tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9575704076317255032024-11-04T01:12:40.006+02:00Apocalypso's Atomic ArcadeWorld destruction comes in small shrink-wrapped packages...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-23064236664072836742012-10-03T20:48:00.001+02:002012-10-03T20:48:55.147+02:00Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition ReviewI forgot to post about it here, but I’ve working on a Fallout New Vegas review and managed to publish it. Lots of nice pictures to look at if you can’t be bothered with the text. You can read it here. On a related note I also published a piece recently that talks about what would make Fallout 4 the best in the series. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-2659255598252179052012-09-17T12:30:00.001+02:002012-09-17T12:30:41.747+02:00Classic Game Collecting: Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate EditionRecently I was looking at some games at a local store and happened upon Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition. Now I’ve been looking for this for some time, and I was even under the distinct impression it wasn’t available in this country, so I gladly snatched that up for R199. I don’t mind paying that much for a game of that calibre, even if there is still a global economic crisis going on. I haveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-79045975707966074902012-09-11T12:42:00.001+02:002012-09-11T12:42:21.264+02:00New Video Game Reviews PublishedI haven’t updated this blog for some time. This is partly because I’ve been working on several reviews for the past while. You can check them out on HubPages. There’s a review of Borderlands, Diablo II: Gold, and Dark Messiah – all retro reviews. I’m also working on some other ones currently so I’ll hopefully have those published soon. Just a quick update here. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-55934171228703123902012-05-09T15:43:00.001+02:002012-05-09T15:43:32.154+02:00Classic Game Collecting: Borderlands GOTYIt wasn’t long ago that I was down at the local computer store and I went over to the game section. There were a few good, memorable games there, including GTA: San Andreas, which I played to death years ago. But it was a copy of Borderlands that jumped out at me. And it was the Game Of The Year Edition too. What this is, is the full collection of Borderlands and the 4 DLC packs that were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-73066277842835690982012-02-28T21:28:00.001+02:002012-02-28T21:28:30.301+02:00Random Madness: Deviated SeptumIt’s not uncommon for two or even several games, and even games and movies to share sound effects. One of the first times I came across this sort of thing was back in the 1990’s. It was Duke Nukem 3D, and one of the more infamous enemies in the game caught my attention – the pig cop. Literally mutated police officers of the LAPD (or LARD in-game), they looked quite comical in their stocky buildUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-12759585912222583052012-01-24T21:19:00.001+02:002012-01-24T21:19:31.636+02:003 Years Running!Apocalypso’s Atomic Arcade is my first ever blog. After writing on HubPages for a few months, I went about learning the ins and outs of Blogger/Blogspot. AAA was a guinea pig of sorts where I tested things out. Every conceivable widget out there was added in to this blog, and I had nothing but copy and paste stories mainly from other gaming blogs and websites, before finally settling on writingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-5597695706988850312012-01-22T21:23:00.001+02:002012-01-22T21:23:31.675+02:00RoboDuke: The Story of RoboCop and Duke Nukem When Duke Nukem II came out in 1993 when 2D sidescrollers were being quickly replaced by pseudo-3D shooters like Doom, we saw Duke Nukem in a firing range taking shots at a target. This was a scene that was in homage to RoboCop so they say – a film and character not often associated with Duke Nukem along with all his other pop culture references and inspirations. Joe Siegler did the voice for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-74822396952265057222011-12-13T21:33:00.001+02:002011-12-13T21:33:20.740+02:00Classic Game Collecting: Diablo II GoldI’ve been looking at all the brochures that come with the newspapers just lately, seeing as it’s Christmas soon. I also went online to view several retail websites, too. Why? to see all the games on offer, of course. One thing caught my eye though: Diablo II Gold. In preparation for the release of Diablo III, Blizzard seems to have re-released a lot of their classics, but in some killer bundles.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-29459361268072575232011-12-06T21:05:00.001+02:002011-12-06T21:05:50.433+02:002011: Full of Video Game AnniversariesIn the latest issue of NAG magazine, I had a rare read of Miktar’s column. In addition to being a columnist and overseas correspondent (East coast of the USA), he is also a former moderator on the NAG Online forum – although was shunted out of the job, probably because he was a massive troll, according to some. It was bad for business. But he brought up an interesting conversation piece. 2011 isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-87221835046262623662011-11-22T20:53:00.001+02:002011-11-22T20:55:03.828+02:00400th Episode of The Verge, The Verge Turns 3If you haven’t heard of or seen The Verge before, it’s a show about video gaming on DSTV, channel 123 (Vuzu). It’s been running for nearly the past 3 years, since late 2008. Wednesday the 23rd of November, 2011 marks the 400th episode of this show.
