I remember the time where I forgot my Game Boy micro in my pocket and put my pants in the laundry. Despite unfortunately going through the full wash and dry cycle, it managed to survive, but with lost functionality of backlights on the START and SELECT buttons.

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Starting last Saturday, Guild Wars: Rogue BATTLE went online quietly. What is it? A nifty text based web-game where you take control of a small (but growing) population, and order them to attack others, defend yourself, or simply mine away to get richer.

The online population as grown drasticly in the last days/hours, and it’s now a fierce battleground in which only smart players will get to survive. The great part is that this game is playable from work, and once you’ve used all you available attack turns, you’ll only have to monitor the game a few times a day.

Every hour or so, there’s this so-called tick where you get your mining gold and attack turns (4 per hour). All there’s to do is spend that gold wisely and use your attack turns to attack other players (to hopefuly steal their gold ). You’ll eventually climb up the ladder and be ranked a bit higer and get more citizens to help you battle. Just remember; more miners, more gold!

Months prior a stateside release of Trace Memory, Europe and Australia got their hands on the highly anticipated point-and-click adventure game, Another Code: Two Memories. Despite the text and story being already available in english, the game won’t make it for a US release untill early this fall; which keeps me wondering “why such a long wait?”. Is it because we’ve been bad, bad boys, or perhaps because our fellow Europeans won’t get Kirby: Canvas Curse untill this september?
I vote for the later one.

Brought to us by the talented developers at Cing Inc., Another Code features rich and detailed environments, displayed in both stunning prerendered scenes and full 3D overhead view. The cutscenes and character art are done in very good looking anime-ish style drawings, which is one of the concept that caught my eye at first view.

Puzzles are the key to progress in this game genre, and Another Code is certainly not lacking of those. Most of them are original and using key functions of the DS hardware. But personally, I would’ve liked more complex puzzles; the one that leaves you scratching your head for minutes, hours. I played through the game in a single session of 5 straight hours, and the only puzzle that got the best outta me is this little stinking 8-puzzle!

Setting aside the short lenght of the game, Another Code is driven by a deep story that brilliantly unfolds as you progress throught the Edwards Mansion; the main location that you’ll be “investigating” in the game. Alongside our heroine Ashley, is ‘D’; a young boy’s ghost who asks you to help him uncover the mystery of his death. The game follows Ashley’s story a little more the first time you play through it, but after clearing it once, you get to play a second time to uncover more truths about D’s death and whereabouts. That’s when I stopped playing.

But what about the boots? I guess I’ll get my answer when Trace Memory hits the stores this fall. I gotta keep a reason for buying the game, no? ;p

Q Entertainment, wacko!

They are the ingenious developers behind Meteos [DS] and Lumines [PSP], the hit puzzle games released exclusively for the two handheld gaming consoles.

I acquired my own copy of Meteos 2 days ago… and oh boy this is a sweet game! I’ve been playing ever since, and twice, my DS died on me.

The game has lots to offer, be it an intensive single-player mode (Star Run, Single game or Challenges), or the ever popular single-cart multiplayer mode. All the little things they added to the game (catchy songs, draggable menus, statistics, unlockables, etc…), adds so much to the game itself besides the simple, yet effective puzzle style.

I’d personally recommend Meteos to every DS owners who are looking for a good pick-up-and-play game that lasts more than a couple of weeks of gameplay (unlike others).

But wait, there’s more! I didn’t mention Lumines without a reason.

I also got my hands on the Lumines Remixes OST. Featuring a whopping 44 full lenght tunes + bonus tracks, this one is a must for game music fans. I never played Lumines yet, but I tried this clone for PC which is actually quite good, but missing the important part, the original music.

Oh how I wish it could be ported to the DS… seems like a simple game that wouldn’t need much modification to port. At least the PSP users won’t get Meteos anytime soon.

Kirby’s adventure games always offered great tunes that are most likely considered as memorable to gamers these days. Originally released for the NES in 1993, and later revamped for the GBA, Kirby’s Adventure was the title that started it all and brought us Kirby as we know it nowaday.

The “Rise of the Star” project regroups talented video game remixers, each offering remixes of songs featured in Kirby’s Adventure. The tunes and album art are available to download at the following address:

Rise of the Star - The Kirby’s Adventure Remix collaboration

Now, time for the Kirby Dance!
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A cell is defined as a small compartment, which holds various elements. On the other hand, it can also be defined as being part of a bigger entity, changing and evolving as it grows.

Take those two single entities, merge ‘em and there you have it, TwoCells! Container of my ever evolving world, as it goes by everyday.

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