Amnesia Reaction Compilation -- courtesy of Markiplier

I have been watching "Let's Play" videos lately until I stumbled with one of the hilarious player I have ever seen, and that is Markiplier. I browsed all of his videos and most of this are in the horror genre. I really find his videos interesting, and should I say very funny, even though the game is horror especially when he encounters unexplained creatures lurking in the game whether it is a zombie, a dead woman, a chainsaw guy etc. He would be playing in the middle of the night, headphones intact with a loud volume; tough guy, right? However, even though he is a narcissist when playing the game -- well, I understand because it will give him strength while playing it and find it also hilarious. I recommend you guys subscribe to his videos; it will never bore you.

Here is one of the videos of his reaction compilation, which is the horror game Amnesia. Enjoy!

Routine: Dead Space meets Amnesia?

Can't get enough of space horror games, are we?

Horror games nowadays are becoming mainstream -- or should I say too galactic -- from Doom to Dead Space, and now, this upcoming game is somehow different as we are going to experience another chilling horror sci-fi story. It is like they don't want us to continue the exploration on Mars.

In the official Routine website, it stated, "Routine is a first person horror exploration game set on an abandoned Moon base. Your job is to find enough data to uncover the truth behind the strange disappearance of everyone stationed on the Lunar Research Station."

How come this is different? You will notice that the HUD is almost empty –- no weapons, health bars -- leaving yourself unarmed. So, we will expect the hide-and-seek style of gameplay again like those who have played Amnesia and Slender (oh man, now I am scared). Be warned, the permadeath system will be used so we just do not have to fool around in this place. Challenging, no? Sadly, we have to wait its release until 2013.

Here’s the link of their teaser trailer and see for yourself:

P.S. At 0:36 of this video, you will see a diskette lying on the floor. Perhaps, it is set in the 80's?

Source: Lunar Software

2-week absence

Hi guys! Well, my sincere apologies for not updating my blog as we are affected by the unexpectedly disastrous monsoon here in the Philippines. So let's get back to blogging! :)

News: "OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console", according to OUYA.

Ouya controller (Photo credit: Saad Faruque)

Watch out PlayStation, Xbox and Wii! There is a new gaming machine coming at you and that is the OUYA (pronounced as OOO-yah). Surprisingly, it only costs $99 (P4,136.22 as of 08/01/12).

What is OUYA, anyway? "It's an Android-powered open gaming console designed by well-known industrial designer and philanthropist Yves Behar (he designed the One Laptop Per Child laptops)," as explains by Winda Benedetti of NBC News. "The 'open' part of that sentence means that while game developers must get permission from the companies behind the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii and pay for expensive development kits to make games for those machines, that won't be the case with Ouya."

As of today (August 1, 2012), the project has already accumulated $5,969,016 and still counting. "The pledges are amazing, considering its 30-day goal was $950,000," Mike Minotti of Venture Beat said. Those who have funded Ouya has a chance to get a reward depending on their pledge amount.


According to KickStarter, the following are the specifications of the aforementioned console:

• Tegra3 quad-core processor 
• 1GB RAM 
• 8GB of internal flash storage
• HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD 
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n 
• Bluetooth LE 4.0 
• USB 2.0 (one) 
• Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad 
• Android 4.0
• ETHERNET! (Announced by Muffi 7/18)

Official launch of Ouya to the market will be on March 2013. For now, let's have a look on this video below on what Ouya has to offer for us:

Source: Ouya | Kickstarter