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• 27Mar 08

  Checking in / Soapboxing

  Hey everybody....it's been a while since I have blogged, and I have been pretty busy. However, in a recent bout of procrastination, I decided I needed to write something new on here. Actually, I hate to do this, but I'm gonna bust out the soapbox for a moment.

  I've been somewhat following the EA - TakeTwo saga and have decided that so many people have put money before everything else. The recent article I read highlighted commentary from analysts who believe TakeTwo should have taken such a generous offer from EA. I don't know how TakeTwo is really viewing the situation, but I would like to think that they are more interested in making games that people enjoy rather than holding out for more money. I hope the stockholders of TakeTwo view it that way too. It's pretty obvious EA is notoriously buying up some rather enjoyable game franchises and whether or not they decide to shake things up once they buy them, I think we can all agree that it seems to stagnate things. These last two maneuvers seem a tad money hungry....."lets buy Bioware as Mass Effect comes out"......."lets get our stamp on GTA IV before it ships." Not to mention, if EA gets TakeTwo, the obvious dismantling of 2K Sports is imminent.....as if sports games anywhere had much to work with when EA acquired exclusive sports licenses, which nobody can convince me that EA doing that hasn't effected the quality of their games. I played NCAA Football 06 to death.....and excitedly bought NCAA 07 for the 360, and surprise...I had bought a watered down version of the previous year's installment, right down to the audio commentary by the announcers being, verbatim, the same. I digress, I should refocus on people's obsession with making money. In America, most people used to work to make quality products, to support their families, and overall contribute in some way to society. Now, that seems to be replaced with "what can I do to not get fired?" or "how can I get a raise?" To a certain extent I can't blame some people for trying to get ahead, being a student I understand how expensive it is getting just to get by. I can't remember the last time I bought a new game....granted, I'm busier these days, but $60 a game is a sizable chunk of what we pay for the systems themselves. You would think with the rash of games using blatant in-game advertising, it would help publishers pass those savings down to the consumer, instead we see price hikes. I guess its a mentality.....why do you want to keep buying other companies when you have quite a substantial fortune already....and some of your own games could use some much needed attention. It just seems like everyone has stopped working to live and started living to work, and the dollar takes precedence.
  • Posted Mar 27, 2008 7:37 pm GMT
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• 13Feb 08

  Game length

  Hello again. This is a random outta thin air topic that I figured I'd talk about to get the conversational ball rolling so to speak.

  So, as my ascent on the ladder of life gets higher I realize that I can no longer afford the time I once did to play games. This obviously saddens me but on the bright side.....compared to when I was younger I can spend a lot more on games, but then.....I have no time to play them.....oh cruel cyclical fate!!
  But this isn't about the torment of time management......or is it?
  
  I see a lot of people getting mad these days at games that don't last that long, or have relatively short story/campaign modes. I don't know about you, but personally I can't invest 40, 50, 60+ hours in a game any more. I've already come to terms with the fact that there are simply many games that I'm just not going to play....ever. This isn't because they're bad, granted bad games don't really do it for me, but even good games, or really great games if they take an exorbitant amount of time to complete, it seems to reason that I would be able to complete one or two games before the next wave of awesomeness comes out. I guess I shouldn't be such a game connoisseur, but man.....there's a lot of good stuff out there!
  One example that comes to mind is when Gears of War came out.....there was a lot of clamour about its abrupt story and it was admittedly short, but honestly....how long is long enough? I will admit, I do enjoy longevity of really awesome games but I do enjoy it when I can actually finish a game on a weekend instead of it going to the shelf with the other "oh yea....I played that for a while, but i never beat it" games.

  • Posted Feb 13, 2008 1:52 pm GMT
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• 7Feb 08

  New Blog

  Due to hateful comments about my inaugural blog, I've decided to write a new blog, one filled with manliness and witty comments.

  Anyways, I also received hateful comments about my profile banner so, soon it will be replaced with pictures of burning kittens and machine guns.

  Ahh, appeasing the masses.......never ends.

  • Posted Feb 7, 2008 9:18 am GMT
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