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Penny arcade Adventures [Jul. 9th, 2008|03:51 pm]
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"Four gods wait on the windowsil, Where once Eight gods did war and will. And if the gods themselves may die, what does that say for you and i? "

For those of you who aren't in the know, The above line comes from the recently released and Absolutly fucking AWESOME penny arcade adventures. A unique mix of RPG and Adventure style gameply, it takes a unique and interesting approach to the art of gaming, combining unique writing, interesting art style, and fun, albiet simple, game mechanics. All in all, a great game for Penny arcade fans, and a fun game for rpg fan.

I would love to see more games take the sort of strange, of the beaten path approach to story and writing that PA adventures does. SO much of modern gaming is FPS this, 3rd person action that. The writing, the story, often they get left behind in search of some gameplay mechanic. Overall, PA adventures is a great change of pace.

I definatly recomend it.
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God help me I want this game. Naruto on ps3 [Apr. 22nd, 2008|09:08 am]
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Ok, it's offical, I will have to buy a Ps3 now.



For so long I resisted, for so long, I fought the urge to get that system, knowing there were no games I wanted on it.

Curse you sony. CURSE YOU!!!

::Gets out 500 bucks to go buy a ps3::
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Why importing needs to be made legal [Apr. 22nd, 2008|08:37 am]
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I know most of you, least, if anyone actually does read this, knows I'm pretty big in my support for the industry. I love games, maybe to much but that's not the point.

However, there is one fucking thing that pisses me off more then you could possibly imagine.

REGION ENCODING!!!!!!!!

I FUCKING HATE IT!!

Lemme get to the point. I love anime, and find japan has some of the most absurd and wierd games that sadly, america never gets to see. For example.

In japan, the Naruto series had roughly 30 games more avalible for it then in the us, due to license issue and other problems. Another example, the simple 2000 series. Simple, straight forward, no frills game play. In particular, the Earth Defense force games, which did come to the UK but not the US, are some of the most fun possible. And all you do is run around BLASTING GIANT BUGS! SO why isn't a game like this playable in the USA.

Region ENCODING!!!!!

Any game bought outside of your country, nine times out of ten, won't work on your home system even if it's a legal game. WHy, cause the industry frequently uses methods from hardware parts to software to lock the region of a game system, preventing you from playing games bought outside the country. Not to sound confrontational, but to the industry I have this to say in regards to Region Encoding.

You sirs, CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF!

PS1, Ps2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, Wii, fuck, 90 percent of home consoles are Region locked.

And the industry wonders why piracy took off? It's cause you made buying and playing Legal software more hassle then it's worth.

So, here's some advice Game industry.

Microsoft: Drop ALL REGION ENCODING. From your systems, from your disc, from Live, all of it. Fucking DROP IT!

Sony: Same to you fuckers. Some of the best PS2 games ever never hit american shores, and when I found them, i couldn't play them without modding my system cause YOU dicks region locked the fucking things.

Nintendo: This goes super mega TRIPLE for you. Knock IT OFF! You jerks Region locked every system you ever damn made up until the DS. What the HELL is wrong with you idiots! If people here wanna buy Japanese games that aren't released here, whats it matter to you.

You Would all STILL BE MAKING MONEY!!!

Get it? Im not advocating Piracy, I just wanna be able to buy and Play games that I can't Buy in my own fucking country. Stop being assholes, stop attacking your customers, and stop preventing importers from playing legally purchased foreign games on there systems. If you wanna stop piracy, then stop making legal games not worth buying.

Sony, you got the idea right, you made the ps3 region free for blue ray games, but not movies, not Ps2 games, not ps1 games. What the FUCK?????

Microsoft: You barely release anything in japan thats exclusive anyway, why region lock your damn system? The one game I wanna import I can't cause there would be no way to play it.

Thats BULLSHIT!

Nintendo: You fuckers are the worst. I love nintendo, and this one thing makes me wanna smash a wii with a sledge hammer some times. Some of my favorite games on the wii and game cube only came out in japan, so I have to import them, yet you all act like I broke the law of something cause I want to play a legally purchased game on my system just cause the game came from another country?

((For note, no Im not being sued by anyone, but given the Ice mod chip raids and all, it wouldn't suprise me))

All three of you, stop it. If you wanna stop piracy, deal with Piracy, and let the legitimate importers play there games in peace.

