The Cake is a Pie

Episode 2: Persian Fried Chicken

TK — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:00:25 +0000

TK, Jase, Stu and Loz go through horror that is The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Also including This Week in Gaming: Aion groups its servers, Half Life 2 comes to Mac, ArenaNet ban 3700 bots from Guild Wars and Google give new life to Pacman. The Weekend Deal this week is Dawn of War II, for £9.99.

And some serious sound issues this week, but we’ve found an excellent way of recording that we’ll be utilising next time. We’re still learning.

That’s this week on The Cake is a Pie.

Turrets

TK — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:49:00 +0000

Turrets, by Keklolzor, a new level from a first time mapper, is a mass of laser beams and high-pitched child-like phrase in a messy sandbox. Turrets are never a good way to increase the difficulty of a map, let alone base one around it, but people continue to do so. In reality, these maps are more frustrating than they are difficult, although, in this video, it is mainly a fling that has me, as dispatching the turrets is the easiest part.

Episode 1: The Top X

TK — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:48:42 +0000

TK, Jase and Loz go through the top 20 PC Gamer list and decide what’s out and what’s in. Also including This Week in Gaming: The Old Republic unveils their talent points system, OnLive is on its way to the UK and STEAM finally reaches Mac with free Portal for all. The Weekend Deal this week is Tropico 3, for £5.

My apologies for the horrific placeholder music at the start, we hope you enjoy it

That’s this week on The Cake is a Pie.

Isolation

TK — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:27:39 +0000

A great first impression from this oddly-accented-definitely-not-eastern-european mapper Colkadome, Isolation introduces a new concept based on your current position, locking you down as old fizzlers would, and forcing you to think ahead. The map comes with both an easy and an advanced version, both of which are showcased here, though only the easy one is played through: I’ve got to leave a challenge somewhere though

Boxy Trixy

TK — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:19:20 +0000

Extract three tricky boxes in increasing difficulty before escaping: a fantastic model expressed expertly to produce a map that is both challenging and thoroughly enjoyable. Something map makers should strive to achieve, Boxy Trixy is a truly excellent exemplary map in design.

Indirect Actuality (UCC)

TK — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:01:06 +0000

Indirect Actuality, the second map reviewed specifically for the UCC. A charming, retro concept unfortunately tainted by various gameplay issues; though the environment was classically beautiful, as ‘classical’ as computers go anyway.

Breaking Boundaries (UCC)

TK — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:24:30 +0000

Breaking Boundaries is the first review candidate for the myApertureLabs User Created Content Contest, created by Kizzycoca before his absence. A map by Anyxius, this fills the brief by immersing us in a world exactly 90% different from the original Portal. No more, no less.

Quantum

TK — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:20:29 +0000

Our Easter episode contains Quantum; Omnicoder’s third foray into mapping and a great improvement on his previous creations. You’ll have no problems seeing expertly crafted puzzles in this well lit, tricky map. Pushing every player to take a moment to think, the first task forces conservative use of finite resources to complete, whilst the second tests your skill in flinging. Remember, momentum is a function of mass and velocity, and is conserved between portals.

Enjoy, and we hope you have a great weekend.

Relativity

TK — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:49:04 +0000

Omnicoder’s second map starts well and finishes… strangely. Lighting problems plague a map that goes on for too long and makes very little sense as you burn your toes and strain your eyes to stay focused.