Archive: January, 2010

  • 2009′s Blog Earnings Report

    January 6, 2010 Musings, Site News 1




    2009 was pretty much a roller coaster year and given the recession, a so-so one for blog earnings. I noticed that not many visitors were buying video games and their related products off of the Play-Asia ads on my blog. So while 2008 saw a cool USD 700 dollars in terms of commissions, there was [...]

  • Little Runner (iPhone/iPod Touch) Review

    January 5, 2010 iPhone, Video Game Reviews 1




    Red Rocket Games’ Little Runner is one of the more interesting 2D platformers that I’ve played  on the iPhone. While most platformers, like Super Mario Bros, require the player to control a particular character, e.g. Mario, Little Runner will have you controlling the environment! You see, the titular character likes to run, well, walk briskly, [...]

  • BBC’s Typo Names Petronas Twin Towers as Patronas

    January 5, 2010 Musings 1




    The Burj Dubai (now known as the Burj Khalifa) is pretty special to me, considering that in both my visits to Dubai, I always got someone to drive me past the monumental structure under construction just  to see how fast it progressed on a day to day basis. It was very fascinating as it practically [...]

  • Of Effiminate, Emo Men and Macho Girls in Final Fantasy Games

    January 5, 2010 Musings, Sony PS3, Xbox 360 3




    I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed that the Final Fantasy games of recent memory (starting from VII, discounting XI and X-2) tend to use slightly effeminate, if not emo-looking men as main protaganists. But with the latest iteration in the series, Final Fantasy has somewhat of a manly looking woman as the lead [...]

  • Royal Malaysian Armed Forces + Video Games = Recruitment Win?

    January 4, 2010 Musings 1




    I don’t normally buy American when it comes to video game magazine, often opting instead for Old World charm like EDGE and Retro Gamer. Maybe it’s due to the perception that US mags are rags with too many ads. Anyways, I saw a copy of the September issue of PlayStation The Official Magazine at a [...]

  • Bargain Sony PS2 Titles Under USD 20 That You Should Get

    January 2, 2010 Bargains and Discounts, Sony PS2 1




    I noticed that there are plenty of interesting, bargain-bin priced Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) titles on Play-Asia. Here are some of the notable titles that can be had for under USD 20: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (Greatest Hits) (NTSC-U/C) ~ USD 9.90 Okami (Greatest Hits) (NTSC-U/C) ~ USD 12.90 Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny [...]

  • League of Legends: Turret Defense (iPhone) Review

    January 1, 2010 iPhone, Video Game Reviews 3




    What do you in the course of promoting a video game? Well, you create web sites, probably throw in a Flash-based game or two or dabble a little with ARG. Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends (PC), a standalone clone of the extremely DOTA mod for Warcraft, created an iPhone game carrying the [...]

  • Happy New Year 2010 and More Free iPhone Games!

    January 1, 2010 iPhone, Musings 1




    Let me wish you a Happy New Year 2010 and what better way to kick start the new year with a whole bunch of free iPhone/iPod Touch games? Some of these are only free for today (1st January), so grab ‘em now. Volcano Planet (Click here for details) impaXor (Click here for details) Outnumbered (Click [...]

  • Metal Gear Solid 4 and First Impressions

    January 1, 2010 Musings, Sony PS3 1




    I’ve got a confession to make, I actually fell asleep watching my brother play the first 10 minutes of Metal Gear Solid 4. There were tiny bits of player involvement interspaced between long cutscenes. Some of them (like the part where Snake outruns a Gecko and then proceeds to hide in plain sight from two [...]