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This is a major geek out but it combines science and video games. I have no idea how they did this buy I am incredibly impressed.
Thanks to Tranism from Electroplankton for the heads up.
Bioshock was released last week, and it’s been getting great reviews. To go with the special edition release of the game they were designing an “art of” book, however the idea was scrapped - so the book has been released for free as an ebook.
But with a game as beautiful as BioShock, that just didn’t sit right with me. Because everyone should be able to experience the beauty of BioShock, see the concept art and visualize the evolution of building such a revolutionary game.
So, with the help of the BioShock team and an amazing art designer, I put together a BioShock artbook for everyone to download. Here it is, in all its glory, in two PDF versions: a smaller, ebook download, and a more hi-resolution version that you can take to your local printshop and bind.
There’s some pretty disgusting stuff in there, although there is no doubt worse in …
I was recently invited to Segas England Headquarters in London to preview the new Sega Rally game. In return all I had to do was write a preview on my gaming site Binary Joy - and that’s exactly what I’ve done.
Anyone who has been to an arcade in the last 12 years must have seen a pair of SEGA Rally cabinets sitting there… even today they’re a surprisingly common site. Apparently Sega Rally is Sega’s highest earning arcade machine in Europe - so there are clearly a lot of fans out there to be pleased.
The game itself was very cool, and I had a great time. I think Sega have a bit of a hit on their hands!
To carry on with the competition theme I am now running a competition on Binary Joy. From my point of view the competition is to try and get some new readers to the site, but from the readers point of view… you can win the full series of Ricochet video games (there are 4 Ricochet games in the series).
Ricochet is a brick breaking action game that has enjoyed a long history and Reflexive, the games developers, have recently released the latest version, Ricochet Infinity.
If you’re interested in free games then head on over to the Ricochet competition post and see what you have to do to enter (it’s easy, I promise
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My love of Zelda extends to the music.I do actually have a Zelda album on CD. I got it on the cover of a magazine a couple of years ago, but this music is wonderful. Hearing the overland theme is so stirring it’s indescribable.
I’ve watched this at least 10 times now. Wonderful!
I mentioned before that I would write a review of my Nintendo Wii… that it took me nearly 6 months to purchase. Well - a month later - I have finally written my review. Nothing earth shattering but if you’re interested you can read about it over on Binary Joy.
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