Posts tagged with “baer”

It’s the end of an era! Now that we’ve turned one and are officially the biggest, baddest, and most hardcore game studio in the Western Hemisphere it’s time to move up in the world, and by “up” I mean “Northwest” apparently. While we’ve loved being in Kendall in our sweet basement digs we’ve decided to make the move to nearby Inman Square, where we will be able to enjoy Christina’s ice cream whenever we want. Also the office is way bigger and nicer than our old office, and has amenities such as windows, running water, cell phone reception, air conditioning, and a distinct lack of overhead acid waste pipes.

We’re planning on having a small housewarming in our new space in early September, so if you’re a friend and want to come drop us a line. For those of you who aren’t around here are some pictures of the good times we had at our current space. Stay tuned for some awesome pictures of our next spot.

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Ralph Baer, one of the most awesome people in the world, made pong on the Brown Box almost 40 years ago. The killer game on it? Pong. Since it’s release many have wondered “How could I make Pong more awesome?” Turns out that setting the game to chiptunes music seems to do a damn good job.

Aksys Games just came out with Bit.Trip Beat, a new title for WiiWare that goes full-on retro in a most amazing way. You control the famous paddle, and are tasked with swatting back pixels as you would expect. The twist? Like in Rez, all the enemies come at carefully timed intervals so that when you kill them you build up a song as you go. The pixels themselves are merciless – the game is very hard, and we’ve yet to beat level 1. Despite this we’ll probably go back and play it on a regular basis, as there is decent 4 way co-op multiplayer and we’re gluttons for ridiculously hard retro games.

The game is $6 (600 points) on WiiWare. It’s worth it. We need more games like this out there.