2.08.2008

Console War! :D

I added console war stats from http://nexgenwars.com/
people should tell me here if there unreliable. I didn't like the comparison in all the numbers. Going reverse my setup. Made it look like the Wii isn't out numbering them all.

N008s and their mixing numbers to look good!
I'd like to know the actual sales numbers. You guys should find me some number crunchers! :D

Really interested to see who has the most hits.

Be a cool bit of geeky console war goodness.

2.07.2008

Cacus Votes still

Kansans... and other caucus, you do have another caucus date!

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/states/kansas/

Thats when you vote for Ron Paul!

Dunno how much Caucus kicks the supers, but worth a voice in my opinion.

Still don't buy ~5% in all these states... Maybe this will give some one direction?
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14633
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/25/HNvote_1.html

Theres a bunch more! Google them. Maybe if they mad AdSense right it would tell you?
Engineers

1.18.2008

Review of Assassins Creed - PS3/360

Assassins Creed was a game I heard a ton about before it came out then it fell silent once it was released. I was excited to get it, I rented it before Christmas for 360. Then I received it for PS3 from my sister. I put both in for comparison and came out wanting to play only the PS3 version. Sorry GamerScore...

Game: Assassin's Creed
System: 360, PS3
Rating: 8/10
Replay Value: Fair
Collection Recommendation: Buy

What is it?
In Assassins Creed you play mainly as a Assassin in the Middle East - Time Unknown to me. Its a free roam world like that of the Grand Theft Auto style. You can explore how you want, and gather as much information or assist as many a civilians as you like before continuing to your main assassination. Mind there is a small bit of research needed to continue it doesn't hold you back. The game has a 'futuristic twist' Ubisoft was excited about, I wasn't excited about it and kinda find it awkward at times.

Play/Control
Their was a lot of talk about how this game is controlled before it was released. Their is an odd "puppet system" for controlling your Assassin, which both had and has a good amount of complaints. I've picked it up pretty easy, the control works well for what you need it to do. I worried for a minute if I could use it successfully, but I've had no issues. Others I talked to didn't like it though. The input also comes in two forms, aggressive and passive these arn't as hard to manage as I was thinking they may be, they end up working well.

As far as the play, it gets repetitive pretty quick since their is about 4 things to do over and over in each city. This is just as far as what you need to do, spy, pick-pocket, save people and interrogate people. You do them all over and over each city, it does get progressively harder and isn't the exact thing always. Similar enough though, I was hoping in this next-gen gaming they would have at least disguised it! This is the major complaint I hear though. The play otherwise is pretty awesome, although I am impressed by the assassinations and climbing tall heights. I found it to be really fun, not much repetition to spoil it for me. I think its good content, and alot of fun, they should have just put some more mix in there.

PLAYSTATION 3 Vs 360

Heres where my meat and potato go. I love my graphics! As I mentioned before I tried them both together to see how they looked. They looked stunningly different! My friends whom were over at the time said "different as night and day" the 360 smooths it down alot and the draw distance is shorter (how far you see), with the playstation you easily see dust being stirred up and blowing around. I also noticed on the 360 I got really irritated with the same voice clips playing over and over and over, so much I almost wanted to put the game down!! The playstation it seems that they just have nothing new to say... this is referring to the citizens around town that just comment as you play. Playstation definitely looks much better, I even think it seems to play better. I suggest it if you have the option, otherwise the 360 version is fun, kinda annoying to listen to the banter though.

1.08.2008

Nice VC Games this week.

Wow! Nice VC games this week... I'd have to say the BEST (well for NES) so far. Woah! So glad to see Startropics on there, I love that game. If you haven't played it something it wrong with you... Its almost a Zelda clone, not really in my opinion since it has a good storyline to go with it, but its great. :D Never thought of it as a Zelda clone but it is, same walk, same attack (not a sword, but a YoYo) and Heart 1/2s for lives.

Reallly GOOD game... :/ I almost want to buy it. I love it, replay is so good too, but I have the cart. Only game that could top that is Crystalis. Are you listening SNK and Nintendo? :D


StarTropics - NES - 500 Wii Points

The King of Fighters '94 - Neo Geo - 900 Wii Points


StarTropics is totally worth the buy if you like RPGs...
If you think you'd like it or someone else would... should get some Wii points and get it.
Please consider clicking the link below and buy from Amazon, it helps us out! Enjoy it, its a great game.

1.04.2008

Game Review - Beautiful Katamari

I've decided it would be a great idea to get my Game Reviews on here! :D I am pretty critical and honest about games, and really see them from a different angle I think. We'll discuss all kinds of aspects of it, and if you want to know more just ask!

Beautiful Katamari
System: Xbox 360
Rating: 8/10
Collection Suggestion: Buy

What is it?

Beautiful Katamari is an odd game from Japan. If you've played the other Katamari games your familiar with this oddity. In Beautiful Katamari your father - The King of the Universe - is an excellent tennis player, being so good he smashes a ball through the sky and creates a black hole that creates havoc and eats many solar bodies across the universe. Your father the magical guy he is insists you (The Prince) and your cousins help fix it, by rolling up junk on Earth to become the new bodies in space.

