Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Stop the Hate, You're Not That Cool
Now I understand that when a customer drops $500 + accessories they can get pretty emotional. But get over your self. Graphics will fluctuate from game to game, no matter what system it's on. I went into some further investigation to prove my point and did some comparing of games that were out for both systems. While some looked better for the PS3, they ran smoother with a higher frame rate on the 360. Some games looked identical, others had a noticeable difference from level to level, but when it came down to it, a coin toss was the only way to decide wich console made the game "better".
Ideally it would be nice to own both systems because of games that are exclusive to their consoles, but because money doesn't pour out of milk jugs, it all becomes a matter of bang for your buck. So lets weigh the options. BOTH systems require the owner to possess an HDTV to truely take advantage of the software. So there’s $2500 already. PS3 plays Blue Ray, nice feature, BUT....Blue Ray DVD’s are going to cost up to $50 per disk, that’s a little silly if you ask me. I think DVD's look great. Both systems have wireless controllers, 360 rumbles ps3 does not. PS3 has TILT technology, 360 does not. I can imagine a couple of years down the road, both the rumble and tilt will be available for both systems, it's only just a matter of time and money. All and all the money you save not having to buy a separate Blue Ray player when owning a PS3vmore then makes up for the 360's more affordable price range. The only deciding factor left is; what games would you rather play that are exclusive to your system
What ever it is you choose, know that it's YOUR decision, that doesn't mean you're right and everyone else is wrong. Some console biases out there are worst then Jehovah witnesses, it disgusts me.
Keep playing players; just don't tell me yours is better than mine.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Rumor Control
Lest we start off by falsifying the Metal Gear Solid debuting on the XBox 360. Konami was apparently considering giving the 360 the rights to the new Metal Gear game because of sonys PS3 terrible shotrage problem. The head chief at Konami hear the rumor and denied that it was true, and thank god. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Next on the list is the talks about an animated Star Trek show, and yes, it's true. According to G4 TV the show takes place 100 years after Next Generation and will show a darker side of the Trek Universe.
Star Wars enthusiast are not being left out though, don't you worry, while Trek is going animated SW is going live action. It will be a show taking place (surprise surprise) 100 years after episode 6. This will infact be an on going tv series, not a mini series. The series will also be Canon, you can expect to see some plotlines on your home tube that you have in fact already read at home. I think everyone will at least be interested to see the pilot of the show, other then that who knows how long it may air for.
Other then me, who has been really excited for Assassins Creed? If your not sure what I'm talking about, I'm referring too Ubi Softs Gem for the PS3. What's so appealing about the game, well other then a couple of screen shots and some really kick ass CGI trailers, we know nothing about the game...until now! Some one let the cat out of the bag at ubi soft, and according to the grape vine the game is actually Si-Fi. Your trying to track down an old ancestor who use to be an assassin. so I guess you get to play both ends of the story, or at least I hope so. According to Ubi Soft, this will change the genre forever, how...I dont know, but I'm almost willing to believe them because Ubi Soft almost always delivers. Only time will tell.
Keep reading entertainment enthusiasts, just not about celebrity gossip.
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Saturday, December 09, 2006
Bagpipes for the Win
Having been read a piece of Canadian history the other day, I can’t help but say our history is BORING. There was a battle in which we had men play the Bagpipes really loudly to scare away the enemy….and it worked! So were boring right, but it’s still a funny story, needless to say that tactic wouldn’t work so well nowadays, but it was innovative.
I mention this heroic bagpipe victory for transitional purposes only. I really want to talk about Canadian Politics vs American Politics. It seems to me that everyone around me is more A) Interested in or B) Informed on what’s going on in the States then what’s going on right here in
Personally I think it’s the amount of exposure that
Taking into consideration that the majority of the population in
Now my question to you, the reader, is, do you think most Canadians know what’s going on in Canada on a daily basis but would rather talk about American politics, or do you think the majority of the population ( which are immigrants) are more concerned with American politics because they are interested in how America is dealing with their native country?
Please post COMMENTS!!!
TJ out
Slung into Action
Ok, I’m playing NFS Most Wanted, know I know the game is old and we have all moved on to NFS Carbon, but the issues in both games are older then the original NFS. The bloody rubber band effect, my goodness when are they going to make a racing game without it.
For those of you who don’t know what this is, I’ll explain. When you’re in the lead in a racing game, the cars behind you get a “boost” to catch up to you, totally ignoring the lagging cars actual top speed. I think the last racing game not to have this wonder that Banjo Kazooie racing introduced to the world was the fist PGR. Then it was introduced to PGR 2 to make it more challenging.
Now I get why it was introduced in arcade style racing games, it’s not fun when you’re 2 laps ahead of the 2nd place car, it’s really boring actually. BUT, when a Honda Civic fly’s by my Lamborghini Gallardo while it’s clocked at 200 mph I draw the line and just stop playing the game. WTF, why can’t developers figure out a way to regulate the rubber band effect to certain cars or even in certain conditions. Like while on a straight away they cannot catch up, maybe on turns they can be more technical and hit the apex of every turn which would in turn make me ( the player ) try to be more technical as well. I mean, I try to be as technical as possible, but when a fricken civic is trying to take me on a straight away my first and only reaction is to smash into it and make it one with the wall. It’s so angering.
Keep on playing players, Just not racing games with the rubber band effect.