Electric Pig » Video Games http://www.electricpig.org Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:36:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 無限回廊 http://www.electricpig.org/2008/03/21/mugenkairou/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/03/21/mugenkairou/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:11:52 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/2008/03/21/%e7%84%a1%e9%99%90%e5%9b%9e%e5%bb%8a/ I just picked up a copy of this new game for the PSP, 無限回廊. I think it roughly translates as Infinity Loop, although it is being released as Echochrome in the West for some reason. The game involves guiding a little character across Escher-esque pathways. These feature gaps, holes and trampolines which can be hidden by rotating the pathway to obscure the onstruction. If the obstruction is no longer visible, the character treats it as if it isn’t there. The pathway can also be rotated so that the character can fall up to a higher leave or jump down to a lower one. It sounds (and is) pretty odd, and is very different from most games around at the moment, but that is definitely a point in its favour. The other notable feature of the game is the design. The whole game is black and white, with simple lines and elegant animation, and features classical music instead of the usual nonsense. It feels totally different from anything else and is beautifully presented. There is also a feature where you can build your own levels, which would be amazing, if it weren’t so mind-numbingly complicated to comprehend the final result. The game is also incredibly difficult, and left me with a slightly aching brain after about 5 minutes playing. I’m not sure I would have got it had it been the usual 6000円ish, but for 3500 it was definitely worth buying. Click the picture below for a video…

]]> http://www.electricpig.org/2008/03/21/mugenkairou/feed/ 3 Honeyee x Fragment x Nintendo DS Lite http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/21/honeyee-x-fragment-x-nintendo-ds-lite/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/21/honeyee-x-fragment-x-nintendo-ds-lite/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:57:45 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/21/honeyee-x-fragment-x-nintendo-ds-lite/ Jack-of-all-trades Fujiwara Hiroshi announced this Honeyee x Fragment x Nintendo DS Lite. I really like the colour scheme on this one, the black outer with the white inside is pretty slick. I really can’t see myself buying another DS Lite though, especially as I hardly ever play the one(s) I have. Nintendo needs to step up with the DS Lite games in my opinion. Everyone always bangs on about DS being so much better than PSP, but I have about 10 times the number of games on my PSP, and apart from Mario and Zelda, have nothing on my DS. Still, it is pretty. Click on the picture to see the inside.

]]> http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/21/honeyee-x-fragment-x-nintendo-ds-lite/feed/ 1 Lego Indiana Jones http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/08/lego-indiana-jones/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/08/lego-indiana-jones/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:26:23 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/08/lego-indiana-jones/ I am really looking forward to this. I played the Lego Star Wars PSP game for about a month every day on my way to work and it was one of the few games that was actually worth getting a zenclear on. In my opinion, it was one of the best, and certainly the funniest, games to come out for the PSP. There’s nothing quite as fun as watching fellow commuters sleep while you slash stormtroopers with your lightsaber, or being leant on by a salaryman with creeping halitosis and taking out your anger on Jabba with your blaster…except perhaps for being Indiana Jones. It looks great from the trailer too – just the right levels of humour and action. I hope that they carry on this Lego/Lucasfilm partnership. I can’t wait to play Lego Howard the Duck!

]]> http://www.electricpig.org/2008/02/08/lego-indiana-jones/feed/ 3 The Trials of Downgrading my PSP http://www.electricpig.org/2008/01/13/the-trials-of-downgrading-my-psp/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/01/13/the-trials-of-downgrading-my-psp/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:58:51 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/2008/01/13/the-trials-of-downgrading-my-psp/ I wonder if it’s because I am getting too old to understand the instructions that these youngsters are putting on all the internet sites, or if it’s because they are all concerning PCs and I am used to Macs, but trying to play emulators on my PSP is really, really confusing me. 

Edit: Holy Fucking Shit! I got it working! I’m playing Mario on my PSP! Emulators FTW!!!111 

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