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Saturday, Dec 21, 2013

Age of Decadence Updated Demo

Iron Tower Studio now offers an updated version 4.3 playable public beta/demo of Age of Decadence, their upcoming low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG. There's no word on how this differs from the beta/demo released in March 2012. There are comments indicating this was originally being distributed through the Pirate Bay, but there are now links to download from other locations, and the demo is also available on Steam. Thanks Acleacius.

Real World Racing Demo

Steam page for Real World Racing now offers a playable demo for this recently released top-down racing game, which is also currently available at a discount as part of the Steam holiday sale. Here's the skinny on the game: "REAL WORLD RACING is a top-down racing game using high-quality aerial imagery that lets you race through the world's greatest cities! Speed through London, Paris, Berlin, Rome and many other cities from a new and realistic perspective in a refreshing take on racing simulations."

Defiance Trial Goes Unlimited

The Defiance website announces there is no longer a time limit on the free trial version of Defiance, the MMO-shooter/TV tie-in. Word is: "Good news, ark hunters: we’ve lifted the time limit on our PC free trial. You can now try Defiance free for as long as you like (with an increased EGO Rating cap of 500!)." The trial is also now available through Steam.

Teslagrad Demo on Steam

Steam features a playable demo for Teslagrad that looks like it showed up when Rain Games' puzzle/platformer was released last week, though it's possible this is the same demo for the game that was released in August. Here's a refresher on the game: "A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries! Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle platformer with action elements, where magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are the key to go throughout the game, and thereby discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower."

Titanfall Stryder Trailer

The Titanfall website now offers a new video showing off the Stryder from Titanfall, EA's upcoming mech combat game. Here's the Stryder sales pitch: "In field testing, the Stryder outperforms all other titans in speed, acceleration and agility. It can also secure rapid deployment objectives faster than any other titan on the frontier. For more information about the Stryder titan and the rest of the titan classes in Titanfall, please visit www.titanfall.com/titans." Continue here to read the full story.

On Sale

  • Ace of Spades: Battle Builder on Steam. Save 75%.
  • Age of Empires II HD on Steam. Save 75%.
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam. Save 75%.
  • Darksiders II on Steam. Save 80%.
  • FORCED on Steam. Save 50%.
  • KarBOOM on the official website. Save 50%.
  • Sleeping Dogs on Steam. Save 80%.
  • STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic II on Steam. Save 50%.
  • StarForge on Steam. Save 58%.
  • The Wolf Among Us on Steam. Save 33%.

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Out of the Blue

Happy solstice, as today is the first day of winter here in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of summer below the equator. Based on that one might think I fall into the latter category, as it's 52°F out there right now, and the forecast says to expect it to hit 66°F tomorrow. Apparently this is just the northeastern U.S., as there's cold messy weather out in the rest of the country heading our way to remind us where we actually live. Hope you are keeping safe and warm/cool as appropriate to your location

Wintery Links: Thanks Ant and Acleacius.
Play: Snail Bob 6: Winter Story.
Shine.
Stories: Canada Supreme Court strikes down prostitution laws. Road trip!
Under Seattle, a Big Object Blocks Bertha. What Is It? Thanks Slashdot.
100 years of crosswords: the first appeared in New York on 21.12.1913.
Science: Tax meat to cut methane emissions, say scientists.
The Science of the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies. Thanks Boing Boing.
Media: Peanuts Christmas Dance in NYC.
A Christmas Message from Your Pets. Ringers for Hudson and Gunnar within seconds around 2:55.
Powered UP and Behind the Scenes trailer.
Follow-up: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ leak investigators now target of leak probe.
The Funnies: The Greatest Gift Cartoon - Savage Chickens.
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