Wipeout HD on the PS3

I have absolutely nothing bad to say about Wipeout HD. It is cheap ($20), it looks gorgeous, you can arm vehicles with weapons and then destroy your opponents, all while going about 400 km/h around some futuristic tracks which twist and bend like a roller coaster. That speed rating is for the SLOWEST vehicles and difficulty too.

The only downside is that my reflexes are not what they once were so actually winning often becomes getting just the right power up at just the right time to win.

I mean damn look at this!

Red Alert 3. Yes, Yes, HELL YES!

I will brook no argument, everyone who reads this site, BUY THIS GAME WHEN IT COMES OUT.
Don't like RTSes? TOUGH SHIT! We are buying this game. I am making a Japanese Army whose leader is George Takei. It will be a magnificiantly gay army of ninja robots that will kick your ass.

Hitler sure loves Everquest

For the non-EQ2 types:
BP - Breastplate armor
plat - platinum (money)
MA - Main Assist
AOE - Area of Effect
DPS - Damage Per Second

It's funny, trust me.

Force Unleashed Demo on PS3

What a crock...

I downloaded this demo onto my new PS3 and played it. I was sort of enjoying it too. Tossing droids through windows, slashing lightsaber moves, even doing a few sweet combos (more out of luck than actual planning though).

Then I get to the boss fight (fight an AT-ST) and what happens? I'm told to hit a button right on time or get smashed. Then hit another button right on time or get smashed.

The fact that I worked on my combo moves, Force powers, or lightning attacks means NOTHING when you get to the boss so long as you hit the button I'm prompted to hit right on time like some sort of Pavlovian dog.

If that had happened in a game like Doom where you have to just hit a button at a certain point in time rather than rely on your side strafing or rocket jumping to beat a boss there would have been howls of anger from the community.

Indy PS3 Part 2

The issue seems to have been corrected or I did something different. Either way, a child's game held me up from progressing for a few days. How damn embarassing is that. I would try to make myself feel better by playing some Madden '09 but I suck so bad at it that the Browns just beat my Cowboys 14-7. A console requires a whole different set of hand-eye co-ordination which my brain, being hardwried for WASD+Mouse, can not seem to fathom just yet. A small consolation being that I can now shift defense formations on the fly. Perhaps I need to buy one of those guide books for the game.

Lego Indiana Jones (PS3). WTF people!

Fun game but I think it is broken. I'm at the point where you are supposed to jump from truck to truck to steal the Ark. I beat up all the bad guys and then apparently I'm supposed to hop into one of the trucks and drive it. Here's the kicker, the game won't let me get into the trucks and them. I wander all over the top, along the side rails, and even try to do the trick where Indy hangs off the grill. None of it works. Is this damn game bugged? What the hell Sony and LucasArts. Anyone can help, post in the comment section. This is pissin' me off.

100% sell out

So I bought a console. As expected the cost involved was a little high but the store I went to was offering 18 months no interest and my interest in PC games has waned a little bit in the past few months for some reason.

$400 for the 80gig PS3 unit
$100 for two games (Madden and Lego Indiana Jones)
$50 for a protection plan for two years
$50 for an HDMI cable
$50 Taxes and so forth

$600+ later I now own something I didn't think I'd ever own: a high priced Blu-ray player with the ability to play games.

There's a few pluses already though
1. It supports HDMI cabling and the system thinks my Samsung DLP is 1080i.

2. The wireless networking plugs right into my home network so no problems

3. Setup pretty easily despite having to use the controller for typing in information.

Madden looks great and plays a hell of lot better than the last time I tried playing back in 2005 or so. The play by play commentators are annoying as hell though. One bread and butter play is Marion Barber right up the gut. That usually can get you four yards or so. I apparently though couldn't block a dead corpse in the open field. These thumb controllers are a bitch to handle.

I'm such a sell out now.