Star Controller

While I was surfing the web, an interesting website popped up in my Google Alerts:

Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100

We need your help to decide the Top 100 PC games of all time. To vote, follow these three easy steps.

1. Search for games
2. Pick your top 5 games
3. Order and submit

This reminds me of the “Top 49 Game Developers” I’ve seen in their magazine.  I encouraged fans to e-mail them about selecting Toys for Bob as their 50th best developer. I don’t think they had any plans for publicizing what the most voted choice is; they were curious about what readers would choose.

This time, their list is different.  This website shows the editorial top 100 with Star Control II at #54, above big-budget titles such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (#98), Far Cry 2 (#93), Crysis (#76)  and Street Fighter IV (#60).  That is their top 100 PC games of all time.

After clicking on a game title, it will open the game’s page where it will show some images, a percentage rating and which issue it was reviewed in.  Unfortunately Star Control II was never reviewed in PC Gamer, so that part is blank. :’(

PC Gamer is allowing people to vote for 5 games.  We have the power to get Star Control II on that list.  I just wish that I found out about this earlier.  They started collecting votes since December 16.  They will list the top 100 games chosen by readers in the March issue of PC Gamer.

Please select Star Control II as your first choice!  After selecting Star Control II, there are 4 more slots for any games you desire.  Don’t forget to submit the votes after choosing.  Spread the word!

Links
PC Gamer Top 100
Star Control II on PC Gamer Top 100
Vote Toys for Bob

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The year 2009 is coming to an end.

I remember asking myself if I have any new year resolutions for 2010.  Here are some of the things I thought of:

• Learn about current trends in software development
• Keep closer watch of news related to Activision, other game developers
• Stay informed of IGF events; Joe Larson is a fan of Star Control and he submitted his ASCIIpOrtal game
• Spend more time reading and writing on the forums, blog, etc.

I recently got my hands on the Japanese version of Star Control II for the 3DO.  I only understand English, so I won’t be playing through it anytime soon.  Maybe I’ll write something about it for 2010.

The TFB news remains quiet and we all know that they’ve been working hard on an unknown title.  The clues that Alex gave were that it is not based on a license and that it has story and gameplay elements that feel more “classic TFB”.

Happy holidays everyone!  I’m really excited to see what will happen next year.

Links
Farewell Shaba Games
Star Control Christmas Cards 2009

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