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• 8May 13

  Gaming news from GS...

  So 10 of the top 20 news stories right now are EA related. They must pay a lot for advertising on this site. It really is unfortunate because I know there is a lot more going on in the world of games beyond EA... Can anyone suggest real gaming sites that aren't just GS clones (AAA talk or EA / Activision bought)?
  
  I know it is probably hard to come up with because I am on a AAA hell hole of a gaming site and all, with the main course being EA all the time, but I seriously need a change from this.
  • Posted May 8, 2013 6:32 am GMT
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• 21Apr 13

  B-day tomorrow... what did I get myself?

  The funny thing is my wife actually kind of tipped my hand here. She bought me a copy of Fire Emblem for the 3DS about a month or so ago. She was afraid the same thing would happen with this one that happened with them in the past - the game runs out of copies and Nintendo decides not to reprint. So when she saw a copy she bought it, knowing full well someday I'll want to play it.
  
  Having found this out, and my b-day being April 22nd, I figured it was time to be able to play that game and forked out the cash for a new Red 3DS XL. When I buy Nintendo hardware it always seems that a sale or remodel comes right around the corner, but this time I just took the plunge. Here are my thoughts:
  
  1. The 3D is exactly what I thought it would be. The problem is when I get the right angle it does make text and stuff pop-out like I'm looking at something from the future or something, but then my head starts to hurt after a bit and I realize I need to turn it off... then I feel like I'm not getting everything out of this flat looking 3DS game... So I turn the 3D back on and tell myself to tough it out. If I go blind I'm blaming this thing.
  
  2. I got it all running and went right to the store. One of the reason I'm a proud owner of * something * I'm not suppose to own for my DS is because I hate cart switching. Well, with the 3DS you can download most of the games and have them right on your SD card, thus avoiding one of the reasons I owned one of those *can't be named* items in the last handheld gen.
  
  So, I went to the store in the hopes of downloading games I knew I wanted to carry with me... is it just me or is the store suck ass right now? Where are the GBA games? Oh yeah, they only gave them to the ambastards or whatever they call them. Yeah, we get it Nintendo - you screwed over your loyal fans with the price point at release. It has been over 2 years since the release and almost 2 years since the crazy price drop. Time to quit special treating the few people that like your hoo-ha in their rear and release the rest of the games to everyone for purchase.
  
  3. The 3DS VC is worse than the Wii's VC... come on Nintendo. Can I show you how to make all these games available faster? Really, you should be charging a good $.99 for all these classic games, as is, and just release everything you can already. At that price every time I get an itch to play a classic game I know you would get my money instead of me playing it elsewhere...
  
  4. I did find a couple of games on sale... One of them looked interesting so I downloaded it. $5 for a game I didn't even know existed prior to yesterday. Sales big publishers... take a hint from Steam will you and make this happen more often. It generates hype if the game is good, and hopefully more sales and word of mouth flies. And if not, you still got a few bucks out of people that wouldn't have bought it otherwise.
  
  5. Fire Emblem is good, though the opening already has me pinned as the bad guy. Hum... I don't like to be the bad guy. I'll have to see how this unravels.
  
  So I'm still torn on the whole purchase. Part of me thinks I got on board too early again, even though it has been out for 2 years. I only have a handful of games I want to play on it, Fire Emblem, the new Zelda LttP sequel... there are others I'll try out to be sure, but those two were the system sellers for me.
  
  Anyhow, what are your favorite games on the system? or what games have tempted you into looking into the system?
  • Posted Apr 21, 2013 4:51 pm GMT
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• 3Apr 13

  Two most annoying things 'gamers' say

  "You haven't played it so why does your opinion matter."
  
  Sorry, that is my favorite pile of BS in the industry right now. Well, I can read and I can understand what others say about things and I also have the ability to share my opinion. And I'll tell you why my opinion matters, because I'm not a customer yet. What I'm criticizing about the game is probably the reason I haven't given the developer any money yet. Want to increase the customer base? listening to complaints is a good place to start.
  
  "If you don't like it don't buy it"
  
  How exactly does one express their opinion in regards to a game without supporting the very game via sales? We have to read articles and draw our own conclusions. Maybe, just maybe, when people say this they are actually encouraging us to not actually spend money on the game... that usually results in my first complaint appearing more often though.
  
  Sometimes I wonder if the correct solution to the problem is to stop bashing games and get back to bashing the industry and its followers. If enough people do that, gaming will become uncool again and *crash*, the industry is back to single guys living in their basements. Some would argue that we never left that... here I am, in my basement, talking about games with my wife out of town, so I guess I'm single this week... I got to work on putting on some more weight though.
  • Posted Apr 3, 2013 9:08 pm GMT
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