Go Go Steam Activate!

Apparently, there are a couple of the games I have for my Personal Computer that do not mandate Steam activation but can be registered to the Steam service as I discovered from this official list. I thought that only retail games that require Steam are listed here and when I installed these games previously, I never knew that I could have them linked to my Steam profile. It's a pretty cool find, especially the fact that I love everything about Steam. Getting free digital copies of my games is nice because I have the confidence that the Steam service is probably going to last longer than my physical discs. I also discovered that I even got the standalone expansion Forged Alliance for free when I registered my retail copy of Supreme Commander! What a nice surprise.

My old retail games, resurrected into digital download form thanks to Steam.

Going Commando, Going Crazy

Got two more fancy skins for League of Legends on the Personal Computer today. At first, I was thinking of snatching up the Iron Solari skin for Leona but since I already have her awesome Valkyrie skin, I thought it was only appropriate to get alternate skins for the champions that are still without one - it is my goal to have at least one alternate skin for each and every single one of them. The skins that I just unlocked are Commando Lux and Sewn Chaos Orianna. I have been obsessed with Karma lately, even after the recent Soraka beautification, so it may be a while before I actually use these skins.

I wouldn't know if they are wearing it or not.

It's Patched? So What?

If you like your fighting games, there is no doubt that you have been drooling over the new Arc System Works game, Persona 4 Arena, that was recently released for both the PlayStation 3 and the X-Box 360 - hopefully for the Personal Computer some time in the near future. Since the game is released at that super-expensive $59.99 price tag, I will not be touching it any time soon due to my price epiphany. You probably have heard that the online multiplayer for the 360 version was horrible but it looks like the developer and publisher Atlus were both very quick to address the situation and then promptly announcing it to the world.

Fixed? As in, it won't be able to get horny and make babies anymore?

So, should people buy this game now if they are willing to spend that much money whether on the PS3 or the 360? Perhaps not, there may be a good reason to wait for it: the one thing that I had been unsuccessful in finding out over the Internet is the confirmation that there will not be another version of the game coming out next year or even by the end of 2012. We are talking about Arc System Works here and their last fighting game BlazBlue ended up having a better version of the original game released with more characters. I have a really strong feeling that the same will happen here. By the time that this game is properly priced, the new version will probably show its face and I am looking forward to pick up that copy, which I am sure would be priced competitively to not discourage those who bought this early version of the game.

You Sure You Didn't Misspell "Farting"?

I got the invitation to beta test Sony's upcoming LittleBigPlanet Karting for the PlayStation 3 sometime last month and I didn't even bother to check it out. The LittleBigPlanet games of the past are those games that I really want to spend a lot of time playing but is just too busy being distracted by greater games - you know, like League of Legends on the Personal Computer - but I did manage to play some of the pre-made and custom levels and they were fun despite the twitchy platforming. Let me explain why I think this upcoming Karting sequel should be avoided like the plague and syphilis: Shouldn't this be just a mere downloadable content add-on? I mean, was it not the point of the TWO LittleBigPlanet titles to be able to make all sorts of different games? Surely, it wouldn't be a stretch to add the full 3D exploration engine on top of the 2D plane with just an add-on instead of a full blown $60 title? Also, let's not forget that there is already a "make-your-own-kart-game" title out there published by Sony by the name of ModNation Racers that ended up being notorious for featuring one of the longest and most disgusting load times in gaming history. Why can't Sony just continue to support that game and fix it instead of moving on and give us something more of the same? Yes, avoid this one folks. Let's not give Media Molecule and Sony the idea that we are mindless zombies ready to eat at any bits of the skin flakes that fall from their heads from scratching.

Expect big, fiery explosion of stink to come out of this edition of LBP.

Diablo III Interest Revitalized

So I have a confession to make. Even though for the last two months, Diablo III on the Personal Computer has been the most played title in my Game Library, there are only so many times that I could fillet Diablo's @$$ before everything starts to get a little boring. Sure, I still have two more classes to max out to 60, legendary items to hunt, and the hardcore mode to experiment with but after a while, the whole thing does start to feel rather repetitive. But hey, what is this? Blizzard had just released the character profiles on the official website and they look pretty darn cool featuring all the information you could ever need from your characters. The profiles are so detailed that they even showed the items you equipped on your followers! I really like having access to gloat on my characters outside of the game and it's the little things like the character profiles that has fueled  me to jump back on the game again and get moving on at least getting all my characters to 60. Diablo, you need to get ready to get your @$$ handed back to you over and over again. There is one problem with the character profiles however - your in-game character model is not included! They have done it for World of Warcraft so I hope that it will be coming out for this game in the future.

It isn't hard for people to guess Mr. Oblongata's first name...