Pagoda of Gaming

We’re about T-Minus 40 minutes away from the start of Sony’s E3 show – the final Press Conference of the show. Sony’s got to bring the big guns this round. Riddle me this? How many big titles do you know of that Sony is releasing in the latter part of the year? Well apart from LBP2, not much really. Let’s hope we get to see something special.

As for the hardware side, I expect a PSP2 Unveiling and I hope beyond everything that it’s got two freaking analogue sticks. I guess by the end of the day we’ll all know.

To save myself the horrors that was Ubisoft’s Live show of 2009, I scoured a couple of live-blogs for the details. In summary there was a crazy Kinect Rez like game from the creator of Rez. called Child of Eden. There was live demos of Assassin’s Creed BRUTHERHOOD and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

AC Brotherhood looks like more of the same from AC2, continuing the story of Ezio and his beard, with the addition of new 4 player co-op, though the exact details are unclear – regardless I’m up for more AC2 no matter what.

Future Soldier really surprised me – it looks a lot like splinter cell in the way the characters move and interact. Seems like you switch between first and third person on the fly, helpful for much of the precision shooting the game employs. It would be great to see some 4-player co-op missions, as there seems to be some kind of aggro management going on, but maybe that’s just me. I’m always a sucker for Future – as opposed to Science Fiction – warfare.

Anyhow, the Sony presser is about to start, let’s see how it goes.

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- 20:00 - Whoa, that’s a sharp start there, the legendary Jack Tretton is on stage giving an intro, and Kaz joins him on stage. Going to be talking about 3D. All PS3 is 3D enables through software update, Getting the idea that this is going to be taking up a huge chunk of the show.

- Killzone 3 Live Demo. (it;s in 3D), the demo is in 3D too, but I guess they’ve turned it off for us watching at home. Most noticeable UI change – damage indicators are a lot more accurate. Plenty of dudes on Jetpacks. DAMMIT they haven’t killed off Rico yet – he was the worst things about Killzone 2. Player gets to use Jetpacks too. Can’t comment on Graphical quality due to feed – but it looks a lot like Killzone 2. Decent applause from the audience on demo closure. Coming out in February next year. Compatible with Playstation Move on launch. No word on Multiplayer though = SADFACE.

- Kaz is back to talk about 3D - Announces Gran Tourismo 3 in 3D. Mortal Kombat, Ghost Recon, the Tron 2 game and Crysis 2 will also be in 3D. One last 3D video for everyone – Just a 3D demo reel. Lol, lots of obvious “oh no this object is coming right at your face!” moments.

- Jack’s back on stage. We’re getting a show of Playstation Move. Reel showing Developer Impressions – the basics of it is “Wii and Kinect can suck out light-balls”. Talking about putting the Move version of a game on the same disk as the regular title – mitigating the risk of publishers putting out a dedicated title – pretty smart bro. New PSMove game reveals.

- “Sorcery”, generic sounding fantasy game for Move. You play a Sorcerers Apprentice going through a magical world of blah blah. Technical Difficulties in the stream here. Motion looks pretty immersive. Game looks like a standard Zelda affair with the style of Kameo (remember that 360 launch title?) Looks kinda cool – shame about the generic-ness of it.

- Now talking about sports, so I’ll get a break to eat my supper (Steak pie and mash FYI). Tiger woods game – not like the South Park game sadly. Available as a title update when the Move launches.

- “Heroes on the Move” – Rachet, Jak and Sly in the same game? No proper details, but looks like a platformer. Now he’s talking about the marketing campaign?

- Haha Kevin Butler is on stage. EPIC. Talking mess about Microsoft. Quite possibly the greatest character Sony has ever created. Also quite possibly the greatest Press Conference speech ever made. They should make him president of gaming.

- Launch details for Move – Europe in September 15th. Move Controller at $49,99 – Bundle for $100 with game and eye camera– huge applause from audience. Haha, Time Crisis Game. A couple of games getting functionality patched in. Roll trailer reel.

- Jack’s back. New PSP trailer featuring Kevin Butler and a kid from the streetz. Kinda makes me feel bad for not playing my PSP more. Jack’s talking about known PSP games. New God of War game. Haven’t seen anything proper new yet. 70 new titles coming to PSP by the end of the year.

