Video Game Rage

kingcauti: This makes me happy. This is the first, and probably...

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:59:57 -0700

This makes me happy. This is the first, and probably only, time that I have the top score for a song in Rock Band. Yes, it says I am in the 11th percentile or something, but all the scores to number one have 63, 075. And yes, Imagine is far from a hard song on drums, in fact it is one of the easiest, but I am proud of myself for finally achieving the top score in a song.

So you want to mess with me?! What?! What?! I’m good at plastic drums, bitches!

From my personal blog that got infected with a personal video game post.

Happy Jesus Day!

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:22:58 -0700

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, super duper Saturday, whatever you prefer, but it’s that time of year when gifts are given and joy is had. I know a lot of people HATE Christmas and DESPISE its supposed commercialism but FUCK THAT, I like getting gifts. I’m greedy and my parents appease this by giving me a good chunk of video games each year.

My haul from them this year composed of Rock Band 3, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom and Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. My sister bought me a 2800 point card, a beloved tradition we’ve had since I first bought my Xbox.

Look forward to updates on these games or don’t look forward to it, depending on your opinion of this blog.

What video games, if any, did you guys get for Christmas?

More like SLAUGHTERhouse!

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:56:15 -0700

I rented Splatterhouse and am currently playing through it. So far, after beating the second level, I can say that this game defines the idea of a ‘renter’ to me. Already I can see this game becoming incredibly tiring and overall not worth the effort. Sure the game is bloody as hell but that’s about it. OH! There’s also nudity. But you have to work for the nudity, it’s the part of this game’s collectibles. Never have I been so happy to be a natural collecting enthusiast. I love collecting everything I can and this game rewards me with BOOBS!!

Really though Splatterhouse, if this is all you’re putting on the table I am very disappointed in you.

More Splatterhouse info to come.

America!! Fuck Yeah!!

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:24:15 -0700

I rarely play multiplayer games, there’s just something about the online environment that just completely turns me off. Maybe it’s due to the general attitude of other gamers, the annoying high pitched whines of the young or that I just suck. Maybe it’s all of those things? With this, the Call of Duty series has arguably become one hundred times more focused on the multiplayer game than the single player, which is disappointing. In the end it seems that when you’re done the single player campaign it feels as though you got the broken pieces of LEGO that every other student didn’t want to play with. Essentially, you got the Bionicle of LEGO and the other students got the samurai fortress.

I recently rented and beat the single player campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops and all I can say that there is a resounding ‘meehhhhhhhh.’ There are less than a handful of moments in the game that I can say I enjoyed. I hated the main character, Alex Mason or whatever his name was and I hated every mission that he was in. The only characters I found somewhat badass in the game were Hudson and Woods. They even went above and beyond and made Reznov, a badass character from World at War and turned him into a chump. A CHUMP.

Basically my plea is to put more love into the campaigns of the CoD games. There are still people who play the game just for the single player, it’s nigh impossible that I am the only one. Call of Duty 4 had an amazing campaign. World at War had an alright campaign with a few missions at were top tear and an AMAZING ending. Modern Warfare 2 was tripe single player with only one interesting level to me. Black Ops continues the downward trend. Please turn the next one into a more loved campaign, please.

Speaking of endings, Black Ops ending was the most convoluted and ridiculous American pride bullshit I’ve ever seen. Absolute ‘America! Fuck Yeah!’ moment. Teaches me to look forward to games again…

Hit or miss

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:53:50 -0700

Fable 3, A miss. Someone tell me how a third generation game can be worse than the first? I was a huge fan of the first Fable game, I must have played 7+ files all the way through. And in their attempt to eliminate a menu system, they made something 100 times more annoying, some damn room I have to go to to change clothing and weapons. Because of this annoying room, I have yet to change my clothing on my own. Im still wearing whatever my last quest called for. This games does have some good elements, like the living weapons. But they promised weapons that changed with me… they only seem to change when I upgrade my fighting style. And the customization of my characters fighting styles WENT DOWN!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!?!?!?! I cant make a fast strong ranged guy!!! Nope, they just look the same. Now to be fair im only 4 hours into my first play through. But damn am I annoyed with this slow, unresponsive game. Ill go back to the original Fable anyday before this one..

-Ganglore

This is a reader submitted piece about Fable 3. I have not played Fable 3 but I have seen my roommate play it and let me just say that it does not look that appealing. Played Fable 2, didn’t like it, there may be more thoughts on it to follow.

Okay, I thought the baseball glove was ridiculous. Unless Wario...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:03:08 -0700

Okay, I thought the baseball glove was ridiculous.

Unless Wario is secretly Ahab this makes absolutely no sense.

Oh my goodness! This is the game I am most excited for from the...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:01:07 -0700

Oh my goodness! This is the game I am most excited for from the trailers shown at the VGA. I LOVED Oblivion. I played Oblivion about 50 times and I still find the world and atmosphere of the game to be absolutely irresistible. Skyrim hopefully will keep the magic of the world alive and I am hoping to be getting this game ASAP.

I love Oblivion. I loved The Shivering Isles. I am really excited for this game, REALLY excited. Fantasy universes intrigue me and hold my interest a lot more than modern or futuristic games and fantasy hasn’t been touched correctly in a while. Hopefully Skyrim will fix this.

Submerging Castles

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:16:26 -0700

If I had such a reaction to a castle submerging under the sand this early in the game of Final Fantasy 3 I can’t imagine how I’ll be reacting later on in this thing. I only see it going up from here.

