Damn! First off, DAMN!
That was amazing. Now before I continue I must throw this in:
CALLED IT!
Alan Wake did indeed have an EPIC demo and looked amazing!
Modern Warfare 2 looked great, but it felt like the demo they showed was rushed, in opposition of Modern Warfare 1's slower demo.
Beatles Rockband will indeed have Back In The USSR, I'm Sold.
SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION! HOLY SHIHTZUS! Looked jaw droppingly good!
Then Natal. I'll admit, parts were a little corny. But goddamn! Milo was creepy but even more amazing!
Then throw in Facebook and Twitter. Left 4 Dead 2, Crackdown 2, and
HOLY CRAP DID HALO ODST LOOK GOOD
Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Lookin' Ahead 2009 Edition
Last year I did a thing looking ahead at 2008. And boy was I right, 2008 was a blast. Now I know I'm doing this a little late. But here we go:
Already happened: Halo Wars (Review Soon), Resident Evil 5 (Review Soon), Hasbro coming to Live Arcade, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
What else?
Already happened: Halo Wars (Review Soon), Resident Evil 5 (Review Soon), Hasbro coming to Live Arcade, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
What else?
- Modern Warfare 2- A sequel to a game so good it doesn't even need to be called Call of Duty any more
- Alan Wake- A game that's building anticipation via silence. I expect an EPIC demo at E3
- Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams- You. Play. A. Big. Daddy.
- The Beatles: Rock Band- As long as there's Back in the U.S.S.R.
- I Am Alive - A game where you have to live through a huge earthquake in Chicago, battling for water and trying to save your girlfriend? Count me in!
- Survivor- Another survival game, except multiple disasters including 9/11 and the Titanic
- Ride to Hell- A GTA Lost and the Damned like game. Where do I sign?
- Primetime- Can't wait to see how this is implemented.
- Huxley- The First real MMO game for the 360?
- Red Dead Redemption- I love western games.
- Max Payne 3- Never got into the first 2 but the same thing happened with Resident Evil 5
- Velvet Assassin- Historical game based in World War II, starring a female spy and featuring Splinter Cell like game play? Who says WWII is dead?
- Mafia 2- The 1st game looked interesting on the computer, but dated when finally released on the Xbox. I think this maybe a lot better. Love the era.
- The Saboteur- Game based in occupied Paris circa WWII. Hell yes.
- Splinter Cell: Conviction- There's been a long media blackout since the negative reception of the first information. Will they be out this year? I'm not keeping my hopes up.
- Sundown- Zombie apocalypse game. Need I say more. Hopefully out in '09
- Cipher Complex- Interesting Splinter Cell like game.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Stinger503's Report of Toolbaggery 1/2/9
Well this is what pisses me off about environmentalists. Take a look at this article To boil it down to one quote “I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible. It is the ghost at the table. We have all these big issues that everybody is looking at and then you don’t really hear anyone say the “p” word.” - Jonathon Porritt
And my problem isn't just with Porritt. He's a phony environmentalist.
My problem is with the comments underneath. I'm going to go through a few of them (aka the ones that piss me off).
"Right on! Why is it that no one wants to talk about the fact of over- population? it is the main reason for our crisis.- A Scott, Courtenay, Canada"
Get the hell out of my country. Over population? Most of Canada is unpopulated!
"Well, less is best. As an only child, I'm happy to say I had none of the 'but you pay more attention to my brother/sister' angst-episodes, no fighting at all in the house...had everyone all to myself...quite cushy, really. Two kids means more time for both (and less money spent too).- D, Manchester"
Shut the fuck up.
"Love it ! This should have been done long time ago. Even to have one child couples have to proof themselves capable, both: mentally and financially to avoid them having lots of kids and being in welfare, expecting taxpayers to pay for them. This should be a law nationwide.- Angela L, USA"
Hopefully you'll still love it when the depression really hits and your out of a job, taken to a camp and sterilized.
"You are right on, but perhaps the limit should be one child. The Chinese in recent years put in place one child per family. It is very selfish of people to over populate the planet to satisfy a couples own desires to have families of more than two children. Malthus had it right.- DAVID NELSON, USA"
Yeah great idea let's take policies from a communist dictatorship known for human rights violations, tons of pollution and a population where there aren't enough females.
