Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Posts Tagged ‘I-bloody-hate-elves’

Elves Redux

Posted by Alec Meer on December 6th, 2007.

Share ·

Elves: bastards.

There’s a theme in RPS’ posts today:
(Technical) controversy - people unhappy :(
Elves - people happy :)
(Aggressively subjective) controversy - people unhappy :(

My purpose is clear. I can fulfill my destiny. I must bring the people – more elves!
Read the rest of this entry »

, .

11 Comments »

Elf Power

Posted by Kieron Gillen on December 6th, 2007.

Share ·

RPS is all about giving respect to the long running franchises. Due to that, we have to give a seasonal heads up to to the latest installment of the Elf Bowling franchise, Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last Insult. Also it allowed me to narrow my definition of “casual game” to be “anything I can play effectively while talking game theory with Jim”.

I'm not actually the biggest fan of Elf Power, but I figure an indie band reference allows us to up our elitist cred a little and these things are important, GODDAMMIT.

The idea’s simple – North Pole bowling with Elves for pins. But you can control the ball, and pick up power-ups along the way. These are where the game becomes memorable – firing an over-sized ball with boxing gloves attack through a speed patch which makes the ball go so fast it leaves scorch marks has a way of being memorable. Bar the constant quips from the Elves, it’s acceptable Christmas Cheer and the one-hour demo may make it perfect for a multi-player post-pub elf-bashing session.

, , .

7 Comments »

GamersGate has loads of PC games.

Respond to our gibber

  • Schmitzkater : “No celebrities in commercials? I may just nip over from Germany right NOW.” on The Sunday Papers
  • TeeJay : “Without seeing any numbers or examples it is very hard to comment. The analysis doesn't cover PC games either, and personally I know nothing about ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Weylund : “For folks who like reading what Mechner has to say, pick up a used (or library) copy of an old book called Game Design Theory ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • TeeJay : “Would a 'play tester' be more likely than average to feel that they should be shooting as part of the 'play testing' they were involved ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Juhkystar : “02. I spent ages on the Bat level trying to jump through thinking I was just really bad at timing. Gaaahhh. Brilliant!” on The Mystery Of Dungeon

Browse the archive

Buy classic PC games from Good Old Games, please.