I also am enjoying Kefka as a villain already and I hear he is one of the better Final Fantasy villains out there. Hopefully better than the questionably femine Seymor from FFX.

Guillermo Del Toro is stepping into the world of video games and...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:05:07 -0700

Guillermo Del Toro is stepping into the world of video games and bringing in another addition to the horror genre. I don’t know much about this game but Del Toro said something along about scaring the shit out of the players.

Let’s hope this stays true because I am interested in another horror or survival horror game. They’re damn good, under appreciated and one of my favourite genres out there.

I don’t really know what else to say besides the...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:00:07 -0700

I don’t really know what else to say besides the amazingness of Portal. Portal 2 shall hopefully expand on this and make it that much better. It’ll be interesting to see how they take an original and awesome 2 hour game and turn it into a (hopefully) original and awesome 6-12 hour game.

Valve knows how to make good stuff. Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and everything else they make is quite successful and unique. I am sure that Portal 2 will keep this trend going strong.

They just need to make Half Life 2 Episode 3

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’s trailer further...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:04:08 -0700

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’s trailer further expands upon the teaser I posted earlier in this blog. This game looks awesome and the game is going to be awesome. I know that is very hopeful and somewhat dumb for me to say but I really enjoyed Uncharted 2.

I hope this game has the same sort of spirit that the second one had and I also hope that this game features another sort of otherwordly creature. Uncharted 2 is everything Indian Jones should’ve been.

So after the Spike VGA awards there are a bunch of trailers,...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:09:07 -0700

So after the Spike VGA awards there are a bunch of trailers, teasers and other stuff released unto the world. Basically the last quarter of 2011 is going to be a GREAT year for gaming.

Today I am going to post a bunch of videos that I really enjoy and look forward to. I’m starting off with Batman: Arkham City because, damn it, this game is going to be awesome. Arkham Asylum was a treat in gaming and absolutely captured what Batman is all about. This trailer is awesome, clean and exciting. Hugo Strange is going to tear some shit up in this game. If this game is 40 bucks upon release I will be dying it day one, just like I did for Arkham Asylum.

With such an ominous tower a name like ‘Syrup...

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:10:09 -0700

With such an ominous tower a name like ‘Syrup Castle’ just completely ruins it.

Someone in marketing better get working on a new title. I’m thinking ‘Tower of Death’ might be a good start.

This picture hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia. I just beat...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:04:07 -0700

This picture hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia. I just beat Wood Man and was absolutely floored with how many memories this picture from Mega Man 2 brought back to me. It reminded me of the days of my youth, before I was even a teenager. The days where I didn’t give to shits about money or fitting in, I just had my nose stuck into my Gameboy.

Playing through all of these old games on the emulators is an absolutely magnificent experience. It reminds me of the days when gaming was sincere and I cared more about what was around every corner. Each level, world and image brings back further and further memories of my days in after school care.

Super Mario Land 3 is definitely the biggest rush of memories so far. Every new world has me remembering the layouts and most importantly the bosses. Mega Man 2 is much harder than I remember, I have no idea how a younger me was able to glide throuh the game so smoothly, but I did.

I recommend everyone go out and get their hands on a game they played in their childhood. Whether it be legally or… emulating it is absolutely worth it. The result is rewarding, magnificent and, most importantly, sincere.

Alright. A baseball glove? This is just getting ridiculous.

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:01:06 -0700

Alright. A baseball glove? This is just getting ridiculous.

While playing through Super Mario Land 3 I got a treasure that...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:06:07 -0700

While playing through Super Mario Land 3 I got a treasure that sparked my curiousity. Initial readings made it definitely seem like a football. Would you guys agree/disagree? Maybe through all of this Wario was just looking for a pigskin to throw around with the boys. Or maybe he’s getting ready for Mario Party?

Who knows, but this treasure sure is an odd one.

Maybe it’s a golden football? I’m sure a solid gold anything would be worth a lot of money.

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but I am currently killing...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:52:22 -0700

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but I am currently killing the adorable little bunny from the book series Bunnicula.

Chrono Trigger?

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:05:15 -0700

I’m debating on playing through Chrono Trigger. I hear it’s a pretty damn good game and the little bit I’ve played before was really intriguing. The only downside is RPGs are games that I really have to focus on to play, I also juggle a lot of different games making playing it and focusing quite difficult.

Do I try and balance Chrono Trigger and some other games? I’m leaning towards a yes, I should beat some of my other roms though.

If anyone has a say in this, just let me know in my ‘ask’ feature up there.

I got to the boss of the first dungeon in Zelda: A Link to the...

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:07:07 -0700

I got to the boss of the first dungeon in Zelda: A Link to the Past and I was very much surprised to find that on the other side of the boss door was a number of dancing statues. They danced around in a circle in quite good time with each other and then they all gathered in a row and ran towards me.

What essentially happened is Link decided to run in and break up the annual barn jamboree. What an asshole.

Kratos has grown tired of killing Gods...

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:14:11 -0700

…and will now resort to killing mortals. Kratos has been confirmed that he will be appearing in the Playstation 3 version of Mortal Kombat. Figured he’d have more fun and an easier time killing mortals this time around, I don’t blame him.

Hopefully this means there will be an exclusive in the 360 version as well, but who knows how that will play out. I just hope my beloved Ermac is in the game so I can show Scorpion fans who the real ninja is. (Sub-Zero is an acceptable ninja as well.)