ASSHOLES!
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Late to the game here [Mar. 12th, 2008|04:31 am]
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Well, been playing alot of games lately. And while I have no delusions about if anyone really reads this blog, I fiqure I might as well speak me peace, if only to be able to say that I did.

1. First, theres some stuff for the WII. Played five new games on it, and fiqure it's best if I keep this simple.

First, theres One Piece: Unlimited Adventure. A good action platforming game, it's hampered by it's flaky combat and "Collect a thon" nature, but is still fun for fans of the series. Wait till it goes on sale used before getting it if your a fan.

Second, theres No More Heros. It's hands down THE action game on the Wii. Created by Suda 41, the man behind the interesting but ultimatly failed Killer 7, suda drops the Acid trip story and Rail system gameplay of that game and instead has a third person sword swinging action game with a crazy, sex starved, but loveable otaku named Travis touchdown, and some of the best Bad guys ever made for a game.

Third, we have Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, or, to put it more simply. Resident evil of the DEAD! Ok, thats kinda unfair I know, but it's basicly 3 resident evil games turned into a rail shooter, not exactly highly complicated stuff.

Fourth, We have dragon ball z Budokai Teknikaichi 3, which is simply a massive update to number 2 with better graphics, 150 charecters, and some online ability. Not anything that ground breaking, but good for dbz fans.

Finally we have Lego Star wars, the Complete saga. it's lego star wars on the WII. Not much else to say about it really. if you like Lego star wars but thought it would be fun to use the wii mote for it, this is a game for you. Otherwise, you might wanna just hold off on it and get lego batman or Indy instead.

Now, moving on to the Xbox 360.

Theres only been one major game that came out lately that I really freaking loved. Devil MAY CRY 3. It's a return to form, with a new lead, who is not the Raiden of DMC, but instead is pretty awesome even if he is like a younger dante, theres some new gameplay mechanics including a new grapple system, and to add to the fun you get to play as dante in the second half of the game. Admittedly however, he only goes through the same levels backwards, which winds up kinda sucking and is sort of a cop out but still isn't all that bad really and the games finale is absolutly fantastic if you like big boss battles.

As for pc, truth be told, not much to speak about other then Portal by Valve software, which most anybody with even the remotest intrest in gaming has played. Theres also Turning point, fall of liberty, a great, if somewhat by the numbers first person shooter that suffer cause at the time of this writing the game seems Broken. Even with an 8800 gt oc running on medium the game will still chug, and not when the bullest a flying, but just walking down corridors. It's silly, and shows that the games code wasn't optimized for PC.

Other then that, not much I can think off right now. Were all bracing for what the PS3 brings come this summer, but all in all , I think the winners this time around were the 360 and the WII, even if the WII has a criminally short library of good games and the 360 has more hardware trouble then dell computers.

Either way, it's gonna be a big year for the industry, I just hope that the xbox 360 works it's issues out, Nintendo gets some good 3rd party support, and Sony gets it's head out of the sand and stops creating 30 different models of the same system that STILL cannot do what I want it to.

Happy gaming all, and remember that all games are about fulfilling a fantasy. Should I be worried that I play games that allow me to beat, shoot, smash, and blow up everything in my path?
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Humans are Weaksauce [Feb. 25th, 2008|09:18 am]
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Hows it going out there folks? Having fun? Had a good holiday and all? Good.

It's been a while since I blogged, been busy as hell at work. So, I wanted to give you a little update about an amazing new game I picked up. It's called universe at WAR. It's a RTS game, with a new style and some truly epic combat. LIke any good rts, it's got three unique factions, and alot of cool units.

First theres the Hierachy, this games version of the bad guys. With Massive Walkers acting as mobile, and very hard to destroy bases, they are the heaviest, and most powerful units in the game. But they have limited base abilities and relay heavily on the big walker to do there job. On the other hand, the novus are the middle ground, gurellia tactics fighters, using there unique ability for fast movment between bases and there faster, more numourus units, they are able to attack and destroy even large enemies with swarm tactics.

Lastly, the Masari are the ultra powerful, heavy strike force, with the best weapons, but the least numbers. Playing with them is a defense deal, but damn can the deal out the pain when the time comes.

