Voxotron voxel-based shooter Preview

Posted by Joe in GeneralJan 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Voxotron is a new Robotronish voxel-based shoot em up that makes use of a custom voxel renderer. Set for release on PC, Mac and Linux. Look's like a end of 2011 release date.

Features:
- Custom software rendering with soft shadows.
- Built-in sound and music synthesizer
- Playback & post game recording.

Via:lexaloffle.com

Link Comic: I’d Hate to Ruin Our Friendship

Posted by Joe in NintendoJan 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Ran arcoss this neat animated Link comic over on the Gold Slime Blog.

What great lengths a video game adventurer will go through to save his kidnapped princess. Only to be disappointed in the end.

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Super Mario X

Posted by Joe in GeneralJan 24th, 2011 | No Comments

A fan made tribute game I've been watching for a while is Super Mario X for PC. Without a doubt they've packed alot of great features into this free indie game. Combining sprites from the classic mario games with some other classic Nintendo games. My favorite is the new power ups with seem to stay true to the spirit of the classic games. If you find the 50 levels inspiring Super Mario X also sports it's own level editor to go crazy with.
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Game Collection Destroyed in Flood.

Posted by Joe in GeneralJan 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Perhaps you've heard of the massive flooding that has been taking place in parts of Australia? Entire towns have been swept away and many homes damaged by high flood waters; among the property lost was  a expansive classic video game collection that belonged to a guy in Brisbane. Lost were many old systems including some Nintendo Game & Watch handhelds.
Via: UberGizmo.com