• 22Jul 08

  Christian Bale: Innocent or Guilty?

  Some of you may have already found out about Christian Bale's alleged assault on his mother and sister earlier this morning. This incident supposedly took place a few days before the premiere of "The Dark Knight" so that it wouldn't ruin the premiere and box office weekend numbers. The police would not reveal who the 34-year-old actor was that assaulted his mother and sister. The "34-year-old actor" was released on bail. No charges have been filed, yet.

  After 10 years as a struggling actor, Christian Bale started breaking out in movies like the American Psycho, Reign of Fire, The Machinist, and the infamous Batman Begins and just a few days ago, The Dark Knight. I really hope these allegations are false and that they simply have the wrong guy and this is all some media circus act. As much as I would like to block this out of my mind, my favorite actor in the entire planet is a criminal? Not just your ordinary criminal, but someone who hits his mother and sister?! For Bale's sake, I really hope not. To be quite honest, I would never have thought that Bale would ever do such a thing. He was always the cool, quiet, calm and collected, type of person. A very private person, virtually never appearing in the media unless it has to do with a new movie he is promoting. I dont know what to say. I hope everything surfaces and they announce that they have the wrong guy and it was some media propanganda.

  

  • Posted Jul 22, 2008 11:33 am GMT
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• 7Jul 08

  Worst XBL Community, Gears of Wars 2 impressions, and E3 hopefuls.

  Hi guys. I wanted to get some opinions from the Gamespot friends community. Which do you think is the worst XBL community? I would have to say Gears of War. I had quite a few runs with Halo 3, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty 4, Metal Gear Online, but nothing is worst than the Gears of War community. For the first time today, I witnessed a couple of guys on my team call an opponent a N*****. It is hard for me even to put the "N" there but you wouldnt know what I'm referring to. This went on for a while and I thought it would stop, but it didnt. So I left the match. I think it's a serious issue but unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about it but file a compaint, and submit a player review. And the obvious choice would be to mute them. Dont get me wrong, Gears of War is my favorite multiplayer online but I feel like such a low-life playing amongst these random, obnoxious people. Don't you? Anyways, cast your votes for worst XBL Community.

  My next topic steers its way into Gears of War again but not the original, I'm talking Gears of War 2. As you guys may know, Epic Games has been showing off the multiplayer quite a lot lately. And it seems to me, this time around we're going to see a huge emphasis on gameplay. You have your original gameplay mechanics mixed in with new and impressive moves. You can flip opponents over and curbstomp them in the face. When you're "downed" you can crawl to one of your teammates or to a cover position which I thought was the most noticeable new gameplay mechanic. I could imagine a lot of teabagging going on because of that, haha. We finally get a snow level and it's also featured as a map in the multiplayer. We have new characters, a more engaging storyline, and we have more badass weapons.

  Aside from all of that, what would you like to see in Gears of War 2? Or what would like improved? Personally, I'd like for Epic Games to confirm 4-player co-op for the campaign mode. If they have, then I apologize. I haven't been really following up too much on it. But what I heard so far, is just a rumor but more than likely it will be because Cliff promised a badass game. I would to see more big boss fights. I cannot emphasize that enough. Big boss fights means a more nostalgic experience and guaranteed nirvana in 4-player co-op. Just imagine, you and three of your friends fighting big, baddass bosses? Ooooh man! Can you say Grub?! Before I end this discussion on Gears of War 2, I would like Epic Games to do away with Host Advantage. If they manage to take this out, we'll get less people complaining about Host Advantage and all that bologne. Last but not least, more level variety. As you well know, in the original Gears of War, we had a lot of levels that took you from building to building, mansion to underground caves. It was great, I'm not complaining but I would like to see more level varieties. So far, I have seen a snow level which is so awesome, and screenshots of other levels I can hardly describe at this point. Here's to an epic game in November.

  July is the month to talk about. A new game perhaps? No, not really. So what is it? Well, there's E3 in Los Angeles. Some of you guys are wondering if I'm attending E3 this year because I live in Los Angeles. Sadly, no. I did go last year though. So we have E3 in July. Which game are you looking foward to the most that you know will be there? Which game would you like to make a surprise appearance? Which game will steal the show? State your answers and discuss. I want you guys to talk in this thread. Some of you guys hardly deliver more than a sentence. I would love to hear from the Gamespot friends community.

  As for me, I'm looking foward to Too Human. Like I stated in my previous blog, I would love for Too Human to succeed. It still has a ton of potential and I hear the doubts, I do. Here's to hoping Silicon Knights will pull it off in August. Other honorable mentions include Fallout 3, Spore, Tomb Raider Underworld, Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, Little Big Planet, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed which Gamespot forgot about! Fable 2, I could go on all day. I would like to see a follow-up with Prince of Persia, and games that disappeared off the map like Tiberium, BioShock 2, Crysis Warhead, Borderlands, Dead Space, and possibly Mass Effect 2? I can dream. I think Alan Wake is going to make a surprise appearance. I know that many people highly doubt it but I can dream. If Alan Wake shows up, I think E3 will literally blow up out of pure joy and excitement. Lastly, I think Fallout 3 will steal the show. I know, I know. Gamespot, IGN, nearly everyone is hyped for Fallout 3. They see the name Bethesda and they scream with glee. I dont blame them. To me, Fallout 3 is like Fable 2 set in a postapocalyptic world, but better. You have your trusty pal dogmeat (dog companion), a bobblehead Hawaii Chick, and some old broken record. Suprisingly enough, gamers cant get enough of postapocalyptic, end of world, doomsday video games. We love fantasy worlds. Yes we friggin do.

  Let the discussions begin.

  • Posted Jul 7, 2008 4:21 pm GMT
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• 5Jul 08

  Too Much to Handle?

  With E3 2008 just around the corner, Too Human by Silicon Knights has already been receiving not-so epic preview-reviews. What was suppose to be a Playstation One game turned out to be a 10-year delay video game slated exclusively for the Xbox 360. So you're probably wondering what was Silicon Knights doing in the past 10 years to deserve such criticism? Your guess is as good as mine. Shot down because of a bad camera, repetitive gameplay, and the lack of different enemy character models. I mean, what action game isn't repetitive? But with Too Human, you have RPG elements embedded into it, massive dungeon environments, and tons of lighting effects and explosions to make your eyes gleam. On top of that, Too Human promises hundreds of thousands of weapon variants that should take you hours and hours to search and collect throughout the entire game!

  I really hope that Too Human does not disappoint. It already has been bashed because of its incredibly-long production time only to be boggled down by simple things like game camera. All I ask from Silicon Knights is to fix the camera. Please, please, fix the camera! If they do, this game will be AMAZING. The infamous studio has about a month to get out the kinks and bugs before releasing this mammoth of a game. Whether Too Human garners an average to solid score, I will still be purchasing this title on day one.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  • Posted Jul 5, 2008 12:54 pm GMT
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