The majority of game play takes place in shops and across earth rolling into as many items as you can to make a huge ball of random junk. This is nicely varied, I assumed it would get boring quick, but to my supprize they backed it up pretty well. Every level starts in a new location in the same world (of Earth) but with new goals and item types there interested in. It always feels new for doing the same thing, which I find as a plus. Even when completed with goals, you have the opportunity to out do yourself or find items and cousins hidden in the level.

Play
I find it interesting to play, but I am amused pretty easy sometimes. I really enjoy the dynamics of it, if you stick to a light pole or a ruler it actually makes it like a ball that rolls with a light pole jammed into the side! For me the rolling takes quite a bit of effort to make your father happy though! I was lucky alot of times to actually get his goals, which does become easier once you grasp what size you need to be to pick up items and which makes you bigger faster. I could see good strides once I figure this out.

Control
The control of the game is a bit odd... it uses both thumb sticks to drive around, it works but it makes the control kinda odd. I'd occasionally get stuck some places, which were logical places to get stuck, but getting out would get on my nerves (timer doesn't help). Once you learn how it works the control does decent. I personally think the Left Stick being a bit higher than the Right makes it kinda awkward, but it plays nicely. There are areas that you need to balance for control to get across areas like shelves full of books, yet I didn't have a problem keeping where I wanted to be as I expected.

Fun
This game in interesting, if you don't like weird Japanese games, odd games or simplicity you most likely won't like it. If you like quirky odd games where you can jump in and play its a good one. When you get to stick civilians, dogs, cats, houses, and other oddities its really amusing. I really got a kick out of watching people flail and kick around crazily when picked up. It really isn't that 'simple' of a game, it gets pretty complicated, but as far as learning. Really only have to figure size of items and roll on them!

I think its a good game for people who like oddity. A good game for people just to pick up and play, you don't really need to know alot to play and have a good amount of amusement to go with it! I'd put it under the buy list. Also feels like a good relief when your mad at the world, roll it and its citizens up, show them the stars! It wouldn't be a deal at its original $60, but now marked down, its worth your buy.

Buy this game!

10.19.2007


Wow... Getting the Demo now! ;] You should too! If you have a system that can run it! If your dead to the world - Hell Gate London would be the first smashup of RPG and shooter to come out. Made from a team that split from Blizzard after making Diablo II!! Hmm... I can't think of a much better idea than that... What are you waiting for!?! Demo is hefty tho at 1493.5 MB so you should of started already. (Though I have 15% even before I finished this! wink )
news.filefront.com/hellgate-l...ront/

10.13.2007

Play Test for Microsoft!

http://www.microsoft.com/playtest/Default.mspx

Sign up and do it! ;) If you ever wanted to test and survey games foe Microsoft here it is!

10.08.2007

ENDGAME
(after watching preview for Alex Jones New movie)

Yea... The game will be ended.

Eh... Not really not for everyone actually.
Eugenics programs are working for you who are less able, old and disabled.
Plans for you who don't submit to be marked as Terrorists.
But its ok, most of you will work with them to continue your daily lives.

But eveyone listens to the Fools who want you dead:
-Divorce and Break up your families, you'll get government support. (He's quite an asshole anyway, you don't need him)
-Global Warming is happening because of us! We need to tax the Earth. ( Its the sun not us! - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8.xml Mars is warming too Stop using your SUVs there - www.breitbart.com/article.php...cle=1 one example Google for more)
-We need to make the world a Democratic place!(USA is not a Democracy Read the constitution!)
-Women are Equal and both Mom and Dad need to be working!!(Women arn't less than men go to work, let the public schools tell your kids how to think, GO NWO, GO NAU ( www.spp.gov )

Us that do care need to get on top of it, which most likely won't work. Though when it doesn't we need to stay together and lock down to the bull, or we'll fall one at a time. I am here for it... I'll be here till the end. Sad that I don't know anyone else really that will be. Some not down for some of the ideas, but I am sure they can be convinced or let go somehow.

10.02.2007

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Out Yesterday in the US.

Glad to see PH finally got here. I had it paid and expected at GameStop a year ago!

I had the Jap, but my lack of knowing Jap language didn't help. Kicking pretty good though the English though. Its really interesting, another hit from Nintendo it looks.

If you want DS Games, I'd say get Zelda its a good show in touch technologies, good interaction and play. So far the puzzles seem easier tho, but needs more tactics.

9.30.2007

Halo 3 Secrets!

Got Halo 3!

I would recommend it for sure! :) Just beat it yesterday the first time as well! Then I had to go looking for all the Goodies... Having trouble with the skulls though, some just don't seem to be there!?!?! WTF... beats me, haven't found that solution yet but found some good resources for the cool stuff!

