tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50966689732437280292012-02-19T13:27:29.354-05:00The view of games from a gamer.DuncanR2Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02285476901964662235noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5096668973243728029.post-84361856354347908712011-03-21T08:49:00.003-04:002011-03-30T01:34:50.281-04:00

Final Fantasy meets Star Wars?...not really Platform(s): PlayStation 2 Genre: RPG Release Date: Oct 31, 2006 ESRB: Teen Number of Players: 1 Player Final Fantasy XII was the last Final Fantasy game developed for the PlayStation 2 console and and unlike IX, the last Final Fantasy on the PlayStation, which paid homage to it's predecessors, decided to take the franchise in a whole new direction.

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Most Killzone 3 reviews seem to focus on two points; 1. It looks great and 2. The story is bad. After completing the campaign last Friday night, I can't help but agree.While I wouldn't go as far to say it was dumb or horrible, I would say that I did not like it's execution. The game spans six months but the passage of time isn't really shown other than characters' hair and beard growth. It

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With 2010 behind us I thought I’d take a look back at some of my favorite games. It was a pretty busy year for me but I managed to complete 18 titles and hit a couple of milestones along the way. To start, I earned my first platinum trophy with God of War 3. I usually don’t go back and replay games to grind for trophies/achievements but after my initial playthrough I felt like the final few

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Besides the deluge of console games coming this year, we'll also have a flood of options for mobile gaming. Not only will we have two more consoles in Nintendo's 3DS and Sony's NGP but also Sony's PlayStation Suite for Android devices.I had been interested in the 3DS until I saw it's price and battery life. The glasses free 3D tech interests me so hopefully they'll beef up the battery in the

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These guys are nuts. I can't even fathom working that fast when playing StarCraft or WarCraft

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Much has been said of late about the 3D movement. Nintendo recently introduced the 3DS, the new handheld that can produce 3D visuals without the aid of 3D glasses and Sony has been pushing 3D games and movies on the PS3, assuming you want to pony up the cash for the hardware, around $3,000+. Upon first hearing of this, I was firmly in the, 'Say no to 3D' camp. However, the more I think about

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After reading that Sony may be considering more HD remakes of classic PS2 games, I can't help but think of the possibilities. There are some obvious choices for the HD treatment like the Metal Gear Solid series, Ico/Shadow of the Colossus, or Devil May Cry. So what I'd like to do is share a couple of my other favorite PS2 series.The Mark of Kri/Rise of Kisai - Both of these games had an

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I was reading an interview with Lazlow Jones, a producer at Rockstar Studios (and yes, he's the voice of DJ Lazlow in GTA) and he has an interesting point of view mature video games and the kids who play them. When asked how do he feels about accusations that games like Rockstar's are responsible for more violence among young people, he responded: Our games are not designed for young people. If

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I'm getting so sick of the pubs and devs spouting off about the evil used game market. Another nugget spouted off again recently. Says Karl Stewart, Crystal Dynamics' Global Brand Director: "Having the used market is not beneficial to any of us." Hang on a minute, who is the "us" in this statement, 'cause clearly he's not referring to the consumer. I get tired of statements like this because

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I really enjoy Phoenix Wright. I'm currently playing through the second game (I'm on the 4th case now), and while the game presents itself to Western audiences as though it's taking place on Western soil, it's very clear the game is Japanese through and through. As you play through the games, it's clear that the legal system in the game is nowhere near what ours is. But I never really thought

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I got an interesting email today from none other than Dr. Warren Vidic of Abstergo Industries. It appears that they are looking for new recruits to bring about their New World Order. A visit to the website shows several weapons, an axe, a claw (fashioned a prosthetic arm), a dagger, a fan (with a nasty cutting edge), a syringe, and a dagger. After some poking around and click on some symbols,

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Wow, I wish these guys were putting on a concert near me. I found these guys this weekend as I was poking around YouTube to show my son the original gameplay of the 1990s Prince of Persia. Here's some of my favorites. Super Mario Bros. Medly: Metal Gear Solid 2 / 3 Theme: Final Fantasy VII: One Winged Angel: You can go check them out here if you want more info: http://