Anyway, check it out if you get a chance.
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Rise of a Ninja, A naruto game for everyone. [Nov. 27th, 2007|05:08 pm]
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I recently completed a number of games on the 360 and pc.

Firstly, lets talk about everyones favorite orange jumpsuit wearing ninja.

Naruto!!!

Rise of a ninja, a western exclusive 360 naruto game, breaks the norms of Naruto games by being more then a fighting game or action game, but blending in elements of both with the series trademark story and style. While the english dubbing features most of the cast from the show, some are missing and had to be replaced by stand ins. However, the japanese audio track on the other hand, is avalible for download as of this writing.

Now, you might ask, how does ROAN play? Basicly, it's what you get when you boil the platforming of prince of persia,the fighting of the clash of ninja series, and the growth of the Ultimate ninja series together into one game.

The games main activity takes place in The city of Konoha, a recognizable place to naruto fans. Rendered beautifully and with amazing care, exporing this forest city is nothing short of fantastic, and has tons and tons of hidden crannies and roof tops to explore.

Outside the city, the game feels like a stardard platformer, though simplified compared to Prince of persia, or mario. Thats not to say naruto doesn't have some skills, including dash jumps, wall runing, double jumps and water walking. He also has special abilites like the Shadow clone jutsu, which breaks walls and so forth.

In the naurto world, Jutsu is a form of special ability ninjas possess that grants them super human, almost magicl power. To perform these in most games it really simple. a button or 2. But in ROAN, the game uses a neat system that has you moving the analog sticks to mimic the hand signs of the show.

When engaged in combat, the game uses a seperate 3d fighting engine. While not like virtual fighter, it's fast and fun enough to keep you in the game, while at the same time being true to the style of combat seen in the show. Each charecter has unique fighting abilities and special moves, and the game makes these moves interactive instead of just making you watch, much in the same way that The Ultimate ninja series does. Some charecters have Quick time event style items, while others are more interactive, such as the 64 palms technique,which plays like a target hitting game where you must hit at least four of the targets to get the full attack.

The game has any number of side quests and missions, and all in all has some suprising replay value thanks to an interesting online component.

For naruto fans, this game is a no brainer. For new comers ,give the game a test run first before purchase.

Now, on to other games.

Firstly, Black site, Area 51.

A good shooter whose biggest flaw is how By the Numbers it is. While competent it's nothing special, and feels like it could have been much larger then it was.

Next up, FEAR: Perseus mandate. A good expansion to fear, but the series is getting long in the tooth and starting to lose steam since the original development team jumped ship. While fun for fans of the series, we'll have to wait for Project origin to see how the series evolves.

Now, assassians Creed: Put simply, it's perhaps the most innovative and impressive game out right now, and a must own for gamers, both casual and hardcore. It's engrossing story, interesting gameplay, and beautiful world, make it a must have for anyone with an intrest in interactive entertainment.

Lastly, Crysis. If you have the hardware to play it, GET it. If not, don't even bother. It's just gonna leave you wanting better hardware.

Well, thats about it for this post. have a good holiday. I'll check back when I can.
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Let CROM JUDGE YOU!! [Oct. 26th, 2007|04:59 am]
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Ok, for those of you not getting the titles refrance, its cause you never read Conan the barbarian.

Anyway, I just picked it up for my Xbox 360. It's pretty awesome. When you boil it right down, it's a Licensed version of god of war, and that aint bad.

I told you all a while back that I got the naruto import games. This includes both Narumite hero 3 and Shippuden Acel.

However I"m super pumped for the upcoming Rise of ninja on 360. it should be a blast.

Now, for all your pc gamers, I have a question.

have you bought portal yet?

If you haven't, do it, either get a copy of the Orange box, or buy the damn thing on steam. It's the best 20 fucking bucks you'll spend this year. Don't argue, don't debate, just fucking DO IT!!!!!

If you bought the orange box and don't wanna play portal, just team fortress classic, go FUCKING KILL YOURSELF YOU CRAVING DOUCHE BAG!!

Ok, rant over, sorry.

Portal is perhaps the first major step in game becoming more intelligent, thoughtfull games instead of the mindless twitch athons that currently dominate the market. Don't get me wrong, I lvoe a good twitch game as much as anyone but when thats all there is being released it gets fucking borening.

Anyway, Portal is perhaps the best game out there and should be on every pc and xbox gamers list. It also feature the best ending credits song in history.

