• 10Sep 08

  Earned my first trophy today.

  Well, on the PlayStation 3, that is. I received Uncharted: Drake's Fortune earlier and played a bit of it later. Great so far, although this another game that seems like a lot of cutscenes are going to be present. I collected one hidden treasure and was awarded my first trophy - a bronze.
  
  Not sure if I'll go for all of them because PlayStation Trophies really don't seem that big of a deal compared to the Xbox 360's achievements system. There's only a handful of games on PlayStation 3 that have trophies. Another thing is, I don't even think you can compare trophies through the website?
  
  I also left my PlayStation 3 on for a little while. I thought it was off but because it was so damn quiet, I couldn't even tell I left it on, until I looked at the green light. I notice after a while, it gets a little bit louder - probably due to the cooling fans speeding up because of the heat. It's still reasonably quiet, though. My slim PlayStation 2 is quiet too but you can always hear the laser moving up and down because of how compact the system is.
  • Posted Sep 10, 2008 4:35 pm PT
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• 8Aug 08

  The weekend and video games.

  So, what am I playing this weekend? Well, a certain arcade game that has received very good reviews but costs a bomb. Yes, it's Braid, coming in at 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Arcade. A 9.5 from GameSpot!
  
  I played the trial game for a while and was not sure on whether to pay out so much. Anyway, I did in the end and have just got two achievements from it. I see from the leaderboards A LOT of people have already got through and did near enough all of the game. However, I'll probably take a bit of time on it, seeing as it did cost 1200 Microsoft Points.
  
  I've already seen references to Donkey Kong and of course Mario. Are there any more in Braid? Oh, that soundtrack is awesome on Braid. You can preview the soundtrack, here. Other than that game, I may finally put Xzibit in his place and be very happy about it.
  • Posted Aug 8, 2008 7:49 pm PT
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• 26Jul 08

  In case you've been wondering...

  ...I've been making my blog posts over at Giant Bomb. You can check the ones out at this link, although they're pretty much relevent to that website at the moment. I may continue to just use Giant Bomb as my blog, as I have more freedom in editing (no errors) and can embed videos from external websites such as YouTube.

  My strongest reason for not commenting in a lot of blogs here at GameSpot (I think comments used to take up like 45% of my post count) is because I cannot rely on the tracking system here. It doesn't show all blogs in my side panel, probably due to the amount of users I am tracking. There's no feeds anymore. Well, there is but they're just no longer working. GameSpot do need to fix RSS feeds for users' blogs as that is the way I track blogs. So, in the meantime, I may not even be able to notice you have posted a new blog.

  Anyway, set aside blogs - that does not mean I am against GameSpot. I am still happy to contribute here (reviews, forums etc) and help keep things organised and appropiate in line with the Terms of Use. I shall continue to be a moderator here and help out along with the rest of the moderators and staff here. Just, if you're wondering why I am not blogging frequently, then it is because I am using Giant Bomb as my blog platform. GameSpot I am still using for various other reasons, as I have stated.
  

  • Posted Jul 26, 2008 9:29 am PT
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