Shuffle!
Shuffle! it’s a big thing.
It’s a game.
Shuffle! consists of a typical harem romance set-up, where the main character is liked by a number of attractive girls, and he must choose which girl he wishes to be with. The game is fully voiced (except for the main character) and offers approximately six hours worth of gameplay for each path.
It’s a…less perverted game.
The Playstation 2 version greatly varies from the PC version by having all of the H scenes removed. To make up for these deleted scenes, the storylines of the five original characters have been expanded. Additionally, the player may follow Kareha’s or Mayumi Thyme’s paths, two characters whose coupled ending routes were unavailable in the PC version of the game. Tsubomi, Kareha’s younger sister, also has her first appearance in the On the Stage version during Kareha’s path. Tsubomi also appears on occasions in the anime.
It’s a Manga
There have been two official series of Shuffle! manga which originally appeared in Comptiq magazine. The first, titled Shuffle! Days in the Bloom, is illustrated by Shiroi Kusaka, has six tankōbon, and retails for, eh, about 5 bucks (USD of course! =p). Days in the Bloom began running in Comptiq on December 2003, a month before the Shuffle! visual novel was released, to build publicity for the game.
It’s an Anime
Funimation is releasing the Anime in 2008 over here in the U.S. of A. It adds “Idol Clubs” (like worship centers of the main character girls) and removes the H-Scenes as well..heh. It’s pretty darn cute! I love the animation style, and it’s a bit Love Hina-ish looking, but definitely going to be more fun.
It’s an.. Audio .. Drama ?
Shuffle! also has seven audio drama CD adaptations, which each one focusing on one of the main girls (including Kareha and Mayumi from On the Stage) and a radio drama series that translates as Shuffle! Charadio: Verbena Academy Broadcasting Department. I’d kill to hear these but alas, I only speak English.
Anyhow, lots of fun there, and just wanted to lay the basics. It’s a wonderful success story! One company can make a game and turn it into a franchise without losing the integrity during their move to mass market appeal, I’m envious. =)
Filed under Anime, Gaming | Comment (0)Travian is Fun Stuff for Passing Time
Okay, so I found a game, and it’s not the best game ever, but it’s pretty good for a browser game. It’s one of those simple ones, but with room to grow.
Kind of like the early Civilization and Civilization 2 games.
It’s called Travian.
I wish I had an open source model of something similar to build off of, I do love things like this.
Only thing that really grinds my gears is that they offered paid bonus features…but I guess it’s a price to pay if you don’t have ads to support yourself.
Anyhow, any of you want to visit me I’m on:
Server 1
and my Capital city is called:
Kotoku
(User name is more of the same)
Filed under Gaming | Comment (0)Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
Wow, okay this is just an incredible concept for a free game. It’s a bit incredible that someone made it but, you be the judge.
If this isn’t Charles Barkley I don’t know what is: (Click to Enlarge)
Here’s the Premise:
The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the “B-Ballnacht”. Thousands upon thousands of the world’s greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the “Verboten Jam”…
Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.
Sound good? Or Sound crazy enough you just have to try it? Five good links to download it are right below.
Credits:
- Tales of Games Studio for Creating the game.
- Gaming World for Mirror Links
