I've spent a lot of time this month listening to and reading about E3 , as I suspect most people on the site have. Of all the opinions given out, the ones regarding Microsoft's showing of Kinect really stuck with me. Before I get too far, three things: Mostly due to finances, the 360 was the first, and probably will be the only console in my house this generation. I bought a Kinect. I've been m...
Inspired by Epic Steve's blog about his biggest letdowns of the year, I figured I would put in my own top three disappointments of the year. I have a somewhat up to date list of games I just didn't like, but I think there's a difference between not liking something, and being disappointed in it. Y'know I wanted to like Halo:Reach, but when I didn't, I wasn't really disappointed. On the Flip-sid...
Listening to Weekend Confirmed since it came back, I'm liking the discussion about Good and Fun in games; their Jeff will talk about games being more Good than Fun, or vice versa. I've been keeping what started as a top ten list for the year (currently at 19 and counting), and as much as there's still a few weeks left, my top ten are pretty much nailed down for the year. I don't know their Jeff...
Back in June I wrote the longest blog post I've done in months, if not ever. It was about how Kinect was made for someone like me, and my family. I don't disagree with that blog, I still think Kinect is made for a family like mine where there is no Wii in the house. What I started to think about the last few weeks is whether Kinect is made for my house, and my budget. I don't remember the exact...
Sometimes I don't quite follow the quest system. I got something popping up today for visiting my own profile. Which, not to be self centered, I do a couple times a day. Then, I got one for going to the How to build a bomb page, which I've also done recently. ditto for the podcast page. And, if I'm guess right, I'll get one for posting on my blog. Which I already did once today. Weird.
Was just listening to the Bonus EXP podcast, and they were talking about Civ 5 a bit. Andy basically said he already had 4, so why bother? It got me thinking about franchise reboots or retools, and how many games a series can go before it's time for a reboot. Based on the few games I was thinking about, it seems like 4 is a good number. A few games I was thinking of: Devil May Cry went to 4, an...
It may be obvious, considering this is a blog, but just to save myself all the caveating latter: anything here that I don't cite is my opinion, so when I say Microsoft must be doing or thinking xyz, it's only speculation. That said, Kinect is for me. And by me, I mean that since I'm the one in the family who buys any game-related things, Kinect is for me, to buy for my family. I haven't always...
Five things I'm used to seeing in a classic RPG: Zombies, Skeletons, Spiders, Giant Rats, Wolves Tales of Symphonia Eww. Not really scary, unless 'a stick' is in your sword hand Skeletons? In a game? Who would believe that ? Uncommon Undead
So I finished F.E.A.R. 2 last night, and I'm glad I did. The ending was sufficiently weird enough that I'd be interested to see what else they could do with that world if they really wanted to go off the deep end, but at the same time it was enough of an ending that I didn't feel like I had just finished part two of a trilogy. Going back a bit, I was roughly half way through the game when I did...
I know I've posted in a couple of places that I've never really been into FPS games; it seems like there's always something that doesn't quite work for me. I've found a game that works for me now, though: F.E.A.R.2. for a combination of reasons I've played it longer, and have more intention of finishing it than any recent FPS. For some time I thought that the reason I never finished, or much en...
Either Ghostbusters or Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I don't think I played any games that were really "broken" in any way, so these two tie for worst based on my expectations and the fun I had. Marvel Ultimate Alliance: I had so much fun with the previous game, and X-Men legends games, it seemed like this should have been an easy thing to love. Thank goodness I'm not a reviewer, since I can't pi...
This may never happen again, but I made the top ten list of editors for yesterday. 10 is still in the top ten
So it's a slow day at work, and I'm feeling sort of Spider silly, so I'm seeing if I can find lyrics to the different Spiderman shows over the years. Comments, corrections, etc. always welcome. Animated Spiderman from 1967: Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can! Spins a web any size, catches thieves just like flies! Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man! Is he strong? Listen, bud, he...
Or Kintaro, or what's her name with the four arms. I'm not exactly that picky, I jsut want to be able to pick up a superhero with two arms, and beat on them with the other two. Boo.
A little bit of color, or some themes would be nice.
My first location ! Sweet ! Thanks to me, Underwater is a location on GB.