Hard Reset

No, not the thing Jaison's computer does every five minutes. I'm talking about the new FPS coming this September from Flying Hog Wild Studio. These guys are mostly veterans from a few other Polish studios (People Can Fly, for one) so I am hoping it will be good. The trailer looks promising anyway.

Or as I like to call it, "Giant Robot Shoot Electricity 2: Return of Blood Face"

Deus Ex 3 isn't Sexist

Well thank god for that.

3DS Getting Price Cut

That's right, in the month of August we'll see the 3DS price drop from $250 USD to $170 USD. Such a big drop so early in the handheld's lifespan is pretty unheard of. I can't say it's unwarranted though. It's not like these things were flying off the shelves.

This sounds like a long-shot attempt by Nintendo to gain some traction with the 3DS before the PS Vita leaves their asshole in ruins. Will this finally get me to buy one? No. Hopefully the price will have dropped again by the time some actual games come out.

WTF COD

Here's video I uploaded awhile ago in a heated fit of rage, intent on ripping Black Ops a new one...then completely forgot about it. Oh well.



They really do need to fix hit detection though.

Mo' Space Marines

I AM WAR. Ahhh yes yes! My boner keeps pointing me in the direction of this game like a dowsing rod.

Humble Indie Bundle 3 is Out!

Get it while it's hot! Pay whatever you want and get five great indie games while supporting charity and indie developers. There is literally no way to lose here!

What are you waiting for, Christmas?

Video and Arcade Top 10

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who watched Video and Arcade Top 10 growing up, and those who aren't Canadian. Obviously we are the former. What kid didn't want to watch other kids playing SNES for sweet prizes while a variety of "hip" hosts prattled on incessantly like the Micro Machines man on speed.

The premise of the show was pretty simple. A bunch of kids would get up on stage and play whatever random game was assigned that day. You might get something cool like Super Metroid, or something awful like Aliens vs Predator for SNES. The winner would get a copy of the game (No matter how shitty) and the opportunity to pick a ball out of the trash can (More on that in a minute). The biggest problem with the show was that they never actually announced what the criteria were for winning the game. Was it highest score? Most progression? Most lives remaining? You never fucking knew.

On top of that, the hosts never interacted with the kids and never gave any progress reports so you had no idea who was even winning. What it boiled down to was the hosts rhyming off "tips" straight out of the instruction manual while they showed footage of kids desperately trying to complete some Machiavellian task in a game they'd never played before. Then the hosts would read some letters or talk about Laserdiscs for a while.

Anyway, back to the trash can. After a winner was arbitrarily chosen, they'd be asked to step over to the prize wall where they had to pick a ping pong ball marked with a number out of a trash can. The number on the ball would correspond with a prize on the wall such as a bike, a stereo, phone, Laserdiscs, etc. They would drop in the red "bonus ball" which would allow the kid to choose any prize he wanted. Only I never ever saw a kid pick out the bonus ball, in almost a decade of watching the show. I've always wondered if it was really just a cruel joke. Canadian TV, why did you have to change?