While I can't think of too many examples of horror puzzle games, the concept definitely sounds intriguing. Wayforward Technologies, developers of handheld titles such as Contra 4 and Shantae (for the Game Boy Color), have announced LIT, a 3D horror puzzler.

From the looks of the concept art, I'm incredibly interested. WiiWare seems to really be shaping up to have some great titles in development.

By the way, this is my first post in way-the-hell-too-long. I've been busy. Also, thanks to Mr. Joe Burling for getting my ass in gear. I'll try to suck less, Destructoid.

(via Joystiq)

UPDATE: i'm having some serious issues with pictures not wanting to upload. go here to check out art for the game. kthnx.

The Cal marching band did a video game themed halftime show earlier this month, reuniting
many a geek's two hobbies in an entertaining display of unabashed nerdery.

That said, it's also pretty damn great, especially if you were as big of a band nerd in high school as I was.

Check it out here. (via gizmodo)

For all you Monkey Island and Full Throttle fans out there (and that damn well better be all of you), Playboy just did a pretty fantastic interview with one Mr. Tim Schafer as a part of their Geniuses at Play series of interviews with game designers.

There's a really vibrant fan community for adventure games online. And now people are making their own adventure games because the industry has not produced much for them, so this void has been filled somewhat by the fans making their own homebrewed games, which is great.

I'm glad to see that people in the industry realize how big of a fanbase adventure gaming still has. He does have a point, sadly, the audience for adventure games did not grow as quickly as FPS or other audiences did, and that's why it was largely left behind.

Regardless, it's a great read, check it out here.

in case you weren't already aware, youtube is still incredible.

So, in other news:

- Maybe the PS3 isn't going to die a slow painful death after all? - honestly, this doesn't surprise me. if you ignore the price, the lack of games, and the entire corporate ethos, the ps3 actually sounds like a pretty great deal. i mean, it's got blue-ray! (though folding@home is way cool)

- Manhunt 2 came out - and so far the reviews are so-so. shocker: the sequal to a meh-tastic game is still meh-tastic, just with lots of annoying effects so you can't see it? amazing. it really was the talk of the town, what with dr. phil and katie couric weighing in on the game, and it was already hacked to show the unedited version.

- Second Life pedophilia - call me ignorant, but i really fail to "get" secondlife. could someone explain the attraction?

- Nintendo talks non-game DS stuff - barring the DS TV, i do think the DS has a ton of non-game potential. i'd love a version of the NYC subway map (or better yet, a city-centric Google Maps) on my DS. on the other hand....

- TV Guide... for the Wii? - maybe nintendo should avoid non-game content. so... am i supposed to switch back and forth between my tv and wii.. instead of using the menu my cable provider already gives me? hm.

- Bioware + LucasArts = Love.- while they didn't actually specify... well... anything, this has me excited. though i will say i'm not going to be completely happy until lucasarts releases every mid-90s adventure game they did in one set. in that case, i'm okay in the fact that i'll probably never be completely happy.

- Super Mario Galaxy is released in Japan - and nobody seems to care? i haven't gotten my hands on a demo unit yet, but i know on release day, i'll be found in the corner of my room, visibly shaking because i'm under strict orders not to buy it due to how close it is to christmas.


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So what'd everybody dress up as for Halloween? I was a sunday school teacher. Though I really want this hat.

And lastly, Whiskerino has begun.

From Gizmodo:

Nintendo first mentioned this 1seg tuner for the Nintendo DS well over a year ago. Since then, we'd pretty much forgotten that it existed/lost any hope that it would ever actually be released. But Nintendo just announced that they will be launching the product on November 20th in Japan. The sweetness of wireless digital television will run customers $60, which isn't super cheap nor uber expensive.

At some point I just can't help but not understand the Japanese mania over the DS. I love being able to distract myself from the fact that that I'm commuting to work in the mornings by playing a quick round of Mario Kart, but a TV tuner? Really?

I thought the point of the DS was that it was compact and sexy-looking. That thing is hideous, and yet I'm sure it's still going to sell like hot-cakes over there.

There's so many more actually useful things that the DS is capable of that I'm dreaming will take place (more DS/Wii interaction please? can we get working on those demos from the Wii shop channel?), and being able to watch Rosanne re-runs on the go is not one of them.

Though Wheel of Fortune reruns?... okay, maybe I can understand the appeal.