Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: spelk

spelk — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:41:43 +0000

MDP, like many of these shooter/RTS hybrids they tend not to get much of a following, and Iron Grip Warlord is no exception. The servers were pretty sparse when I first tried it, and even after the recent patch there seems little community (at least around the publics). Having said that, the game has fairly decent co-op bots, and since its more of a Tower Defense Game almost, its more about making strategic defensive decisions at an action game pace, so you can still garner a fair amount of enjoyment playing it with AI team mates. Its still better if you can find some players to participate in Co-op, and then you can up the difficulty.

It seems these strategic shooters, like Section 8, get bugger all support from the established shooter fraternity. Even the likes of the Savage games have struggled to survive. This indie offering is very niche I think, but worth a look see, you might find it a bit too rough for yout tastes, or you might be charmed by its steampunk setting and can put up with an AI supported single player experience, whilst waiting for someone to come and join you.

By: JuJuCam

JuJuCam — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:08:47 +0000

And I’d like to add re:captcha that in Google Chrome it’s not at all clear where the text input field is.

By: JuJuCam

JuJuCam — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:07:40 +0000

It’s worth remembering that iPhone apps are generally also compatible with iPod Touch. Which is probably a small consolation, but it works for me since I’m getting one for Christmas. But if you do want to fool around with all the gems tucked away in the App Store without being beholden to a contract with a questionable phone company, the option exists.

Also I am not human because I didn’t enter the captcha…

By: Arathain

Arathain — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:24:28 +0000

I never know why everyone casts Dwarves as Scottish. That wasn’t Tolkien. I honestly think the Warhammer world gets it right- they’re clearly Northerners.

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:57:40 +0000

I read about that a while back on Quarter To Three. The angel is your grandmother. (Who has died and gone to heaven, of course.)

Yeah.

By: soundofsatellites

soundofsatellites — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:59:14 +0000

There’s a reason Third was one of the most anticipated albums since, I don’t know, kid A?
Dummy and Portishead are two masterpieces.

I could say roads, or glory box, or all mine, or half day closing, and I would still be missing the rest. Do yourself a favor, put either on the player, sit, relax and *listen*.

By: Bret

Bret — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:27:37 +0000

Also, there are rumors of an action figure.

Gillen’s moving on up. Terrifyingly quickly.

By: Pace

Pace — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:23:51 +0000

robrob, if they weren’t short, didn’t live underground, and didn’t like fighting how would they be dwarves? Should they instead be hyper-intelligent sunfish?

By: robrob

robrob — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:00:19 +0000

Kieron:

DA’s vertically challenged are stout Scottish fellows who build big underground cities, grow elaborate beards and divide their time between drinking and fighting. Certainly there is all the caste stuff in there but does that really set them apart from the Tolkien archetype? You needn’t even look very far for an example of D&D dwarves done differently – Darksun, a WotC property, managed to make them distinct from the Tolkien mould. Given an entirely new system and setting Bioware didn’t really go anywhere interesting with their races. I’m painting it with a broad brush to say it is entirely derivative but you must admit it is mostly derivative.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:49:37 +0000

“Part of my problem with the way so many things are iPhone-exclusive is that iPhone is exclusive to AT&T.”

Only in some countries.. just most notably America, land of the free market, where competition is king. Heh.

Out here in France, you can get an iPhone from pretty much any of the big celphone providers.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:45:54 +0000

RE: Valentine – I was going to say that I was sick of everyone in the world focusing solely on the damn iPhone (as an owner of a non-iPhone smartphone), but then I went to the site and discovered that they do in fact have versions for Droid (which is also not the kind of smartphone I have, sigh), Kindle – which I have but suspect is nonoptimal, especially with the lack of color, and are promising a PC-compatible version “soon”.

So I guess that’s okay. But I’ll still have to wait before checking it out.

Part of my problem with the way so many things are iPhone-exclusive is that iPhone is exclusive to AT&T. I’m not wild about the way so many companies are ignoring iPhone competitors, but I’ve got a bunch of handhelds and was a Mac user for many years, so I’m used to lock-in as far as that goes. It’s not cool to tie your product to another product that’s inextricable from a specific pay service, though.

By: invisiblejesus

invisiblejesus — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:41:31 +0000

Hmmm… a Shockwave versus Death’s Head article. Death’s Head showed up in KG-penned S.W.O.R.D. recently. Coincedence?

You heard it here first, True Believers. Transformers versus Cosmic Marvel. An event in 7 parts, by Kieron Gillen. Coming in 2010.