As for jack thompson, he looks to be losing his license soon, which is fun, and is cause for celebration, but fact is, the asshole had this coming, for years!!

That it took this long ia a sad comment on our legal system.
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EDF EDF EDF [May. 17th, 2007|03:35 am]
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Damn I suck, has it really been this long?

I guess so, that would be the result of a new job making my crazy and causing me migraines and insomnia.

So, anyway, whats new in my life besides new job and all.

For one? NEW COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!

Thats right I'm now running a new, dual core, 4 gig beast, pumping a Pci express series nvidia card, and twin Hdd. I'm having a blast playing games with it, but it's still mostly just one more thing to spend my time on.

Ohhhhhhhh, and I got new games, lots of NEW games.

For starters, lets start with this posts title. EDF.

Or, should I say, The Simple 2000 series, Edf 3.

The first game in a long running series back in japan that came state side. As the name would imply, this is a simple, straight forward action game that has you fighting it out in the streets with an army of giant Bugs, robots, gunships, and so on. It's a straight forward, guns a blazing action game that comes down to two things.

RUN AND SHOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!

Also good, Crackdown. If you bought this game for halo 3 beta, shoot yourself. YOur pathetic and wouldn't know a good game if it punched you in the balls.

Now my loathing for the frat boys who play Halo online not withstanding, Crackdown takes the freedom of GTA, and adds 2 things. Super powers, and insane weapons galore.

Ok, what else, oh yeah.

GOD OF WAR 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get it, play it, and love it.

Now, For me, I've come to love anime a lot, been a big fan from my youth. Recently, Naruto has been number 1 on my list. So much so in fact, that I've imported the Naruto games to enjoy them. And I've enjoyed them alot.

OH, btw, If you ever need a pre paid debit card, DON"T FUCKING USE NETSPEND!.

There usless fucking service and pathetic dispute department is an absolute failure! They are so bad that I have to go back to a fucking BANK, and I HATE FUCKING BANKS!!!!!!

Ok, anyway, I'm ranting, I'm gonna crash out. Take care.
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Layeth The SMACKETH DOWN!!!! [Nov. 28th, 2006|04:29 am]
So, whats new?

I got me some Smackdown vs Raw, And lemme tell ya, it's what every wrestling game form here on should dream of becoming.

To say it's a good wrestling game would be fair, if not a bit limited, but what is truly amazing is how it has blended the over the top presentation and action of the WWE into a game format and truly makes it flow.

Also new, Superman returns for the 360. A good, solid game that could have benefitted greatly from some serious side missions and better enemies, but overall, a great effort and one that hopefully will see better superhero games to come.

So, other then that, I' m going home for the holidays, enjoying some time with the family, and playing some GUITAR HERO 2, and loving it all.

Take care till I have more time, BYE!
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Death TO THE HORDE [Nov. 10th, 2006|07:28 pm]
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Lets see if I can do this without being a fanboy. So, I have aquired Gears Of War, and it's slammed me hard. I'm offically amazed. To see that game in action is to see Next gen truly realized. It's stunning in motion and in execution. Yet ironicly, the game doesn't actually make anything new out of things. While the game is fantastic, it actually uses many ideas that were taken from another game. That game was Kill Switch. The first game to ever use a tactical cover system that didn't suck. Gears takes that system and throws it into an amazing and effective sci fi war story. It's perhaps the most visually and intense world I've seen ever. It's violent, it's powerful, it's intense, and the world that it creates sucks you in and doesn't let go.

So, onto other news.

Jack thompsons crusade against bully failed, thats RIGHT, FAILED!! The judge he wanted to ban the game has allowed it to be sold, and sell it has, making millions for Thompsons longtime foe Rockstar.

So, heres an irony, now, Rockstar is trying to have Thompson thrown into jail for contempt. As it stands, the judge that was first involved, has recused himself and will hand the case to another court. To qoute the judge "I'll let Mr. Thompson be someone elses problem"

Shit, thats bad karma for Jack. IF he gets contempt, his Crusade WILL BE OVER!!!

SO whats he done? He's gone underground, 2 weeks now, and not a sign of the legendary Legal loony. So, perhaps, just perhaps, he's learned his lesson? Nah.

But maybe now he'll step back and think about his actions.

I doubt it.

