminds me of Worms actually.
It is literally just about getting things from A to B. Although it's very post-portal. That's not a criticism at all, it has a lot of similarities with portal, but it really has it's own identify.
It's genuinely hilarious. Not just hilarious though, hilarious in a very game-y way. It has a wonderful character, 'The Sign Painter', who is consistently surprising, and consistently brilliant. Some of the scenarios are very witty, and very knowingly used.
All the humour, style and polish in the world won't make a fun game if the game isn't fun to play.
Luckily, World of Goo is fun fun fun fun fun.
The puzzles are very well constructed. They are always fair, and always logical. If you are anything like me, you'll spend about half the time working out what you have to do, and half the time working out how to do it. There is a lot of trial and error involved, but experimenting with different solutions is always a joy. It's very conducive to group play, taking turns.
World of Goo is a triumph of game design, and a breath of fresh air. Exactly what WiiWare needs, and a commendable indie effort.
It's an obvious conclusion, but thinking with Goo is the thinking with portals of 2008.
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