Entries from July 2008

July 27, 2008

Changeling

You may have noticed some changes around the site.
First of all, there’s a new layout that I’m really fond of. It focuses on nothing but the posts. Problem is, it’s a lot thinner than my previous layout so some of my images may be cut off. I’ll fix those when I can, but all new [...]

July 27, 2008

They Punctured My Yolk

I decided to continue my backwards journey through the Metal Gear Solid series by picking up the original at my brother’s. As I’m typing this, Sniper Wolf is giving her death speech (which is quite good and well voiced.)
Playing through the game is making me think a whole lot. On the one hand, Metal Gear [...]

July 25, 2008

Oh, Inconsistent Me

I really need to finish Metal Gear Solid 4. Unfortunately, I can’t just barge in to my brother’s house and commandeer his PS3. I can, however, borrow his copies of the other MGS games. I spent the last 48 hours playing through Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (first time through) and Metal Gear Solid [...]

July 18, 2008

Placebo Headwound

Microsoft’s E3 presentation ended with a well-timed surprise that received some mixed reactions: Final Fantasy XIII will be simultaneously released on both the Playstation 3 and XBox 360 in the West.
Most would think that this is great news for 360 owners and nothing else, but most would be wrong. This announcement has spawned forum comments [...]

July 18, 2008

The Watcher

I finally had a chance to play through Act 3 of Metal Gear Solid 4. Actually, “play” isn’t really the right word. Let me start again…
I finally had a chance to watch Act 3 of Metal Gear Solid 4.
Seriously, there are only three separate portions of gameplay in Act 3, all of which were incredibly [...]

July 16, 2008

Sony@E3

Well, I’m not a PS3 fan, and this press conference pretty much showed me why. Let me start off with what was the only highlight in my opinion:
I’m willing to bet Nintendo regrets not coming up with Little Big Planet and not having a strong enough online service to support its full potential. The game [...]

July 15, 2008

Nintendo@E3

Peoples’ first impressions of Nintendo’s E3 presentation? Disappointment. I have to admit, I was very excited in the opening minutes, so much so that I was a bit afraid of my inner-fanboy coming out. To say I wasn’t disappointed would be misleading, but I understand why the show was so lackluster.
I think we’re at this [...]

July 14, 2008

Microsoft@E3

Thanks to G4TV.com, I was able to watch Microsoft’s XBox 360 press conference live from E3. Overall, they had a pretty strong showing putting pressure on Sony and Nintendo, both of which don’t go on until tomorrow.
Resident Evil 5 was the most anticipated title for me, and while it’s not an XBox exclusive, I was [...]

July 12, 2008

EBFGP’08 GPs 20 & 21: It’s On!

Iwata is finally packing heat. I moved his items around so that the Heavy Bazooka is in the first slot, effectively letting me drop a Super Bomb each turn with ease. Can’t wait to try it out against some Starmen.
Itoi has a new weapon too. I figured equipping him with the Casey Bat couldn’t hurt [...]

July 9, 2008

Rock-Paper-Scissor: Score!

Half right

All right
As you can see, I wasn’t too far off. Flameman beats Blizzardman. I guessed the other way around based off the original Mega Man where Iceman beat Fireman. That would mean Windman beats Plantman who beats Tomahawk Man. I had the three warrior bots as well as the knight slaying the beast [...]