Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Stop the Hate, You're Not That Cool

The on going rivalry between the PS3 and Xbox 360 owners has got to stop. First of all it's not "your" system. You had nothing to do with the development; design, the pricing or the engineering of the system so SHUT THE FUCK UP! Also, when shitty games are released for the systems, it's not the hardware’s fault, it's the lazy ass / inexperienced or pressed for time developers fault that the game looks and plays like dirt. Now as far as launch titles go, 90% of all launch titles are crap, the developers don’t have enough time to play around with the system and are not familiar with the new components in the system. Good things come to those who wait. Only recently has the X Box 360 started to show it's true potential. GoW is a fantastic, short, sweet and fun to look at game. Lets hope there is more where that came from really soon.

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

Hey hey all, well I havent posted in a while, so I wanted to update some people on current entertainment rumors and news.

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.

Choose Other

Ok so after some investigation, I have found out one of the reasons that peopl aren't posting comments on my blog is because they are under the impression that they need to creat an account with blogger. This is not true. all you have to do to post a comment is click on comments, write in the little dialoge box and choose the option "other" and that way you dont need to creat an account. I am pleased to tell you this because I would love to hear from you all.

kepp posting comments people, just choose "other"

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 Canada. Maybe because a lot of people are under the impression that the decisions the United States make will affect Canada, or maybe because, like history, Canadian politics are boring compared to American politics. This is mostly due to Canada not having a total retard leading our country.

Personally I think it’s the amount of exposure that America gets compared to Canada. I mean American news gets soooo much coverage it’s kind of gross when you think about it. Most of the shows we watch on TV are filmed in the States, Celebrity news ( which I personally think is a waste of time, I hate it ) is mostly about American celebrities, even movies that are filmed here are portrayed as some cities in the U.S, combined with the State of Florida ( where the weather is opposite of what we experience here ) I can see why people take such an interest in American culture and politics.

Taking into consideration that the majority of the population in Canada is made up of immigrants, I can see how Canadians would be more concerned with American politics because the U.S has relations with just about everyone right now. So naturally an immigrant would be more concerned with how America and X ( X being their native country) relations are doing, as apposed to Canada and X, because really, Canada is no bully.

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.