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Kinect & Real Life Gaming

Draginol — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 7:28:35 PM -0400

Penny Arcade today:

So who has a Kinect? What do you think of it?

Nintendo Wii U? WT_?

CharlesCS — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:51:16 PM -0500

Sometimes I think that companies come up with the latest and “greatest” in technology not because they think it will be useful, beneficial and appealing to the consumer but because their whole advertising dept is based around believing the consumer is so stupid they will buy it regardless how bad the product might seems at first.

Nintendo Wii U? Are they serious? A game controller bigger than the 3DS or even an xBox or PS3 controller? With motion control? I can’t deny the g...

My Favorite Classic Game

kurtin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 2:43:38 AM -0500

Here we are with another small bit of writing by kurtin for your reading pleasure. This post was inspired by a recent comment I made by having to reflect on video games I've been addicted to. See this week's Friday Five, by Boudica to get involved and get to know more about community members in little pieces. My response to that question about video game addictions had me reaching back in the vault, since video games have been a huge part of my life since kindergarten and the N...

Games Review - Resident Evil 3 Last Escape

alenalbert — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:56:10 PM -0400

In this article I'm gonna review my favorite classic horror game, Resident Evil 3: Last Escape. Keep reading. You will play as Jill Valentine, an ex-STARS member who is trying to escape from Raccoon City. The city itself has infected by T-Virus, turning the residents into flesh eating zombies. And the worse, you must face a powerful bio weapon who is programmed by Umbrella Corporation to kill the members of STARS, Nemesis.

Fighting this monster can waste your ammo. He will try to catch...

Thanks for nuthin' EA

terpfan1980 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 3:50:37 PM -0400

As I try to get back into console video gaming for relaxation, I've been playing a "dynasty" season of NCAA Football 11 (from Electronic Arts (EA)). As with previous years, I seem to be hitting a major frustration that I really wish the geniuses at Electronic Arts (or whomever programs the game for them) would figure out is a real and serious problem that totally detracts from a good portion of the game: the school rankings/ratings that are preloaded in the game.

Fans of some teams (tea...

PS3 Game Review - Street Fighter 4

alenalbert — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:07:33 AM -0400

Many fans worry about the future of 2D fighting games. 2D fighting games have evolved in popularity since the appearance of amazing games such as GTA and Metal Gear Solid.

(But Capcom knows what fighting gamers want by publishing Street Fighter 4)

Street Fighter is back, with new graphics, new combos, new characters, and much more that will get the fans exited.

Story

The story takes place after SF 2. Each character has his/her own rival. Example, Guile once again will fight against B...

Classic RPG Games Review - Final Fantasy 8

alenalbert — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 8:17:27 AM -0400

I'm gonna review one of my favorite classic RPG game, Final Fantasy 8. Keep reading...

Story

The story of FF 8 is not too complicated like others RPG games such as Xenogears and Chrono Cross. You play as Squall Leonheart, a group leader of future mercenaries who has mission to stop an ancient sorceress and save the world from destruction. Unfortunately, the story doesn't develop well.

It's all about love

The love story between Squall and Rhinoa is very famous, it could be the main st...

Chrono cross game review

alenalbert — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:12:56 AM -0400

In this article I'm gonna review my favorite classic RPG game, Chrono Cross. Keep reading... Chrono Cross is the sequel of Chrono Trigger, Squaresoft's legendary 16-bit classic game. I played this game when I was still 14 years old. For me, this is the best RPG game ever made of all time. And I am sure if most gamers who have experience playing Chrono Cross are agree with my opinion.

Story

The story of this game is pretty unique, just like squaresofts other RPG, Xenogears. Serge, a cute lo...

Virtually Real Again

Phil Osborn — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:39:30 PM -0400

In the '90's I used to be a regular at E3 where I would report as Press for various computer magazines on the latest in "VideoPlace" technology, of which MicroSoft's Kinect now appears to be positioned to take the lead.

"VideoPlace," generically, is any technology that allows the user to directly control a computer system via his video image.

See Patent Title: Real Time Perception Of And Response To The Actions Of An Unencumbered Participant/user, Application Number: 06/850,770, Patent Fil...

Final Fantasy Curse

Kazriko — Wed, 26 May 2010 4:40:51 AM -0400

The day after I finished Dragon Quest 5, I also reached the final boss in Final Fantasy 13. Of course, as is the case most of the time in Final Fantasy games recently, I wasn't able to beat it on the first pass. This is actually pretty unusual for me. Dragon Quest 5 was one where the final boss went right down. Most Grandia games, most Dragon quest games, even the older final fantasy games I was able to finish the game on the first try, but starting with FF9, I've had trouble either with the fin...

Xbox 360 slim hardware

Frogboy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:17:36 PM -0400

If you haven’t seen Joystiq’s article on the Xbox 360 hardware, go check it out:

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/18/ben-heck-ponders-xbox-360-slim-motherboard-memory-unit-support/

This is an important article for those of you who buy consoles and can read the writing on the wall on where gaming is going.

PSP problem, need help.

CharlesCS — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 3:25:21 PM -0400

My problem is when my kids play Need For Speed on the PSP, the controller stays stuck towards the left so when driving my son has to be hitting the right steering button to maintain the car as straight as possible. Siometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn.t I can't always tell but this does not seem to affect any of the other features in the PSP. It's the only game we have at the moment so I can't reference another game to say it happens there as well.

Any ideas why this could be happenin...

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return Review (Wii)

iTZKooPA — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 4:45:24 PM -0500

When the Wii's unusual specifications were originally announced back at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show there were two Sega properties that I could not wait for. The first was the Super Monkey Ball series, which I have been in love with since its inception on GameCube (partially due to my infatuation with a little NES gem called Marble Madness). The second product from Sega I was anticipating isn't so much a franchise, it is a whole genre, the Light-gun genre.

You see the Wii Rem...

Catching Up On A Backlog Of Reviews

iTZKooPA — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 4:41:24 PM -0500

In an effort to once again catch up my reviewing to my gameplay I need to push out a trio of these quick reviews. Most of these titles are being glossed over - rather than my normal, more in-depth reviews - for any number of reasons. Be it time constraints, the title's age, their quality and mostly, because I want to do a 2008 Year In Review piece before the end of the first quarter! First up on my list comes a trio of titles not even released in 2008, but ones I finished somet...

2KSports' MLB Front Office Manager - prepare to be...

terpfan1980 — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 1:35:28 PM -0500

... Disappointed Regular readers probably know that I love Major League Baseball. I cheer for my favorite team as they try to win, cry some internal tears when they lose heartbreaking games, and curse them mightily when they fail to show effort or enthusiasm.

In addition to supporting my favorite team by going to games at their ballpark and watching games on my TV, I also greatly enjoy playing a good MLB video game where I get to play as my favorite team and players.

One of the...

Console Games on PC?

Game-Over — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:06:28 AM -0500

I was surfing and I ran across this great read from GamePolitics.com, It is an interview with Randy Stude from PC Gaming Alliance. In this article they talk about piracy, online distribution, And how Vista effected the PC gaming market. But the One that I would like to talk about is the question about

GP: "Could the outrageous development cost of new consoles bring PC gaming back to the mainstream?"

RS: "The guts of every console should tell you that the capability ...

New Xbox Experience

CrazyC0330 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:33:04 AM -0500

So I was a few days late to the parade, but I did end up getting the Xbox 360 update (New Xbox Experience, or NXE). I got it like 3 days after it's launch of November 19th. It downloaded pretty fast, installed quickly, and the changes that it brings are pretty cool.

One of the more popular changes, (if my friends list is any indication), is the ability to stream Netflix in HD. For the past week or two, at least half of my friends status' have said "(friend name) is playing N...

XBOX 360 Gets Cheaper, New Dashboard, Netflix

kryo — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 7:00:59 PM -0500

Loads of new news from Microsoft on the console front today. First off, and most importantly (to people like me who haven't actually bought one yet, that is), yesterday they announced a $50 price cut on the 20GB model to clear stocks in preparation for a new 60GB model; some stores are even running special deals to put a machine in your hands even cheaper.

Also announced today is an upcoming overhaul to the console's dashboard system, which will have a gallery-like design and the addition of cartoon avatars (cough).

Finally, Microsoft has also made a deal with Netflix to bring streaming rentals straight to the console--no more watching movies on the computer!

will there be a Mac Version of this game

freedomlvr — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 5:33:16 PM -0500

just asking because i dont like crappy pc's much; but im interested in this game

just wondering if its possible?