"I feel this would be the greatest one thing every woman could do to ensure our future children and grandchildren inherit a better world to live in. This would also lower the number of orphan children.NOW is the time to act responsible to give our future generations a beautiful & healthy world. -Linda, Kingsport, USA"
How does that make any sense! Fewer orphan children? I guess parents will stop dying or something?
"He's right. Next time you cant get a parking space, a place at a good school for your child, a seat on the train, a job, etc ask yourself why. Too many people. The coming water shortages might spell it out.-Bob, Bromley, England"
Or bad city planning or bad economy? Yeah when I don't get a parking spot I think "Man if all those people driving their families in 1 van only had 2 kids. I could park the car, even though I'm the only one in it."
"The man is right. Two is enough... Is there real justification for more? That is unless you're in one of the nations that aren't growing fast enough! A boy to keep the family name going and a girl to continue the human race later. How can you argue that?- Barry, Germany"
Because it's the families decision on whether they want more. It's not a matter of, boy to keep name, girl for human race you arrogant prick. A family is about love not your poor attempt at logic.
"Surely if people are encouraged to produce a maximum of two offspring only intelligent, socially responsible families will respond to this request. The result will be an even greater proportion of basically stupid, socially irresponsible people in the world.- David, Worthing"
I guess your the socially responsible family? And we should sterilize the stupid people? Fuck you!
"Porritt is absolutely right. What's shocking is the response of those who attack him out of pure selfishness, ignorance, or outdated religious beliefs. Every problem on earth, not least the extinction of other species, is ultimately related to TOO MANY PEOPLE. Wake up, humans.- Denny, London, UK"
Yeah you're right, hunting isn't what's causing tiger to become extinct, it's us and our huge families killing tigers. Fucking idiot!
That's all I can handle, I'm not even half way down the page yet.
And anyone reading this know this. Canada and the U.S. are the ones that taught NAZI Germany about eugenics, so don't act like it can't come here. Ask yourself this, is there anyone in your family who's acted "anti-social", which is to say, mentally ill, drugs, bad marks, or criminality. Then YOU probably would have been forcibly sterilized in 1920-30s US/Canada. Think about that before you agree with theses clowns.
P.S. A positive sign: for every comment like the ones above, there were two telling them to fuck off!
And my problem isn't just with Porritt. He's a phony environmentalist.
My problem is with the comments underneath. I'm going to go through a few of them (aka the ones that piss me off).
"Right on! Why is it that no one wants to talk about the fact of over- population? it is the main reason for our crisis.- A Scott, Courtenay, Canada"
Get the hell out of my country. Over population? Most of Canada is unpopulated!
"Well, less is best. As an only child, I'm happy to say I had none of the 'but you pay more attention to my brother/sister' angst-episodes, no fighting at all in the house...had everyone all to myself...quite cushy, really. Two kids means more time for both (and less money spent too).- D, Manchester"
Shut the fuck up.
"Love it ! This should have been done long time ago. Even to have one child couples have to proof themselves capable, both: mentally and financially to avoid them having lots of kids and being in welfare, expecting taxpayers to pay for them. This should be a law nationwide.- Angela L, USA"
Hopefully you'll still love it when the depression really hits and your out of a job, taken to a camp and sterilized.
"You are right on, but perhaps the limit should be one child. The Chinese in recent years put in place one child per family. It is very selfish of people to over populate the planet to satisfy a couples own desires to have families of more than two children. Malthus had it right.- DAVID NELSON, USA"
Yeah great idea let's take policies from a communist dictatorship known for human rights violations, tons of pollution and a population where there aren't enough females.
"I feel this would be the greatest one thing every woman could do to ensure our future children and grandchildren inherit a better world to live in. This would also lower the number of orphan children.NOW is the time to act responsible to give our future generations a beautiful & healthy world. -Linda, Kingsport, USA"
How does that make any sense! Fewer orphan children? I guess parents will stop dying or something?
"He's right. Next time you cant get a parking space, a place at a good school for your child, a seat on the train, a job, etc ask yourself why. Too many people. The coming water shortages might spell it out.-Bob, Bromley, England"
Or bad city planning or bad economy? Yeah when I don't get a parking spot I think "Man if all those people driving their families in 1 van only had 2 kids. I could park the car, even though I'm the only one in it."
