The Spoony One makes his triumphant return in this review of the worst, most boring game to ever blight the PC or the SegaCD: Microcosm. Take a Fantastic Voyage through FMV Hell and see if you can survive “the ultimate CD-ROM game.”

Part 1.

http://spoonyexperiment.com

Funny cutscene from great “The Neverhood Chronicles” sequel “Skullmonkeys”. Made by Doug Tennapel.
http://www.tennapel.com

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Download at http://www.phunland.com (Windows, MacOS and Linux).
Phun is a playground for the creative mind where toys can be easily created.
Phun was created as a MSc project by Emil Ernerfeldt for supervisor Kenneth Bodin, HPC2N/VRlab, Umeå University, Sweden.

On popular demand, here is the music (which I also wrote):
http://www.phunland.com/download/Phun_theme.mp3
Copyright Emil Ernerfeldt

Lucasarts has released a new developer diary for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. This particular video focuses on the development of the new characters created for the game. So far, it looks like they really put a lot of effort into making some fairly deep characters with rich backgrounds. The story will take place between Episodes 3 and 4, with you playing Darth Vader’s secret apprentice. The actor playing the apprentice has described him as essentially the sort of person Luke Skywalker might’ve become had he agreed to join up with Vader. And in keeping with the general Star Wars structure, he’ll also have a love interest and a comical side-kick in the forms of an imperial officer and a droid respectively.

The video also shows how they did the character animation using technology from Industrial Light and Magic. It already looks impressive, as the character models look almost exactly like the actors playing them. This also made recording sessions more like a movie shoot, as they were required to perform a variety of facial expressions as well.

Yeah, I’ve only seen a little bit of gameplay, but this is already on my “Must Buy on Opening Day” list when it hits store shelves this November.

Part 3 of the Gamespot Demo

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=A7YJTvuQ2To

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=aAVnlUJ7PZU

Sonic Unleashed USA
Sonic World Adventure Japan
11/4/08
PS3 360 WII PS2

Staff said in Demo Video
Staff said in Gamespot Demo
NOT on rails.
Sonic sleeps when standing around for too long.
Sonic literally gets faster and faster the longer you run with him.
There was barely a slowdown except for three times and none lasted for more than 2 seconds. They can fix that.
Camera was great, didn’t falter once.
The china level looks fun, though the guy died from endless pits twice there but only there.
Weresonic looks fun to play
Love some of Weresonic’s moves like bouncing and kartwheels
New enemies confirmed like phantom snakes.
The health system for Weresonic works that when he’s getting hurt his shields will go down and when it reaches zero he starts loosing health. However, his shield regenerates over time.
Officially titled “Sonic the Werehog”
He said that they were trying to make Super Sonic playable in levels.
Checkpoints now have electric fences to hit
There was only one glitch I spotted and it wasn’t a bad one either.
Shadow confirmed to be in the game.

Part 2 of the Gamespot Demo

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=A7YJTvuQ2To

Part 3

Sonic Unleashed USA
Sonic World Adventure Japan
11/4/08
PS3 360 WII PS2

Staff said in Demo Video
Staff said in Gamespot Demo
NOT on rails.
Sonic sleeps when standing around for too long.
Sonic literally gets faster and faster the longer you run with him.
There was barely a slowdown except for three times and none lasted for more than 2 seconds. They can fix that.
Camera was great, didn’t falter once.
The china level looks fun, though the guy died from endless pits twice there but only there.
Weresonic looks fun to play
Love some of Weresonic’s moves like bouncing and kartwheels
New enemies confirmed like phantom snakes.
The health system for Weresonic works that when he’s getting hurt his shields will go down and when it reaches zero he starts loosing health. However, his shield regenerates over time.
Officially titled “Sonic the Werehog”
He said that they were trying to make Super Sonic playable in levels.
Checkpoints now have electric fences to hit
There was only one glitch I spotted and it wasn’t a bad one either.
Shadow confirmed to be in the game.

Part 1 of Sonic Unleashed Demo

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=aAVnlUJ7PZU

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=aXEZQFS0Kzw

Sonic Unleashed USA
Sonic World Adventure Japan
11/04/08
PS3 PS2 WII 360

Staff said in Gamespot Demo
NOT on rails.
Sonic sleeps when standing around for too long.
Sonic literally gets faster and faster the longer you run with him.
There was barely a slowdown except for three times and none lasted for more than 2 seconds. They can fix that.
Camera was great, didn’t falter once.
The china level looks fun, though the guy died from endless pits twice there but only there.
Weresonic looks fun to play
Love some of Weresonic’s moves like bouncing and kartwheels
New enemies confirmed like phantom snakes.
The health system for Weresonic works that when he’s getting hurt his shields will go down and when it reaches zero he starts loosing health. However, his shield regenerates over time.
Officially titled “Sonic the Werehog”
He said that they were trying to make Super Sonic playable in levels.
Checkpoints now have electric fences to hit
There was only one glitch I spotted and it wasn’t a bad one either.
Shadow confirmed to be in the game.

Demonstration of Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Sonic Unleashed will be coming to the Xbox 360,Playstation 3,Playstation 2, and Nintendo Wii in November 4,2008.
Sonic Unleashed is built on a powerful new “Hedgehog Engine”, which introduces seamless 3D to classic 2D camera transitions, whilst delivering a rich and expansive world with multiple paths to choose from. Under development for three years, the Hedgehog Engine produces a visually rich next generation look and feel with elements of classic Sonic gameplay mechanics. The Hedgehog engine will help re-define the gameplay experience for Sonic fans and newcomers to the franchise alike.

“By combining rich and vibrant scenery with dynamic viewpoints Sonic Unleashed will provide an immersive 3D experience whilst keeping alive the 2D gameplay elements and fantastic worlds that Sonic fans know and love” commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director for SEGA Europe. “In addition to this classic Sonic gaming experience, when darkness sets in Sonic Unleashed players will be able to experience a completely new way to play as Sonic… making this his most exciting adventure yet!”

Having been broken apart by the evil Dr Eggman, it’s down to Sonic to put the pieces of the world back together again by retrieving the power of the chaos emeralds. In doing so, Sonic will find himself in a race against time and faced with an unusual situation that will challenge him in ways never before seen. By completing a wide variety of action-packed stages, spanning the seven broken continents of the world, gamers will need to unleash Sonic’s amazing abilities to save the world, and himself!

The opportunity to engage in Sonic in different ways during the day and night time levels brings a completely original way of playing to the Sonic franchise, in addition to running at high speeds in classic Sonic style, combat fighting will become possible. Super quick Sonic’s speed skills will be highlighted by four new modes, whilst the all new combat, movement and functional abilities will offer depth and variety to the game. As the sun sets in Sonic Unleashed, a different type of adventure will awaken in Sonic’s newest quest…

Sonic Unleashed is scheduled for release worldwide on November 4, 2008