Friday, August 26, 2011

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review!

I went to Game Stop yesterday and I was looking around at all the new games and I decided to buy Deus Ex. I dont like to do full reviews they just take too long so I will give you the just of it! I stayed up all night playing it and I have to say that I am not as impressed as I thought I would be. Everything from the gameplay to the visual quality is just so so. The best part of the whole thing is the story and even with such a great story its still isn't that great of a game. I not trying to say that its a bad game I'm just saying that it could be better. The story is strangely reminiscent of two movies I once saw, Surrogates and Repo Men. If you've seen either of those movies you will know what I'm talking about if you play this game. Whether or not they actually took ideas from these movies is beyond me but it does seem rather close to be a coincidence. As far as the gameplay goes I would have to describe it as a combination of splinter cell and some generic first person shooter game. When I first heard about this game I thought it was pronounced Doos Ex which was funny because if you say it fast it sounds like Do Sex but after playing it I found out that  it is said Day-us Ex wich isn't as fun and sounds rather nerdy. Over all I would have to say that I am disappointed and...............well that pretty much it. Please dont forget to comment and follow!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

BREAKING NEWS!!!


Steve Jobs retired as CEO of Apple Inc.. He said that he is no linger capable of doing his duties at the company and has named Tim Cook as his successor! Apparently he will still be chairman although I'm not sure how all that stuff works! I hope Apple doesn't crumble like they did when Jobs left the company the first time. Please remember to comment and follow!!

Rumors! Does Anyone Even Care?

With so many rumors going around these days it may OR may not make you wonder which ones are true. The most talked about ones are the iPhone 5, the PS4, the xbox 720, and some radical new design change to the 3DS. I don't know how it happened but people started to say the Microsoft will unveil a new system within the next year or 2. When I look at the state of the xbox 360 and not just the sales numbers but the design as well I would have to say that I believe this rumor is true. I'm not saying that its a bad system but it has its flaws. For one it doesn't use blu-ray discs which means that it doesn't have amazing visual quality like the PS3. The second thing is that I don't think that it has as much processing power as the PS3. I don't know if its just me but when I go from my PS3 to my xbox 360 it feels like the xbox is slower. You know what thought I think that the blu-ray thing is the biggest factor in why Microsoft would want to upgrade so much sooner than Sony. When you look at the PS3 you see a perfect system. I have seen a lot of fan boy videos for both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 and the 360 fan boys always say the they can say whats wrong with their system yet PS3 fan boys cant say whats wrong with their system. That's because there is nothing bad to say about the PS3. That's pretty much why I think that Sony will wait to upgrade. With all that said I for once would like to see the xbox be better than the play satiation. I hate fan boys and I don't like to talk about anything that would spark a fan boy outrage but I understand brand loyalty and I just felt like all that had to be said.
I'm almost 100% sure that the iPhone 5 rumors are true. If I had to guess at a release date I would say the first 2 weeks in October and that's all I want to say about that.
As for the 3DS design change rumors I want them to be true but at the same time I don't. The rumor, if you haven't heard, goes that Nintendo is developing a second analog stick for the 3DS. It will come as an attachment for existing 3DS owners but eventually will be fully integrated into the system within the coming the year. Even though I do and don't want it to be true I think it will eventually happen. The main reason being is that it would open up a lot more possibilities for games because it would work more like a conventional home console controller.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Lesser Know Treasures of the Blogging World and New Thoughts on an Old Subject.

Ever since I started blogging I have been really into the lesser know blogs. They are usually way less bias and have more straight forward opinions. They are not getting paid to review anything but they do so simply because they want their opinions to get out there in the world. One such blog that I enjoy every minute of is GamerBlogTV! Its a blog much like my own but a little bigger. He blogs about all the same stuff I do but it has more of a newspaper quality. Actually he has his own online news paper called The GamerBlogTv Daily which I also strongly recommend you check out. The guy behind it all is a huge GEARS fan and you will notice it by just looking at the home page. I personally have never been a huge GEARS fan but as I like to say "To each their own!"
On the third of this month I talked about how developers eventually plan to phase out disk based gaming. I said that I thought this was a stupid idea and an all digital world would suck but now that I have my 3DS I have made an exception. I went on a mini vacation to Niagara Falls this weekend and I decided to take my 3DS along. It was great fun at first but then it started to get annoying to keep switching game cartridges every time I wanted to play something different. So my exception is that I think that portable gaming should be all digital. I knew a lot of people that were completely pissed off when Sony went all digital with the PSP GO but looking back it truly is an easier and more convenient platform. Besides the ease of use it could also mean cheaper games and I know that that will be very welcome in this time of $50 and $60 games. To clarify, No I do not think all gaming should be digital with the exception being portable gaming
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Jay-Z and Kanye West Trash a Super Car and I get the 3DS for $99

Jay-Z and Kanye West basically tore apart a brand new Mercedes Benz Maybach, the German super car that STARTS at $373,000 for the base model. They tore off the top and welded reinforcements over the fenders. In my opinion it was a stupid move although there were some reasons they did it that were kinda good. The first and most obvious of these reasons is for the video. The second reason is that they plan to auction it off and give the proceeds to a charity that will help the famine in Africa. The damages were estimated at $180,000 and I don't even think that they will get that back! For such great artists I feel that it was very uncreative and poorly planned out but the song itself is awesome!
On Thursday night I received an email from Game Stop that basically said that since I'm a Power Up Rewards Pro member I qualified for a coupon that would allow me to purchase the 3DS for just $99. The only catch is that I would have to have an old DS to trade in! Lucky for me I had my old DS Lite and I took full advantage of the coupon! With this coupon I got 20 more dollars than I would have without it! In reality this coupon would have been worthless if I had had a DSi or DSiXL because I know for a fact that you can get $80 for the DSi and $100 for the DSiXL. So I upgraded and got the aqua blue one instead of the red one like I planned! That is all ok because I figured that I should give the red thing a break, after all the DS I traded in was crimson red so I think a color change would be welcome! As always Please comment and follow!