G-g-g-g-glitches!

Braid

There's a lot of noise going on about Braid. Dubbed one of the finest XBLA games out so far, it's currently pulling a meta-score of 91 placing it at the all-time number 10, just above Mass Effect, garnering 100% scores from such internet luminaries as Eurogamer and 1up.

The demo grants you a good half a dozen levels spread over the first three (well, four really, you'll see) worlds. Each world exhibits a unique gameplay mechanic, usually based around time manipulation, wrapped around a platformer which gives it a very individual puzzle-game feel. Veterans of Portal will immediately feel at home with the kind of thinking (if not the play) required to get along in the game.

Traversing levels and worlds to rescue your 'Princess' is relatively easy. However once you start attempting to collect the jigsaw pieces from the levels it all ramps up a degree of difficulty. Some screens will have you gazing bovine-like at the TV wondering what you've missed, in order to let you get to that platform up there, or how to pick up that key to unlock that door. Then just when it's all too much, you'll see what you've been looking for, and your jaw will hit your chest as your brain leaks slowly out of your ears and you laugh and cry simultaneously.

At 1200 points, it's a pricey little prospect but once I completed the demo I knew I had to have it.

Do yourself a favour, set aside an hour this weekend, download the demo and make yourself complete Cloud Bridge and The Hunt. It's worth it. (And please, no gameFAQs.)

Dad - Please!

Don't you hate it when your Dad shows you up in front of visitors?

Cagney Released

A quicky to let y'all know that the Cagney expansion for Burnout Paradise has been released today. After loading the game and confirming I wanted the update I had to drop back to the dash to begin the download, otherwise it just sat on Pending.

Should be on later to ch-ch-check it out.

Oh.. imagine a pic of some cars crashing here->.

Host With The Most.......

....Children!

Hi all, gaming fun, chat and snacks at my cookie jar palace!

This Fiday 1st August, usual time.

Bring DS's (you never know, we might use them again one day!), a '360 controller and whatever else takes your fancy.
@ andybeta, could you bring your nunchucks and games for wii please.

Anything else?

see you there (hopefully).

E3

there is alot of noise in the blogosphere about E3 being a let down... Seeing as this is mainly a gaming blog, I cant let it slip by!

The round up linky is here... Who came out on top, what are people looking forward to, if anything?

On the scrounge

With two sets of Rock Band within the Club, I was wondering if this meant there was a spare version of GH3 and a guitar (or two, wired is ok) I might borrow at some point? It might get me through the RB withdrawal period.