"The man is right. Two is enough... Is there real justification for more? That is unless you're in one of the nations that aren't growing fast enough! A boy to keep the family name going and a girl to continue the human race later. How can you argue that?- Barry, Germany"
Because it's the families decision on whether they want more. It's not a matter of, boy to keep name, girl for human race you arrogant prick. A family is about love not your poor attempt at logic.
"Surely if people are encouraged to produce a maximum of two offspring only intelligent, socially responsible families will respond to this request. The result will be an even greater proportion of basically stupid, socially irresponsible people in the world.- David, Worthing"
I guess your the socially responsible family? And we should sterilize the stupid people? Fuck you!
"Porritt is absolutely right. What's shocking is the response of those who attack him out of pure selfishness, ignorance, or outdated religious beliefs. Every problem on earth, not least the extinction of other species, is ultimately related to TOO MANY PEOPLE. Wake up, humans.- Denny, London, UK"
Yeah you're right, hunting isn't what's causing tiger to become extinct, it's us and our huge families killing tigers. Fucking idiot!
That's all I can handle, I'm not even half way down the page yet.
And anyone reading this know this. Canada and the U.S. are the ones that taught NAZI Germany about eugenics, so don't act like it can't come here. Ask yourself this, is there anyone in your family who's acted "anti-social", which is to say, mentally ill, drugs, bad marks, or criminality. Then YOU probably would have been forcibly sterilized in 1920-30s US/Canada. Think about that before you agree with theses clowns.
P.S. A positive sign: for every comment like the ones above, there were two telling them to fuck off!
Monday, January 26, 2009
2009 Stinger503's Video Game Awards
Biggest Game I Didn't Play But Wanted To
Nominees:
Ninja Gaiden II
Red Alert 3
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Battlefield: Bad Company
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Saint's Row 2
Far Cry 2
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Winner: Red Alert 3 - One of my favourite franchises ever gets new life and it's on the 360! How could I not have bought this? Was dislike for EA after they shut down Westwood? Questioning RTS's on consoles? No demo? Who knows...
Worst Demo
Nominees:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Tom Clancy's Endwar
Dead Space
Winner: Dead Space - I heard so much hype about this game, I genuinely was interested. Then the demo came out. Sorry but giving me 25 rounds in my pistol and putting me up against a dozen zombies pounding me is bullshit. When I say screw this 7 minutes into the demo, there's a problem.
Worst Game
Nominees:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Lost: Via Domus
NHL 2k6
NHL 2k7
Winner: NHL 2k7 & 2k6 - Both of these pieces of ass will rot in video game hell. How dare 2k steal peoples money and then NOT patch the game so it at least works!
Best Music
Nominees:
Rock Band 2
Fallout 3
Mirrors Edge
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Rock Band 2 - The Who, Rush, AC/DC, Kansas, Survivor, and Stephen and the Colberts what more do you need?
Honorable Mention: Grand Theft Auto IV - Having Queen and Ricky Gervais = Awesome
Best Cinematics
Nominees:
Gears of War 2
Mirrors Edge
Grand Theft Auto IV
Turok
Winner: Gears of War 2 - Normally I'm not a fan of cut scenes but for this I loved the story they told, very well done
Honorable Mention: Mirror's Edge - personally not a fan of cell shaded cut scenes but I loved them in Mirror's Edge
Best Voice Acting
Nominees:
Keifer Sutherland & Gary Oldman- Call of Duty: World At War
Liam Neeson- Fallout 3
Michael Hollick-Grand Theft Auto IV
John DiMaggio- Gears of War 2
Winner: Liam Neeson - I thought that Liam Neeson's performance as James, the main characters father, was amazing.
Best Accessory
Nominees:
Rock Band 2 Drums
Rock Band 2 Guitar
Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter
HD-DVD Add-On
Winner: HD-DVD Add-On - Okay I'm lazy, and this device feeds into that laziness. For $40 I got a DVD player, extra USB port and an HD-DVD player. And I don't have to take the game out of the console to put the DVD in.
Too Little To Late: Wireless Headset - I bought one on Friday but never got the chance to test it. So it's in the running for next year.
Best Multiplayer Games
Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World At War
Fable 2
Rock Band 2
Winner: Gears of War 2 - Combine Horde with Co-op with multiplayer bots and you have the best 2 person experience on the Xbox 360
Call of Duty: World At War
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Call of Duty: World At War - Not only taking Call of Duty 4's multiplayer experience but adding vehicular fun.
