I have finally rid myself of this horrible excuse for a video game system. Yes, I now have an eXbox 360! I sold it on eBay for $335.01, which was a very good price, considering I didn’t think I’d get $150.00. Of course, I paid $800.00 for it, so I lost my shirt on that deal.
In other news, I sold my iMac and an AirPort Express. I still have two Macs, so don’t get the idea I’m jumping ship.
Nintendo today announced partnerships with Sega and Hudson to offer 1,000 classic Genesis and Turbografx games for download on the Revolution’s Virtual Console!
Wow! The Nintendo Revolution looks like it’s getting better and better with every press release. With the sad state console gaming is in right now, I hope Nintendo can go retro, and actually make it work. I’d rather play tried and true, time-tested games I know I loved rather than spend $60.00 on an Xbox 360 dud!
I’ve always said for some time that Nintendo needs to do a hardware-based “game library” of all their best titles. I don’t think that will happen any time soon, but the Virtual Console is the next best thing. I think this could work and make millions of people very happy.
In May 2000, I was lucky enough to purchase a Pac-Man cocktail arcade machine. The machine was in working order, and the outside of the machine was in remarkable condition. The inside however, did show its age. Overall, the machine was a beauty, and well worth the $1,699.00 I paid.
From 20 years of dust, smoke and grime, the inside was like a nightmare. The wires were brittle and dirty. The transformers looked horrible. Solder joints looked like they would fail any moment. In short, the inside needed some work. But it wouldn’t be until some four years later that I actually did the complete re-wire.
I purchased World of Warcraft, a MMORPG played by thousands and thousands of people all across the world. It’s basically a virtual world, where people can go and do quests, battle, or group together to accomplish tasks– mainly killing things.
The game cost $49.99, but that includes your first month of play. This is a subscription-based game. Thereafter, you must pay $15.00/month to Blizzard Entertainment in order play the game. The monthly cost may seem high or not worth the price, but the “world” is constantly being updated and new things are always being added.
Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 3 video game console might not appear in key markets this year and could cost the company $900 per unit to produce initially, according to Merrill Lynch analysts quoted in the Financial Times on Sunday.
Sony has indicated a spring launch for its console in Japan and the industry is not expecting a North American launch until November, the FT said. But Hitoshi Kuriyama of Merrill Lynch in Japan said there are reports that the PS3 could be delayed by between six and 12 months.
Merrill Lynch analysts estimated that the initial bill of materials for the PS3 could approach $900, dropping down to $320 by three years after launch.
Call Of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360 is the worst on-line experience you could ever wish upon anyone; friend or foe. Mere words can’t describe the trials and tribulations one must go through just to get the chance of playing in a game. Just the chance that is, as getting in a game is not the same thing as being able to play a game.
Infinity Ward, developer of the Call Of Duty franchise for the PC, and now Xbox 360, slapped this game together from what looks like rough pieces of computer code, salted with a nice soundtrack.
My impressions of Perfect Dark Zero for the Xbox 360 are mixed. On the one hand, it’s a nice departure from the torment of a Halo 2 hell. On the other had, the few things it doesn’t do right are glaring and need to be addressed.
I Walk the Line
Movement is slow and the character response when turning, even with the settings set to 100, they still seem too slow. Also, since there is no auto-aim, to prevent your reticle from flying across the screen, you’ll probably want to lower the Y axis sensitivity, which makes looking up and down even slower.
It’s almost that time of year again. The leaves are changing color. The skies are getter darker sooner. The holiday season is fast upon us, with Microsoft getting ready for a new console launch– this time it’s the Xbox 360.
In the second quarter of this year, Microsoft released pricing details for it’s new console. Two units will be produced– one for serious gamers and the other for less advanced gamers called the “core” system. The prices for these units will be $399.99 and $299.99, respectively.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) must take another look at how they rate games, and how ratings should be applied to games. Thus far, it’s not working at all.
For one, I’m all for lowering the ratings for all games that are rated ‘M’ for mature gamers of 17 years or older. Obviously, the ESRB has gotten it wrong.
Hell No, We Won’t Go
Parents groups of the 1980s and 1990s lobbied everyone from Congress to the Pope to stop the video game industry from corrupting the minds of America’s youth. They argued that video games with excess violence, sex, and vulgarity were a bad influence on their kids, and if played too much, could even teach kids to become serial killers and murderers. What, were the kids going to pull the trigger with their thumb? And if they did, wouldn’t they just be shooting themselves, and not hurting any innocent victims, thus not adding to the murder rate?
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