Author Archives: TheUser

Frogger Decades

Frogger Decades | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Action Games

Frogger Decades for iOS, provided to me by Konami, celebrates Frogger’s 30th anniversary. At its core, it features the same idea that Frogger has always had. However, it adds many things, iterating on the classic in a respectful way. I like where they took it.

Dreams vs. Reality

Last night, I had a dream in which I upgraded my computer. I got a new motherboard, CPU, RAM, and graphics card. It was glorious, and I was quite happy. I awoke to find my room awash in soft blue light.
This damn screen was on my monitor.

Dreams vs. Reality, originally uploaded by theuser.

No Entertainment

Last week, a terrible thing happened. When Pete and I got to his house, we found that there was no power. That means no entertainment. We sat in the living room, and James joined us because his room was too dark without power. I guess he didn’t want to open his blinds. (I don’t know!)
Anyways, I saved the day by having a smartphone!
More specifically, my good friends Walken and Batman saved us.

Best Video Game Music

Contra
Chemical Plant
PvZ Music Video
Still Alive
Duck Tales – Moon
Katamari Damacy
Doom theme

Off Book: Video Games | PBS Arts

The Capcom-Unity blog shared this video on games as art from PBS. It’s nice to see some more intelligent discussion on the matter. I was also very happy to see Portal, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Rez, Passage, Psychonauts, and many other fantastic games in the video.
For many gamers, there’s nothing new in the video, but it is interesting.

Panoramic Ball Camera

Panoramic ball camera gives a full 360-view of you nervously throwing it in the air (video) — Engadget

Is that not the coolest thing ever? This ball contains 36 phone cameras pointed in different directions. When you throw it in the air, each camera takes a photo at the same time at the peak its arc. Using special software, you can then view the full panorama.
If it streamed the video somewhere, that’d be even cooler. Overlooking cost, what if you dropped it off a cliff or something. How awesome would that be? Or you could throw it around at a concert. Hell, you could just throw it at your roommate’s head. I want one.

Ghostbusters Slot Machine

I made a nice little bit of money from this machine.

Pac-Man Battle Royale

Hell yeah. I love this game.

SQUIDS

SQUIDS for iOS | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Action/Adventure, RPG, Strategy

SQUIDS is a fun new game for iOS provided to me by The Game Bakers. It just hit the App Store (early!) last night and will be available on Android soon. SQUIDS is a colorful strategy game featuring cartoon-like graphics. When black slime enters the underwater kingdom and begins corrupting, a team of heroes must band together. Of course, these heroes are squids. What else would they be? Combining turn-based strategy, light RPG, and touchscreen controls, SQUIDS is a welcome addition to mobile gaming.

Shadowgun

Shadowgun | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Action Games, Shooter, Third Person Shooter

When I read that Shadowgun for iOS was a console-quality game, I was skeptical. However, after Madfinger Games provided the game to me, I was very impressed. Shadowgun is a third-person shooter that looks to be inspired by Gears of War. It uses the Unity development platform, usually used in web-based applications. It looks stunning is an experience you wouldn’t expect to get from an iOS game! I entered expecting exaggerations yet was so impressed that I promptly ran to show my friends.