- Now talking about Playstation Network. 50Million registered accounts globally. Hahaha Season 2 of “The Tester” coming soon.

- Live demo of Little Big Planet 2. Looks really cool – receives probably the best applause so far.

- Adding optional Subscriptions to PS Network - “Playstation Plus” – same price as a Xbox Live Gold subscription but gives you a lot of free games, launches this month, and will come with Wipeout HD.

- Dude with an epic beard is on stage talking about Medal of Honour. Coming on June 28th a series of interview videos with real Tier 1 Operators. Game coming out October 12th. Now talking about Dead Space 2 – Live Demo, continuation of Demo from the EA Event Yesterday. Both games getting exclusive collectors editions.

- WUT WAT WAT !?!?!? GABE NEWELL IN THE FUCKING HOUSE PORTAL 2.!!! Emergency Surprise system deployed indeed. Portal 2 coming to the PS3, the game is getting some sort of Steam Integration. Portal 2 Trailer. Looks awesome. Coming in 2011, no month confirmed. (I’ll still totally be playing it on a PC tho :P)

- New Video of Final Fantasy 14. ARE YOU READY TO BE GRINDAN SHIT LIKE YOU’VE NEVER GROUND SHIT BEFORE!!?!?! nothankyou.jpg

- Mafia 2 getting some day 1 exclusive content.

- Assassins Creed Brotherhood getting Exclusive content, and Exclusive Beta. Getting a Multiplayer Trailer now, All in game. Can’t tell if this is competitive or cooperative.

- Treated to a big third-party Trailer Reel

- It’s now the part of the show where every year they show us some Gran Tourismo.

- inFamous 2, Don’t think that’s Cole as the lead character, different voice actor Totally new City – I’m guessing New Orleans meets Paris kind of setting. New powers, Ice powers confirmed.

- Jack’’s back with one more surprise: Twisted Metal Confirmed. This is a big deal i guess??? Hey look it’s David Jaffe! Getting a live demo. Dude that’s a Helicopter. That sure is a car combat game.

- and it’s over.

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You know that was a decent show. But what can I take away from it? Well, Killzone 3 looks cool, and so does Little Big Planet 2. But when it comes to 3D and Motion Gaming, I still don’t really care. And I was really surprised that they didn’t say a thing about a new PSP.

Valve putting Portal 3 on a PS3 is a rather amazing surprise, along with some sort of cryptic steam integration. I hope we get to see how this deal came together at some point (i.e. how many money trucks did they drive into Valve? Lol).

But what surely stole the whole Kevin Butler skit.

From tomorrow onwards until the end of the show I’ll be putting up blog posts each day with some of the coolest stuff I’ve seen from across the web from the E3 Show floor. And at the weekend I’ll be doing a round up post and a “10 best videos” post like I did last year. So all two of you – keep F5’s at the ready.

‘Nin Out!

Yes, another new feature. Atleast with this one, I don’t have to write it every week, and you don’t have to read it every week. This is totally the Blog’s THREE-HUNDREDTH-POST. Yey me and my insignificant perseverance! Let’s not look back at the gigantic downfall my life has taken since I started this Blog. Nay, let us look into the next paragraph and thus onto the future. Fat Penis.

So an interesting thing occured to me this week at work whilst I was doing mindless repetative task #1, I actually have no idea what is still coming out this Pwnmas. Those “Spring 2010″ delays that are in effect really threw a curveball at me. So I figure I should analyse the rest of the christmas catalogue on the Blog in order to become stabalised once again. Three Months, One Quarter, One Ever Changing Release List, EQUALS SIGN DIVIDER GOOOO!!!! (But to clarify, these are the games that I am interested in, hence the lack of Wii titles and sports games)
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The Rest Of September

The game we’ve already had this month is Arkham Asylum, and it is fucking amazing - but we’re not back-to-the-futureing here, hence it’s not on the list. WET came out on friday, but after playing the demo a couple of weeks ago, I’m going to avoid it at all costs. I found it to be a really ugly, messy game that causes physical repulsion when played - but that’s just my opinion. I’m glad that there’s a Layton sequal, but I haven’t finished the first one yet (I realise my fault there) so no second course for me. Maybe I can play some more of the first one whilst I mine shit in EVE.

