Seeing as I’m awesome enough to own a copy of GTA IV, I had the opportunity to beat the game and play through its wonderfulness. Though as everyone knows, no game is perfect, but the good outweighs the bad in this case. Let me take a break from playing GTA IV for a minute to give you a quick rundown.

The Good

The physics are a key addition to the Grand Theft Auto series. Running people over has never felt so satisfying until now. Whether you are shooting people, falling distances, or bouncing off of cars, everything just looks and feels right. The Euphoria engine is a refreshing update to the bland ragdolls.

The graphics have received a much needed face lift from the PS2 era. The city is dynamic, large, and impressive looking. Character models are a lot less blocky, they’re not the best, but they get the job done considering how much is going on in the game.

The story is better than previous GTA’s, considering there’s no better story than a story built on revenge. Niko’s desire to seek an answer/revenge is well justified considering his past and character. Although, it’s not immensely different from previous games, but it does suck you in.

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Count how many times the word “control” is used in the second video.

If you keep your ear to the proverbial internet ground like I do, then you’ve been hearing the soft squeals of glee that have been coming from PS3 users over a game called HAZE.

What is Haze you ask? Actually, you probably didn’t ask that, but I’m driving this bus and I take it where I please. Haze is PS3’s answer to Halo. There’s no better way to describe the game. It is a shoddy and poor excuse of a replica, which will undoubtedly be a hit because PS3 gamers have nothing else going for them. Read More »

Hey bruddah, respect. How ya doing mon? Respect, respect.

I see you been playin a lot of da GTA 4. Respect, respect. But too much of a good ting is not a good ting, ya? Unless, it’s smokin’ these trees *inhales*. So i here to remind you dat if you bin playin’ for to long, then you need to get out for a bit, ya? Go call da badman and hit em up for sum of that green stuff, ya? Here’s the ting, if ya get to badmans house and hes talkin dat shit, sit down and pay him ya mind. He will change ya life, and we will become rasta.

If da badman is out, den you need a numba two option, ya? Gatha up ya rasta and get wit dem to hunt down da peeples that have been mad eyein ya. Take da piece out of ya hip, and put dem in the dirt. You and ya rasta bruddahs will be one step closer to da top, and dat is neva bad.

Aigh’ mon, you keep up da good work in da liberty city. Keep ya head down low, and keep smokin da green, ya? Respect, respect.

One Love,

Lj

Gamespot has released a number of preview videos of the new zones and vehicle combat for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion. The new zones look to contain a lot of familiar textures and mobs that look overly familiar. It would be nice to see more variation besides color, since you will be wasting more of your life going through another 10 levels.

The vehicle combat looks fairly interesting, which makes me wonder how predominant it will actually be throughout the game. It’s my guess that it will be mainly used in quests, though it would be an interesting dynamic to PvP should they add it. The Death Knight, however, is the main topic of interest with this expansion, and of course the chance to square off with Arthas.

Anyways, check out the video below and see more zone previews here.

Remember that 10 day re-authentication Spore and Mass Effect were going to use to combat pirates. Well thanks to loud mouthed elitists like ourselves, this is no longer an issue. Spore has announced that they will no longer be planning on using SecuROM’s re-authentication, and will instead be using a much improved modified version. Mass Effect has also decided to abandon the 10 day re-authentication as well.

This is why game developers should run their ideas by us before they release anything. We know what the people want, and if you disagree, you’re wrong. The good people at Spore must’ve heard my loud cries of anger, frustration, and demand for improvement on our latest radio show, because they’ve responded. The new system they’re implementing will be more tolerable, and will entail the following:

• Online authentication of the game, upon initial install and launch
• Re-authentication anytime a user utilizes the online features
• No disc requirement to play the game
• Installation on multiple computers (no limited installs)
• Ability to play offline

I’d first like to commend a game that doesn’t require me to have a needless CD in my computer in order to play it. They have definitely seen the error of their ways and these are much more logical and reasonable methods of combating the pirating. There is no word of what Mass Effect plans to replace it with (who really cares?), but at least Spore is back on track.

So undoubtedly this is the ONLY game we have been expecting to keep the Xbox 360 fresh and give it something good to look forward too. GOW2 is slated for a November release date. This video was just recently released showing off Cliffy B’s newest work on the updated Unreal Engine.

The overall look of the game seems to have been improved. The coloring looks much crisper and the textures in the game look to have been cleaned up. The game still seems to deliver the same cinematic experience of the previous version. Should be interesting to see the end result.

Here’s an idea for you bastards: STOP BUYING LOUSY PIECE OF SHIT MOVIE GAMES. I went on a mild tangent in a radio show previously and as no one tends to listen to those I’d like to make this point more clear. STOP BUYING SHITTY FUCKING GAMES!

A review just came out for Iron Man the game and shockingly enough, the review says the game sucks.

Why does the game suck? Because assholes like you, BUY THE GAME. You probably saw the movie and thought: “Well, the movie was good, so the game must be!” Douchebag logic at its finest.

Here are some quick equations for games based on movies.

Shit Fucking Movie + Game = Mostly Shit (The Chronicles of Riddick was a good game. The movie, however, sucked major balls.)

Marginally Watchable Movie + Game = Mostly Shit (Goldeneye is the exception.)

Good Movie + Game = Total Shit (NAME ONE THAT’S GOOD!)

So, that’s about two games out of a thousand that are good. Yes, this math is flawless, don’t bother looking it up.

Now to why you shouldn’t be buying these lousy games. If you don’t buy the game, the companies are forced to put more effort into creating them, thus making better games. Wow, what a fucking concept!

This is why RENTING GAMES, is so important. Get fucking Gamefly, get your ass to fucking Blockbuster. 5 dollars to rent a game that you’ll play for 3 days and beat, is a much better idea then paying 50 - 60 dollars for a game that you’ll play for 3 days and beat. Save your damn money, be smart for once in your life and stop letting developers put out shitty games.

If you’ve ever wanted to be a complete jackass, then I’ve got the gaming peripheral for you!

The Q Motion FULL MOTION XBOARD, enables you to look like a poser douche bag in the comfort of your own home! Why risk injury or fun by doing the real thing? With the XBOARD you can avoid that nasty asthma attack, and keep your carpal tunnel from getting worse!

Here’s an interesting comparison that does a good job showing the game’s graphics on the PS3 and 360. The difference is so minute that it’s not even worth mentioning. Since most of the game you’ll be racing down highways and sprinting down back alleys, you won’t notice anything anyways. So stop using graphics as your comparison as to which version to buy the game for, there’s plenty of better differences you can bicker about.

Check out the comparison video below: