Time Trumpet 05 December 2006
Satirist Armando Iannucci is back on TV this week and for the next six weeks with a new program called Time Trumpet. The year is 2031, and with contributions from Ant and Dec, David Beckham and Charlotte Church, the show looks back at the absurd changes the world has gone through in the past 25 years. It easily looks like it's going to be the best thing on TV and it starts on 3rd August and continues every Thursday on BBC TWO at 10:00pm.
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Updates 05 November 2006
There is a new review (OutRun 2006) and the Retro Special has been updated with a review of the excellent Taito Legends 2.
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bitGenerations (GBA) 05 October 2006
Proving the Game Boy Advance (probably the best gaming thing ever in the world, of all time) isn't quite finished yet, Nintendo are due to release an interesting new series of games called bitGenerations. These weird and wonderful titles will be sold at a "budget" price (around £10) due to their simplicity; 3 games will be released on 13th July (dotstream, BOUNDISH and DIALHEX), with another 4 titles arriving two weeks later.
Making use of simplistic graphics and classic 4-bit SFX, the collection promises to merge sound and music with some very retro-styled gameplay. Odd perhaps, but I'm sold already.
The team that bought us the brilliant Made in Wario series have also confirmed they are working on another GBA game: Rhythm Tengoku. Apparently, you have to follow the on-screen actions to the beat of the music, but various weirdness takes place that is said to distract the player from their rhythm. Obviously, it's going to be ace. Cheers to kea_ for showing me this.
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E times 3 05 September 2006
Of all the games showcased at E3 this year, one title has got me more excited than anything other. And it isn't going to appear on any of the "next generation" systems, either.
Super Paper Mario (highlight to zoom, right) for the GameCube uses the graphical style of the Paper Mario series and combines it with classic 2D platforming action. The result looks incredible, and if the controls and level design are also up to the standard of the visuals, this could well be the GameCube's own Yoshi's Island.
Visit the official website for screenshots and a video clip, as well as details of another new Nintendo GameCube game on the way: DK Bongo Blast.
In other gaming news, two new interesting titles have been announced for the Nindendo DS: Point Blank (which is actually already out in Japan) and Project Hacker. The latter looks very interesting, with a comprehensive anime-styled storyboard and sneeky gameplay, involving hacking and downloading information. Despite being a Japan-only game so far, it's got to be a title worth looking out for.
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Fointy Pinger is back 05 August 2006
After a few technical problems with hosting, the site is now back up and running properly again.
Extra special thanks and kisses to kea_ for hosting the site for the past year. Plus thank you to flp for his patience and helpful advice.
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Dreamcast lives on (again) 05 July 2006
Radilgy (or Radirgy/Rajirugi as it is also know as - the name is fairly strange and so the Romanised translation is still unclear) is released in Japan on 16th February for the Dreamcast. It's another shooter from Chaos Field developers Milestone, but the twist with this title appears to be the graphics: they're cel-shaded. Wo-hoo! Go to the official website to see more. There are also rumours that the game is to be ported to the GameCube and PS2, presumably depending on the success of the DC release.
Also, Under Defeat from G-Rev is due out on the Dreamcast on 23rd March. It looks similar to the excellent Zero Gunner 2, and if Border Down (also by G-Rev) is anything to go by, this should be very good (and hard).
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Nintendo DS news 05 June 2006
At the recent DS Conference 2006 in Japan, it was announced Nintendo have teamed up with the Opera web-browser developers to release (yeh), a web-browser for the DS. Nintendo also plans to make a TV tuner for the system.
Obviously both of these stories are really boring, but it does give me the chance to show a picture of the new, re-designed DS lite. Sweet.
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Game music/artwork/advert resource 05 May 2006
Galbadia Hotel hosts some interesting game soundtracks you might not have come across elsewhere, including the wonderful Jet Force Gemini soundtrack, Timesplitters, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, Lumines and plenty of others. The site also throws in a large selection of TVCM's, animé and manga artwork and MIDI files for good measure. OverClocked ReMix is also great for alternative re-mixes and interpretations.
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The games come out to play 05 April 2006
After a pretty middling Christmas, the beginning of 2006 will play host to a lovely big pile of great PAL games that are worth looking out for. It's going to be an expensive few months, what with...
- Shadow Of The Collossus - (PS2)
- We Love Katamari - (PS2)
- Sega Classics Collection - (PS2)
- Taito Legends II - (PS2/Xbox)
- Rainbow Islands Revolution - (NDS)
- Trauma Centre: Under The Knife - (NDS)
- Wario Ware Inc.: Twisted - (GBA)
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast - (PS2)
- Lemmings - (PSP)
...all on the way between now and April, man.
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Winter update 05 December 2005
In the last update from me to Fointy Pinger for 2005, I've tweaked around with the styles to make things a little more easy on the eye (it was a bit too light before) and also added a fully CSS-driven drop-down menu for the navigation bar, so refresh your browser a few times if you can't already see the changes. Updates then: three new pieces in the reviews section and a new download in the download bit. However, if you have anything that you want to submit to the site (a picture, a review of a DVD, CD, gig, or anything else), email it to me and I'll put it up straight away.
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