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top five of 2008: video games

srdailey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:39:29 +0000

seeing as i have a ps3, this list is soley ps3 titles. it’s not about fanboyism, it’s just the system that i chose for a multitude of reasons. there’s plenety of great titles on the 360 and the wii. these are just my favorite (ps3) games of 2008.

1 . metal gear solid 4

this is a no-brainer for me. my favorite franchise comes to an epic conclusion with stunning visuals, engrossing storytelling, and great game mechanics. my hat’s off to kojima on this one. now hurry up and get cracking on mgs5. or just remake the original nes metal gear for next gen. that would be incredible.

2. dead space

i actually haven’t finished this yet. i’m on chapter ten (of twelve) at the moment. the atmosphere of this game is downright creepy and the story is very solid. the best part about dead space is how immerse the experience is. think event horizon, but actually good.

3. littlebigplanet

littlebigplanet just makes me smile. it is the most charming game i’ve ever played and it’s just damn fun. i haven’t played around with the online component as much as the internet i “borrow” from my neighbors is less than reliable. but i see untold possibilities in the user-generated content.

4. devil may cry 4

i almost forgot about dmc4 because it came out pretty early this year, but that doesn’t make it any less great. i wasn’t ever a huge fan of the series, but dmc4 was a ton of fun. it had a great wry sense of humor while telling a compelling story with impressive visuals. dante has never looked so hot.

5. wipeout hd

i am terrible at this game. really bad. the first few levels i was winning trophies and thinking i was the best wipeout player ever. then it gets super hard. but it’s a lot of fun and it looks fantastic. and it brings me back to the early days of the original playstation when everything was mind-blowing.

-srd

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i’ll prolly spend most of my time trying to make a solid snake sackboy

srdailey — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:45:22 +0000

so yesterday i was telling my friend joe how much i wanted a littlebigplanet beta key. then i went ahead and pre-ordered it off amazon. and then, lo and behold, kotaku pointed me to this article from usa today giving away about 15,000 beta keys.

i’m super stoked. the game looks totally insane and i can’t wait to check out all the crazy crap people have come up with so far. part of me wants to fake sick and go home right now, but i think i can make it til five.

maybe

-srd

ps- i have a spare key if anyone wants one.

update: they gave me a total of 4 keys. two are spoken for (posters below, i just emailed them out), one is mine. one more up for grabs.

update 2: all gone. thanks.

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beyond the pale-in.

srdailey — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:08:52 +0000

mccain/palin ’08: welcome to earf!

i don’t know about you, but i’m not voting for some frakkin skin job and the first lady from independence day.

in other news, the chrome beta was released today by the folks at google. in my little experience with it (it’s only windows at the moment, so i run it in parallels both on my mac mini at work and on my macbook) i can say it’s pretty sweet. i’m relatively satisfied with safari (gasp!) but i can see myself switching over when they add native mac support. then fully 90% of my existence will be owned by either apple or google. the remaining 10% belongs to sony and marlboro.

speaking of sony, i played a bit of siren: blood curse this weekend. truly frightening game. it makes me hunger for resident evil 5, and a host of other really exciting upcoming releases, including but not limited to: star wars: the force unleashed, resistance 2, little big planet, rock band 2, silent hill 5, and killzone 2. it’s gonna be a sweet couple of months for gamers, that’s for sure.

also, this is damned awesome:

-srd