Saturday, July 30, 2016

How to make an elevator in 'Scrap Mechanic'

Scrap Mechanic” is an early access game on Steam which currently provides an open world sandbox in which you can create. It provides over 100 pieces you can mix and match in order to create almost anything your heart desires. Whether you want to make a house with secret passages or a robot, with enough patience and trial and error, you can create one in “Scrap Mechanic.”

One thing that is infinitely useful when building a house or other tall object, is an elevator. It makes it easy to get to the top of your creation in one go instead of hopping up things or making staircases all the time. Today I'll teach you how to make an elevator. I am making this on the outside of my current 3-story house in order to easily reach the roof so please pardon any stray wiring that is visible in the pictures; I did my best to keep them out of it.

These elevators can be used indoors as well; I have one going to the third floor inside my home.




Step 1: Place a single building block on a solid wall.










Step 2: Place a bearing on the face side of the building block you just placed.




Thursday, July 28, 2016

'Life is Strange' episode 1 now free


“Life is Strange” is a charming episodic adventure game where the main character, Max Caulfield, can rewind time in order to change the past, present and future. But will the changes you make always have positive effects? Even the best attempts can have devastating and unforeseen effects on the future.


As Max tries to figure out how to use her powers, she is thrown into an investigation of missing student Rachel Amber. With the help of her friend Chloe Price, will Max be able to uncover what happened? Will anyone else go missing? Will disaster fall on Arcadia Bay?




Or buy the full episode set on Steam for 25% off, plus the free first episode.  

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Examiner closing down

I have been the Honolulu Video Game Examiner for a number of years now and this blog served as an overflow for content that couldn't be posted on Examiner or which didn't fit on Examiner - such as excess numbers of videos. But it seems that time is finally coming to a close as Examiner is shutting down on July 10. Examiners were only given 10 days worth of notice about this closure so it's a bit of a rush to figure out what to do now.

I am currently in the process of saving old walkthroughs and reviews. In the next few months I am currently planning to transfer everything here and give this blog a more fitting name since it will be a standalone thing. From there I will hopefully continue doing future video game reviews and walkthroughs here.

I am not certain I will have the same access to games, content or conventions that I did in the past, but I will do my best.