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Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Things What Happened at E3
Here's the thing about Nintendo at E3. Even when they have good content to show, and I do think they had good content this year, they are absolutely horrible at presenting it. So to really judge their performance you need to look at the games, not the awkward corporate banter. Everyone also needs to abandon this ridiculous delusion that Nintendo is going to spend a whole conference basically apologizing to entitled core gamers.
That being said, if the conference had ended with one, big core game it wouldn't have felt as incomplete as this one did. There is a rumor going around saying Retro was going to show something but decided not to at the last minute. That sounds as plausible as it is unfortunate. Still, Pikmin 3 looks great. Nintendo Land looks like it can reach out to casuals while mining Nintendo nostalgia in an almost Smash Bros-lite kind of way. Also, between non-specific action figure, Reggie's body being ready once more and "Call Me Maybe" being the focus of SiNG this was by far the most meme-worthy Nintendo conference since "never"
Nintendo had the most to gain or lose this year and in a way they didn't live up to as much of their potential compared to Sony or Microsoft. Still, along with Ubisoft, they showed a new console and announced new games. To me, that was way more interesting than admittedly solid known-quantities like Halo, Gears, and God of War. Everyone already knew this going in but Sony and Microsoft really are just spinning their wheels until the next-generation/wonderbook/smartglass/techno apocalypse.
That Vita bundle was pretty good though.
Unsolved mystery, solved.
That being said, if the conference had ended with one, big core game it wouldn't have felt as incomplete as this one did. There is a rumor going around saying Retro was going to show something but decided not to at the last minute. That sounds as plausible as it is unfortunate. Still, Pikmin 3 looks great. Nintendo Land looks like it can reach out to casuals while mining Nintendo nostalgia in an almost Smash Bros-lite kind of way. Also, between non-specific action figure, Reggie's body being ready once more and "Call Me Maybe" being the focus of SiNG this was by far the most meme-worthy Nintendo conference since "never"
Nintendo had the most to gain or lose this year and in a way they didn't live up to as much of their potential compared to Sony or Microsoft. Still, along with Ubisoft, they showed a new console and announced new games. To me, that was way more interesting than admittedly solid known-quantities like Halo, Gears, and God of War. Everyone already knew this going in but Sony and Microsoft really are just spinning their wheels until the next-generation/wonderbook/smartglass/techno apocalypse.
That Vita bundle was pretty good though.
Unsolved mystery, solved.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Things What Might Happen at E3
Nintendo
1. MARIO everywhere.
2. Announcements of more full games coming to the eShop like Rayman Origins perhaps.
3. No 3DS redesign because Nintendo isn't as impatient as the rest of you.
4. Whatever Retro Studios is doing be it Star Fox, Zelda or Metroid: something it won't be called Metroid Prime 4.
Microsoft
1. Hopefully People Can Fly are allowed to make Gears of War Judgment as crazy as Bulletstorm. Also it's interesting seeing that franchise enter its Halo ODST/Reach period.
2. Hey guys, Halo 4 is a game.
3. Kinect still sells I guess so probably stuff for that too.
4. The overwhelming sense that the next Xbox should've been here already.
Sony
1. Lots of Vita games so you jerks will start buying it.
2. Kevin Butler demoed in Sony Smash Bros. or whatever it is really called.
3. The Last of Us makes everything else look bad by comparison.
4. Reasons to make you consider paying for the Playstation Network. You won't but you'll at least consider it.
Everyone Else
In Assassin's Creed Vita you play as a French Black lady. That's pretty neat.
Two years is too long to wait for Starcraft 2:2.
2. Announcements of more full games coming to the eShop like Rayman Origins perhaps.3. No 3DS redesign because Nintendo isn't as impatient as the rest of you.
4. Whatever Retro Studios is doing be it Star Fox, Zelda or Metroid: something it won't be called Metroid Prime 4.
Microsoft
1. Hopefully People Can Fly are allowed to make Gears of War Judgment as crazy as Bulletstorm. Also it's interesting seeing that franchise enter its Halo ODST/Reach period.2. Hey guys, Halo 4 is a game.
3. Kinect still sells I guess so probably stuff for that too.
4. The overwhelming sense that the next Xbox should've been here already.
Sony
1. Lots of Vita games so you jerks will start buying it.
2. Kevin Butler demoed in Sony Smash Bros. or whatever it is really called.
3. The Last of Us makes everything else look bad by comparison.
4. Reasons to make you consider paying for the Playstation Network. You won't but you'll at least consider it.
Everyone Else
In Assassin's Creed Vita you play as a French Black lady. That's pretty neat.
Two years is too long to wait for Starcraft 2:2.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Stuff I Did This Week 6/1/2012
Finished Sophomore year
Also wrote things
Little 3 Kingdoms Review
Futulele is "The Ukulele of the Future"
Throw the Knife Review
Also wrote things
Little 3 Kingdoms Review
Futulele is "The Ukulele of the Future"
Throw the Knife Review
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