• 17Aug 07

  Cheese is Back

  Yes... I am now formally announcing my return to Gamespot. It has been a year since I declared my intent to leave, for school reasons. And now I'm back. Sort of. I won't be active in the forums or unions anymore, because all that intrests me on G-spot is now just the news. So I'll be surfing the net and gamespot for news, game related and otherwise, and I will write editorials and opinions on them every so often. I hope you enjoy them. I wonder how many of my friends are still active here...
  • Posted Aug 17, 2007 2:13 pm PT
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• 4Feb 07

  SBXLI and my thoughts on the Console Wars

  Bears Vs. Colts: Who will win?
  
  I personally hope the Colts win. If they do, it won't be by much. This will definately be a very close Superbowl. In my opinion, at least. I really wanted the Saints to win, but who really expected that anyway? I mean, c'mon, it's the Saints! Getting to the playoffs was commendable, though.
  
  Superbowl XLI better be a good game, because it'll be the last major sport I watch till the Baseball Preseason starts. Unless I decide to watch... soccer! Scary thought. Since Beckham is in America now, could that put him on Team USA? If so, we might actually win a game... one game. maybe.
  
  Now for the Opinions that will really cause a riot.... my console wars opinions!
  
  Review:
  Xbox 360-
  A good, stable console, with middle-of-the-isle price. Several good games, more coming, and with the 1 year headstart, it already has a big market advantage. Plus Xbox Live is certainly one of the best things to ever happen to gaming, and MS certainly does it right. In HighDef it is absolutely beautiful. However, weak launce titles, small HDD and other slight issues bring its score down. 4/5 from me.
  
  Nintendo Wii-
  Probably the most fun console. Really cheap (at least compared to its competitors). It has several great games within only months of launch... Zelda, WarioWare, Elebits, and only way more to come, like Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime: Corruption. Don't even get me started on the control scheme... absolutely ingenious idea, and in most games used really well. And it is really small and lightweight. the only problem is its online still has to go through its trials and the graphics aren't that great. But that won't change its score for me, because I don't buy a console because of how pretty the games look. I want gameplay value, dangit! 5/5!
  
  Playstation 3-
  It has potential. I can't deny that it is the most powerful system available, and that it does look awfully pretty. However, you can't get the most you want out of it unless you have an HDTV, which unfortunately... most people do not have. Also, I'm not really interested in any of the games it offers. Most of them are franchise games or ports from other systems. With one exception, the rest are... well, crap. The exception is Resistance. and the other good games like Lair that will come out. But that is the key, "will come out." Which could be awhile away. And Sony's online service suffers from a severe lack of originality... So for now, at least, I can't give the over-hyped PS3 a good score. sorry fanboys, but I was just too dissapointed. 2/5.
  
  And the winner is: WII!!!! Hooray, Nintendo, from last to first after only one console... at least in my heart. With its massive early sales figures and excellent launch titles, not to mention being the most fun toy I have ever owned, I believe that Wii is the winner. But I don't believe we can really decide on the winner of the console wars yet. Probably not for years, once the 7th generation of consoles cycles out and we have the PS4 and whatever else in our sights, then maybe we can decide a winner. Once we have actual sales figures. We'll just have to see. Maybe Sony will even come up with an orignal name for their next console... in 2011/2012 or whenever it comes...
  
  -The LoC himself, Pierce
  • Posted Feb 4, 2007 1:13 pm PT
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• 28Dec 06

  Wii internet!

  I am typing this on the Wii`s internet trial version! So cool. Oh, yeah, I got a wii at launch. Sorry I`m just now getting on GS to tell you guys. cya, loc
  • Posted Dec 28, 2006 7:39 am PT
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