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[ign.com] Nintendo Download: 12/21/09 Smash Bros and Ninja Gaiden - BOO YAH ign.com news robio
Last Window Screens Hotel Dusk Sequel andriasang.com media aspro
FF13 Sells 1.5 M in 4 Days. Moved 250K systems, andriasang.com news aspro
The Industry Needs Nintendo nintendostar.com editorial Iga_Bobovic
Castlevania Rebirth screens and trailer konami.com media gamingeek
Silent Hill Shattered Memories Kombo 8/10 review kombo.com gamingeek
Anti-Video Game Stalwart Shuts Shop Suck it! bostonherald.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] EA's Planet MULE Returns For free! arstechnica.com news aspro
Huge Jump on EA Stock Calls Prompted by rumors of buy-out? schaeffersresearch.com news aspro
Tri-Ace's Resonance of Fate Hands-on Developed in JP for the west. andriasang.com impressions aspro
DQ9 Best Selling DQ Ever Amazing. andriasang.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] Tales of Graces - even more costume DLC gonintendo.com media news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Are Games Like Rock Band Dumbing Down Music? gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[ign.com] Bayonetta IGN review! 9.5! Best action game ever. Not from Gonintendo. ign.com impressions Dvader
[gonintendo.com] Atlus teases brand-new project gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Geoff Keighley talks ratings and celebrity appearances at Spike TV VGAs gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Aonuma discusses realism, scale in Twilight Prince and how it relates to Zelda Wii gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Ubisoft considering creation of JRPGs continues work on casual DS titles gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Pachter - Take-Two lacks discipline when it comes to major franchises gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
FFCC: Crystal Bearers Review zentendo.com impressions Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] SEGA of America - Holiday card gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Violent Content May Influence Youth Violence Says National Campaign to Stop Violence gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Obama responds to kids that ask for video games for Christmas gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Dark Void Zero - more screens, art gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] OFLC rates Castlevania: Rondo of Blood for VC! gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] RUMOR: Nintendo looking at AMD Fusion APU chipset for future hardware gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] SEGA temporarily drops the price of select VC game for 500 Nintendo Points instead of their usual 800 Points. gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
Take2 Stocks Dive Selling Jack of all Games division. theage.com.au news aspro
[nintendoworldreport.com] Ninty Trying New Outreach to JP Consumers Placing information kiosks in stores. nintendoworldreport.com news aspro
California Still Center of Game Development Take that Canada! bigdownload.com news aspro
[youtube.com] Wii Zangeki no REGINLEIV short Trailer Wow youtube.com media Iga_Bobovic
[gonintendo.com] Gaijin discusses their choice of WiiWare for Bit.Trip, franchise success, and possible disc-based future gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Animal Crossing- next bit of DLC helps you stay warm in the Winter gonintendo.com media news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes - new trailer gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Etrian Odyssey III - more art, details, website up gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Skip cancelled development on a MotionPlus sports title gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Jools Watsham talks Rayman DSiWare, Pop Island, and DSiWare in general gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Lost in Shadow - preview gonintendo.com impressions Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Harvest Moon: Animal Parade - review gonintendo.com impressions Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Hidden Gems of 2009 gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Flowerworks - review gonintendo.com impressions Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] EA won't talk about Atlanta studio rumors gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] James Cameron talks Avatar: The Game gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] High Voltage gets new development director gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] FFCC: The Crystal Bearers - review gonintendo.com Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Worst Game Names of 2009 gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] English teacher uses home-made Earthbound board game to help Japanese students learn the language gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Shiren the Wanderer - preview gonintendo.com impressions media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Mom calls cops to get her kid to stop playing video games gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Take-Two sells off Jack of All Games gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Seven best videogame manuals of all time gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] FFCC: The Crystal Bearers - taking pictures gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] EGM return to happen in March digital content explained gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Ron Gilbert: Devs can learn a lot from adventure games gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Endless Ocean 2 - tentative Aussie release date gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] DSiWare sales (rough estimates) gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Pac-Man is 1% more recognized than Mario in U.S. says Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition. Hell yeah! gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Top Ten Overhyped Games of 2009 gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Top 10 game franchises that need to be resurrected gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Guitar Hero DLC Christmas Rock & Celebrity New Years Rock Track Packs gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Ubisoft releases new, official wallpapers/avatars/ forum sigs for Red Steel 2 gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Project Needlemouse How-To Guide humor gonintendo.