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First Look: Playstation Move

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Well, Sony’s PS3-mote has finally been revealed and it is even more of a Wii-clone set-up than originally thought.  In addition to the Playstation Move controller proper, there is also something called the “sub-controller” that functions as a wireless nunchuck with no motion-sensing abilities.  Initial reports from news sources present at this year’s GDC are generally quite positive, as the added accuracy from the Playstation Eye camera fells to most like it delivers on the promises made by Nintendo so long ago that were never lived up to with the occasionally flaky Wiimote control.  The price tag has yet to officially be set for the Move, but a North American launch window of “Fall 2010” was announced.  I, for one, am looking forward to this control scheme’s use in Resident Evil 5, as RE4 with Wii controls was definitely the best of the series thus far.  We’ll keep you posted as new media and info arrives.  A couple of screenshot galleries can be seen after the jump…

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WR: Machinarium (PC/Mac)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Developer: Amanita Design
Publisher: Amanita Design
Genre: Point & Click Adventure
Players: 1
Console: PC/Mac
ESRB Rating: Not classified (E10+ by my estimate, there are some tough puzzles)
Hours Played: 5-6
Progress: Completed the game on PC and Mac

Machinarium, with its originally limited release (it’s now available through Steam in addition to from the company’s website), didn’t get much of the press and hype that it very much deserved.  Point and click adventure games as a whole tend to be rather niche these days as the market trends toward explosions, shooters, and general real-time action games.  While I am not against such a trend at all, it does have the side-effect that gaming gems in unpopular genres tend to fall through the cracks and get missed by the majority of the gaming populous.  Machinarium is a game that you shouldn’t just skip over and here’s why:

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Top 10 (+9) Games of 200X

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Many a game came out over the last decade, over 11,000 incidentally, but the great majority of them were garbage churned out to either confuse consumers into purchasing them instead of a decent game, or just to make money off of people that don’t check games’ metascores.  There were, however, also a good number of superb games that came out in the last 10 years.  Game Usagi sifted through thousands of games to present to you this list of the best of the best from the last decade.  Read on to find out what games made the list:

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Tweeterena Pro Contest

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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Our favourite iPhone Twitter app could be yours for free!  We have four promo codes to give out to let you experience the full awesomeness of the app for the fuller awesomeness of $0!

Rules:

You have to live in the US (sorry, we don’t live there either, but the codes only work in the US) and you have to not be a Game Usagi employee or related to a Game Usagi employee.

How to enter:

Subscribe to Game Usagi on Twitter here:

http://twitter.com/gameusagi

And send us a tweet @gameusagi.   Also, do so before December 1st, 2009.

Once that is completed, we’ll enter you to win one of the codes of justice!

Tweeterena pro (iPhone/iPod Touch)

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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Developer: Andrew Weekes
Genre: Twitter client
Time Used: One month

Having used Tweeterena pro for the past month or so, I must say that I have never before been this impressed with a Twitter app for the iDevices (iPhone/iPod Touch).  If you’re looking for a complete Twitter solution, look no further than Tweeterena pro.  Here’s a breakdown of my experiences with this app:

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Twit Menulet

Friday, November 6th, 2009

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We’ve been using Twit menulet for a while now as our official Game Usagi OSX Twitter client, and thought you might want to check it out too.  It lives in your OSX menubar, so there’s no messing with trying to hide dock icons like with most other OSX Twitter clients.  If you want, it even shows your latest received tweets in a  news-ticker-like fashion in your menubar.  Certainly one of the most convenient Twitter clients around, you can tweet from multiple accounts straight from your menubar.  It runs one $10 US, but after a day you’ll realize that it was worth every penny.  So, if you’re in the market for a sweet OSX Twitter client, Game Usagi suggests Twit menulet.  You can click on the image above to check out their site.  : D

-Miyamoto

Impressions: Demon’s Souls PS3

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Groundhog Day in Hell

I’ve recently been playing Demon’s Souls on PS3 which has thus far presented itself as being very, very frustrating.

The latest Virtual Shackles comic perfectly sums up the game’s first level and should give you some idea of what to expect. If I can ever beat a level or two a review will be forthcoming. You can check out the comic by clicking the picture above or the link below.

Virtual Shackles – Groundhog Day in Hell

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