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penny arcade adventures: on the rain-slick precipice of darkness

Why Penny Arcade's Game Isn't On PSN

After we posted new that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One had gone gold, many of you were wondering why the game wasn't showing up on the Playstation Network.

The game is currently listed only for Window, Mac, Linux and the Xbox 360's arcade.

I shot a quick question over to Tycho to find out what exactly the deal was. He said they hate all things Sony. Ah-hahahaha, just kidding. I got ya didn't I? Actually it's all about the hardware. Right now the Penny Arcade game will only be shipping on platforms that support Torque because that's the blood that runs through their game's veins.

So no partisanship here, just cold hard hardware issues.

3:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Brian Crecente
6,655 views, 88 comments

xbla

Penny Arcade Game Gone Gold

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One has gone gold and will be going on sale via digital distribution later this quarter, Hothead Games said today.

The Windows, Mac and Linux game will sell for $20 and the 360 arcade version will go for 1600 Microsoft Points.

Hit the jump for the full release.

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2:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Brian Crecente
9,187 views, 111 comments

Latest by Squirminator2k: So... how exactly is $20 pricey? That's £10 back in the UK, which is how much a lot of budget re-release titles cost on their first run (then they get knocked down to £5 when Sold-Out Software nabs the rights more »

diy

The World of Warcraft MacBook Pro

Yes, there are Mac gamers. And some of them play World of Warcraft. This individual here laser-etched MacBook Pro. Took about twenty minutes to do on a laser-etching machine. Well, whaddaya think?
MacBook WoW [Flickr via Geekcrafting and Uberdork via Alice]

5:00 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,929 views, 47 comments

world of warcraft

Blizzard Unleashes Fury Of The Sunwell

This morning I clicked on my World of Warcraft icon and was greeted with the impending download of the highly anticipated 2.4 patch, Fury of the Sunwell. The patch introduces us to Sunwell Isle, a brand new quest hub complete with new 5-man dungeons and a 25-man raid that gives players a chance to finally kick Kil'jaeden's sorry ass. As with any major WoW update, the patch notes are large and wordy, filled with stuff that only certain classes and professions will care about, so I'll just toss you a link to WorldofWar.net's note posting at the bottom of the article. Aside from the new dungeons, the most exciting thing I can see is learned spells not being reset with respecs, meaning that mages no longer have to rebuy their perk spell levels in addition to the cost of a respec. This pleases me. I'm sure this affects other casters as well, but they don't count. More »

8:20 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Mike Fahey
12,027 views, 62 comments

Latest by Prezel: Thanks, thanks alot blizzard now I have to reroll, nice job nerfing the druids. *goes emo* PLEASE MAKE DRUIDS AWESOME AGAIN! more »

accessibility

Website Makes Gaming Accessible For Everyone

For many of us, playing video games and working on computers is second nature. My laptop and I are practically attached at the hip. But what if, due to physical limitations, you were unable to use your computer for gaming and other applications? Assistive Gaming is a website who aims to provide an answer to this question, offering ways to use assistive technology to play games on Mac computers, and make gaming more accessible to people with physical impairments. Launched this past January, the website's publisher, David Niemeijer, says that many people think only specially adapted "accessible" games are available, which are generally targeted at younger kids, and would be of little interest to adults and teenagers. However assistive gaming means that anyone can play just about any game, including Unreal Tournament 2004, or World of Warcraft.

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3:00 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By torif
2,024 views, 18 comments

Latest by Superman: Dude. That's totally cool. Is there any way I can help? more »

neverwinter nights 2

Neverwinter Nights 2 Coming to Mac


Believe it or not, us Mac users occasionally play games on our computers. Yes, it's a struggle, but always worth it in the end. For the few and proud playing Mac games, Aspyr Media has long been our support system, and has come through once again. Neverwinter Nights 2 for Mac will be shipping to North America next week. Aspyr is accepting pre-orders through their website now for US$49.99. Now, Mac users don't have to miss out on the PC RPG fun!

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1:00 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By torif
2,315 views, 40 comments

Latest by coiagp: My god, will the Apple mouse debate ever end! how many times must I read uninformed comments on apple related threads, from people who clearly haven't touched a Mac in a long time. Lets clear this up - All Apple's desktops more »

spore

Penis Cars, Vagina Houses Welcomed!

Considering how Spore's been hyped for eons now, it's hard to keep that level of excitement up. The game's user-generated content aspect though has piqued our interest once again. Says the game's lead designer Alex Hutchinson says, "I expect a portion of our audience to never play the game. They will make stuff, share stuff, and send it around." In the game's creator editor, there's a camera icon that even props a pop-up window with a YouTube logo. Players can send clips of their creators directly to the site. Hutchinson does add that it's not possible to create realistic humans as they "made a conscious decision to make the rigging blocks not one-to-one with real humans or animals." Though, Hutchinson adds,


You can have a penis car flying into a vagina house. If you want to live in penistown, that's fine. We'll give you the filter to ban it out.