Mechanics 6: You're the Hero Now, Dog

mittens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 8:38:23 AM -0500

Ruff, ruff!

This quote comes from one of the only, if not the only (aside from Half-Life 2's Alyx Vance), video game companion that never becomes annoying or troublesome to gamers. One of the most recurring problems in any video game is that of trying to create a companion in a video game that can tag along with a player character's exploits throughout a game in a fashion that is not only realistic but, more to the point, doesn't require constant babysitting to avoid the common video game companion pitfalls of getting stuck, going the wrong way, or committing suicide in one of any number of possible ways depending on the hazards that fill a game world. It's an understandably difficult game mechanic to have in that, especially in an intimate single-player game experience, to have an AI intelligent enough to act predictably "human" in the same way that the person controlling the main character would act.

Ruff, ruff!

This quote is arguably the most memorable thing that players will experience in all of Lionhead's recently-released Fable 2. It doesn't come from farting to impress women to the point of marrying you. It doesn't come from the manual or various cinematics. It certainly doesn't come from the wooden and awkwardly-presented narrative cutscenes. No, the above quote comes from -- and I'm sure this is a surprise -- the only dog known to the world of Fable 2: the player's dog that can change names as often as it changes collars (no, really). The little furry fella attaches himself to the player's character from an early point in the game and, from then on out, is by his side throughout a majority of the rest of the game. The dog is not the interface but, instead, a helper to the main character; he will point out treasure chests, dig spots, and he will help in combat from time-to-time.

Braid Review

Kronus01 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 7:15:21 PM -0400

Storytelling in games has been a hit or miss thing. More often than not story and game play will get in the way of each other and as a result, one of them gets injured beyond repair. Sometimes those sacrifices are justified. But if you DO have to sacrifice one, you better make sure that the other makes up for any apparent losses as a result. Braid is one of those games where the games play and the story blend...
Wait a moment, let me stop myself right there. Braid's game play and story WOULD bl...

Dead Space

mittens — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:47:10 PM -0400

On paper, Dead Space is a game where a voiceless protagonist fights aliens aboard a gigantic space ship whose crew has been ruthlessly slaughtered. In practice, though, Dead Space's existence is a fresh entry in the action/horror genre that justifies its existence from the introductory sequence to its movie-caliber conclusion. Every chapter is more violent and horrific than its predecessor while, at the same time, it demonstrates a more comfortable new franchise that excels when its vacuum, zero-gravity, limb-severing gameplay mechanics feel comfortable enough to all combine into a single antechamber. It may start off a bit slow, but once it gets going, the team at EA Redwood demonstrates their deep understanding of their own game.

Dead Space has a very deliberate pacing that helps deliver its consistent feeling of impending doom that makes the action within the game have a fairly prescient meaning. It's a horror game whose scares don't rely on cheap startling tactics (or if it attempted them, they don't work), but rather its ability to make players approach every corridor and room as if they were bombs that could explode at any moment. At no point in the twelve hours it took me to play through Dead Space did the laundry list of objectives given to my voiceless character feel like chores.

Dead Space tells its story through a series of audio and text logs and a handful of interactions. It makes its narrative seem as a pretext for violence early on while it grows slowly through each chapter until, suddenly, it becomes a legitimately entertaining and interesting tale that doesn't rely on cheap plot devices or a tangled web of twists until it feels it's earned the right to drop a bombshell or two.

Most importantly, Dead Space carves a niche that only it can fill. It's neither Resident Evil 4, DOOM 3, nor System Shock 2; it takes its influences and makes them its own.

Who wants to get Left 4 Dead?

Nequa — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:24:03 PM -0400

As the title explains. How wants to get left 4 dead for the xbox 360?

History of the SEGA Dreamcast

Frogboy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 8:13:13 AM -0400

Found this interesting retrospective on the SEGA Dreamcast.

Wii-Wheel

dream-er — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:51:03 AM -0400

Ok, so, I know that Mario Kart Wii came out a long time ago... So long ago that I can't really remember (that it means much... I barely remember what I did yesterday). But, I figured I'd finally get my 2 cents in now that I've got a good handle on the game.

Alright, now, let me say first, I am a DIEHARD Wii Wheel fan. Omg... It makes me happy just to put it in my hands... Plus, I'm fairly adept with it (I can challenge all 32 Fast Staff Ghost times with it, Baby Luigi and the Bullet Bike), so...