• 28Feb 09

  A Street Fighter Movie? Really?

  It figures, that with the huge selection of games that movie producers have at their disposals that they'd choose the one with the worst plot. Street Fighter is an amazing game series and iconic for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is not its plot. It doesn't have one. Even the game devs seem confused on character motivations.

  Fallout, Final Fantasy, Baldur's Gate, Vampire: The Masquerade, Jade Empire... hell, they could probably do a decent movie working with The Elder Scrolls and yet they choose Street Fighter? AGAIN!? I could list twenty game series off the top of my head that would have been much easier to translate into good film and these people who get paid to do it can't?

  Well, the first review are in and as expected - they're bad. Abysmal is probably a better term to use. I just don't understand what they were thinking, perhaps you do? I figure they planned to cash in on SF4's success but will it work? Are there really that many gamers going to flock to the theaters? I don't advocate pirating but if there ever was a time for it, this would be it. Because if there's one demographic of theater goers who are more prone to pirating - wouldn't it be core gamers? Maybe not but it's something to consider. Anyways, I doubt anybody will ever read this but here's my thoughts on the subject. Enjoy!

  • Posted Feb 28, 2009 12:24 am PT
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• 4Sep 08

  Rock Band, Guitar Hero and an army of plastic instruments.

  You know something that bugs me? My closet being full of plastic instruments that I'll never play again. I love Rock Band and all the Guitar Heroes and I plan on picking up their sequels asap but which instruments should I get? For those who have suffered the pain of using the Rock Band 1 guitar, you know how horrible it is. I STILL use the freaking GH2 X-Plorer which blows every other plastic guitar out of the water. The drums from Rock Band 1 are decent but we have nothing to compare them to (the kick pedal is annoying though).

  So my question is this.. which instruments should we buy when GH:WT and RB2 launch? It's sad to say that I have to wait to find out which are pieces of crap and which are actually decent. I guess we can only hope that Harmonix and Activision don't drop the ball this time around.

  • Posted Sep 4, 2008 5:02 pm PT
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• 19Jul 08

  Death of a Xbot.

  Well, I finally broke down and bought a PS3. I needed a blue-ray player and figured I might as well get a PS3 MGS4 bundle. This was a very weird purchase for me because I was a die hard 360 fan right from the start. Sony made so many mistakes in the beginning and with them losing their best exclusives it was obvious which system would dominate the gaming scene (I don't count the Wii). When Blue-Ray won the dvd format war it was like... "WHAT!?" and it was apparent that the PS3 wasn't going anywhere. So far the movies I've watched are beautiful and MGS4 looks amazing but I'm not really getting into the gameplay. I dislike the hide-and-go-seek combat but I'm very early into it so I'll reserve total judgement till later.

  Anyways, it looks like all my moderator warnings for making provoking posts were all in vain. I still believe Sony made a lot of mistakes and they should be held responsible for them (and hopefuly learn from them) but this Tripwolf is no longer a Xbot. Not sure how I feel about that but I guess not all change is a bad thing, right? Amazingly enough my 360 version of GTA4 looks pretty crappy on my new TV. I got a 32 inch Sony Bravia which is pretty nice and I'm fairly positive I have all the settings at their ideal placement but GTA4 looks weird. The shadows are blotchy and the black level looks weird on some of the clothing. I keep tweaking the settings but can't fix it. Ah well, maybe I just have to get used to the new look.

  If you're reading this and made it this far - thanks. Hope ya have a nice day.

  - Tripwolf

  • Posted Jul 19, 2008 11:27 am PT
  • Category: TV
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