Failure to evolve

I just don't understand why developers do not look at their games as platforms rather then individual products.  Take Motorstorm.  It was a great game, but somewhat limited.  So they come out with version 2.  Why don't they fix version 2 to input all the data from version 1?  Why are they two seperate products?  I should be able to play motorstorm 2 online and drive the grasshopper track!

With a Harddrive in every ps3 it just bothers me that more games do not tie together.  I hope that Sony eventually opens up HOME so that my home avatar can drive or be in my game, or a game character that I really like can show up in the HOME universe.

Game buying plan for the Fall: Fallout is a for shure.  I don't know about Little Big Planet.  I love it, but it appears as tho it might get really boring.  That game needs weapons and monsters.  I do love the concept of the game tho, so I am really torn as to if I am buying it.

Kid Game of the Month:  Burnout.  My 7 year-old played it and loved it for a month, but then got sick of it.  He LOVES the motorcycles tho.  He plays it for his alloted game time every week.

Posted by Mediaman @ 11:37 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

the future....of my wallet

Things I am looking forward to purchasing:

1. Fallout 3: both my wife and I want to play it. We also both want the collectors edition with the bobble head and the lunch box. I better hurry up and reserve this. In order to prove her undying love to me, my wife played fallout 1 and 2 while we where engaged....and she won. I failed miserably at both. About 15 hours into F1 I became addicted to drugs and died, and about 10 hours into F2 i realized my character was poorly designed (he was only a talker, not a fighter) and I couldn't find enough smart npcs to help me. I have high hopes for F3 tho....I loved the first 2, but I didn't have the heart to start over.
2. Little Big Planet: The game that my 7 year old and my wife can play with me. I look forward to making levels as well.
3. Driving Seat: I am designing a driving seat for Gran Turismo. My father-in-law said he would build it for me. I want it to fold up, so I am thinking of all the elements i want included in the construction.
4. Resistence 2: Probably a Christmas purchase....it looks amazing. I loved the first one.
5. Motor Storm 2: I played the first one for like 3 months...it was the only thing i played...it was so much fun. It was the perfect mix of fun/destruction/online/arcade action.
6. PSP-3000(aka-TheBrite): I think I found some people willing to buy my psp phat. When I play Monster Hunter 2 every week, their slim's load much faster then my phat.
7. THIS RUMOR:  looks amazing .... the whole online thing would be the best!
8. Midnight Club LA: never played the series, but it looks really fun!

I have no idea how I plan on paying for all of this, but hey....a great hobby always gives you the opportunity to spend more then you should

Remember Honey: I need these games because you cancelled cable tv!

Posted by Mediaman @ 1:18 am EDT | Permalink | 2 Comments

Stop Amazon from ripping you with todays ps3 deals

I used this site for the first time today: Slickfillers

What the site does is find things worth $1 to $5 for you to use to get free shipping.  Todays First steal of the day on Amazon was GT5.  I have always wanted it, and at 22.99 it is a steal.  The problem is, free shipping doesn't hit until $25 dollars.  I used SlickFillers, found 2 packs of AAA batteries for .99 cents and I just cranked it up to 25.99.  Now I will get the game and 6 batteries for no shipping!

NICE!

For those that don't know: all of todays Amazon deal of the day/lighting deals are going to be Ps3 specials.....

Posted by Mediaman @ 11:58 am EDT | Permalink | 5 Comments

Posting up

Here is my thought on current games:

Thought 1:

Why are their sequels to games on the "next" gen systems?  Why are people talking about the next gen already?  With games taking 2-5 years for production, a console almost needs to have the 10 year life cycle.

When FFXIII comes out, it should be a fully functional RPG...a huge world, tons of npc's, and a long epic rpg.   Then every 6-12 months, square should just start releaseing add on packs.  Give me FFIX on the ps4.  Don't keep starting over at ground zero.  Let me just buy new adventures to keep playing in the world I love.

also:  Where are the awesome co-op games I thought I would be playing this generation?  Is RE5 going to be the first one, and I have to wait until spring to play it?

Thought 2:

I am now about 120 hours into Monster Hunter 2.  I started a group that meets at my house once a week.  After my family is in bed, my friends come over and we play from like 9pm till 1am.  I just solo'd a tigrex.  It was pretty cool.  I am working on getting Kai working so I can play more then once a week.  Why doesn't Monster Hunter have infastructure?  So crazy.  Capcom probably has lost a lot of sales in America because of that.

Thought 3:

Their are far too many great games coming out that I want to play.  Little Big Planet, Fallout 3, Motorstorm 2 (there ya go...patch in the new engine, and sell me new events), Resistance 2 (grrr)....so many games.  I won't have the budget for all of them.  I still can't get enough scratch together for an HDTV, let alone all those games, let alone have the time to play them.

Thought 4:

I considered just getting an HDTV...just going out and getting it.  The problem is, we are starting the adoption process again.  We want more kiddies in the house, and we still owe like 25k on our last kid.  If I wasn't working 50+ hours a week, I would get another job. 

All in all tho, games are still the best form of entertainment on the market when you talk about money. 

Thought 5:

I got rid of all my blogs except for this one, and I started a blog on blogger.com.  I also finally made a myspace/facebook page.  I decided it would make me a better media person to understand social networks better.  Now when you google my name, the info I want to see comes up to the top of the search. 

I like my 2old2play blog tho.  I really like this community.  I almost shut down this blog.  I find it annoying that you are not allowed to post mulitple blog posts in a row.  Granted I havn't done that in forever, but I still remember the admin handing out notes one night after I posted 3 blogs in a row.

I also like posting here now b/c I am on a mac, and firefox 3 is much better then firefox 2.  Firefox 2 was sooo sloooowwww.

 

Well that is enough ranting here for now.  I will try to get over here more.  I try to not post about games on my other blog so I force myself to blog here more often

Posted by Mediaman @ 1:40 am EDT | Permalink | 7 Comments

hippies wrong again

So my wife and I have been watching a show called "It's not Easy being Green"

This British show is about some couples who buy a farm house and try to live off grid.  This concept has really appealed to me all my life.  The thing is, as I watched this show, I have developed a new environmental theory.

That theory says the whole idea of off grid living is totally selfish and not environmental at all.  The concept of everyone taking care of their own crap, growing their own food, and making their own power is counter productive.  Imagine if everyone in your city dropped a line into the cities water table.  It would be disastorous for both farmers and people to fight over well water.  How much better off as a society are we for sharing water from lakes, and having sewers?

I think that most environmental activists need to really think about stopping the pushing of indepedance.  I think socially it would be a nightmare if we didn't pull together as a society and all help each other out.

Don't think I am against environmental improvements.  I like the thought of using the sun to heat water, harnessing winds and tides to generate power, etc.  I just don't think that it is a good idea for people to think that living off grid is what the goal should be.  I think the goal should be to use what we have wisely.

Posted by Mediaman @ 11:00 pm EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments