Pallor posted a message in the Community forum informing us that Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade fame have created a new Oni desktop image.

It's available in 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 and can be grabbed from GameSpy.

Another mixed but mostly positive review comes to us from Computer Games Online, citing the same limitations. However, in this one the author recognizes that there is at least some capability to alter Oni's interface, even if he feels this should have been an in-game option.

Kudos to Majic, who attained a copy of the in-store footage that is being supplied for Oni advertisers. Ever step into Electronics Boutique and see the latest games shown on television? This is what we're talking about, but for Oni!

The NYT published a mostly glowing Oni review (free login required), titled A Feel of Hand-to-Hand Combat , today in section G, page 9. Major thanks to Cataclysm for giving us the heads-up on that. Take a look at a couple of quotes:

To date, the moves displayed up at the official GoD Games Oni site include the following:

1. Running Throw
2. Basic Throw
3. Crescent Moon
4. Devil Spin Kick
5. Disarm
6. Jump Flip
7. Lariat
8. Rising Fury

If you haven't had the opportunity to get over there, you should. Any game is a lot more fun when you're playing instead of flailing. ;-)

We've got quite a few Oni items for you today, including a couple of interviews!

Interviews:

I just grabbed the newest copy of Maximum PC magazine today, and was pleasantly surprised to find an Oni review towards the back! Maximum PC reviews very few games, mainly because it focuses upon hardware... so those games tend to be at either extreme of the suck/kick-ass spectrum. Maximum PC gives Oni doubled nines for technology and gameplay scores. Here are some quotes:

Some of you may not yet have been exposed to OniRes, a site devoted to hacking into Oni. (It's just amazing to see this sort of thing in full-swing weeks before the game even hits store shelves) Acrappa began OniRes only a short while ago, and then it was quickly snapped up by OBO for hosting.