GDC!!!

I wanna go to GDC someday, it sounds awesome!

• Fable 2 will have co-op gameplay. Its always awesome when you have the option of getting pregnant in a video game. (You don't see the actual process of it happening stupid.)
  
  
• Street Fighter 4 looks pretty cool.  I'm not much of a fighting game player though.
  
  
  
• Ugh, do we really need Postal 3. We already have enough problems dissuading the media, and this franchise has not helped. Not to mention that they're not even good games in the first place.
  
  
• I'm hopeful for Bionic Commando, It looks like fun.
  
  
• We're going to begin to see a lot more independent games on Xbox live.  


• Portal wins Game of the Year, COD4 and Mass Effect win nothing.
  
  
• Ninja Gaiden 2 on June 3.  Hopefully it won't kick my ass as much as the original did, but not take that away from the people who want it to.
  
  
• Spielberg's first attempt at games will be...jenga?  Fuck it, if its good, then that's great.
  
  
• Portal 2, maybe.
  
  
• Far Cry 2 will be the game version of Heart of Darkness.
  
  
• GEARS OF WAR 2 THIS NOVEMBER!!!!!

The war is over

Toshiba announced today that they are dropping the HD-DVD format.  Unless you have had your head in your ass for the past few months, you will know that this effectively means that HD-DVD is dead.  

Bluray wins!

If you already bought a player or the useless add-0n for the xbox 360, run to the stores now.  There's gonna be a firesale for HD-DVD movies everywhere as it makes like the Betamax.

I really wasn't rooting for any one format to win, I don't a have player for either yet.  I'm just glad its over so I don't have to think so much when simply buying a movie.  

 

The Revolution Has Begun!

Ryan Davis and Jeff Gerstmann started a podcast! Add this to the quiet announcement that Alex Navarro has a new project in the works, and I am a very happy person.

Arrow Pointing Down Podcast

Navarro's blog

Oh and if you have no idea what that last post was talking about, good. (and don't ask me)

CHEER UP!!!!!

Makki is the coolest and prettiest person ever!! She should read this and be happy!!!! : ) : ) : ) : )

BE HAPPY!!!!

She's gonna take first place in that concerto competition tuesday, and first place in every other competition that happens tomorrow, even if she doesn't even know about them!!!!  She's even gonna do it while feeling sick!  Is there any other person in existence more awesome than her?!

GOOD LUCK! : D

She's so hot she even has to fight off her fat, annoying orchestra teacher, and does it with style!

She should comment on this post and tell me what else I should talk about.

I dare you to not laugh at these.

Real video game awards!

So last night they broadcasted the D.I.C.E. Interactive Achievement Awards, the game industry's official awards show previously held and attended by only the developers and publishers of the industry, and for the first time this year it was broadcast live online for Gamespot users.

I didn't know what to expect from it, fearing a lot of esoteric acceptance speeches boring viewers to death, but to my surprise it turned out to be an excellent show!  Its exactly what we want from an awards show: red carpet with interviews, comedic host that (usually) keeps the energy up, audience enthusiasm, and content that we actually want to see.  That being said, I did find a few problems that made it a little hard to watch sometimes.

1.  The red carpet pre-show was generally very good, but for god-sakes get rid of Laura Swisher as a correspondent!  Her voice would be manageable if she wasn't making every single interviewee uncomfortable, screwing up questions, and keeping her mic on when Tim Surette was trying to pay attention to who he was speaking to.  But with both things its rotted icing on the burnt cake.

2. Jay Mohr as host wasn't too bad.  I mean, I know from the stories of the previous years he was about the same, so I didn't hold my expectations too high.  There were some genuinely funny moments, more hit than miss.  But he might do a little better next year if he lays off the asians.  Racial tension is not good for a room full of Japanese and white men when video games are the subject.  

3. In order to make the IAAs more viable as an awards show, especially if they want to move to television someday, the language definitely needs to be toned down a bit.  There was A LOT of stuff that kids (who people will inevitably think this show is for, if it expands) shouldn't be hearing, and that would not be allowed on a TV broadcast.  The "getting rid of crabs" thing, although probably one of the funniest things said all night, would probably seem pretty offensive to some.  But David Jaffe should be able to do whatever he wants and they can just bleep and blur it out, because he's awesome like that. 

4. Game developers can make great games, as we all know, but they sure have no comedic timing.  Maybe a tiny bit of rehearsal might do some good.  

5. The best moments of the show would have to be the lifetime achievement award for Ken Kutaragi, father of the Playstation, and the Hall of Fame induction of Mike Morhaime, creator of a little company now known as Blizzard. Those guys are legends and truly deserve the recognition.  These moments are what me feel really good about being a gamer, the knowledge that I am part of something big and not just a multi billion dollar fad. 

But thats just my opinion, cause lets face it, who's really listening to me.

Oh and "lulz," either don't keep this in your bookmarks or shut your fucking mouth if you don't have anything productive to say.  I didn't make this to be a whiny little bitch, I made it so I could get some amateur experience writing on my own for fun.  It doesn't feel good to be trying to do something and being put down the whole time.  I do know where you live...

Moment of the show: