Kudos : Légende de roche

C'était l'année dernière juste que nous avons passée en revue Montée d'O ombreux la' Grady tiennent le premier rôle, un jeu intelligent de sim de construire-votre-propre-roche-bande. J'ai pensé qu'il charmait, si un peu rugueux-affilait parfois. Maintenant un deuxième jeu dans le genre a croisé mon chemin : Kudos : Légende de roche. Read more

Le rassemblement venez le PTD servent d'équipier

Si vous n'êtes pas chez DefCon 7 à Tulsa du centre, au centre de convention vous êtes absent dehors. PTD staff et leur servez d'équipier ont leur vitesse et sont LANing il vers le haut. Lisez plus

Le `de coq de combat branche' sur la scène d'abonnement

Trois mots. Jeu. Robinet. Robinet. Mix them all together, separate them up, you get two amazing companies. Mix them together again and you get games to play at your whimsy. GameCock Media presenting with games that are delightful to enjoy, GameTap with the medium to play.

Up for your gaming pleasure will be various releases that GameCock Media has both previously released and is going to release. In typical GameTap fashion all the games will be available for purchase and through the subscription play system. Predicted games to be released through GameTap will be Velvet Assassin and Legendary, just to name a few. Insecticide and Stronghold Crusader Extreme will be available very soon, as well.

Fortunately for us, these game developers care enough to get their games to us in a format that will allow us to fully enjoy independent games without experiencing the impact of the stab to the wallet that our economy has given us. Imbibing of the indie revolution, playing games that are subscribed through GameTap may not be the industry ideal, however, for the consumer, this may well be the wave that major players should opt to ride. After all, when the gamer wallet shrivels up and dries out, who wins? Certainly not Nintendo. Viva la PC resistance. This broadband gaming network is just gaining more and more steam and, in this case, GameCock.

Who says there are no new games on my PC?

There are a select few people that seem to think that PC gaming is on a decline. Don’t tell me that this rumor has sucked you in and that you have shucked all your games, because it’s immensely untrue. As with all things, PC gaming has simply become more in tune with what the modern gamer needs.

Do you remember the last time you had to actually step foot into a store to buy the game you had been itching to amuse yourself with? If you are anything like me you go to your favorite online site, like Steam, and browse the available downloads, pay and click. Voila, let gaming commence.

So where did this notion that PC gaming was disappearing come from? Maybe retail stores started the rumor because they were not receiving as many units on their shelves, while getting an influx of console games. Can you see it now? Picture your favorite local retail store executives pouting like little kids because they aren’t making their cut so they start the dirtiest rumor they can think of, “PC games are dead and gone, never to return.” There is nothing to worry about and we will all forgive who ever in fact begat the rumor, because we can take a look at our hard drives and know that PC gaming is in fact alive and well.

Many companies such as Turbine Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment tend to be so tightly lipped about their profits that it is impossible to get anything but an estimate on how much they actually make from their product. Causing speculation that the PC game sales are on a downward trend, might seem like a bad move for these companies, and yet, I cannot help but think this might be a wonderful strategy, designed to keep people guessing. They are producing games that people keep coming back for more each game. The consumer pays around 50 dollars a game, then pays an additional 15 dollars a month to continue to play, the console game industry just wishes they had that kind of market.

Other sites like Big Fish Games design their games to be so utterly addictive that you keep coming back for more. They hook you with their teaser, playing for an hour, free. Then after you get involved with the game you have to have more. Fortunately, they have a subscription based system to easy the sting of your wallet a little bit.

There are many features in PC RPG games you cannot get in console games, like the ability to manipulate with extra key functions that would otherwise be burdensome, graphics and sound that rock the house (if you have the latest and greatest cards), and most of all playability that provides an element of socialization that is otherwise lackluster, whether you are just IMing someone while playing or deeply involved with a MMORPG, it is all about social graces, or lack there of.

Whatever your addiction might be, the artists and production companies that make the PC games are not letting us down whatsoever, though the retail outlets might be a bit disappointed. All this talk of PC games, reminds me, I need to go explore Steam for a while. Or maybe Big Fish Games, I love their hidden puzzle games.