I’m naming Halo 3: ODST as my pick of the month - I’m just really excited for this game’s release. I know that some people plainly don’t get the haloes, but I consider myself a fan - though unrabid. For myself and many, Halo was the reason to buy an Xbox, and since then we’ve played many many more excellent games. But for us, a Halo release is an event, and we allow ourselves to be pulled in by the marketing and hype, and we recieve an experience from that has yet to dissapoint. Staring at the Halo 3 poster on my wall, I salute Bungie, and prepare myself to drop next tuesday.

As a side note: isn’t it fucking weird that ODST is hitting on a Tuesday? weird. Also, I just preordered.
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Rocktober

It’s been years since there’s been a South Park game, and that’s easily explained, considering the nature of previous titles. But I respect Matt and Trey too much to not notice this game. It could be good, and a free trial should solve the mystery.
I mentioned on a previous blog post that I really liked the Tropico 3 demo, but I think I’d need to be on holiday or something to really have time to dedicate to the game - So I’m not rushing out to get it, but maybe in the future. The game will also be released on Steam.
I’m reasonably underwhelmed by Borderland’s presentation so far, but the Giant Bomb crew have had positive feelings towards previews of the game, so I’ll have to wait for a review to sway my purchasing decision.
Uncharted 2 should be better than the Original - that I have yet to finish due to “GIANT BRICK WALL OF HARDNESS, let’s go play something on the Xbox instead“. From what I recieved from the Multiplayer beta is that they’ve made a game beyond the last, fixing some of the shortcomings of the original, and added in a multiplayer experience on par with most Xbox Live enabled titles.
Not much to say about the Ballad of Gay Tony, other than I’m going to be fabulously there on day 1. If Lost and the Damned was anything to go by, this should be even awesomer than the original disk game. I think both the DLC adventures are going to be released on the PS3 this month too, and I urge PS3 owners to pick them up.
I mention Fallout 3 as it is a Game of the Year edition, full of every piece of DLC content they’ve released for the game. So if you havent got my personal choise for game of the year 2008 yet, now would be the time to do so. Again, I believe this is coming out on the PS3 in the same month, complete with the DLC’s and new Trophy Support.
Sadly I never really got into Little Big Planet, though I fully endorse the ideal the game represents. Putting it on the PSP may be a way to bring it to a wider audience, especially when the PSPGo is hitting shelves. I won’t be there, but I’ll be keeping my eye on this one.

My pick of the Month for Rocktober is the game that has dubbed the month so. I hope, in total sincerity, that Brutal Legend sells trillions of copies and makes Tim Schafer a rich motherfucker. So rich that he can afford to turn himself into a game making cyborg that can simply output games from his crazy-masterful mind via USB. Or, just enough to allow Double Fine another AAA title.
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Modernwarvember

I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t be playing Modern Warfare 2 this month. Hence it is my completely obvious pick of the month. I’m seriously considering obtaining 2 copies for the game, one for the X-Box (and the achievements and the nice HDTVness) and one for the PC, so like Fallout 3, it may come wherever I go, and so I can play with people who are not blessed with a 360. There was a tonn of info on Multiplayer that dropped in the last week, THIS should sum it up for you.

I’m on the edge about getting DJHero. It’s a £90 game via amazon, and that’s the price of MW2 and Brutal Legend put together, but there’s just something about it that has my brain hooked on it, and Daft Punk. I missed out on any Music game action last year altogether - the Burn I recieved from Rock Bands EU release has hurt me for life, but maybe I should get back on the saddle, depending on how good santa is to my bank account that is.

Left 4 Dead 2 is a known quantity of a purchase so much that I have basically pre-pre-ordered it. I need no previews, and I need no Reviews. Give me a date and a price and I’ll be there. Interestingly, I’m thinking about getting a 360 copy, If I can on the cheap. XBox Live seems like a good place for the game.

Assasin’s Creed 2, I don’t really know what to say. The last game left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth with it’s weird and often unneccesary gameplay mechanics and it’s more unneccesary collection quests. Maybe those crazy french canadians have had enough time and funding to fix those previous problems. As a side note, how do you think the game looks compared to the last? from the videos I’ve seen it looks like it’s received a bit of a graphical downgrade.
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Deadcember

Yeah… 1 title. I suppose December is where the desperate developers will release their undated games. There’s just The Saboteur, but despite it’s somewhat uniqueness (think Assasin’s Creed + Hitman * Nazis) and Inglorious Basterdsness, I think I’m beyond over WW2 games.

