iPod Touch =]

Hello all.

We have a new "system" to add to our blogger-ness now. The iPod touch.

Yes. An iPod.

Both me and Ducky boy have one now.

But I have to say, I think it will be more likely to be me who posts about the games on it, seeing as I use it a lot more for games than lil punk duck. However!! I think we would both agree on the next thing I am going to say; if you have an iPod touch/iPhone....

Go Download Mafia Wars, Now!!!
 

This is a game developed by Zynga, a "social gaming" company who create games for social network sites like Facebook, Bebo, and MySpace. They have also created a good few games for the iPod touch, which can be downloaded from the App store.

Mafia Wars is completely FREE and an excellent little game; highly addictive and very enjoyable. The aim of the game is to become the best Mafia there is. You create a character from a list of 3 or 4 (I can't remeber exactly) which have different bonuses such as gaining money faster, energy, or stamina (I went with Criminal; faster energy regeneration). You use energy to do jobs, which gains experience and money. You then buy weapons and vehicles to fight other Mafia Wars players (which uses stamina), and buy properties to increase your income.

You can also check out this game on Facebook. It's slighlt different from the iPod version, but the idea is the same.

Next up, Airport Mania.

Now this is a fun little game, wherein, you run your own airport. Planes come and go from your airport and you have to direct them to a runway to land, to a gate to drop off/pick up passengers, then to the runway to take off again.

Sounds simple, yes? Well, yeh, it kind of is. But the aim is to get a set amount of money each stage. Now, you get bonuses for landing/taking off planes on the same runway in a short space between each other, and matching same colour planes to a gate. You have to manage your airport constantly, as the planes have happiness meters. Leave them waiting too long, and theyl get unhappy, and youl get less money. It gets more complicated as you play through, with more planes coming and going, and you having to refuel and repair planes whilst working around the others. It also has quite nice graphics too.
This again is one game I would highly recommend.

Unfortunately, this is not free though. It will set you back a staggering 59p. =O

But if that's too much for you, there is a free lite version for download aswell.

Anyway, thats about it for the iPod.

Now on to the next subject.

Awhile ago, my PSP died. I didn't know what the problem was, it just wouldn't turn on. Maybe it was the battery that broke, charger, or the PSP itself? I didn't know. So I just let it rot under my bed, 'cos I didn't want to buy a new charger/battery when I didn't know what the the problem was.

But! Thanks to a friend at college, we have now discovered that it was a faulty charger! Whoop! So I went out and bought a new one, and now I have my PSP back!!

This means that I will likely be posting about the PSP aswell again soon, including the Xbox  360, DS lite, and iPod touch.

Well, thats about it for now.

Keep Gaming.

FreekyWiggle

Hackers ¬_¬

Just a note here to people; there seems to have been some technical diffculties recently concerning the web-hosting server I use for the oh-so-glorious galleries. To be more specific; Hackers.
Earlier today, I recieved an email saying simply this:

Dear ,

Concerning your user account: bethecontrollergalleries...

HacKeD By $n!per_Pal,ZaidoohNet

Gd Bye Host

JaCK

 

Now this isnt very nice at all. Unfortunately, it means the galleries are no longer running. Hopefully, this will be sorted in due time.

FreekyWiggle

Welcome Back!...Soon

As we all know, this has been pretty empty lately... *Insert Tumble Weed Here*

Anyway, hopefully we're gonna get this blog up and running again soon. Its been a little neglected lately, poor thing.
I've not been on 'cos I have myself a lot of personal issues that have been taking up my time, along with my A-Level exams and Coursework aswell eating through my time.
This has left me little time and motivation to actually play some games, so I've nothing to write on here. With a bit of luck, things'l get better for me soon, then I'll be back here!
Im sure our whole one reader will be glad of that.
As for Lil Punk Duck, I dunno why he's not been on. Probably just couldn't be arsed. Playing Gears 2 and Left for Dead and stuff instead. He's managed to finally greatly surpass my Gamescore now too. Good for him.

Anyway, we're hoping to get the graphics all done soon, and make our own template, and turn this into a propper blog. Won't that be great? That's a while off yet anyway, but it's something else to look forward to.

I'll try and get myself back into games, and hopefully post a well needed review or something soon.

Until then, Keep Gaming.

Happy Winter-een-mas Everyone!

FreekyWiggle

Happy Winter-een-mas!!

Yeh..

Force Unleashed = Badass

'Nuff Said

FreekyWiggle

Win a Wall.E

This is related to games because it's in Gamestation. If you happen to be in wrexham then pop in for a chance to win the giant cardboard walle thats sat in the window that has been from the film promotions. It's being raffeled off at £1 for a strip and winners will be announced on Saturday. My girlfriend got her tickets.

