Extra Future

Tag: video games

  • Back to the Future DeLorean Mod for Crysis

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    [It actually travels through time][link] (See about 1:00 in the video for the awesome part), and leaves fire trails as in the film and my dreams. [link]: http://vimeo.com/731650 “DeLorean (Back to the Future) – Time Travel – Final 01 on Vimeo”

  • Arcade Solitaire: TriTowers from endloop

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    My friends at [endloop][end] have released [a new solitaire game for your iPhone and iPod Touch][link]. It is $0.99 for the next 48 hours, and worth every penny. [link]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcade-solitaire-tritowers/id339038562?mt=8 “TriTowers” [end]: http://endloop.ca “endloop”

  • “Bloody” Brock Samson Skin for Torchlight

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    [A free download][link]. Continuing Extra Future’s cataloging of [fan-made Venture Bros game mods][second]. [link]: http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5862 “Runic Games • View topic – [SKIN] Bloody Samson” [second]: http://extrafuture.com/2009/06/10/venture-family-for-the-sims-3/ “Venture family for the Sims 3”

  • Another World Ported to JavaScript

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    To go with the pure-JS [NES][nes] and [GameBoy][gb] emulators, [here’s a port of the 1991 classic Another World in plain ‘ol JavaScript][link]. Impressive. For now, it shares the same problem as the aforementioned emulators: No sound support. [link]: http://www.megidish.net/awjs/ “Another World JS – Megidish.net” [nes]: http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/ “Nintendo emulator in Javascript” [gb]: http://www.codebase.es/jsgb/ “GameBoy emulator in…

  • Epic Games Releases Unreal Development Kit

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    The hyper-expensive and [sometimes-maligned][maligned] Unreal Engine [gets a free / indie version][link]. [The Unreal Development Kit][link] is free for non-commercial use, and $2500 per-seat for commercial games. [With Unity making a similar offering][unity] last week, the independent games scene is only going to get better. [link]: http://www.udk.com/index.html “UDK – Unreal Development Kit – Epic Games”…

  • Game Engine “Unity” Launches Free Option

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    [Interesting news from the world of creating video games][link]: >The Unity engine is becoming even more affordable to independent and hobbyist developers, as Unity Technologies has retired the $200 “Unity Indie” offering and replaced it with a free license, simply called Unity. Sounds like a great deal for the price. [link]: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25840 “Gamasutra – News…

  • 2d Boy: Results of the “Pay-What-You-Want” World of Goo Sale

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    [Great detail and some analysis from 2d boy][link]. Points of interest: * A not-insignificant portion of purchases were for less than 30 cents, which PayPal took all of. * There are a lot of charts and stuff in the post, I love them for the amount of detail they’ve gone into and shared with the…

  • A Collection Of Fonts Used In Namco Arcade Games From the 1970s and 1980s

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    [As it says on the tin][link]. Enjoy your weekend. [link]: http://qtchicks.hp.infoseek.co.jp/fonts.html “NAMCO ’70~’80’s ARCADE VIDEOGAMES FONT MUSEUM”

  • World of Goo Birthday Sale

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    For World of Goo’s 1st birthday, 2d Boy are having a [“pay whatever you want” sale][link], for the PC, Mac and Linux versions of the game. There is no excuse not to buy this. [link]: http://2dboy.com/games.php “2D Boy: Games”

  • [Sponsor?] Dethklok, Brütal Legend

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    If you enjoy the writing and jackenapery here at Extra Future, perhaps you’d like to make the purchase of some *stuff*, and help foot the bill, here. ### Dethklok: Dethalbum II Dethalbum II is a much more “serious” attempt at a modern Metal album than [Dethklok][band]’s first effort, [The Dethalbum][1]. Brendon Small’s vocals are much…

  • New Shiren the Wanderer Game In The Works

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    [My heart leaps][link]. Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer is my most-played DS game by a wide margin (100+ hours, at a guess). It’s probably the best bang:buck I’ve ever gotten with a game. If this doesn’t come out for the US I may have to learn Japanese. [link]: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3176272 “New Shiren the Wanderer Game In…

  • Telltale Games Giving Away Episode 1 of Tales of Monkey Island

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    [“Launch of the Screaming Narwhal” is free for Talk Like A Pirate day][link], from midnight on Sept. 19th. [link]: http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate “Telltale Games – Play Like A Pirate”

  • Man Replaces (Nearly) All Sound Effects in Half-Life 2 With His Own Voice

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    [An impressive array of sound effects][link], and very funny to listen to during the otherwise normal playing of the game. [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxN8sCIOOE “YouTube – (RELEASE) Half-Life2: All sounds replaced with my voice”

  • Preview of WebKit’s WebGL

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    [3D gaming in-browser without plugins][link]. Playable TODAY with a [nightly build of Webkit][nightly] on your Mac. Wow. [link]: http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/09/preview-of-webkits-webgl-canvas3d/ “Wolfire Blog – Preview of WebKit’s WebGL / Canvas 3D” [nightly]: http://nightly.webkit.org/ “Nightly Webkit builds”

  • Winner of the Infinite Mario AI Contest Posts Source Code

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    [All of the java components][link] that won [the contest][contest]. Watch the slow-mo video if you want to weep for humanity’s eventual end. [link]: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rb1006/projects:marioai “Robins Pages! :: projects:marioai” [contest]: http://julian.togelius.com/mariocompetition2009/index.php “Mario Competition 2009”

  • The Worst Super Mario Player Ever

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    [An experiment in beating the original Super Mario Bros. for the NES while getting the lowest possible score][link]. This guy managed to do it while only getting 700 points. Just getting one power-up mushroom gives the player 1,000 points, so this is no mean feat. [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0E2SCGKtLI “YouTube – Worst Super Mario Player Ever”

  • TIGSource on Indie Brawl’s First Public Release

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    [The independent games answer to Super Smash Brothers][link]. Featuring 16-bit art, beautiful chiptune music and your favorite indie games characters. [link]: http://tigsource.com/articles/2009/08/26/indie-brawl-first-public-release “The Independent Gaming Source”

  • Vote For The Next Sega Genesis Game on Xbox Live Arcade

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    [Choose from][link] Earthworm Jim, Golden Axe II, Shining Force, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of RAge, Toejam & Earl or Wonderboy. It is the 20th anniversary of the Genesis’ North American launch. [link]: http://www.genesispoll.com/ “Genesis Poll”

  • Infinite Mario AI

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    [Incredible demo video][link] from one of the entrants in the [Super Mario AI][comp] competition. [mentioned previously][prev] on Extra Future. See also: [The project page][project], which explains the process behind the AI. The developer says he’ll release the source code once the contest is over. [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkMs4ZHHr8 “YouTube – Infinite Mario AI – Long Level” [project]:…

  • Activision and Double Fine settle Brütal Legend lawsuit

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    [Praise Lemmy, our long national nightmare is over.][link] No longer shall we worry about the release date of Brütal Legend being pushed back indefinitely. [link]: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/06/activision-and-double-fine-settle-brutal-legend-lawsuit/ “Activision and Double Fine settle Brutal Legend lawsuit”