Thursday News Opinions

Sorry it's so late today.


[Screenshots] Final Fantasy: Dissidia 1up screenshots: Pretty.

[GTA] Pre-Order GTA: Chinatown Wars, get free in-game money: Heh, less beating up pedestrians?

[Announcement] Beneath a Steel Sky, and more now available on GoG: They are doing it right.

[DLC] PSP Super Stardust gets DLC: Uh, cool.

[Article] 1Up's games of 2009: Lotsa games.

[DKF] New Duke Nukem Forever screenshot: That actually graphically looks quite good.

[Closure] Free Radical Design closing?: This would be sad.

[Preview] F.E.A.R. 2 Multiplayer preview: Uh, k.

[Date] BioShock 2 dated for 2009: That's pretty sweet.

[Patch] PAIN update allows for replay editing, and YouTube functionality: Awesome.

[Screenshots] 2 New inFAMOUS screens: *Pretty*

[Beta] City of Heros mac now in open beta: Uh, interesting.

[Soon] inFAMOUS coverage coming soon: Sweet, can't wait.

[Report] PS3 to support 3D Stereoscopic gaming in 2009: *looks at video*

[DLC] LittleBigPlanet MGS level pack has new trophies: Sweet.

[Sales] Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix sells 250,000 copies: Sweet, it deserves it.

[PSN] OutRun Online Arcade coming to PSN early 2009: Uh, k.

[Home] Home servers back online: Sweet, I need the update.

[Home] Home Voice chat temporarily disabled in 1.04 update: k.

[Update] List of adHoc party titles increased: Sweeet.

[LBP] MGS LittleBigPlanet content is in time for christmas: Yay!

[Article] Core gamers to save the day during economic crisis: Hmm.

[YouTube] Publishers are making money off of YouTube: Interesting, I guess everyone wins?

[Star Wars] Battlefront III in the hands of Rouge Squadron developers: [Zune

[Rumor] Job listing mentions Xbox Zune: I agree it's probably a app for the Zune, but can you think of how bad an Xbox Zune would be?

[GameStop] GameStop launches a Buy DS Now get it later program: Uh, k.

[Rumor] Motherboard maker going under?: Man all sorts of people are being hit.

[Rumor] Crackdown developers form new studio to work on Crackdown 2?: Lots of 'eh's and 'mehs's.

[Crime] Inside traders made lots of money off of GTA Hot Coffee scandal: *sigh*

[Voice Actor] Perviously shot voice actor returns home: Glad to hear he's okay.

[Art] Fallout holiday: Silly.

[Movies] 28 Video game movies in production: Driver movie ftw.

[Event] Mad Catz brining Rock Band accessories and Street fighter acrade sticks to CES09: Uh, k.

[Yahtzee] Pilot episode of Yahtzee's new show: I watched a few minutes and laughed. :)

[Flash] Even more Bush-Shoe throwing flash games: Heh.

[iPhone] Lego Batman: Gotham City Games coming to iPhone: Uh, k.

[Dumb] Times Square Toys "R" Us store has Nintendo store inside, only a block away from a REAL Nintenod store: Fail....

[IRL] Have EA make your Spore creatures into statues, unless they are porn: That's actaully pretty cool.

[Event] Game Developer choice award nominations 2009 are a go: Uh, k.

[DLC] Rock Band to have holiday DLC: Sounds Meh.

[Review] Rock Band M.I.C. review: This is pretty cool, make a PS3 version!

[Boxart] Resident Evil 5 boxart: Eh, meh.

[Rumor] Aspyr hit with layoffs?: Noo! They don't deserve it!

[Stars] Writers from the Simpsons, Family Guy, and Futurerama working on Machinima: I wonder if it will be any good...

[Date] Final Fantasy: Dissidia comes stateside this Summer: I was hoping for sooner, aw, well...

[Sales] Music game sales help normal music sales: Is this really so shocking?

[Glitch] Melee people through a wall in Gears of War 2: Fix this.

[PR] Sony have 'no plans' for PSP2: This is just PR BS, who knows if they are or aren't.

[PR] Microsoft is looking up for '09: More PR garbage.

[Statistic] Online shoppers are in the minority: Hmmm.....

[LBP] MGS LittleBigPlanet level out December 23rd!: !


There you go, *zzzzz*

Thursday News Opinions

Another day with no PaRappa, Sunday, if it's not here, there will be an E-Mail sent...


[DD] Molyneux thinks Fable 2 would be a good digital download: Fill up those HDDs boys, then buy some more from us.

[Wii] Nintendo: Wii's "might not be on that shelf much longer": Uh, k.

[Wii] Wii getting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting game: Where is Battletoads?

[Home] EA founder questioning Home's goals: Can't the goal just be fun?

[IRL] FCC boss blames WoW gaming addiction a top cause for collage drop outs: Well, I think it's a reason, perhaps not a 'top' reason.

[Wii] Nintendo to help with Dragon quest promotion in US: Uh, k.

[Capcom] Capcom shoots down multiplatform Monster Hunter 3 development: Uh, I doubt it, Since they went completely multiplatform, I am guessing it will later show up on the Wii.

[Preview] Flower PS3 Preview: I want this.

[Preview] Heavy Rain preview: Holy **** that's pretty.

[Review] iPhone game is for hardcore gamers, and is great: Okay, I want to try this.

[Review] Prince of Persia DS IGN review: Eh.

[Home] PlayStation Home™ out now: Yep :)

[Article] Looking back on 2008 for the PS3: It was a good year.

[Movies] Batman vs Iron Man, who wins more awards?: 2 **** good movies.

[Analysts] Analysts predict games sales up in November: Wouldn't surprise me.

[EA] EA's stocks take a beating: As someone else said, this sucks, after EA finally realized how terrible they were, and fix it, they get in financial trouble... :(

[DS] Shakespear on DS: Who spends all day reading on a DS?

[Article] Games as art?: I think games can be art, but not all are.

[Videos] New Killzone 2 videos: Nine of them.

[Preview] Uncharted 2 preview in Game Informer reveals info: Sounds sweet!

[Patch] echocrome gets patch, gives Trophies, and 1000 new levels: Not baaaaad.

[Developers] Linger In Shadows developers share development tools: That's awesome of them :)

[Screens] First gameplay screens of Final Fantasy Versus XIII: Looks sweet.

[Patch] SOCOM does it right with patch: Now THAT'S a patch.

[Screens] Final Fantasy Agito XIII concept art, world map and screens: Square-Enix found it's calling, PSP games.

[Mods] Fallout 3 mod creator kit for PC is live: Neato, I wish the PS3 version allowed for mods.

[Reviews] Here are EA's highest rated games of 2008: Mirror's Edge, how I want to play thee.

[Fired] C|Net firing some people, starting at GameSpot: Uh, well, maybe if you got your act in gear you wouldn't have to worry about this...

[Kotaku] Persona 4 frankenreview: Uh, k..

[Review] Rock Band portable drums Kotaku review: Sounds about right.

[Stats] Heavy Rain development stats: Wow, that's pretty nuts.

[DLC] EndWar gets 4 new DLC missions: Uh, k.

[Chrono] Chrono Trigger finally coming to Europe: Sorry it took so long..

[Art] Bored dad makes kicka** lunchbags for kids: Wish I could do something like that.

[360] Inside the Jasper 360: Uh, k.

[Music] LittleBigMusic, the inspired by music: Does it have the ORIGINAL music though?

[DS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is region free: Uh, k.

[WoW] World of Warcraft Sex change, $15: Uh....

[NSFW] DS Scrabble beats kid on "****ers" on triple word score: And there's something wrong with this?

[Buyout] Ubisoft wanted City of Heros dev: Tough luck I say.

[Fanboy] Biggest 360 fanboy ever....: There is sad and then there is sad, and there is this...

[Screens] White Knight Chronicles... *drools*: That picture made me 70% more excited for this game.

[GH/RB] Why play Guitar Hero, when you can have Guitar, Drums, and Keyboard all on one controller?: Wow, just wow....

[360] Microsoft prepared for economic recession: With their billions of Dollars.

[PSP] Yet another Harvest Moon for PSP: Ew...


And there you go... Now, where'd PaRappa go?

Thursday New Opinions

Still sick, but besides that, the news:


[Article] 1up's Games of 2009: I gotta agree so far.

[Announcement] Some company making a free-to-play game: Free to play is good.

[Microsoft] Microsoft preparing for a rough 2009: There's few people that are preparing for a *good* 2009.

[Bugs] Grand Theft Auto IV PC has lots of issues: "Woops"

[Deals] Microsoft making select XBLA titles free to play for December: That's good of them.

[Meh] Winter-Themed Avatar clothing for XBL: Care-O-Meter is hitting the low zeros.

[GameStop] Atari says used games market is extremely painful for publishers: We already knew this.

[Report] Report says 190 million households will own next gen consoles by 2012: Sweet.

[Western Market] Namco Bandai announces more focus on Western Market: Just like everyone else....

[DLC] The Force Unleashed new DLC adds new level/characters: This sounds completely not worth it.

[Preview] Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Gimme a demo.

[Article] Afro Samurai blog: I do like the art style with this game.

[Review] Mushroom Men - The Spore Wars 1up review: This game always seemed kinda meh to me.

[DLC] Mirror's Edge getting DLC early next year: Too much money for it. I will get the free map however.

[Movie] Resident Evil CGI movie interview: They should make more game movies like this.

[Movie] The Dark Knight DVD review: Shame on thee!

[Movie] Resident Evil CGI movie IGn review: It's a shame it's not better, however I think it should sell well, so that other companies do this.

[Article] IGN: How to fix Sonic: Eh, I sorta agree.

[Preview] Killzone 2 IGN preview: Holy moly, those graphics are good.

[WTF] NASCAR Kart racing coming to Wii: Hahahahahahahahahaha, *ahem* hahahahah!

[Preview] Red Faction: Guerilla preview: I am remaining optimistic of this game, though I have a feeling I wont like it.

[WoW] World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Gamespot review: . . .

[Sony] Sony: PS3 is '300,000' units ahead of 360 in PAL regions: The plot thickens.

[Trophies] Killzone 2 Trophy list: I am not going to read it to avoid spoilers.

[PSN] Catan IS coming to PS3, courtesy of Game Republic: Uh, cool.. I guess.

[RB/GH] No Doubt coming to rock Band next week: Cool I guess.

[Preview] Joystiq's Killzone 2 preview: Sounds wonderful.

[Blu-Ray] Dark Knight Blu-Ray live feature is chat with Christopher Nolan: This is awesome, and needs to keep happening.

[PSN] Another meh looking game coming to PSN: Where's Flower when you need it?

[Home] Beta is down for a day to add stuff: Sounds good.

[Trophies] echocrome is getting trophies: Give me Everyday Shooter trophies.

[PSN] PlayStation Store© update for PSP: DAHH!!! IT's EVERYDAY SHOOTER! I need it!

[Ad] Wonderful LocoRoco 2 Japanese ad: *Smiles* Yay!

[DLC] Free Dissidia themes for PSP: Uh, cool.

[Sony] Everyday Shooter creator talks on PSP port: That is just awesomely awesome.

[Video] Mirror's Edge DLC trailer: Hmm,I don't like how it looks.

[Life] Colorado teen killed by police, stole Xbox 360: That's sad I suppose...

[Lawsuit] Midway cleared of Psi-Ops copyright infringement: Uh, k.

[Wii] Duck Hunt+ Destroy All Humans = This Wii game: Uh, k.

[iPhone] Tap Tap becomes a music platform: Good job developers! :)

[Article] The death of video game criticism: Ehh.. not the greatest article.

[Sales] Midway stocks plummet after sell out: Poor midway....

[Controller] Jogging controller adds jogging to your games: Wow, that's.... Lame...

[LBP] Sackbook launched, a fansite for keeping track of LBP content: That's awesome.

[Ads] U.S. Army launches Second Life virtual recruitment center: Fail.

[Microsoft] New Games for windows client released stealthily: Sounds kinda fail anyways.

[Joke] Prankster takes Mario Kart to the streets of France: Oh, wow.

[Ew] Rock Band getting country music: EWWWWWWWWWW!!!

[Article] Madworld developers say that making a game in Black and White is hard: Yup.

[Survey] Japanese people bought Wii Fit impulsively: ****ing Wii Sh**.

[Win] Brutal Legend news coming this month: This makes me happy.

