Calling all Zombies!
We’re looking for some good zombie hunters…and good zombie players! Sign up NOW for our 10 week LEFT FOR DEAD tournament – Prizes, fun, boomers, tanks, hunters! Four-man teams, versus, Monday nights 7-10 (you get to stay after we close!) $5 a week per person gets you in, where your team of four plays versus against other LAN centers all over the country! Where’s the safe room? To sign up, you need to register through iGames. Here’s how:
- Pick four players for your team – make sure they can play every Monday night through March!
- Pick a team captain.
- The team captain signs up at iGames first – register at iGames and select Big Robot as your gaming location. PLAYERS CANNOT PLAY FROM HOME and iGames will be checking IPs.
- Captain chooses a Team Name, then sets a password so others can join.
- Other players sign up through iGames and join the team.
We’re setting a maximum of 12 players (including staff), so sign up now and get those teams together. Pre-season is January 26th at 7pm, with the regular season starting February 2. For more information on rules, rankings, and prizes, please visit the dedicated page at iGames.
Guitar Hero III the First Game to $1 Billion In Sales
From Slashdot:
The Opposable Thumbs blog reports that Guitar Hero III has reached a financial milestone, becoming the first individual video game to reach $1 billion in total sales. The number is even higher if you consider the rest of the franchise. In addition to helping drive the video game industry during tough economic times much like the Wii, it’s helping other industries as well: “… aside from the fact that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith had sold three times as many copies as the band’s last album during their respective first weeks, musicians whose music is featured in the game has seen a rise in music sales to the tune of 15-843 percent.” And CVG notes, “… two-thirds of non-musicians exposed to music games plan to start playing a real instrument in the next couple of years.” Also, Rock Band creator Harmonix may be looking into a partnership with the record labels to sell music for use outside of the games.
Big Robot is OPEN Thursday
Change of plans – Big Robot is open today, Thursday, January 15.
Also, is anyone interested in a Halo 3 mini-tournament next Saturday night? We have an all-nighter planned for this Saturday but next Saturday, January 24th we’re planning a Halo 3 frag fest! Sign up at the front counter or email me to get on the list!
Lastly, we’re looking at doing a LEFT FOR DEAD 10 week tournament. Anyone interested? Comment below or email me! We need four people to pay $5 each Monday night for 10 weeks…
Closed Wednesday
Due to inclement weather, Big Robot will be closed Wednesday, January 14.
Due to inclement weather, Big Robot will be closed Wednesday, January 14.
Due to inclement weather, Big Robot will be closed Wednesday, January 14.
Due to inclement weather, Big Robot will be closed Wednesday, January 14.
Nintendo Planning Friendlier Approach to Game Difficulty
From Yahoo:
The days of getting stuck in games could be gone altogether, if a patent filed recently by Nintendo comes to fruition. Nintendo’s idea, made public in a patent application this week, hinges on making demonstration videos available to players while they’re playing the game, either as a thumbnail view or a full-screen animation. Players could interrupt the demonstration at any point, taking control back to continue playing without assistance. Think of it as a tutorial guide that lasts throughout the entire game.
It also proposes to let players start playing at any point during a game — a feature that’s in many games already, but typically only unlocked once a player has already completed those levels. Just like skimming a newspaper article for the juicy bits, this would allow players to tackle games, in their entirety, at their own whim.