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Tales of Graces - gameplay montage gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Dark Void Zero heading to DSiWare this January trailer, footage, hands-on gonintendo.com impressions media news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] SEGA - no plans for more Shenmue and Project Needlemouse news in 2010 gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[nintendoworldreport.com] Hudson Brings the Party "Funny Party Game 100 Roaring Laughter" comes in 2010 nintendoworldreport.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Ars Technica Review GH:Van Halen Don't Jump into this House of Pain arstechnica.com impressions aspro
[yahoo.com] THQ Settles with WWE/ Jaks Pays out $32 mil yahoo.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] NGamer review scores Crystal Bearers gets 84% gonintendo.com impressions gamingeek
1up review Bayonetta A 1up.com impressions gamingeek
Rondo of Blood classified for VC Castlevania is back 1up.com gamingeek
[edge-online.com] Guardian Heroes retrospective Awesomesauce read edge-online.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Capcom backs out of Q1 2010 All major games delayed because they're chicken computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Bioshock 2 preview CVG plays the first few hours computerandvideogames.com impressions gamingeek
[computerandvideogames.com] Dead Space 2 interview In Space no one can eat ice scream computerandvideogames.com gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Critical Reception: The Crystal Bearers "an interesting offering with some great concepts." gamasutra.com gamingeek
Opinion: Majora's Mask not the best Zelda zeldainformer.com editorial gamingeek
[gamestop.com] Animal Crossing City Folk $20 At Gamestop.  BUY BUY BUY gamestop.com gamingeek
Spyborgs $13 in Canada Go archie go! Yoda, buy it twice! futureshop.ca gamingeek
Dead Space 2 direct feed pics gfdata.de media gamingeek
Bioshock 2: 13 new pics gfdata.de media gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Next Bit.Trip game entitled Bit.Trip RUNNER gonintendo.com news Iga_Bobovic
[destructoid.com] Role of Sonya Blade in the Mortal Kombat movie was Cameron Diaz?! destructoid.com news Iga_Bobovic
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Gay Gamer review gaygamer.net impressions Iga_Bobovic
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Bitmob review bitmob.com impressions Iga_Bobovic
[tinycartridge.com] Video Game Art - “Childhood Friends” tinycartridge.com media Iga_Bobovic
[neogaf.com] Did you know...Wario and Waluigi homages in Wind W Oh wow neogaf.com news Iga_Bobovic
[inside-games.jp] Daikaishu Ultra Coliseum DX - more screens WTF? inside-games.jp media Iga_Bobovic
[gamespot.com] The Secret World interview gamespot.com editorial media Foolz
[gamespot.com] Splinter Cell: Conviction multiplayer Hands-On gamespot.com impressions Foolz
[gamespot.com] Dark Void Zero: First Look and Hands-On gamespot.com impressions Foolz
[gamespot.com] 12 Minutes of Mass Effect 2 unfortunately it probably features GS' comments gamespot.com media Foolz
Latest Nobunaga Game Coming to 7th Gen Did not see this coming. andriasang.com news aspro
[ign.com] Mass Effect 2 has more teletubby sex I told you it's the same as all their other games! ign.com news Foolz
[eurogamer.net] God of War Collection: the future of BC? Ie. no more bc. eurogamer.net editorial Foolz
[ign.com] White Knight Chronicles video preview ign.com impressions media Foolz
[eurogamer.net] Narbacular Drop interview eurogamer.net editorial Foolz
[eurogamer.net] Tropico 3 eurogamer review 7/10 eurogamer.net impressions Foolz
[eurogamer.net] Reflection Missile eurogamer review eurogamer.net impressions Foolz
[eurogamer.net] Bioshock 2's Jordan Thomas interview eurogamer.net editorial Foolz
[eurogamer.net] Crackdown 2 interview eurogamer.net editorial Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Resonance of Fate Japanese battle tutorial gametrailers.com media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Trauma Team voice acting featurette gametrailers.com editorial media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot intro gametrailers.com media Foolz
[www.ft.com] Capcom Issues Earnings Warning Is delaying releases to avoid MW2 launch in JP. www.ft.com news aspro
GoldenEye: Stil the best FPS ever cracked.com editorial Ellyoda
Level 3 - Xmas Special! Level 3 celebrates Xmas with old reviews! blip.tv media darthhomer
More AE Details From RE5 Producer andriasang.com news aspro
PS4 Will Not Use Cell As Aspro predicted. andriasang.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Assasins Creed 2 DLC was part of main game Culled for profit - Curses Ubirip! eurogamer.net news gamingeek
34 FF14 pics in one click gfdata.de media gamingeek
[neogaf.com] Media Create sales Finally Japan numbers of FFXIII neogaf.com news Iga_Bobovic
[gametrailers.com] Final Fantasy XIII The Truth cinematic gametrailers.com media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Divinity II: Ego Draconis Lands of Rivellon Vignette gametrailers.com media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Wings of Prey debut trailer PC only...could be good then. gametrailers.com media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] MLB 2k10 pitchers v hitters gametrailers.com editorial media Foolz
[gametrailers.com] Zombie Driver launch trailer gametrailers.com media Foolz
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 only $7 On XBLA today only. gamepro.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] TRU Sale:  buy 1 get 1 half-off starting after Christmas joystiq.com news Ravenprose
