In December we ran a competition to win a signed Left 4 Dead 2 tshirt. Thank you all for your entries, there were some rather amusing and original campaign name ideas.
After careful deliberation, we’ve chosen a winner…
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It’s the season of giving, and Gadgetoid has something that no self-respecting Valve fan would want to start the new zombie-slaying year without.
At October’s Eurogamer Expo, as well as getting the chance to get a hands on with Left 4 Dead 2 pre-launch I was also able to get an autographed tshirt from the super-friendly writer and bearded mastermind, Chet Faliszek.
If you want to enter the competition to win this tshirt, then all you need to do is come up with answer to this question:
If Valve were to release a christmas themed downloadable campaign level, what would you call it?
Just send an email to john@gadgetoid.com with your answer, the closing date for your entries is December 25th, the winner will be the person with the most imaginative/funny title and will be chosen on December 26th.
Good luck and braaaaaaaaains….
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by Johnus Maximus
There’s not much in my life that warrants getting up before 7am on a day off, not even the potential to grind some more achievements whilst having a bacon and egg butty and a huge mug of tea will make me rise from my pit before lunchtime.
In the last weekend of October all this changed, as it was time for the second annual Eurogamer Expo, situated at Old Billingsgate on the bank of the Thames. Read on for my thoughts and feelings on the event.
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If you’re a player of child-friendly MMO Free Realms from Sony Online Entertainment, then you might be pleased to hear that their latest update Goal Time will allow you and your friends to pretend you’re a football star like David Beckham.
More…
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Review by Johnus Maximus
Hold onto your helm of disintegration, there’s a new role-playing game in town and this one doesn’t require a monthly subscription! German developer Radon Labs have made a bold attempt to convert the paper based RPG Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye) into a huge single player computer game experience.
Released in March and published by Eidos the game offers an interesting blend of modern and traditional game play fused with great visuals, but is let down by an uninspiring story and overly complex character management.
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Review by Johnus Maximus
Banished to a world they constructed without their master’s consent, the Seraphim must try to unite the many warring factions of Ancaria. Betrayed by very races they created, civil wars are consuming the world and the abuse of magical energy is threatening its destruction.
This is the setting for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, a vastly addictive and immense action RPG from Ascaron and published by Deep Silver, released in June and available for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
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My Samsung NC10 has been neglected for a few weeks, I bought it to use as a dedicated linux computer for programming and tinkering with open source consoles. However recently I’ve had a bit of an old-school gaming itch and have been grabbing fistfulls of CDs from my loft to see what I can get working, and how well suited to the NC10s (or netbooks in general) constraints each game is. It’s time for a bit of netbook gaming!
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Just in case you’re wondering exactly what a “gaming surface” is, it’s a fancy term for gaming mouse-mat.
No mouse mat could be more deserving of such a fancy term than the Sphex, however. Named after a genus of wasp, “Sphex” implies that any gamer with it stuck firmly to their desk will dominate their opponents.
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Ever since the tragic-looking G11 which I couldn’t even muster the effort to shrug at, Logitech have been soldiering on, taking strictly evolutionary steps in an apparent effort to make a keyboard, the functionality of which could replace your computer entirely.
The G15 was a much sleeker and thoroughly more attractive step in the right direction, ditching the casio-organizer design cues and integrating the LCD firmly into the board itself but it still didn’t have the wow-factor that Logitech have finally achieved with the G19.
The trouble with wow-factor, however, it that it doesn’t do an awful lot to improve your performance in-game.
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To pre-empt my full review of the Logitech G19 I’ve tossed together a very quick and dirty video using the Ricoh CX1 and a bit of iMovie magic. I’m not sure if it’s me or the camera that should be blamed for the atrocious quality.
IE8 seems to have trouble with embedded YouTube videos, so see over the fold for the G19 in all its glory.
Update: A little googling revealed that heading over to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and installing the latest flash player will rectify any perculiarities you might encounter with embedded YouTube videos in IE8.
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