Yes, 400 episodes of news; trailers; reviews; looking at Pippa and her various “interesting” hairstyles; changing timeslots; putting up with Mo (and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-5793212368021007582011-11-17T21:54:00.001+02:002011-11-17T21:54:08.849+02:00New Review Published: Stealth Bastard The latest and biggest thing to hit the indie PC game scene is Stealth Bastard. You’ve read about it; you’ve heard of it; you’ve played it. Yes, you have. It’s free. That’s how I know you know about it. To summarise, it’s a freeware 2D platforming title developed by London-based developer, Curve Studios. It’s similar to Metal Gear Solid and Splinter Cell in theme, but more like Abuse (that old Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-601023373851233902011-11-09T21:06:00.001+02:002011-11-09T21:06:49.321+02:00Dead Cyborg Episode 2: Halfway To Release I was taking a look through my bookmarks and saw on Dead Cyborg’s Twitter account that Episode 2 of this free-to-play beggarware title is getting a little closer to being released. It’s halfway there to be exact – as far as donations go. Endre, the one-man developer behind the project, claims that the donation meter is 50% full. The actual development on Episode 2 is coming along too. There wasUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-43292896053769470092011-11-01T21:00:00.001+02:002011-11-01T21:00:30.200+02:00Random Madness: Micro Doom This post marks the return of Random Madness here on AAA. I had some inspiration recently. Windows XP has been around for a long time. I was just reading on Joystiq the other day in an article where it was said that it is in fact ten years old as of last month. After so many years of using Windows XP myself, I recently made the jump to using another version of Windows. On the laptop I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-87670286994931321432011-10-24T21:56:00.001+02:002011-10-27T22:47:19.825+02:00I’ve Become an Advisor at ShopSquad.comI received an email last month which looked like it had gotten through the spam filter. It talked about something called Shopsquad.com. I had apparently been invited to join this website.
So I thought I might join and see what it’s all about; maybe report back on progress in some time. So far I’ve written a couple of articles over at HubPages on the subject. There’s an introduction as well as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-49451555617954051692011-10-04T22:09:00.001+02:002011-10-04T22:09:18.542+02:00Dead Cyborg Version 002 Released Dead Cyborg is a sci-fi title strictly focused on adventure and exploration – with no fighting, shooting, or any of that sort of thing. The first version of this freeware title was released a little while back, this year. The game had its faults, chief of which was the fact that it lacked mouse control. During development, this feature existed, but it was taken out somewhere down the line for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-82622004086759161652011-10-01T10:01:00.000+02:002011-10-01T22:16:07.738+02:00Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded Put on Hold This month there’s been a sudden slowdown in progress on the project formerly known as “DN3D: Next-Gen”, that began its life a year ago or so. For you who might have forgotten, it’s a standalone game using Unreal Engine 3, which is supposed to give Duke Nukem Forever a run for its money, not only in the looks department, but gameplay-wise too, hopefully. We all know that DN3D is still a better Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-35487542548197233002011-09-29T23:36:00.001+02:002012-05-03T22:57:00.431+02:00NAG October 2011 Issue Out This WeekThe new NAG is on the shelf today. But the local 711 (now Friendly 711) near where I live says that it won’t be in on Thursdays from now on – they can only manage Fridays, maybe Saturday.