[Japan] Square-Enix to take over Eidos: Wow, that's random...

[Atari] Phill Harrison is pretty confident that younger generation won't buy physical media: Physical Media > Digital Distribution.

[WIN] Patpon Plushies: Oh god, this is such win.

[Developer] BioShock creator wishes PC gaming was more successful: Yeah, well, don't the PC fanboys as well. Though I think they have brought it on themselves, with the rediculous prices, and having to upgrade all the time...

[Joke] Someone at GameStop has a sense of humor: Hahahahahahaha!

[Sales] Garry's Mod makes Garry rich: Cool, I guess.

[Joke] Newspaper thinks the Sega Genesis is a current generation Console: Wow, omg fail, so much.

[Video] New Ghostbusters Game trailer: This game looks awesome, though, I don't like the art style, I can forgive it.

[Japan] What do Japanese people think of the whole Faith concept art thing?: Yeah...

[Video] New trailer for Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Though I've never seen the movies, that's pretty cool looking.

[Nintendo] UK Nintendo magazine shut down because of Nintendo's move away from the hardcore crowd: About ****ing time someone made a point.

[Joke] Cracked's 6 most retarded consoles: I've heard of only one of these...

[Sales] Valve releases ten years of sales figures: Can't deny they made some dough.


And there you go.

Thursday-Saturday News Opinions

The small amount of news that's happened over the holidays.


[Violence] Video game voice actor caught by 3 bullets, recovering now: Hope he recovers soon.

[Strange] Seaman spin-off iPhone bound: Hahah, that's really strange.

[DLC] Epic releases Gears of War 2 patch: Sweet I guess.

[GameStop] GameStop defends resale market: Uh, k.

[Soundtrack] OC ReMix offers SSF2THR soundtrack for free: Uh, sweet.

[Review] Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (PS2) 1up review: I can't wait. :)

[Interview] Persona 4 Q&A: Never played, then any good?

[Review] WoW: WotLK IGN review: Ewwww....

[Review] Fable II OST review: Uh, k.

[Rumor] Assassin's Creed 2 to take place during French revolution?: Interesting..

[Europe] For once in terms of video games, Europe doesn't get shafted, PSN website upgrade: Nice.

[DLC] Burnout Paradise DLC island detailed: Neat :P I still need to buy the game in general.

[Whaat?] Destroy all Humans PS3 version coming out in Europe: Wait, whaaat?

[Delay] SOCOM: Confrontation delayed in Europe, probably a good thing: Considering the state the game was in when it came out stateside?

[FFVII] Dissidia battle: Could vs Sephiroth: Epic.

[Cute] European PlayStation Store© update includes LocoRoco 2: Awwww!

[Rumor] Imagination technologies and Sony team up for PSP2: Intersting.

[Joke] Desert Bus marathon again to start up!: This is just so awesome.

[Sales] Japan is buying consoles for the season: Heh.

[Joke] Pulp Fiction meets Team Fortress: Uh, k.

[Wii] Excite Truck devs working on a super secret game for Wii: *Tries not to laugh at them*

[Demo] Command and Conquer demo comes to XBL: Someone try it and let me know if it's any good.

[Piracy] GTA IV for PC will have that horrible copy protection that everyone hates: *sigh*

[Insult] Original Resident Evil creator doesn't like RE5: Uh, okay...

[Concept] New Midway game to look better the Gears of War 2: Crazy, it better come to PS3.

[PC] Acclaim unveils free browser based rock game: Wow, uh alright...

[Ad] Resistance 2 Ad is crazy: Wow, this is amazing.

[PC] AMD: PC market is ok!: Uh, not really.

[Sales] Top selling PSP/DS games in america: Eh.....

[Wii] Capcom talks Wii version of games: Yup, That's the truth.

[Ninja] A game called Ninja Blade coming January: Uh, k.

[Date] Yakuza 3 dated: Uh, cool.

[Video] Fanmade Zelda movie trailer: Skipped over it and it looked so bad.

[PR] Square-Enix doesn't think that FFXIII being on 360 is a betrayal: Except to all those people who bought a PS3 for FFXIII alone....

[Print] Another gaming magazine, NRevolution goes under: Sounds like a crap magazine anyways.

[iPhone] Zombie FPS is coming to iPhone: How will *this* work...

[Kotaku] Skate It frankenreview: Yeah, ew.

[Review] The Last Remnant Kotaku review: Meh...

[GTA] What does GTA IV's amount of trade ins mean for it's DLC?: I don't care :P

[Home] Home director still says that it will be out before 2009: Sweet.

[PR] Microsoft: This gaming generation will be long: One would hope, it feels like last week I got my PS3....

[Japan] 78 Year old Japanese man loves western FPSes: Sounds like hell is freezing over, hear that?

[Sales] Microsoft had biggest sales week ever in Europe: Uh, k.

[Nintendo] Nintendo: We've had a new logo for 2 years: Maybe the fact that it's a color swap makes it hard to tell...

[Sony] Sony to release official DualShock/Headset charger: Uh, k.

[Anime] Professor Layton gets Anime: Heh, awesome, I will probably check it out.

[GameStop] GameStop has a week's supply of Wiis: Uh, k.

[Date] Resident Evil 5 pushed forward a week in Japan: Good job Japan.

[GameStop] GameStop: We don't see Digital Downloads as a threat: Good for you, but it just means you are ignoring the inevitable.

[DS] Capcom cautious on DSi development: A smart thing to be.

[SEGA] The Dreamcast turns 10 today: Ah yes, yee old Dreamcast.

[Sony] School uses PSPs to help deaf kids: Uh, cool.


And there you go.

Thursday News Opinions

Hopefully earlier then yesterday, the news:


Killzone 2 Beta impressions: Why couldn't I get in?! T_T

Konami reveals release date for MEME expansion pack: I WANT THE END'S CAMO!!!!

Half-Life 1 now 98¢ for a time: Jeez.

Microsoft talks digital distribution with GFW: I don't think they will take any of Steam's marketshare.

Grand Theft Auto IV DLC coming February 17th: Eh....

Activision changes boxart for BAJA after case: Seriously....

Google Lively ending this December: Yeah, I guessed this would be short lived...

