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Monday, January 31, 2011

Games Played 01/24/2011 - 01/30/2011

- 01/24/2011 -
Resonance of Fate - X-Box 360

- 01/25/2011 -
Dead or Alice Ultimate - X-Box
Magicka Demo - PC

- 01/26/2011 -
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - PlayStation 2

- 01/27/2011 -
Guild Wars - PC

- 01/28/2011 -
Halo: Reach - X-Box 360

- 01/29/2011 -
Halo: Reach - X-Box 360

- 01/30/2011 -
Need for Speed: Underground - PlayStation 2
Pinball FX2 - X-Box 360
Resonance of Fate - X-Box 360
Tales of the Abyss - PlayStation 2

Saturday, January 29, 2011

All-Day Gaming

I can't recall the last time that I have played a video game nonstop from the time I wake up in the morning until it's about time for me to go to bed. Well, "non-stop" here does include the occasional bathroom breaks and snack runs. Though I didn't stop to eat a big meal in the form of breakfast or lunch - I did eat a full dinner however - I did ensure that I had a good intake of nutrients and water to sustain me. The game that had me glued to my gaming chair was non other than League of Legends for the Personal Computer. Time went by so very fast because I was having such a blast. Usually on a Saturday, I do try to spend my time doing things other than gaming but since my significant other was in the mood for a trash television marathon, I thought it would be best that we both spend the day doing the individual things that each of us enjoy.

Irelia is one of my current favorites.

After dinner, I did manage to pull myself away from LoL and played a little bit of Halo:Reach on the X-Box 360. Is it just me or is this game just a bit boring? The graphics are rather awful though they are much improved from the previous Halo games. I really like the cool-looking armor pieces that can be equipped on your Spartan but since this game is played in the first person view, you can't rally admire how your character looks unless you decide to watch the video replays. Oh well, at least you can gawk at it while watching the real time story cinematic. After about half an hour of this game, I went straight back to LoL. So how does it feel to play video games all day long? It was a lot of fun and it didn't drain much energy from me. As a matter of fact, I am thinking of playing a couple of more rounds of LoL before I go to bed. I don't know, maybe I should really just go to sleep instead so that I can do this all over again tomorrow.

The manliest Spartan ever?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Next Generation Portable: Move Aside 3DS?

Sony has finally announced during a media event in Tokyo tonight that the "Next Generation Portable" or the successor to the PlayStation Portable is a reality and that it should be hitting the stores this holiday season. The device looks like a slimmer PSP but with things that that the Nintendo 3DS is lacking: a dual analogue stick setup, a double touch sensor located both on the game screen and on the back of the handheld, a really advanced hardware that is supposedly as powerful as the PlayStation 3, and a high resolution OLED display (4x the current PSP resolution, so that's up to 1080p... Freaking unbelievable! - Update Note 01/27/2011: It looks like it's only going to be limited to 960 x 544 so PS3 graphics my butt, well that's disappointing). These things are enough to convince me to hold off on spending anything on the 3DS the way that it is designed currently and that whole dual-stick thing on this new PSP, just wait... It will get implemented into the "improved" 3DS - didn't you notice the big empty space at the bottom right hand corner of the 3DS that just begs to be used as a place to implant the second analogue stick?

Click here to learn more about the NGP.

There are some troubling things that came with the announcement however. Firstly, there are not enough new games shown available for it. It looks like the new handheld will get a new Uncharted but other than that, he other games like Monster Hunter and Yakuza are ports of previously released games. Then, there's the concern over game storage. Apparently, the NGP will be using direct digital download distribution (hooray!) and if they really want to accomplish PS3 quality visuals and experience, that's a lot of GB to think about. Lastly, the NGP will be hooked up to a persistent 3G network connection: What does this mean? Do we have to pay a monthly service fee to play this thing or will that 3G service come free with the system? It is disappointing however that this thing will not be backwards compatible with UMDs but will the NGP be able to play the old digital PSP games? What I am really curious about is this: Will we be able to play anything we get for the PS3 from the PlayStation Store on the NGP and vice versa? The price and exact release date was not revealed during the show. I hope we will get that information soon. My guess? This thing will probably cost $299.99. Knowing Sony though, they do have the balls to even push that price all the way up to $349.99. We will just have to wait and see.

Random Game Quote of the Day

The demon kids are just hungry but Yuri is definitely something else.
----- Shadow Hearts (PlayStation 2) -----

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The 3DS is Not Cheap

Last week, the pricing and the release date of the new Nintendo 3DS were revealed and as a fan of anything Nintendo, I am of course excited about the announcement. The one thing that seems to be troubling a lot of people about the 3DS is the battery life - a short 3 to 5 hours when the 3D mode is enabled - but as someone who has hardly played more than a couple hours on the road on other handhelds, that is not a problem for me at all. The real problem for me if of course the price. $249.99! What the heck! The 3DS is officially the most expensive handheld video game system ever made but judging from the footage of the Resident Evil and the Super Street Fighter IV titles being played on the thing, it looks like the 3DS has some real power behind it. Of course, it is hard to really say if it would look as beautiful with the thing sitting in my hands but if the low quality videos I have seen could evoke the great sense of awe that I felt, I am sure that the 3DS just will not disappoint graphically. I am not too big on the 3D thing because it seems like you have to be very stiff with your arms to get the optimal effect while holding the handheld but 3D without glasses is very cool and we are seeing that the television manufacturers are trying to perfect that technology as well. So overall, there might be a delay in me actually going out and getting a 3DS due to that ridilculous price but it's great to know that the technology will arrive very shortly. It's also nice to know that the games will not be so expensive either - $39.99 per title? That's pretty sweet.

Click here to learn more about the 3DS.