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Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix tunes (XBLA)

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2008-12-02 17:08:30 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
...game music for a while, save for the stuff were doing at work, and this is really bringing back memories. Lets just say that I changed my cellphones ringtone for the first time in years and years (the previous one being o2s remix of Nemesis The Warlocks theme tune by Rob Hubbard Get the album from here - its available for download free of...
 
Tags: remix, street fighter, horis single-player models, ps3 release, music, ps3, warlocks theme tune, videogame music, ridiculously clunky xbox
 
 
 
 
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Second-hand market, game cost and game longevity

2008-11-29 12:00:13 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
...game business have been vocal about their need to get rid of second-hand sales. Many have gone as far as likening gamers buying second-hand games to pirates Eurogamer has a pretty good overview of the situation, with a bent on seeing things from the consumers point of view Let me tell you a story. I used to be a poor student, like most of us....
 
Tags: games, bigger games, second-hand market, second-hand games, consumers, game, fraction, actual game, tiny fraction
 
 
 
 
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Youre In The Movies (Xbox 360)

2008-11-27 16:54:00 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
...games and singing games have been done a lot in the past so Ill bypass those for now, except for saying that theyre both competent and that Lips has overtaken Singstar as this households singing game of choice, while Scene It fails to leave Buzz in its wake. Youre In The Movies is something new, though. While the actual gameplay is not that...
 
Tags: bad, bad melodrama hilarious, movies, pretty bad, bad melodrama, game, physical activities, title, playstation eyetoy title
 
 
 
 
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First impressions

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2008-11-21 07:50:50 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
...game reviewing stint at a magazine drawing to a close next month, Im looking at games in a different light. Instead of is this something my readers would be interested in? or is this something I want to tell them about because its much better or worse or more worthy of their attention than they might think? , Im now thinking what would I like...
 
Tags: game, game design, main game, game progresses, ps3, dead space, xbox, hours, allegedly couple
 
 
 
 
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Fable II (Xbox 360)

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2008-11-03 15:45:49 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
Game of the year? Very likely it is When I was a kid, I played games like The Faery Tale Adventure and imagined how much better they would be, if you could do things like buy houses and ride horses and grow plants and Well, if only the technology would be better. Later, there were games like the Fallout series, Ultima Underworld, Ultima Online...
 
Tags: game, game world, game worlds, world, perfect game, perfect, business, fantasy, real estate business
 
 
 
 
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky (PC)

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2008-10-20 14:00:54 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
...games I never played the original Stalker game. I gather this is a more refined take on pretty much the same game. It looks pretty good and runs well on my already aging PC Stalker reminds me of what I like about the PC as a games platform. It could never be released as a console title. It is far too unfriendly to the modern gamer, yet it...
 
Tags: challenges, stalker challenges, stalker, stalker title, stalker reminds, game world, world, game, original stalker game
 
 
 
 
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Love is approaching

2008-10-17 05:33:25 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
Looking more and more like a real game and not a hopelessly out of reach, tantalising mirage, Love is here with a new trailer and sportin rockin music, as well You need to visit Rock Paper Shotgun to see the new trailer Love is the only PC title Im looking forward to
 
Tags: love, sportin rockin music, trailer, real game, reach, hopelessly, forward, title, mirage
 
 
 
 
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Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (PC)

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2008-10-05 19:10:31 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
...game. I go through a couple of games each week - sometimes more, if theres a review deadline approaching. (Some games Ive played in the recent couple of weeks, but havent had the time to blog about: Brothers In Arms: Hells Highway, Lumines II, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Pure, Burnout Paradise, Viva Pinata 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, NHL...
 
Tags: single game, game, game content, warhammer, warhammer online, experience, experience bar, games, human player
 
 
 
 
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Mercenaries 2: World In Flames (Xbox 360)

2008-10-02 10:22:59 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
...game. The graphics are of varying quality, from excellent explosions to bafflingly bad water effects and wooden animation. The AI is not too entertaining and the mostly impressive physics have lots of minor problems. Often it can be a mystery why someone is attacking you. I havent encountered very many bugs, but apparently there are many...
 
Tags: archetypal sandbox game, game, attack chopper, attack, excellent explosions, bunker bomb, dismiss mercenaries, air strikes, fun stuff
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Portal

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2008-09-24 19:41:21 by Joonas Laakso in Dusty Gamer
 
Funny I should come across this now, when I just finally finished the game Portal - Still Alive typography from Trickster on Vimeo
 
Tags: alive typography, portal, funny, game, trickster, vimeo