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Developers of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series shown the door

Developers of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series shown the door

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Better keep those old CDs in good shape, my friends. Just in case.

ACES Game Studio, the team recently behind the long-running Microsoft Flight Simulator series, have in a stunning move been shut down as a part of the recently-announced 5000 layoffs by Microsoft. This also jeopardizes the future of the Microsoft Train Simulator series, as ACES were working on its second iteration. Microsoft themselves have predictably said that the Flight Sim franchise will not die, but they’re not being any more specific, Gamasutra reports. Nor have they, to my knowledge, said anything about Train Simulator 2. My thoughts about all this after the break.

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Because your day wasn’t miserable enough: Bastard Tetris

Because your day wasn’t miserable enough: Bastard Tetris

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And it makes good on its promise. Hitler had nothing on this thing.

Please, you need to help me. There’s a monster on the run, and I think I’m finally losing it. Can’t take it much longer…
There’s this game, see. Tetris. It’s evil. No-no, the blocks themselves are harmless. They’re stupid and you can do whatever you want with them. But the blockmaster, on the other hand – positively evil. My days are over. I had to submit to his control.

I am, of course, not talking about Tetris®. Tetris®’ blockmaster is almost as stupid as the blocks themselves, the blocks are spit out in a random order.

However. I introduce to you Bastard Tetris.
A quote from the website describes its wrongdoings:

Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible.

I say we invade Poloni’s (the creator of that abomination) home country and bring him to justice.


Oh, and make sure to download (or not!) the Windows version.

Darkfall delayed at the last minute

Darkfall delayed at the last minute

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It still has dragons and windmills in it for all we know, so it can't be all bad.

The developers at Adventurine have decided, five days before it was scheduled to be released in Europe, to hold Darkfall Online back another month and instead release it on the 25th of February. In an attempt not to utterly fail at release day as so many MMORPGs do, the 22nd of January will instead be the release date of a free trial/beta. Not everyone will be allowed access on the first day, but apparently they will gradually increase the allowed number of people. This should hopefully allow for a relatively painless launch when the time comes. Due to the game’s relatively hardcore nature, its community is already close-knit and eagerly waiting to maul each other, so this can’t come as very pleasant news so few days before the promised release date.

I do hope they know how to take advantage of this: even juggernauts like Valve can fail to properly release a multiplayer game (remember the first week of L4D?), and MMORPGs have always been notoriously hard to open to the public.

Dinosaurs and boobs

Dinosaurs and boobs

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Very sexy legs as well.
I play Far Cry 2 because I can shoot dudes in the face with the gun of my liking. That’s manly, I tell myself. Humanity has not yet produced a ring large enough for the new, ultra-fashionable centimeter-wide piercings from which the gooey essence of mercenary erupts. I then stomp them in the face, just in case I’m still not considered manly enough.

But there are also moments where my bloodlust fades and I get the urge to be a gentle person. And what could be better than being a big-busted woman who mows down dinosaurs instead of people?

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This man. Look into his eyes.

This man. Look into his eyes.

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“This is my hiding spot, and I’m not moving until the situation has drastically improved.“ He looks up at me, his eyes having turned into a haze by his overly thick glasses. “Now go away and don’t tell anyone I’m here!“ He’s been here for a while and he’s obviously trembling from the chilly, moist air in the huge room.

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