Random Bullshit Log Dos!
I like video games, who doesn't? Oh yeah...that guy.
But who cares, he actually got barred. Plus, I'm not talking about new games. I happen to be stuck wonderfully in the past for the most part. I play mainly 16-bit era stuff. My SNES and Sega CD are permanently hooked up to the TV [tube television, yes]. I am also a rather insane arcade junkie [read: Cave whore] who buys all the latest Cave games shortly after they come out, which also happens to be the reason if I were to have a child he would definitely not have a college fund. "Here you go Tiberius, there's your first semester." as I point to my Deathsmiles PCB.
Anyway, back on track. The reason I bring this up is to talk about the new next-gen consoles and what's going on with them. I have only a Wii, which doesn't count. I'm speaking primarily of the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Early on, before they came out I said, "I'll get one for Silent Hill 5." Well, SH5 came out and was developed by a western studio and is apparently pretty mediocre. I won't be dropping $450+ on "mediocre", sorry. Well, over the last year or so I had been reading grumblings about a Ghostbusters game. It's had it's fair share of difficulties actually getting made, not the least of which was finding a publisher. It was rumored cancelled for some time, but then got picked back up by Atari. The latest trailer just dropped a day or two ago:
Mind you, Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd wrote the script for this game and are treating it as a direct sequel to the second [winces] film. Everyone but Rick Moranis has returned to do voiceovers. He [Moranis] apparently has no need for more money and no desire to deal with Hollywood ever again. Good for him, but he'll be missed in this game. I have no idea what the story is and I won't dig around to find out. What I will say, is this game might very well make me take the plunge on a new console. It looks HIGHLY entertaining.
Speaking of games, meet my children: Windy1 and Windy2. My arcade cabinets from Japan and made by Konami. If I am fortunate enough to have some free time these days, I spend it on arcade games for the most part. Most arcade games from the late 1980's on all came on a circuit board and were made using the same standard, up until even today. So, these cabinets allow for those games to be swapped out as I choose. So, rather than play some Gears of War Halo shit [no offense to Halo, it's an amazing series. I'm just over the whole FPS craze] I can fire up some Espgaluda 2 or Guilty Gear XX Slash. Just typing it gets me all excited and wanting to call in sick. If there is anything better than throwing a 100yen coin down and drinking a Trappist while playing some Batsugun Special in your own home, I don't want to know what it is. You will also notice a pink pachinko machine over there in the corner. That was a gift for my wife who likes shiny pink things from Japan. It's also incredibly noisy, but pachinko is fun albeit mindless fun. As far as what I've been playing lately for arcades, it's been all Deathsmiles and Galuda 2. Deathsmiles is a recent Cave shooter released for Japan that has a gothic lolita theme.
It's extremely fun and looks absolutely incredible. Yes, it is easier than earlier Cave titles, but trying to get your scores up is the name of the game and where the real challenge is.
My most recent PCB was snagged from Yahoo Japan Auctions via a deputy service. Dragon Saber is the sequel to 1988's Dragon Spirit and kicks serious ass. While it may look dated, the gameplay holds up to this day. I personally, cannot get enough of the music from this one. It also happens to be hard as fucking nails!
I keep up with handheld games, as they also have been an obsession of mine since an early age. There are a couple of titles worth mentioning. I just started playing Luminous Arc 2 on the Nintendo DS. A very "anime" strategy RPG. Put about 3-4 hours in so far and it's a blast. It has a bit more reading than I care for, but it's all pretty humorous so I'll give it a pass. Plus, the battles are very fun.
File this under "must have". Chrono Trigger just got released for the NDS as well. I completely fall in line and jump on the bandwagon that this was arguably the best RPG ever released for the SNES. It's been perfectly ported to NDS and I will be playing it as soon as I get done with all the other crap I've already mentioned. [head explodes]
So, I think I'll stop there. I started this as a post to say, "That new Ghostbusters game looks cool!" and it kinda' turned into a random blob of words about arcade games and old consoles. Yeah...sorry about that.
But who cares, he actually got barred. Plus, I'm not talking about new games. I happen to be stuck wonderfully in the past for the most part. I play mainly 16-bit era stuff. My SNES and Sega CD are permanently hooked up to the TV [tube television, yes]. I am also a rather insane arcade junkie [read: Cave whore] who buys all the latest Cave games shortly after they come out, which also happens to be the reason if I were to have a child he would definitely not have a college fund. "Here you go Tiberius, there's your first semester." as I point to my Deathsmiles PCB.
