HAWP: The ultimate permadeath run

post from Destructoid on 09 October 2011 11:06:23 PM. © Destructoid

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Ashly is a man's man (???). A permadeath run of FarCry 2? That's for babies. No, she's got a bigger fish to fry. Will she succeed in her quest? Hit the jump to find out.

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Fallout: New Vegas [GameTrailers]

No.

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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet add-on set for
Wednesday

post from Destructoid on 09 October 2011 10:05:48 PM. © Destructoid

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet add-on set for Wednesday screenshot

"Shadow Hunters," the new five-dollar add-on for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, goes live this Wednesday on Xbox Live. For real this time. Picking up after the conclusion, this mode (1-4 players) appears to mash up various game concepts in a new way.

"We started with the exploration and puzzle elements from the Campaign," says Fuelcell Games' Joe Olson, "and incorporated those with the procedurally generated level and fast paced decision making elements from Lantern Run, then pushed these ideas even further..."

I enjoyed Lantern Run quite a bit, although the experience was dampened by the occasional (but persistent) griefers who would purposely sabotage the mission. Next time, guys, at least put some effort into providing creative online abuse.

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New trailer for PSP horror game Corpse Party

post from Destructoid on 09 October 2011 09:06:51 PM. © Destructoid

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Remember that strange, completely random trailer for Corpse Party showing a bunch of school students being killed? Yeah, well XSEED has decided to explain exactly what the game's about in their recent PlayStation Blog post.

Corpse Party is an upcoming horror adventure game coming exclusively to the PSP (only available as a download on the PlayStation Store) with an anime art style. The game has you play as a multitude of characters as they attempt to escape the haunted Heavenly Host Elementary.

One mistake is all it takes to "either immediately or eventually lead you down a path toward one of the game's vast multitudes of 'Wrong Ends,' or bad endings -- generally long, drawn-out and meticulously detailed death scenes." This, along with "squishy sound effects" basically means that this game contains some bloody gruesome stuff.

No release date other than fall of this year has been given.

Just What Kind of a Party is Corpse Party? [PlayStation Blog]

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Team Bondi Employees Owed Over $1 Million

post from GamerCenterOnline on 09 October 2011 08:41:28 PM. © GamerCenterOnline

According to multiple reports, Team Bondi, the Australian studio known for L.A. Noire, owes its employees more than one million dollars, which is a fitting epitaphs to its already enormous amount of employment issues. Following the reports of its shady employment practices, an insider is tipping that Team Bondi’s boss was something of an insufferable [...]

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Building Escape

post from Escape Games 24 on 09 October 2011 08:05:42 PM. © Escape Games 24

Building Escape is another new point and click type room escape game by killer34578. Find clues, solve puzzles and escape the building! Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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Destructoid's Extra Life 2011 24-hour gaming
marathon

post from Destructoid on 09 October 2011 08:05:37 PM. © Destructoid

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Extra Life is a charity event started by the fine guys at Sarcastic Gamer in 2008. With the help of over 100 websites and 12,000 donors, Extra Life has since gone on to raise over $300,000 dollars in charity money for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. In the past, Destructoid has helped out with this goal, last year raising $6,000 for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. Already, thanks to the Destructoid community led by manasteel88, we have raised $500 dollars during the G3 event! Congrats, guys!

We don't just want to stop there. Starting at October 15th @ 10:00AM PST we will attempt to break last year's record with our annual 24-hour gaming marathon, streaming live from Topware Interactive HQ on our Twitch.tv channel. All of your favorite San Francisco based Dtoid staff will be on the stream to play games for 24-hours in order to raise money. Not only that, but we'll be giving away over a $1,000 worth of various videogame prizes.

Destructoid Presents: Extra Life 24-hour gaming schedule on October 15 (all times PST and subject to change)

10:00AM -- Fruit and Firepower: We will start out the stream by playing Halo: Reach with the community! We will then have a Fruit Ninja Kinect challenge between all the Dtoid staff in attendance. Come see which of us is the best at slicing fruit!

12:00PM -- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock: Music games are always the life of any party, so we will continue by playing some Guitar Hero games all the while giving away some bundles of the game.

2:00PM -- Warhammer: Space Marine: Space Marine was a really fun game in which you can jet pack around with a huge hammer. What's there not to like about this game?

4:00PM -- Pokemon Snap with Tara Long: How much does Tara Long love Pokemon? Enough to play an hour of a game where you take pictures of them while Max Scoville cheers her on!

