Hookshot Podcast #2: TWITCH
In the second episode of the Hooshot Inc. podcast the team discuss 'Twitch' - a style of game that covers everything from Super Hexagon to Robotron.
No Ibuprofen? Try Serious Sam 3
I'd been waiting for the right moment to try Serious Sam 3: BFE, and it turned out that the right moment was this weekend, because I had the flu.
Hookshot Inc win big! Take photo to prove it!
Ladies and Gentlemen, last night the team behind much beloved downloadable game blog Hookshot Inc won an award! It was something called a ‘Games Media Award’, and it was thrust into our hands for ‘best coverage of games on a blog’.
We drank quite a lot, had a few manly group hugs and then Donlan said ‘Sorry’. It was great!
On the download #12 – QWOP
On The Download is Hookshot Inc's official comic strip, drawn by friend of the site Timothy WInchester.
This week: QWOP
StoryNexus – peruse your own adventure!
Ever fancied crafting your own adventure game or interactive narrative? Too darn lazy to write a whole bunch of code? Fear not, London--based Failbetter Games has the approachable story-creation tool for you.
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Cool Pizza: A dish best served, er, cool?
Cool Pizza takes the dough of Yu Suzuki's Space Harrier and works it with some Chun Li hurricane kicks to create the sort of game Atari's sneaker pimp engineers might be making if the original teams were working creating games for Apple today.
Sir Steve Redgrave’s River Adventures! Yaay!
As far as I’m concerned Sir Steve Redgrave has earned the right to slap his name on anything he damn well pleases. I’d eat breakfast cereals in the shape of a coxless pair sweep-oar boat. I’d hire a pedalo with his face on. I’d consider a Sir Steve tattoo.
This does not preclude me, however, from taking the piss out of the forthcoming Sir Steve Redgrave’s River Adventures.
‘He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe’ (also longest title)
“I’ve got the power, to pick up a flower” went the playground song. “But it’ll take about an hour. Or two.”
“The battle has started, but He-Man has farted. And Skeletor said…”
Pushcat – worth its weight in silver
Hookshot Hero designer Gary J. Lucken and good friend Fritz Solares have a new game out for PC/ Mac, a match-three, Boulder Dash mash-up called Pushcat that is quietly spectacular.
Minecraft 1.8.2 – released date announced!
4J Studios has announced that Minecraft update 1.8.2 is coming to Xbox in less than 24 hours. Are you ready to get creative? You might be after you watch the fun trailer!
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Memory of a Broken Dimension – argh, my brain!
Okay, this trailer has been on YouTube for a while, but a tweet from Phil Fish just reminded me about it, and now you have to experience this bizarre distorted computerised nightmare-scape for yourself.
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ToeJam & Earl – I’m still excited.
So what's the best day of the year? Christmas Day? Halloween? August 11, feast day of Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of television? No, it's November 7th, because that's when ToeJam & Earl hits PSN and XBLA. Okay, that's only the best day of this year. Normally it's Halloween.
