warchildPost: November 2007

Dan-Dare - Sonic and Mario Flash and Java Games

Font: InsCoin

I gonna play God of War II and probably a lot of ProEvo2008 X)
And you dudes? what you gonna play this weekend?

Flash Games: Portal

I see it at Wonderland

I'm stuck at level 6 ¬¬
I gonna take a shower... i'm sweating a river. =P

Give your try here! Portal flash game!

And if you like games like Unreal Tournament Check out this one 3d! (If you have a good PC will run fine).

And like Alice say... if the portal game came 3D...should be really amazing \o/

Font Wonderland

Children of Bodom new shirts

Here are new designs for Children of Bodom shirts.
My personal taste says that is a little too much "dirty", but i kinda like the needled 24/7
"The designs were done by Sami Saramäki who was already responsible for the covers of the last three Children Of Bodom studio albums, as well as Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live. He also said on his website that he won't be the cover artist of the upcoming Children Of Bodoma album Blooddrunk. -ScythesOfBodom"

It's not known yet when they will be on sale.
So if you want to buy it... Keep an eye at HateWear!

from Scythes-of-Bodom

Kylähullut New Album

Alexi Laiho, Children of Bodom guitarrist and his punk project Kylähullut, coming up with a new album; "Peräaukko Sivistyksessä (Asshole In Civilization).

It was realeased in 28/11 in Finland with 12 tracks.

Alexi recorded the album with his band colleagues Vesku Jokinen and Tonmi Lilmann at the end of May in Finland. It features guest appearances by Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish) and Tapio Wilska (ex-Finntroll).

Rockstar Real Names

Here you can see the real name of some rock dudes. =)

Ace Frehley (Kiss) - Paul Daniel Frehley

Eric Carr (Kiss) - Paul Charles Carrovello

Paul Stanley (Kiss) - Stanley Harvey Eisen

Peter Criss (Kiss) - Peter George John Criscuola

Vinnie Vincent (Kiss) - Vincent Cusano

Gene Simmons (Kiss) - Chaim Witz (depois Eugene Klein)

Mark St. John (Kiss) - Mark Norton

Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) - John Michael Osbourne

Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) - Terence Butler
Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath) - Ronald Padavona

Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) - William Ward

Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) - Frank Anthony Iommi

Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier

Matt Sorum (Guns N'Roses) - Matthew Sorum

Axl Rose (Guns N'Roses) - William Bailey

Dizzy Reed (Guns N'Roses) - Darren Reed

Slash (Guns N 'Roses) - Saul Hudson

Duff McKagan (Guns N'Roses) - Michael Andrew McKagan

Izzy Stradlin (Guns N'Roses) - Jeff Isabelle

James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) - James Jonas Iha

Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) - William Patrick Corgan Jr.

Billie Joe (Green Day) - Billie Joe Armstrong

Tré Cool (Green Day) - Frank Edwin Wright III

Mike Dinrt (Green Day) - Michael Prichart

Billy Idol (Generation X) - William Michael Broad

Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman

Peter Tosh - Winston Hubert MacIntosh

B. B. King - Riley B. King

Bon Scott (AC/DC) - Ronald Belford

Bono Vox - Paul Hewson

Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) - Stephen Victor Tallarico

Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) - Bradley Ernest Whitford

Joe Perry (Aerosmith) - Antony Joseph Perry

Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) - Thomas Wiliam Hamilton

Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) - Joseph Michael Kramer

Joey Ramone (Ramones) - Jeffrey Hyman

Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones) - Douglas Glenn Colvin

Marky Ramone (Ramones) - Marc Bell

Richie Ramone (Ramones) - Richard Beau

C.J. Ramone (Ramones) - Christopher Joseph War

Johnny Ramone (Ramones) - John Cummings

Tommy Ramone (Ramones) - Thomas Erdely

Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) - David Michael Murray

Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) - Michael McBrain

Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) - John Ritchie

Chuck Berry - Charles Edward Anderson Berry

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) - David Eric Grohl

David Bowie - David Robert Jones

Elton John - Reginald Dwight

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Michael Balzary

Frank Zappa - Frank Vincent Zappa

Freddie Mercury (Queen) - Faroouk (depois Fredderick) Bulsara

Iggy Pop - James Jewel Osterberg

Jim Morrison (Doors) - James Douglas Morrison

Jimi Hendrix - Johnny Allen Hendrix (depois James Marshall Hendrix)

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - James Patrick Page

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Robert Anthony Plant

John Lennon (Beatles) - John Winston Lennon
Ringo Star (Beatles) - Richard Starkey Junior
Paul McCartney (Beatles) - James Paul McCartney

King Diamond (Mercyful Fate) - Kim Bendix Petersen

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) - Kurt Donald Cobain

Little Richard - Richard Wayne Penniman

Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner

Rob Zombie - Robert CummingsSting - Gordon Summers

Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos

Yngwie Malmsteen - Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback

Wallpapers: Heavy Metal, Rock

Whiplash.net has a good collection of wallpapers

Check it out Wiplash clicking here!

