Archive for the ‘RPG’ Category
Shadowgate was a point and click adventure game produced for the Mac in 1987and known as the most popular of the MacVenture Series. I however had the pleasure of playing the 1989 Nintendo NES Version. Wich is where it gained its moderate fame. As the last in the line of great hero kings it is your job to defeat the evil Warlock residing in Castle Shadow Gate. Of course saving the world and preventing the warlock from summoning the demon Behemoth.
Shadowgate made a lasting impression on me, and I am determined now that I have found it again that I will indeed defeat it. The Geek in me demands justice. With any luck a few of you will be out for blood as well. So for your enjoyment I present the NES classic role play advebture Shadowgate. Completely OG (Original Geek.) Don’t forget to play the full version of shadowgate here. ALso the cavalcade of death, watch the video of each possible nefarious end.
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The player-controlled protagonist of Faxanadu is an unidentified wanderer. He has no name, though the Japanese version allows the player to choose one. The game begins when he approaches Eolis, his hometown, after an absence to find it in disrepair and virtually abandoned. He meets with the Elven king, who urges him to set forth and restore the realm’s prosperity by defeating a being known as The Evil One.
As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Elves and Dwarves lived in harmony among the World tree until The Evil One emerged from a fallen meteorite. The Evil One then transformed the Dwarves into monsters against their will and set them against the Elves. The Dwarf King, Grieve, swallowed his magical sword before he was transformed, hiding it in his own body to prevent The Evil One from acquiring it. It is only with this sword that The Evil One can be destroyed.
The game takes place across three ascending worlds made to resemble the World Tree’s sections: one covered in a fungus-like substance (the roots), one enveloped by poison mist (the interior of the trunk), and one that resembles the tree’s branches.
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5 classic indie games, the humble indie bundle.
Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra Overture .. AWESOME !!!
Note, the games will be “free as in ‘free speech’, not as in ‘free beer’”: see each license for the full, finalized details as they come out very hopefully this week — stay tuned. It is the underlying code that will be made available to everyone.
Please support this project. The games are free now (Or about to be free) however shouldn’t we be contributing. The answer is YES we should be contributing to such a generous offer from the developers. There generous offer will hopefulyl start a trend, a trend that I can only hope goes beyond the initial outlay. Buy one for yourself, one for your friends. Sheesh, a late mothers day present. Just get off the couch and do it.
It’s new news. I know it’s been a while. I’ve been working on a few projects but here I am back at Geek-Haven where it all began. I’ve recently obtained an Engine for on-line RPG’s (2d) with a direct development line to 3d. It’s beginning again. What does this mean for Geek-Haven? firstly it means a new design. There is a lot of work coming to Geek-Haven, some of it obvious some less so. However this attention should build some community. If there was ever a time to get involved now would be it.
Of course development time for the game is variable. Quantity vs Quality and all that. So stay tuned for updates on what could be the future direction for geek-haven.
As a geek when someone mentions RPG’s there are a few things that come to mind. The chances are however that Diablo is one of the first things to pop into your head. So when I finally got my hands on Torchlight I wasn’t surprised at the look or feel of the game. To say the hack and slash click frenzy was reminiscent of Diablo might be considered an understatement of the most extreme kind. Diablo II like game mechanics and the atmoshpere and simplicity of the original experience of Diablo mixed with a pleasant and classic graphical style all mesh for simple, fun and streamlined experience with Torchlight. Calling something clone is ussually a negative factor but the Diablo’esque fell comes from the Team, a group of former Blizzard North members working with Runic Games and doing a damned good job.
With a small footprint and very reasonable spec requirements Torchlight is a unique game and at it’s bargain pricing (Steam 19.95 AUD) it’s a hard gem to look over.
So very true.
Scroll to the bottom for a comprehensive list of games released in the 09 – 10 period. + A quick note. It horrifies me to admit that my most popular article (this one) is most likely my worst. Don’t forget I’m giving away a copy of Blood Bowl (via steam) for anyone that can offer a decent header for geek-haven. Also i’m looking for people interested in the new online RPG geek-haven is developing.
It’s been an interesting year for me, and I can only guess the same goes for most of you.
Tragedy and Joy, political intrigue the Global Financial Crisis, the Election of America’s first African American President (Yes I know he’s not 100% African American but the fact that is an issue speaks volumes about the American populace and the important step this was for America as a whole.)
The sad and truly unwholesome death of ‘the King of Pop’ Michael Jackson (When i say unwholesome I wish to refer to the vultures and ass clowns whom simply would not let the poor man rest in piece. Simply put have some respect for the dead you ass clowns.)
On 23 November 2009, the first proton–proton collisions were recorded, at the injection energy of 450 GeV per particle.
Well Mass Effect 2 is coming out halfway through next month, so I thought I’d give you as thorough a review as possible so you’ll consider preordering it in time. Now I’m a Mass Effect fan, played it extensively on XBox 360, and PC. Yes, there were issues with the first game, but personally I believed those issues to be worth putting up with for a new type of RPG. It was really the first decent Sci-Fi third person RPG/FPS game ever made, and with games that revolutionise both the nature of those two genre’s, usually you’ll either find a very awesome game. Or you’ll find a game that could have been awesome but is let down by some issues with execution. ME was sadly in the second category. But Mass Effect 2 looks to be of the first category, and I’ll go into some detail why.
So the missus(Wife/Girlfriend for the un-Australian.) recently bought me Assassin’s Creed II (I know I know, I was all like WTF ORSM). Initially I wasn’t incredibly impressed. The game play followed very closely to the original (not in itself a bad thing) and I had started to think perhaps it was simply the same game with a different character and new settings. To some extent this is true however after a few hours of intensely enjoyable game play I had found the new an improved Price of Persia Rip Off that we had all come to love.
Let’s not beat about the bush. I want Geek-Haven to work and that means I need you.
Well, I need you if your a talented individual with some spare time on your hands and a penchant for “drematicus, artistical awesomer” stuff. WTF ! I’ve got a copy of Blood Bowl I’m gonna give to anyone who can make me a new title bar.
So Borderlands is coming. A gaming buddy of mine [Judas] introduced me to this game a few years back when it looked like development might have gone the way of the Nukem. Fortunately it hadn’t.
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