For two games that are pretty much nothing alike, it's suprisingly easy to find yourself pondering the differences, large and small, between Tetris and Lumines. Yes, one is a marathon while the other is a sprint. And yes, one is about things that collapse while the other is about things that, often maddeningly, remain fixed in place. Playing Lumines Remastered over the weekend, though, sat cross-legged on the bed as though it was 2005 all over again, I was struck by a new point of difference - or rather an old point of difference that I had simply never really noticed before. Something about the texture of your mistakes, I think. Oh yes, it's this: your mistakes feel very different in Tetris and Lumines. A mistake in Tetris is a terrible thing indeed. This is because of the sprint-like nature, I guess, the fact that Tetris is really the survival horror of the puzzle world. Mistakes stick around in Tetris for a very long time: those gaps remain in the bedrock beneath you, a bit like a group of old friends who are always ready to remind you of a terrible faux pas you made when you were 12 (just me?). The mixture of sprint and fixed in place means that Tetris doesn't forget anything. And it in turns means so much of the game is spent trying to undo earlier mistakes in a bit of a sweaty panic. And of course, because you're in a sweaty panic you make more mistakes. Tetris thrives on mistakes. So does Lumines, I think, but in Lumines your mistakes are often on your side. Lumines isn't about building a wall to unbuild a wall, it's about growing territory of a certain colour. You rotate the coloured sections of the blocks that fall so that the two colours for each stage will match up harmoniously before the timeline sweeps through. This is why some people get a bit bored with Lumines. They think you can beat the game indefinitely by dividing the screen up into sections and storing block types in specific silos, and inching your way to victory. I have never played golf, but I wonder if these Lumines min-maxers also turn up at Pebble Beach in early Spring or whenever it is people play golf and ask Ed "Porky" Oliver - I Googled him - if he'd considered just faxing the ball over to the hole.
Katsu Entertainment announces today that its award-winning mobile game, Warhammer: Doomwheel, is on sale all month long for the low price of $0.99 USD through the Apple App Store and Google Play in celebration of the Second Edition of Warhammer.
i have Fios, I don’t think my IP address changed too often. Server will be for friends and I.
I understand the steam cmd stuff (I think)
I don’t completely understand the port forwarding. I’ve figured out how to forward a port in my quantum gateway but do I need to direct that to the server PC?
Anyone have a good overview of what needs to be done. Google searches never have complete results.
Thank you
There’s an upcoming film where an elite, secretive task force called Overwatch is tasked with a mission, and the fate of the world is tied to its success. Yet, astoundingly, this one doesn’t feature Tracer and Soldier: 76 - in their place, you’ll find Mark Wahlberg and Ronda Rousey toting somewhat more current weaponry in these covert efforts.
No, Mile 22 doesn’t actually have anything to do with Blizzard’s hero shooter, but hearing trailers filled with lines like “we are Overwatch” still feels a little surreal. The trailers paint a picture of pretty solid action thriller - those martial arts sequences with Iko Uwais look especially hot - but it’s a little surprising nobody did a Google search before naming the organization at the center of it all “Overwatch.” Especially with plans for a full franchise on the way.
No need to head to a theater - the biggest will come to you.
But then, we live in a world where there’s a Mission Impossible sequel straight-up called Fallout, so I guess nobody in the movie or game industries cares about their counterparts at this point. And, in fairness, maybe we should give a few more nods to the XCOM reboot before putting Blizzard’s vision of Overwatch on a pedestal.
Check out a Mile 22 trailer here.
Telegram has been in the news in recent times as having strong security that's even got the Russians worried. Telegram Messenger is the official client for all Windows phones and it's still getting decent updates, even though WP8.1 itself is now not officially supported. Which is quite impressive, perhaps speaking to the fact that an awful lot of older Windows phones are still in use around the world and that many of them don't like governments (or even Google or Apple) tracking what they want to say...(!)
Join Hardlydan and Amras89 for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about Steam Direct, Mario Kart Labo support, PUBG drops lawsuit, Corsair buying Elgatos gaming business, Amy Hennig going indie, Shuntaro Furukawa, and Google. Games discussed are Monster Hunter World, The Sexy Brutale, Destiny 2, Overwatch, Octopath Traveler, PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds, Stellaris, Street Fighter V, Saliens, Dead Cells, and Blackwake.
Join Hardlydan and Amras89 for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about Steam Direct, Mario Kart Labo support, PUBG drops lawsuit, Corsair buying Elgatos gaming business, Amy Hennig going indie, Shuntaro Furukawa, and Google. Games discussed are Monster Hunter World, The Sexy Brutale, Destiny 2, Overwatch, Octopath Traveler, PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds, Stellaris, Street Fighter V, Saliens, Dead Cells, and Blackwake.