Paul Di'anno; almost deported from Brazil

The ex-Iron Maiden almost was deported from Brazil. The federal police was looking for him cause his tourist visa do not permit make paid works, like the show he was about to do in Uberlândia-MG. But Di'anno said that he will not receive any money from it, everything would be donated to the local musicians.

The Brazilian Newspaper "Folha do Estado de São Paulo" informed that the TRF permit that the show occurred, avoiding the risk of bad public response.

Rumor: GameSpot Editor Fired Over Kane & Lynch "Low" Review

Wow, this world is such a weird place. You have a site were people do review about games, but if the review is too low and if the site survive with ads of the publisher of this game..the guy that made the review is fired. (=

There is a rumor in Kotaku, Game|Life, and a comic at Penny Arcade about that eff Gerstmann from Gamespot has beenlet go cause he give a 6,0 to Eidos Kane & Lynch.
The problem inst the rate at all, but the "tone" of the review.

But you can see in Gamespot banners of Kane & Lynch evrywhere. "Allegedly, publisher Eidos "took issue with the review and threatened to pull its ad campaign."-Kotaku"

Now lets think about Eidos side. If you were an enterprise, and sell a product X. And put it at the supermarket newspaper. But the supermarket make a note sayignt that your product is a "normal/6,0" game, and your enterprise is expending too many efforts in advertising... isnt fair uh? You have to take out your ad from there, you will burn money with bad ad. =/

The Editor side. You make reviews for a site. They trust your job and tell you, give the fair rating that you really think. And so you do, and you are fired.

Gamespot.com; You have a site with guys making reviews, you trust them. But one of them make a low rating about an "supporter" of the site. What a moddafucka, get the fucka out here.

Us... who will we trust in a world ruled by money after all? Why spend time reading beauty review and buy a game that is 6,0 thinking that it is a 10?

Well... i cant think nothing more. This business world is too complicate, i gonna play some games!

Keep reading more the complete facts at
Kotaku
Game|Life

Wii Bomberman

Hey! Last news about Hudson wasnt so good uh?

But now it is about a new launch!

Bomberman for Wii!

\o/ weee!!

Well, the images are pretty good,
but I really think that developers are abusing a little about this kind of game.
You know, the main character of the enterprise and minigames/sport games.

You know what i'm talking about (=

Keep reading it at Kotaku

PS3 Beat Wii in Japan or not so?

"Sony, which launched the consoles a year ago, sold 183,217 PS3 in Japan in the four weeks to Nov. 25, topping sales of 159,193 Wii consoles, according to game magazine publisher Enterbrain, a key watcher of trends in the sector."

Bur for Media Create, a Japanese marketing enterprise, this domain last out for only 2 weeks, and the Wii come back to the top in the weeks between 19/11-25/11

JAPANESE SELLING RANKING

1) Nintendo DS	116.694	6.153.877
2) PSP	75.027	2.385.574
3) Wii	54.362	2.951.022
4) PlayStation 3	50.564	934.310
5) PlayStation 2	14.875	682.503
6) Xbox 360	7.117	202.358
7) Game Boy Advance	82	50.247
8) GameCube	44	10.385
Console	19 e 25/11	2007

*Media Create/Uol

I think that Sony should not be so happy about this, the scenario isnt very good at all
"Overseas, I don't really see the PS3 doing that much at Christmas time primarily because it's still more expensive than the other machines and has less software, It's nice to see the system selling much better than six months ago. But is it a sustainable trend? Is it going to really escalate from here? I'm not so sure."" KBC Securities analyst Hiroshi Kamide said.

Keep reading about it at Reuters
And if you can read portuguese read about Media Create at UOL

Silent Hill 5;The Lantern and the Radio are back.

