Meeting Kojima

Yesterday was the launch Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. To celebrate the launch GameUK invited Kojima for a midnight event of the Game.

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The 1st 200 people who’ll get there will receive the game from Kojima and character designer Shinkawa. I came in the morning. Saw a bunch of MGS nerds scattered around Westfield shopping centre. Fortunately they hand out queue numbers.

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No one wants to stand from 10am til midnight. I grabbed my numbered . Then, came back at 10pm. They stood us outside which was like -2 yup freezing .

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At the end Kojima & Shinkawa arrived. It was awesome, we talked MGS a lot. I’m really glad he told us he won’t be rebooting the MGS. Some great things should be left alone. I’ve met some great guys there. Taking metal gear, cyborgs and snakes.

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The let down was he didn’t sign any game, there were, obviously, over 200 geeks here. It would take him til morning to sign. Especially, some guys brought their own MGS games to be signed.

I can’t complain after taking a picture with Mr.Metal Gear

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Raven Dice: local online boardgame store

I posted previously about Jester a local online boardgame store. A couple days ago I stumbled upon another boardgame online store Raven Dice.

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I really love playing boardgames I have like 10 of them now, some we play regularly every week others not so much and few I haven’t opened their boxes yet. I’m very delighted about their prices too (Raven Dice & Jester) I think twice before ordering a game online, but since we don’t have dedicated stores here I end ordering them from Amazon and paying like double the price of the boardgame due to the shipping costs. I think I’m gonna order Seasons. Really like the concept. Give them a visit raven dice

Black Mesa: a remake of Half Life

I tweeted earlier about this,

and after a few hours of playing,

I would like to tell people about Black Mesa,

I only knew about this about a week ago.

 

the first half life game is a classic first person shooter, and the best one ever, forget about Call of Duty or Battlefield games, Half life is a single player game and its certainly the best and the most simple, game play is great and the story is engaging.

 

click the image for full size awesomeness

then a team of fans volunteered to make this “Black Mesa” game, a total recreation of the original 1998 Valve classic starring Gordon Freeman, they upgraded the graphics and used the source engine for better physics.

this game is good for both fans and people who never played it before, I played Half life years ago and this just gives an enhanced experience, unlike the HD remastered versions of games being released nowadays, the Black Mesa project took everything cool in the original and added a modern look to it.

 

on the left is the original, on the right, Black Mesa

 

and its not just the environment, also the weapons and characters, and they are all made to be be implemented on the game through steam, this is a free mod and you can download it on their site.

 

note: I think you have to have Half Life on steam first.

 

its for $4.99 this weekend so its a great deal, buy it [Here]

 

to download Black Mesa and for more info. check out their page: [Here]

 

check out the Black Mesa Wikipedia page [Here]

 

Enjoy the Game :)

The Hobbit, exclusive at Grand Cinemas??

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Grand Cinemas opened in Kuwait in last Eid. They did a really good job by playing Skyfall exclusively at their theater. I really liked their seating, very comfy. my friend the other day told me GC will release-one of the most anticipating movies and 1st part of a trilogy-The Hobbit exclusively at their theater. I wasn’t sure about that. The Hobbit is a Huge movie to be shown exclusively, BUT I’ve just checked their site Wichita states the release date of The Hobbit Dec13th. On the other hand, KNCC didn’t show any Hobbit in the same date.
UPDATE:  it’s official GC will release The Hobbit exclusively

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