Welcome to your bank holiday Monday Character Select Picks. Take a look at this selection of some of our favourite articles from our pals, chosen especially for you. Because here at Ready Up, we want to be there for you when your May Day barbecues or seaside picnics get rained on.
A favourite of a few of the Ready Up staff, Costume Quest is the subject of one of last month’s Quick Rinses by Darren Gargette.
“Darren Gargette explores Double Fine’s downloadable title. Costume Quest is an RPG-lite with a charming Halloween environment and children who turn into robots (PC version shown).”
Issue twenty-eight of the Cane and Rinse Podcast is a look back to the first Metal Gear Solid, with Leon, Tony, James and Ready Up’s very own Paul.
Issue Twenty-Eight: Metal Gear Solid
“In the second of six planned Metal Gear specials, Leon, Tony, James and Ready-Up’s Paul Rooney go large on the series’ 1998 32-bit début. In a self-imposed-length-limitation-defying podcast, we get deep into Solid Snake’s island adventure and revisit just what made it so remarkable back in the late 1990′s.”
Over on Console Arcade Robin Smith reviews the wonderful, mind-bending indie platformer Fez.
“It’s important to point out that Fez is a title that comes with a little more coverage and anticipation than most Arcade titles, having been awarded many plaudits and high praise even before its release. It is, at its most basic level, a platform puzzler set in a expansive world that encourages you to seek out items. In turn these items allow you to open up previously inaccessible areas and locations.”
Matt Ingrey reviews Trials Evolution. Another game popular with the team here, as they aim to beat, no, destroy each other’s leaderboard scores.
“There’s a fun thing you can try at home with your new copy of Trials Evolution. Play it for a few hours, fight through the frustration at how much you suck, then go back to the tracks at the start and gaze in wonder at how much your times improve. Then, hand the controller to someone new to Trials. Watch them play it, see their frustration at how much they suck – that used to be you.”
Check out Delb2k’s L.A.Noire retrospective over on GamerDork. An interesting look at what the game got right and wrong.
“There comes a point in LA Noire where everything falls neatly into place. The criminal is squirming in the interview room, shifting uneasily as a barrage of proof is plastered in front of him, revealing their misdemeanours and guilt. At this point the player feels all powerful, the epitome of the hard nosed cop sticking it to the man and keeping the streets safe for its citizens.”
Pete Boyle and Matt Ramsey play some classics in DorkTunes 09 with their special guest, Journey composer Austin Wintory.
DorkTunes 09: Wintory Atmosphere
“Pete and Matt return, this time with very special guest Austin Wintory, the composer for recent PSN exclusive “Journey.” In addition to talking to Austin, they play some tracks from the game, along with some other classic video game cuts.”
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