10/16/2008

Eh....

Sorry for another really slow week. We just bought Dynasty Warriors 6, so I've been rather occupied. But I have been watching anime. I'm watching Beck Mongolian Chop Squad via the Funimation channel, which is fantastic. I've also been finishing up Black Cat (which I canceled on my Netflix after the second disc because it was so boring, but I figured I might as well finish it).
For DVDs, I'm watching Samurai Deeper Kyo, which is really hit or miss. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's just really off.

So there's 3 reviews that will be up and coming soon(ish). Or four, as I'll talk about DW6 at some point as well. We're going camping this weekend though, so that's 3 days of no games, and Fable 2 comes out next week, so that's drop-off-the-face-of-the-earth gaming.

In general news, for the interested:
Konami's Yoshitaka Arai made mention of MGS4 and the Xbox 360 in the same sentence...in a (sort of) positive manner. His comment has since been edited within its accompanying article. I believe it'll see a 360 release eventually; they might as well just climb down off their tower and get on with it.
Some journalist reviewing the new Max Payne movie for the Orlando Sentinel dared to make the comment that "Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character's death." Now, the full context is: "Max Payne isn't the worst video-game movie adaptation, not so long as Uwe Boll lives, breathes and directs. The acting's not bad, overall; the shootouts work. But as good as a couple of its action beats are, Max still suffers from the heartlessness that makes games emotionally inferior to movies. Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character's death."
Did you catch that? "...that makes games emotionally inferior to movies." If you want to join in the obligatory flaming, you can see the entire article here.
Will Wright finally bought a PS3, thanks to Little Big Planet. That still hasn't convinced ME to buy one. There still isn't a single game I'm interested in playing on the console, and clearly there wasn't one Wright was interested in before LBP. But I'm one of those people who doesn't "get" LBP. Feel free to flame me now too, I guess. :) Sony fanboys is why I won't be going to the midnight Fable 2 launch; I don't want to fight my way through Sackboy freaks to get my freak on with Fable.
If you're a Portal fan, or have been interested in playing but have not taken the dive yet (what's your deal? Get with it!), next week marks the release of Valve's Portal: Still Alive game/expansion. It should have the full Portal game, plus the extra levels, so it's fine if you don't have the original game yet...though it sucks for people who already have it and now have to buy it again. I hope it's released as an expansion, too. Only 360 Portal fans need apply.
Also, the people who put DRM on their games don't even like the DRM they're using, but they're going to use it anyway! Hooray! It's great being a gamer.

3 comments:

ArmoredFoe said...

Im with you Kris, besides MGS4...I still dont have a good enough reason to buy a PS3. I get plenty of enjoyment with my 360, and now that Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty 5...as you mentioned I will leave this Earth for a while and never be heard of.

Stier said...

My only reason to buy a PS3 is named Kingdom Hearts, and I still don't know if it's going to be a PS3 exclusive.
With MGS4, I still remember when I said, "this will be on 360 in a year", and I still believe it will be that way XD

Kris said...

Heh, a new KH game would also be my only reason for buying one. Not even a new Final Fantasy was going to convince me; and sine it's on 360 now, I don't have to bother trying to convince myself. :)
But if a KH3 game came out...I'd definitely have to break down and buy one if it went PS3 exclusive. For the spin offs I'm probably only going to play the DS game. We don't have a PSP either.

Holy crap I can't spell today at all. Anyway....
I think MGS4 will go the the 360 as well at some point. They said it wouldn't and now they're saying "eh...we'll see." If they're smart, they'll port it over. In a year or so I bet they will.