PS3 - Silent Hill 5 developed by The Collective and published by Konami will be launched in 2008.
The classic objects that were mising in SH4 are back! Yeah, the lantern and the radio. The fear of the dark and the enemy detection come back to your nightmare dear friend.
And the new main character was a hunter when he was young, so he is better for battles, better then the older main characters.

Silent Hill series for me is amazing because of the soundtracks! Akira Yamaoka is a genius! (=

Check more images at UOL

El Sofa Asasino

Well, at least they dont put "The game killer".

XD

Ready about it at Kotaku

Ryan Payton New Podcast on Air

Ryan Payton director of Metal Gear saga made a new podcast! Yayy!
And he said about how he start at game market and also give cool tips!
You can hear it here =)

C'mon Ryan, i have lots of project for Konami, save this young dude here. lost in Brazil!
I'm ready to live surrounded by Japanese dudes, make a dream come true? hahaha X)

Hudson just laid off half its company

If the little Warchild was hopping that Hudson would call him for their trainee program ... now he have to look for another thing to dream about.
A secret contact said to Kotaku and NextGen that Hudson "just laid off half its company staff."

According with the Hudson Entertainment marketing director John Lee, "The layoffs are a lot less than what's being reported,"

Keep reading more about it;
Hudson: Happy Holidays, you are fired [Kotaku]
Hudson Confirms Layoffs [NextGen]

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Spike TV Video Game Award

"As is our industry's storied tradition, the Reverend Samuel L. Motherf*cking Jackson will again host this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards."

The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an award show that gives awards to the best computer and video games of the year. Started in 2003, it did attract some attention, since game award shows were just starting to appear.

From Wired

The alphabet, well...

Check out this link! They make a short collection of images about the alphabet, but not as we know it.

From /Typography

Sony Drop out Playstation Ad Agency

On Wednesday, Sony eliminated ts agency of 13 years, TBWA/Chiat/Day, from a review for its $150 million PlayStation advertising account, according to a number of executives familiar with the situation.

"According to TNS Media Intelligence, Sony spent $94 million on measured media in 2006 and $2.9 million for the first eight months of 2007." - adage.com

Keep reading at adage!

The "Dragon Quest" Power in Japan

Dragon Quest IV, remake for Nintendo DS is selling like water in desert between 19/11-25/11.
Who shows this is Media Create, a marketing enterprise that make game selling research in Japanese territory.

JAPAN TOP SELL

1. (DS) Dragon Quest IV	597.000	597.000
2. (PS2) Winning Eleven: PES 2008	294.000	294.000
3. (PS3) Winning Eleven: PES 2008	141.000	141.000
4. (DS) Mario Party DS	110.000	460.000
5. (PS2) Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddes	68.000	68.000
6. (Wii) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	63.000	63.000
7. (DS) Dinosaur King	57.000	57.000
8. (DS) Mega Man Star Force 2 Berserk Shinobi	37.000	37.000
9. (DS) Mega Man Star Force 2 Berserk Dinosaur	37.000	37.000
10. (PS2) Pachitte Chonmage Tatsujin 13	36.000	36.000
GAME	19 a 25/11	ACCUMULATED

Font: Uol

The PS3 "Savior "Need to sell like hell.

The playstation 3 since his launch till now, is living on red signal alert in the game market.

"As of October, only 2 million PS3s had been sold in the United States, compared to 5.2 million Wii consoles from rival Nintendo and 7.2 million Xbox 360s from Microsoft, according to market research firm NPD."¹

Sony bet that Metal Gear 4 will increase their selling. Metal Gear 4 is the last game of the exclusive generation. The game is developed by Konami and it will be launched in 2008, and Sony are counting the days. But do you believe this will really save playstation 3?

For Sony the "third party" deal is great!
"We're telling our fans that if you want to play 'Metal Gear Solid 4', you have to buy a PS3," said Ryan Payton, the assistant producer of the game.¹
But for Konami this deal is probably a great headache.

"Payton said the new "Metal Gear Solid" needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale due to its costly production, but that may be a tough mark to hit given sluggish PS3 sales. (...) A year after its release, only two PS3 games have sold more than 1 million copies, a benchmark of financial success for a big-budget game."¹

"That's why most publishers are reluctant to give a high-profile game exclusively to one platform, unless the platform holder provides the publisher with incentives (read: bags of money and lots of marketing support). Nevertheless, Konami doesn't feel like it's being limited by releasing MGS4 exclusively on PS3.
(...)
"The PlayStation brand has always been good to us, and we're pretty bullish on the PS3."said Payton"²

So maybe the Metal Gear 4 really save Playstation 3, but if dont... who will save Metal Gear 4?

