Random Thoughts & Topics

[Jingus]

ah shit I'm beaten




to the punch, that is

 

[Thoth]

One of you had to buy Kinect. Come on. Tell us how it is.

 

[KingPK]

Giant Bomb is doing a live stream right now of it. It looks pretty cool, but not for $150.

 

[Smues]

Just bought my ticket to see Videogames Live in Seattle in January. Fuck yes!

 

[treble]

I've been going through my Dreamcast games to sell my doubles in a lot on eBay and realized I have 5 copies of Crazy Taxi.

And 4 copies of NBA 2K1.

 

[Scroby]

Just bought my ticket to see Videogames Live in Seattle in January. Fuck yes!

First time going?

 

[Smues]

Just bought my ticket to see Videogames Live in Seattle in January. Fuck yes!

First time going?

Yeah, I've wanted to see them for years but haven't had a chance. I can't wait for January now. I went ahead and ordered their concert blu-ray to tide me over until then.

 

[Scroby]

Just bought my ticket to see Videogames Live in Seattle in January. Fuck yes!

First time going?

Yeah, I've wanted to see them for years but haven't had a chance. I can't wait for January now. I went ahead and ordered their concert blu-ray to tide me over until then.

You're gonna have an awesome time. It's such a great show.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

Any one have any thoughts on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood coming out this week? Playing through the 2nd one right now and it's improved on basically everything from the 1st game. Based on the gameplay videos Brotherhood's going to be crazy.

 

[skullman80]

Any one have any thoughts on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood coming out this week? Playing through the 2nd one right now and it's improved on basically everything from the 1st game. Based on the gameplay videos Brotherhood's going to be crazy.

I've been waiting for it since I finished AC II, should be fun times.

 

[Kageho]

Okay... Zettai Hero Project on the PSP can kiss my ass.

Good gameplay? Check.
Fun story? Check.
Head banging hero music? Check.
Ability not to die as often as I do? Um... No...

God, I've died so many times in this game. Its not a bad thing per se, but geezus, I always die at the stupidest times. Like just now I had built myself up to level 408 for the dungeon (with a base level of 1086) and got to face Justice Flonne at the bottom.

The fucking bitch is level 766 and probably a base level of half of my base level. Which is just enough levels for her to hit me for a good chunk of my HP. So I end up dying cause I didn't think she'd be able to do that. I lost a quarter of a million coins, all my items, and my few items I took with me into the dungeon when I died. Fucking hell, stupid game.

...though, I admit that I would definitely be playing it some more if my right hand wasn't sore as hell right now.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

...though, I admit that I would definitely be playing it some more if my right hand wasn't sore as hell right now.

Too much TiRTS thread will do that to you.

 

[Kageho]

Also Visual Novels.

...what?

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Pretty neat "History of Videogame Packaging" article from gamesradar.com

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/an-extremely-interesting-history-of-game-packaging/a-20101117141344290050

 

[devo]

Age of Empires III is available for direct download from Microsoft's website for ten cents. Yes, ten cents.

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/AgeofEmpiresIII/

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I know there are lots of video game review sites/shows but are there any that review stuff like the old Commodore 64 and Amiga? We had those growing up and I'd love to see them again and see how they hold up.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake.

 

[ChrisMWaters]

I know there are lots of video game review sites/shows but are there any that review stuff like the old Commodore 64 and Amiga? We had those growing up and I'd love to see them again and see how they hold up.

AVGN has reviewed a few Commodore 64 games...as well as at least one Vic 20 game.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I know there are lots of video game review sites/shows but are there any that review stuff like the old Commodore 64 and Amiga? We had those growing up and I'd love to see them again and see how they hold up.

AVGN has reviewed a few Commodore 64 games...as well as at least one Vic 20 game.

The Vic 20 Dracula review may be one of the funniest quick bits he's ever done. The punchline was awesome.

 

[Smues]

IGN's 10 biggest gaming disappointments of 2010, complete with ratings they gave each of them when they reviewed them:

10. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (8.0/10)
9. PlayStation Move (8.5/10)
8. Lost Planet 2 (6/10 360 & PC, 5.5/10 PS3)
7. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (7.0/10)
6. Crackdown 2 (7.5/10)
5. Microsoft Kinect (7.5/10)
4. Fable III (8.5/10)
3. Medal of Honor (6/10 console, 6.5/10 PC)
2. Gran Turismo 5 (8.5/10)
1. Final Fantasy XIII (8.9/10)

If anyone didn't already think IGN was a joke, there you go.

 

[TheSSNintendo]

Target had a special 2-day sale on Friday and Saturday. Picked up Super Mario Galaxy 2 for $35.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

It just occurred to me that Killzone is a really silly name. It's like one of those generic titles they give to a game when a sociopathic teenager kills someone on Law & Order.

 

[Star Ocean 2]

Super Kaizo World - Special Stage 2 Part 1

I usually don't care for video playthroughs, but that's one of my favorite videos

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

GT5 has been out for what, a week, and its already your 2nd most disappointing game of the year? If you can come to the conclusion that it is a disappointing game this soon, why did it receive such a favorable review score in the first place?

 

[Mik]

Got Fable 3 for $15 this weekend. Cheating a little... I had $25 in RewardZone points at Best Buy but the $40 price was nice.

 

[bps21]

I've been enjoying that game a lot. They put me in a couple of moral choices that I had to legit stop and think about what was the right thing to do.

 

[Mik]

You mean like instantly? Haha.

The King had to politely remind me that I was out of time before I finally decided who to kill.

 

[bps21]

Yeah...that was some kind of beginning to the game. I stared at the screen thinking "really?...really??"

 

[Danville_Wrestling]

I'm going to buy a PS3 in about two weeks and I was wondering what games you guys might recommend to me for the system. I play sports games primarily (with the exception of soccer games), but I like FPS as well. I figure I don't necessarily need the latest sports titles, since I can find some old ones like College Hoops 2k8 on eBay for cheap, but if you were buying a system what 2 games would you want to pick up when you purchased it?

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Uncharted and Uncharted 2.

If you don't need the latest in FPSes, Call of Duty 4 and Killzone 2 are probably good, cheap bets. Sub-$30, at least. Couldn't tell you if the online communities are any good these days, or if they all just jump over to the newest Call of Duty/Battlefield/Halo.

Also, I don't know if any of these will still be available, but maybe check out some of the Black Friday PS3 bundles:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/11/24/ps3blackfriday/