5:00PM -- Fighting game exhibition with Jesse Cortez: This segment is dedicated to fighting games! Come play some exhibition matches against our resident fighting game expert Jesse Cortez and enter some online tournaments for Capcom goodies!

7:00 PM -- BioShock 2: We take a trip down memory lane with one of the best game franchises in recent years. Join in as we play BioShock and harvest some ADAM!

9:00PM -- Dancing with the Stars: We are almost halfway through our marathon at this point, and what better way to keep the energy going than by DANCING! Come watch as your favorite Dtoid staffers come shake their groove things to the games Just Dance 3 and Dance Central. Donate to pick the songs we dance too!

11:00PM -- Retro games: We plan on playing a few retro style games such as Cho Aniki, courtesy of Monkeypaw games. Come check out this bizarre shooter with us!

12:00AM -- Scary games with Max Scoville: Tara Long gets her revenge on Max by making him play his favorite type of game, HORROR GAMES!

2:00AM -- BRAAAAAAINS: The sun has gone down, so what better way to celebrate than by playing games inspired by zombies! We will play Call of Duty: Black Ops zombie mode and other zombie games.

4:00AM -- Rise of Nightmares: Not content to play horror games sitting down, we take a stand to play Sega's recent Kinect release, Rise of Nightmares

6:00AM -- Deus Ex: Human Revolution -- Deus Ex has highly been praised for being an amazing game, and therefore we will check out the newest game with you on the stream. Watch as we augment our way to the end of the marathon!

8:00AM -- Moment of Zen: For the last leg of the marathon, we will celebrate art of pinball by playing Zen Pinball and giving away some game codes! Come tune in to the end of the marathon to give last minute donations and help us reach our goal!

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Not only will you be getting 24-hours of entertainment, we plan to give prizes to people watching the stream every segment! We already have some sweet prizes from Ubisoft, Astro, Capcom, Riot Games, 2K, THQ, Square Enix and other companies that we want to pass on to you for tuning in, spreading the word, and DONATING! There will be Twitter contests for codes, giveaways on the stream and more.

So set your calendars for October 15 to join Destructoid as we attempt to smash our record from last year and raise money for a great cause! Traditionally, Extra Life asks for people to donate $1 ahead of time for each hour we will be playing. So if you'd like to go ahead and donate now, check out our donation page! Any donation made now does count towards any of the contests we will be holding during the stream, so make sure to donate!

Destructoid Extra Life Donation Page

And finally, if you'd like to raise money on your own by asking friends and family to donate to our cause, but want to choose your own Children's Miracle Network hospital, you can do so by joining our team!

Let's do this for the kids!

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Reincarnations: Back to Reality Collector's
Edition

post from Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com on 09 October 2011 08:00:00 PM. © Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com

In Reincarnations: Back to the Reality four angry entities insist that you return to the past and correct your own mistakes! Travel into your past lives, set things right, and restore your karmic balance in this thrilling Hidden Object Adventure Game!

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Battlestar Galactica Mods Get Frakked By
NBCUniversal

NBC Universal has shut down twenty Battlestar Galactica themed mods by sending a cease-and-desist to the popular mod hosting site, ModDB.

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Waluigi is a fully fleshed out hacked character
for Brawl

Waluigi is a fully fleshed out hacked character for Brawl screenshot

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Nintendo should make these Super Smash Bros. Brawl hacks official, and allow players to swap custom characters and gameplay tweaks just like they can with custom made stages. This update to the Waluigi hack brings the character a close as homebrew programmers could ever hope to get to creating a Brawl character that looks and plays like something that came from the official dev team. Sure, there are a few cracks in the paint here and there, but on the whole, this it the Waluigi I wish was in Brawl in the first place.

My favorite bit is probably his final smash, which has a Wesker-ish, Raging Demon quality to it that I really enjoy. I don't know what's up with the ability that Kirby gets from eating him though. Is that some sort of silent-but-deadly belch? Is he supposed to be yelping "WA!" in the patented Waluigi style, but they left out the sound effect? Or maybe it's just another mystery to add to the pile of oddities that make up the abhorrent, genetic anomaly that is Waluigi?

Either way, I'm downloading this dude ASAP.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Waluigi hack [GoNintendo]

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The Top-10 (or so) Worst Real-Life Products For
Video Gamers (circa 1982) Part 2: Your Future Career In Video Games

Last week I posted a story named The Worst Real-Life Products For Video Gamers (circa 1982-1983) . However, that was not the end of the story. You see, you survived that Halloween in your Asteroids costume, Bat Mitts and Gobbler hat, and while you were not fooled by the charms Space Willy, you also did not [...]

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