Wednesday, November 19, 2008
What a Month!
My game informer came in the mail and LittleBigPlanet is ranked as the game of the month - and honestly - what a month it is!
In the very same issue came reviews of Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2, and Mirrors Edge. Also reviewed is Chrono Trigger and Wii Music. A hell of a month and plenty to salivate over.
I didn't even see a review for Call of Duty, which is most likely going to be another amazing title. Next month has Left 4 Dead and probably some other amazing games I'm omitting.
PS3 has a lot of catching up to do, but I feel like Xbox 360 is going to beat it by a landslide this holiday season. Of course, Big N tops all charts with the Wii selling 800k and DS selling 400k, easily demolishing MS's 300k and PS3's 190k. Of course Sony headlines it as the "Playstation brand" hitting 370k, but that is a combination of all of their PS systems (PS2/P/3).
In the very same issue came reviews of Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2, and Mirrors Edge. Also reviewed is Chrono Trigger and Wii Music. A hell of a month and plenty to salivate over.
I didn't even see a review for Call of Duty, which is most likely going to be another amazing title. Next month has Left 4 Dead and probably some other amazing games I'm omitting.
PS3 has a lot of catching up to do, but I feel like Xbox 360 is going to beat it by a landslide this holiday season. Of course, Big N tops all charts with the Wii selling 800k and DS selling 400k, easily demolishing MS's 300k and PS3's 190k. Of course Sony headlines it as the "Playstation brand" hitting 370k, but that is a combination of all of their PS systems (PS2/P/3).
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Major Steps
I watched Psycho when I was a lot younger - in the Theater for Joseph Guzman's birthday. I remember going to AMC Theaters after Driver's Education, so this puts me around 15-16 years old - pretty much in the middle of puberty and my manliness had been developing at an unprecedented level.
It was the remake of Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. I didn't know Vince Vaughn would soon be the excellent talker Trent Walker from Swingers - a personality I would eventually adore and emulate to some degree.
Anyways, the movie scared the crap out of me. The music, the tension, the suspense. Of course, the iconic shower stabbing scene was burned in my memory, effectivly scaring me from showering with shower curtains (luckily my bathroom at the time had a door, which I felt was more secure for some odd reason).
Since then I have been terrified of scary movies, and have adamantly put my foot down in refusal to watch them. Sometime later I would go see End of Days, which is, by comparison a really horrible movie, but I would leave the theater prematurely and sit outside until it was done - something I have never done prior or since.
My imagination runs wild in scary movies, and it paralyzes me at night, surrounded by silence. I try to stay strong, but it was difficult to be strong against what my mind imagined.
I told myself that I would beat this thing, and I have told Kate in the past that I wouldn't mind watching Scream and various horror movies with her - in an attempt to stay strong and be a real man. She never called me on it or pushed me to do it - something I really adored about her. She must have known that it was something that really was not something I wanted to do.
Fast forward to now - I'm approaching my 26th birthday, which makes it roughly 10 years since my first viewing of Psycho. I told Kate that I felt like facing my fear and had agreed to watch scary movies with her, in fact, suggesting some movies I wouldn't mind watching.
Yesterday, I watched the Hitchcock original of Psycho on AMC, and while the murder scenes were scary, I expected them all and was able to watch it and appreciate it from beginning to end. That was followed by watching the Descent, another horror-type movie. I had my jumpy moments but i survived.
I played Resident Evil 2 in high school and loved it. It was highly regarded as an A+ title and I beat it from beginning to end. However, I did beat it using a strategy guide, while I played it during the day, with the sound off and the radio on. I hope to play great games like Bioshock, Dead Space, and Resident Evil 4 without resorting to those mechanisms and enjoy those A+ titles the way it was intended - dark, frighteningly gripping edge-of-your-seat exciting titles.
It was the remake of Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. I didn't know Vince Vaughn would soon be the excellent talker Trent Walker from Swingers - a personality I would eventually adore and emulate to some degree.
Anyways, the movie scared the crap out of me. The music, the tension, the suspense. Of course, the iconic shower stabbing scene was burned in my memory, effectivly scaring me from showering with shower curtains (luckily my bathroom at the time had a door, which I felt was more secure for some odd reason).
Since then I have been terrified of scary movies, and have adamantly put my foot down in refusal to watch them. Sometime later I would go see End of Days, which is, by comparison a really horrible movie, but I would leave the theater prematurely and sit outside until it was done - something I have never done prior or since.
My imagination runs wild in scary movies, and it paralyzes me at night, surrounded by silence. I try to stay strong, but it was difficult to be strong against what my mind imagined.
I told myself that I would beat this thing, and I have told Kate in the past that I wouldn't mind watching Scream and various horror movies with her - in an attempt to stay strong and be a real man. She never called me on it or pushed me to do it - something I really adored about her. She must have known that it was something that really was not something I wanted to do.
Fast forward to now - I'm approaching my 26th birthday, which makes it roughly 10 years since my first viewing of Psycho. I told Kate that I felt like facing my fear and had agreed to watch scary movies with her, in fact, suggesting some movies I wouldn't mind watching.
Yesterday, I watched the Hitchcock original of Psycho on AMC, and while the murder scenes were scary, I expected them all and was able to watch it and appreciate it from beginning to end. That was followed by watching the Descent, another horror-type movie. I had my jumpy moments but i survived.
I played Resident Evil 2 in high school and loved it. It was highly regarded as an A+ title and I beat it from beginning to end. However, I did beat it using a strategy guide, while I played it during the day, with the sound off and the radio on. I hope to play great games like Bioshock, Dead Space, and Resident Evil 4 without resorting to those mechanisms and enjoy those A+ titles the way it was intended - dark, frighteningly gripping edge-of-your-seat exciting titles.
