With the dozens of games already available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you would think that all the obvious ideas would have been taken already. I mean, we have Tetris, Pool, Chess, Snake..pretty much every cell phone staple you could think of right? Wrong. Here’s five games that no one has ported that are just begging for their time to shine. (more…)
Category: Video Games
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Hitman: Contracts Cheats (OS X)
I don’t know if anyone still plays this game, I just downloaded it because I was bored last week. And since I really suck at video games I occasionally (read: all the time) turn to cheat codes.
There are tons of cheats available for the Windows version of Hitman: Contracts, but no where could I find any for the OS X version. Well, as it turns out it’s a Cider port, so it technically includes all the Windows files and by association the cheats. The problem is you can’t directly edit
HitmanContracts.inito enable the cheats like in the Windows version… or can you?Answer is after the jump. (more…)
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Excuse me while I..whip this (Wii) out..
[Insert screams here.]
I’ve never been much of a console gamer. The last console I owned was a Playstation, and I bought that a good three years after the PS2 came out. Before that I had owned an original NES, a Super NES, and an Nintendo 64 (all bought at least five years after they came out of course). Amazingly enough I’ve never considered myself a Nintendo fan until I just typed that out. My, the things we discover about ourselves.
Self-discovery aside, last weekend I decided to cash in my PSP and library of PSP games (farewell Crisis Core!) to get a Wii. Suffice to say I’ve been late to the video game party all my life, but after this latest purchase I feel like I’m up to date (only two years late! Yes!). I finally own a current system. The joy! The glee! The expensive games! Admittedly I bought it mostly for Smash Bros and Wii Sports, but the fact that Guitar Hero 3 and Mario Galaxy were bundled with the system I bought was not..unpleasurable.
The Wii isn’t a console for the hardcore gamer. Granted, it doesn’t need to be. After selling out for almost two years straight, the idea that the Wii is just a “fad” or a “trend” is less a theory and now more of a fanciful dream. Now that Nintendo has ironed out most of the kinks, the Wii is ensconced as the quintessential party system.Did I mention I bought it so I could bring it to parties and play with my girlfriend? Whoops, I think I just fell into a large demographic.
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What I’m Playing: eBay Edition.
After selling eleven of my games on eBay this week I spent some quality time with an old standby: namely Crisis Core. Zack and company have taken up the bulk of my time, along with some browser based goodness in the form of Travian.
Super Mario 64 DS. I’m up to 12 stars, and I beat Bowser for the first time. And now I can play Mario without trying to find his hat on some goomba. I’m still enjoying the game, granted my playtime has been severely limited.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Once I beat God of War: Chains of Olympus I jumped right back into Crisis Core and I’ve been sucked into it ever since. I’ve been powering through every mission I can possibly beat. It’s gotten to the point where the enemies are so far above me if they hit me once I die. I like it, its more exciting this way.
World of Warcraft. Nil playtime this week. The WoW subscription is hovering on the edge of cancelation.
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…on the other hand!
Maybe I spoke to soon! Yesterday I posted about the presidential candidates and how they have put a damper on the pride that is being an American citizen. Well this story from the AP lets me know that the American people know where it’s at:
With fears of a recession growing, many Americans are cutting back on recreation — planning shorter vacations, eating out less often, staying home instead of going to the movies.
But they haven’t stopped buying video games: Sales jumped 57 percent in March compared with the same month last year.
“You’d never know that the U.S. economy was under distress by looking at the video games industry sales figures,” said analyst Anita Frazier of the NPD Group, the research firm that compiles those numbers.
Nintendo once again led the way, selling 2.7 million copies of “Super Smash Bros. Brawl.” And sales of Nintendo’s Wii jumped, as the company finally seemed able to get an adequate supply of the console into stores.
With Nintendo’s “Mario Kart Wii” and Rockstar Games’ “Grand Theft Auto IV” still coming in April, analysts expect players to keep spending. And if consumer spending is the engine that drives the economy, gamers may be the engineers who keep the whole thing from derailing.
That’s right, gas is either nearing or surpassed it’s all time high (depending on where you’re located), and everything else seems to be going downhill… but never let us forget the importance that is gaming!! This is just one extra reminder that I have just 1 more week until GTA is released, followed by the many hours of eye numbing madness that will ensue! Can’t wait!