I can only say this

You reap what you SOW Jack, and you just REAPED yourself a legal ass fucking!
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voyager [Oct. 5th, 2006|06:01 am]
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While I'm a well known star trek fan, it it was normally on when I didn't have time to watch it, which drove me crazy. Thanks to the magic of dvd, all my favorite stuff from star trek is at hand, any time I like.

For example, during it's run, Voyager garnered it's fair share of fans and critics, for any number of reasons, but when I watch a show like year of hell, I can't help but think that, maybe those people who whined about technical issues, were missing the whole point of what star trek was about.

I can remember in the early seasons of Star trek the next generation, there was an episode called "The Surviviors" which dealt with a pair of survivors found alive on a devastated world. Through his calculating mind and determination, picard discovered that, in fact, only one person survived the war that ruined the planet, an immortal being that had setteled there with his human wife.

The crucial point of the episode came when picard leared ther truth about the being, and about the attack that had wiped the planet clean.

The being, seeing his wife lying dead in the streets, erupted it's rage against her killers, the race known as the Husnock. While one might see this as justified, and even picard seemed suprised at such a minor act of vengence, the man himself shows that, we as humans, do not understand what real power can do, or what it costs.

As the being said, "You don't understand the scope of my crime. I didn't kill one Husnock, or a hundred, or a thousand. I killed them all. All Husnock, Everywhere." In a way, it's this that is the real point of star trek. Morality.

While star trek is known for science fiction, cool technology, and awesome visuals, whats truly powerful is the messages it often has. In "The survivors", it was about humanitys limited scope, and how we judge others when we are not fit to do so.

IN voyager, and specificly Year of Hell, it was about obsession, and how it can blind you to the very real consequnces of your actions, and keep you from seeing the real solution to the problem, as well as dealing with loyalty, determination ,and sacrifice for the right reasons.

People who watch star trek for the flashy visuals and cool technology are missing better then half the show. A shame, but, admittedly, those effects can be wicked cool.
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Me and my boys defend the row, aint no one getting through us [Sep. 16th, 2006|05:12 am]
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Well, I've been playing alot of saints row.

To call the game a GTA clone would probably be accurate, though it sells the game short of it's full ability. While it does draw a great deal of it's source material from the Legendary, and somewhat infamous, GTA series, it takes all the trademark game play, and polishs it till it gleams. It's also fantastic in it's presentation. Though the games story is a standard gang life type of story, it's told with flare and style and quality voice acting and animation.

While the games story is it's star, the sheer variety of things to do in the crime ridden world of saints row is boggling. From prostituion wrangling to drug trafficing to hitman activities, if it's against the law, odds are you can do it in Saints row. Like gta, it's open ended, but the game makes you play side missions to get respect so that you can play the story missions.

Graphicly, the games visuals deliver big time, detailed and fluid, it's closer to a live movie then before. But the over the top narritive keeps it clear that this is still a game. The games sound design is no less impressive. Aside form being able to make custom tracks, you can also listen to radio stations running the gammit of styles.

The games humor is typicaly stylized, and pocks fun at the "moral panic" of people like Jack Thompson and Dave Grossman, while showing political fear mongering, hyped up sales pitchs, and conservitive talk radio.

All of it's exagerated and hilarious.

In truth, Saints row doesn't do anything new. But what it does, it does very well.

Check it out if you have an Xbox 360.
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OK mr pirate [Sep. 3rd, 2006|08:24 am]
Me, My 3 rail guns, and my plasma turrent wanna talk to you. Well, less talking, more me blowing you ass into space dust.

Once, back in the early days of Pc games, before the Damn of the FPS/RTS era, a breed of games came out, called space sims. Games like Wingcommander, Freespace, Elite, and more.

Well, now, a new game has emeraged to reclaim those lost days. It's name, is Dark Star One. You play as Kyron, a young space pilot fresh out of training. Having just been given a state of the art space ship as part of your fathers will, since he was murdered and all that, you now have a ship and the qualifiation to to take to the stars yourself.

While most games preselect your ship, let you buy and upgrade your ship, or give you a number of ships to pick from, Dark star does a bit of a twist on this concept.

