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One Month
Feb 15th
One month. That’s how much time is left before God of War III is released. One month tomorrow, it will be available in stores (and online) for purchase.
To taunt us some more, a new trailer was released last week. I would embed it into the post, but you have to sign in to prove you’re 18 since the material is considered “Mature.” Check out the link above and watch the video in HD; trust me, it’s totally worth it. I think it’s safe to say that it will be the game of the year.
I can’t believe the wait time is down to a month. Considering I thought the game was going to be released last year, it’s been a long wait.
There’s a whole whack of promotion material available for this release. Honestly, I don’t really care about extra boxes, posters or whatnot. I just want to have the game in my hot little hands and in my PS3. The demo (and all of the trailers) have shown that it will be an amazing visual experience.
If the blog is a little quiet a month from now, you’ll know why.
‘Tis a Thing of Beauty
Mar 9th
Mondays are pretty long as it is. Now that I have class on Monday nights, it makes the day so much longer. I was in a mid-day funk earlier until I found something that made my pants very happy: the newest trailer for God of War III. I had originally thought that it would be released this month but word is that Sony will be releasing it during its next fiscal year, which goes until March ’10.
This video has been cleaned up a bit so it’s not as violent as the game will be. Still, the graphics are beyond amazing. The fluid motion, the contrast of colours, Kratos’ new moves and weapons, they’ve even kept the scar across Kratos’ stomach that he got in God of War II. It’s like no detail has been overlooked. It’s going to be a pretty sweet game.
The God of War games alone make owning a PS3 worth the price tag. There is talk of Sony lowering the price of the system and bundling it with the GOW III since 1 in 3 GOW players don’t currently own a PS3. Appealing to all of the GOW fans who don’t yet own a system would mean big things for Sony.
Enough blabbering from me, it’s been a long day so I’ll let the video speak for itself:
To see the video in full screen, HD mode, go here.
In the words of S, “I want it!”
Blood And Guts? Okay. Gay? Not So Much
Feb 26th
I’ve never liked the X-Box. I’ve always thought the graphics were sub-par in comparison to the PlayStation consoles and the controllers just seemed a bit ridiculous. Then there’s also the fact that Microsoft charges gamers an additional fee per month for in additon to their regular internet fees. (Sony doesn’t charge for access to the PS3 network. )
An article over on Queerty today gave me more reasons why I will never purchase an X-box. It turns out identifying yourself as a lesbian in your gamer profile on X-box Live is enough to get your account suspended by Microsoft because it’s deemed offensive.
Microsoft has no problem letting underage kids play games like Call of Duty, Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto or Resident Evil. All games that are extremely violent and graphically explicit. Brains and blood splattering across the screen are perfectly acceptable. Allowing users to identify as lesbian or have the word gay in usernames is entirely too offensive.
I can understand if these folks were being harassed by other gamers. Cyber-bullying is commonplace when playing and interacting online. What else can you expect from a bunch of 16 year old boys spending eighteen hours a day playing games? Having Microsoft condone sexually explicit games and interaction on their network but ban people who’s profiles and usernames appear too sexual is hypocrosy at its finest.
I’m going to go hug my PS3 now.
The Video Game Made Me Do It
Jan 15th
I’d like to get on my soapbox.
The Games tag in my Google Reader has been full of headlines lately telling of the evils of video games. I think video games, like TV and the Internet, have gotten a bad rap because some folks think they are acceptable substitutes for, you know, actual parenting.
Growing up, my parents always knew what I was up to. (Hell, I’m sure they’d like to have that knowledge now.) They made sure we went out beyond the four walls of our house and interacted with other kids. We watched TV only after doing our homework and we were never allowed to have our own TVs in our room. My parents made sure we got to bed at an appropriate time every night.
“Get our coats”
Jan 3rd
We capped off our week of entertaining by having S’s old high school friend E and her husband G over for a visit. We also invited P to come by for dinner since we know how much she likes spending time with us now that we have the house.
E and G arrived mid afternoon and after getting the tour, we settled down with some cheese, crackers and some conversation to catch up. P arrived not long after, introductions were made and more cheese was enjoyed.
E was telling us about how they had gotten a Wii for Christmas but she wasn’t really enjoying it. That quickly turned into a conversation about video games and I made it known my love for the PS3 system and it’s games with their sweet great graphics. S started to describe Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and I eagerly suggested going downstairs and playing the game with G.
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