• 18Aug 08

  Capcom, Diving into the Unknown, or the Known?

  Konami, Square-Enix, Bungie, Capcom, oh the light goes on, and on. Trust me, I tried to find all the video game developers and companies, all that stuff. Enough to go around the table a few times, I might say. Though, one company seems to be standing out, at least in my mind. Capcom, dear old Capcom, how my memories with you, stained my mind, almost as well as the blood of zombies in Resident Evil, stained the ground. I can safely say, Capcom, that every developer, company, what have you, had an interesting affect on me in my life time. Square, gave me Final Fantasy, which made me turn into a kid, who spent most of his time day dreaming. Konami, you gave me Metal Gear, which made me debate if I should break some guys neck, or stick to the shadows. Westwood, you gave me incredible RTS games, rest in peace. Though, don't worry, Capcom, you were the first to scare the crap out of me.

  It all began one day, in 1997, when I got my first PlayStation with Final Fantasy 7. I was just re-entering games, and, well I am old enough now, naturally, back then, I was not so brave. I went to Block Busters, to rent a game for my new PS1. I wanted something, that grabbed my attention, to, give me a new gaming experience. I enjoyed FF7, for sure, but I just wanted to experience this, new generation of 3D. So, what did I rent? Resident Evil, ah, the game that took my young mind for a ride. Sure, now days, Resident Evil is seen as action, heck, I see it as action, but when I was young oh boy, it scared me to death.

  Go ahead, laugh at me I won't care, but when you're young and you see a zombie break someones neck, munching away, then turns to look at the screen. Well, haha, let's just say I never got passed the part with the dogs jumping through the window. Of course, I rented it when I got a bit older and beat the game easily, and oddly, most likely because of the past experience, Resident Evil is one of my favourite game series. When I get into my Resident Evil mood, stand back. I once beat RE1 for PS1, then the Saturn version, then the remake, then RE2, then RE3, then RE3 again on PC, then Code Veronica, one after another in a week, and too also add, when I log into Windows XP, I am greeted by the voice, RESIDENT EVIL, ripped right out of my RE disc for Saturn.

  Ah, but I could go on, and on, and on about Capcom, but what I wanted to bring to peoples attention, if they haven't already noticed. Is how daring Capcom is being at the moment. They have a lot of big titles coming out, but oddly, some of the biggest ones are not the new games they are making, but the old ones they are reviving. 1942, and Bionic Commando? Oh heck yes, I will take some of that, and anymore classics Capcom remakes. I don't understand why gaming companies are trying to reach this, magical land of gaming. When truthfully, sometimes, all it takes is some mindless fun, with no actual storyline plot, and sub-par graphics.

  Bionic Commando: Rearmed, is great. I keep playing it, beating it, then playing it again. The music is funky, the graphics, well not breath taking, are just perfect. The writing, ah, haha, I have laughed quite a few times at what some of the characters are saying. That is what a real game is, not saying that, Metal Gear Solid 4, or, Gears of War, are not games. Oh, they are, they are awesome games, but games don't always have to make you think, or try too hard, or try to force you into a world that you have to believe, in order to accept it.

  If anything, Capcom is spear heading an assault, into our minds, and our pasts. They are trying a lot of new, daring, gaming styles. No, not talking about Resident Evil 4, or the upcoming 5. Although, they did revive that series in a way, for better or for worse. Personally, I preferred the old RE games, but that is just my opinion. I still loved RE4, for what ever that is worth. Though seriously, more gaming companies should stop trying to hike into the land of the unknown, and go back down from that huge mountain, to the world they have already been to. To take a break, to let their minds cool down.

  What about a Metal Gear remake, much like Bionic Commando? Same camera view, just 3D. I would love that, possibly move then Metal Gear Solid 4. Add an on-line co-op, and I would basically be licking Konami's feet, well, not really.

  • Posted Aug 18, 2008 1:58 am GMT
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• 11Jul 08

  I'm sick of it, the time to act is now.

  That's it, I am sick of this, I am sick of the console wars. I am sick of fanboys, and yes I know, there is no way to stop what has become of GAMING. Gaming is in a sad, state. What happened to the days of the first Nintendo, and Sega Master Drive? There wasn't any REAL fanboyism at that point. Same with the Super Nintendo and Sega GEN, era. Was there fanboyism? Maybe a bit, more so about who was better, Mario or Sonic. I GREW UP in those times, I know what went on and I know what was a system, and what a game was, so I was happy. I did not require, anything, I did not require, having too bad mouth someone who owned a Super Nintendo because all I had was a Sega GEN.

