Monthly Archives: April 2009

Media Molecule, Sony Europe giving away free Sackboy toy to every UK citizen

And now, as with their local collaboration with culture mag Vice, Media Molecule (actually, Sony Europe) gives us another reason to wish we were in the UK: every “every man, woman and child of the UK and Ireland” are due … Continue reading

Home invasion: Backbone/Taito’s Space Invaders Extreme print

I don’t often make much ado of the press swag that filters its way into the Offworld offices (though I can say that drinking my morning joe out of a Minotaur China Shop mug regularly makes my day [and I’ve … Continue reading

Dunny a day: Reactor88′s Dr. Mario vinyl viruses

From the same custom creator as the previously mentioned Dig Dug Dunnys and timed perfectly with yesterday’s perfect musical drug: Reactor88′s fantastic set of Dr. Mario viruses. In other games-related custom news, toycutter has spotted new work by ruben1553 (he … Continue reading

Pixel party: Nicalis celebrates the Cave Story creator’s birthday

I suppose adjusted for local time it might be passed already, but it’s never too late to head over to indie studio Nicalis’s blog to leave birthday greetings for Daisuke ‘Pixel’ Amaya — the one man creator of long-time freeware … Continue reading

Bloc party: Dreamlore/Mezmer release Stalin Vs Martians

Today’s the day you’ve long been anticipating/dreading: Dreamlore/Mezmer’s PC arcade/real-time-strategy game Stalin Vs. Martians has officially touched down — with tongue firmly in dictatorial cheek — on various download services like GamersGate, Impulse, Direct2Drive and Steam and is awaiting further … Continue reading

Ragdoll Metaphysics: JG Ballard, Boredom, And The Violent Promise Of Videogames

The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world… It’s perhaps inevitable for me – a career nerd whose … Continue reading

Hell of magma: first footage of Q-games’ latest PixelJunk

I can’t have been the only one who played d_of_i‘s original sand games (collected here alongside all its various spinoffs) and thought that someday, eventually, someone could make an extremely compelling game out of the experience. As it turns out: … Continue reading

No objections: Phoenix Wright‘s DS Edgeworth spinoff announced for U.S.

Though I mention it here far less than I should, Capcom’s Phoenix Wright remains one of my favorite franchises spawned (in the West, anyway) by the DS. Even with the occassionally overly-rigid logical path the game forces you to traverse, … Continue reading

Braid star Tim making cameo in WiiWare’s Super Meat Boy

Edmund McMillen — creator of forthcoming WiiWare platformer Super Meat Boy — has been teasing for some time that some twelve odd characters of various other indie game renown will be joining the titular Meat Boy for the multiplayer sections … Continue reading

Listen: more hacked-up hardware shoegaze with Tree Wave’s May Banners

My only explanation is that they were unhidden hours after I originally posted: TinyCartridge notes that a BlipFest 2007 video of Tree Wave every bit as gorgeously shot as the rest of the Blip videos I recently linked is currently … Continue reading