Keep reading about Third Party Exclusive at Reuters¹
Keep reading about "million copies in a day" at GameDaily²

Classic Videos

Well, some of them are really old stuff, but they are all classics, and they should be on my blog!
And this one is just tragic, but funny. The Street Fighter Remix on it give the funny spicy.

Wedding Thriller Dance

This video make wedding looks like a real good thing. I never been thinking about weeding, but if someday it happens, i hope that my dudes know how to "thriller" XD

Learn the thrill dance!

Super Nes Game Advertising

Advertising is a funny thing to be analyzed. If you get some old advert it could looks awful, but in the time that was published was perfect. A good advert can really mark you with some image or funny message giving that nostalgic feeling. But some adverts can be so shameful with confusing message and hilarious artwork. Games Radar makes an analysis of some Super Nintendo advert antiquities.

"And we're sure 'veteran' gamers will feel inclined to agree as they browse the next few pages, where we've generously gathered a veritable gallery of game advert antiquities. (…)Youngsters feel free to join the merriment and see just how bad the good old days really were..."

Check it at GamesRadar!

The revolution of action

Everybody who likes action and RPG will really like Cabal Online. This MMORPG has fights controlled by the NumPad; giving possibilities to the player do awesome combos, without having to wait his time to attack, and time to be attacked. The way you get experience is… yeah, killing weak monsters. One by one till you full your gauge of experience and upgrade your level. And you also have a skill gauge that works the same way as the XP gauge, killing monster till fill it, and then you can choose which skill you want to increase. Depending the combat style you choose, different abilities will be available. In Cabal Online have six combat skill to choose for your character; Warrior, Bladers, Wizards, Force Archers, Force Shielders and Force Bladers.
I tried a Blader in my seven days trial, in each account can be created six characters. When I reach the level nine, I discover how to make quest there. I feel pretty stupid to discover it after being there three days playing, but I was so fascinating with the combos and environments that I complete forgot to chat with NPCs. The quests is easy and well rewarded (XP), you can gain level easily in the beginning.

The down point there is the chat box, with tiny letters. It is almost impossible to read something there while fighting, and if you forgot the chat menu active (pressing enter to type) and were surprised by a monster, you will see your character passing through a hard time while you were typing in the main channel "111122221111222" - trying to fight in NumPad. Other thing that I really don't like there was the locations names. Desert Scream, Bloody Ice and others like that… this kind of names don't give a depth to the game.

A good thins is that the PKing receive sever penalties increasing each level of Pkilling, with the possibility of ending in some labyrinth prison for more then 2 hours.

The Game is pretty cool in combat system, you can also gain SP dancing. Yeah you can dance there. But the cliché among the other things is exactly the same. NPCs with problems = quests; kill weak monsters to get stronger to kill new weak monsters that were strong before. You can buy new skills (the same way you buy weapons), and be delighted with the great environment created there. You have to pay attention to the view mode, or you can be lost there. And don't forget to make the quests to receive the maps, or you will be really lost there. But anything can be forgiven while you have fights like this;

Things that female players hear on Xbox Live

Do you think that game is only for men? And when you are playing your Xbox Live and find a girl "lost" there you send you most clever comment?
Better think twice before you do it. On Hawty McBloggy there is a Top 10 Things Female Gamers Hear on Xbox Live.

"As a female gamer, you hear a lot of different comments on Xbox Live from random players. It doesn't take you long to realize that the majority of jerks on Live are not the most creative of people.
(...)
To everybody that has said these things to females online in the past and to those of you that will be saying them in the future, please come up with some new material."

Better try again guys, read the top 10 to learn what not should be said to girls on Xbox Live.

Check the Top10 at Hawty McBloggy!

New Beginning

Hey everybody!

From now on WaRchild Blog will be blogspot.com, in a new phase... English.
Why in English? Cause i will post here everything related to the game world and i want that people from all world can comment here, thats why.
But my blog will not only be game related.
Music as Downtempo, Chillout, Heavy Metal, Rock, Pop Rock, Jazz, New Jazz... things like that.
Design; print design, typology, webdesign, architecture, game design.
Sports; everything related to world cup or olimpic games.
Games; The game world!

*Sometimes i will make a post in Portuguese, chatting about what is happening in Brazil.

Well..let's got \o