GameFly Does PC Games?

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GameFly is a great source for renting console games.  You spend about $15.95 a month and get one game out at a time, play your fill, then send it back and get a new one.  Sure you may have to wait for the more popular games, but it can be cheaper then buying every game.  Well now they plan to add on from consoles to both PC and Macintosh.  This holiday GameFly is setting up a new application that looks to include unlimited PC/Mac video game play as long as you subscribe.  This could quite potentially take a bite out of the OnLive market if they have more games available combined with the console game rentals then with the OnLive Play Pass has to offer.  If you are interested in trying it out you can sign up for the beta at http://www.gamefly.com/download-games/beta/.

 

Angry Birds - Why it all really started

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Angry Birds, it is a story of Birds versus the Pigs that stole their eggs.  But is there more to it?  Is there a deeper connection than one minute the eggs are in the nest the in the next they are gone?  NO!  But the kidnapping was done in a much more evil fashion.  Below you will find a motion comic created to show the true beginning of the hatred the birds hold.

 

Zelda 25th Anniversary News

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Many of you may know the fact that Nintendo is playing up the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda. Well Nintendo has recently announced new online activities for this event.  You can go to the official 25th anniversary website at http://www.zelda.com/25th.  This site has a number of activities including an interactive history of The Legend of Zelda, the video of the orchestra from their E3 press conference playing music from series, and a contest to make a Zelda Flipnote using a DSi or DSi XL.  These along with paper flipnotes that are submitted by September 9th will be reviewed by the people that have worked on the Zelda series, including Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Eiji Aonuma and Yoshiaki Koizumi. After they have reviewed the notes, fans will be able to enjoy the posted flip notes on the anniversary site, on the Wii via the Nintendo Channel, and on DSi and DSi XL system with Flipnote Hatena.

But they don't stop there.  The Legend of Zelda Anniversary concert has 2 stops so far (Los Angeles and London).  Keeping my fingers crossed they make a stop at or near Denver, but with our history I am not holding my breath.  Then to top the cake, starting in September, owners of a DSi, DSi XL, or 3DS will be able to download The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for free.  This is on top of the new Wii Zelda game coming out this year.  This all proves it is a great time to be a Zelda fan.

Conversations with IrishPride Episode 4

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So I said to myself...
 
Hello and welcome to Conversations with IrishPride Episode 4.  Huzzah, I made it further this go around then the last time I started CwIP many moons ago, score!  Today I'm going to talk to you about why it is okay to talk to yourself.
 
When walking around town or anywhere in public, you may find it strange, weird even, if you catch someone talking to them self.  Your first thought may be, look at this weirdo?  I better not make eye contact with this individual because who knows what will happen.
 
Well, I'm here to tell you that you shouldn't think like that!  When you talk to yourself, you're showing everyone that you are never lonely!  You always have someone to talk to.  In fact, some people may become jealous because you are sitting there by yourself enjoying a nice beverage having a full scale conversation.  While this other poor sap is sitting by himself drinking a beverage and is silent like a door.  He becomes more sad and depressed when he sees you laughing and having a good conversation with yourself.
 
Another reason why it's okay to talk to yourself is that you can control the direction of the conversation.  Don't like what's being said, just change it!  Besides, you're the one talking to yourself.  Might as well talk to yourself about sunshine, rainbows and lollipops!It's all good!
 
So next time you see someone talking to themselves', look at them in awe and tell them good show!  Besides, when you talk to yourself, you're showing the world that you have a best friend!
 
Well, that will do if for episode 4 of Conversations with IrishPride.  I'll see you next time, or should a say "we'll" see you next time.  Until then, strike up a conversation with yourself, who knows what you'll find out!
 
~IrishPride

Portal 2 - Price Drop

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Image courtesy of Steam screenshotsIf you are in the same boat Proteus and I find ourselves in concerning Portal 2, as in you don't own one of the best games of the year yet, then we're all in luck.  Portal 2 has recently seen a price drop of $20 bucks making the game now $29.99 through Steam.  We meant to do the whole pre-order thing but kinda forgot and same thing happened during Steam's Summer Sale when it was nearly 50% off, but now we can make up for it any time with this recent price drop.  We're having to be gamers on a budget here with that whole pesky home ownership stuff, but it's a worthy trade off.  For your convenience here's a handy link to Portal 2 on Steam if you are interested in purchasing it. 

Making a living through Diablo (Probably Not)

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Diablo III; you can't wait for it, I can't wait for it, pretty much anyone who plays games can't wait for it.  Blizzard is now showing that not only are they making a game with the devil in the details, but that they may be the devil themselves, if not just as evil.  Diablo III is going to have a real money auction house.  Players can find objects in the game and sell them to other players for real cash.  Why have they done this and why is it evil? I'll get to that in just a moment.