There’s a good chance we’ll all still be playing MW2 this month anyway, and on our 3rd prestige run.
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Have You Seen These Release Dates?

These game’s were slated for release in 2009 but have yet to show face. We’ve heard next to nothing about each of these titles, except the God of War collection, but aslong as that’s out before III we shouldn’t be gushing for it. The APB beta is probably (yes, just the Beta) is probably my most sought after of all of these. I yearn for that game so much. Why don’t you check out this new gameplay trailer(HD +Fullscreen For The Win):

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So that’s it. Despite all the delays til next year, this should be a fun packed Pwnmas afterall. So what are you guys looking forward to playing? And what is on your Santa wishlist?

Before I go, I actually have a rather pressing question. My PC monitor broke a couple of weeks ago (somewhat mysteriously) and I’ve been looking to get another one - once my bank account fills up a bit. I don’t really use it much, since the Nintop provides better everything than my old dreadnaught of a PC. But I miss the Dual Screening I used to get with my Laptop and hooking it up to my TV is somewhat uncomfortable. So my question: Where’s a good place to get a new Monitor online. I’ve had a look at some of Amazon’s offerings, but if there is a place my adoring public can reccomend that can give me something cheaper that’d be great. I found THIS on amazon, and that’s what I might end up getting if I don’t get a suggestion.

Join me in Deadcember as I analyse the releases of spring 2010. Next post - watch as I make some demonic pacts with cards and stuff. You can also scroll down to the previous post too to bask in the overwhelmingness of a 4000 word text on Flash Bear MTG deckbuilding tactics. If you’re into that sort of thing.

And you can’t explain why you claimed your cat

Sony’s up to bat, and they really need to knock this one out of the park. I expect alot of PSP Go! talk, a bag of holding worth of exclusives, and maybe some MMO’s for the PS3 from a wide array of genre’s. I gotta get me a Lucozade Orange or something. Ubisoft’s 3am finishing time really killed me. My thanks go to Red Bull, the Originalist of energy drinks for helping me through the day.

So this is the shittest thing to happen ever. My ISP kicked my connection speed in the man balls mere moments before the sony conference. I could strangle my goddamn Internet Provider right now. Fuck you Demon! I’m a day late, but atleast I managed to avoid spoilage during the downtime. Below is the liveblog from when it was live to me. Also, I can’t be fucking arsed editing it - So enjoy my shitty grammar.

In other news - My 360 has been ressurected and is being shipped back to me. Hopefully to be in my hands this week, intime for Red Faction on friday.
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- Nice intro video there. Jack Tretton hits the stage. 365 games coming out on playstation platforms this year. Still selling PS2’s….. sold 22 million ps3’s last year.

- Uncharted 2 Stage Demo. Multiplayer beta starting at midnight americatime. Yep, certainly looks like incharted. Thank fuck - looks like it’s not taking a billion bullets to kill enemies any more. and a nice general crosshair thing for blind firing. nice applause.

- MAG live gameplay demo. live 356 demo. Players across america, from Zipper interactive developers. This is looking really good. I’m impressed - out this fall.

- Onto PSP. lol, innapropriate applause to the Hannah Montana PSP bundle. Jack Introduced Kaz. asking people for two years “how can we make PSP better”… impending PSPgo intro. Will not replace the old psp - acts as an alternative.50% smaller, 40% lighter. 16GB memory + memory card slot. Integrated bluetooth. Launch of new media manager. been making the dev tools better. All new psp games are going to be available for download. $249 for PSPGo, 249 Euros (£215). Video delivery service will be available on PSP aswel (IT’S STILL NOT AVAILABLE IN EUROPE DAMMIT.)

- Grand Tourismo PSP. Yeah. I think I’ll fast forward a bit.

- Impending MGS announcement - Kojima hit’s the stage for the second time this week. MEtal gear peace walker. set a decade after MGS3, a true sequal to the franchise. Kojima will be writing and producing, the MGS4 team will be working on this title. TRAILER TIME. looks like it’s getting all cold war in there. graphically it’s somewhere between a PS1 and PS2 game. WHAAAA QUADRO SNAKES????

