After hearing about the new PlaystationMove controller, the one and only thought that went into my mind is what I have written in the headline of this post. But, I will say it once again. GIVE ME A FUCKING LIGHTSABER. Nintendo tried to do it with Red Steel 2, but during my demo with it at last year’s E3, it still didn’t feel right. So, come on Sony. Make this boy happy and work with LucasArts to create a real Star Wars game with a 1:1 lightsaber battle. Let me block lasers. Let me “make.believe” that I have the force. Let me be a Jedi or Sith.
During today’s GDC 2010 Press Conference, Sony has revealed the name of their motion controller. “Move.” There has been many speculations about what the controller would look like and be named, but today is a day of official announcements. So, will this bring more casual wiggle waggle type games to the Playstation 3? How will this new controller do in the already saturated Wiimote genre of games? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Given that I’m a big fan of plot heavy video games, it probably comes as no surprise that I’m a fan of the Final Fantasy series. After all, RPGs in general tend to be all about the story and the Final Fantasy series, along with The Legend of Zelda, is probably one of the most widely known RPG series, thanks in part to Squaresoft’s (now Square Enix) Final Fantasy VII for the Sony PlayStation. In fact, prior to Final Fantasy VII, the series had not yet hit the mainstream scene on an international scale. While definitely a popular series in Japan, North America had only seen a few glimpses of the series in the form of Final Fantasy I, IV, and VI (II, III, and V were not released outside of Japan) and Europe hadn’t even seen a Final Fantasy release until Final Fantasy VII.
Users turning on their original (fat) PS3s last night and today have been hit with a clock bug, reminiscent of the Y2K bug, that causes PSN connectivity issues, date resetting and most annoying of all, data loss. The official word on from Sony is: Don’t turn on your PS3 for the next 24 hours if you’ve got anything other than a PS3 slim. Dire words indeed from a company that should be basking in the glory of Hard Rain, a Playstation exclusive, conquering the all formats chart.
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[UPDATE] Seems like it’s fixed, either that or Sony just waited out the bug and it’s OK on the other side. It’s not apparent what they did to fix it and they’re not telling us either. Chock this one up to Y2K10 and hope it doesn’t happen again.
Metal Gear Solid. Now that’s a game that I’ve got a long history with. Released in 1998 by Konami, you play as Snake, a retired special ops operative turned mercenary, brought out of retirement to help stop a rogue special ops group from launching a nuclear weapon. I don’t exactly remember what the hype for the game was, given that I was only 10 at the time. However, I remember being excited after playing the demo with my cousin. It was at the time that Pizza Hut was giving out Demo Discs (remember those?) with their pizzas, and we were instantly hooked. Eventually, we began quoting some of the lines from the game, something that persists even to this day. The demo itself was a lot of fun and, once I got the actual game in my hands, I was hooked. But, let’s take off the nostalgia goggles for a moment and see how it holds up today.
So, here’s the deal. A couple of days ago on twitter, @EA gave away 50 beta codes for the US beta on the PS3 of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. I jumped on it and got one for my friend, but he wasn’t interested in it. Most of my other friends don’t use PS3, so I’ll give it out here. Following EA’s method, first to comment on this post gets it. :)
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If you missed last night’s live broadcast and recording of the Pixelated Podcast, then I’m sorry. You missed out on another free Zombie Shooter 2 Steam Key that was given away. But no worries, we still have more contests in the horizon. Here is what we talked about in this weeks episode:
The first TV ads for Sony’s new PS3 Slim have surfaced online. This Japanese campaign focuses on the fun your face is having while you play video games. I hope that I never confuse a “play face” with an “OH face.” If I did, I’d probably get “socked in the face.”
Photos? Screw official photos. Here’s the real thing. On video. What more could you want? Well, sorry, no. We can’t get it in your hands. This is the closest we can give you. If you want, hug your screen and it’ll feel like you’re unboxing it yourself.
First, K-Mart announces it on their website, of all places. Now Sony unleashes the photo. PS3 Slim comes out Officially in September and is going for $299. So, what do you guys think? Will you Xbox360-ers want to buy this so you can get the best of both worlds?
