28 posts tagged “game”

iPhone app review: Space Ace

Jul 26, 2009
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Wow! This really brings back so many memories from my childhood. I wish that I could remember how many quarters (overall dollars) that I ended up spending on that game on the weekends. My parents used to drop me off at the arcade for a few hours and I'd blow the money they gave me with in the first 45 minutes. I wouldn't mind having this arcade classic in my living room (along with Dragon's Lair, Killer Instinct & a few other titles), but in the meantime I was able to download the Space Ace app for my iPhone 3GS.

What else can I say, but it's freaking SWEET! The game play is awesome, the animation, freaking AWESOME! I'm anxious for the release of Dragon's Lair to hit. I was better at Dragon's Lair than I was at Space Ace, but with this app on my iPhone now, I'll be ready for either arcade classic. I really dig the controls on the screen too. The character moves easily. I recommend purchasing the full version which will have more levels than the "lite" version which is just the first level.

I think any child of the 80's will appreciate this game for many hours, let's hope Apple solves (with another release of the OS) the battery life issue so we can cram more play time on this great game.

That is all....

Balls of fury

Jun 25, 2009
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Playing the ping pong app on my iPhone. Team U.S.A. is in the finals. After several attempts, I finally managed to make it past the 2nd round and into the finals. I lost to China, 12-10. Bummer. Oh well, I'll have to keep playing. Maybe I'll have to play some Def Leppard (Pour some sugar on me) in order to get into the zone? Bring on Christopher Walken!

Balls of fury

Sent from my iPhone.

Picked up Guitar Hero: World Tour

Nov 28, 2008
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Looking forward to some early AM gameplay.

Guitar Hero World Tour

Check out the setlist:

Track List:

311 - "Beautiful Disaster"
30 Seconds To Mars - "The Kill"
Airbourne - "Too Much Too Young"
The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"
Anouk - "Good God"
The Answer - "Never Too Late"
At The Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor"
Beastie Boys - "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
Beatsteaks - "Hail to the Freaks"
Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
Black Label Society - "Stillborn"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"
blink-182 - "Dammit"
Blondie - "One Way or Another"
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Hollywood Nights"
Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
Bullet For My Valentine - "Scream Aim Fire"
Coldplay - "Shiver"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around The Bend"
The Cult - "Love Removal Machine"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel The Pain"
The Doors - "Love Me Two Times"
Dream Theater - "Pull Me Under"
The Eagles - "Hotel California"
The Enemy - "Aggro"
Filter - "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
The Guess Who - "American Woman"
Hush Puppies - "You're Gonna Say Yeah!"
Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze (Live)"
Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"
Kent - "Vinternoll2"
Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Linkin Park - "What I've Done"
The Living End - "Prisoner of Society"
Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
Lost Prophets - "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)"
Mars Volta - "L'Via L'Viaquez"
MC5's Wayne Kramer - "Kick Out The Jams"
Metallica - "Trapped Under Ice"
Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Motorhead - "Overkill"
Muse - "Assassin"
Negramaro - "Nuvole e Lenzuola"
Nirvana - "About a Girl (Unplugged)"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
NOFX - "Soul Doubt"
Oasis - "Some Might Say"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley"
Paramore - "Misery Business"
Pat Benatar - "Heartbreaker"
R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
Radio Futura - "Escuela De Calor"
Rise Against - "Re-Education Through Labor"
Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant"
Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
Steely Dan - "Do It Again"
Steve Miller Band - "The Joker"
Sting - "Demolition Man (Live)"
The Stone Roses - "Love Spreads"
Stuck In The Sound - "Toy Boy"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B."
Ted Nugent - "Stranglehold"
Ted Nugent's Original Guitar Duel Recording
Tokio Hotel - "Monsoon"
Tool - "Parabola"
Tool - "Schism"
Tool - "Vicarious"
Trust - "Antisocial"
Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
Willie Nelson - "On The Road Again"
Wings - "Band on the Run"
Zakk Wylde's Original Guitar Duel Recording

Looking over the setlist for Rock Band 2

Nov 27, 2008
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All I have to say is "WHOA!". Check it out. It looks like the Guitar Hero franchise will have some tough competition.

Rckbnd2_listtop

On-Disc Track List:

	Artist	Song Title	Decade
1.	AC/DC	Let There Be Rock	1970s
2.	AFI	Girl's Gone Grey	2000's
3.	Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know	1990's
4.	Alice in Chains	Man in the Box	1990's
5.	Allman Brothers	Ramblin' Man	1970's
6.	Avenged Sevenfold	Almost Easy	2000's
7.	Bad Company	Shooting Star	1970's
8.	Beastie Boys	So Whatcha Want	1990's
9.	Beck	E-Pro	2000's
10.	Bikini Kill	Rebel Girl	1990's
11.	Billy Idol	White Wedding Pt. I	1980's
12.	Blondie	One Way or Another	1970's
13.	Bob Dylan	Tangled Up in Blue	1970's
14.	Bon Jovi	Livin' on a Prayer	1980's
15.	Cheap Trick	Hello There	1970's
16.	Devo	Uncontrollable Urge	1980's
17.	Dinosaur Jr.	Feel the Pain	1990's
18.	Disturbed	Down with the Sickness	2000's
19.	Dream Theater	Panic Attack	2000's
20.	Duran Duran	Hungry Like the Wolf	1980's
21.	Elvis Costello	Pump It Up	1970's
22.	Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way	1970's
23.	Foo Fighters	Everlong	1990's
24.	Guns N' Roses	Shackler's Revenge	2000's
25.	Interpol	PDA	2000's
26.	Jane's Addiction	Mountain Song	1980's
27.	Jethro Tull	Aqualung	1970's
28.	Jimmy Eat World	The Middle	2000's
29.	Joan Jett	Bad Reputation	1980's
30.	Journey	Anyway You Want It	1970's
31.	Judas Priest	Painkiller	1990's
32.	Kansas	Carry On Wayward Son	1970's
33.	L7	Pretend We're Dead	1990's
34.	Lacuna Coil	Our Truth	2000's
35.	Linkin Park	One Step Closer	2000's
36.	Lit	My Own Worst Enemy	1990's
37.	Lush	De-Luxe	1990's
38.	Mastodon	Colony of Birchmen	2000's
39.	Megadeth	Peace Sells	1980's
40.	Metallica	Battery	1980's
41.	Mighty Mighty Bosstones	Where'd You Go	1990's
42.	Modest Mouse	Float On	2000's
43.	Motorhead	Ace of Spades	1980's
44.	Nirvana	Drain You	1990's
45.	Norman Greenbaum	Spirit in the Sky	1960's
46.	Panic at the Disco	Nine in the Afternoon	2000's
47.	Paramore	That's What You Get	2000's
48.	Pearl Jam	Alive	1990's
49.	Presidents of the USA	Lump	1990's
50.	Rage Against the Machine	Testify	1990's
51.	Ratt	Round & Round	1980's
52.	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Give it Away	1990's
53.	Rise Against	Give it All	2000's
54.	Rush	The Trees	1970's
55.	Silversun Pickups	Lazy Eye	2000's
56.	Smashing Pumpkins	Today	1990's
57.	Social Distortion	I Was Wrong	1990's
58.	Sonic Youth	Teenage Riot	1980's
59.	Soundgarden	Spoonman	1990's
60.	Squeeze	Cool for Cats	1970's
61.	Steely Dan	Bodhitsattya	1970's
62.	Steve Miller Band	Rock'n Me	1970's
63.	Survivor	Eye of the Tiger	1980's
64.	System of a Down	Chop Suey	2000's
65.	Talking Heads	Psycho Killer	1970's
66.	Tenacious D	Master Exploder	2000's
67.	Testament	Souls of Black	1990's
68.	The Donnas	New Kid in School	2000's
69.	The Go-Go's	We Got the Beat	1980's
70.	The Grateful Dead	Alabama Getaway	1980's
71.	The Guess Who	American Woman	1970's
72.	The Muffs	Kids in America	1990's
73.	The Offspring	Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)	1990's
74.	The Replacements	Alex Chilton	1980's
75.	The Who	Pinball Wizard	1960's
76.	Abnormality	Visions	2000's
77.	Anarchy Club	Get Clean	2000's
78.	Bang Camaro	Night Lies	2000's
79.	Breaking Wheel	Shoulder to the Plow	2000's
80.	The Libyans	Neighborhood	2000's
81.	The Main Drag	A Jagged Gorgeous Winter	2000's
82.	Speck	Conventional Lover	2000's
83.	The Sterns	Supreme Girl	2000's
84.	That Handsome Devil	Rob the Prez-O-Dent	2000's

** TheRock Band 2 on-disc track list is comprised entirely of master recordings.

OMG! WANT! When two worlds collide

Nov 12, 2008
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PWN or DIE MFer

MK vs DC

Mortal Monday

I want this!

Cover tune: Double Dragon M1

Nov 3, 2008
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Whoa! This brings back a flood of memories trying to beat this game (which I did). It was one of the toughest games to beat on the NES at that time. I do miss playing the NES on occasion, I'd spend hours playing a game back then. Pay attention when the timer hits 1:32, watch the screen.

DD M1 Cover

Remember your roots

Oct 18, 2008
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I remember spending hours playing on the original NES. One of my favorite games was The Legend of Zelda, I'd lose track of my nights and weekends because I was glued to the tele. I also remember how stoked I was when I first beat the game, of course I entered my name as "Link". I wasn't too pleased to find out that by continuing to play the game, the levels and maps would change. BAH!

I still played the game even after I snagged the SNES and the followup game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. I have the Legend of Zelda on my PC, but haven't played it. I think that I miss that old school controller. Oh well, I don't plan on trying to hunt down those original units on eBay anytime soon. I guess it's the PC for now.

I laughed loudly when Robot Chicken took on the Zelda series. Poor Link.

Robot Chicken - Link and Zelda

One of my favorite bands, System of a Down even paid tribute to this great game.

The Legend Of Zelda

System Of A Down

Cheers

\m/

From Wired magazine

Aug 27, 2008
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Just by looking at these images I really want The Force Unleashed.

Pretty kick ass yes?

Classic gaming, The King of Kong, where's the twist?

Jun 30, 2008
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King_of_kong

Growing up, I remember that I used to visit arcades, roller skating rinks, even places like Dairy Queen that used to have the classic arcade games just to waste my quarters. I wish that I could provide an accurate number in dollars as to how much I reallly used up on those arcade games, but I just can't. This was before the arcade industry pumped out titles like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, or even Killer Instinct to save the industry from going under for good. I remember playing games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Tron, Spy Hunter, the classics.

A few weeks ago while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon, I caught "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" on G4 and actually watched it. It really wasn't bad at all for a documentary. I could give a review on this one, but chances are you (the reader) really wouldn't check the title out. So, I'm just using the documentary title and classic gaming subject to tie-in this video clip from Robot Chicken. It's called "Donkey Kong Meets Halo". Now where was this game when I was a kid? Shyte... I feel cheated. HA!

RobotChicken - Donkey Kong Meets Halo

Cheers