  I remember going to my friends house, who had a Super Nintendo, and playing FF3(6), and some other games, and he, was, at the time, my BEST friend. My one friend I would do everything with, every day we would be running around the park, playing catch, causing problems, or playing games. We were kids, we were young, but more importantly, we were friends, playing two different systems and co-existing. What is up now days, with one person buying a PS3 well, his other friends, own 360. So he gets shunned, called names? I have seen this happen, read about this happening, and it is stupid. So your going to throw away years of memories because someone bought a different piece of plastic, metal, and circuit boards? You are going to throw away someone, who is flesh and blood, like you, with the same memories, for something that has NO loyalty to you?

  Why are fanboys so, dependent, on their status in the gaming world? Why do you care, if someone has something you don't. Wii, not the best graphics, but it's got some really fun games! I own one, I also own PS3, and I love it. Do I want a 360? Kind of, yes, but I don't truly require it at this moment since some games, and game types, are now coming to PS3 like RTS, and Bioshock. But, at the same time, I do not understand why people, on one side, have to say the other side have no games. It's like saying, when ever I turn on my Wii or PS3, I am not having fun. I am, a blast infact. You need to look past, the blurry lines, you need to understand a simple rule. Games are games, gamers are gamers. There are no hidden lines, no hidden areas. If we all just got along, started focusing on the prime fact that we are all gamers, then this experience would be swallowed a heck of a lot easier.

  It's getting worse also, with every passing generation. What is it going to be like with PS4, and all the next systems? We already have people shunning others, beating others up, stabbing people for a certain game? What the hell has happened to us? What happened to the day where we would just get together as gamers, as a group of people. Sure, other things have debaters, people debate things about sports, or cars. But in sports, when someone has a favourite team, that's different. They are loyal to flesh, and blood. Somethings that happen arn't good, like, fights breaking out, but thats another story, that is seen in almost anything which equally has it's problems and should not take place, because it simply does not make sense.

  What I am trying to say, in short, is that yes, this is rant, and yes this probably won't solve anything. Gaming, is heading down a dangerous path and I fear, that one day, I might just start acting like a fanboy also. Like some sort of disease, I almost feel like I can't run from it, and it's completely sick, and pointless. End, of discussion.

  • Posted Jul 11, 2008 12:26 am GMT
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• 8Apr 08

  Your Life's a Script

  Have you ever had those moments, when you awoke in your bed. You're ceiling fan was spinning on the lowest speed, and your blind was half way open. You would rub your eyes, and sit up, taking a look around your room, only to feel left out of some greater picture, some greater scheme. Like if something was keeping information from you, letting you stay out in the cool breeze of the night time air, to dry and become a coccoon of despair.

  Have you ever had those moments, when you tried so hard, to do something right. Perhaps you were making too many mistakes at your job, and you just wanted to do something, to make up for it all. So you try and you try so hard, and yet, it's all balanced, and you make a mistake some where else. Maybe your family gets seperated from you, because your spending so much energy on your job, or your friends no longer phone you to hang out.

  A time rises, that you might turn to something to take your mind off your life, like video games, books, or movies. You might get to attached to said games, and their characters. You feel like when Sephiroth tells cloud, that he is a puppet, that he is talking to you. Or perhaps when Master Chief, tells everyone, that everything is going to be alright in the thick of the mud, that he is looking at you. Almost like the entire world is moving around your self, and just about anything, can make or break you.

  At this time, you might be having one of those moments, where you feel like, you just want to sleep, and take a break from this giant movie called Life. You might believe in free choice, but at the moment your only choice is to be happy and free, and yet it's not coming to you. It's ok though, no ones telling you to fight the fight, or push your self to hard to over come all of your life issues. You can sit in the corner of your room, and watch life pass by. Your life is just a script, it's just a script in a giant play, and there is nothing you can really do to change how your feeling, like you want to forget about everything.

  But, truly, are you going to believe that? I don't, and I have had those moments, and if you had, maybe your problem is something deeper. Maybe something is missing but it isn't no script, and it is nothing that you can't get. Don't listen to people, that spout such crap, like your life can't be change or there is nothing you can do. Completely forget everything I just said up above, and only remember that even I, had a crap life at the starting, but now I am happy. What does this have to do with games? Actually, more then you might think. I turned to games to free my mind from my life problems, along side books as well, and of course friendship. So, are you going to really sit there and do nothing? If you are having one of those moments in your life, which some people like to call a crisis, then talk to someone who has made it out of such a pit. Even if that means sending me a message right now. Start to make a change, right....now.

  • Posted Apr 8, 2008 4:02 pm GMT
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