The dark star one, the name of the ship you pilot, is no ordanary ship. It can use nearly any type of weapon or hardware so long as the ship itself supported that class of gear, but whats unique is that the DSO doesn't upgrad by buying new ships or nother, it upgrades by seeking out and collecting lost artifacts, easily found in the games map by special icons, and normally hidden in asteroid mining bases. Once your close enough, it will automaticly be picked up. Collect enough, and boom, your ship grows and becomes stronger, deadlier, faster.

As you improve, new hardware, weapons, and items become usable. Keep expanding, and sooner or later your ship becomes almost unstopabable.

The gameplay is fast, furious, and fun, simple and elegant, better then 90 percent of the functions are mouse controlleable. So, piloting the ship is a breeze. The games various weapons all look and sound powerful, and the bad guys blow up real good.

The variety of ways to earn money is pretty extreme to. From simple escort runs, to pirate hunting, working for the Five 0. Even outright piracy. Just remember, the cops don't play around, and most stations don't like pirates. While it can be lucrative, it's also a hard life.

So, if your looking for a change o pace from the FPS din, try out Dark Star One.
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A DVD review [Aug. 23rd, 2006|06:04 am]
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Well, Back when it came out, I avoided commenting on silent hill mainly due to the fact that I fealt there would be to much of that going on to begin with. Well, not that the dvd is out, I want to do a review of it.

So, where to start.

Well, I guess I'd like to start as follows. For the same reason that movies and games should not be direct copies of each other, silent hill is not a direct copy of the game it's based on, but rather, a merging of several concepts and ideas from the first 2 games. In such, it does a good job, in my opinon, of creating an intense sense of atmoshere and tension, similar to the games, without haveing quite the focus on Gun play and combat. Rather then try to use the monsters to jump out and scare you, they use them to give you a sense of dread, isolation, and terror.

Perhaps one of the best ways the movie does this is by chaninging some of the nature of silent hill. In the game, silent hill was evil at all times, and monsters roamed the streets at will, but in the movie, this would get dull and predictable, the movie uses a unique take on this. Similar to how in some games a sudden change in the background will reveal danger, the movie uses an air raid siren, which signifies the coming of pure darkness, which changes completely the world of the movie. While normaly, the town of silent hill resembles a ghost town, when darkness falls, the world of silent hill morphs into the manifestation of uter and total horror that it is. The movie, clevely, follows the games habit of using it's images to represent some form of evil. For example, in the school, the image of color represents perversion, and more notable, corruption, as even his touch begins to rot the very earth and corrupt it. The creature called pyramid head, in the movie at least, is a reresentation of anger rage and fury, as well as the specture of death.

The movie do lose some of the mind games that the actuall games are known for, but this is more due to having to compress hours and hours of game time into a 2 hour movie. The movie does a great job of catching the games themes and atmosphere, if not the depth of the games multiplatform spanning plots.

Visualy effects wise, it's an amazing bit of work, though not on the level of visual effects powers houses like LOTR or Star wars, or the matrix either, but what it lacks in numbers, it makes up for in details.

Over all, I loved Silent hill as a movie, but still think the games give you more story and tension. But for gamers and none gamers alike, not to mention horror fans, this movie does it's job and does it well.
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So, whats happening? [Aug. 22nd, 2006|05:15 am]
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Well, for the time being, I'm busy with a few new games. N3, or otherwise known as Nintey Nine Nights, and other games. but for now, N3 and Dead rising take up most of my game time. It's a fairly staight forward war time game in the same vien of Dynasty warriors, though it takes the normal hack and slash and throws as much Fodder as you can handle into it. In one level, I counted close to neraly 2600 kills in less then 30 minutes. It's a hectic, but simple style of game play. Basicly, find enemies, and Slaughter them.

But, as it is, the game is more of the same for hack and slash. On the flip side, Dead rising continues to impress. The game is very intense and shows and amazing amount of diversity of action. While one would think that getting a weapon and smacking a zombie is straight foward, the game also throws some changes into the mix, like Cultists, or pshycotic boss enemies who have snapped from the nightmare of the zombie apocolipse. In fact, i just ran through a nut bag cop who was tourting young girls. From what I could tell, the game portrays teh girls as normal teens, while this older, heavy built female cop torments them for being pretty? How can you not enjoy defeating someone who is a bigiot, who takes pleasure in hurting the innocent just cause she thinks there dresing to skimpy?