WoW expansion pack sells 2.8 million in first day: O_O

ESA president on Obama's election: :)

Apple Pins it's hope on mobile gaming?: It's good to see Apple start to like gaming, maybe more games will come out for Macs. :)

Gamestop sales up, profits down: *Blink* What?

PS3 Trophies mandatory in 2009-on: This is wonderful news! Yes!

Gamespot Left 4 Dead review: Yeah..

LocoRoco LittleBigPlanet DLC out, along with free songs: Love the free content, and the LocoRoco suits, but where are the demos?

Chat with Hellboy director, via Blu-Ray: Now, THIS is a revolution!

Home version 1.00 out for beta players now!: I want Home so bad, so so so bad. And it's so close and yet so far...

Square-Enix looking into PSN development: Give us FF remakes, or at least PS1 Classics of them...

Meh sounding PSN game coming: I dunno, that really just doesn't sound that great..

Sony reveals 33 titles for Japan's adhoc party: That sounds really good, I wonder what titles will support it in the US? I hope for Burnout Legends, Battlefront II, Me and My Katamari, and Gitaroo-Man Lives! Out of what I own.

European PlayStation Store update includes LocoRoco 2 demo: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMOMG!!!

Firmware 5.02 out today: Uh, k.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix pricing announced: Right inbetween what I thought!

Italian boy is "addicted to Playstation": Whaaat?

iPhone MMO gets discount, release date: heh..

Print version of EGM may be on it's way out: Yeah....

Avatars get first paid themes: Meh...

More funny WoW ads: Heh, nothing will beat the Mr. T one.

Latest SWG update adds Hoth battles: Interesting?

Kotaku Animal Crossing Wii review: Meh.

Gamestop Black Friday deals leaked: Oh, nice, $25 4GB PSP stick, $4 for UMD movies? Want.

Vexed by Online bigots' language? Psychologists say they want you to be: Isn't that the point? *sigh*..... XBL is so terrible sometimes.

PETA beats a dead horse, and asks for veggie mama: THOU FOOLZ!

Terminator game promises to be a good movie game: It wont be.

Judge bans teen from playing games for murdering cat: Does this make sense to you?

What game should Capcom remake next?: FINAL FIGHT 3! FINAL FIGHT 3! FIIIIIIIIIIIIIINALLLLLLLLLL FIIIIIIIGHTTTTTTT 3!!!!!!!

Jack Thompson pays up the $42,525.27 he owes: Oh, wow.

Left 4 Dead frankenreview: mhm.

Audio only stealth game?: Wait, what?

HYPERCUBE is 3D Tetris: Wow, interesting.

If you never turn on your PS3, you will save yourself $15: Oh, okay.

SimCity coming to iPhone: This is a really good idea.

Xbox 360 sales hit 7 million in Europe: Gj MS.

Lamest Wii controller holders yet, boxing gloves: Eww....

46% Of shoppers looking to buy consoles on black Friday: Yeah, well, it's Christmas.

Video of all Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe fatalities in the game: Uh, k.

LittleBigPlanet getting Resistance costumes next: Very nice. Get me some PaRappa in there too.

Microsoft actively working to fix hiccups: If they weren't people would be angry.

GTA IV buss ads are back: *Sigh*

"Exclusive" MGS4 "Limited" Edition PS3 winds up at walmart for cheaper: Exclusive hardly means anything anymore.

Black Mesa Source looks amazing: Wow, that really does look amazing.

PC version of Mirror's Edge contains better physics: That looks pretty!


There yee goes!

Thursday news opinions

*yawn* And now today.


Future Codemasters games will include Russian support: That's cool.

Resident Evil 5 has demo coming, also, RE2 remake?: Sound cool for fans.

Hobbit movie news: *Wants*

Stan Lee wants to create a gay super hero: FTW!

Wall-E Blu-Ray review: Need.

THQ halving core game slate: Nice, I will be sure to keep an eye out for their newer games.

Gamespot Call of Duty: World at War review: Uh, k.

Red Baron Arcade fate questioned: Oh, I gotcha.

Edge of Twilight, steampunk game trailer released: Moody, quite.

Sony lays down some LittleBigPlanet laws: I can't wait to see what will come up in this game in the future.

Dissidia boxart revealed: Hmm, it's alright.

Put the whole world in your hands, PSP ad: That's cool.


And there you go.

Thursday news opinions

*Yawn* I slept a long time, which is probably a good things, seeing as I am sick.


Activision pretty much admits they are the new EA: This, is why I hate Activision.

Collection of SEGA games coming to PS3/360: No Sonic & Knuckles? Fail.

Dennis Hopper talks about Super Mario Brothers movie: Lowl.

Halo Wars coming February, will have limited edition: Uh, k, gimmie a demo.

Fallout 3 shipped 4.7 million copies in launch week: Holy moly. I mean it is a multiplatform game, but still..

Second Rock band track pack coming: Meh, selection is alright.

Rock Band gets Foo Fighter album next week: Good, I guess.

UbiSoft cancels Heros game: Uh, k.

Atlus says there will be no Persona 4: FES: Having no idea what they are talking about, this is good news?

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 1up review: Yeah, about what I thought.

IGN Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts review: From and outside viewer, it sounds like they kind of took it in a direction that's quite away from the original games.

IGN UK Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts review: Uhuh.

Mirror's Edge has gone gold: Sweet!

Gamespot's Resistance 2 review: I need this game.

Second European LittleBigPlanet ad spotted: LBP!

European Home beta expansion imminent, open beta in a few weeks: Good! I can't wait.

Japan stops ignoring the PS3, sales jump 900%: Holy moly!

Activision predicts more PS3 growth then 360: I would agree.

Konami financial results show how much money the PS3 has made them: Wow.

Dissidia video shows off EX mode: That looks really amazing.

Video game addiction support group opens in Canada: Interesting.

Mirror's Edge launch trailer: NEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!

Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold 4.33 million copies: Wow. Wowowow.

LittleBigPlanet servers down for maintenance: That's good I suppose.

9 Year old steals parents car and drives it because he watched his dad play video games: Uh...

Which drums are louder, GH: WT, or RB2?: Hmmm

Frankenreview for Valkyria Chronicles: *want*

Kotaku MotorStorm Pacific Rift review: Sounds good to me.

Machinima raises millions $: Not surprising.

