I'm having a visit from my inlaws this weekend, so not too much gaming for me. A bit of U3 MP and that's that.

Steel is somehow still awesome at U3. I am still lost.

The rappers in Uncharted gave me nightmares.

woo, netflix redeemed, found Baccano.

Foolz said:

IGN title generator.

Even with the wat, makes more sense than most actual IGN headlines.

Am I reading that right? Sony is finally going to start releasing downloadable PS2 games on the PS3? If so, its 5 years late, but great news.

Yeah I'm stoked about what games Sony has put up there. God Hand, Odin Sphere, GrimGrimoire, and the Maximo games (recipiant of the award for "Worst Marketing Idea of All Time").... these are all excellent titles. Suddenly the holidays are looking a lot more busy for me.

Games TM

Reviews


Dark Souls: "Joyous, beautiful, lonely, hard as nails" 9/10


Resistance 3: "The best exclusive FPS on PS3" 8/10


Dead Island: "Technically messy but wholly enjoyable" 7/10


Gears of War 3: "Epic Win" 9/10


Rise of Nightmares: "Hideously deformed but not entirely dead" 5/10


FIFA 12: "The beautiful game with added brains" 9/10


Nuclear Dawn: "A great concept that hasn't blended together" 6/10


Bleach: Soul Resurrection: "Good-looking but sadly bleached of all character" 4/10


Warhammer 40000: Space Marine: "Detailed, polished and faithful, but lifeless" 5/10


Bodycount: "One shoot not worth attending" 4/10


Crimson Alliance: "Briefly enjoyable, but needs more RPG" 5/10


Aliens: Infestation: "Less than the sum of its parts" 6/10


Toy Soldiers: Cold War: "Sometimes, less brains is far more fun" 7/10


Quarrel: "Absolutely Scrabulous" 7/10


Dead Rising 2: Off the Record: "More feature-packed, less harsh, entertaining as ever" 8/10


PES 2012: "Konami is back in the title race" 8/10


NHL 12: "Minor improvement, but still hugely enjoyable" 8/10


Dragons Quest Monsters: Joker 2: "Potentially life-consuming" 8/10


Rock of Ages: "Stop that, it's silly" 5/10


The Baconing: "No pig's ear, but you reap what you sow" 7/10



Online Reviews


Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition: "Hugo's still number one" 9/10


Driver: San Francisco: "Refreshingly unique, though ultimately lacking" 6/10

Been trying out Zelda 4 Swords on 3DS.

It's a pretty nifty game and now playable in single player. No real story or anything, just puzzles.

You know these Nintendo games that you often view as failed experiments? They're actually pretty cool. You can see how they've worked to make a multiplayer zelda work and how co-operation is the key to survival.

I don't like the default movement speed but you can upgrade that with collecting things on each level. Your basic aim is to solve enviromental puzzles to earn rupees on each stage.

gamingeek said:

robio said:

Oh forgot to mention somethiing. This weekend I picked up an Xperia Play. My cellphone plan was due for an upgrade and if I went for the XP I wouldn't have to pay a nickel for it. So it was a matter of dropping a hundred dollars for another smart phone or taking the XP for free. Seemed like a no brainer.

It feels like a freaking brick in my pocket. I know that's only in comparison to other smaller newer phones, but geez this thing is not compact. The control pad is actually pretty nice and I played some Crash Bandicoot with it. Doesn't control quite as smooth as a regular dualshock controller, but this really isn't bad at all. Fucking travesty that Sony refuses to support this thing. So with that in mind I'll be loading up emulators left and right to find out what kind of real potential this thing has.

Without a contract this thing is £300.

I don't know who the market was.

Truth be told, I'm the market, though I don't know many people like me there are. I have nothing against mobile gaming. I see a lot of potential for it, and I am ready to embrace it. The only real drawback to it was a lack of a controller. Touchpad doesn't cut it. The Xperia Play fixed that and did it fairly well. Problem is, not many developers are accomodating those controls. SO far there's all of maybe 100 games that allow you to customize the controls. Of those, I've played one - Zenonia 3, which is okay but not great. The PSX games were supposed to be the equalizer, but Sony more or less screwed that over.