i’m stoked to announce that starting on monday, i will be taking over the man zero video game blog on mlive. my buddy jon hooked me up with the gig, which he inherited from coworker. so i’m the third guy to write for man zero, the tanooki suit, if you will. i will of course continue to blog here, but all the video game stuff can be found over on there. also, if there’s something coming out that you think should be on my radar, feel free to let me know.
-srd
Categories: nerd shit · video games
Tagged: man zero, mlive, video games
i was finally able to download the resident evil 5 demo yesterday on my ps3. and i gotta say, it’s really hard. it may just be that you’re sorta dropped into the middle of a couple levels without any sort of training or familiarity with the controls, but damn i died a lot.
and the controls. hmmm. i’m kinda split on it. on one hand, they’re the standard resident evil controls. on the other, they’re the standard resident evil controls. i feel like with the addition of 28 days later-style track star zombies, the ability to run and shoot should be a no-brainer. it worked really well in dead space. still, the wonky controls are part of what makes a resident evil game a resident evil game. that and endless searching for a rook plug, which you need to get the eagle crest, which opens up a secret elevator to an even more secret lab beneath a mansion on the outskirts of town, which houses mutant sharks. the lab, not the mansion.
but visually, it certainly looks great. we’ll see how things pan out with the full release right around the corner.
-srd
Categories: video games
Tagged: dead space, never getting laid, resident evil 5, video games
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
2. dead space
3. littlebigplanet
4. devil may cry 4
5. wipeout hd
-srd
Categories: video games
Tagged: dead space, devil may cray 4, little big planet, metal gear, top five, video games, wipeout hd
i always get a kick out of fan-made trailers. this one is particularly awesome.
-srd
Categories: video games
Tagged: epic win of the week, fanfilms, megaman, video games
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.
Categories: video games
Tagged: little big planet, video games
video game movies have never, in the history of film, been good. max payne has the potential of not suckatude. but a game that cinematic lends itself to the movie format. however, the same could be said about the resident evil series and we all know how well that panned out. the point of all of this rambling is the the total wtf-iness of the following news regarding the movie adaptation of the sims, care of moviesonline.ca
“The Sims, as you know, you can control your imaginary world, right? And our movie, a young man, a 16 year old kid of a 14 year old kid and his friend get their hands on this thing called the Sims Infinity Pack, right, which kind of this very strange video game store which was there just for that moment, and seemingly wasn’t all that.
But what they realize is that they can scan their world in, because this is the most life like, real Sims game ever. And as they are playing this they are all of a sudden realizing is what they are playing on the game is having an effect on the real world.
So in effect, through the game, they are able to control their world. It’s wish fulfillment, and obviously it turns against them.”
first, that’s an actual quote from the producer. i feel like it was written in crayons, you know, like this:
second, wow. on the top three list of worst games to turn into movies, i’ve got the sims at number one, followed by guitar hero at number two (brett ratner already wants in if that tells you anything), and tetris at number three. actually, i take that back. tetris, in the hands of the right director, say jerry bruckheimer or micheal bay, could be really good.
jk rofl bbq.
-srd
Categories: movies · video games
Tagged: guitar hero, it's always sunny in philadelphia, max payne, movies, resident evil, tetris, the sims, video games, wtf
t’s time for my ironic mustache’s patented (patent pending) one line review round-up. all ratings are out of five stars. all opinions are the god’s honest truth. here we go.
five stars
johnny five is alive!
four stars
jack black’s least annoying role to date.
three stars
“hulk meh!”
three stars
it’s like life, only kinda boring.
five stars
mgs4 + 1080p = eye-boner
-srd
Categories: movies · tv · video games
Tagged: kung fu panda, metal gear, movies, tell me you love me, tv, video games, wall-e
i really don’t care if some people think this game is racist. honestly, in context, it’s not. but whatever. it looks amazing. i just hope it’s not another killzone 2 bait and switch and still looks this good when it comes out next year.
-srd
Categories: video games
Tagged: resident evil, video games
so i was gonna post about the obama rally yesterday, which was pretty cool and the first time i’d seen a presidential candidate in person since the ill-fated al gore incident of 2000, but i don’t really have much to say about it other than it was kinda cool, i was really far away, and really hungry the whole time. also, here’s a picture of one of my coworkers in a silly green shirt right behind him:
but what i’m really excited about is metal gear solid: 4, which is about a month away still. i mean, i have it tattooed on my arm, but i might just have to pick up one of these too:
i figure this way i can be a huge nerd and a bluetooth jackass at the same time. ladies, one at a time please.
updated: just for the hell of it, a sweet mgs4 trailer:
-srd
Categories: politics · technology · video games
Tagged: metal gear, never getting laid, obama, politics, video games
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