Japan can now play Ad-Hoc games online with their PS3s: Sweet, this needs to come to America. Heck, I'd love to be able to play infrastructure games without having to buy a WAP, seriously, make it happen.

Detailed look at Far Cry 2's fire: BURN!

Asking DICE about keeping guns in Mirror's Edge: I agree.

Left 4 Dead ad is huge: Wow, uh, wow.

Saint's Row 2 - 2 Million shipped: Eh.

Capcom lists hopeful sales numbers for future games: Hmm, sounds about right.

What games excite Gears of War creator: I see.

Activision seeing 'strong interest' in upgrading instruments: Oh for ****s sake, I, nor anyone else, needs a living room filled with plastic instruments.

Banjo Kazooie has unreadable words on SDTVs, Rare will not fix it: Lame.

99 Bricks, flash game that equals Tetris plus world of goo: Interesting.

Tim Shafer publishes original Grim Fandango design document: Sweet.


And that's your news for today.

Thursday News Opinions

And here you go.


Chris Hecker responsible for simplified Spore gameplay: Poor dude, he ruined something that could have been big.

Harmonix making a Beatles game: Sweet!

Sony Prefers R&D over Exclusive DLC: I agree with this. Games>DLC.

Lord of the Rings: Conquest pushed into 2009: Good thing, more development: better game.

Square-Enix first iPhone coming to Japan this fall: Wonder if it will be any good.

GameTap releases episode 2 of American McGee's Grimm: I want to try this someday.

City of Heros coming to mac: Woot.

1up Review for Resistance 2: How come 1up's reviews suck these days? They are short and don't go into detail.

Atari picked up Chronicles or Riddick game for '09: Uh, k.

Home beta opening up to Qore subscribers: *Cries*

GBA as best selling handheld kicked off by DS: I see.

Resistance 1 vs Resistance 2: Okay, Resistance 2 does have better graphics, but a bit too much color.

LittleBigPlanet patch 1.03 out now, severs back online: Good news!

Battlefield: Bad Company trophy patch out now: I am loving the old games being patch for trophies.

Break apart PS3 controller patient found: PS4 I think.

Mirror's Edge trailer about "Future of the PS3": Future of the PS3 is a lot of quality games.

PixelJunk Monsters update 2.00 out now in Europe: WANT!!!!

Analyst: PS3 wont break even: Analysts.....

LocoRoco 2 coming to PSP Europe in November: US Release 2009, time to import.

PSP brite is harder to hack: Good job sony! :)

PSP mod allows PSP to be played on a SNES controller: Wow... That's... Interesting?

Atari accusing casual gamers of P2P sharing: Fail.

New Left 4 Dead trailer: Interesting.

Frankenreview - Fallout 3: :) Want.

LittleBigPlanet Kotaku review: Want.

Does style beat out realism: It depends on what you are talking about.

Nintendo: "We've never neglected Core gamers": This is why I hate them... What, do they think that Wii Sports is a core game?

Radio station sells soul to Nintendo: *sigh*

LittleBigPlanet on NASCAR: Uh, K.

Activision blocking Brutal Legend release: ACTIVISION!!!!!!! >:(

Gears of War movie to be close to the game: Good, so it's not just inspired by it?

Ghostbusters game gets publisher and release window: Sweet.

Developer says that DS and DSi aren't as similar as you think: This doesn't bode well...

Miyamoto is producing Punch Out: Uh, k.

PC Saint's Row 2 delayed: Thus is PC gaming.

Awesome Mega Man 9 stop motion video: Hahaha that's awesome.

Valkyria Chronicles IGN AU Review: Sweet, this sounds amazing!

Valkyria Chronicles IGN Review: Sweeeeet!


And that's the news!

Thursday news opinions

And the news...


1up Saint's Row 2 review: Sounds like a game I wouldn't like.

No more Team Fortress 2 updates until 2009: No surprise.

First Teaser Trailer BioShock: Sea of Dreams: I wont watch it until I've beat the first one.

EA CEO says half of DRM protesters were pirates: Or they are people that don't like 'renting' a game for full price.

Blizzard president says script is being written: *Sigh* This will be crap.

Portal: Still Alive coming out next week: Well, it would be some time till I bought it.

Rock Band 2 to PS3, Wii, PS2 on the 19th: I hope I will get a chance to try it soon.

EA CEO says Brutal Legend is a "Significant creative risk": So, stay with boring trash every year?

PS3, 360 Dragon Age coming?: Sounds good?

LittleBigPlanet Gamespot review: ALL HAIL SACKBOY!

Metal Gear Online TGS08 trailer: You can say they aren't trying to please people.

PlayStation Store© update: MotorStorm Pacific Rift demo it downloading!

Noby Noby Boy is a PSN game: With those graphics one would hope. :)

Same writer back for Overlord II: Sounds good, but I didn't like the demo of the first.

New Mirror's Edge trailer: Soon...

Sign up here to get 20 free DLC songs for Rock Band 2: That's pretty awesome.

Far Cry 2 has home support, it's awesome: That looks pretty cool.

Resistance 2 Public Beta codes are out!: I'm in woot!!!!

List of optional changes in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix: Having it be an option is win.

Mirror's Edge Hands on: I am still looking forward to the demo..

PSP2 concept is something you will never see due to it's level of coolness: *Jaw Drops* I highly doubt this is anything close to real, but still..

The Force Unleashed sold well: Not really surprising..

LucasArts refiles trademarks for Maniac Mansion: It will probably be something like a rerelease or something.

Will Wright's Opinion on LittleBigPlanet: *Facepalm*

PopStar Guitar game has 'Popular' setlist: Popular < Good.

Will Wright's opinion on Spore's DRM: I am not going to pay to rent a game, not the full price anyways.

Backwards compatible PS3 are becoming more expensive: *Sigh* I really wish they still sold them, I always suggest people find a 60GB on eBay.

Kojima has a real Sackboy: Ah!!!!

Microsoft says Metal Gear Solid 4 is 'possible' on Xbox 360: Well, what do you expect them to say?

Unlike Dead Rising, XBLA games have to have larger text: I dunno, that sounds like a good idea to me.


And there you go, I am waiting for the Resistance public beta to finish downloading...

Thursday News Opinions

More TGS news...


Final Fantasy Versus XIII preview: I think I may be more excited for this then normal FFXIII... Looks darker.

