We’re hiring
October 31st, 2007 by Erik Benerdal
Interested in working in the gaming industry?
Ksatria Gameworks is hiring.
Archive for October, 2007
Artist for hire
October 30th, 2007 by Erik Benerdal
My good friend Landale (aka Karoliina) is finally taking commissions. She’s a really talented artist and her work is well worth your moneys!
If you’re interested or not you should check out her gallery.
Team Fortress 2 (rant)
October 23rd, 2007 by Erik Benerdal
I’ve been playing a lot of TF2 lately. It’s a really fun multiplayer game but I’ve found that it can also be extremely tedious. This is because it’s a team game, and sometimes the team you’re dealt isn’t really what you hoped for.
So when I start a map, I always pick the Scout and rush the first capture point. If I have another scout accompaning me then that’s a good sign that at least one in my team knows how to play the game. Usually there’s a small skirmish with the opposing team before one of us takes the first point. I usually only play Scout for one round and I use that first skirmish to gauge whether I should go for offense or defense next. Mostly I pick Sniper which is something I can play both offensively and defensively.
But I’m constantly switching between the classes when I play depending on the current situation. If the opposing team have a lot of spies cutting the backs of my team I’ll go defensive Pyro and burn anyone looking suspicious. If we’re having problems holding a capture point I’ll consider switching to Engineer and build a sentry gun. If they have a firm defense with snipers and sentryguns, but not any pyros I’ll go Spy to help our team push through. You get the point.
However.
Sometimes I get put in a team made out of the worst case idiots I’ve ever seen. They pick whatever class they think looks cool and then they just play it like a regular shooter. The kind of player that would rather run around a capture point than on it. The kind that heals opponent spies. The kind that builds sentry guns at locked capture points. The kind that plays scout during the sudden death round. The list goes on and on..
Team fortress 2 gets so frustrating when you’re playing the (parton my arrogance) “intelligent” way I do and your teammates does nothing to help. Just one guy on your team that does what his class is supposed to do can be so powerful and make the difference between winning and losing. Hopefully people will learn this fact with time.
F yeah!
October 19th, 2007 by Erik Benerdal
Bionic Commando was one of my favourite NES games back in the days. I can’t remember which of my friend who had it, but I’m pretty sure it was one of the main reason why I would come over again and again.
I don’t have to tell you how awesome it is, just look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmhrAE2_a10
Hard to beat, huh?
Okay, well what if it looked like this?
http://www.gamespot.com/video/943678/6181311/videoplayerpop
I’m really excited and I have good faith in the swedish development team. I admit I’m a bit envious of them. It would really had been a dream project for me to work on.
Orange box
October 16th, 2007 by Erik Benerdal
I bought The Orange box on Steam. Besides being a completely painless online purchase the package is just rock solid. I’ve been playing Team Fortress 2 for a few weeks now (I got access to the beta because I prepurchased it) and it’s just great. It’s a brilliant looking game accessible enough for noobs that still rewards skill.
Portal came as a surprise. I knew it was supposed to be funny, but damn. I want to compare it’s sense of humor with the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which should say a lot. I’ve replayed that game 2 or 3 times only to listen to the ending song (It’s just so cute and funny). It’s been getting a lot of attention in the online press lately and I’m glad I was able to play it before all of that with an unspoiled mind.
Episode 2 was the last of the bunch I played. I burned right through it in a day.. and while it “only” took 4.7 hours to complete it was like watching a 4.7 hour long blockbuster movie. Valve isn’t getting enough credit for the quality of their work. I’ll probably replay it once more to get all the achievements.
If you’ve got a Steam account you can add me to your friends list. My SteamID is Scarabus.
