There’s no way that this won’t end well for everybody :)
Bethesda has let loose (had leaked?) a great series of screens for their highly (highly!) anticipated Fallout 3. The original from Black Isle is among my most beloved games of all time and I am just itching to get back to the post-apocalypse.
The problem, you see, is I have no current-gen. system on which to play it and even if I did, I don’t have an HD display to go with it (thanks to my no video input havin’ iMac…). This really sucks, but hey, I’ve still got the original kicking around. That’ll have to do.
First up, we have Velociraptor Safari. You’ll need to download a browser plugin, but the installation is painless and the game is totally worth it. The premiss is this: you are a raptor who drives a jeep. You hit other raptors with your jeep or snag them with a spiked ball on a chain which trails from said jeep. You get points for everything so go ahead crash, flip… do anything you want. It’s a hoot.
The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the “B-Ballnacht”. Thousands upon thousands of the world’s greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide.
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Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk.
What’s amazing about this game it’s unwavering dedication to camp. There is nothing about it that isn’t ridiculous, but it’s so lovingly crafted it can only be described as a perfect storm of retro gaming goodness. Check out the trailer, but it takes about 30 or 40 seconds to get going.
I think that these snazzy Tetris-themed mirrors (and the equally nerdly Cursor Mirrors) are a lot like the Evil Step Mother’s mirror except that these only respond to questions you don’t necessarily want to admit you’re the answer to.