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• 19Sep 08

  2 and a half years.

  That's the time I've waited.

  I've endured:

  Release window delays.
  Will Wright giving us endless speeches about how it will change the world.
  Painfully short, but painfully awesome, E3 and Leipzig showings.
  Slim details about the actual game.
  EA releasing a tiny part of the game for sale, which can be likened to a delicious but tiny and expensive appetizer served before the main course.

  But here it is.

  Spore is sitting in my disk drive, ready to be installed.

  Screw the good-but-not-glowing reviews, I'm going to enjoy this.

  • Posted Sep 19, 2008 6:52 pm PT
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• 3Sep 08

  Blech.

  I hate Gamespot Wide. Worst redesign EVER.

  This makes Giant Bomb's layout look like Facebook.

  • Posted Sep 3, 2008 5:57 pm PT
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• 11Jun 08

  New Happenings

  Hello, Gamespot! It's been a while since my last entry. Since then, I've acquired new games, gone back to some old ones, gotten out of school, and just generally had a decent time.

  Oh, and I also discovered a little free MMO known as Mabinogi. I normally hate MMOs, especially free ones, but this one is alot different; it's fun, has a great community, and there are no classes like "Thief" and "Wizard", so you collect skills and kinda create your own class as you go along. Sort of like Runescape, but without the redundant combat and bad graphics. If you want to check it out, go to http://www.nexon.net/ and click on Mabinogi. It just might be the last MMO you'll ever need to play.

  Now for the reason I posted this. I'm pleased to say that you'll be seeing alot more of this blog in the near future. Since I'm now officially out of school for the summer, I have more time to post in this blog and on the forums, as well as do some more reviews. I'm actually replaying Kirby: Squeak Squad right now, and at the rate it's going, I'll have a review up tomorrow or on Friday. After that, I'll try to do a review of SSBM. I can't make promises, but it'll probably happen. That's just the beginning.

  I've also been looking at getting into retro gaming. I feel really cheated out of alot of the good old school games because I was born in '93, and by the time I was old enough to play games, the 16-bit era had passed. Also, I never owned an N64 growing up, as my parents thought that consoles were a waste of money and that the PC was the best for games. However, now that I'm older, I have started to appreciate the older consoles, and I realize that some of the old gaming experiences can never be duplicated or remade on newer consoles with fancy graphics and an added edge. Just like Clas sic Rock or fine wine, they get better with age.

  And that's one of the reasons why I'm seriously looking into getting a SNES.

  I'm still not sure where to buy one, however. eBay's outrageous shipping costs put it out of the question, and I don't trust flea markets or thrift stores. Fortunately, there's a Play N Trade in Grand Rapids (about 30 minutes north from where I live). I've heard almost nothing but good things about Play N Trade and how much better they are than Gamestop. I still don't know what the selection in that particular store is like, but I'll probably have little trouble finding Nintendo's 16-bit champion for a good price.

  Now, you might be wondering, "Why do you want a SNES? It's so old! The Xbox 360 and PS3 are so much better! They have good graphics and you can play online!" Well, here are 10 reasons for you.

  1. Bragging rights! You can finally say that you have the greatest video game system ever.
  2. Better late than never. I missed it when it was Nintendo's prime weapon against Sega, and I'm not going to make the same mistake twice.
  3. Online play isn't that big of a factor. The SNES has alot of good local multiplayer games. Oh, and it was one of the last systems in which co-op play was huge, and that's a favorite game mode of mine
  4. Good variety. The SNES has something for everyone. The library spans all sorts of genres, and I'd like to see such a diverse library on any home console today.
  5. Mode 7 is actually pretty cool. 3D, even fake-ish 3D, on a primarily 2D home system looked mindblowing back in the day, and it hasn't aged too badly. It seems like it provides nice gameplay variety.
  6. Not all movie games were gauranteed to suck. Look at Super Star Wars. That game looks great. Now? You're hard pressed to find a great movie game.
  7. Square hadn't defected yet. Before Square made games for Sony (booooooooo!), they made games on Nintendo consoles. And most of those games were AWESOME! Everything they touched in the SNES era became clas sic.
  8. Nintendo really knew how to make great games. Don't get me wrong, they still do, but the SNES era (and perhaps the N64 era, too) showed just how awesome Nintendo could be.
  9. The best games made sure that you had fun. This is why I love Nintendo. Their philosophy is: If you make a game fun, people will keep coming back for more. And that's exactly what they did with the good old SNES.
  10. More great games than you could shake 80 bajillion sticks at. Examples include Super Mario RPG, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Kirby Super Star, Super Mario World (of course), Yoshi's Island, Final Fantasy II and III, Super Game Boy, Super Mario All Stars, Chrono Trigger, and the list goes on. Need I say more?

  So, that's it. I don't need fancy graphics and online deathmatches in my games. They're cool, but all I want is a fun game. A good time. Something that'll make me want to invite my friends over and pull an allnighter playing. Just something like that. There aren't enough of those anymore, so I might as well go back. The SNES seems to have what I'm looking for. I hope that I can find one for a good price.

  • Posted Jun 11, 2008 3:22 pm PT
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