Oerba Yun Fang

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Loving Final Fantasy XIII, and especially Lightning and Fang.

PSP-2000: Part 2.2 GAMES - Echochrome

Here's a unique game made for the PlayStation Portable: Echochrome. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan released a demo of this game on 3/6/08, so of course I tried it out.





















The concept is innovative and simple. You rotate the world so that an illusion is created. For example, here's a stage from the tutorial: you just want to avoid the hole (left image) to get from one end to the other, so you rotate to get the top bar to hide it (right image) while the model guy automatically starts walking. Sometimes you want to use these holes or you want to make an invisible path, etc. The concept is basically, "whatever you see is true." EDIT: "seeing is believing" sounds more elegant huh.

The game accompanies classical music, another interesting element, but I don't know if I can sustain my interest. I can see how you'll have to start thinking on how to solve these puzzles though. In any case, it won't hurt to try it out, it's less than 4mb. Download at pspdemocenter or straight from your psp browser homepage.

PSP-2000: Part 2.1 GAMES - Space Invaders Extreme (trial)

I mentioned that one of the best things about PSP gaming is that you can download a bunch of trials for free. Today PlayStation.com(Japan) announced the release of Space Invaders Extreme demo and custom theme. Yes, it's just like the Space Invaders from decades ago, first copyrighted in 1978 and released in 2007. As "extreme." I probably enjoyed it a little too much. It accompanies a classic nnts-nnts-nnts club beat with your rhythmical shooting sounds that blend in, but it was definitely bearable for me. I don't know if I'd ever buy the software (coming out on 2.21.08 in Japan) but why not some nostalgia once in a while (like some LEGO)? I feel like it was already somewhat archaic by the time I was born...

You can either download the game straight from the PSP official browser website, or you might have to go to pspdemocenter. The software is Japanese so you have to press the circle button to shoot instead of X (what a stupid idea... X??) but otherwise it's all in English. In any case, I'd take a little break from work or whatever and give it a try. Aren't those dudes a little cute?