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Sunday, December 2, 2007

GameSetMicroLinks: Sunday Specials

- Blimey, a gigantic trawl through Bloglines has unearthed all kinds of interesting things - I'm particularly taken by the Game Boy vs. Kindle discussion points, since it's easy to dream about a WiFi, insta-download portable console.

But there's some other interesting material in here - and I'm particularly pleased to see that Aquaria, the IGF Grand Prize winner from this year, is finally making a commercial appearance (with accompanying demo!) on PC this Friday. Here goes:

Come One Come All Kongregate
A good Kongregate community blog.

Capcom US - The Blog » Blog Archive » Sad News: Monster Hunter and Resident Evil: Outbreak servers shutting down
This would be a big deal in Japan, less so (though a bit early, esp. for Monster Hunter!) here.

HenryJenkins.org: Why You Should See Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat (Part Two)
'An important work which deals fairly with all participants and which offers a more indepth and nuanced account of the issues than any I've seen elsewhere in the media.'

The Brainy Gamer: What the next Game Boy can learn from the Amazon Kindle
Digital downloads, accessibility, etc.

Bit Blot: 'Seven Days Of Aquaria - Release Imminent'
Out on Friday 7th for $30, with an accompanying demo. Buy!

MLG TV Show Is On the Air! | Major League Gaming
Just TiVo-ed this - it's watchable and well-done, good commentators and explanation of strategy for Halo team action.

The Man Behind the TheFunded.com's VC Slagfest Reveals Himself to Wired
Notable because it's a casual game company exec - Game Trust's Adeo Ressi.

selectbutton :: Animal Crossing cartoon
A poignant illustration of a touching Animal Crossing story about gifts received.

GameSpite.net: 'GameSpite: Issue 2'
Parish's fan-driven game virtual-magazine takes on Final Fantasy in high style.

Eurogamer TV: Top 50 Spectrum Games montage
There's also a C64 one, to commemorate the new Eurogamer retro section, but yay, this is awesome.

Comments

Yay for the Spectrum mention! I'm touched.

I'll second that yay, but did they really just call those the best 50 on the speccy and yet have no mention of any Mel Croucher games? Where's Pimania, Deus Ex Machina, and Id?

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