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Pre-Registration Ending Soon for NDK

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It's closing in on being that time of year for the Rocky Mountain region con attendee! The largest anime convention in the area, Nan Desu Kan is fast approaching its pre-registration deadline.  If you are in the region and are thinking of attending, then I suggest you head over to their registration page by following this handy link here.  There seems to be a little bit of conflicting information on their site, but my guess is that the pre-registration ends on August 14th and not the 16th, so you have roughly 12 days to get your 3-day badge for the discounted price of $40 versus $50 at the door.  Also the sooner you buy the better as NDK is implementing an attendance cap this year.  Those of you who drag your feet might end up disappointed.  Plus think of the extra benefit you get to go into the dealer's room an extra hour early before everyone else, so for the collector it's so worth it!  For those of you who are attending, keep your eyes peeled for those of us from the Gameslave.  We will be wandering around, attending panels, taking pictures, asking questions, and giving out original goodies designed by me, ZeldaQueen.  We look forward to seeing you all there September 9th - 11th!

Conversations with IrishPride Episode 3

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Insanity is Insane!
 
Hello everybody and welcome to episode 3 of Conversations with IrishPride where today I'm going to be talking about a game that I love, beat and now am playing it again and enjoying it just as much, maybe even more.  I talk non other than the one of the greatest games evah, Mass Effect 2.
 
About a week ago, I got the undeniable itch to play Mass Effect 2.  I, however, wanted to play the first Greatest game ever? I think so...one so I could change some story line issues I had with my main Commander Shephard.  My original Shephard that I beat Mass Effect 2 with the first time around was not exactly how I wanted him to finish in the original.  Wrex was dead (one of the coolest characters in the Mass Effect universe), had a relationship with Ashley (Tali wasn't an option in the original) and I didn't want to play Mass Effect 3 without Wrex being in the story nor did I want to have a crazy love triangle, not until my second playthrough of course :) 
 
As a result, I booted up Mass Effect and started out on my journey to fix my mistakes the first time around.  As I was playing; the more I realized how better Mass Effect 2 was and was really getting the itch to play it.  I didn't simply want to make a new character in Mass Effect 2, I wanted a Commander Shephard who made all the important decisions in the original transferred over to the sequel.  But, I didn't want to play the entire Mass Effect story to do this.  I thought I was in a bit of a pickle and figured I would bite the bullet and do a speed run of Mass Effect and have everything like I wanted and then transfer it over to ME2. 
 
Luckily, I didn't have to do this because I never realized that there is a dlc where Dark Horse created an interactive Mass Effect comic where you go through it and make all the important decisions of the original and it will impact the story in ME2 and later in ME3.  Huzzah!  I don't have to play the entire ME again and can have Wrex alive and have no open relationships to worry about. 
 Wrex. Yes, he is a badass.
Starting up ME2 I didn't know which class I wanted to play as this time around.  In my original completion, I was the soldier and enjoyed it immensely.  I wanted to try something new and I literally went through all the classes and still couldn't decide.  I almost selected the soldier class again, but went ahead and stuck with the infiltrator class (I do enjoy sniping), set the difficulty to Insanity (figured might as well beat it on the hardest difficulty) and started my new Shephard with the way I wanted to end it in the original ME. 
 
Boy, when there is a difficult setting that is called Insanity, it is truly insane.  But after I got the hang of things with my new class and how enemies act, I have found that the Insanity difficulty level is a much more enjoyable experience than Normal.  I have to actually stop and think about a strategy for those tricky encounters instead of just running in there and let my squad do what they want.  I have to tell my squad where I want them stationed and tell them what powers I want them to use and at what times, a very worthwhile experience.
 
So here we go again.  Getting hooked into a game I have already beat and am enjoying it even more than the first time.  I've already sunk 60+ hours into ME2 and have a feeling there are many more hours that are going to be devoted to it.  Besides, I still have to create a renegade player.
 
Well that does it for Episode 3 of Conversations with IrishPride.  Be on the look out for episode 4 coming in the near future.  Until then, my name is IrishPride and I'm addicted to Mass Effect.
 
~IrishPrideMe playing Mass Effect 2, I am an addict.

Huge Nintendo 3DS Price Cut

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Now you can own one for the low price of $169 starting Aug. 12If you're like me and have already purchased a 3DS, you're a little disappointed that this happened so soon, only six months after launch.  It wouldn't feel so bad if the 3DS was reduced by $20 or so, but in reality the 3DS is being dropped from $249 all the way to $169, can you say a 32% price cut!?!  The effective date for the price cut is right around the corner, August 12, 2011.  Current owners, all is not lost.  Nintendo realizes this is a real bummer for people who already dropped $249 so as a "thank you" Nintendo is giving owners 20 free download-able games, hey at least it's better than nothing.  You can read about the price cut and the free download-able games in detail here.  Also, here is the official 20 free game announcement by Nintendo.

So if you were on the fence about picking up a 3DS, you shouldn't be come August 12, 2011.