The D-Pad's Last Stand A button-less handheld from Nintendo is in our near future. kombo.com editorial Ravenprose
Crispy Gamer's First White Elephant Gift Exchange crispygamer.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] DSi XL heading to Australia as well gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Japan - Q1 Wii releases confirmed thus far gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] GT awards: Best DS Games, Most Innovative game gonintendo.com editorial media Ravenprose
[popwatch.ew.com] Videogame face-off: NSMB Wii vs. Mario and Sonic popwatch.ew.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Phoenix Wright WiiWare - more footage gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Need or Speed: NITRO DS gameplay Videos gonintendo.com Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] XSEED - Happy Holidays card gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Atelier Lina - another scan gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Alice in Wonderland - Wii, DS screens gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Capcom blog updates gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Metacritic - Top 20 games of the decade gonintendo.com Ravenprose
[gamefly.com] GameFly: Year End Sale gamefly.com news Ravenprose
[edge-online.com] Interview: Playfish edge-online.com editorial Ravenprose
[pcmag.com] Nintendo Wii: Your New Home Lie Detector? pcmag.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] The Kingdom Hearts 'unofficial' Snuggie gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
Prinny 2 Screens Hey d00d. andriasang.com media aspro
[impress.co.jp] Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes - more screens, art impress.co.jp media Iga_Bobovic
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Top 10 Santa Cameos officialnintendomagazine.co.uk editorial Iga_Bobovic
Zelda: OoT fan-orchestration finally finished zreomusic.com media Iga_Bobovic
Video Game Art -  Pitfall Cover Art gamesetwatch.com media Iga_Bobovic
[famitsu.com] Red Steel 2 - dev studio pics famitsu.com media Iga_Bobovic
Drunken women stabbed boy, 13, over Xbox scotsman.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Sonic All-Stars allows you to enable/disable A.I. 'rubber-banding' in multiplayer gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Victor Ireland hinting at change in VC policy? rumor gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Aonuma wanted to do Link's Crossbow Training 2 but Nintendo wanted Zelda Wii instead gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Chrono Trigger composer shares a free song for the holidays gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Namco Bandai's holiday card gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gamesradar.com] The sexiest game babes of 2009 gamesradar.com editorial Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Cave Story not releasing until 2010, more details gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] New 'green' game cases - Wii version gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Zangeki no Reginleiv - online lobbies gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] Today's Euro WiiWare/DSiWare updates gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[gonintendo.com] La-Mulana - WiiWare playtest gonintendo.com media Ravenprose
Intel Larrabee in Next Ninty? Using this chip would make it a beast. andriasang.com news aspro
Valkyria Chronicles 2 Screens Lots of screens. andriasang.com media aspro
2009 Japanese Sales Totals No awards for Nintendo, but they dominated sales. andriasang.com aspro
[gonintendo.com] Amazon deal - A Boy and His Blob $19.99 gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[kotaku.com] 3D Realms CEO Vows Duke Nukem Resurgence in Next Few Years kotaku.com news Ravenprose
[gameinformer.com] Prince of Persia LEGO Real toys, not a game. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] New GTA at E3? That's what EEDAR thinks. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] Harsher flight rules may ban portable gaming on planes gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
2009 Cosplay Competition Held in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region en.ce.cn media aspro
[bbc.co.uk] Last Uncracked Problem in Gaming Beaten! BBC News Proves They Know Nothing About Gaming bbc.co.uk news aspro
JP Mega Man 10 Trailer gamers.com media aspro
Spong's Year In Review Goes through the year chronologically. spong.com editorial aspro
[yahoo.com] Stock Analyst Riffs on Music Games Pachter says Activision has "given us too much value". yahoo.com editorial aspro
[gonintendo.com] Capcom - Euro release schedule gonintendo.com news Iga_Bobovic
[gonintendo.com] Lufia DS - more details, character art gonintendo.com media news Iga_Bobovic
[youtube.com] Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom - Jump Festa trailer youtube.com media Iga_Bobovic
[youtube.com] What if the theme from Final Fantasy had lyrics? Wow youtube.com media Iga_Bobovic
[blogspot.com] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourlgass manga blogspot.com news Iga_Bobovic
The Best 30 Games of the Decade better than Vader's list damnlag.com editorial Iga_Bobovic
[kotaku.com] The LONGEST videogame Preview of ALL TIME! (FF13) I can't believe I almost read all of it! kotaku.com impressions phantom_leo
When a Million Sales Is Not Enough Expect fewer games. networkworld.com editorial aspro
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:54:11
Dunno about ODST (it's probably a similar situation, and Halo 3's visuals haven't aged too well, so it'll probably have a "more of the same" feeling attached to it), but apparently the SP campaign on MW2 is pretty linear, and the main points are the visuals and scripted set-pieces, which obviously lose a lot of punch after the first playthrough. AI is still braindead and IW hasn't ditched the infinite respawning in some parts of the game, so there goes the interest in replaying multiple times to get more value out of the game without joining the online mob.

