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@alex-templeman
WTF Japan?!?
I just found an iPhone game where you play as an alpaca with a human face that knocks out other alpacas and absorbs their bodies for XP. My alpaca has just grown an extra pair of (human arms) and absorbs his fellow alpacas by shoving them into the hole in his chest. He's also smoking a fag for some reason.
It goes without saying that game is Japanese... WTF Japan?!?
Introducing a bundle of love for Brandon Boyer, with more than 30 indie games (and counting) just for you!
Humble Bundle has teamed with independent developers to put together a bundle like no other. To help support this cause, pay at least $25 to receive a ton of games and all proceeds...
Screw SJWs, Trans PoC otherkin or NSA conspiracy stories - I SUPPORT MOOSE SEX!
One thing that playing Disco Zoo has taught me: I have ungodly Platypus-finding skillz.
Well I guess this is as good a day as any to start up my Jared Leto fan tumblr...
James Murphy: professional uninterested musician
I was watching 'New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down' from LCD Soundsystem's final gig in Madison Square Gardens, and it occurred to me that James Murphy is one of the most fascinatingly uninteresting musicians I've ever seen. Every time I see the dude live, he seems to be interested in every other possible thing apart from the audience. During his songs he will endless wander the stage tweaking levels, poking bits of equipment or just stand there and look... detached. I guess it comes from his history as a producer - the meticulous tweaking of the sound, even live.
Don't get me wrong - LCD did amazing music. And I think in some ways Murphy's detached persona helped mold their sound - for instance, 'Losing My Edge'. However when you see them live, Murphy seems really... uncomfortable. He seems like someone who doesn't quite want to be up in front of a crowd - like given 1/2 a chance, he'd be hiding to the side of the stage and give the limelight to everyone else.
Or else he's just doing the whole uninterested hipster thing...
Given the current rate new hairdressers are opening in my street, I can only assume that in 2-3 years 90% of the shops in Edinburgh will be hairdressers.
Thoughts: Three
Three is, in many ways, the epitome of iOS/Android gaming. The design work is clean and clutter-free; the rules can be learnt in 23 seconds, and it's as addictive as chocolate covered peanuts laced with crack. However, unlike cocaine it only costs £1.50 (unless you know a really good dealer) so is a far more cost efficient addiction!
As I said, the game is simplicity itself. You have a 4x4 grid, which starts with a scattering of numbers. You can swipe to move all the pieces up, down, left or right, with pieces slotting into free gaps with every movement. To start with, you'll have a load of 1 and 2 blocks. When shunted together these will combine to make 3. From there you push together blocks of the same number to make progressively larger multiples of 3. So two 3s make a 6 block, two 6s make a 12, and so on. When there are no more available moves, the game ends and it'll tot up all the blocks in the grid as your score. Simples!
Simple... and yet wonderfully effective. As with the best apps, there is minimal steps between starting the thing up and playing a game. When you boot up the app, a big button invites you to start playing - and when the inevitable 'Game Over' happens (normally after about 5 minutes or so, depending on your luck), restarts are little more than a tap away. Which means you can get on with the crucial task of trying to manoveur two 192 blocks to make a high scoring 384!
Helping the addiction is a wonderfully clean and cute aesthetic. Each of the 'blocks' is actually a little rectangular critter, with a unique voice and tiny little facial expressions that change as they near one of their kin. They even have a little bio that pops up the first time you discover one – elevating the game above being just another sterile puzzle game. There is also a soundtrack courtesy of Disasterpeace – which isn't his best work, but is as cute and disarming as the rest of the game.
In the end, if you enjoy puzzle games you'll probably fall in love with 'Three'. It isn't going to keep you engaged for months and months, but it will probably become your new addiction for the next few weeks!
My best is currently a rather measley 7,605. Bring it.
So the Obama Administration is building Iron Man. Finally my Saints Row 4/American Politics/Superhero fanfic is coming true!
2 Surprising things from the last 5 minutes:
1. Coldplay still exist.
2. Their new song is actually pretty good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQeMxWjpr-Y#t=208
Thoughts: Guacamelee!
Guacamelee is a game that is far more than the sum of it's parts. While doing nothing technically new, this story about a Mexican wrestler fighting evil skeletons still manages to seem vibrant and fresh. How?
Bright colours and chickens mostly.
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Guacamelee takes place in an open world where all the interesting paths are conveniently blocked off by colourful rocks, large gaps and temporarily impassable architecture. The abilities to bypass them (a variety of colourful wrestling moves such as headbutts and uppercuts) are conveniently held under lock and key by difficult enemies at the far corners of the map. Yes, Guacamelee is a metroidvania game - complete with heart/energy containers, quick-travel systems and subquests. If you've played any Metroidvania-style games before, you'll most likely know the steps off by heart.
So what makes Guacamelee good? In one word, humour. Much like Jazzpunk (which I will bore your ears off about very soon...) Guacamelee is a silly silly game, and is proud of it. Random goat men try and sleep with your mother. There is a poster for Link as a mexican wrester (El Linko!) and one of the rock formations in the game looks suspiciously like Megaman. You can wear a full chicken costume, one of the moves is called 'DerpDerp' because they couldn't be bothered to give it a proper name, and one of the characters can turn into a walking egg at will.
So it's a silly game, and wonderfully so. The game is chock-full of references to pop culture - almost every poster is a nod to games characters, internet slang or just, y'know, random weirdness! Half the fun of the game is looking into every nook and cranny to find some new strange mexicanified reference, or some other throwaway joke hiding in the background. None of it is necessary to the plot - you can blast through the whole thing without stopping to appreciate a Minecraft-themed bar called The Neather Realm - but it's there to make you smile if you want it.
It doesn't hurt that Guacamelee is GORGEOUS. As mentioned, the game is garishly colourful - the whole thing seems to have been drawn in bright yellows, pinks and blues. And yet the colours are so vivid - and the animation so crisp - that it just makes the whole world come alive. The way your character runs, the way a chicken squarks when you hit it, the way the world seamlessly shifts between the worlds of Living and Dead... it's utterly wonderful, and even the act of running through the world is a joy to behold.
Lastly, I can't forget the music. As you would expect, the whole soundtrack is full of bouncy mexican-style tunes. Upbeat guitar and brass are the order of the day, and the melodies are as bright as the landscape you're bouncing around. It's the icing on a very pretty, very silly, very fun cake. Don't play it expecting to be wowed by any dramatic story or world-changing gameplay. Instead dive in and enjoy the humour, the music and, most of all, the colours.
Also at one point the Devil, disguised as a chicken, complains to you about Adele. That's pretty important right there.
Please allow me to introduce myself...
Hi there!
I'm Alex - and welcome to my little corner of the internet. I used to do a lot of writing about music/gaming, and have been itching to get back into it - so this Tumblr is a way of scratching that itch!
I've been a musician (singer-songwriter) for 10 years or so, and a total music geek for much longer. I'm also quite the gamer, and intend to give over a large chunk of this blog to games reviews as I work through my massive gaming Backlog Of DOOM (tm). So there will be some new stuff, lots of old stuff, indie stuff, AAA stuff... and the sort of thing you come across drunk at 3 am and think it's the greatest thing EVER.
Expect musical musings, game reviews and general geek-based weirdness dredged out of the strange place that is my brain.
Oh... and monkeys. It's always best to expect monkeys.
