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Archives for March 2010

The Road to the Blow

March 4, 2010 by Nat 5 Comments

I don’t remember if Sony did this last year, but what is the point to playing a game if you know others are going to cheat? (He who has the most money wins–again.) You’ve already forked over $60 to play and now you’re going to fork over more to advance your play…before you’ve even given it a shot? The following was released on PSN today:

MLB 10: The Show – 6 Classic Stadiums ($9.99)
Unlock all Classic Stadiums for use in MLB 10: The Show!
File size: N/A

MLB 10: The Show – Franchise Funds Increase ($0.99)
Increase your Franchise funds by 20 million.
File size: N/A

MLB 10: The Show – Road to the Show Training Points ($0.99)
Increase your Road to the Show training points by 1000.
File size: N/A

The first item doesn’t bother me that much. The last two…

It works for the same reason SPAM does. People buy it. Of course, I guess if the pros can cheat to win, so can gamers. This just sullies one of the best gaming franchises for me. I will probably still get it, but I may set on it for a while.

In college, the TV show Cheaters was a guilty pleasure. I wish there was a videogame equivalent.

Filed Under: Noteworthy Tagged With: Cheats, MLB 10 The Show, Sony

Sad day….

March 4, 2010 by James 3 Comments

I think this is the end is near for Blockbuster.

Not only are they bringing back late fees, which nobody likes, but they are raising the prices of old releases to 5$. Wow. I thought that they were circling the toilet before.

Filed Under: Asides

More Blur Goodness

March 2, 2010 by Nat Leave a Comment

Earlier today, I mentioned that Bizarre Creations is going crazy giving away beta keys to many websites for their new game, Blur. Let me be a little more descriptive about the game. Think Call of Duty 4 meets Project Gotham Racing meets Burnout Paradise.

Yes, you race for experience and go up in rank. As you get higher, you can unlock powerups and mods for your cars. Giantbomb has got a great video up with one of the games designers. I really love the look of this game. There is so much more mentioned in the video.

The beta opens March 8. It’s for the 360, but I think I’ll pick up the PS3 version.

Note: The Giant Bomb video doesn’t embed into our RSS. (Geesh). Those of you RSS readers need to head on over to the site for a look. Come on in to our house and stop looking through the windows. It’s creepy.

Filed Under: Previews, Videos Tagged With: Bizarre Creations, Blur, vroom! vroom!

Get in the Blur Beta [360]

March 2, 2010 by Nat 1 Comment

The fine folks at 4 color rebellion are handing out beta keys for the Bizarre Creations Game, Blur. These guys made the Project Gotham Racing series and Geometry Wars. Hits in my book. blur looks extreme. Right now they have 50 keys posted and have a ton more to hand out. Are you in? I am.

Filed Under: Asides Tagged With: beta, Bizarre Creations, Blur

inFamous on the Cheap

March 2, 2010 by Nat Leave a Comment

If you have a PS3 and have never played inFamous, now is the time for you to jump. Amazon is selling it for their video game deal of the day for $27. Not too bad a price.

Filed Under: Asides Tagged With: Amazon, gaming deals, inFamous

March Releases

March 1, 2010 by Tony 4 Comments

Yay, it’s the monthly releases! The year has started out strong and March continues the streak with a few strong titles interspersed with some games of questionable quality. All in a month of game releases:

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Week of March 1st
Heist
Battlefield: Bad Company 2– I’m watching from the sidelines to see how this games matches up with Modern Warfare 2. I’m planning on sticking with MW2 but I’m always up for a good fight.
MLB 2K10
Lips: Party Classics

Week of March 8th
Final Fantasy XIII– The last main Final Fantasy game I played was FF3 on the SNES. Maybe it’s time to get back in.
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition– I think I’m going to pick up some of the extra RE5 content sometime down the road, but if you haven’t played RE5 yet, I’d recommend it. It’s rather underrated in my book.

Week of March 15th
Prison Break: The Conspiracy– My mancrush on Michael Scofield is no secret. I am seriously considering picking this game up.
Dragon Age: Origins Awakenings– I thought Dragon Age was to be another Bioware Trilogy? It seems like this would be taking away from time they could be spending on a sequel. Or maybe this is all part of the plan.
Metro 2033
Supreme Commander 2
Resonance of Fate– It’s the month of 360 jRPGs!
MotoGP 09/10– Was this game initially called MotoGP 09 but then got behind schedule? They already had all the box art ready to go so they just added the /10? Sounds reasonable to me.

Week of March 22nd
Clash of the Titans– I thought they made this game already (at least three times) when they called it God of War
Just Cause 2– One of the first games I played on the 360 was Just Cause. It was flawed and at the time it didn’t grab me. Not sure I’m ready to give it another chance.