2009 was a relatively weak year for FPSs.

Edit: Archie saves the day. You'd be better off renting them.  
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:04:23

Yeah online is where the real action takes place for MW2 with it's numerous mp modes and playing with up to 17 other players in a given match. That's where the fun is. ODST by itself not so much because it doesn't have it's own matchmaking mp portion and it's higher price was only helped by the inclusion of the Halo 3 mp especially if you hadn't purchased the maps for it yet. Go with a rental unless you can get them at a cheap enough price.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:08:15

Archangel3371 said:

The mp portion of ODST can be played 2 player offline and is a blast if you dig fighting wave after wave of ever increasing foes but I don't care for splitscreen myself because I dislike sharing screen space. MW2 also has Special Ops which is a variety of missions that can be played by one or 2 players offline and it supposedly is very good and adds a lot to the game but I have yet to play it myself so I can't really comment on it.

I guess it really depends on price. Also ODST comes with an mp Halo 3 disc that gives you all the maps and the ability to play the complete Halo 3 mp experience without the original Halo 3 disk but it'll be pretty much useless if you don't play mp although I think you can also play it with friends offline.

Thanks for that, I appreciate it. Sadly these modes will never get played by me and I already own Halo 3 and dont touch the maps on that game either.

I will pick them up when they come down to a cheap price then. Thanks again.

Usually with shooters though I at least play through them twice, if there is a level select.


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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:16:12
Now be a dear, open a Steam account, and DL the LucasArts Adventure pack. 2.49 bucks, come the fuck on.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:18:24

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Now be a dear, open a Steam account, and DL the LucasArts Adventure pack. 2.49 bucks, come the fuck on.

I'm not paying for this!

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Can you pay by paypal? How many computers can you use it on? Can you save it to a dvd?

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:20:20


I gotta go.

Merry Christmas Ho's!

Steel, I expect a crown tommorrow morning from mama.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:28:17
LOL

Merry Christmas, man. I guess they take Paypal, and yes, you can back the game up to a disc, the games are tied to your account, so you can download them from any computer.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:35:56

You know lately with the growing of digital downloads I've been wondering if in the eventuality of one's passing if this stuff can be willed to someone. I'd imagine that over a lengthy period in someone's life they could quite possibly amass a small fortune of digital goods.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:23:17

First. 4:20 am december 25th.  Not that I observe christmas, but I do have to go drop off some video game for some nephews who live 2 hours away (they observe it, and I don;t want to be the uncle who is a dick).


Archangel3371 said:

You know lately with the growing of digital downloads I've been wondering if in the eventuality of one's passing if this stuff can be willed to someone. I'd imagine that over a lengthy period in someone's life they could quite possibly amass a small fortune of digital goods.

I'll be happy if the license even transfers to the original owner from one console to the next.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:55:33

aspro said:

SteelAttack said:
LOL Bioshock...Fuck you.

I mean...I'm quoting vader. LOL

Bioshock.  C'mon guys.  Really? I mean if you had not heard music from that era before, or had not read Ayn Rand you might think it was amazing, but it was schlock, utter schlock. Taking the stuff they stole, the gameplay does not stand on it's own.

What the... for christmas I hope Aspro gains good taste.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:57:14
Wow my arm is tingling. Boom Blox Bash Barty is awesome. Vader you should buy it, now. You have LBP like level creation and sharing!
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:58:40

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Wow my arm is tingling. Boom Blox Bash Barty is awesome. Vader you should buy it, now. You have LBP like level creation and sharing!

I know I should... but I missed out on the great deal amazon had.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:03:42
Some quick impressions on LBP Pirates pack. It is no where near as good as the MGS pack. I have seen user made levels that seem like more effort was put into them. The music is sadly not from Pirates. The water mechanic is fun, it is like Sonic in that you have a certain amount of time to get air and there are bubbles in the water where you can refill the air meter. You swim around by moving the stick any direction. Good mechanic, it can be used in puzzles and such but not the game changer that the gun was for MGS.

