Posts Tagged ‘Video Games’
Living on Video
If you look at the menu to the right of this text you will discover that I have added a Video page. That’s right folks, all the video recordings that you knew and loved from the old website have now been added to the new world of me blog-thing. All of your favourites are there, including Mr. Sweary Goes to Town and The Lift of Death, plus some new additions such as the wonderful Vulcan bomber and some footage of the whitest man on earth.
This time around I have decided to host the videos on YouTube. Not only does this mean I save valuable server space by not hosting the files myself, you, my humble reader, get the benefit of being able to see high-quality (in content anyway) video without the need to download large files or bother with the hassle of dealing with strange and mostly-incompatible video file-formats. Unfortunately, YouTube has a nasty habit of removing videos if the content dares to even glance in the direction of a copyright infringement. Should this occur I will have no option but to resort to hosting the files myself.
The Video page is also accompanied by a YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/nigecube
Playstation 3
I've never done this
Although I draw the line at camping outside a video game store at midnight, you will often find that I always end up buying a new games console on the day of its release.
I’m certainly no Gamesmaster – my Xbox Live Gamerscore is laughably low and my presence on high-score tables has always been non-existent, but despite my lacklustre gaming skills I still love playing video games and I always look forward to having the latest games console sat underneath my television.
Not This Time
Sony PS3
It happens at midnight tonight (or 12am tomorrow morning) – the European launch of the Sony Playstation 3 games console. Uncharacteristically, this time I will not be buying a new console on launch day. Here are the reasons why:
- Price. Regardless of it’s online capabilities, Blu-Ray drive and ability to cure cancer, £425 is an unrealistic price for a brand new unestablished games console. With features that only benefit those with high-definition displays and an online service that is a mere shadow of Xbox Live, the PS3 would only appeal to me if they knocked at least a third off of the price.
- Poor backwards-compatibility. The PS3’s software PS2 emulator is said only to run 72% of existing Playstation 2 games. Considering that my chipped PS2 is 100% compatible with all PS2 games from any part of the world the PS3 will not be replacing my PS2 just yet.
- Price. See 1)
- Looks. Superficial maybe, but the PS3 is a really ugly machine. It kind of resembles a glossy George Forman grill. It is also very very HUGE.
- Price. See 1) and 3)
- I’m buying an Xbox 360. I have friends already enjoying multiplayer games with Xbox live who are practically begging me to join their number. I know nobody who’s planning on getting a PS3.
The thing is, I really really want a PS3. I really want to be there now queuing outside the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, I really want get my grubby hands on what is possibly the most powerful games console yet, I really want to play F1 2007 and Motorstorm, but at £425 a throw it really is too much to pay, even for the most hardened of early adopters like myself.
It is estimated that it’ll be over a year until the PS3 is subject to any reduction in price. That’s okay, with the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2 and Sega Dreamcast sat under my television, I have enough gaming technology to keep me going for a long while yet.
Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy
Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy is the sequel to the wonderful Katamari Damacy, the best video game ever made. Released only in Japan and the US, Katamari Damacy was sadly missed by European gamers – for the sequel, Namco have promised that this oversight will be rectified when Minna Daisuki is released in the US and Europe as We Love Katamari.