• 3Oct 09

  Dissidia: Final Fantasy -- System Seller?!

  For me it was anyways. I decided to treat myself, so I went and bought the Dissidia bundle a little while ago! I really like my PSP so far, but just like I thought, there aren't that many games I'm interested in. It's actually made me really appreciate how many great games there are on the DS. There's only one game on todays DS top ten I'm not interested in, compared to only one that I am interested in on the PSP's top ten, Dissidia... which yeah, is kinda sad, but if I can find six or seven games that I enjoy, I'll be happy. So far I have Dissidia, Final Fantasy Seven, and Prinny: Can I really be the hero? on it. I'm also waiting for Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days to arrive in the mail. I'm glad I'll be able to play Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, too.

  • Posted Oct 3, 2009 10:45 pm PT
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• 17Jul 09

  Playstation 1

  I love the original Playstation. It's the only console ever that I've prefered over it's Nintendo competition. I have a lot of fond memories of Final Fantasy 9 & 7, Digimon World 3, Spider-Man, and others. So I was really happy to find my old Playstation lying around in my closet. Unfortunately back then I usually sold my old games to Bookman's, a local used entertainment store, but I still have a handfull of games.

  So I decided I'd build up the old collection. Browsing at Bookman's I saw Spider-man for six dollars, so I was like, "what the hey" and bought it. I also found Mega Man 8 for ten and bought it, since Mega Man is so cool and all. But I'm still looking for cool games that I used to have or missed out on, so feel free to throw out some suggestions, faithful and still here readers.

  But yesterday, My baby nephew pulled my Playstation down and broke it, so I have to buy a new one. I've seen the sleek PS1 on half.com for 25 dollars including shipping, so it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Luckily I've always wanted the smaller PS1 anyways, I've always thought it was just the coolest thing. Still a big drag right when I was getting in to it, lol.

  • Posted Jul 17, 2009 11:36 pm PT
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• 20May 09

  My views on hacking in Pokemon...

  Pokemon Battling is probably my biggest hobby. I do it all the time, I have a youtube channel for it, I've even let new games go unplayed while I continue to battle. But something that's always bugged me about it is the number of people who hack. The sad truth is that it's harder to find someone who doesn't hack than someone who does, and that's kind of depressing to me. I'm not talking about Wondertombs or 999 in all stats, instances like that are surprisingly few.

  Basically, hackers in Pokemon (known as Pokesavers) play with Pokemon that are entirely within legal limits, they just put no actual effort into obtaining them. My main problem with it is that people who hack and people who don't have to play in the same arena when there's an alternative for hackers: Shoddy Battle. It's the same deal; plug a bunch of numbers into a machine and duke it out with other simulated teams, without having to deal with things that everyone supposedly hates, such as Voice Chat, Friend Codes, and the Nintendo Wifi Connection.

  As I said, Pokesavers generally set their Pokemon within legal limits, but there are a few instances where they have a decidedly unfair advantage. Competitive grade Pokemon such as Zapdos, Raikou, Suicune, Latias, and Cresselia are all nearly impossible to obtain legitimately. This isn't true for Pokesavers; it's as easy to sav a Zapdos with HP Ice as it is to sav anything else. Finding at least one of these on nearly every team just adds insult to injury.

  Then there are Pokemon such as Arceus, that can't be obtained at all without the use of a cheating device. This problem has always existed. Before Darkrai or Shaymin were officially released, I still had to battle them. In Platinum a new problem arises: Pokesavers can use platinum forms on wifi while legit trainers can't, for whatever reason.

  One of the arguments I always hear from Pokesavers is that they don't have time to breed teams. But if I'm willing to devote a certain amount of time into breeding and you're not, then why should that be my problem? It goes back to my Shoddy argument, if you're unwilling to spend the time it takes breeding, there's an entire online community that feels the exact same way. Not to mention it's cheaper than buying an Action Replay.

  And then there are those people who go around trading hacked Pokemon. They're basically just in it to ruin the game for everyone else, like everyone who hacks in Mario Kart and Metroid Prime: Hunters. I mean, how else can you explain it? Anyone who trades a hacked Pokemon to someone who legitimately bred theirs could just as easily hack it themselves.

  So yeah, that's how I feel about hacking in Pokemon. Pokesavers are cheating; being widely accepted doesn't mean they're not cheating.

  • Posted May 20, 2009 12:14 pm PT
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