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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: BOH
Being a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we're giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products. This week we talk with Simone Bevilacqua, creator of BOH, about his game and why he'll always love his Amiga. How did you or your company get started? I run no company: I'm just an old-fashioned bedroom coder. When it comes to games, I've been a bedroom coder for my whole life. The machine that had to chew my first inexpert lines of code was a C64, which I stuck to for years both because I loved it and because I lived in small town where I was totally isolated; ignorant of how the world of computers was growing -- just think that when my first C64 died, instead of getting another one (as I did), I could have passed to the Amiga 500, but I didn't consider that possibility because I didn't even know that the Amiga existed! Several years had to pass before my second C64 was replaced by another machine, which I instantaneously fell in love with: an Amiga 1200.
One Shots: A beauty in darkness
The days are ticking down to the release of NCsoft's anticipated game, Aion. With some very attractive, detailed graphics, this import is turning quite a few heads. Just precisely whether or not this game catches on in the Western market remains to be seen, but considering how many screenshots of it we're getting here for One Shots, we suspect it has a very passionate player-base in the making. Today's Aion image comes to us from Boh, who wrote a quick note about this image: Hidden from the accursed light of the Elyos, the land of darkness shines with a beauty of its own. We like it because it shows off a wingless creature. Those are nice to see, too. If you've gotten an image from a beta (please make sure it's out of NDA first) that you'd like to show the world, why not send it over? It couldn't be easier. Just email it to us at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the name of the game, and a quick description. We post it, you get the credit, and others get to enjoy. It's a win/win. %Gallery-9798%
