Well, here we are at my first blog post on my game-centric blog. I've always thought it would be a cool idea to open a video game store that's open all the time (I'm tired of driving to Wal-Mart at 2 am to buy a game), so that's where the "24 hour gamer" title came from. It also symbolizes my mentality as a gamer in that I'm always thinking about games.
I'll be using this blog primarily as a means to keep the GZ team up to date with quick, important entries but I'll also probably use it to rant on subjects every now and then or just post cool things that are going on in the gaming community. This means I'll have to come up with a system of titles for those of you who just want to check the updates, so bear with me while I work out some organizations. And with that, here's a quick update:
As you may or may not know, E3 is coming this July. While the format of the show has been restrained from what it used to be, it's still the number one show for companies to announce new systems and games; this one should be no different. IGN has a compiled list of games that are officially announced and are constantly updating it with new titles as they are announced. Looks like a strong list with lots of big name titles and some teasers in there (I'm looking at you, Capcom). Nintendo is noticeably absent, which doesn't surprise me, but it would be nice to see what they're working on. Hopefully they'll be added soon. See anything you like?
You know those two Capcom games that are unnamed? Think maybe Mega Man 9 could be one of them? This is definitely an exciting rumor for anyone who loved the old Mega Man games and has been disappointed with the onslaught of copy and paste titles they've been making. The game has supposedly been in the works, will be announced this year, will introduce new characters and will have online multiplayer. Live and PSN are the rumored, honored recipients of the revival. Hopefully with this game and Sonic Unleashed, good 2-D sidescrollers will be making a comeback.
Continuing with the software theme, LucasArts' awesome looking "Fracture" is getting its own webisode series. Here's the first one. The reason I think this is important is because I think this could revolutionize destructible environments. All the games I've played that promised destructible environments were only destructible in very limited ways. While "Fracture" reforms the environment rather than destroying it, which is equally as awesome, I think developers could reverse the technology and allow us to blow holes into any surface area we want. Then again, creating your own hill to jump over a wall might be cooler than blowing a hole in it and walking through it.
Like I mentioned earlier, E3 is also a time for companies to make hardware announcements. One video game analyst, Jesse Divinch, is predicting that Microsoft will announce a price cut on the XBox 360. Hard to tell is this is a possibility or not. The Pachster has already predicted a price cut during the holiday season, and one can only cut so many times. A prediction predicament for sure (I had to fit it in somehow).
Microsoft needs to be stingy with the price cuts, though, because they're still probably recovering from the Red Ring of Death debacle that plagued their first couple of years. Bryan Lewis is pointing the blame finger at Microsoft for the RRoD, claiming that it happened because Microsoft designed its own graphics chip instead of having it done by an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) vendor; you know, companies that have established themselves by making said chips. Is it possible that the RRoD could have never happened if Microsoft hadn't tried to develop it themselves? Lewis thinks so. Either way, it seems we've forgiven the big M and continue to support them.
And there we have it. A pretty E3 heavy post, but that's to be expected since it's just around the corner. Thanks for bearing with me on my first post; I hope to come up with a way to streamline the update posts better so they're quicker and so you don't have to read my long ranting ones.
Rock on.
I'll be using this blog primarily as a means to keep the GZ team up to date with quick, important entries but I'll also probably use it to rant on subjects every now and then or just post cool things that are going on in the gaming community. This means I'll have to come up with a system of titles for those of you who just want to check the updates, so bear with me while I work out some organizations. And with that, here's a quick update:
As you may or may not know, E3 is coming this July. While the format of the show has been restrained from what it used to be, it's still the number one show for companies to announce new systems and games; this one should be no different. IGN has a compiled list of games that are officially announced and are constantly updating it with new titles as they are announced. Looks like a strong list with lots of big name titles and some teasers in there (I'm looking at you, Capcom). Nintendo is noticeably absent, which doesn't surprise me, but it would be nice to see what they're working on. Hopefully they'll be added soon. See anything you like?
You know those two Capcom games that are unnamed? Think maybe Mega Man 9 could be one of them? This is definitely an exciting rumor for anyone who loved the old Mega Man games and has been disappointed with the onslaught of copy and paste titles they've been making. The game has supposedly been in the works, will be announced this year, will introduce new characters and will have online multiplayer. Live and PSN are the rumored, honored recipients of the revival. Hopefully with this game and Sonic Unleashed, good 2-D sidescrollers will be making a comeback.
Continuing with the software theme, LucasArts' awesome looking "Fracture" is getting its own webisode series. Here's the first one. The reason I think this is important is because I think this could revolutionize destructible environments. All the games I've played that promised destructible environments were only destructible in very limited ways. While "Fracture" reforms the environment rather than destroying it, which is equally as awesome, I think developers could reverse the technology and allow us to blow holes into any surface area we want. Then again, creating your own hill to jump over a wall might be cooler than blowing a hole in it and walking through it.
Like I mentioned earlier, E3 is also a time for companies to make hardware announcements. One video game analyst, Jesse Divinch, is predicting that Microsoft will announce a price cut on the XBox 360. Hard to tell is this is a possibility or not. The Pachster has already predicted a price cut during the holiday season, and one can only cut so many times. A prediction predicament for sure (I had to fit it in somehow).
Microsoft needs to be stingy with the price cuts, though, because they're still probably recovering from the Red Ring of Death debacle that plagued their first couple of years. Bryan Lewis is pointing the blame finger at Microsoft for the RRoD, claiming that it happened because Microsoft designed its own graphics chip instead of having it done by an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) vendor; you know, companies that have established themselves by making said chips. Is it possible that the RRoD could have never happened if Microsoft hadn't tried to develop it themselves? Lewis thinks so. Either way, it seems we've forgiven the big M and continue to support them.
And there we have it. A pretty E3 heavy post, but that's to be expected since it's just around the corner. Thanks for bearing with me on my first post; I hope to come up with a way to streamline the update posts better so they're quicker and so you don't have to read my long ranting ones.
Rock on.
1 comment:
A word of advice...one blogger to another...
Many short posts = more digestible...even if they're all on the same day, same topic.
Welcome to the blogosphere!
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