It’s one of the most frustrating games I’ve played recently (admittedly I’m rubbish at it!) but if you own it and are up for more punishment, you’ll be pleased to hear that the Pure Time Trials downloadable content pack is now free for Mirror’s Edge on the Playstation 3.
It’s not advertised too well though so you’ll have to search through the Playstation Store for it.
(Unfortunately it still costs on XBox Live. Then again, XBox owners are probably used to paying through the nose for everything by now :p)
I’ve been silently campaigning (hoping even) for a new Monkey Island game for years now and Telltale Games almost sneaked one out with a completely new story without me noticing.
It’s now calling itself the Tales of Monkey Island and it is being released in five episodes:
Chapter 1 – Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
Chapter 2 – The Siege of Spinner Cay
Chapter 3 – Lair of the Leviathan
Chapter 4 – The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
And yes! It’s good, it’s very good! The writing is classic Monkey Island and they’ve even got the voice talent of the original Guybrush Threepwood himself – Dominic Armato. The guy with a name that sounds like tomato!
If you are a fan you won’t be disappointed.
Insult:“You fight like a dairy farmer.” Comeback:“How appropriate. You fight like a cow.”
Whether you appreciate this or not will depend on your taste in music. But if you are partial to some hard drum and bass you might like this track from Mistabishi of Hospital Records called Printer Jam.
It is a track built around the sound of an ink jet printer and, somewhat bizarrely, it works!
You’ll either love it or hate it! Try unpluggin’ it and pluggin’ it in again!
Incidentally if you prefer your drum and bass a little more melodic search out All Hell Is Breaking Loose by London Elektricity which is also available on Hospital Records.
There is a bit of an outcry going on at the moment about new Silverlight-driven advertisements coming to XBox Live and the subsequent replies by Major Nelson on the subject.
But if Microsoft starts showing adverts like this people might have a point!
Warning: That link does contain vomiting so if you are easily offended – Don’t click it!
(It’s not particulary likely that Microsoft will load puke-related ads on the XBox dashboard but it was a humourous way to report two stories in one post!)
