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Kings Road: Beta Impressions

Kings Road: Beta Impressions

I have a confession, I wasn’t expecting much when I first logged into Kings Road. It didn’t exactly get off to a great start; i’m a grumpy old(ish) gamer and I hate having to install peripheral pieces of software to get things working. Granted, in this instance it was only a different browser: Firefox to my preferred Chrome, but still, I moped and everything. The reason though is immediately apparent when the game starts; the other browsers would probably have…

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Everybody Hug Now – Hug Marine Made My Day

Everybody Hug Now – Hug Marine Made My Day

E3 can get lost right now, I have found my new love. Hug Marine is a browser based platformer by C.Y. Reid. It is brilliant! It is a simple concept of working your way through a level, to some very funky music, to find a loveable little alien at the end…which you hug. I smiled and made a strange noise which can be best described as being an ‘awww that is so cute!’ noise. I’ve only completed the first level,…

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Chrome does Bastion

Chrome does Bastion

Word comes via RPS that Google’s web browser, Chrome, is now supporting the lovely indie game Bastion. You can launch the game right from your browser, I just had a quick play with the trial, and it feels very smooth and efficient, more so than when playing Bastion through OnLive. Will Chrome start growing to challenge platforms like OnLive? Too early to tell right now, but my experience of playing Bastion through Chrome was more enjoyable than playing it through OnLive. What do Google have up their sleeve I wonder?