Anyway, back on track. The reason I bring this up is to talk about the new next-gen consoles and what's going on with them. I have only a Wii, which doesn't count. I'm speaking primarily of the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Early on, before they came out I said, "I'll get one for Silent Hill 5." Well, SH5 came out and was developed by a western studio and is apparently pretty mediocre. I won't be dropping $450+ on "mediocre", sorry. Well, over the last year or so I had been reading grumblings about a Ghostbusters game. It's had it's fair share of difficulties actually getting made, not the least of which was finding a publisher. It was rumored cancelled for some time, but then got picked back up by Atari. The latest trailer just dropped a day or two ago:
Mind you, Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd wrote the script for this game and are treating it as a direct sequel to the second [winces] film. Everyone but Rick Moranis has returned to do voiceovers. He [Moranis] apparently has no need for more money and no desire to deal with Hollywood ever again. Good for him, but he'll be missed in this game. I have no idea what the story is and I won't dig around to find out. What I will say, is this game might very well make me take the plunge on a new console. It looks HIGHLY entertaining.
Speaking of games, meet my children: Windy1 and Windy2. My arcade cabinets from Japan and made by Konami. If I am fortunate enough to have some free time these days, I spend it on arcade games for the most part. Most arcade games from the late 1980's on all came on a circuit board and were made using the same standard, up until even today. So, these cabinets allow for those games to be swapped out as I choose. So, rather than play some Gears of War Halo shit [no offense to Halo, it's an amazing series. I'm just over the whole FPS craze] I can fire up some Espgaluda 2 or Guilty Gear XX Slash. Just typing it gets me all excited and wanting to call in sick. If there is anything better than throwing a 100yen coin down and drinking a Trappist while playing some Batsugun Special in your own home, I don't want to know what it is. You will also notice a pink pachinko machine over there in the corner. That was a gift for my wife who likes shiny pink things from Japan. It's also incredibly noisy, but pachinko is fun albeit mindless fun. As far as what I've been playing lately for arcades, it's been all Deathsmiles and Galuda 2. Deathsmiles is a recent Cave shooter released for Japan that has a gothic lolita theme.It's extremely fun and looks absolutely incredible. Yes, it is easier than earlier Cave titles, but trying to get your scores up is the name of the game and where the real challenge is.
My most recent PCB was snagged from Yahoo Japan Auctions via a deputy service. Dragon Saber is the sequel to 1988's Dragon Spirit and kicks serious ass. While it may look dated, the gameplay holds up to this day. I personally, cannot get enough of the music from this one. It also happens to be hard as fucking nails!
I keep up with handheld games, as they also have been an obsession of mine since an early age. There are a couple of titles worth mentioning. I just started playing Luminous Arc 2 on the Nintendo DS. A very "anime" strategy RPG. Put about 3-4 hours in so far and it's a blast. It has a bit more reading than I care for, but it's all pretty humorous so I'll give it a pass. Plus, the battles are very fun.
File this under "must have". Chrono Trigger just got released for the NDS as well. I completely fall in line and jump on the bandwagon that this was arguably the best RPG ever released for the SNES. It's been perfectly ported to NDS and I will be playing it as soon as I get done with all the other crap I've already mentioned. [head explodes]
So, I think I'll stop there. I started this as a post to say, "That new Ghostbusters game looks cool!" and it kinda' turned into a random blob of words about arcade games and old consoles. Yeah...sorry about that.
posted by Dr Chaddius Feathermore III at
9:45 AM
2 Comments:
The Ghostbusters game looks great. Funny, I watched the trailer a couple of days ago, and it made me go "Hmmm... Maybe it's time to get a new console...". Actually, Bioshock did that last Summer when I played it for the first time, but screw this latest generation of boxes. They f'd up when they picked sides in the HD/Blu-Ray war. I'll wait for the NEXT gen, which I'm sure is on the horizon. Funny how Nintendo rose out of the rubble the winner in this contest.
As for what I'm playing, I'm still on old school X Box, and I alternate between GTA San Andreas (which is frickin' genius), and FIFA '07 (perhaps the only sports game that bests Madden - and I don't even follow futbol).
Oh, and one more thing... Excuse me, but do you have Chrono Trigger? It's for my brother's bar mitzvah...
Ahh, I still say that every time I look in the drawer and see "the shecret of evermore" [spit on screen]
You should hunt down Riddick for Xbox, man. I loved that game. The cool thing about being a generation [or in my case 3 or 4 generations behind] is you can get stuff for cheaper. Like Xbox games are dirt cheap for the most part right now. You can find Doom 3 or Riddick for like $5. Oh, and I saw Punisher this weekend. Will write a review in the next day or two hopefully. I liked it.
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