Everybody’s Gaming For The Weekend Of August 24th, 2012!

It feels like we have had a lot of dips in the gaming lull season. Usually, it’s a straight month of no releases before we get hit with the onslaught of games at the end of the year. Although this is one of the lull weeks, I am sure a couple of you out there missed some of the suggestions I have for this weekend.

Symphony – PC

A simple top-down shooter that uses your music collection for how the enemies are generated and act. I love the premise of Symphony in that an evil entity, which freaked me out the first time I saw those white eyes on a red background, is trying to come into our world by absorbing and corrupting our music. Every song in your music collection is a stage as well as an item you can unlock and use once you cleanse the song. It seems like the items repeat themselves a little but it helps in that you can add/change four weapons on your ship. Spreadshot is the best all-around for how much ground it covers and the sub-woofer is great to use with songs that have a lot of bass in them. It becomes a pain to remember what songs you’ve already played through if you have a huge collection since you have to go back to that specific song to upgrade the item that was unlocked from it. Symphony is great for music lovers that want more of an interactive experience when blasting their favorite tunes.

Unmechanical – PC

Cute little puzzle adventure game that has you in control of robotic contraption with a propeller on its head to help it stay afloat. Unmechanical ends up being shorter than I wished it was, but the puzzles are engaging and the art style is charming and really damn good looking. This is the sort of game my puzzle-loving heart wants to see more of.

Dust 514 Beta – PS3

I haven’t kept up on Dust 514 as much as I probably should. All I really know is that there is cross-play between Eve Online and Dust 514. I guess I need to read up on this a lot more, huh? Anyway, Playstation Plus members get access to the closed beta of this free-to-play multiplayer FPS game until September 4th. Be prepared to wade through A LOT of downloads though. It might be a good idea to go make some coffee and a bagel while you sit and stare at all the progression meters. I had some issues with staying connected to the servers but managed to get some playtime in and I like what see so far. If you’re not a Playstation Plus member, you will have to wait your turn for Dust 514 to have an open beta period.