Sun 31 Jan 2010
App Reviews and News
Lemmings!
They've made ladders of toothpicks, constructed ropes and lemon peel.
Then, they wobble away home. I'm left wondering, where's home? I find
myself shaking my head and those little things fall off, making shrill
cries as they splashed into a small pitcher of my favorite recipe of
ice-cold lemonade. Ah, Lemons and Lemmings!
I bet you're wondering what lemmings are. Well, what are they exactly?
Let's get to the first definition. Call it Lemmings 1. These are the voraciously fat herbivores called rodents. I have to emphasize it here, without exception; they should not be mistaken as guinea-pigs because obviously, guinea-pigs are way cuter!
This sure will spark your interest. Some learned men of the 16th century said that Lemmings actually fell from the sky during one stormy day. I wonder when that was though.
''Mass suicide" - This is the term you use when you refer to accidental mass deaths that happen when lemmings travel in large numbers
Need evidence?
Now let's learn about the second lemmings or should I say, lemmings 2. You know what's the most stunning (newly learned) fact I've come to know? The Lemmings (right) were actually rooted on lemmings (above).
Well, the fact is, those wee turf-haired little creatures I have sacrificed years back in the Lemmings Revolution, in fact, made death unbearably cute. Try imagining a dying fat rodent. 'Splaarffth!' Blood splatters everywhere, fur, guts and those chipped teeth.
Goddamit lemming, why not be like your distant family Lemming?
Why can't you live a life that makes murdering small creatures enjoyable?
The original Lemmings game was released many years back, on 1991 by Psygnosis. You can guess I'm not as old-school enough to have tried or ever want to play that game. But then again, nostalgia gets me every time and those downloaded copies that you need not pay for. It's time for some downloading of Lemmings revolution while grabbing one more glass of cold lemonade.
Just a little straining out of those drowned Lemmings, throw in (okay that maybe a little extreme) a couple of ice cube and... here comes LEMMINGS REVOLUTION via a third world (almost like a turtle) internet speed. I am just too thankful; the entire game is just as large as half a Gig. (If anyone of you wants to start debating on the ethics of utilizing bit torrents, duh, I'm not interested.)
A little digging up on the game's background info while it's crawling its way into my laptop, shall we? It was Psygnosis and TalonSoft which released the game on year 2000. Lemmings Revolution was historically the last game (which came in series) created for PC. It's loyalty to the concept is more evident than 'The adventures of Lomax', it's 1997 predecessor.
The older version enable you to run control over a single Lemming, and unravel its story then later you find yourself sulking over the bitter fact that the Lemming has transformed into a regular third-person PC game. That's definitely one serious mishap which I believe has not been reviewed or perhaps is being ignored by both IGN and Gamesport.
Lemons! I can't resist posting about this absolutely mediocre (yet mildly alcoholic) recipe used for making creating the yummiest ice-cold lemonade. The weather's getting even hotter these days and that gets me into drinking so much stuff. Well, they're sadly not good enough to get me tipsy.
So, if there's anyone of you who can expertly improve my lemonade, I'm all ears for what you'll have to say!
LEMMINGS REVOLUTION is now ready for action, without delay; bring on the good round of cuteness and nostalgia plus the gut-smashing death!
Wow. I can still remember how amazed I was by the game's graphics.
The spooky wooden bridge that was snaking across the very dark water illumined by torches and a 3D 'tree' wherein inhibitory or notoriously deadly wobbling Lemmings are placed, completely blew my mind off. What amazes me now is the silly fact that I used to be truly amazed by this graphical genius (is it?).
Why the game runs very smoothly on my ever reliable craptop needs no deep analysis. It's actually a borrowed laptop, one that I use while taking a break abroad and staying back home from the big university. Pentium mobile netbook, that's what it is (enough said).
I usually choose the 'just float' option during the first level. Getting this choice means all you get to is ready every single lemming with a brolly. At some point, I figured how the tree spun and that helped me to exterminate them all.
Let's talk about the Lemmings Revolution cover. It came out as a big disappointment because not any one of them screamed 'oh no' much like they were expected to. I think it's the petty price you'll have to pay for bootlegging games. The patience necessary to get (thru downloading) a copy of a better version is just something I don't have.
Going through the proceeding four levels is thankfully smooth. A helpful tip: don't waste your time making the 'basher' needlessly swing its arms in the empty air. There's nothing for it to bash and the unwanted action simply makes the basher appear foolish in front of all its sheep-like comrades.
You know what the lemming's secretly hoping for? It's the 'bomber' that it prefers you'll use the next time. That's another learning I have got so far. A frozen 'block' Lemming doesn't need to get blown up, there's no need to kill it!
Here's what should do instead: simply watch the countdown then as the lemming spots the white light (this happens immediately after '1…'), assign a task to it. My preference includes saving these lemmings in instances like above. Bashing is harmless to your tree because all it creates are random holes and stairs.
Flawlessly completing the rest of my levels is not something I am too confident of. I could have wished for a brilliant mouse right now but here I am stupidly stuck with my ever helpful cracktop's touchpad, which I must say, does not even have a tapping function.
Hey, does anybody remember this other old 3D puzzle game that was centered on sheep? The gaming concept involved rounding up (in different ways) those shiny fat animals, I believe so.
Well, I think there's time aplenty to run a research on that one anyway. My current progress is posted below. You'll see that all my Lemmings died in the beginning level, it's posted in the middle. I've decided to zigzag my cute Lemmings to the Promised Land. It would take me 8 levels but I think it's definitely worth running through all of these little things.