White Knight Chronicles preview: Sounds like a very good game.

SUCCESS: LittleBigPlanet beta levels will carry over to full game: Sweet. Success for the players!

Can Tecmo make a comeback?: Probably not.

Guitar Hero: World Tour get timed exclusive Xbox 360 DLC: I care! Not....

First Halo 3: Recon details emerge: Sounds like... Halo 3.

Online Co-Op to be day one download for Fable 2: Uh... okay..?

PSP store opening next week in Japan: Finally! Now, U.S.?

New trailer for Bayonetta, for those who care: Not me.

New Castlevania announced: Woot for the fans...

inFAMOUS eyes-on: I want this....

Trailer for Gears of War looking-PS3 shooter: Hmm

Japanese Home beta not delayed: Woot, not bring on the US beta.

New Tekken 6 trailer: For those who care.

Old Snake, Sephiroth join LitleBigPlanet: That's totally awesome. LittleBigWin.

PSP get Duelshock 3 compatibility: This is so f***ing cool!

Dissidia final 2 characters confirmed: Cloud and Terra confirmed.

echocrome get $5 expansion today: I standby what I said, in that it doesn't need anymore content.

Dissidia preview: I want this game...

Special Edition Dissidia PSP revealed: That's pretty cool looking. Too bad I wont ever own one.

Firmware 5.00 and PSP Playstation Store© launch next week: What other features are in Firmware 5.00?

Best PSP-PS3 connectivity ever revealed: Resistance: Retribution = Day one purchase.

Money printing Monster Hunter coming to US: I wonder how well it will fare.

Longest titled PSN game coming out today: Demo plz?

Linger in Shadows coming out today, amazing price of $3: $3? I'm considering buying it outright...

LittleBigPlanet gets Duelshock 3 bundle: Brings that stateside, and I can guaranty some sales.

First must have iPhone game released?: I want to try games on the iPhone really bad.

Finally, Nobi-Nobi Boy gameplay (Katamari creator's next game): Uh, what?

How close are the Microsoft and Square booths?: Not as close as previously said.

Bionic Commando delayed until early 2009, PC version..?: Piracy strikes again...

Last Remnant team is looking forward to Unreal Engine 4: You and the rest of the gaming world.

Some game called Uncharted Waters comes to PS3: Uh, okay, never heard of it.

360 Sales soaring: The things that pisses me off the most about this, is that Microsoft is making a mint, they are already rich, and they STILL haven't fixed the RRoD!!!!

Ensemble Studios may soon be dead, but they aren't out yet...: Eh, I still say goodbye.


Now, to wait for the Playstation Store© update....

Thursday news opinions

Hiya, getting back on schedule here, though I don't know when I will dare visit n4g as there is probably 20+ pages of news stories for me to go through.... *shudders*


Nintendo announced new hardcore games, guess what... They are old franchises: Not only are they old franchises, but I really don't care about them... Jeez, can't you do anything new that's not a casual game, or *Shudder* Wii-Music....

Nintendo announces DSi: I can't imagine people really being all that excited for it, it almost seems like a downgrade with no GBA slot... Heck, you can't even play Guitar Hero on it.

SEGA releasing Valkyria Chronicles early: This rarely happens, but is great news when it does.

DSi not coming to america for quite some time: Uh, okay...

DSi gets downloadable titles.... and they are casual games: Aren't casual gamers the ones that download titles the least?

Next EGM has Resident Evil 5 as a cover story... But it looks like Resistance 2 stole it's thunder: Seriously, with that cover, Resistance 2 totally stole the cover...

IGN's top 10 PS1 games that should be on the Playstation Store©: Where's Driver?

How the PSP sizes up against the DSi and iPhone: Yup, it's the biggest, but in my opinion you get the best games, so it's a trade off....

Two of the three PSP games revealed for TGS: Hm... Okay... Nothing that I really care about.

More LittleBigPlanet beta codes, along with a great trailer: Sackboys FTW.

Kotaku de Blob review: This is one Wii game that interested me, I gotta say, I love the art style.

Wii Speak coming next month: Wii finally gets screaming teens and younger through voice chat.

The man behind the Marvel Movies wants to do the same with games: Uncharted movie? Sign me up. This guy really sounds like he could do some good in the video game-movie market.

Fallout 3 does it right (DRM): It looks like one company doesn't have insecurity issues, they know their game is good, and it will sell well. And for any dorks that download it, know that you are ruining chances of seeing any of their other games on PC.

Take Two wont be merging with anyone after all: Okay..

Nintendo: No need for Wii or DS price cuts: True that.

Next Dead Rising to be episodic?: One would hope not...

First half of 2008 Japan hardware sales: Wait, the 360 still hasn't sold over a million?

DSi to hit europe spring 2009: Yay for europe not getting shafted!

Save Wii games direct to SD card: Okay... Where's the HDD though?


Now I shall wait for the playstation network update....

Thursday news opinions

I'm back, for another day! I don't know if I'll be here tomorrow or what, but I guess we'll see.


Yakzu 2 review: Now that one japanese game that has been out years in Japan came over, can we see some others?

LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy comes to PAIN: This is just too awesome. You heard me.

Blue Dragon DS coming to America, no one cares: Meh.

Life with Playstation available now: Nice, it's pretty nifty.

Mirror's Edge lands in November, demo incoming: Sweet, PC version pushed back, but console versions will hit this year.

New Prince of Persia game release date revealed: This game looks so pretty... Too bad I will end up hating it.

Line Rider 2 DS review: Why pay for something you can get for free?

IGN iPhone The Force Unleashed review: Better then I thought.

IGN to get new look today: Interesting, I've been around to see most of those.

Top 10 things IGN wants in a Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG: Sounds good to me.

Hendrix getting his own Guitar Hero game?: Activsion.....

Gamespot's Crysis Warhead review: Even gamespot liked it...

Cuts from Diablo III interviews: I still think it should look more sinister.

Playstation Store© update: Contains Fracture, Merceanries 2, and Life with Playstation, quite a good update if I do say so myself.

LittleBigPlanet trophies revealed: Pretty cool. :)

Fable creator says that PS3 is waiting for a defining game, suggests LittleBigPlanet: Wow, you just earned some points from me, I expected you, like all the other Microsoft developers, to trash every other system.

