Globe and Mail game reporter writes:
We haven't had much time to devote to downloadable releases this fall, but we recently spared a few hours for Just Add Water Developments' Gravity Crash for PlayStation 3 and we were happy we did.
It's an obvious homage to games of decades past, including Asteroids and Cosmic Avenger, with a few visual nods thrown to modern games like Geometry Wars. Players control a small ship the movements of which are governed by two factors: engine thrust and gravity. Thrust pushes our ship straight forward in whichever direction it happens to be pointed, while the gentle gravity of the planets we explore acts as a constant force to pull it down.
It feels like it should be a simple shooter-and we do indeed have a nice variety of weapons, a shield, and a wide range of enemies and structures to blow up-but combat is not the game's primary focus. Rather, it's skillful navigation....
Dragon Gaming recently published an article on Welsh representation in gaming. The article was comprehensive enough – covering big hitters such as Assassin’s Creed IV and Ni No Kuni, as well as some lesser-known games, people and companies. It seems, however, that they missed quite a few neat cases of Welshness in the industry. Many people in the community reached out to them on Twitter and Reddit, pointing them to check out some of the examples they missed, so check out they did. Here’s a little more representation of Wales and the Welsh in video games – straight from the community.
Glenn and Josh celebrate(?) 400 episodes of the podcast by taking calls from the community that can be blamed for the longevity of said podcast. Comedian is Nick DiPaolo
Stewart Gilray from Just Add Water joins Glenn and Josh
New Releases
Gravity Crash came out 5 years ago
‘Venom’ coming to Zen Pinball 2
“You can’t effectively test” for games like DRIVECLUB
Hacker group claims they got into the PSN
Patch coming for ‘Never Alone’
What we’re playing and watching
Episode 400 LIVE next Sunday
PlayStation Experience
Comedian is Steve Rannazzisi