Week of March 29th
Samurai Shodown Sen
Singularity

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Week of March 1st
Spongebob Boating Bash
Alice in Wonderland
MLB 2K10

Week of March 8th
The Daring Game for Girls
Winter Blast: Snow and Ice Games– Seems like this game was poorly timed…
Sam & Max 2: Beyond Time and Space

Week of March 15th
Sushi Go Round
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Calling

Week of March 22nd
Rooms: The Main Building– Strange name for a game.
Red Steel 2

Week of March 29th
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Secret Files: Tunguska

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Week of March 1st
Alice in Wonderland
Sonic Classic Collection– The DS is almost five years old. I would have figured we had tapped most of “Classic Collections.” I stand corrected.
MLB 2K10

Week of March 8th
The Daring Game for Girls

Week of March 15th
Pokemon SoulSilver Version– The latest Pokemon sure snuck up on me.
Pokemon HeartGold Version
Let’s Draw!
Spectral Force Genesis

Week of March 22nd
Build-a-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville– If you would have told me there would be more than one Build-a-Bear game when the first one came out, I would have said you were crazy. I would have been wrong.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville– PLEASE tell me how this game will be fun. Can you win it all by just listing everything on Craig’s list?
Dawn of Heroes– I might buy this game on the strength of the box art alone.

Week of March 29th
Infinite Space
Monster Rancher
Chocolatier– I think this game comes highly recommended from Zack. That’s a solid recommendation in my book.

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Week of March 1st
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Supreme Commander 2
Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic
Major League Baseball 2K10

Week of March 8th
Sam & Max 2: Beyond Time and Space
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
Assassins Creed II

Week of March 15th
Prison Break: The Conspiracy
Dragon Age: Origins Awakenings
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Mount & Blade: Warband
Metro 2033

Week of March 22nd
Alcatraz
Just Cause 2
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom

Week of March 29th
Making History 2: War of World
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

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Week of March 1st
MLB 2K10
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
MLB 10 The Show

Week of March 8th
Final Fantasy XIII
Yakuza 3
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition

Week of March 15th
God of War III– This is all I need to link for this month, right? No PS3 owner cares about the rest of the month, right?
Dragon Age: Origins Awakenings
Resonance of Fate
MotoGP 09/10

Week of March 22nd
Clash of the Titans
Just Cause 2

Week of March 29th
Prison Break: The Conspiracy
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

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Week of March 1st
MLB 2K10
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
Dante’s Inferno
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
MLB 10 The Show

Week of March 8th
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Week of March 15th
Dead Or Alive Paradise

Week of March 29th
Hot Shots Tennis
Mimana: Iyar Chronicle

What are you picking up?

(Note: As always, all Amazon.com links have our affiliate code embedded in them. If you purchase something through our link, we get a little commission. It’s appreciated.)

Filed Under: Gaming, News Tagged With: Monthly Releases

PS3/PSN Problems Make People Cry

March 1, 2010 by Nat Leave a Comment

Bumbling irresponsibility, horrible math, and overall stupidity come to mind

Unless you’ve been living under a video-game rock, original PS3 owners (think “fat”) are experiencing all sorts of problems with their console in what appears to be due to an internal clock bug. My guess is that the system goes all bung-holio because the people at Sony don’t know how to do calendar math. Oh wait, they knew how to do it on the newer systems but didn’t really stop to bother with the older ones. My guess is a firmware fix would work. Problem: the PS3 fats cannot connect to the PSN to get it. What’s Sony’s solution?

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

I see what you did there.

Wait 24 hours for the day to go through the cycle and it works. Brilliant. Reminds me of the Zune fiasco.  In the meantime, no games, no Netflix, no media center, no nothing.

This, of course, affects our system at home. Ironically, since getting rid of our satellite, the PS3 has been our go-to media device. We don’t use it everyday, but Mondays are the days we use it the most. I guess not today. A couple of things:

  • I’m amazed that in 2010, a rather large company that has a computer division cannot due simple calendar math.
  • I’m amazed that many PS3 games will not work because they cannot check in to the PSN for various reasons. Want to play some Heavy Rain? Forget it.  (What do offline people do? )
  • We’ll see how Sony responds to this “outage.”
  • At least PS3 users don’t have to pay for their downtime. (Zing?)

It’s for the last reason alone that I’m not royally ticked, just mildly annoyed. Shame on them for allowing something so simple to happen, and shame on them for having so many handshakes for games and movies with their service.

Epic.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: i am become death destroyer of worlds, just stupid, PS3, Really?, Sony

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