I have to give a nod to a Master Ninja over at NeoGAF for his wonderfully concise diagram of the controls for Ninja Gaiden 2:

I’ll start with an easy one: I do NOT care about being “the best” or some shit. I know full well that I won’t be and it’d be stupid to try. But to have some Deus Ex Machina come in and take a giant shit all over me, there’s really no call for that. It [...]

Not that I was in any hurry, far from it. The 100% Club thing always struck me as a great way to ruin your game, play it as fast as possible and skip all cutscenes? No thanks. Thank god for multi. I may even try to review this sonofabitch, not that anyone would read it. [...]

Forgot to link this in a timely manner. Second part of the BBPS’ Grand Theft Podcast. I know it says part 1 up there but frankly I’m too lazy to link another image. Life is full of compromises. Everyone’s a rat… but not me. Download: iTunes subscriberizer: Flowing stream of audio justice:

I am a sucker for cell-shaded games. An idea who’s time was too long in arriving. Therefore, this makes me very, very happy: Click for full glorious resolution. I love it, it’s all Moebius-like.

Eden seems slightly less abstract now, by a micron. As it turns out you are playing a bit of pollen, sweeping through this 2D, procedurally-generated forest, making things grow. Except, your bit of pollen can swing around like Spider-man, and cause branches to grow ahead of it’s path. I think. Oh and it’s got co-op. [...]

IGN delivers their patented finishing move: (Image shamelessly scooped from Xater) The writing is on the wall: this dog won’t hunt. It’s a shame, really. The blowback started way back last yeat when head Haze writer Rob Yescombe was widely misquoted in the entertainment press, describing Haze as aiming for a more mature audience, which [...]

Single worst piece of official art from awesome games? – NeoGAF Mamesj (Member / Today, 02:34 PM)

Following on Sony’s footsteps, Microsoft has unveiled some of it’s lineup for the rest of 2008 at an event 5 timezones removed from here. The big titles they talked about were: Fable 2. I have somehow managed to not play Fable, something I’m not particularly proud of, because despite his bombasity I like Molyneux, and [...]

I’ve been rudely interjecting myself into the BBPS’s weekly podcast for several weeks now… I haven’t mentioned it here yet, since I was sure they’d kick me off at any moment, but it hasn’t happened (the drugs do work!), so it’s time to link it. This week was part 1 of the Grand Theft Auto [...]