Lilpunkduck

Think This...But With A Chainsaw

An informant from Gamestation has given me a sly little tip off. Gamestaiton have grabbed exclusive UK rights to an Gears of War 2 Lancer Replica simillar to the one seen on Amazon.com but with a small teeny difference. It's sprayed golden. That's right, due to some stricter model gun laws we may not have anything considered "realistic" so we get the lancer after it's been on "pimp my gun". And even though I moan, I so want this to go with my special ed in game gun. The set will come to £120 though I'm unsure what version of the game this

comes with, Its probably standard or +£10 for Collectors

Lilpunkduck

Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise

Well I just ordered two copies of Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise for the DS from GAME after seeing an advert for the release tomorrow. I ordered a copy for me and one for my female other, as we refer to them here. But she doesn't know that yet, so let's hope she doesn't check this site before they get here! This also means that my reward points total has now finally reached the £20 I was saving up. You see, getting £2.50 off a game every now and then doesn't feel like a saving to me, so I decided to save my reward points until I accumulated £20. Which I now have. So, once my card has been charged and my reward points are added to my account, I will cancel my pre-order for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and then order it again, but this time, taking £20 off using my points. Two birds with one stone. Great.

FreekyWiggle

Gears of War 2 Achievement List Revealed

Over at IGN and gearsofwar.com you can now see the full achievement list in all it's glory, and the only couple of Achievements that make me sweat are looking to be Hoard the Horde and Seriously 2.0 and I'm quite confident campaign shall be a co-op ease and the multiplayer can mostly be done local for achieves. So go here and judge for yourself.

Lil punk duck

Why So Serious?

Well we've just got information on the new Gears of War 2 incarnation of the originals Seriously... achievement. This time round they've turned it up to 11 and set the kill count for whats dubbed "Seriously 2.0" to a whopping 100,000. And for those of you who are thinking well screw that there are improvements. It will coiunt ANY game mode, Campaign, Co-op, Ranked and Player matches and hopefully this means horde which should be a good way to churn through the kills. Also they will be adding an achievement tracker to let you see how your doing. Huzzah for those of us who intend to play Gears on the campaign multiple times through for the achievements and knowingly adding kills to our serious-ness. Go Gears!

Games Between Now and December 25th

I just noticed the truckload of games between now and December 25th, there is alot of good looking games that I just do not have the time to take in them atall. I mean three to four days of Gears 2 on campaign multiple playthroughs, Force unleashed sounds replayable and Viva Pinata HAS to be a long game. And if I get a better look at I may try convincing to get FreekyWiggle to try co-op Left 4 Dead if its LOCAL. Anyway here is the list (according to gameplay.co.uk, and please note games that are already out or mentioned twice are different format releases):

August

Space Siege

Carnival Funfair Games

Call of Duty 4: GOTY (PS3 Release)

AMF Bowling: Pinbusters

Road to Vegas

Mary King's Riding School

Ducati Moto

Too Human

The Sim's 2: Apartment Life/The Sim's 2: Apartments Pet's

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09/Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09: All Play

Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

Ferrari Challenge

Bangai-O Spirits

Mahjongg

Baroque

Soulcaliber Legends

Smash Court Tennis 3

Driving Theory Training

Super Swing Golf

PDC World Championship Darts 2009

My Life Coach

Euro Truck Simulator

Fashion Dogz

Legend of Sayuki

Two Worlds: Epic Edition

Personal Yoga Training

Imaging Teacher

International Athletics

My Pet Hotel 2

My Secret World by Imagine

Fizz

GTR Revolution

September

Spore

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky

Infinate Undiscovery

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Final Fantasy IV

WSC Real 08: World Snooker Championship

Sid Meirers Civilization Revolution

Facebreaker

Monster Madness: Grave Danger

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11

Dinosaur King

Supreme Commander

Spore Creatures

The Mummy III: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer

Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy

Gravety Zero Racing

Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour

World Cup of Pool

Super Speed Machines

TNA Impact

NHL 2K9

Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen

Warhammer: Battle March

Opoona

R-Type Tactics

Men of War

BAJA

Bakushow

Rock Band Solus Software

Pimp My Ride

Pirates: Duels on the High Seas

Picto Image

Warhammer: Mark of the Chaos Gold Editon

Warhammer: Age of Reckoning

Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Samba De Amigo

Yakuza 2

Warriors Orochi 2

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Dancing Stage SuperNOVA 2

Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon

Allied Ace Pilots

A Vampyre Story

Imagine Baby Club

Imagine Fashion Model

Imagine Modern Dancer

Jackass: The Game

Sherlock Holmes 3: The Awakened Remastered Edition

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack

Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

Crysis Warhead

SOCOM Confrontation

Lego Batman The Videogame

Indiana Jones

Golden Axe

Silent Hill: Homecoming

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

Civilization IV: Colonization

Aion: The Tower of Eternity

Disaster: Day of Crysis

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion

Family Trainer: Outdoor Challenge

SBK 08: Superbikes World Chapionship

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3

De Blob

Pure

X3 Terrain Conflict

G1 Jockey 4 2008/G1 Jockey WII 2008

Pipemania

Shaun The Sheep

Sim City Creator

The History Channel Great Empires: Rome

The Destiny of Zero

Tim Stockdales Riding Star

Martin Mystery

Hells Kitchen

Dogz 2008

Drawn to Life:Spongebob Squarepants

Allen Carrs Easy Way to Stop Smoking

8 Ball All Stars

Babies Party

October

Fifa 09

Alone in the Dark

NBA 2k9

Legendary

Dora The Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess

Prey the Stars

Tamagotchi Connexion Corner Shop 3

Fallout 3

Midnight Club: Los Angeles/Midnight Club LA Remix

Dynasty Warriors 6

CID: The Dummy

NBA Live 09

Persona 3 FES

My Make Up

My Secret Diary

My Dress Up

Wonderworld Amusement Park

Fable 2

Fary Cry 2

Bioshock

Little Big Planet

High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance

Puzzeler Collection

Raven Squad

Physmo

X Blades

Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams

Mechanic Master

Dungeon Maker

Brave: A Warriors Tale/Brave: Shamans Challenge

Duke Nukem Forever

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

Command And Conquer Red Alert 3

Ghostbusters

Dead Space

Tom Clancy's Endwar

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Expansion Pack

Project Origin

Naruto: The Broken Bond

World in Conflict: Solviet Assualt

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop

Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant

The Legend of Spyro: The Dawn of The Dragon

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsabre Duel/Star War The Clone Wars Jedi Alliance

Viva Pinata: Pocket Paredise

My Sims Kingdom

Rise of the Argonauts

Castlevania: Order Of Esslesia

The Wheelman

Ninjatown

Fun Park

Imagine Figure Skating

Lost in Blue 3/Lost in Blue Shipwrecked

My Horse and Me 2

More Game Party

My Animal Centre

Armored Core For Answer

Carnival Funfair Games: Mini Golf

Don King Presents: Prizefighter Boxing

November

Gears of War 2

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Saints Row 2

Flower, Sun and Rain

Sacred: Fallen Angel

More Touchmaster

Colour Cross

Sonic Unleashed

Mirror's Edge

Pop Star Guitar

Skate It

Eledees: The Adventures of Kai and Zero

Jewel Master: Cradel of Rome

Call of Duty: World at War

Tomb Raider Underworld

Mortal Combat VS DC Universe

Grand Theft Auto IV

Resistence 2

Motostorm 2: Pacific Rift

Diablo III

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

Street Fighter IV

Prince of Persia

WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2009

Naturo

Valkyria Chronicles

Football Manager 2009

Lips

Rayman Raving Rabbids TV

This is Vegas

Ghostbusters

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown

Dark Void

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon

Bionic Commando

Heist

Spyborgs

Scene It? Box Office Smash

Shaun White Snowboard

You're In The Movies

Train Sim 2

Left 4 Dead

Blitz: The League 2

December

NONE WHAT-SO-EVER!!!!

Lilpunkduck

You Don't Know The Power Of The Dark Side

Well it's got a date, Lucasarts have released the details for the Force Unleashed demo, and it's hitting us this week on the morning of the 21st. The demo consists of a tutorial level in a Tie Fighter factory where you shall learn to weild the force in unseen ways.

Lilpunkduck

Gears of War 2 Pre-Order Deal (UK)

Well I don't know about the readers but for me this is really an OMG variety of news for me. Gamestation, one of the UK's biggest and most respected outlets for videogames has a pre-order deal on for Gears Of War 2, where for an extra £10 will net you a set of COG tags and a splatterhead figurine (active reload anyone?). I contacted the company to enquire about the offer and hear was the response.

Thanks for your email. Unfortunately the Splatter Head Figure and the Cog Tags
can't be purchased separately from the offer.
Also, the offer only applied
to the standard edition of Gears of War 2.

Regards,
Ben Dews
Email Administrator
Gamestation
0845 345 0335
www.gamestation.co.uk

Now this is frustrating, I was going to get the special editon hands down no contest. But I REALLY want those tags. So I'm seriously considering pre-ordering both. Picking up the standard editon getting the goodies, trading it in then using the credit note for gears 2 and its shiney gold lancer goodieness.
Lilpunkduck

The Reset Generation

Update: The Reset Generation game at the bottom of the blog has now been removed.

Here goes. More N-Gage stuff. However, this stuff is actually worth writing about. Reset Generation. This is like.. all the old stereotypical characters from games, in the obvious scenario of "rescue the princess". This game really speaks to me. Though honestly, I only played the demo, so I don't know a great deal of this game, but I got a good feel for it, and I like it. It actually has its own site, where you can play the game yourself, so go give it a try, It's well worth it. Or alternatively, just scroll down to the bottom of the blog, where you can find the game, and you can play it right here. Oh, and btw, I'm really tired, that's why this is relatively short. Woot.

FreekyWiggle