If I don't get that sheep game really soon, I think I'll probably end up writing a Lemmings Revolution manual while simultaneously formulating another recipe. It feels good to sip/moonch a home-made yummy drink or food while heading back in time.
I bet you're wondering what lemmings are. Well, what are they exactly?
Let's get to the first definition. Call it Lemmings 1. These are the voraciously fat herbivores called rodents. I have to emphasize it here, without exception; they should not be mistaken as guinea-pigs because obviously, guinea-pigs are way cuter!
This sure will spark your interest. Some learned men of the 16th century said that Lemmings actually fell from the sky during one stormy day. I wonder when that was though.
''Mass suicide" - This is the term you use when you refer to accidental mass deaths that happen when lemmings travel in large numbers
Need evidence?
Now let's learn about the second lemmings or should I say, lemmings 2. You know what's the most stunning (newly learned) fact I've come to know? The Lemmings (right) were actually rooted on lemmings (above).
Well, the fact is, those wee turf-haired little creatures I have sacrificed years back in the Lemmings Revolution, in fact, made death unbearably cute. Try imagining a dying fat rodent. 'Splaarffth!' Blood splatters everywhere, fur, guts and those chipped teeth.
Goddamit lemming, why not be like your distant family Lemming?
Why can't you live a life that makes murdering small creatures enjoyable?
The original Lemmings game was released many years back, on 1991 by Psygnosis. You can guess I'm not as old-school enough to have tried or ever want to play that game. But then again, nostalgia gets me every time and those downloaded copies that you need not pay for. It's time for some downloading of Lemmings revolution while grabbing one more glass of cold lemonade.
Just a little straining out of those drowned Lemmings, throw in (okay that maybe a little extreme) a couple of ice cube and... here comes LEMMINGS REVOLUTION via a third world (almost like a turtle) internet speed. I am just too thankful; the entire game is just as large as half a Gig. (If anyone of you wants to start debating on the ethics of utilizing bit torrents, duh, I'm not interested.)
A little digging up on the game's background info while it's crawling its way into my laptop, shall we? It was Psygnosis and TalonSoft which released the game on year 2000. Lemmings Revolution was historically the last game (which came in series) created for PC. It's loyalty to the concept is more evident than 'The adventures of Lomax', it's 1997 predecessor.
The older version enable you to run control over a single Lemming, and unravel its story then later you find yourself sulking over the bitter fact that the Lemming has transformed into a regular third-person PC game. That's definitely one serious mishap which I believe has not been reviewed or perhaps is being ignored by both IGN and Gamesport.
Lemons! I can't resist posting about this absolutely mediocre (yet mildly alcoholic) recipe used for making creating the yummiest ice-cold lemonade. The weather's getting even hotter these days and that gets me into drinking so much stuff. Well, they're sadly not good enough to get me tipsy.
So, if there's anyone of you who can expertly improve my lemonade, I'm all ears for what you'll have to say!
LEMMINGS REVOLUTION is now ready for action, without delay; bring on the good round of cuteness and nostalgia plus the gut-smashing death!
Wow. I can still remember how amazed I was by the game's graphics.
The spooky wooden bridge that was snaking across the very dark water illumined by torches and a 3D 'tree' wherein inhibitory or notoriously deadly wobbling Lemmings are placed, completely blew my mind off. What amazes me now is the silly fact that I used to be truly amazed by this graphical genius (is it?).
Why the game runs very smoothly on my ever reliable craptop needs no deep analysis. It's actually a borrowed laptop, one that I use while taking a break abroad and staying back home from the big university. Pentium mobile netbook, that's what it is (enough said).
I usually choose the 'just float' option during the first level. Getting this choice means all you get to is ready every single lemming with a brolly. At some point, I figured how the tree spun and that helped me to exterminate them all.
Let's talk about the Lemmings Revolution cover. It came out as a big disappointment because not any one of them screamed 'oh no' much like they were expected to. I think it's the petty price you'll have to pay for bootlegging games. The patience necessary to get (thru downloading) a copy of a better version is just something I don't have.
Going through the proceeding four levels is thankfully smooth. A helpful tip: don't waste your time making the 'basher' needlessly swing its arms in the empty air. There's nothing for it to bash and the unwanted action simply makes the basher appear foolish in front of all its sheep-like comrades.
You know what the lemming's secretly hoping for? It's the 'bomber' that it prefers you'll use the next time. That's another learning I have got so far. A frozen 'block' Lemming doesn't need to get blown up, there's no need to kill it!
Here's what should do instead: simply watch the countdown then as the lemming spots the white light (this happens immediately after '1…'), assign a task to it. My preference includes saving these lemmings in instances like above. Bashing is harmless to your tree because all it creates are random holes and stairs.
Flawlessly completing the rest of my levels is not something I am too confident of. I could have wished for a brilliant mouse right now but here I am stupidly stuck with my ever helpful cracktop's touchpad, which I must say, does not even have a tapping function.
Hey, does anybody remember this other old 3D puzzle game that was centered on sheep? The gaming concept involved rounding up (in different ways) those shiny fat animals, I believe so.
Well, I think there's time aplenty to run a research on that one anyway. My current progress is posted below. You'll see that all my Lemmings died in the beginning level, it's posted in the middle. I've decided to zigzag my cute Lemmings to the Promised Land. It would take me 8 levels but I think it's definitely worth running through all of these little things.
If I don't get that sheep game really soon, I think I'll probably end up writing a Lemmings Revolution manual while simultaneously formulating another recipe. It feels good to sip/moonch a home-made yummy drink or food while heading back in time.