Also good, Darkwatch, a fantastic first person shooter with a pretty unique story twist, but over all it's a solid game. It's halo with Vampires, what can you say? It's awesome.

Now, normally I don't talk about movies since this is mostly a game blog, but I have to say that if you have not seen the movie V for Vendetta, I would recommend it.

Ironicly, while it's mostly a story about revolution, it's also ironic that it shows what happens when people allow one group to become dominant. While in the movie it's a neo con group that turns facisit, it's ironicly that in both parties, we have people follwoing almost iconicly bad choices.

But, either way, V for vendetta is a reminder that, freedom is more then a word, its and idea, a perspective, and that it must be fought for to be kept.

So check that out.

Anyway, Among other news, jack thompson is back from a long silence. His current target is an old target. Rockstar recently released information about the new game bully, showing it to be nothing like jack thompson and other critics have portrayed, a sign once again that they were jumping the gun and being foolish in condemming a game that was not even finished at the time.

Of note, jack recently tried to force Rockstar to give him an adanced copy of the game so that he can "Evaluate it". He's about the last person on this earth who should "evaluate a game", mainly cause he or anyone he would select would be part of his sad little agenda. This reeks of fear, for jack knows if bully gets a T rating, and is nothing like he claims, then Rockstar has months and months of his "Columbine simulator" bs to level an enormous slander suit against him.

So now he's trying to force them to release the game to him early to shift blame from his scarmongering and foolishness, to try and blame the ESRB and rockstar, claiming there "hiding" the game to keep the public unaware. Never mind that the whole game may have been completely rewritten, could have been rebuilt, and god knows what, but, regardless, it's not yet gone GOLD, and infact, may still be undergoing testing.

So, the question is, did jack go through with his lawsuit, which he threatened to do if Rockstar didn't give him the game. The didn't, but theres not been any confirmation other then a threat from Jack to file suit, which, so far,was never confirmed. Interesting.

Oh well, what ever. Liars like jack thompson are beneath me, but then again, he's also beneath most anything with a brain, as he lacks one himself.
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[Aug. 15th, 2006|08:16 am]
So, been a whlie. Not in the mood to rant about Politics today, instead, it be all about Zombies, and the many ways I find to run there unlives.

Dead rising, the new zombie bloodbath from capcom, is, by and large, my favorite game right now. Aside from the visceral thrill of killing zombies in mass, well,the game is a mix of old and new. While the graphics, which in clude hundreds of detailed zombies on screen, the game play, (Running zombies down with a Lawnmower for example), and the games overall presentation are a major plus for me, the thing that the game has more then anything, is replayabliity, thanks to a save system that lets you keep your stats from past games. To this end, the save is also somewhat of a problem, as theres few places to save in the game overall, and most of them are in poor area locations. Regardless, it's a system much like that of classic game River city ransom, just applied to a visceral, 3d world. The games story is well down but with the kind of campy, George A romero touch you'd want. IN fact, much of the game is almost a dead on Homage to Dawn of the Dead by the legendary zombie filmmaker.

Other then that, my life is mainly taken up by work,food,sleep, and games, not in that order all the time. Stil, I find that having my ds on hand wherever I go is helpfull, and my 360 continues to pull double duty as both a DVD and game center.

Speaking of dvds, got a new one. Got only one thing to say about it.

"THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!!!!!"

Thats right, army of darkness, Boomstick edition.

Now my Evil dead trilogy is complete.

Other games I'll have soon include Dark Watch, Double dragon for the GBA, and Ninty Nine Nights for the 360.

So, forgive the long absense my friends, but now I return with more game news and soon, hopefully, more good news in the legal battle between the industry and the idiots like jack Thompson.
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"The house of representitives is filled with insane jackasses" [Jul. 9th, 2006|07:00 am]
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SO, whats congress doing these days? Fixing the budget? Securing the border? Reforming immigration? Oh no, why do important stuff, when we can grand stand about video games.

For those of you not keeping up, on June 14, the congress decieded to hold a hearing about games. The end result. Out of touch jackasses talking about subjects that they have no FUCKING clue about! I mean, lets face it, these are the same idiots who Listen to Jack THOMPSON for fucks sake. Clearly, they lack the mental capacitiy to think for themselves, and prefer instead to act important, talk big, but accomplish nothing and fight battles they could never FUCKING win.