I'd give it a 9.8/10 - Very Little Slack for improvement. I'd give them a 10, but the ending was pretty boring for a ending to a Trilogy yet a full game. The last "boss" lame... but that dosen't really stack up when you put down all the modes, map building, co-op campaign (less really cool bosses to fight with your friends), and a smooth transition of it all. Halo 2 seemed really rough and annoying to me. Expecially big areas where you would just get lost on where to go, or long stretches where nothing happened for ever. Halo 3 cut that crap out. Great 360 game, kinda makes me sad there won't be Halo 4. (Eh... Forget Halo Wars)

http://www.halo3planet.com/ - Good Resource of all it.
http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2062/Halo-3-Collecting-Skulls/p1/ - Has Pics so you can find those Skulls.

6.30.2007

FamiCat


Woah... Theres this silly Cat in Japan with his own blog! :) Go Bloggity kittys! He loves to do his DS! Though have you ever met a scottish fold who didn't like DS?











Even Playing Zelda - Mugen no Sunadokei like me.

http://lovefami.blog90.fc2.com/
Translated - http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://lovefami.blog90.fc2.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://lovefami.blog90.fc2.com/%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D93

6.08.2007

Brett Boag of Apothecary Travel try and bust the 420 Temple for the Feds.

Brett Boag of Apothecary Travel and Apothecary Seed the guy who runs the travel for High Times' Cannabis and his brother are the guys who set me up to be arrested. I have the video tapes of him coming in and trying to leave us 20 lbs. of pot....we didn't take it. But, to help him out we did take a few pounds of pot on consignment and then that is..



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4.08.2007

Ninja Gaiden Sigma devs make the PS3 "smoke"

Yosuke Hayashi has stated amusingly that unlike DOA4's Itagaki who managed to blow up a few Xbox 360’s whilst developing, he was only able to make the PlayStation 3 "smoke".



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4.03.2007

TV and Privacy - Google is in. Are you?

I subscribe to webpro news, since I am such a web pro and all, as well as having some interesting tidbits in it but I thought I'd take a moment to bring up a concern.

Google is bringing TV adds? (WebPro Article) I assume that means your speakers will reverse or you'll find mics in your TV's... So you can get better ads. Nice... If it could get main stream you'll get IPTV content with precise ADs to target nearly everything you could ever want. If you want to be quite Material.

I don't really want to be targeted for ads. I don't want people's junk. I've got stuff God put here... Sure its convient and tastes good, but I am fine. Eh.... whats the world coming to?

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I don't work for Google or Webpro, just sources.

2.28.2007

Blu-Ray shows NiN's Only Video Flaws.

I just got "Beside you in time" in DVD and Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray totally out does the DVD and is really freak'n sweet. At $16 the BR is a steal. Quite worth your money though.

In wondering how much better the Only video would be, and if Trent (and David Fincher) was nice enough to give it to us in HD. It completely was. It blew me away... I even noticed you could see fingerprints on the top Right corner of the Nail Art. It almost makes me wonder if it was put in there on purpose to make it look less like CGI. I don't care about really, except for the fact that it does make it look like someone had just used it. Pretty frikn cool.... you should pick it up in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD for yourself too.

Though it ultimately makes me wonder how entertainment is going to go. Just like the Porn in HD, you can see the 'flaws'. Is there going to be some people really upset, or will it be a tool to make it look more "realistic". I guess time will tell.

2.23.2007

WoW - Game Dev

lol... WoW is pretty darn addicting, but I think its mainly because there is so much to do, and you level so Slow... Eh. Finally got some really cool stuff in it though.

Also going to get a Simply M3 card for DS I think, so hopefully DS homebrew will spawn out of here. Also working on some flash projects with some friends.

2.16.2007

Vote for Ron Paul - Blog Updates

I think everyone should pitch in and vote for Ron Paul for political canidate. He seems very wise and only canidate in years to stick to the constitution word by work and stick up for our freedoms. Don't take my word for it though - Look at his! - http://www.house.gov/paul/

God Bless him, maybe He'll actually get to be our president.

Also -
Got the Nipatic church blog up, I plan much more soon since I will have more time. Going to pile on the infomation and spread it so it can be seen by everyone. Also not sure but we will work it out this blog may split to have my own opinion blog and carry Nipahc Technogies news like I originaly intended, expecially since after today that will be my full time job.

2.03.2007

Eh... Blog We Relations.

I don't really love to blog. I hate to read blogs. But they seem like a living version of you online. Some place to spit your expression and give/share information.

Looking more how to relate this blogger through my site, maybe MySpace too. Taking school though soon on web design so we'll see what pops up.

Anyone has good ideas tell me... Randomly one of you sent me a cool tool out of nowhere. Least made my day and knew for once someone relates to my web presence.


Take Care,
God Bless.

1.13.2007

The Surge of crap...

So the president needs to add to the Army 22,000+ (90,000 Including "Non-Militia" mentioned) and of course they say its a pretty stupid idea.

Alot of it based on "if Iraq's Military works with us"... watch that Idea dissipate to nothing and in mid May I'll get a birthday gift of a bigger increase?!? eh, Either way something stupid will happen.