Honorable Mention: Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar took a risk at adding multiplayer, but it payed off in one of the best multiplayer experiences in years
Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World At War
Rock Band 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Rock Band 2 - There is no game where I could get my my sister, her boyfriend and my other sister to have so much fun for hours at a time.
Best Xbox Live Arcade Game
Nominees:
Chessmaster Live
Ticket To Ride
Fable 2 Pub Games
Dash Of Destruction
Winner: Ticket To Ride - I was able to get both my sisters and mom to love playing this game. Very addicting and fun.
Too Little Too Late: Braid - bought Braid late last night, so far it's had an intriguing story and gameplay elements
Best Music Game
Nominees:
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero III
Rock Band 2
Rock Band: AC/DC Live
Winner: Rock Band 2 - An amazing set list and great multiplayer
Best Racing Game
Nominees:
Test Drive: Unlimited
NASCAR '09
Project Gotham Racing 4
Forza Motorsport 2
Winner: Test Drive: Unlimited
Honorable Mention: NASCAR '09, EA helped correct it's fucktastrophy (trademark, I created that word) from '08 by improving everything
Sports Game
Nominees:
NHL '09
NHL 2k8
NASCAR '09
Smackdown vs. RAW 2007
Winner: NHL '09 - Amazing that not only does it do everything 2k8 does but adds Be A Pro mode, probably the greatest innovation for hockey games in years.
Best RPG
Nominees:
Fallout 3
Fable 2
Winner: Fallout 3 - An amazing story, world and everything made this an easy choice.
Best Action
Nominees:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mirrors Edge
Winner: Grand Theft Auto IV - the new polished GTA is great with an amazing multiplayer experience to boot! HELICOPTER RACES!
Best Shooter
Nominees:
Call of Duty: World at War
Gears of War 2
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Turok
Winner: Gears of War 2 -
Too Little Too Late: Left 4 Dead- Bought it Friday haven't played it yet
Best Level
Nominees:
Gears of War 2 - Intestinal Fortitude
Grand Theft Auto IV - Three Leaf Clover
Fallout 3 - Tranquility Lane
Fable 2 - Tattered Spire
Winner: Fallout 3 - this is the mission that shakes everything up. It's amazing
Best Story
Nominees:
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Fallout 3
Call of Duty: War at War
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Fallout 3 - The games beginning is one of the greatest all-time and there's a mission near the end that just throws you through the loop!
Best Game
Nominees:
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Rock Band 2
Winner: Gears of War 2 - A LOT of people probably disagree with this but I thought that Gears 2's story/Horde/multiplayer combined for the best game this year
Honorable Mention: Fallout 3 - Had a big lead but fell apart at the end with A. Bad Ending B. Not able to continue after last mission C. Level 20 Cap
Prediction for Next Year:
Alan Wake
Nominees:
Ninja Gaiden II
Red Alert 3
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Battlefield: Bad Company
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Saint's Row 2
Far Cry 2
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Winner: Red Alert 3 - One of my favourite franchises ever gets new life and it's on the 360! How could I not have bought this? Was dislike for EA after they shut down Westwood? Questioning RTS's on consoles? No demo? Who knows...
Worst Demo
Nominees:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Tom Clancy's Endwar
Dead Space
Winner: Dead Space - I heard so much hype about this game, I genuinely was interested. Then the demo came out. Sorry but giving me 25 rounds in my pistol and putting me up against a dozen zombies pounding me is bullshit. When I say screw this 7 minutes into the demo, there's a problem.
Worst Game
Nominees:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Lost: Via Domus
NHL 2k6
NHL 2k7
Winner: NHL 2k7 & 2k6 - Both of these pieces of ass will rot in video game hell. How dare 2k steal peoples money and then NOT patch the game so it at least works!
Best Music
Nominees:
Rock Band 2
Fallout 3
Mirrors Edge
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Rock Band 2 - The Who, Rush, AC/DC, Kansas, Survivor, and Stephen and the Colberts what more do you need?