Maybe I’ve mentioned this before, but I read in the NAG years back that to get the NAG on Monday is impossible; Tuesday is rare; Wednesday is uncommon; Thursday is common; Friday is definite; and Saturday or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-21971290691376316072011-09-21T02:24:00.001+02:002011-09-21T02:24:26.072+02:00The Dark Mod Halloween Competition is now on It’s been dry over at The Dark Mod HQ for months now. The version 1.06 update was in June, and the last fan mission released was in July. And it finally happened: I finished almost all of the TDM missions out there, save for a few, which I didn’t like. But I happened to check the main page yesterday, and noticed that there’s a new competition on. It’s the Halloween Speed Build Contest of 2011!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-84757726272764508042011-08-30T21:34:00.001+02:002011-08-30T21:34:28.417+02:00NAG September 2011 Issue Out NowI went to the local convenience store On Thursday last week to pick up the NAG, and lo and behold, it wasn’t there. Friday I returned and it still wasn’t bloody there. Saturday I went back and finally, I managed to get it. So instead of doing anything constructive on a Saturday afternoon, I sat there watching all the trailers on the DVD. Don’t judge me. And to add to all this, it wasn’t until Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-8552980435733235432011-08-22T21:40:00.001+02:002011-08-22T21:40:25.560+02:00New Review Published: Dead Cyborg Just this week I got my act together and published a new review, which has been sitting around for a week or two, practically finished. It’s a review of Dead Cyborg, which was released late last month. I managed to play through it thoroughly over a couple of days recently. Dead Cyborg is a donation based freeware title. How this works is the first episode of the game is released for free, as aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-63107944244975522602011-08-15T22:40:00.001+02:002011-08-15T22:40:08.529+02:00HubPages Turns 5 Years OldAugust is a special month to me for two reasons. Firstly, it’s the month that HubPages was originally founded back in 2006, and the content publishing, revenue sharing website turned 5 years old just the other day. August is also the month when I joined HubPages back in 2008, and I received a notification email in my inbox the other day telling me that I’d been a member for 3 years now. I can Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-46232835721193755872011-08-04T21:17:00.001+02:002011-08-04T21:17:44.596+02:00Finally! Pippa has come back to The Verge! If you didn’t get it, that was supposed to be a reference -quote-wise- to The Rock, Dwayne Johnson. Yes, it’s true. Pippa Tshabalala left The Verge for a few months, for reasons still unknown to me. In her place, Thomas Gumede hosted the show right from about January this year until now. That was a gruelling six months or so. Pippa still appeared on the show in some form doing some retro Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-33341509063561560622011-07-30T21:23:00.001+02:002011-07-30T21:23:05.436+02:00New Review Published: The Dark ModYou didn’t really think that verbose series of posts about this mod was the end, did you? Shame. You wanted a review; “ask and ye shall receive”. This will be the last time for the foreseeable future I post about this mod. Promise… until the next version of it comes out, anyway. After playing Duke Nukem Forever last month, I decided it might be time to play something a little more intelligent –Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-82306906212599682342011-07-26T20:14:00.001+02:002012-05-03T22:55:50.082+02:00The Dark Mod Experience: Part IIAfter the reformat, I obviously had to get everything in working order on my system. After some trouble with some programs, including the ATi drivers for my graphics card (I eventually had to roll back to a previous version), I was about ready to install Doom 3, and then after that, put TDM on my HDD. So after about half an hour or so, I had it all set up, and then ran the TDM launcher. I was at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957570407631725503.post-200207001533711612011-07-21T21:04:00.001+02:002011-07-21T21:04:59.194+02:00The Dark Mod Experience: Part II finally played The Dark Mod the other night. I first spied The Dark Mod as an interesting project back in 2007, after visiting Thief-The-Circle, which is part of the TTLG network of sites. But the project started way back in 2004, after the somewhat disappointing Thief: Deadly Shadows was released the same year. I immediately began downloading all of the screenshots and videos that were madeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0