I wholly expected to have written more then I have this month, with the intention of trying to keep up a little more stable flow of writing. Instead I've only gone 2 writings this month, but then I've been keeping busy nonetheless!
On the gaming front, I think it is now (finally) safe to say that I've gotten a hold of the games I wanted this year. And considering there don't appear to be much of anything good that will be out for the rest of this month (as far as I know), I think I can finally take a breather here.
After finishing off Left 4 Dead (if that's possible?), I was going to try and get back into finishing Fable 2 and continuing with Mirror's Edge. Instead, I got hooked onto Chrono Trigger DS and Prince of Persia!
To be perfectly honest, I am loving Chrono Trigger all over again. It feels like there hasn't been any time that passed since the first time I laid eyes on this till now and it is still as engaging and fun as I can remember it. The DS port is damn near exact to what was the original, which I am ever so grateful for.
As for something newer, Prince of Persia is an extremely beautiful game, in my own personal opinion. The game itself is good too, though the controls does take a little getting used to. I spent a little while trying to do the wall runs and climbs without jumping off/outward.
Switching gears here, Tuesday night was my first time eating at a Shabu Shabu place. The meal was awesome! The lady that served us did look fairly disappointed though, I mean I hadn't finished off all of my veggies. What can I say? I have a few cucumbers and I down the noodles and tofu, but really! I am there for the meat!
I wish I knew what kind of ponzu sauce they served, which might not be an issue had I asked huh? I know one thing though, it surely was NOT Mitsukan brand because I know that stuff is damn strong tasting!
On a final note here, my girlfriend blazed through the first book in the Twilight series and we finally made it down to see the movie. It was ok, though she didn't exactly care for me asking her a number of times "where's the wine?"
Why was I asking that you may wonder?
Because the damn movie is cheesy! I swear it is an extended WB teen drama. How I survived that movie from start to finish is a miracle to even me. It isn't to say that it was all bad, but it surely wasn't the best movie I saw this year.
No, that spot is easily reserved for "The Dark Knight."
Only 21 more days before 2008 goes buh bye! Wow, 2008 sure breezed by didn't it?
I'd want to keep my cool right now and to be as un-cryptic as I can be, I just looked at the release dates for the games coming out this month. Nothing should have surprised me, I mean I looked at all of this a few months back. I knew there would be a lot of games released up until the ending of this year. Common knowledge right? I mean this wasn't unexpected, I knew...
I thought I knew.
I really didn't know after all.
And all I can say to all of this is - Holy SHIT! This month will be fucking insane! It feels like everything is being released this month (list of interested titles are listen in the tags at the bottom)! I mean I know Christmas is just around the corner already and everyone wants to rake in the cash during this time of year, but good lord! Can game companies bombard a gamer anymore then this?
What blew my mind even more was the sight of Chrono Trigger on the list, which is coming at the ending of this month. Goddamn it, I thought it was going to be out in December, along with Prince of Persia (also thought this was next month). I suppose I was wrong...
I know I say this a little often, but I think it is safe to say that being broke this month is definitely a major understatement. At this point I am considering on giving up eating for the rest of this year, you know... to offset the tremendous cost of getting this many games. That, or maybe sell off my first born or something.
I kid.
And I don't have a first born child either.
So I can easily say that it'll be a interesting month, to work and squeeze game time for this many titles... I'm quickly beginning to think I may have to reconsider a good deal of these buggers. I mean with a lack of options on how to effectively buy 'em all, what else can a person do right? Now the problem is, which ones to hold off on? So many choices, so little time (and money)!
I hate the holidays...
I've been slacking off this month, in terms of writing blogs and generally all things writing-related. What can I say? I'm either feeling too lazy/tired or I'm at work when a thought I'd like to write out comes to mind.
Anyway, that is besides the point of this writing today. Over the weekend (Sunday to be precise), I was just browsing through the many trailer videos on Xbox Live. What caught my eye was a new trailer for Prince of Persia, which had already caught my eye as it was. But while I had only seen pictures of the game, I wanted to see what it looked like in motion.