- New resident evil game. new socom game, motorstorm, littlebigplanet. mew daxter game. FF Dissidia. Monster Hunter. MGS Peace Walker. Soul Calibur. Persona? Tiger Woods, some footall thing, tennis thing.,pixeljunk monsters, FAT PREINCESS, hannah montana. rock band, all coming to PSP this year.

- 07:45 going to have to stop it there, I’ll watch some more at lunch.

- Talking Playstation Network now. 51 playstation classics to be added in near future, FINAL FANTASY 7 OUT TODAY! (unconfirmed for UK) going to talk PS Home. Showing trailer - Nothing really new in there.

PS3 Montage Trailer. Uncharted 2, Infamous, foorbalk, FF13, some shooeter, brutal legent, batman, white knight story, rallt, ghost busters, wet, ninja gaiden, new byzz game, tekken, dark void, to name a few. heavy rain, BF1943 wow, really long montage.

- new rockstar north property exclusive, “Agent” set in late 1970s.

- Assasin’s Creed 2 stage demo. HELLS YES! looks really fucking amazing. Desmond and Animis confirmed. Assasin is not an assasin at the start of the game. Leonardo Davinchi is confirmed as your mentor and wepon upgrader, lol awesome. DOUBLE BLADE’D. AI enemies that search in hiding spots. PSP to PS3 connectivity with Bloodline game on PSP. Mighty aplause for the game. I cannot wait.

- new ff trailer. yep thats ff alright.WHAT FINAL FANTASY 14. On PS3 in 2010.Oh, it’s online. That just made this all alot less exciting.

- Playstation Motion Controller. looks like a wiimote with a big blue ball. ball is a tracker. it can change color. 1-to-1 motion. lol motion mace. Motion arching, motion motion sword, motion SHURIKEN. That’s some good tech.

- new LBP content…. new franchise, exlcusice play creat chare game, like lbp. Cartoon racer. ModNation Racers. looks like it’s got that charm that LBP has. mod the cars mod the racers, share features like LBP. looks like it’s got a great sence of speed. Track studio - full of features, including a sheep brush. Out in 2010.

- New game from SC The Last Guardian. Trailer rolling. Looks pretty freakikng epic. Totally all ingame footage. Crowd goes wild.

- Short teaser of Gran Tourismo 5. Meh, cars trying to be realistic.

-Stage demo of God of War 3. Kratos is looking toned.yep he just gutted a centaur. and impaled a chimera with it’s own horn.

- DUDE! IT’S OVER!
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Tune in later for my blog skimming for events from today.

‘Nin Out!

And we’re on the home stretch now with the Sony Press Conference. Microsoft Delivered yesterday with a well rounded refinement of the 360 platform, and Nintendo kept me not wanting their products just less than an hour ago. From Sony, I’m expecting nothing but games, I think they have to show the best lineup ever if they’re going to beat down the fact that Final Fantasy went multiplatform 24 hours ago, and the need to stop people saying “IT HAS NO GAMES”, as I often enjoy doing myself. They’ll show more Littlebog planet OFC, and I’m still hoping for a Rock Band 2 demo. And a “OH NOES HE DI-NT” moment would be pretty cool too, like gears 2 confirmed for PS3 or something stupid like that.

As a side note, I saw a Seal kill and devour a Seagull today, it was pretty awesome. The Seal used amazing drown-tactics to kill it proper good.

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GO GO GADGET SEMI-LIVE BLOG!

5-10 minutes to go, and there’s no picture on any of the live streams yet. I’ll try and get it going with Gamespot this time, so I can go fullscreen. There’s a Sony logo with generic electro music in the background. Oh Yeah, we’ve got fullscreen.

Come EEEEEEERRRRNN, hurry the fuck up!.. And why do they always play mind-numbing Electronica at these events. Maybe there’s some subliminal messaging in it. I hope it works, Sony needs a major boost this year to properly stay in the game.

OH SHIT IT’S STARTED. Now that’s what I call a stage, I’m counting SEVEN cinema sized screens. Weird gameplay montage, Riddick was mentioned. BIOSHOCK FUCK YEAH. LOL PS2 games roo. They’re going for the the whole shabang this time. GHOSTBUSTERS!

