From the mind of Seth MacFarlane

Mario rescues the Princess! Does he get what he wants though?

I'm so excited!!!

My life is going bye-bye in a couple of days after I read this. Grand Theft Auto IV looks to be one of the best games I will ever play and I can't wait. It comes out at midnight on Monday (technically Tuesday, for all you assholes who care about semantics) and I'm sure as hell picking up my copy at that point. I wish my finals week was last week so I didn't have to worry about anything but playing that game. The wait has been too long. I need my fix, just inject it straight into my veins!

Of Course...

Since HD-DVD is now officially dead and the external add-on for the Xbox 360 is now obsolete, Microsoft has to jump on the Blu-ray ship. Taken from ign.com, "...the Taiwan-based company Lite-On is currently in development of an internal Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360 game console...shipments of the drive will begin in the second half of 2008 along with the 'next-generation of Xbox 360 game consoles,' fueling speculation that a console more powerful than Xbox 360's currently high-end model, the Elite, could be on the way as early as this holiday."

If they come out with a new console, I might just have to buy it, especially if it has Blu-ray internally.

GET THE FEBRUARY ISSUE OF THE OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE!!!!

The February 2008 issue of Official Xbox Magazine includes a free bonus disc with three exclusive songs for the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band.

"Rock Rebellion" Bang Camaro
"Shake" Count Zero
"Sprøde" Freezepop

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.


Night.

Rock Band Gets Some Timmy!

Fresh new track just announced for Rock Band: Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld

Hey, Cottonmouth!

You have to beat expert for me! The load times on the 360 are non existent. You can barely read what they have on the load screens. Also, the girls are way hotter in this one. Have you even played Knights of Cydonia yet? Well, you will when you beat the game for me on expert. It's very fun to play, but I must warn ya, during the galloping triplets its fucking hard to keep the rhythm down. Thanks buddy!

GH3

So I finally got a chance to play a little bit of it last night (had kind of a quasi-date - yay!). He and I played through up to part of the fifth level, and here's a few of my observations:

the gripes first:

Load time on ps2 for the game? REALLY REALLY FUCKING SLOW. Like... almost unbearably so. But I suppose that should be expected on a system that's a generation older than the one it was designed for.

It took me a while to get used to it again - I feel like it's harder to tell when you made a mistake (at least on co-op mode), and harder to see the lines that mark the rhythm of the song - which I know for some people isn't a big deal, but it really threw me off for a while.

Also the backgrounds are WAY more distracting than in previous ventures, which I'm sure is more interesting for people watching, but it gets a little difficult for those of us playing. Again, this might be better on solo guitar mode.

The guitar? More responsive (good) but I don't like the buttons as much personally. They don't seem to press as easily. Maybe they just haven't been worn in as much as Hock's were :)

Biggest gripe - some of the songs are just NOT where they should be. For instrance - Welcome to the Jungle was WAY harder than any of the other songs in the same section. And even worse? Holiday in Cambodia is just not even FUCKING FAIR. Cam was the only one who could make it through the beginning. It is so DAMN HARD! Then the bass comes in, and it's JUST AS BAD. It was the only song we didn't beat the first time through on expert.

No vrrmmm-screech! BOO!

The plusses?

New songs! New songs! GOOD new songs! It's so nice. I like the track listing so far much better than GH2. I bet I could gold star my name is jonas. I kicked that song's ass the first time we did it.

The graphics are pretty great. I have to admit.

The option of a co-op career is REALLY nice. I can't believe it took them so long to figure it out.

Other than that, I didn't really get enough of an idea of the game. It seems promising. Especially the track list. I feel pretty confident about being able to rape my way through expert with you guys over Christmas. It'll be fun. Except for fucking dead kennedys. And I'm not super excited about anarchy in the usa either.

