"Just when you think you have all the answers, they change the questions."

• 28Aug 07

  8-28-2007 - Jack Thompson, Uwe Boll, & Snuff.

  Just want to have my say on a few things here.

  Jack Thompson declined an audience that would maybe listen to him? Shocker! JT was invited to PAX to talk, and he turned it down. Why? I don't see any Rockstar games releasing in the next month and a half *cough*Oct 16th*cough*...although I do see one in two months. Maybe he's preparing for another go at Bully when it re-releases later this year, another game I'm looking forward to. It's almost a year old, and it's still one of my top 3 fave games. But anyways, JT didn't show up at PAX, so who showed up? Uwe Boll.

  Uwe Boll? WTH? Where does he get off on saying that the reason his films are bad are because of the subject matter? You know, I'm sorry. I didn't know that video games can reach out into the movie industry and make Uwe Boll make bad movies. I may just be a film minor, but I thing I do recall reading in an obscuretext book somewhere that states this silly concept that the movie is only as good as the director makes it. The director decides how a film is to be shot, with what emotion, what is acceptable, how many takes to get it right, how the editing goes, everything. Last time I checked, Uwe Boll is the only one who decides how "good" his movies are before he releases them to the public. He is responsible for his screw ups. He and he alone.

  Speaking of being responsible for screw ups, Rockstar is gonna release a toned down Manhunt 2 on Halloween, which is a great idea. After the Hot Coffee incident, among other incidents, Rockstar got put down by the ESRB when the AO rating got slapped on MH2. As we play it, we would only wonder what did they cut out as we slip a plastic trash bag over the head of yet another hunter. I enjoyed the first MH. I really did, and I got disappointed when it didn't release this summer. But I guess a Halloween release is better. Nothing beats being scared on that night. But in order to recoup their losses, Rockstar may have to poke JT with a stick and get him riled up so he can give them even more free press. Things are starting to look bleak for Rockstar right now, but they usually deliver on their games, so come March, this should be nothing but a bad memory for them. *knock on wood*

  • Posted Aug 28, 2007 9:41 am PT
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• 12Jun 07

  Zombies, and the Xbox 360

  Well, I did it. I sold my soul to Bill Gates yet again. This is my first time having an Xbox console, whether it be the old one, or the one I have now, the 360. Got Dead Rising for it, and IT KICKS ARSE. Ever since Dead Rush was cancelled quite some time ago, I have been looking for a good zombie game. And this looks to be it, ladies and germs. Of course, it has it's bad moments, but it's over ridden by some good zombie gaming. Anywho, the real reason of why I got a 360 is way down the road from now. How far down the road? October 16th. Yep, GTA4. I shall await thee, but first, of course, I have to await Super Smash Bros Brawl.
  • Posted Jun 12, 2007 10:31 am PT
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• 21Nov 06

  11/21/2006 - Seventeen Hours.

  Seventeen hours.  Seventeen hours of waiting in the cold in front of Best Buy on Saturday evening, night, and Sunday morning for the Wii.  It was a cold, miserable night.  The 7-Eleven in the parking lot would not let those waiting in line use their restrooms during the middle of the night, so we had to get...creative where we had to relieve ourselves.  Being really sensitive to the cold, it was really harsh on me.  Not even two layers of jackets, being wrapped up in two blankets, or all those layers of clothing stopped the cold from getting to me.  I tried to go to sleep, but only managed 3 hours total of off and on unconciousness.  I was number 21 in a line of 100 (the maximum amount of Wii consoles the store could give us), and there were only 90 copies of Twilight Princess at that same store, so I was pretty much guarenteed that magical combination of walking away with both Zelda and a Wii. 
  
  In the middle of the night, some people would drive by us, PS3 enthusiasts, I suppose, and tell us that we s*ck, that the Wii s*cks, and that the PS3 rules all.  Another guy came by around 1:20 am and tried to get us in front of the line to leave.  He said that we should go to Toys R Us, since "they still have some consoles left" and that we would not get the 100 consoles, since the "manager here at Best Buy is corrupt and already sold all his units out the back by now".  And I gave him the one-finger salute and he drove off.  Another person came at around 2:00 am and wanted to sell his 20 GB PS3.  He said that he had both the 20 GB and the 60 GB PS3's, and wanted somebody's place in line for the Wii.  Nobody took him up on that.
  
  After all that oppression, after all that suffering of the elements, after the sleepless hours, after the physical exhaustion, was it worth it?
  
  Was it worth it for the Wii and it's new control scheme?  Was it worth it for this new Zelda game that was pushed back?  Was it worth it for it all?
  
  Hell yes.
  
  • Posted Nov 21, 2006 10:34 am PT
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