And here’s JAck Tretton, the main man, hitting the stage, with a very Ray Liotta hairstyle. He’s keeping it real, which is nice, compared to the previous Conferences. It’s a famous stage apparantly, Jack Bauer won some award on it or something. He’s going through the general Playstation history. He’s basically saying that the PS3 is in it for the long game. He’s made it official, Blu-Ray has won. “we’re he to talk about genre defining kick ass games” - I hope so.

He’s going to talk PS3 now. Resistance 2. Gameplay TRailer, looks alot better than the first one was. Nothing spectacular though. A developer appears, ninja-like, spouting Resistance lore. 8player online co-op. 60 player multiplayer. “huge scale” he says. Another Trailer. Looks pretty good, they’ve sold it well, I will consider it when it’s out.

Jack’s back, about to talk LittleBigPlanet.They’ve made a custom level of LBP to replace boring old powerpoint slides. VERY CLEVER. A shitload of launch titles are becoming budget titles, never a bad thing.

Talking PS2 now. Let’s see if he manages to keep the audience alive. Yakuza 2 seems to be the only thing that’s interesting there.
New PS2 bundle, with lego batman, and a justice league movie… ok sure.

Playstation Network now. Unique playstation ID for accross all platforms by the end of the year. Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty, for download by the end of the year. Shorter and Cheaper than a regular game, available by the end of the summer. Focus on platforming and exploration, continues the main storyline. Seems like a pretty good idea, like a PORTAL good idea, if you knowwhaddImean. Montage time for PSN games. Crash Commando, FAt Princess, PJ Eden, Pain Amusement Park, Flower, Siren Blood Curse, Ragdoll Kung Fu. All look pretty entertaining. GT5 Prologue, SNORE. Gran Tourismo TV…. Is basically an internet TV station that shows Car stuff in High Def at Pay-Per-View. I suppose that’ll sell. Oh nice, Top Gear.

Playstation Home. Montage! MONTAGE! Looks more like Second Life. The ‘Living Game Spaces’ look nice.

Talking Download movies. Can buyable and rentable content. ALL CONTENT IS PORTABLE. Awesome, I love that. Works just like playstation store. VERY Hefty catalogue. Streamable full screen preview for all content. 1 hour to DL a full Standard definition movie, but can play 1 minute after downloading. PSP can get your content library from PS3 or PC, can then video out to a TV from PSP. That’s pretty awesome. (well I think it is -_-). OH SHIT IT’S GOING LIVE TONIGHT!!!! FUCK YEAH (This better include Europe too Jack oh it’d better >_<).

Onto PSP now. I wuv my PSP, and so does jack… aparantly. New PSP bundle, Silver PSP, National Treasures 2, R&C Size Matters, and cupon for a free Echochrome. New Title, Resistance Retribution. Third Person Shooter, set in europe. More Montage, they really love their montage. SW Force Unleashed, Madden 09, Loco Roco 2, some NBA game, Super Stardust Portable, Lego Batman, Patapon 2, Buzz Master Quiz, Valkyria Chronicles. Nothing there takes my fancy, Maybe Super Stardust if it’s pick-up-and-play.

Back To PS3, hopefully he’ll drop a bomb. “Life with Playstation”, it’s interactive CNN, hosted by sony, launching by the end of the month. Talking Sony Online Entertainment, Preview of DC Universe Online - Jim Lee, creative director. Been in the works for three years. Not actuall play as the characters, but join forces with them. Both Heroes and Villains. Help Lex Luthor steal some pies OHYEAH. WTF, The Green Lantern is White? Looks very sharp. No live demo, awwww.

80GB PS3, the main product for this year, $399. Interview montage with Devs, they seem happy with where it is now.

PS3 Montage, New Titles. LBP, Motor Storm 2, MGS4, Quantom of Solace, Socom Confrontation. Ghostbusters, Soul Calibur 4, Resistance 2, The Agency, NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA STORM, Mirror’s Edge, Resident Evil 5, Singstar, GH World Tour, NBA 09, Buzz Quiz TV, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, I think I missed some too.

God Of War 3! Trailer. Teaser Trailer, No Gameplay. Out in ‘09. Infamous, Looks very Heroes The Game. Assasin’s Creed + Crackdown + Heroes. typed “inFAMOUS”. Brand new title, “not possible anywhere else” - Zipper Interactive (the original socom team) - “M.A.G.” Massive Action Game. 256 players in a game at once, big moments, players broken down into smaller 8 person squads by a team system. ongoing faction based campaigns. Character Growth. TRAILER. (no gameplay). Oh yes, this looks like something I could get VERY into. Looks VERY AWESOME. no release date dommit.

