Interesting on Steam
Cineveo – Virtual Reality Cinema is exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a Rift DK2 application that plops you down in the middle of a cinema (There are several to choose from) and allows you to view your movies as if you were sitting at the movies. A popcorn bucket is not included but it says you can control everything hands free, you can link up with others for multiplayer viewing and you can drop in a view from a webcam to still keep in touch with the outside world. This just seems so cool I want to buy a Rift for myself. Available now for 10$. Mighty No. 9 is an action platformer from the guy who thought up Mega-Man. And, with respect, I don’t see why there’s so much hype around it. It looks nice enough but I see no reason to get excited about this over any other platformer. In fact, I’m much more excited about Trine 3. Coming in 15th of September. Exanima is a kind of dungeon crawling action RPG but with a heavy stress on attention to detail across the board. It’s pretty, looks compelling as hell and as far as the combat simulation goes, it looks like Dark Souls if Dark Souls was Diablo and I’m looking forward to it. Now in Early Access. Break_In looks like the last piece in an iteration process that started with the Castle Doctrine, proceeded through King of Thieves and now has reached this, the first person shooter version of Continue Reading →
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Last Rites
Quick recap: Thursday before last, I started feeling like shit. Could barely work or function. The only things I could successfully do for a long time were sleep and play games. No, I’m not excusing, the only things, besides Maayan that consistently make me feel better are ice cream and playing games. So I didn’t go anywhere, didn’t do much, missed Amit’s birthday party, and spent mine sprawled on the sofa watching television. Which was fun but not very productive. This persisted another with the doctor not really knowing what’s wrong with me. This almost meant I had to miss Memorial Day but I rested a lot and finally drove to the kibbutz in the afternoon. After the next day’s ceremony, I drove back home. In the evening, we went to friends for a BBQ dinner. And there was much rejoicing. This weekend, I started to feel better, washed the dog and put some things in order. But now I’m not sure I’m actually getting better now. I think I just have to struggle through it and it’ll be OK.
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Interesting on Steam
Magicka – Wizard Wars is the PvP arena version of the wonderful Magicka. Last time I checked, I still didn’t like the simplification of the spell system but I do appreciate some of the design choices they made. It’s still nice that it’s finally official, now that Magicka 2 is almost here. Anyway, if you like Magicka and you like PvP action, you’ll probably enjoy this. It’s free to play. The costs are the different robes you can play. Kalimba is a cute puzzle platformer reminiscent of ibb & obb where you have two characters that need to cooperate in strange ways to get through a level. I like ibb & obb and will probably play Kalimba with Maayan too so this is in our future. Available April 22nd. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is the third installment of the wonderful puzzle platformer and while the game has always looked amazing, this time they’re going complete 3D with it and I’m very excited to play it with Maayan. Early Access on April 21st.
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טיפ ובקשה למשתמשי אנדרואיד
משתמשי אנדרואיד, שימו לב! אם אתם משתמשים בתוכנה המכילה פרסומות, שימו לב שלפרסומות של גוגל יש באחת הפינות סימן X או i בתוך עיגול. אם תלחצו עליו, יפתח תפריט משוב לפרסומות. תלחצו על הכפתור שאומר “Report this ad” או “Don’t show this ad” או משהו דומה. ואז תבחרו בתגובה המתאימה לכם. אני בדרך כלל בוחר ב-Irrelevant עבור דברים שהם לגיטימיים פשוט לא תופסים לגביי (פרסומות לבנקים עסקיים או ביטוח דירה) וב-Inappropriate עבור מזימות ודברים דומים (“המחשב שלך איטי!”, הימורים או כל מיני דברים בערבית). בתקווה, אם תעשו את זה מספיק אז תקבלו פרסומות שיותר רלוונטיות אליכם ואולי יעזרו לכם. ואם מספיק אנשים יעשו את זה מספיק פעמים אז פרסומות מסוימות יפסיקו להופיע לכולם. קחו לתשומת לבכם ותחשבו על לתרום כמה שניות מזמנכם.
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פסח בצפון
את פסח השנה עשינו במושב קטן ונחמד בצפון, איפה שאח של מעין וחברה שלו (גם מעין) גרים. פתחנו שולחנות בחצר, הבאנו מגוון מטעמים, הכרנו את המשפחה של מעין ועשינו סדר קצרצר, עם נגיעות פמיניסטיות ובערך 16 כוסות יין. בבוקר למחרת יצאנו לטיול קטן למטה אל הירדן והסתובבנו קצת לפני שחזרנו הביתה.
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Interesting on Steam
Mayan Death Robots looks like a modern reimagining of Gorillas. Personally, I loved Gorillas and played it a ton. This one is more intricate and more “colourful” – in more senses than one. Coming in the Summer. Rainbow Six Siege is Ubisoft’s turn in the battle of the franchises and from what I’ve seen of it and Battlefield Hardline, I tend to favour this with an actual tactical element and interesting game modes. This looks like a lot of fun for a band of communicative friends in multiplayer. Coming in the Fall. Nevermind is a horror puzzle adventure and as thus, doesn’t seem very new. The cool thing about is that it interfaces with brain sensing devices and can respond to your stress and fear. Currently in Early Access. Crystal Rift looks like another grid based dungeon crawler a-la Legend of Grimrock and Eye of the Beholder. It looks good, so does the UI and since I like those sorts of games, I’ll keep an eye out for it. This could be good. Early Access on the 20th. Elite: Dangerous has finally come to Steam. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a hyper-realistic combat/trading space sim. And it’s gorgeous. But it’s difficult to get into. But at least it’s a straight up price model. Available now for 60$. Sky Force Anniversary is a PC port of the likable mobile top-down scrolling shooter. As it has become quite popular on mobile devices, it’ll probably be successful on PC as well. Even though this will solve the problem I had Continue Reading →
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Chinese Scientists Plan Solar Power Station In Space
That is, a solar station in space that converts the energy to microwave or laser and beams it to Earth. There are ways to mitigate the danger but let me remind you… “Microwave Receiver Dish is very efficient, clean and reliable. Launch a satellite to collect solar power, then beam it down to Earth. Unfortunately, the effects of a mis-targeted beam are, as yet, unknown.” — SimCity 2000 Manual (pg. 35)
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Interesting on Steam
Moonbase Commander is an interesting take on turn-based strategy and is also dubbed The Best Game You Never Played. It looks like this can go a long way in friendly multiplayer. Available for 6$. The Steam Controller is finally on sale. I never liked controllers. I find them limiting and annoying to use but this might be the first one I might actually enjoy using, if the game is not too complicated. Coming in November but preorders are available for 50$. Sid Meier’s Pirates is an open world, exploration/trading action game set in the age of sail. And, in my head, at least, it’s vying for the position of Best Sid Meier Game Ever and the only real competition is Alpha Centauri. This is not a Civ-game. It’s personal, more action packed and full of tiny mini games (that might not be to everyone’s liking) to fill out this story of a path to glory. And, seriously, if you know it, I’m preaching to the quire and if not, quit stalling and play the damn game already. Available for 10$. Ironcast is a matching game in the vain of Dungeon Raid where you match tiles in a connected line to get their individual effect. But in Ironcast you use that to power a steampunk mech as you defend England from invading armies. Not enough press but after seeing TotalBiscuit’s WTF, it seems like a small cool game. 10.5$ until April 2nd. Then 15$.
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