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>kleening
>sigh...
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I think I'm seriously depressed or something. No matter what I do, I don't feel like I'm ever actually happy. It sucks. Always tired and bored, never interested in anything. Goddamn.
2 weeks ago, the Tracker died while I was preparing for a trip to Camp Dearborn. Now I have a Hyundai Elantra which is a big upgrade for me. I will have full ownership in October 2012.
How depressing, it's actually 2009, and half over. I remember 2001 seeming like yesterday, and the idea of 2010 seemed unimaginably far off.
[edit: 100 wonderfully emo posts!]
6.06.2009
Really Late E3 Impressions
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Alright, since my internets have been out, time for some late, angry commentary on E3 this year.
Nintendo kind of pissed me off this year with what they had to show. Super Mario Galaxy 2? Another New Super Mario Brothers, only for Wii? No Kirby, F-Zero, Starfox, Pikmin, or Pokemon announcements? Bullshit.
The new Metroid looks interesting, but I think it looks a little too different from the rest of the series. It's always been about being alone on some dangerous world, not walking around some city. Oh, and when the obligatory black space marine goes "Remember me?" I almost died. How stupid. The combat looks cool since Team Ninja probably knows a thing or two about awesome fight scenes, so hopefully theres enough of that to make the game live up to my lofty expectations.
What really made me mad was the new Galaxy and Mario Bros. Nintendo never makes rehashes of their games, that was what makes them great. Every time a new game launches, it's nothing like the old ones. We don't have Super Mario Sunshine 2 do we? Or Link to the Past 2? No, that's because they were smart enough to realize we don't want the same goddamn thing twice in a row. There's a reason I don't like Halo, and a reason they're called Nintendo and not Bungie. Please, stop with Galaxy 2, and start making new stuff, not sequels. Hell, even their sequels somehow remain fresh- look at the Paper Mario games.
As for Sony, I don't really know what to comment on. More PSP stuff. More God of War, Final Fantasy, and whatever else they love. I've never been a Sony person, and I haven't ever owned a Sony console, so I'm pretty indifferent. Except when it comes to their controller. I hate their controller.
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Alright, since my internets have been out, time for some late, angry commentary on E3 this year.
Nintendo kind of pissed me off this year with what they had to show. Super Mario Galaxy 2? Another New Super Mario Brothers, only for Wii? No Kirby, F-Zero, Starfox, Pikmin, or Pokemon announcements? Bullshit.
The new Metroid looks interesting, but I think it looks a little too different from the rest of the series. It's always been about being alone on some dangerous world, not walking around some city. Oh, and when the obligatory black space marine goes "Remember me?" I almost died. How stupid. The combat looks cool since Team Ninja probably knows a thing or two about awesome fight scenes, so hopefully theres enough of that to make the game live up to my lofty expectations.
What really made me mad was the new Galaxy and Mario Bros. Nintendo never makes rehashes of their games, that was what makes them great. Every time a new game launches, it's nothing like the old ones. We don't have Super Mario Sunshine 2 do we? Or Link to the Past 2? No, that's because they were smart enough to realize we don't want the same goddamn thing twice in a row. There's a reason I don't like Halo, and a reason they're called Nintendo and not Bungie. Please, stop with Galaxy 2, and start making new stuff, not sequels. Hell, even their sequels somehow remain fresh- look at the Paper Mario games.
As for Sony, I don't really know what to comment on. More PSP stuff. More God of War, Final Fantasy, and whatever else they love. I've never been a Sony person, and I haven't ever owned a Sony console, so I'm pretty indifferent. Except when it comes to their controller. I hate their controller.
6.01.2009
E3 2009- Day 1
>l4d2? GODDAMN
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Alright, totally forgot e3 was actually this Monday, a.k.a. today, even though I've been reading about it for days.
My predictions for this year went something like this:
Microsoft: We are the best hardcore gamin' console EVAR. We show of 15 BRAND SPANKIN' NEW FPS GAMES WITH INSAAAAANE GRAPHICS. Also, more Guitar Hero sequels, and sequels to everything else under the sun. Expensive DLC, more arcade bullshit, maybe some streaming video.
Sony: PS3 is best console in world. Ever. No one even understands our true power to be awakened. WE have great grafix and crazy processor. METAL GEARZ N FINaL FANTSYYYY 13 omg omg omg. PsP redesign will totally overtake DS fo sho. No price drop. Just some new games. Oh, and blu-ray is here to stay.
Nintendo: Uh, our pants don't fit anymore because our pockets are so full of the cash we're stuffing them with. Wii motion plus, AGAIN. No new, good, first party titles. You're lucky we went as hardcore as "Excitebots". DSi rocks hardcore, probably some exclusive games in development for that, though nothing mind blowing. Still no hard drive, or quality online system.
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Well, today was kind of a surprise with the Microsoft press conference and all. The Natal camera controller gizmo looks interesting, though like others have said, I have reason to doubt how powerful it actually is, and how long it will be here to stay for since the 360 is already in what, its third year? Almost fourth? They have to be getting ready to announce a new console by now. Plus, I have to see the price on it. I bet it's not cheap.