Oh well. At least we have a new Champion. Jon Stewart, the legendary Comedy Central humorist and satire machine, recently cut the hell out of congress in regards to this issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2p0dzmSn8&mode=related&search=

Trust me on this, when Jon stewart is making you look this stupid, you might wanna consider a career change.

So, lets see where this goes shall we?

I'm looking forward to the back lash on this.
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Like New orleans didn't have enough problems [Jun. 16th, 2006|05:52 pm]
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Well, if I ever needed proof that Politicans are retarded, I got it today. Louisana governer Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed into law Jack Thompsons bill. The esa, as expected, filled suit shortly after to put the Kibosh on the bill. Thompson, in normal, dumbass fashion, professes his bill "Is constituional, and will survive a challange."

THe bill won't survive the challenge, for three reasons.

1. Thompson used the miller test, which years ago the Supreme court deemed unfit to be applied to violence in media. Strike one.

2. Standing Precident. Six standing laws already lay dead at the industries feet. hard to deny that.

3. Enforcability. Like other laws, this law places the burden on the courts, and no judge will support it because of that.

4. Thompson wrote it, one look at his track record and the Judge will laugh him out of the courthouse.

Expect this law to be put in injunction in the next week or 2, and dead before the end of the year. In the unlikely event that it survives, then the industry will no doubt take it to the SCOTUS, and it will die there.
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Half Life 2. episode 1 [Jun. 11th, 2006|06:26 am]
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So, I got my hands on Episode 1 for Half life 2. I have to say, I could really dig this whole episode content thing. While the game is said to be short, already i'm very impressed with the level of intensity it packs into a small package, and the amount of effort that went into it's creation. The game is intelligently designed and modeled so that you have to you all your skills and talents, from marksmenship to tactical thinking, to physics and problem solving.

Overall ,the game takes the feeling of a mini movie almost, with the only thing being that you have some control.Most notable for me was the involvement of the Alyx Charecter. Her role in the game is not only important, but she is the major emontional tie that puts everything thats happening in the game into perspective. How she reacts to various events gives you a good idea of just what the situation is, and to put it simply, it's not good.

The game is a very down beat battle for survival, not about saving the world, just saving lives before everything comes crashing down. If your not fighting of zombies and monsters, your battling combine forces and solving puzzles. The game introduces a new breed of zombie, but no other new enemies. It does however, introduce a massive new pussle and an amazing visual package, especially in the first part of the game. ITs not anything you've not seen before, but it's still visually impressive and still has the most amazing phsyics models around, which much of the game uses to good effect.

So, if your a Hal life fan, it's a no brainer. If your more of the Quake logic, then this might be to cerebal for you.

But at 20 bucks, it's worth the shot either way.
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Jack Thompson GREATEST FAILURE [May. 26th, 2006|06:47 pm]
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While Jack Thompson is in many ways a loser, and in many other ways an insane lunatic with a grudge against the 1st amendment, there is one thing he is no longer able to call himself.

A success.

In the last few months Jacks exsistance in the "video game Debate" has rapidly become more and more senile and crazy. His testimony at a recent Lousiana hearing for an upcoming bill was marked with varied lies, misinformation, and a large number of false statments before the legislature. Most local news has universally decried the bill as a failure and has also pointed out Jacks insane rantings and pointless arguments. http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/288946.html?mode=reply

But, thats hardly the worst news for jack of late. A pathetic attempts to Sue the Florida bar into silence was dismissed, by thompson own hand recently, meaning that he's facing possible disbarment for his unethical actions.

To top things off, efforts online to catalog his actions of late continue to find more and more slander and libel spewed by the Miami Mad Man! Thats not to mention getting kicked off the alabama lawsuit he was so proud off, seemingly losing his press pass as no news seems to cover him ,and those that do foolishly fail to check his facts, thus leaving themselves open for lawsuits.

http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/134653.html

But what is the final nail in the coffin? His own book. Recently jack cut his ties with Tyndale publishing, claiming that it was over a game they were helping create. But the truth, it turns out, is much more clear.

His book is a massive failure. How massive. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1414304420/sr=8-1/qid=1148694994/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6459096-6500900?%5Fencoding=UTF8


So, where does this leave jack? Well, hopefully it will lead him to a mental break down. But I'd settle for him shutting up and fucking going away.
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