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Rainier's Articles


'Farmlands Sowing Secrets' Enters Indie Games Festival - Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 3:08 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Farmlands is a board and collectible card game you build farms, plant crops, and battle for control of land. The goal of Farmlands is straight forward; increase your net worth to meet the goal of the map or have the largest net worth when time runs out.

'Easy Piano' (NDS) Coming to North America

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 3:08 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Easy Piano is the first ever Nintendo DS game coming with a real mini-piano accessory plugged to your console, and which allows you to learn piano without having to take boring music theory lessons!

'Last Rebellion' (PS3) - New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 3:03 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Nippon Ichi Software and HitMaker's Last Rebellion is an RPG with action elements where players can roam around the world field and make action movements like in an action game, but once you enter battle you engage the enemy using a turn-based system.

'Gratuitous Space Battles' Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 2:33 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Gratuitous Space Battles is a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games: The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going 'zap!', 'ka-boom!' and 'ka-pow!'.

'Disney Epic Mickey' (Wii) to Be A Trilogy?

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 2:29 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Disney Epic Mickey is an adventure-platforming game with light role-playing elements starring a re-imagined Mickey Mouse, tapping into its rich history along with the characters and worlds brought to life by Walt Disney to create an edgy and unexpected cartoon adventure. While the first title has barely been announced, Warren Spector revealed that he already has two sequels planned, although whether they will ever get made has not been decided yet.

'Dragonology' (NDS) Gets Dated - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 2:22 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Dragonology will bring the book's magical world of dragons to life in an absorbing and exciting interactive adventure for younger gamers. Embarking on a journey to become a Master of Dragonology, players learn ancient dragon tracking techniques and travel to exotic locations to study, protect and preserve these dangerous and secretive creatures.

CBS Signs Development Deals For Several Of Its TV Shows

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 2:07 a.m. PST | Filed under News

CBS announced that it has teamed up with the industry's most renowned casual games developers and video game publishers - including Ludia, Ubisoft, Merscom, Legacy Interactive and Mindscape - to develop eight new video games based on several of its TV shows, such as The Amazing Race, CSI, Diagnosis Murder, Criminal Minds, Survivor, and more ...

Gala-Net Signs 'Heroes of Gaia'

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Based on classic PC strategy game concepts, Heroes of Gaia puts gamers in the shoes of one of four warring factions and challenges them to build a castle, recruit mighty heroes, quest for magical items, summon up devastating armies and rampage across the land battling against players and NPCs alike in thrilling strategic combat to dominate the kingdom of Gaia.

We're Assets, Nicholai. Expendable Assets ... And We've Just Been Expended

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under MOTD

Another huge batch of games is available in stores. Too bad that the game of the week, Dragon Age: Origins, seems to be a bit of a letdown on consoles, but at least the PC edition shines.

It seems we're going to have to look for a new DVR, as its antics are continuing. When it's time to start recording, it automatically turns on at the appropriate time, only to record ... nothing. Luckily, we had yet to watch yesterday's Castle, which is finally starting to show Nathan Fillion's gaming interest with a Guitar Hero cameo. Speaking of Fillion, last week rumors started flying around that Hugh Jackman was in the running to play Drake in the upcoming Uncharted movie, but I'd rather see Fillion throw his hat in the ring for the role. He loves video games, has the right sense of humor, and, dare I say, he even looks a bit like the protagonist.

'Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter' (ALL) Goes Gold

by Rainier on Nov. 3, 2009 @ 6:28 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers.