Cities XL 2012 is the new version of the famous City Builder, which allows you to build, develop and connect together cities of all sizes and types on Cities XL planet. To build your cities, the version 2012 now offers a huge choice of nearly 1,000 buildings and structures and over 60 different constructible, huge, varied and incredibly detailed maps.

That being said, I promised last time that I’d make a sojourn outside of the bunker, if only for a little while. In the week since I last posted, I’ve been troubled by ruminations that General_SOKOL’s off topic remarks in the HOICCG Contest Winners Thread may have some bearing on reality.

"...commies took over the world. They even conquered (intellectually) USA (now: United Soviet America). That's the reason of crisis….

Game is not going to change fact that USA is Chinese poodle now, and employs communist ideology abroad and internally and is feeding Chinese communist party with money and technology at expense of hardest working and poorest US citizens. Game does not change the fact that USA itself became a communist country (and therefore got conquered by commies) because it widely employs communist ideology when it comes to employment even of well qualified workers and commerce and business practices. USA is a communist country but calls itself a capitalist country with no ****ing reason other than brainwashing game of the words propaganda for benefit of rich people (read Ludwig Wittgenstein about game of the words to understand what I mean)."

The Hanging Judge gun show was slightly disappointing. First off, they had a lot of the cowboy stuff that doesn’t really interest me. Second, they didn’t have the stereotypical old guy with the quasi pro Nazi sympathies selling Hitler Youth knives. The closest you got to that stereotype was someone selling some Confederate Flag patches, but you can find that kind of thing in just about any random gas station in Occupied Dixie. Maybe the old Nazi types have been run off by the communists? I can tell you that the dealers were selling a lot of commie weapons and even a Budenovka! Perhaps General_SOKOL was correct all along…. I was going to pick up the Budenovka and send it to him as proof of his theories, but he might take such a gesture the wrong way.

On the return trip I had to stop by the Cracker Barrel, just to escape from the bastion of Communism that was the Hanging Judge Gun & Knife show. The Cracker Barrel promised a folksy, non- communist Americana atmosphere and decidedly non communist food. It was there that I discovered the most challenging strategy game in existence: the Cracker Barrel Peg game! Unfortunately, to my dismay, I found that the peg game was made in China. Truly, the communists have undermined every aspect of American society just as Antonio Gramsci planned!

Given the Communist takeover of the USA, I may have to keep hiding in the bunker, but I have plans for a little feature for you for around this time next week which might require some additional traveling. In the meantime, here are some random pictures from the Gun and Knife Show.

Replay Games founder and CEO Paul Trowe, and series creator Al Lowe, are teaming up to re-introducing gaming’s favorite lovable loser Larry.

The first project under the agreement will be an HD re-mastered version of the original, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, on every platform Replay can figure out how to port it onto, including: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, XBLA, PSN, On-Live, Steam. We’re pretty sure if an Atari 2600 enthusiast group got enough members to sign a petition, Lowe would personally code a version for them.

Should the re-make prove successful, the team is set to tackle the rest of the original series, games two-through-seven. Sadly, EGM has confirmed that the content for game four, Leisure Suite Larry 4: The Missing Floppies remains missing. However, Lowe won’t let that keep him from re-mastering it to Leisure Suite Larry 4: The Missing Digital Download HD.

The remakes will feature upgraded visuals, sound and control, while retaining the games’ signature puzzles and sense of humor.

I missed out on the original, but heard it was awesome. What is the Voodoo Extreme consensus on this? Are any of you looking forward to the new one? I know there are a lot of you looking for new space games. Is Sword of the Stars 2 on your list?

Thanks to Rock, Paper, Shotgun for bringing this to our attention.

• The Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device for the Huntress hero class. Constantly consuming energy when active, this device allows its user to open portals from one location to another and can be used to greatly extend a trap’s range, quickly teleport across the map, or confound enemies!

• Four Team Fortress 2 Familiars:
  • The Heavy: Uses his Gatling gun to shoot at enemies from afar.
  • The Engineer: Repairs groups of nearby towers while you’re on the offensive.
  • The Medic: Heals a group of nearby allies amidst battle.
  • The Pyro: Uses a flame-thrower to set your foes on fire.