Saturday, September 03, 2005

1up feature story

I just came across this feature on 1up.com. It's an editorial that goes into detail about all the controversy around sex and violence in video game. I know I have touched on this before, but this article brings up many interesting points. Basically, read it.

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Chat it up

I added my new msn screenname to the right so anyone can bother me anytime they want. I am planning to only use "unfunnybone@hotmail.com" as a screenname, not for email.

Friday, September 02, 2005

Weenie Games

Ever since the release of Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox there has been a swirling debate about whether games have gotten progressively easier since the golden days of Atari, nes, and sega. I came across an excellent article on this at tomshardware.com today and it really got me thinking about this. This generation of gamers are definitely spoiled by the idea of game saves and checkpoints. This is proven by the fact that when we do get a classic game as an unlockable or as part of a collection we now have the option to save. I'm just as bad about this as the next guy because I threw, broke, and exploded many controllers in my day, so I'm gonna save dammit. Frankly, I NEED it to get through many games. But ya know what, that just proves to me that I too have gotten caught up in this generations lack of difficulty. Just go ahead and go back and play some old faves from the nes or genesis. Good luck. You'll see how much satisfaction you get from beating just one level, let alone the entire game. I remember when I finally finished the original Legend of Zelda after like 2 years of frustration, I was so excited I told every person I talked to. Now look, I'm not saying let's up the difficulty and games this generation are too easy, I'm just purely saying I agree games have gotten easier and that saves and checkpoints have spoiled the once cancerous phrase "game over."

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Thursday, September 01, 2005

YOWZA!

Reportedly Nintendogs sold over 250,00 copies in it's first week here in the states. Yowza, that's a lot of dog crap.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

PS3 Prices

Rumors are all around the internet saying PS3 games will cost around 70 bucks. This should be no surprise seeing how much Xbox 360 costs. Sony is basically saying we know our system will be in high demand so let's milk these gamers, and just like I said about the 360, it sucks. Mainly because I can't do anything but pay these high prices. Of course, this is only a rumor so maybe the money gods will shine upon us and not raise software prices.

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Nintendogs Infomercial

Nintendo released their first podcast earlier today, and let's just say it blows. Very disappointing. It's just basically an infomercial for Nintendogs. I had a sliver of hope that there might be some Revolution news, but alas, no such luck. There's a link to it here, if you care.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Live update

I've lost every game so far. The rest of the world is really good, and I'm really bad.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Finally have Live

I finally caught up with the gaming world and set up xbox live. That's all, no time for post.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Greatest Game Generation

The linked article here proclaims that the gaming era from 1983-1993 is our "greatest game generation." As much as I loved the NES, SNES, and the Genesis, I think it is a bit premature to call any generation of games the greatest. The way the industry is going we have a lot of gaming left. I'd put my money on the fact that the greatest generation of games is yet to come.

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