I downloaded some new Sonic Unleashed DLC levels, there was a sale on them. They are so awesome, the whole game should have had wild levels like these. The main problem is that Sega clearly has no clue how to work on the PS3, the framerate is a disaster. I could count the frames, that is how slow it was. The camera can be a pain at time. Some levels have Sonic running around a 3D environment like a Mario 64, well this game was not designed for that so it feels like Sonic is on ice the whole time. The ideas are there, the core gameplay is there, the polish is nowhere to be found.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:06:56
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Iga_Bobovic said:
Wow my arm is tingling. Boom Blox Bash Barty is awesome. Vader you should buy it, now. You have LBP like level creation and sharing!

I know I should... but I missed out on the great deal amazon had.

I was going to give impressions but I only played 50 mins. At first I felt meh, too similar to the original and the slingshot whilst cool feels difficult to balance between where you want it to go and the camera angle you want to see.

Then, well you know the feeling because you played the first game I got on the paint missions and played the same level endlessly because I just HAD to get all those blocks off in 5 throws. I knew you could do it, I just had to work it out!

Grinning Pretty cool.

Anyhow I wont be sampling UCC for a while because EA has put up 100 free dlc levels of their own.

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:19:05

Oh oh, to show how easy downloading UCC is in Boom Blox I went to the creation page and it auto searches all levels made by your registered friends.

I haven't chatted to Supreme AC in like a year but it found his level in seconds which I could download.

The user ratings weren't great on it Nyaa

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:21:39


This is EAs Phantom Hourglass

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More screens here

"To tell you the truth, I actually wanted to create Link’s Crossbow Training 2. I thought that we should do something more and better in the field of the first person shooter, based on our experience of the first game. For example, I was thinking that maybe we could intensify the multiplayer mode. The original game was really just a solo game but I thought that we could add a true multiplayer mode with multiple users playing together, from remote areas, over the Wi-Fi Connection. I thought that we could add a true multiplayer mode. The fact of the matter is that a lot of people inside Nintendo insisted that I should work on a new Legend Of Zelda title rather than working on more Crossbow Training." - Eiji Aonuma

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:25:03
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First. 4:20 am december 25th.  Not that I observe christmas, but I do have to go drop off some video game for some nephews who live 2 hours away (they observe it, and I don;t want to be the uncle who is a dick).

Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it.

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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:38:20

Hey just wanted to let everyone know that if they didn't get a game they were hoping for from Santa, Gamefly.com is running a sale on a lot of their used games.  Here's a quick price list for some examples:

360:

Bionic Commando $9.99 spacer.gif Midnight Club: Los Angeles $12.99
Riddick: Assault on Dark... $9.99 spacer.gif Street Fighter IV $12.99
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin $9.99 spacer.gif Fight Night Round 4 $14.99
Godfather 2 $9.99 spacer.gif Left 4 Dead $14.99

Wii:

Neighborhood Games $7.99 spacer.gif My Fitness Coach $12.99
Night at the Museum... $7.99 spacer.gif Overlord: Dark Legend $12.99
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball $7.99 spacer.gif House of the Dead: Overkill $14.99
Carnival Games: Mini-Golf $9.99 spacer.gif MadWorld $14.99

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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:55:44
Sony Moving Away from Cell-based PS4

Goto says there are signs that some time this summer, Sony was looking into using this updated SPU design in the core of the PS4. At the very least, he says, the design was a strong candidate.

However, he's recently started hearing about other plans. While he's unable to get into the specifics, at a broad level, the new plans call for a PC-like multicore setup.

Goto also provided a few guesses as to when we'll see the next generation of hardwaree. He believes that because Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, are looking into architecture solutions now in 2009, the next generation will come around 2012. The reason for this is that it takes 24 months to take a system from concept to production.

In addition, he expects next generation portable systems like PSP2 to precede the release of next generation consoles.

It would probably be in Sony's best interest to go with PC architecture since most devs prefer using architecture that they're familiar with. This has been a big benefit for Microsoft, and Sony has had a history of making difficult-to-program-for consoles, which has hurt them lately.

Next gen in 2012? That would be nearly three years away if all of those consoles all come out holiday 2012. I guess we'll see. I am curious about what Nintendo will do next. I assume their next console will be roughly as powerful as the current-gen PS3/360. It would be far cheaper for them to use current-gen HD tech in 2012, and most of their casual fan base won't care. Bring on the PS3/360 Wii HD ports!


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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:26:37
Happy Christma, enjoy those hovercrafts while they last.

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