And that’s a quick outro from Jack. I need to get some supper brb.
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So, IMO, that was a very good show. And it focused on all the things we, the gamer, wanted - New Games and New Network integration. MAG looks super interesting, inFAMOUS, and DC Universe. Made me happy that I own a PS3 for a change, though, honestly, I think I’ll still get my multiplatform titles via PC or 360, it’s just the way it is.

I suppose if anything was missing, for me, it would be a mention for more PS1 titles to appear on PSN. It’s a fucking great idea, and I’m just LOVING Theme Hospital right now. Specifically when Europe will be getting all the additional titles that the Americans already have, and has had for about a year now. Some God of War 3 details or some gameplay footage would’ve been good too. MAG looks super interesting, inFAMOUS, and DC Universe.

Since that’s the press cons over with now, I think tomorrow I’ll do some digging and find some initial impressions from the show floor. And later on in the week, I’ll do a best vidoes showcase, with a fuckton of embedded players, enough to break your freaking browser.

Just checked PSN, and the Movies and TV section is not up yet. I’ll check tomorrow, maybe in the morning.

CYOTFS! Nin Out!

So that’s that, I wave at them leaving, whilst subtly hiding the vegeful smirk of mischeif. The ‘rents left me as acting hokage of the homestead for the weekend and I fully intend to fulfil my quota of illicit behaviour. Rebellious Act #1 has already been fulfilled; loud metal at late hours, fueled by none other than my beautiful creative speakers. As a note for future reference, I’m surprised that the PSP can pump it out at such a level.

The technicality that put my in my royal postition was that of Dog-Sitting, something that can’t be left to the grandparents, my mother explains. I expect to be rewarded, though not in the manner I’m acustomed.

I know what my bounty will not be. Condemned fucking 2 fucking Colon motherfucking Bloodshot. Another chunk of delicious meat out of europe’s ass it seems. It’s been delayed ’til the end of the month. Which Is fine I guess, EoJ and Bully are occupying most of my time, with small ganders back into the WAR beta, where I do all these things I can’t post about, NDA bitches. Though this weekend I will be indulging in neither, my closest console is a PS2 and the NinTop has lost some of it’s prowess since I’m really not into playing WoW lately. No, this is a weekend of pure relaxation before the incoming, month-long, shitstorm that’s just round the corner. This weekend is me, a house, and a big whole bunch of American TV. And I’ve set my sights on watching Pure Pwnage again, all of it. It always invigorates me before a battle.

Speaking of American TV, did you SEE THIS WEEK’S LOST? HOLY SHIT! I really didn’t predict those plost twists.

Finally some good news for us gamer-brits, Manhunt 2’s been given an 18 certificate! Finally I’ll get the chance to train as a mass murderer! Again! Srsly tho, major html’d hi-five to R* North, I’ll be there day one. Check out the detailz!

Now, “Stoking Game Boners”, is a new term I learned thanks to the superheroes over on the latest GFW Podcast. I find it both functional and hilarious. Essentially, a Game Boner is something you get when you’re totally into a game that’s not out yet or recently out or recently released or I suppose a ressurection from the past (u c wut i did thar?) though the term is more geared towards the first, and can be “stoked” by reading previews, looking at videos, screenshots etc. of the game in question. The rules are simple, you can have one game boner at a time but a surrogate can be introduced due to delays of the original game, complications etc. There was also talk of a “woodsman”, I’ll let you figure that one out yourself (or do what you should be doing and embracing the ‘cast). I think I may introduce a “Currently Hard For” or “Game-Boner Focus” feature in my posts, along with the usual song lyrics, though not as obvious at the end of the post, I dunno.

Today’s video is an unlikely watch for me, It’s a Starcraft 2 demo of all things. After I watched this, I thought to myself, I think it’s about time I put on a pair of man-pants and embrace me a proper RTS. Maybe not starcraft, CoH, maybe. Enjoy.

My game boner is currently hard for Condemned 2, though that might change in a couple of days, I feel like a pimp in a whore-house right now. So instead of the almost abandoned “WRUP”, I ask you, at this mid-march weekend, what’s been stoking your game-boner?

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