Thus, users will be able to filter Second Life-esque content they don't like from their own experience. We're sure the creator editor will be loads of fun at the beginning — like Miis were. Fingers crossed the game has enough grist to keep our interest over the long haul. Penistown sounds like a start!
Spore Surprising [Multiplayer] [Pic]

1:00 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
6,634 views, 43 comments

Latest by GOLD5: So you can Have Centaur on Griffin-Troll hybrid, but not humans? Sounds hot.. :-( I guess they wanted to avoid being a wholesale shimmy simulator with anal raping tutorials like Mass Effect. Too bad because until they perfect my virtual Jenna more »

extremely massively

World Of Warcraft Reaches 10 Million Mark

I guess those Mr. T ads really struck a chord. Blizzard has just proudly announced that their insanely successful MMORPG World of Warcraft has recently surpassed the 10 million subscriber mark, which means that there are enough active WoW subscriptions currently to keep .1% of the entire world ass-deep in murlocs. Completely and utterly insane.
"It's very gratifying to see gamers around the world continuing to show such enthusiasm and support for World of Warcraft," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're always pleased to welcome new players to the game, and we're looking forward to sharing the next major content update with the entire community in the months ahead."
Blizzard's numbers included paying subscribers, people within their first month of free game time, and internet cafe users who have accessed the game in the past 30 days, but excludes those using promotional trials and of course, those who have managed to kick the habit entirely...for now. More »

10:20 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Mike Fahey
6,492 views, 101 comments

Latest by Baboon: Stop tempting me, you vile siren! I have to graduate in a year, and have more than enough of my free time sucked away via Wii and the internet! Damn it, I don't need my Orc hunter to take what little time I more »

mac

EA Details Spore for the Mac

Earlier today Cnet broke the news that Electronic Arts' hotly anticipated sim, Spore, would be hitting the Mac and the PC at the same time.

Now EA has sent out a release backing that story up with a touch, just a touch more information. The Mac version of the game will be full featured and will run on TransGaming's Cider Portability Engine, which is what has been used for previous EA Mac games.

"I am excited that we'll be able to bring Spore directly to the Mac community. The intuitive Creature, Vehicle, and Building Creators in the game are so powerful that the possibilities are limitless. Players can create anything they can imagine and see them come to life in the game," said Lucy Bradshaw, Executive Producer of Spore.

Hit the jump for plenty of PR speak and not a single date.

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7:31 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Brian Crecente
2,143 views, 26 comments

ea

Spore Coming To Macs In 2008

Mac gaming will become less of a punchline and more of a reality this year, as EA plans to ship the Will Wright-helmed Spore for both Windows and Mac OS X in 2008. That's dependent, of course, on Spore shipping for any platform this year, something that we don't exactly have the highest confidence in. The EA published Spore will come to the Mac platform courtesy of TransGaming Technologies, whose graphics wrapper is reported to make the transition from PC to Mac wicked easy.

EA, who shipped a number of PC games for the Mac last year, plans to have Spore on hand at MacWorld 08, going on right now.

Coming to the Mac in 2008: 'Spore' [News.com]

10:30 AM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Michael McWhertor
3,197 views, 41 comments

Latest by amatecha: I personally wish this wasn't considered such huge news. Years ago, Maxis released all their games for Mac. Now we're actually surprised/happy that they are "thankfully" doing a shitty "port" to OS X? I might as well just more »

hot flashes

Hot Flashes: SteveNote Expo

Today's Hot Flash is really more of a timely novelty than a truly innovative Flash game, but with MacWorld Expo right around the corner, it's at least good for a larf. In SteveNote Expo, you take on the role of Apple magnate Steve Jobs on your way to do your keynote speech at MacWorld. You must collect a list of items that includes your trademark black turtleneck, the new iPhone prototype and the latest stock quotes, all the while avoiding industry spies and skeevy journalists who are out to steal your industry secrets. Be extra careful of the journalists, we all know what thieving bastards they are.

[via Engadget]

12:00 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By fdemarco
2,321 views, 14 comments

Latest by ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PBP, link in profile: I think everyone is expecting too much out of this game. It's just a little flash game and what do you expect out of a free game? I'll admit, the humor is kind of weak and only has more »

sale

All PopCap Games Are 50% Off

While PopCap games aren't my personal vice (I much prefer snorting coke off pleather escort boots), there's no question that they are a force in the PC/Mac casual gaming market. Now as part of a holiday sale, they've dropped the prices on their games by 50% until January 3rd. A kind of neat option they're offering is an emailable gift certificate. And if you can get over the looking like a thoughtless jerk to your spouse part, the certificate allows the recipient to choose from all 48 of PopCap's games with the option to play demos before purchase. I'd order one up for my mom, but since I gave her Puzzle Quest last Christmas her life has never been the same.

