Jan

19

Oi, nutter! Nintendo’s early 2010 lineup

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Straight from Twitter (courtesy of UFHO2) comes  this list of what Nintendo plans to release over the coming three months. There’s some good stuff there, but also some glaring omissions. It’s hard, I know, but do try not to be too surprised when I say…
What, no Wii Cave Story?!
No sign of NIGORO’s [...]

Jan

1

Hurrah, it’s 2010!

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To all you people who are crazy enough to read this blog regularly – and even to those who are just passing through – I wish you all a very Happy New Year!
I hope your holiday season went well. It’s been a pretty good year for indie games and I’m expecting another great list of [...]

Nov

27

Frustrated? Yes, yes I am

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I’m a little bit vexed. In fact, stuff that – I’m downright cross.
Aside from having a rather irksome finish to my day at work (for which I can only be grateful that today is Friday), I’m once again disappointed upon checking today’s WiiWare releases.
I’m sure Dragon Master Spell Caster is entertaining enough, just as Copter [...]

Jul

31

Nicalis: Night Game “a few months” away

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Tyrone Rodriguez and Nicklas Nygren, the indie duo known as Nicalis, were interviewed by Nintendo Life a couple of days ago about their progress with Night Game. Alas, it sounds like there’s still a bit of a wait ahead for those of us who are interested in getting our hands on the ambient roll ‘em [...]

Apr

12

Sunday trailer park

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Happy Easter! Here’s a couple of interesting trailers that I’ve been meaning to mention.
IGN have posted a Night Game gameplay video which showcases the ambient, physics-loaded exploration platformer from Nicalis (yep, the team that Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren is working with, if you didn’t already guess from the footage). It’s coming out later this [...]

Sep

10

Goo goes gold

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2D Boy announced yesterday that the Windows version of World of Goo has gone gold! Yippee! There’s no word on an exact release date, but with this news it surely can’t be too far away. Mac, Linux and Wii versions are also on the ever-approaching horizon.
It’d be cool if there were a demo version, but [...]