LOLZ. The Irony Is Not Lost On Me

but apparently it is lost on Microsoft. I'm putting together a new PC (so I can get some silky FPS in Left 4 Dead and finally be able to play Dawn of War 2) and my new mouse came in the mail today. The first thing I noticed?

The silhouette of Master Chief, the star of the ridiculously popular Halo games on Xbox, is highlighted front and center of the packaging:




The amusing irony pointing, of course, to the existence of an argument wherein people debate (that's putting it nicely) whether Mouse control in first person shooter games are better than Gamepad control and vice-versa. This argument came to its current state of idiocy with the release of, you guessed it, Halo on Microsoft's first Xbox.

Even though I'm aware of the Halo 1 & 2 PC ports, I still think this is pretty damn amusing to see anyway.

(Oh, and as far as this blog is concerned? Mouse input is the superior and preferable input device for FPS games, but FPS games on consoles are still very enjoyable and playable with a gamepad. I don't understand these people that can't adapt to a new control scheme and enjoy themselves.)

Wii Sport Resort

is probably a better name for a product than Wii Sports 2, though it doesn't have the same brand recognition that a sequel's typical name does. Make no mistake, this game is the sequel to Wii Sports through and through. I'll detail all the different modes in the following blog post, (along with one hour of footage!) but for now, enjoy some direct feed footage of the extremely responsive and downright fun swordfighting that can be had in this game.

The Secret of Monkey Island is...

now available once again for your PC and/or Xbox 360. :D

I played the demo on 360 this afternoon, but it just felt... wrong. Not trying to PC Snob it up in here, but I enjoyed the game (almost 20 years ago!) back when they called them "Point and Click Adventures". I think the player interface is a pretty essential part of my nostalgia. It was my first graphic adventure game and really unlike anything I had ever played at that point. The... smoothness... of the remade animation is a little off-putting, but it's worth it to hear Dominic Armato as the voice of Guybrush Threepwood again.

From what I can tell though, if you've never given the game a shot, you really can't go wrong with either version. The fact that you can flip between the classic version and the remake at the touch of a button along with being a legitimate classic game offered at a 10 dollar price-point makes this a tough one to pass up.

Red Faction Redux

Ok, it looks like I've got this embedded video figured out (at least to the point of not looking like a complete amateur). So, Red Faction. In the following videos you may only see snippets of the interesting rebellion dynamic I mentioned in my blog post. But what you WILL see is a whole lot of buildings and stuff breaking apart, falling down, exploding, flying in different directions, etc. Make sure to stay tuned for the end of each video? I thought they were funny ways to finish each segment. :)

This one depicts a side mission you can take. I just recently came upon the bright idea of loading my vehicles with remote charges. Now I just have to learn the appropriate time to dive out of my suicide bomb. :O



There's really not a whole lot more to say about this video other than... Jesus I'm glad I don't work security on Mars with all of these psychos running around.



Don't worry, embedded videos don't mean the end of my observational posts, I'm just trying out some new stuff and getting comfortable with the video process before striking a balance of content.

Video Test #2

Testing other hosting solutions and how the videos work in the blog. Have another BlazBlue match!

A Little Experiment

So, on a complete spur of the moment, I decided to do some research on video capturing equipment and software. I came away with a solution I'm pretty happy with. A good friend of mine also hosts a file sharing site so I will be uploading my captured footage to his site and embedding them in my blog posts here. I hope that capturing footage of games I'm playing as I play them will make perusing my blog a little more interesting and stimulating. Leave a comment if you have any suggestions or like this new addition to my blog!

First up, some footage of the new crazy Japanese fighting game I mentioned in my last blog post. You can see the second match I played on Xbox Live below:



Fun Stuff!

UPDATE: I'm aware of the embedded window cutting off some of the video feed. I'll bring it up with my friend and see how I can take care of it. In the mean time, here's a direct link to the video as well.

Heaven or Hell? REBEL 1 LET'S ROCK DISTORTION FINISH

Jesus, I think I suffered from mental paralysis yesterday on account of the sensory overload that is BLAZBLUE: CALAMITY TRIGGER. It's a good thing my friend was playing versus with me so he could have engaged in CPR if necessary.

On the brighter side of life it's definitely a new fighting game from the creators of Guilty Gear; Meaning once your feeble non-Asian brain is able to process what's happening on your screen there should be a fun and versatile fighting game system to dissect and learn. I'm looking forward to dropping some time into this game. Maybe I should play a couple online matches since now is the time that people are more likely to be terrible at it than a couple months down the road.