PopCap [via opposablethumbs]

1:20 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Mark Wilson
1,735 views, 21 comments

Latest by Zero_: Book Worm Adventures FTW! more »

apple gamers

Unreal Tournament 3 Heading To Mac

Unreal Tournament III is one of the fastest, deadliest shooters around these days on the PC and PlayStation 3, and now early next year Mac gamers will be able to join the battle, no Boot Camp required. MacSoft has announced the Macintosh version of Unreal Tournament 3 to be released in earl 2008 for ultra-stylish computer users everywhere.
"MacSoft couldn't be happier to bring Unreal Tournament 3's insane fast-paced action and brutal weaponry to the Mac," said Peter Tamte, president of MacSoft parent company Destineer. "We have a long history of bringing the Unreal series to Mac gamers, and with its expanded campaign mode and killer vehicles, Unreal Tournament 3 is the biggest, best and bloodiest game in the series yet."
I could poke fun at Mac users here, but I've come to the realization that the only reason I don't own a Mac is that I just can't afford one right now. Sometimes I hold up pictures of them from magazines in front of my desk and pretend I am hip and happening too. *sniffle* More »

6:30 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,870 views, 102 comments

Latest by ereusch: Great news for Mac gamers. Both of them should be ecstatic. more »

world of warcraft

Christmas In Azeroth Updates For BC

It's almost time for the Feast of Winter Veil in the World of Warcraft, Azeroth's annual Christmas party that features holiday-themed quests and items to help players pretend they are actually celebrating the season and not just sitting in a chair in their underwear! This year marks the first post-Burning Crusade feast, and Blizzard has updated the event to make sure players hanging out beyond the Dark Portal get their daily dose of holiday cheer. Changes include Preserved Holly, the special item that transforms your mount into a reindeer, now working with flying mounts, a new Mechanotoy pet under the Winter Veil trees in Orgrimmar and Ironforge, and a Handful of Snowflakes item that makes it snow over your head. Huzzah! They've also added holiday bosses to several of the Burning Crusade instances, which are basically normal bosses wearing festive outfits that drop Santa Claus hats when defeated, which will be ninja looted by the damn hunter, who will then disconnect. Happy holidays! More »

10:20 AM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Mike Fahey
6,595 views, 30 comments

Latest by Odin: @myshl0ng: Like Bluestreak said the Winter Veil content runs for most of the month of December so while some people might actually be lonely enough to play on Christmas day you don't have to if you want to mess around more »

software

Connect360 Now Brings DivX, Macs and 360s Together

I'm a big fan of my Xbox 360 and I'm a big fan of my Macbook Pro. But the two weren't really meant to...mate...if you know what I mean. Nullriver's Connect360 is a third party program that's been around for a while, solving problems of cross-species media compatibility and bringing Mac OS X media to the Xbox 360. And now Connect360 has been updated to support DivX and XviD formats. Also, contrary to popular believe, your Mac won't get "cooties" by interfacing with a Microsoft product.

Connect360 [via tuaw]

11:40 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,560 views, 61 comments

Latest by DelDeadeyes: You have no idea how useful this was on a Friday afternoon in a lazy apartment. more »

free-to-play

Pirates Of The Caribbean Online Launched

Disney's free-to-play unless you want the good stuff MMORPG Pirates of the Caribbean has officially set sail, charting a course to Macs and PCs around the globe. Create your own pirate character, captain a ship, and follow the fabled call of the booty wherever it may lead as you interact with other players as well as characters from the blockbuster movie franchise. The game features a Voodoo magic system, gambling parlor games like poker and blackjack, and just a whole lot of pirate goodness for the low price of free. Players opting to spend $9.95 a month ($4.95 the first month) for Unlimited Access get the ability to form guilds, special equipment, better ships, and are generally better pirates because they are giving Disney money. You can visit www.PiratesOnline.com to give the game a go. May god have mercy on your soul. More »

11:20 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By Mike Fahey
74,220 views, 37 comments

Latest by kickass: the icon on my home page wont let me go on (P.S I'm new for this game) more »

clips

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Launch Trailer

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars feels like it has taken forever to get here, and honestly I had started to lose interest in the title, but the recently released launch trailer here has my interest rising anew. It reminded me about all the things that really matter in life: spaceships, giant robots, and lasers. How could I have strayed so far from the true path?

5:00 PM on Tue Sep 11 2007
By Mike Fahey
7,261 views, 54 comments

Latest by Mooker: That's... That's Battlefield 2... With aliens and robots... Awesome! more »

pc gaming

Guitar Hero III Rocks The Mac And PC

Rocking out with a big plastic guitar will soon no longer be purely the privilege of the console owning masses, as Aspyr announces an exclusive deal with Activision to develop and publish Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PC and Mac platforms this fall. Not only does this open up the game to a whole new segment of players, but if you've got a nice gaming laptop it essentially makes this the first portable version of Guitar Hero. On top of all of the regular features of the game, Aspyr's version will allow PC and Mac users to battle against each other in online multiplayer, perhaps allowing us to settle the Mac versus PC debate once and for all in glorious rock combat! Bring it on! More »

10:00 AM on Tue Sep 11 2007
By Mike Fahey
100,259 views, 58 comments

Latest by janell25: I think this is a super idea. My bf is always on the main tv playing Halo. It would be great if I could play guitar hero on the computar instead of fighting for the tv. That and ppl with more »