(xblig) PREVIEW: Duality ZF

October 16th, 2009

Today we get a quick look at a new Xbox Live Indie Games entry called Duality ZF.  It’s a shooter that features 4 x multiplayer and dual play, meaning you can control 2 ships at once!  This bad boasts 6 gameplay modes including “Home”, “Arcade”, “Bullet Hell”, “Survival”, “Score Rush”, and “Boss Rush”.  It also features online score tables for each mode.  According to the website, there’s it’s also simple to play, which means move and shoot.  You know how we all like simple over here at Indie Flux (Okay here at Uhfgood’s Game Reviews, but Indie Flux is our new name).

Just check out the vid here, or even better check it out on YouTube in High-Definition.

 

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The face of BOH

October 13th, 2009

Oct14 We’re not talking about an episode of that new-fangled Dr. Who here.  We’re talking about the ghosts of Amiga Computer’s past.  Er, Games of Amiga’s past.  According to the know-all see-all Wikipedia, The Amiga was a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in ‘82 and  Commodore International bought Amiga Corp and introduced the machine in ‘85.   What does this have to do with our game?   Because of the Amiga’s superior audio/video capabilities a majority of the Amiga community was into games, including the person who created this game.  They wanted to bring that feeling back to modern machines.  The game is called BOH by Simone Bevilacqua and is, according to the website, an original, retro-flavored game of exploration and action searching for the “Evil Masters” whatever that means.  So how does this game fare?  Unfortunately for me, it didn’t fare too well, read on to find out more.

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10 Links which may or may not be Indie related…

October 11th, 2009

1) Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a review for a retro platformer called Star Guard

2) Six Awesome Ascii Games You Need To Play according to CrunchGear

3) Top 5 Free Zelda Clones one 1-Up
4) PopCap secures investment of $22.5 million on gamesindustry.biz

5) Out-Law.com saying US court says software is owned, not licensed

6) “Manhunt 2:” Most Violent Game Yet? reports CBS News

7) Not news or a review but thought this was good to pass on, AbleGamers.com, a site for disabled gamers.

8) TechCrunch reviews best new Ipod and Iphone Appstore Games

9) SideQuesting’s Ryan Gan gives us an editorial entitled “With Great Reviews, Come Great Responsibility”

10) MSNBC’s Todd Kenreck does a video review on Uncharted 2