karchesky :: games :: gaming news

So, you know the games section in this site? Turns out it exists for a reason, namely that I’ve been working in a new startup company for the past few months, developing games (the site is actually still under construction, the only thing you’ll learn from clicking that link is that a site with that name actually exists). Well, kinda; so far we’ve mostly just been putting the company together. But now, game development begins in earnest! We need to have a game finished by the end of november, and another, longer game, half-finished by the end of november as well. Which means that I’m gonna be hella busy for the next month! Which in turn means less [or no] updates in some areas of this site, and [even] slower updates in other areas, sorry

Right now we’re working on flash-based games. After that we’ll be doing something a little more exciting, or so we hope. Someday you might heard us mentioned in the same phrase with the likes of Blizzard (as in “Gameskite’s games suck, unlike Blizzard’s”, though hopefully not). And when that day comes, remember, you heard it here first

So news just came out that this wonderful game (download - it’s free) is finally seeing a commercial release - and on the Wii, no less. I’m really happy for Pixel, the game’s creator, whose incredible devotion to his work gave us one of gaming’s jewels during this decade - for free.

Balrog

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Seriously though, I have to wonder what’s the criteria for choosing which characters make the cut or not. It doesn’t feature Cloud, Final Fantasy’s best known character? I say this without sarcasm, really. I just try to picture myself working for Square Enix (hey! It could happen!) and coming up with a reason not to use him. All I can think is: “because he’s already been whored out too much”. So… maybe? Also related: no good female characters?

Maybe they’ll be unlockables? Who knows. Perhaps they feel the good female characters were covered with FFX2’s sing and dance and dress-up show?

Side note: I never finished Final Fantasy VI due to technical issues. What’s up with that Kefka guy? I keep hearing how cool he was as a villain. In my short time with FFVI (first 10% of the game), he just seemed a stupid clown. Now watch the video and tell me, am I missing something here? Maybe he becomes less moronic later on in the game…?

Finally, I have to confess that the whole purpose of this entry is to test out video embedding. How’s that for a reason to spew forth this stuff?

This isn’t exactly news (which might make you wonder why am I posting it under “gaming news”… hey, it’s my site, ok?), but Chrono Trigger is being re-released for the Nintendo DS. Now if you’re living under a rock for over a decade, or, more likely, if you’re simply too young to remember it, we’re talking about possibly the best RPG ever, with lovable/rocking characters, addictive gameplay, excellent graphics (for the Super Nintendo, anyways, and now for the DS as well), a wonderful plot thankfully free of most of the cliches that tend to plague the genre, and, more to the point of this entry, some of the most amazing music to ever grace a 16-bit game, and then some.

Chrono Trigger DS

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As you might have noticed, sharp-eyed reader that you are, there’s nothing under “Games” in this site… yet. The truth is I’ve just started working in a new company. We’re out to make some great games! But we’re so new we don’t even have a name yet, though that’s gonna be fixed in the next few days.

Once that’s up and going I’ll see about posting some of the design stuff here, though I don’t know yet what can be posted and what should remain private.

Eventually the Games section will expand to include not only info on the commercial games I’m working on, but also other games I might do just by myself. You know, in case I ever actually finish one of them?

Anyways, this post is just a semi-long-winded way to say “nothing to see here [yet], move along please.”