games

I dont think I could handle IT.

An interview here by Gameplayer with a producer of the new Prince of Persia, which I am in no way passing judgment on since I haven’t played or even looked at beyond their “hey look GoW we can be totally emo too!” trailer.

My personal thing with Assassin’s Creed was that the game was a victim of its own success. It had three years of buzz, started in 2005, coverage up the ying yang - and for good reason, it was a spectacular achievement.

But with that level of hype people are always going to find something wrong with the game after all this expectation. I mean some people were disappointed with the Lord of the Rings movie for that reason. The new Star Wars movies are the perfect example. For me Assassin’s Creed’s failure wasn’t repetition, it wasn’t a lack of this, or a lack of that, it was just that after three years of buzz and hype it was impossible to live up to gamer’s and journalist’s expectations.

1. Fuck you.

I used to play a certain game, many will know of it.

It dominated my life for long periods of time, consuming me, pushing me to progress further and further, to achieve that one more shiny reward.

I cut work to play it - I justified it because my friends did it too. I knew it was unhealthy, I knew it was an addiction - but like many addicts, I did not care.

Anyway, I have been clean and resisted the urge to relapse for over a year now. But the constant peer pressure is too much. I can’t change who I am. With exciting new content on offer I am powerless to resist. My willpower has been tested and I have failed.

Upon its release under the alternative working title of Far Cry 2 (due to copyright infringement), this game garnered enviable quantities of positive critique. And I’m not saying these gaming journalists were wrong - they’re just stupid. And tasteless. And wrong.

Valve’s new title Left 4 Dead is out inside a month, and has of course already been pre-Steamed by anyone with the necessary intelligence, refinement and wherewithal to own a PC for gaming. I don’t know if Xbox users have the option to pre-download the game, and quite frankly, who cares.

Apparently the game, LittleBigPlanet, is delayed because of two references to the Qu’ran in one of its songs.
As an avid reader of fiction, I dont understand why referencing books is seen as bad. (Jugular shot, that was)
Really though, I just want to know, if any of you know, why referencing the Qu’ran is a bad thing anyway, what if LittleBigPlanet draws the 18 - 25 year olds into the splendours that come from that wonderful piece of literature.
So, what’s wrong with referencing it?

After Dave reported on our wondrous Agarjelly, what many suspected, there were truckloads of sad faces at the Jackson offices.

You know, that was until I stopped caring and we got a solid November 12th release date and pricing for Guitar Hero: World Tour. I don’t know why I ever strayed from you, oh beautiful GH, but please forgive me and take me back. I like that I can play At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta songs off one disk. I like that you may not have the greatest all round track-list of the two but you throw in some pearlers that Rock Band can’t even touch.
Sorry I ever doubted you baby.

Partial track list off wiki after the jump, if you’re interested.

http://kotaku.com/5045120/spore-cracked-and-torrented-already

Due to my strong stance on software piracy, I will absolutely and most definitely not be illegally downloading this game…

KOTOR MMO on the way?
Confirm?

Sony’s conference was nice and shiny last night!

Nintendo’s conference was relatively boring this morning!

So apparently Fallout 3 isn’t going to be classified. And since we’re all a bunch of children, anything unclassified, we’re not allowed to see. So no Fallout 3 unless Bethesda cut stuff out.

I played the hell out of Diablo way back when, but I skipped over Diablo II when it came out. I picked up the Battlechest when it was on discount at EB a short while back and gave D2 a try, but this was after I’d spent over a year playing World of Warcraft, a game that expands greatly upon, and refines the concepts present in D2. So the game felt awkwardly primitive, the talent trees needlessly complicated, and the control scheme clumsy.

Mythos, from the Hellgate: London people, takes Diablo II and refines it a bit. I played that for a while but the game still feels several years old.

So now Diablo III is announced. It looks awesome. Lots of carnage. It’s not an MMO, but they claim to be focussing on a great cooperative experience. Sounds great, I’m sure I’ll pick it up.