• 5Oct 08

  Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger

  Man it's been too long since I've written anything here. I guess that's what happens when you're as lazy as I am; you neglect to do even the tings you enjoy doing.
  For some reason everytime I start to play a game, I'll get about half-way through it and I'll lose interest. Well, it's not that I'm not interested I think I can blame it on laziness. After a day at work and an evening taking care of the kids and doing family stuff, there isn't much that I even feel like doing anymore. I still enjoy doing passive things like reading, watching movies and listening to music but I've been having problems getting into games.
  
  I think that's why I've been playing so much virtual console games on my Wii. If there's one good thing about the Wii it's the Virtual Console. Classic games are great for short bursts. Now adays games have 30 minute long cutscenes just to introduce the characters.
  
  Right now I'm mostly playing Megaman 9. Man that game is awesome! I have one boss left and that's Tornado Man. It's the stage,I never had trouble with Air Man on MM2 so why is this one so difficult? Who knows? I'll get through it eventually, practice makes perfect.
  
  I'm really excited about Little Big Planet. It seems like there will be tons of different things to do that it'll keep my ADD riddled mind occupied for more than 10 to 15 minutes. I'm interested in seeing what kind of creations I make with the tools they provide. I've seen some really cool examples on youtube. I think this will be a game of the year contender.
  
  Wow, so many fantastic games this year. MGS4, GTA4, LittleBigPlanet and so many others. 2007 was a fantastic year for games but this year is looking even better. Hopefully all the games I'm hyped for turn out being good.
  
  I've been expanding my musical horizons lately. This guy I work with has been getting me into prog-rock lately. I'm really digging Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater. Check em out if you like awesome music, haha.
  
  I apologize about this blog being so scatter-brained. That's just how my mind has been lately. Maybe I'm going through a transitional period and I don't realize it yet. Oh well.
  
  Till next time
  Peace
  • Posted Oct 5, 2008 9:53 pm GMT
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• 21Jul 08

  Tick Tick BOOM!

  This is just a quick post to let everyone who is joining Giant Bomb and wants to add me, my username is Jotun.
  • Posted Jul 21, 2008 6:50 pm GMT
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• 19Jul 08

  Thoughts on Sony (late, I know.)

  So right after Nintendo's snoozefest it was Sony's turn. I think the overall look of the presentation was pretty cool and the littlebigplanet presentation was the most original way I've seen a company talk about boring stats. I think they could have gone without the entirety of the PS2 section as well as skimmed the PSN and PSP sections as well. That would have given the presentation a bit more flow.
  
  The games they showed were pretty cool looking. Resistance 2 changed from a "meh" from me to a "Oh wow, I must play this game!". Hopefully they do something about the camera bob when the character walks, it really needs it because it looks rather mechanical the way it is. Infamous, LBP, GoW3 are reasons enough to be excited to own a PS3 in the coming months and years.
  
  They also announced the new on-demand movie and TV download service. I thought it was a good choice but I was worried about how long it would take them to launch the damn thing (Home anyone?) but to my surprise it was available the night of the conference. Now there's a surprise!
  
  While the announcements were kind of predictable and the presentation dragged on in some spots, I feel Sony has come a long way from the "Massive damage to giant enemy crabs" disaster and has some genuinely compelling stuff lined up for PS3 owners.
  
  Grade:B
  • Posted Jul 19, 2008 7:58 pm GMT
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