• 18Dec 09

  I am really beginning to hate Sony again!!

  Every ****ing time I leave, I get an e-mail from Sony about some event or item that I'll miss out on because I left too early and won't be back until it's too late!!! Last time it was the Statue of Liberty for Little Big Planet, this time it's some weird-ass Sodium One Salt Shooter game!! I'm not taking that damn behemoth of a gaming console with me every time I leave, and if Sony has a problem with that, they can kiss my angry ass!! Do they get info on my travel plans or something and try to give this big middle finger?!! Well Sony can go **** themselves!! Maybe I'll sell my PS3 and and spend the money on some XBox 360 and Wii games!!!!

  • Posted Dec 18, 2009 12:48 pm PT
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• 15Nov 09

  The Wii is finally starting to grow on me now that I'm finding the right titles.

  I've had this console almost since it was first released and now I'm discovering the video games that take advantage of the Wii's usual controls in ways I actually like. Games like Super Mario Galaxy and No More Heroes have a lot of depth and I can easily see why so many other people like them, but what I'm finding myself getting into are third-person shooting games that actually make me want to use the remote and nunchuk rather than a GCN or Classic Controller. Games like Code Lyoko, Ghostbusters, Battalian Wars 2, and Sin & Punishment 2 are much more along the lines of what I want, though I do enjoy the motion-control-heavy Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort once in a while. I'm also having a blast (no pun intended) with gun games like Carnival King and Ghost Squad and even some of the first-person shooters like Metroid Prime 3 and The Conduit. That's not to say I don't like any of the other types of games. I almost bought Mad World (I still might) and I sometimes use the remote and nunchuk in some of the games on SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1, namely Shock Troopers.
  I've had my frustrations with Wii in the past and I'll likely have frustrations with it in the future, but for now, I'm gonna stop focusing on what I don't like about the system and start focusing on what I do like about it.

  My attention span is notoriously short, so don't be too surprised if you find another Wii-hating rant in the next ten minutes. It's not likely, but I can't make any promises right now.

  • Posted Nov 15, 2009 11:14 pm PT
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• 24Sep 09

  I think violent people just happen to like violent video games.

  No, I'm not saying you have to be a violent person to enjoy violent video games. I may have stated this in an earlier blog, but I think the there's more to the link between violent people and violent video games than is being explored. People noticed that many school shooters happened to own shooting video games. While it's possible that these video games inspired them to go on shooting rampages, I believe it was more likely their violent tendancies that caused the shootings and happened to attract them to these games in the first place.

  My advice to parents (and I'm not saying it's all your fault): If your kids are into these types of games, talk to them, make sure they're not having issues outside of the virtual world, and that their interest in such games does not stem from social issues that could lead to something worse. Violent video games can actually be a good warning system. Take away the games and you're probably just taking away the alert as a side-effect.

  • Posted Sep 24, 2009 7:52 am PT
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