Basically I'll have to give it time. Let it grow into me. I'll admit, it's not as immediately appealing as 2 was. But we'll see :)

Guitar Hero 3

After playing it for 3 days, I have come to the conclusion that it is not much different than its predecessors. There is an obvious difference from the two because of the change of development teams, but that doesn't hinder the game that much. The thing I'm most disappointed about is the track list. Its a sequel with less tracks? That doesn't make sense. And where the fuck is Slither?! I heard that song on the fucking commercial! How is it not in the game?! Despite its shortcomings, its still the same old mindless fun. Cult of Personality fucking rocks!

8 out of 10

Street Fighter 4!!

Yeah, you read that right. Capcom is making Street Fighter 4! From the looks of the trailer, it should be nothing less than amazing.

It's an Achievement

I killed 2 people with that one laser shot. It gave me an achievement.

I can enjoy Guitar Hero III after all!

It's being released for mac! with a usb guitar. crazy eh?

Halo 3

Well, after playing it all the way through the campaign on normal, I have deduced that the game is set up very well. The art direction and sound design is amazing. It is rather short though. It can be completed between 6-10 hours, if you run through it. I wish there was more substance to it, but of course they just wanted to finish the story and focus more on multi-player. I still have to run through it on legendary to get the "good" ending. I'll do that eventually.

On the topic of multi-player, Xbox Live is where it's at. The matches are fierce and intense. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you get your ass kicked. The only problem I have with multi-player is shields. The use of shields in multi-player is the worst idea. The matches are too uneven, especially when some shots should kill a person and they end up killing you because the game hates your family. Also, where the fuck are all the maps? They better not charge me for new fucking maps.

Overall, the game was worth it, especially playing it online.

Halo 3, the early review...

So I have not finished the game...and I have not played much of the online matchmaking...but...


meh.

I Love Halo...

But some people take video games waaaaay too seriously.

Believe!

Best Weekend Ever?

Not yet...but soon.

Wet...

Seriously. Sierra has announced a game called Wet. Wet. With a smoking hot femme fatale who wields twin Colt Pythons and the occasional sword.

Wet.

Could be a really interesting game, even if it sounds like an updated, sexier version of Tomb Raider.

By the way, her name is Rubi.

New Rock Band Announcements!

Directly from the Games Convention in Leipzig, Electronic Arts has announced a PS2 version of the game, Rock Band, along with 10 new songs.

Spanning decades of rock history, the current track list for Rock Band includes the following (newly announced titles in bold):

• Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
• The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
• Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
• David Bowie - "Suffragette City"
• Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
• Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"
• The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop”
• Deep Purple - "Highway Star"
• Rush - "Tom Sawyer"*
• Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive"
• The Clash - "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
• Faith No More - "Epic"
• Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly"
• Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
• Nirvana - "In Bloom"
• Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"
• Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
• Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock"
• Radiohead - "Creep"
• Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
• The Hives - "Main Offender"
• Queens of the Stone Age - "Go With the Flow"
• The Strokes - "Reptilia"
• Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• OK Go - "Here It Goes Again"
• Nine Inch Nails - "The Hand That Feeds"

The newly announced titles are said to all be "original master recordings," while some of the previously announced tracks are covers only.

Some of these songs are also in Guitar Hero 3, but that's cool. They have "Epic" and "Gimme Shelter" so I'm good.

Sweet Ejaculate!

I downloaded the demo for BioShock earlier and OH MY GOD! This game is absolutely gorgeous. The graphics are amazing and the atmosphere is incredible. The whole beginning is incredibly well done and throws you directly into the action. Your special powers, called Plasmids, are really cool to look at...even though you only get to use 2 in the demo. I also like the environmental interaction, such as if there is water on the ground you can use it as a conductor for your electrical plasmid. The weapons/aiming system is a little difficult to control, but I'm sure I'd get used to it. I have a feeling this game is gonna freak me out, but in a good way. I cannot wait the whole game and to play it in high def on our new TV!

Before I Go To Bed

Do you know those times when you thought you had a lot of information on a topic? Well this time you'd be wrong. Bungie has released a new map for Halo 3. Enjoy.