I would be pleased if the throwing knives in Red Dead had a little more stopping power.
If you're finding yourself with no concrete use for them, I have a suggestion:
Hunt small game with them.
Skulking through brush, playing darts with armadillos is surprisingly fun.
Good for your aim, too.
I'm sure you three readers that I have have been eyeing E3 on your own.
But in case you have missed Bethesda's Brink up to this point, check it out:
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Lost in Translation
A guy I occasionally speak to at parties told me that the Konami E3 press conference was a real mess.
I haven't watched it yet, but you can judge for yourselves.
I can't.
If it wasn't for this guy I occasionally speak to, I wouldn't have opinions.
I haven't watched it yet, but you can judge for yourselves.
I can't.
If it wasn't for this guy I occasionally speak to, I wouldn't have opinions.
If I Could Walk With the Animals...
I'm not sure about the rest of you 360 owners.
But navigating Tall Pines and the surrounding forest area is not really feasible.
That many trees and random grizzly encounters
(they sure can run fast, can't they?)
is too much for the system to load at once.
Really, the glitchiness and unplayability in this area are a testament to the forest's design.
The system chugs loading everything because a forest should have so much...stuff in it.
And Rockstar's forest does.
Nevertheless, the 360 has been hacking and coughing quite a bit.
Since entering Blackwater, actually.
Y'know, the medicine system in the game is really somewhat primitive.
You get partially mauled by a cougar (speaking of running fast).
So, you access your provisions, freeze everything, use your medicine, and you're fine.
With hotdog and peanut vendors sort of straying from the motif, the medicine itself is an okay concept.
But using it should really be done on the fly.
If the original Ninja Gaiden remake is called out on this, I don't see why Red Dead should be any different.
...
And the skinning animation gets old.
Okay.
I'm done.
The game is a triumph.
But it has flaws.
We're all adults here.
Face facts.
Triumphs can be like that.
Ross Rebagliati can tell you all about it.
Seriously, though.
Taking away someone's gold medal due to traces of marijuana.
If you ask me, if you can get stoned and still snowboard well enough to win a gold medal, you deserve two gold medals.
One regular gold medal, and one that has gold foil with chocolate inside.
But navigating Tall Pines and the surrounding forest area is not really feasible.
That many trees and random grizzly encounters
(they sure can run fast, can't they?)
is too much for the system to load at once.
Really, the glitchiness and unplayability in this area are a testament to the forest's design.
The system chugs loading everything because a forest should have so much...stuff in it.
And Rockstar's forest does.
Nevertheless, the 360 has been hacking and coughing quite a bit.
Since entering Blackwater, actually.
Y'know, the medicine system in the game is really somewhat primitive.You get partially mauled by a cougar (speaking of running fast).
So, you access your provisions, freeze everything, use your medicine, and you're fine.
With hotdog and peanut vendors sort of straying from the motif, the medicine itself is an okay concept.
But using it should really be done on the fly.
If the original Ninja Gaiden remake is called out on this, I don't see why Red Dead should be any different.
...
And the skinning animation gets old.
Okay.
I'm done.
The game is a triumph.
But it has flaws.
We're all adults here.
Face facts.
Triumphs can be like that.
Ross Rebagliati can tell you all about it.
Seriously, though.
Taking away someone's gold medal due to traces of marijuana.
If you ask me, if you can get stoned and still snowboard well enough to win a gold medal, you deserve two gold medals.
One regular gold medal, and one that has gold foil with chocolate inside.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Days of Thunder
We're getting closer to a Road Rash rejuvenation.
It'll happen.
They're soon going to run out of classic games to recreate.
I know you hangers-on are excited that Gran Turismo 5 may launch this decade...
...but this is more intriguing, I believe.
Check the clip here at Playstation.Blog.
Sorry I can't embed it for you.
Though the ad itself is extremely dated, the announcement has some merit.
And one way or the other, it's nice to see that the Insane Clown Posse can still get a job besides the occasional birthday party.
They look more like badgers than clowns in this picture, really.
It'll happen.
They're soon going to run out of classic games to recreate.
I know you hangers-on are excited that Gran Turismo 5 may launch this decade...
...but this is more intriguing, I believe.
Check the clip here at Playstation.Blog.
Sorry I can't embed it for you.
Though the ad itself is extremely dated, the announcement has some merit.
And one way or the other, it's nice to see that the Insane Clown Posse can still get a job besides the occasional birthday party.
They look more like badgers than clowns in this picture, really.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Need for Greed
Finally.
EA figured out what to do with the Need for Speed franchise that will likely work:
Shit they did ten years ago.
EA figured out what to do with the Need for Speed franchise that will likely work:
Shit they did ten years ago.
Looney Toons
Pretty tall in the saddle, are you?
Figure you've put your Red Dead time in?
Your days of being a cowpoke are long gone.
You're now a rustler.
A 'slinger!
But let me ask you this:
Have you shot a TNT crate just as a rabbit is running by it?
I'm not going to say that "You haven't played the game until this has happened."
But I will say that it's extremely entertaining.
I'll tell you what's better than Rockstar compiling a bunch of songs onto a bunch of invented radio stations:
Rockstar's own music.
Iggy Pop be damned.
The fact that they could take brass instruments, and make them fit in a western motif.
That speaks volumes.
This, in fact, wasn't the track I was looking for.
There's another that crops up randomly while wandering.
I'm not sure if it is specific to a certain area. I'll make a note the next time I hear it.
Obsidian may be licking their Alpha Protocol wounds now...
But this title will be something to be proud of.
Everyone knows that Dungeon Siege was the best non-Diablo Diablo imitation.
Besides, I can't remember an earlier game that allowed you to buy a pack mule.
Figure you've put your Red Dead time in?
Your days of being a cowpoke are long gone.
You're now a rustler.
A 'slinger!
But let me ask you this:
Have you shot a TNT crate just as a rabbit is running by it?
I'm not going to say that "You haven't played the game until this has happened."
But I will say that it's extremely entertaining.
I'll tell you what's better than Rockstar compiling a bunch of songs onto a bunch of invented radio stations:
Rockstar's own music.
Iggy Pop be damned.
The fact that they could take brass instruments, and make them fit in a western motif.
That speaks volumes.
This, in fact, wasn't the track I was looking for.
There's another that crops up randomly while wandering.
I'm not sure if it is specific to a certain area. I'll make a note the next time I hear it.
Obsidian may be licking their Alpha Protocol wounds now...
But this title will be something to be proud of.
Everyone knows that Dungeon Siege was the best non-Diablo Diablo imitation.
Besides, I can't remember an earlier game that allowed you to buy a pack mule.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Battletoads + Double Dragon
You have to try this.
Please, just trust me.
This is like Zeppelin covering Bohemian Rhapsody.
Or The Muppets.
Please, just trust me.
This is like Zeppelin covering Bohemian Rhapsody.
Or The Muppets.
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