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3D is upon us, and apparently consumers are eating it up. Or at least, we are eating it up because we're told to. I'm not all that impressed with 3D, and yes I saw Avatar in 3D and I still think it's not as revolutionary as the media purveyors would have you think. For me, gameplay is king, it always has been, and this would be why I still play 'older' games. Graphics are icing and while I

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So the Penny Arcade Expo was this last weekend and while it was filled with what one would normally expect at a video-game conference one very unusual story has popped up. At the Atomic Games booth, Justin May, 20, of Delaware, attempted something rather daring. After waiting for the employee at the booth to take a short break, May took his laptop, hooked it to the demo machine and attempted to

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When Netflix announced it was coming to Wii, I figured I'd request the disc just to see what the quality was like and to give the kiddos a way to stream all the episodes of Spongebob they wanted. On Friday the disc arrived so I set it up for them and took a look at it. The UI is almost identical to that of the PS3 version except for a few minor differences. Instead of tabs across the top to

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It's that time of year again. GameStop is having it's annual Game Days Sale. I'm usually able to find one or two titles during this sale that are going for a decent price, and if you want to take your chances, usually the closer you get to the end of the sale, the deeper the discount. So if you see a game you want and there's a whole lot of them, you might want to hold off on buying it. Or

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It appears that Ubisoft has been putting their movie studio to use following on the heels of the excellent Assassin's Creed: Lineage movies. They've put out a live action teaser for the lastest Ghost Recon game, and it's got me pretty psyched. Take a look after the jump... More Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Videos I wasn't too impressed with the teaser that I saw a couple of weeks

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A week ago I paid $100 for my God of War Ultimate Edition, today I got $20 back. GameStop has dropped the price of the Ultimate Edition to $80 (well, $79.99), so I took my receipt in and got my $20 back due to their price protection policy. For all of you who paid $100 at GameStop, I suggest you go get your $20 back.

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Major Nelson has informed us that you can now buy a 250GB drive for your Xbox 360 storage needs. While that is great for those of use with smaller drives it's still a bit overpriced for a hard drive. The official press release pegs it at $129.99. That's twice as much as what I can buy a standalone 250GB drive for. At retail for $129.99, I can easily buy a 1TB drive. So I get four times the

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For those of us that have a PlayStation 3, Sony has given us a new place to provide feedback on what PlayStation owners really want. It's been up for a couple of days now so I thought I'd see what type of suggestions they are getting. There's quite a lot of really good suggestions on there though I didn't look at all of them (there's over 4000 according to site manager). But I did run

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I'm a big fan of the PlayStation Kevin Butler spots, and a new spot has now shown up with a Kevin Butler. This one is funny and takes some obvious potshots at the competition.

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Olympus has sent a message, and I am here to deliver it. Platform(s): PSP Genre: Action Adventure Release Date: Mar 4, 2008 ESRB: Mature Number of Players: 1 With God of War III just around the corner, I figured it was time to get my act together and give this game a playthrough. Kratos once again returns and brings his unique form of vengeance upon his enemies. Set before the events in the

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Apparently Sony must have felt they'd been getting too much good press. Sales had been up, they had the game of the year, and God of War III is set to descend upon us.So imagine my surprise last night when my rock, my ever reliable PS3, decided to party like it was 1999, December 31, 1999 to be exact. I thought it was odd that my system clock said that so I manually adjusted it and threw in

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There was a time where Medal of Honor reigned king of the 'war' shooters. Then some dudes split off of EA, formed Infinity Ward, and blew Medal of Honor out of the water with a little game call Call of Duty. Medal of Honor has since been relegated to a good but secondary 'war' franchise and hasn't ever been able to recapture the glory days. Since then however, Call of Duty has lost some steam

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Well this is kind of interesting. Apparently the well-known video games pundit Michael Pachter is no longer satisfied with his usual method of delivering his prognostications. Yesterday, the premier episode of Pach-Attack! went live on GameTrailers. Michael Pachter seems to have a better handle on the video games market than this guy (a blu-rayless PS3?), so it'll be interesting to see what type

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