Telltale's Great Adventure Bundle Offers 6 Games
for $20

post from The Escapist : Latest News on 05 September 2010 05:07:00 PM. © The Escapist : Latest News

Not only is Telltale's Great Adventure Bundle 2010 a good deal, a portion of the proceeds go to a charity of your choice.

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Gaming Links Round Up 05 Sept 2010

post from Igniq.com Gaming News on 05 September 2010 04:15:46 PM. © Igniq.com Gaming News

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Sunglasses Room 5

post from Escape Games 24 on 05 September 2010 04:08:25 PM. © Escape Games 24

PuzzleGames24 Sun Glasses Room 5 is another new point and click type room hidden object games from Puzzle Games 24. In this game, you try to find sunglasses for you and your friends. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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Stardock Faces Layoffs Due to Poor Elemental
Launch

post from The Escapist : Latest News on 05 September 2010 04:01:00 PM. © The Escapist : Latest News

An overall negative response to the launch of Elemental: War of Magic has forced Stardock to conduct a round of layoffs.

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The Official Capcom Craze Club Is... Okay, I
Guess

post from Gaming After 40 on 05 September 2010 04:00:00 PM. © Gaming After 40

The maturation of videogaming as a hobby with its own community was slow in coming. Game tip and cartridge trading clubs aimed at youngsters were common during the first wave of the early 1980s. Today, informal websites and organized systems like XBox Live and the Playstation Network provide a more casual forum for interaction, one in which adults can feel comfortable participating.

But there was a transitional period in the late 1980s, when clubs still existed but were driven by company marketing operations rather than grassroots fan interest. The Nintendo Fun Club was one, with a free newsletter that eventually became the paid-subscription Nintendo Power magazine. Capcom's Official Craze Club was another, but this promotional brochure provides precious little motivation to join up:

This was all before Street Fighter II, of course, and Mega Man was still Capcom's headline property. But the club doesn't actually offer much in the everything from full color posters to Mega Man comic strips range -- there are those two items, plus a newsletter that comes out every six months, a catalog pushing Capcom merchandise, and sweepstakes and contests where the only prize appears to be discounts on games. The club membership fee is only $3.95, true, but the rewards consist primarily of opportunities to spend more money on Capcom products.

Worse, there seems to be no genuine craziness afoot in the Capcom Craze Club. The marginally interested, sleepy-looking kid in the ad isn't even wearing his awesome neon hat, and appears to be giving the Capcom Craze Club half-a-thumb's-up at best. And if there's any doubt that this is strictly a promotional setup, note that his NES collection contains TWO copies each of Mickey Mousecapade and Strider, and a lonely issue of Nintendo Power -- with Mega Man on the cover.

That's not crazy, dude.

That's corporate.

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StarCraft 2 Replays Competition

post from Igniq.com Gaming News on 05 September 2010 03:24:42 PM. © Igniq.com Gaming News

Curse.com are running a competition that will be of interest to SC2 fans. All you need to do is upload your best replays and wait and see if you get the most downloads on their site sc2replayed.com

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Sunglasses Room 5 Walkthrough

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PAX 10: Comic Jumper Impressions

post from Destructoid on 05 September 2010 03:14:06 PM. © Destructoid

PAX 10: Comic Jumper Impressions screenshot

Twisted Pixel is a development studio on the move. Less than two years ago, no-one knew who the hell they were. Then came The Maw in January of '09, and many people immediately took notice of the charm and clever design at play. Fast forward to July of '09, and the release of the widely popular 'Splosion Man during Summer of Arcade pushed their thumbtack of relevance squarely into the map.

The studio is looking to capitalize on the momentum that the success of their last two titles has generated. They've recently moved from the middle of nowhere Indiana to Austin, they continue to draw high-quality talent onto their team, and they're making plans to expand into a two team operation. It's just like they say in Vegas -- you never leave the table when you're on a heater.

After spending some time talking with Twisted Pixel's Mike Wilford at PAX and getting my hands on the full build of their latest, Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley, it doesn't look like their luck's running cold anytime soon. I cannot wait to play this game in October.

Captain Smiley is a comic-book hero without a home. People hate his comic so much that it gets cancelled (and used as toilet paper). So, the once proud do-gooder is forced to moonlight by jumping into other comics (in multiple styles like modern, fantasy, silver age, and manga) to earn money to bring his franchise back. It's an inventive premise that walks the talk by backing up the great art direction with solid gameplay mechanics and a healthy dose of humor.

Comic Jumper uses the comic panel conceit to dabble in both 2D side-scrolling twin stick gunplay/brawling and reticle based 3D shoot 'em up. Wilford wasn't shy about sharing that the team was influenced by games like Gunstar Heroes and Sin & Punishment in the design process, and trust me, that's a good thing. The controls are responsive, the animations are slick, and shooting up the different comic book worlds is a great deal of fun.

What put this game over the top for me, however, was the humor and the way the game is constantly playing with the fourth wall. The Twisted Pixel guys themselves are actually a part of the game, but they exist outside of the comics. They show up in a live-action video to fund Captain Smiley's operation and get him back on his feet, for one. This even bleeds into the gameplay; you can earn tokens that allow you to call for help from Twisted Pixel, and when you trigger them the developers unleash a flurry of actual punches and kicks on the screen, culminating in one of them headbutting the comic panel and destroying all the enemies.

The game is chock full of goodies, including the ability to play both 'Splosion Man and The Maw directly from the HQ in-game if you have them or buy them if you don't. The game will offer challenge missions in addition to the story content, so you can grind those for cash to get upgrades if you have trouble beating a section. There's even two new 'Splosion Man levels you can unlock as you earn cash, giving fans of previous titles even more reason to pick this one up.

Comic Jumper will release on Oct. 6th in a line up with Hydrophobia and Super Meat Boy as part of Microsoft's recently announced Game Feast. Based on my time with the game, I think gamers are going to find it both challenging and genuinely funny. Did I mention that there's a massive nod to Jean Claude Van Damme's Timecop in Captain Smiley's HQ? I rest my case. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

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Win a custom i7 gaming rig

Doghouse.com are running a fantastic competition for U.S gamers. To be in with a chance to win this custom built monster gaming rig, all you need to do is fill in your details on this page and... that's it. Just wait until October 4th to see if you've won.

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Dream Inspector

Dream Inspector is adventure game with classic point and click interface. You are locked in 3 abstract dreams and you need to find out exit and escape. To do it you must solve puzzles in creative way. Look for items and interact with objects.Every dream has own music and graphic*environment. Dreamy, surrealistic atmosphere is everywhere! You are Dream Inspector. Your time begins when people fall