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Final Fantasy XIII simultaneous release on Xbox 360, PS3

2008-07-14T19:57:00.001-07:00

"Microsoft has finally brought Final Fantasy to the Xbox 360, will be released same day as PS3 in North America and Europe..."

Wow, I didn't even read the original article (except the title) but this is huge! A brief look at the comments on Digg shows that the viewers all agree, Microsoft wins! I was planning to buy a PS3 for FF or BlueRay but now there's one less reason, so I can hold off on the PS3 for now and possibly forever :P

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DIABLO 3 ANNOUNCED AT WWI

2008-06-28T09:40:00.001-07:00

Blizzard announces the highly-anticipated Diablo 3!

There are apparently already a working demo and screen shots of the game... I'm glad Blizzard didn't choose to go the MMORPG route with this series... although a world of Diablo wouldn't be all that bad either, it's just that I hate seeing all the old games that I love turning into an MMO for money farming (by the company and players).

I wonder when it'll be out, considering SC2 is slated for 2009 or EOY 2008... I imagine D3 will be at least a year after that? Of course, they could pull the ultimate surprise by offering to release both for this Christmas, but I imagine that won't be so great for business as the two games will complete with each other.

Check out the original story here.

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Top 10 most anticipated Xbox 360 games of 2008 still to come

2008-04-30T09:55:00.001-07:00

Even though the year is almost halfway over, Destructoid still thinks the best is yet to come for the Xbox 360 this year. Here are two different editors’ most anticipated games lists for 2008.

Although I don't agree completely with either lists, it does help keep track of all the good games coming out.

So my top 5 would be something like:
1. Fallout 3
2. Fable
3. Starwars / GTA IV (already released)
4. Ninja Gaiden II
5. Mercenaries/Resident Evil/(maybe something else here that's not on their list)

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GTA 4: First impression

2008-04-29T15:57:00.001-07:00

Well, I "finally" got the game, after 2 trips to EBGames at around 1-2AM this morning...

I've been playing it since, except for sleeping/eating and some occasional exercises. Anyway, my first impressions are that it's good, and fairly addictive (as GTA should be), but I really think the media over-hyped it. The general game mechanics are pretty much the same and it builds over GTA3 (which I have played countless hours of). So the changes, while there are a good number of them, I didn't find them to be groundbreaking and I certainly don't think it's PERFECT as the folks at IGN would have you believe.

It's still a really fun game, and I will certainly spend tons of time on it over the next 2 weeks before I head to China... Well, back to the game! =D

Update:
Both IGN and GameSpot gave this game a perfect score... here are the links for the review:
GameSpot Review
IGN Review

'GTA' Critics blindly decry violence

2008-04-27T10:11:00.001-07:00

Do these critics ever give it up? GTA 4 isn't even out yet... I'll eventually write an "essay" on why video games do not induce violence (most of the time), but for now let's just keep this link.

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Video Teases GTA 4 Animation Technology

2008-04-26T14:47:00.001-07:00

New animation technology for GTA 4. So this new Euphoria thing seems much better than the old Ragdoll physics, but at the same time it would take a lot more processor power since it uses AI to determine how the movement is made and a different semi-random movement is generated for the same kind of action. Can't wait to try out GTA4 on my 360!

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Blogger

2008-04-26T11:24:00.001-07:00

I am now a blogger. Discuss.