Next up is the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. What. The. Fuck. Valve. Really? REALLY? I'm not sure how to react to this one. On one hand, I love the game, and the new one has a lot of promising features like the Director 2.0, more campaigns, better graphics, and weapons. But really, It hasn't even been a whole year and their already coming out with a new one when the first one doesn't even have half of what I expected it to. They never released the new matchmaking system, a new campaign, new weapons, or any real game changing twists. Survival mode is cool, but it gives us ONE new level, which consists of a house and a bunch of gas cans. Oh, and still no SDK support, which is what people need in order to program their own mods and user created levels. Basically, $50 for a game we were told was going to have all these awesome features, they delivered minimally on some of them, blew off the rest as of now, and now decided to announce a whole new sequel which apparently delivers all the stuff we've been waiting for. Very un-Valve like. Just look at Team Fortress 2, they do huge updates to it every 2 months. Full class updates, new weapons, new game modes, they always add at least 3 new official maps, plus reoptimizing the game for newer computers.
Sigh...
Okay, and last but not least is the PSP Go. I don't know what to think of this thing. So far, I don't see it doing any better than the original PSP. The DS/DSi has an iron grip on the handheld gaming market, not only because of its massive sales, but because developers actually put out good, intriguing software for it. The touch screen/dual screen combo works so incredibly well, and the amount of new features opened up with the DSi and its SD card slot and improved sound drivers are very big. I don't see how the Go will manage to do any harm, unless they have some impressive pricing on it and its games, which I wouldn't bet on. One of the selling points of it is its 16GB internal memory. Really, I don't think that's a whole lot for a handheld gaming system that is trying to deliver what the Go claims it will. Yes, there are memory cards for expanding space, and the internal storage is actually really nice (especially compared to the pathetic amount the Wii gives us), but I don't think that it will be able to hold that many games. Granted, they cram a lot of shit in a 1 gigabit DS cart, but the PSP has got to deliver superior graphics(which take up a lot more space), or it's got nothing on the competition.
Well then, I can't wait to see what big old Nintendo and Sony have to showcase for us tomorrow. I'll probably watch the press conferences live, or at least Nintendo's.
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Alright, totally forgot e3 was actually this Monday, a.k.a. today, even though I've been reading about it for days.
My predictions for this year went something like this:
Microsoft: We are the best hardcore gamin' console EVAR. We show of 15 BRAND SPANKIN' NEW FPS GAMES WITH INSAAAAANE GRAPHICS. Also, more Guitar Hero sequels, and sequels to everything else under the sun. Expensive DLC, more arcade bullshit, maybe some streaming video.
Sony: PS3 is best console in world. Ever. No one even understands our true power to be awakened. WE have great grafix and crazy processor. METAL GEARZ N FINaL FANTSYYYY 13 omg omg omg. PsP redesign will totally overtake DS fo sho. No price drop. Just some new games. Oh, and blu-ray is here to stay.
Nintendo: Uh, our pants don't fit anymore because our pockets are so full of the cash we're stuffing them with. Wii motion plus, AGAIN. No new, good, first party titles. You're lucky we went as hardcore as "Excitebots". DSi rocks hardcore, probably some exclusive games in development for that, though nothing mind blowing. Still no hard drive, or quality online system.
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Well, today was kind of a surprise with the Microsoft press conference and all. The Natal camera controller gizmo looks interesting, though like others have said, I have reason to doubt how powerful it actually is, and how long it will be here to stay for since the 360 is already in what, its third year? Almost fourth? They have to be getting ready to announce a new console by now. Plus, I have to see the price on it. I bet it's not cheap.
Next up is the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. What. The. Fuck. Valve. Really? REALLY? I'm not sure how to react to this one. On one hand, I love the game, and the new one has a lot of promising features like the Director 2.0, more campaigns, better graphics, and weapons. But really, It hasn't even been a whole year and their already coming out with a new one when the first one doesn't even have half of what I expected it to. They never released the new matchmaking system, a new campaign, new weapons, or any real game changing twists. Survival mode is cool, but it gives us ONE new level, which consists of a house and a bunch of gas cans. Oh, and still no SDK support, which is what people need in order to program their own mods and user created levels. Basically, $50 for a game we were told was going to have all these awesome features, they delivered minimally on some of them, blew off the rest as of now, and now decided to announce a whole new sequel which apparently delivers all the stuff we've been waiting for. Very un-Valve like. Just look at Team Fortress 2, they do huge updates to it every 2 months. Full class updates, new weapons, new game modes, they always add at least 3 new official maps, plus reoptimizing the game for newer computers.
Sigh...
Okay, and last but not least is the PSP Go. I don't know what to think of this thing. So far, I don't see it doing any better than the original PSP. The DS/DSi has an iron grip on the handheld gaming market, not only because of its massive sales, but because developers actually put out good, intriguing software for it. The touch screen/dual screen combo works so incredibly well, and the amount of new features opened up with the DSi and its SD card slot and improved sound drivers are very big. I don't see how the Go will manage to do any harm, unless they have some impressive pricing on it and its games, which I wouldn't bet on. One of the selling points of it is its 16GB internal memory. Really, I don't think that's a whole lot for a handheld gaming system that is trying to deliver what the Go claims it will. Yes, there are memory cards for expanding space, and the internal storage is actually really nice (especially compared to the pathetic amount the Wii gives us), but I don't think that it will be able to hold that many games. Granted, they cram a lot of shit in a 1 gigabit DS cart, but the PSP has got to deliver superior graphics(which take up a lot more space), or it's got nothing on the competition.
Well then, I can't wait to see what big old Nintendo and Sony have to showcase for us tomorrow. I'll probably watch the press conferences live, or at least Nintendo's.
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