Touhou

Indeed, mG is still alive! It's just that real life is getting busier and busier =(

So many things to talk about, where to start? First of all, finalists for this year's IGF is out for a while. As (somewhat) expected, games like Blueberry Garden, Dyson and Night Game made it in, while some other unexpected entries, like You Have To Burn The Rope, also somehow ended up in there, lol. Congratulations to Cortex Command for finally making it in, and Machinarium is looking mightily good.

In other IGF news, the 2009 IGF Student Showcase winners are out, and voting for the Audience Award is currently underway.

This is actually kind of old news, but due to its awesomeness, it cannot go unmentioned. Team Shanghai Alice has announced the latest installment in the Touhou series (the mega-popular shmup/curtain shooter that has all the doujin fans going gah gah). The new game will be called Touhou Chireiten ~ Subterranean Animism (東方地霊殿 ~ Subterranean Animism), and a demo will be available at the upcoming Reitaisai on May 25th, and will later be made available online.

Gensokyo.org has a translation of ZUN's blog (ZUN is the creator of Touhou games) regarding the announcement:

Story:
"With the spouting of geysers, the spirits of the Earth emerge. Reimu and Marisa are fine with it, but the youkai can’t allow this. Sluggishly, they go underground, to the source of the disturbance. Sealed deep within the earth are youkai with a detestable ability... what will the pair do this time?"