1 Hour long arcade game infomercial, that's supposedly awesome: Er, okay, I don't feel like watching it, but hey!

Left 4 Dead on DS?: I am fairly sure this was just a mistake, bleah...

Colbert as a Rock Band rocker: Sweet, now I just gotta borrow the game again to play it.

Miyamoto to receive award for defining gaming today: Bleah, more like, defining casual and shovelware games....

Spore DRM versus Steam DRM: Interesting read. Definitely Steam has the upper hand.

Hayao Miyazaki doesn't play games: He should try and play Valkira Chronicles, that looks like something he would make.

Tom Clancy games coming to the Wii at some point...: Until then, be content with shovelware from Ubisoft.

id Software try to explain why nothing was cut from RAGE due to 360: So, nothing was cut, they just had to not make what they original had in mind, you know, sort of like cutting...?

Rock Band: AC/DC is an expansion pack: Ah good, I'm glad some people have some sense...

Activision boss: Guitar Hero is dominating the competition: In what? Games released? Quantity doesn't mean quality. And my dear sir, quality is something you will never have.

"Shocking announcement" Coming frmo White Knight Story developers, September 26th: No idea, feel free to guess.

Gamestop: "PC sales are decreasing": Pfft, I never would have thought, not with all the piracy or anything...

Not all BioShock PS3 content free?: This is a kick in the pants, though overall, I will still buy it for PS3, just because the PS3 is a more reliable system overall, I'll only buy 360 exclusives games for 360.

The 32 best Xbox 360 games: That header makes me wince.

Diablo III Havok physics details: I guess you learn something every day, I didn't know this.

Activision does something right: Guitar Hero guitars as preorder bonus: 'Much as I hate to admit it, this is a really good preorder bonus, still, I'm not buying the game though. :P

SOCOM beta patch finally available: I'm guessing if you are playing the beta, this seemed like forever.

The impact of White Knight Story: Well, it will be one of the first JRPGs on PS3, so it's bound to to pretty well.

Rockstar: "We haven't announced a date for GTA IV expansion": Was Microsoft talking out of their *** then?

Peter Moore: "My words were twisted to sound like I didn't care about the RRoD": Everyone's words are twisted by the press, though, in this instance, Microsoft didn't seem to want to do anything about it for a while.

IGN: "What we want in God Of War III": *Yawn*

Pete Moore: "When Nintendo announced the Wii-Mote, I said 'What they hell is that'.": I STILL say what the hell is that. It's ugly as hell.

20,000 Invites to LittleBigPlanet beta going out in US: Oh, pretty please, can I get in this beta?

Why Google should buy Valve: Number one reason, so they can get into the industry.

Is the Nintendo lawsuit over motion sensing technology real, or just patent trolling?: I would say patent trolling, but you never know...

Myst creator warns against starting a MMO: Well, it seems not many companies can get it right, *coughBLIZZARDcough*

PS3 Firmware 2.43 does more then advertised: Well, it still doesn't effect me.

Sony: Two coming releases to break the sound barrier: Uh, okay?

Sony Shares take a hit: Wait till after the holidays.

iPhone a revolution for game design says Arkane Studios: Well, it seems more original then the DS's control scheme...

Why DRM is going nowhere: The number one reason in my opinion, is the fact that, it makes pirating look a lot better, when it cripples your options with the game.

Sony still has some secret projects: Well duh, what company doesn't?

Top Xbox 360 games for downloadable content: Beautiful Katamari better not be on there...

New Resistance 2 trailer: I dunno if I want to spoil anything...

Early What's Weekly Updates this week: Contains no info on new DLC, I care not. (Removal of Big Team Battle = Fail)


And that's all folks!

Thursday News Opinions

Man, my house is being worked on, and it's annoying to have to move lots of stuff around, oh, well. It's for the best. The news? Here.


Sony teams up with New York school of design for a LittleBigEvent in NYC: Interesting, but I wish it were closer to me.

Steven Colbert makes his way into Rock Band: This is just so f***ing awesome.

Interview with Game Republic founder: A nice interesting read.

LittleBigPlanet developer: LittleBigPlanet would be a "Different game" on 360: A great read for insight on why I prefer exclusive games.

Play dress up at Game Crazy's Force Unleashed launch event: Uh, no thanks.

Game Republic's canceled 360 game: Microsoft doesn't heart Japan anymore.

Uwe Boll: "There is no money in movies": *YOUR* movies perhaps.

Jeopardy hits PSN: Uh, yay?

More Gamestop Execs talk about Digital Distribution: They seem to be justifying their business, not actually saying what they think.

David Perry talks about Digital Distribution: Uh, who is David Perry?

Devil Kings set for PSP: Uh, okay... Should I care?

MotorStorm Pacific Rift races to release October 28th: Now, about that demo....

Microsoft: Age of Empires has 'Future Potential': Not when you get rid of the company that made it... Sure, someone else can make more, but it's not the same.

Will Apple succeed in mobile gaming?: Perhaps, it's too early to tell, their computer side of gaming has failed.

Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 Reviewed: Now, where's my PS3 version?

Diablo III details: I can't wait to start hacking and slashing again.

Playstation Store© Update: Too bad I don't have a guitar, I'd love to try the Areosmith demo.

10 More songs confirmed for Guitar Hero World Tour: The only one there that I care about, is "Hey Man Nice Shot"

The Agency team still considering cross platform play (PS3-PC): DO IT! We need more cross platform games!

PAIN patch adds a lot of stuff to buy, a little free: Take a hint from Warhawk, release stuff for free more.

WipEout HD is cheeper then expected: I expected this to be $30-$40, the current price translates to around $21. Still, I will wait for a demo, as I've never gotten into those games.

Quest for Booty not getting Blu-Ray release in UK after all. However, the rest of Europe gets it: What's the logic here?

PS3 Guitar Compatibility patch finally released: No one thought this would see the light of day, but here it is, you can now use the Guitar Hero 3 guitar as a bass in Rock Band, and vice versa. Also, PS3 owners can now convert all(almost) of the Rock Band 1 songs to Rock Band 2.

Field Commander now a digital Download: Same price as the UMD, I'll take the UMD thanks, still good choice.

Capcom no longer making exclusives: What about Dead Rising 1? When are we going to see it on PS3?