Let me tell you folks, I am more hyped up about this game then I am Fable 2. Maybe it does not help Fable's cause that the first game fell flat for me (twice). But that isn't to say that I am not interested in the new Fable...
But now I am getting a little too sidetracked with that, which obviously is not the focus right here, right now. I will say the major aspect (so far) that I admire so much about this game is it's design or rather, it's art style. I like it!
The game play itself 'looks' good to me, but I shall reserve my opinion on that until either a demo is released or I can get my hands on the game. Here's hoping there is a demo in the near future!
Well it certainly has been ages since I've gotten on here and felt like doing some serious writing! I think I just needed to take a short break and just let the thoughts me my head recollect themselves. Would that be considered like a mental reorganization? Well whatever it was, it was exactly what the doctor ordered.
But this writing will easily be a test of wills, in thanks to a little game called Wii Play. After playing several rounds (each) of boxing, tennis, bowling and baseball, my right arm is killing me! I'm having a less then thrilling time trying to move it around. But what the hell, writing is the game and I intend on playing it up tonight!
To kick things off, games! Gotta mention games here, because man there are a few things floating around out there that have caught my eye. Just take a look down below at the list of labels for this post and you will see the number of titles I am talking about.
For starters, Darksiders: Wrath of War looks like it potentially can be a fun game. I mean playing as one of the Four Horsemen? What's not to like? OK, OK... so it is set in yet another post apocalyptic world, but as the Horsemen named War, you battle through legions of demons in a quest to regain your lost powers.
I can say the same thing for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed too. While you aren't playing one of the Horsemen, you do assume the role of Darth Vader's apprentice which screams awesome already. But what gets me just a little giddy is the fact that you start the damn game off as the Vader himself. Dark side? Where do I sign up?
Tales of Vesperia looks interesting, both in it's appearance and from how the game was described. Then again, words and actual reality can end up being two completely different things. But I still hold hope, hope that this will be a better RPG then those that came to the next generation consoles before it. But considering how few RPGs there are for the XBox 360 and how "fun" those have been, hope isn't easily held I'm afraid.
What I am hoping for is that the game doesn't fall flat and hollow like so many have done over the years. Yes, expecting an RPG to be rich in story, having addictive game play and all that other good stuff, in this day and age, is just crazy. But a player can hope, can he not?
Rise of the Argonauts caught my eye a while back, but I've only begun to actually read into it recently. It looks to me like a hack-n-slash (a damn fine looking hacker in my opinion) type game, but I am hoping there is more story then meets the eye.
Changing gears, Guitar Hero 4 looks and sounds promising. More customization and the ability to put together your own music? Sounds interesting enough to me. But then, it isn't like I've gotten any better at those types of games and anything exceeding three buttons will having me scrambling like a headless chicken. Still, I can honestly say that I am excited nonetheless.
Last, but definitely not least, there is that new Prince of Persia game in the works (pictured above). While I admit that I've never had much feeling towards the series (although the story with the Sands of Time does intrigue me), this new game somehow got me curious. Maybe Assassin's Creed helped cultivate my interests in this type of game. Hmmm...
One last thing to say before I scurry off into the sunset, I just finished watching Trinity Blood (finally!). I thought I liked it, then I thought I didn't and what was the final verdict? Well, after riding the rollercoaster of uncertainty, I can firmly say I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it a whole lot more then a few other series that I saw through in the past few years *cough*Ranma1/2*cough*Inu-Yasha*cough*TenchiMuyo*cough*Youallsucked*cough*.
Wow, I guess I'd better be a little more mindful of my health with such a nasty cough like that. Of course I blame it all on that damn Vog from Kona. Damn it! Damn it all I say! Even with vog or smog or whatever we've got in the air these days, Kona still is home for me. At least I can cross the road over there without having to play human Frogger! Slow down peeps!
I wholly expected to have written more then I have this month, with the intention of trying to keep up a little more stable flow of writing. Instead I've only gone 2 writings this month, but then I've been keeping busy nonetheless!
