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• 18Aug 08

  Bionic Commando Rearmed and 1st platinum trophy

  Hey everyone, it's been a while since i last blogged. How's everyone doing? Well, i hope.

  I started my Summer vacations almost two weeks ago and because of that reason i haven't been around here much. Sorry for not posting in your blogs.

  Since it's break time, i've had a lot more time to play some games. Lately i've been playing Uncharted again, for trophies. Today i finally managed to win all trophies and consequently i was awarded with a Platinum Trophy. I went through hell to beat Uncharted again in Crushing Mode, but in the end it was good fun. The only reason i went for all the trophies in Uncharted is because i really enjoy playing this game. I doubt i would play another game three more times just to get trophies, unless of course i really enjoyed it and had the time to do so.

  I bought Bionic Command Rearmed from PSN. I wasn't interested in a remake of a 2D game from the 80s, but after trying the demo, i fell in love with this game. Very cool art style, great techno music (remixes of the tracks in the original game) and the unforgiven 2D platformer gameplay, make this game a great gem and a real trip down memory lane. It's a great game for oldies like me and new experience for younger gamers. Definitely gets my recommendation.

  That's all for now. See you guys around.

  • Posted Aug 18, 2008 3:08 pm PT
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• 25Jul 08

  Digital Distribution: Is it really the future?

  I'm not a PC gamer. Never play games on PC and never had the chance to buy games off the internet via download. I don't know exactly how much time would it take to download a game or how big the games usually are for PC. Yesterday i got to experience this whole DD thing on a console, the PS3.

  So i bought and downloaded Siren: Blood Curse from the Playstation store and i must say it wasn't a very pleasant experience. You can buy the full game or buy it by chapters. There are a total of four chapters and each one is made up of three episodes. So the game has a total of 12 episodes and each one of them has to be downloaded individually. I question the way Sony is doing this. Why not include those three episodes of one chapter in just one download? I don't get it.

  I bought the full game because it ends up being around 10 euros cheaper. I had to download twelve episodes individually. That's TWELVE downloads! Each download has from around 500 MB to 1200 MB in size. The full game totals almost 10 GB in size!

  Needless to say that all these dowmnloads were a real pain in the a**. I have a 16 Mbps internet connection and it took me around six hours to download everything. To top it all i had to install all the downloads, that was 20 minutes more. Also, now i have less 10 GB of space in a 60 GB HDD!

  Making a big story short, all i'm trying to say is: Is Digital Distribution really the future of gaming? Do you see yourself going through the hassle of dowloading games as big as 10 GB and more? If you're a hardcore gamer, with lots and lots of games, do you think you'll have an HDD big enough for all those games? Are you willing to upgrade your internet connection, paying more, just to download games faster.

  I personally don't see a very bright future for DD as the only way to buy games. There are too many factors that make it not very accessible for the majority of gamers around the world. Besides that, who doesn't like to actually own a physical copy of a game?

  Your thoughts?

  • Posted Jul 25, 2008 5:01 am PT
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• 15Jul 08

  The gamers community has gone crazy

  Not all gamers have gone crazy, mind you, but what i've been seeing in the last hours since the end of Microsoft's press conference at E3 is ridiculous.

  As everyboy probably knows already, FFXIII is not a PS3 exclusive anymore. While the game will still be exclusive to the PS3 in Japan (at least for the time being) it will release simultaneously for both PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America and Europe after the Japanese launch. When will that happen? Probably a lot more late than we expected since the game will only be ported to the 360 after it's done on PS3. So Japanese fans will probably get this game by the end of this year or early next year while NA and European fans will probably have to wait for late 2009. I should also note that FF versus 13 is still PS3 exclusive for the time being.

  After this huge surprise, gaming forums everywhere have gone crazy: 360 fanboys shouting "Sony got pwned" "LOL @ PS3 owners", PS3 fanboys threatening to boycott FFXIII and some other PS3 fanboys/owners even saying they were going to sell their PS3s. Seriously, how stupid is that? What serious gamer would actually sell a console just because a game is not exclusive anymore? Newsflash, you'll still be able to play the damn game!

  I'm sure this announcement will make some people that don't own a PS3 or 360 think twice before choosing which one they want, but those that own a PS3 already have no reason to sell it, not with all the great exclusive it will be getting that we already know about and the ones we don't even know about. Sony's conference hasn't been held yet. I'm sure Sony has some really nice surprises up their sleeves. Just a few minutes ago i saw a trailer of InFAMOUS, a PS3 exclusive made by Sucker Punch. The game looks fantastic! It's another game i'm looking forward to for my PS3.

  Check it here.

  The purpose of this blog is to tell people to just relax. Enjoy the games you're getting and stop worrying if a game is exclusive or not.

  Have a nice day.

  • Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:44 am PT
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