Madden '09 sold 2.3 Million...: *Cries*

Portal Ported to Atari 2600: Wow, what other platoforms will it hit?

Not A Surprise: Online people are racist: Play Halo online once, and you will notice this.

Blue Dragon DS comes out in Japan, Japan doesn't care: Wasn't the original a crappy game anyways?

Anti-Spore website turns out to be huge Rickroll: *Gasps* I fell for it.

Rare: Avatar idea predates Miis: I'm sure... Though it was probably along the lines of "The 360 needs avatar people" And then when the Miis came out, they just took that idea, and tweaked it a bit.

Video of Dragon Force world record holder (Guitar Hero 3): I feel so inept compared him.

Halo Studio working on next generation console Halo game: Sad, but no surprise....

George Lucas involved with The Force Unleashed story: Not something to brag about, that's for sure...

Why Tales of Vesperia is on 360: Okay, so where's the PS3 version?

A lot of people downloaded the Force Unleashed demo: Shows there's interest, I wish they had done better though.

Miyamoto's speach for programming award: I find this a pretty generic speach...

More Guitar Hero action figures you didn't ask for: I wonder how many people saw Guitar Hero action figures and thought "That's a great idea!" Single digits, maybe?

Harmonix to release Rock Band: AC/DC: Nonononononononono, If you're going to do anything, make it a downloadable content pack, seriously, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was a bad idea, and so is this.

Star Ocean 4, and The Last Remnant are playable at TGS: *Sigh* Enough with the RPGs 360, Almost all of the ones that have come out for consoles recently have sucked, and like 90% of them have come out on 360. Let some come out on PS3, and people will shut up about how 360 only gets bad RPGs, because soon the PS3 will have bad RPGs also. However, when FFXIII/FFvsXIII come out, it will be a different story.

MadWorld at home on Wii: Yup, and birds are at home on mars...

Xbox division "has seen consumer slow down": Translation: I can't truthfully talk about it.

Ensemble studios, following in Bungie's footsteps?: Microsoft must treat their first party really bad, because studios keep leaving them...

No More Heros, thought up on the john: This proves that we shine our best under pressure.

Kane and Lynch development team was hit really hard be Gamespot review: Well, the thing here: Make the game better, and don't run into such reviews.

Red Faction: Guerilla gets most generic special edition ever: Woot, I care not.

Gizmondo 2 announced, no one gives a S***: Seriously, didn't they learn their lesson the first time?

LittleBigPlanet Beta will possibly be announced on the official site: Forget a beta, give us a demo.

Sony's response to August sales: It's not like they are just going to say "Yeah the 360 beat us this week"

Resistance 2 is almost done NOW: Can you say polish?

Yakuza 2 review: I know very little of the game other then it originally came out 2 years ago in Japan, and they *just* decided to bring it stateside.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories PS2 port confirmed for US: Sweet! It only took a year or two... They should port it to PSP.

SCEA CEO: "We're looking forward to this holiday": Well what company isn't?

IGN: The way Halo 4 SHOULD be: (It shouldn't)

Alan Wake is still being worked on: Uh, Yeah, I'd hope so...

Could Activision enter the console war?: Could ≠ Should.

Full list of MGS4 Downloadable Content: Sweet! I'll keep an eye on this.

Way of the Samurai Portable video: I never played this series, but I heard it was really good.

What does the PS3 have for winter?: Ahh yes, that is a nice line up, Also there are a ton of multiplatform games that are good.

More then 400 people are working Resident Evil 5: That's more people then it would take to start your own country...

Why the Xbox 360 should win the console war: Wow, failmuch? This screams fanboy and bias.

Is Halo Wars going to suck now?: Probably not.

Free MMO coming to PS3 in September: Free MMO? Isn't that like.. an oxymoron?

Call of Duty 4: Double EXP, half priced maps for the weekend: Good for all those people that play it.

Gears of War 2 breaks fourth wall: Well, it's another one of those games where the people wear armor that could fit an elephant.

How come the games are getting shorter, but prices are going up?: Are we getting ripped off? Sorta.

Has Microsoft killed the PR of Halo Wars: Pretty much.

Microsoft Admits there was problems with Vista, check. They fixed it, Not so check: Vista is still a piece of crap, sure they could pick the dirt out, but it's still crap.

Home closed beta videos: Yay Home, let me play you.

MotorStorm Pacific Rift demo out to Qore subscribers, public cries: The demo has split screen! Woot!

Diablo 3 fan color vs actual color: I still like what Diablo 1/2 looks like.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

New MK vs DC characters revealed through achievements: I don't care, but to some this is probably pretty cool.

PS3 RPGs to look out for before 2009: Just give me Valkira Chronicles and Eternal Sonata.

Turnaround: Quest for Booty to be released on Blu-Ray after all?: Make up your mind!

10 Tricks about the 360 Microsoft didn't tell you: I like that there are a ton of secrets you can find with each console these days.

Sony WipEout HD - Late September: Again, just give me a demo.

RUMOR: Kingdom Hearts Coded also coming to PSP: Yes Square-Enix, show the PSP more love! :)

Console exclusivity sometimes cheeper, easier: Not surprising, but you don't make as much.

Halo 4 and Gearbox, isn't it obvious?: No... I thought Gearbox was working on something multiplatform.

Another Killzone 2 preview: Yay KZ2, I want to play ye.

RIP Spore: Lies here, after DRM killed it: I dunno I think it's a bit overboard, but the DRM didn't help, that's for sure.

Developer: Stop making old game ports on the Wii that don't work: I've been saying this for a while.

Microsoft: We still own Age of Empires: *pfft* Like that's suppose to make things all better?

Rare fans should worry, or not?: It seems like they have made nothing but crap under Microsoft, so I wouldn't worry even if they did leave MS.

Urban Crysis modded map: Ah yes, the modding community.

The Real reason for the Xbox 360 price drop, according to some person: Uh, yeah okay.

Kotaku misses the point with 'Muslim Massacre' game: I kind of have to agree with him on this.

Third Parties take notice, Core Wii games wanted: Perhaps the Wii will actually get good games.. maybe...

Shane Kim: "We still believe in PC gaming": Yeah, okay...

Games need to work on how they represent gender: I gotta agree.


That took what, all day to finish? :P