Honorable Mention: Grand Theft Auto IV - Having Queen and Ricky Gervais = Awesome
Best Cinematics
Nominees:
Gears of War 2
Mirrors Edge
Grand Theft Auto IV
Turok
Winner: Gears of War 2 - Normally I'm not a fan of cut scenes but for this I loved the story they told, very well done
Honorable Mention: Mirror's Edge - personally not a fan of cell shaded cut scenes but I loved them in Mirror's Edge
Best Voice Acting
Nominees:
Keifer Sutherland & Gary Oldman- Call of Duty: World At War
Liam Neeson- Fallout 3
Michael Hollick-Grand Theft Auto IV
John DiMaggio- Gears of War 2
Winner: Liam Neeson - I thought that Liam Neeson's performance as James, the main characters father, was amazing.
Best Accessory
Nominees:
Rock Band 2 Drums
Rock Band 2 Guitar
Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter
HD-DVD Add-On
Winner: HD-DVD Add-On - Okay I'm lazy, and this device feeds into that laziness. For $40 I got a DVD player, extra USB port and an HD-DVD player. And I don't have to take the game out of the console to put the DVD in.
Too Little To Late: Wireless Headset - I bought one on Friday but never got the chance to test it. So it's in the running for next year.
Best Multiplayer Games
- Best Two-Player One System
Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World At War
Fable 2
Rock Band 2
Winner: Gears of War 2 - Combine Horde with Co-op with multiplayer bots and you have the best 2 person experience on the Xbox 360
- Best Online
Call of Duty: World At War
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Call of Duty: World At War - Not only taking Call of Duty 4's multiplayer experience but adding vehicular fun.
Honorable Mention: Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar took a risk at adding multiplayer, but it payed off in one of the best multiplayer experiences in years
- Best Overall
Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World At War
Rock Band 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Rock Band 2 - There is no game where I could get my my sister, her boyfriend and my other sister to have so much fun for hours at a time.
Best Xbox Live Arcade Game
Nominees:
Chessmaster Live
Ticket To Ride
Fable 2 Pub Games
Dash Of Destruction
Winner: Ticket To Ride - I was able to get both my sisters and mom to love playing this game. Very addicting and fun.
Too Little Too Late: Braid - bought Braid late last night, so far it's had an intriguing story and gameplay elements
Best Music Game
Nominees:
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero III
Rock Band 2
Rock Band: AC/DC Live
Winner: Rock Band 2 - An amazing set list and great multiplayer
Best Racing Game
Nominees:
Test Drive: Unlimited
NASCAR '09
Project Gotham Racing 4
Forza Motorsport 2
Winner: Test Drive: Unlimited
Honorable Mention: NASCAR '09, EA helped correct it's fucktastrophy (trademark, I created that word) from '08 by improving everything
Sports Game
Nominees:
NHL '09
NHL 2k8
NASCAR '09
Smackdown vs. RAW 2007
Winner: NHL '09 - Amazing that not only does it do everything 2k8 does but adds Be A Pro mode, probably the greatest innovation for hockey games in years.
Best RPG
Nominees:
Fallout 3
Fable 2
Winner: Fallout 3 - An amazing story, world and everything made this an easy choice.
Best Action
Nominees:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mirrors Edge
Winner: Grand Theft Auto IV - the new polished GTA is great with an amazing multiplayer experience to boot! HELICOPTER RACES!
Best Shooter
Nominees:
Call of Duty: World at War
Gears of War 2
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Turok
Winner: Gears of War 2 -
Too Little Too Late: Left 4 Dead- Bought it Friday haven't played it yet
Best Level
Nominees:
Gears of War 2 - Intestinal Fortitude
Grand Theft Auto IV - Three Leaf Clover
Fallout 3 - Tranquility Lane
Fable 2 - Tattered Spire
Winner: Fallout 3 - this is the mission that shakes everything up. It's amazing
Best Story
Nominees:
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Fallout 3
Call of Duty: War at War
Grand Theft Auto IV
Winner: Fallout 3 - The games beginning is one of the greatest all-time and there's a mission near the end that just throws you through the loop!
Best Game
Nominees:
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Gears of War 2
Fable 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Rock Band 2
Winner: Gears of War 2 - A LOT of people probably disagree with this but I thought that Gears 2's story/Horde/multiplayer combined for the best game this year
Honorable Mention: Fallout 3 - Had a big lead but fell apart at the end with A. Bad Ending B. Not able to continue after last mission C. Level 20 Cap
Prediction for Next Year:
Alan Wake
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