The Download Munkey : Tracking the Treasure Down …

Behold Alien Assault, a recently released freeware offering by Swedish development team TearDown, the rules of which will be instantly recognizable to players of Games Workshop’s Space Hulk.

Your team of soldiers in their green S.P.A.R.T.A.N battlesuits will take the fight to vicious aliens lurking behind heavy steel doors and prowling along dark claustrophobic corridors. But not to worry, a very intuitive mouse-driven interface and a comprehensive tutorial campaign makes learning the ropes of Alien Assault a breeze even if you’re no Space Hulk veteran.

Unfortunately, the close quarters combat in Alien Assault is brutally unforgiving and your troops rarely survive once those pesky aliens get to servo-gauntlet’s range to use their sharp claws Positioning your soldiers in areas with clear fields of fire, mutual support between soldiers (the standard issue Thunderbolt assault carbine can be frustratingly inaccurate at times) and the proper use of overwatch mode will hopefully retain enough survivors in your team to enable you to complete the mission objectives.

Uh-oh. Blips = BAD!

Sound effects are suitably atmospheric – from the crunch of your soldiers’ heavy armoured boots to the growl of hungry aliens attempting to tear your team into bite-sized pieces. I haven’t really got much other information to offer about Alien Assault apart from the rather obvious stuff stated above since I’ve been constantly sending soldiers to become alien snacks in Mission 7 : Onslaught

Don’t get too attached to your soldiers – the lifespan of each soldier is violently short

Download Alien Assault.

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Wallpapers from Crimson Gem Saga, a PSP game published by Atlus in the US.

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Download the wallpapers from the official American site for Crimson Gem Saga.

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Downloaded this free Falcom game Lord Monarch at the same time as Vantage Master Online (two years back!) but didn’t get the hang of it until recently. It’s actually quite fun once you understand how to effectively command your troops in battle.

Lord Monarch is essentially a grand strategy game where you have to defeat and destroy your opponents by conquering and holding to their territory. More territory means more troops for your military maneuvers and troops are the only resource that is important in Lord Monarch. Everything else is pretty much abstracted out in its depiction of military power since the army with the most troops always wins.

The modelling of war might seem simplistic but this is what makes Lord Monarch so fun because only the strategic skill of opposing commanders will make or break their armies fighting in the field. By default, settlements in friendly territory will generate troops at regular intervals who will then expand your territory by building more settlements or rush to the nearest skirmish in scattered little units. While this automatic behaviour is usually sufficient when there are no huge enemy armies rampaging nearby, challenging an enemy with superior numbers in this way is akin to throwing eggs against a stone wall. You can adjust the default orders by right clicking anywhere in the map – you’ll also need to click Start in the same menu to actually commence each level too

A competent commander will assemble troops behind the frontlines into larger armies to defend chokepoints, open multiple fronts, conduct raids or simply as a reserve for future operations. Raiding is particularly effective as it diverts enemy troops from the front lines and temporarily disrupts the quantity of enemy reinforcements from the captured settlements until they are retaken.

Building up an army to assault the enemy stronghold

Securing the bridge

To amass a huge army, left click to select one of your units, left click the location where you want it to assemble and then select Standby from the popup menu. Troops moving towards that unit will then join the army while it waits for your next order.

Once the army is large enough, select it and give a destination by left clicking and choose Standby to advance to the new position while your reinforcements mop up all resistance in its wake. Alternatively order it to Build or Destroy, the latter commanding it to wipe out all opposition before settling in.

Blocking reinforcements from the enemy castle while another army destroys all in its path

Supply is equally abstracted in Lord Monarch. An army isolated in the midst of enemy territory will eventually bleed itself dry from prolonged combat as it can only receive reinforcements from settlements that are not blocked by enemy armies. Also, troops that are not in a settlement slowly lose strength.

Lord Monarch is not always about war in the traditional sense – this stage requires you to dominate over 3 other rival fast food chains

To advance to the next stage, you need to complete the map within the alloted number of days. If you find the days run by too fast, adjust the game speed by moving the slider to the left in the progress window (below).

Download Lord Monarch. Remember to create a SAVE folder in the game folder, otherwise you will not be able to save your games!

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Read about fighting game BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger from Costume GET!. Created by Arc System Works of Guilty Gear fame, BlazBlue : Calamity Trigger features an equally bizarre cast of characters with exotic names like Ms Litchi Faye Ling (below)

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I like Arakune (below)- his face reminds me of the Shyguy (see Cubeecraft paper toy) from the Super Mario Bros games

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Three of the more conventional characters – Noel Vermillion, Ragna the Bloodedge and the androgynous Jin Kisaragi.

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Rachel = Alucard with what seems like an umbrella(?) and Carl Clover.

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Download these wallpapers at the official Japanese site for BlazBlue : Calamity Trigger.

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If there was ever anyone who knows more about the costumes of computer game characters, it has to be Wataru Maruyama whose Costume GET! blog discusses the finer points of the threads (or lack thereof) adorning the computer game characters of today.

While I mainly root for the heavy chunky armour suits for the monsters in Korean MMORPG games e.g Soul of Ultimate Nation, It’s always nice to read stuff written by someone else with similiar interests. Of course, Wataru’s primary interest in fashion for female characters can’t really hurt either : there’s a lot of ahem … eye-catching outfits out there that I definitely haven’t seen before, that’s for sure

Soul Calibur III art snagged from Costume GET! here.

I mean, I didn’t even know that there was an official Playstation blog where they occassionally post high resolution character renders and concepts like this lovely lady from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (three other ladies await when you click the above link ).

Tthe site design looks a bit drab but what matters is the content, right?

You’ll also find several thoughtful and well-written articles on game costumes and games in general at Costume GET!, including a serious, in-depth analysis of Lara Croft’s outfit from Tomb Raider : Legends (Part I and II) provided that you weren’t too busy appreciating the costume designs featured there

Check out Costume GET!.

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