During a recent “geek-meet,” the subject of Homestar Runner arose. One thing led to another, and we found ourselves discussing the “Jibblies.” Since some people were unfamiliar with the Jibblies on that occasion, I thought I would share the full nature of the Jibblies with the wider geek community. Strong Bad first revealed the Jibblies during his “Bottom Ten” email, and they’ve continued to pop up ever since, even being featured in a special Halloween toon.
The Jibblies are a kind of psychic shock caused by a painting of an evil Demon known as the “Rocoulm,” whose catchphrase is “Come on in here.” Before I show you the full horror of the Jibblies, I should tell you that when you see the Poopsmith character during the following video, make sure to click on his head to unlock an easter egg scene which you would otherwise miss. It’s worth it.
When it comes to strategy games, the Total War series has never ceased to innovate and impress. Developed by the Creative Assembly, Total War is a franchise rife with great games: Shogun, Medieval, Rome, Medieval II, Empire. Each installment in the series has pushed the limits of the genre. Now the Creative Assembly has announced their latest project: Napoleon.
Watch the trailer below, and you’ll understand just exactly why all of Europe was terrified of a diminutive upstart Frenchman.
Napoleon: Total War is apparently being created in lieu of an expansion for its predecessor, Empire: Total War, and will be using a souped-up version of the latter’s engine. Empire was known for its awesome visual effects, stunning naval battles and the unheard of use of motion capture animation for every single soldier on the battlefield.
After everything that has been revealed so far, I really want to like Star Wars: the Old Republic. I want to be excited for it to be released. It’s just that I keep having this nagging feeling about it that I can’t shake.
Let me preface this: I’ve never been an MMO fan. I don’t like investing a ridiculous amount of time into a never-ending game only to get repeatedly pawned by some snot-nosed teenager in Shanghai with way too much time on his hands. But my general dislike of MMOs aside, I’m just not sure what to think of this game.
I recently saw this TV spot for an upcoming game. You may have already seen it. It’s not exactly earth-shattering, but I think it’s pretty cool nonetheless.
Somebody in advertising deserves a promotion for his creativity. But more importantly, at last there’ll be a music sim where I might actually know some of the lyrics.
This upcoming game is BioWare’s latest baby. They’re boldly claiming that it will be a synthesis of the popular Mass Effect and Baldur’s Gate gameplay styles. Yeah, those were definitely the magic words, at least to me. Anyway, here’s a short trailer to whet your appetite:
It’s coming out this fall. I must admit I’m pretty stoked. Expect a full preview from me sometime in the near future.
Did anybody play the original Red Alert: Command & Conquer ten years ago? It had an amusing premise: Albert Einstein went back in time to eliminate Adolf Hitler. Altering the time line had unfortunate consequences however, for with Hitler removed, Stalin and the Soviet Union tried to take over the world instead.
Recently, Red Alert 3 was released; this one is even crazier than its predecessor! The Soviets were losing badly to the Allies, so three of their leaders went back in time and eliminated Albert Einstein, which had even more unforeseen consequences, namely the rising of a new Imperial Japanese power, the Rising Sun.
Here is the trailer:
This one has an all-star cast: Tim Curry as the Soviet Premier, J.K. Simmons as the American President, Jonathan Pryce as the British Field Marshal, Jenny McCarthy as Special Agent Tanya (the only recurring character), and George Takei as the Emperor of Japan (awesome)!
Did anybody ever play E.V.O.: Search for Eden on the old SNES back in the ‘90s? You start out as a little critter in the ocean and evolve your way towards becoming a sentient biped. It wasn’t the most amazing game ever, but there was nothing else like it, and it was pretty interesting for its time.
Now its spiritual successor is about to be released. It’s a game called Spore. You may have heard some of the hype about Spore: it was years in the making, it promises to be a ground-breaking new gaming experience, the brainchild of Maxis’ resident creative genius Will Wright (creator of both SimCity and The Sims). There was even a National Geographic special on the development of the game.
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