Simply put, forum posts get buried by other posts. So, i might as well stick a few in here (hopefully the more intelligent ones). If you agree, cool. If not, cool. Hopefully I'm not making *too* big a fool out of myself ^_^

• 6Nov 09

  How to maximize your hardware? Blow TONS of money.

  Grand Turismo 5 has a $60 million dollar budget.

  Holy. Smokes.

  That's three times more money than was spent on Kill Zone 2. That's six times more money than Gears of War (if Rein is to be believed). That's... insane.

  It should be an unbelievably gorgeous game as a result; something to show your system off with.

  But jeez... forget hardware concerns... I've said a few times that money will be the limiting factor more than anything this generation, and stuff like this goes a long way in supporting it. Doesn't matter how powerful the console is if you can't afford to take advantage of what it can do @_@

  • Posted Nov 6, 2009 2:10 pm PT
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• 5Nov 09

  Finally beat Gears of War 2.

  Next up: Halo 3.

  I'm pretty pleased with my experience. I think the last fight made sense... maybe not the biggest rush ever, but getting there was interesting enough.

  The message after the credits was interesting.

  I do like how in the credits some folks were giving shout-outs in other languages. I think I saw Cyrillic(?) and French at least. Maybe a little Southern.

  A good buy, all in all. Of course, I got it used with a 50% off coupon from Jack in the Box, so it only cost me about $15-17!

  • Posted Nov 5, 2009 8:49 pm PT
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• 2Nov 09

  Borrowing Halo 3

  I played the original with a friend of mine on the Xbox and enjoyed it. Nothing like beating the game on co-op.

  We never got around to playing Halo 2 together, but he had it and like it. Since then I moved from Georgia back to Hawa'i.

  I am now borrowing Halo 3 from a friend at work (my boss actually!).

  Like the original Halo I'm expecting it to be a good game. I am not expecting a spiritual experience. I am not expecting to be so blown away I can talk about Halo and nothing else. I'm not expecting to be so impressed that I go out and buy the game for myself (indeed, there are other games i want but am putting off getting).

  Halo never figured into my reasons to get an Xbox 360. Its just a game, and truth be told one in a genre that I'm not a huge fan of anymore.

  So - any advice before I jump in? Won't be tonight - maybe during the week or (more likely) this weekend.

  Oh, and at some point I really want to try Horde mode in Gears 2. Any advice there?

  • Posted Nov 2, 2009 1:08 pm PT
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