Hey everybody! This is my first attempt to play an actual song on the piano and it happens to be the beautiful song from Final Fantasy X, "To Zanarkand." I recorded this on a better device so I'm going to remove the old video. If you didn't see the old video and this is your first time watching, I hope you enjoy it!
~IrishPride
We are back in the grove. We come back with a not only another full episode, but all three of us are together again. We have a new contest in this podcast. How did you zombie plan turn out this year? Did you survive?
The Orks have been defeated and Chaos has been pushed back. The Imperium of Man has saved the Forge World Graia, but at what cost? In this edition of Game Over we will look at the ending of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine and what I thought of it. So if you are still fighting the good fight, come back later. Otherwise you can continue to read this after the jump.
All three of us return in the epic adventure of podcasting. So join us on this adventure and earn some experience to add to your levels in gaming.
Who wouldn't want this?With the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword about a month away from release, I wanted to share my thoughts about the pre-release information on the game. The information has me both excited, but also apprehensive. In this digital age, I feel like I have too much information available on games that I want to purchase and play, such as Skyward Sword. With this wealth of information available on future game titles, is it too much of a good thing?
Skyward Sword is the Zelda title I have been most excited about since Ocarina of Time (OoT) was released. Back at that time, my greatest source of game information was my Nintendo Power subscription. It would give tidbits about OoT and how the game was progressing. There would be an article with a few pictures. At the game’s release there would be a couple of short walk-throughs for the beginning section of the game. At the time, I didn’t use the Internet much, mostly because it was a pretty new thing and AOL charged by the minute and not by the month yet. The information I had available at that time was limited. Sometimes a friend would have a few more tidbits from another gaming magazine or a wild rumor they heard from a friend of a friend of a friend. Information was limited. I felt like I had enough to formulate some thoughts about the game and if it was worth going for, even if I didn’t know everything; which is the problem I encounter now in the gaming world: knowing everything.
Even though I didn’t know about every place or mechanic in the game, I knew enough to make a decision on whether to play the game. However, my knowledge was limited leaving some mystery to the game. That’s the thing I feel is lacking in today’s coverage, the mystique of the game. If I know about the game’s every secret before it is released, why should I play it? To get the sheer joy out of checking those items off on my game progress list? Currently with Skyward Sword, I can find an over abundance of information: screen shots, articles, videos, music tracks, podcasts, interviews, game play and opinion pieces. Some of this information I desire, such as release dates, general stats in pre-orders, or interviews, but I don’t want to see every screen shot or video. I don’t want to know everything about the game, just a convincing summary. I want some surprise when I play the game. I want some mystery that has been hidden from my knowledge.
It’s like avoiding spoilers on that new movie you haven’t seen yet or that book you’ve been meaning to read. There is so much information being flung around that it’s hard not to know what happens or what it’s all about. I have purposely started to not read articles or look at videos to avoid what I feel are spoilers for Skyward Sword. There seems to be something new every single day, even if it’s only a few more screen shots or game play video. I did demo Skyward Sword at E3, mostly to see how it looked moving. I was placed into a dungeon but not given a clear goal, just allowed to explore and test out the controls. That’s the sort of information I want, concise and to the point. I’m given the general goal of the game and some of its flavor, but the rest remains hidden for me to explore at my leisure when I begin to play.
Assimilator argues that as game reporters we don’t have the luxury on not knowing about upcoming games and what’s happening with them. People want to know about them. That’s true, but do they want to know everything? Does every new screenshot have to convince someone again that they want to purchase and play this game or does it take that extra screen shot, that extra info to make them want the game? Where do we strike a balance? I’m not against all information, I’m just against too much information. Let there be a little mystery and surprise around a title so the player can get to enjoy that experience while participating in the story, not before the game is released.
So confused, so very confused...Now what I mean when I ask if I am broken is that here lately, I haven't been having the urge to play video games. In episode 7 of CwIP I wrote about all the cool games that I wanted for the next few months. There was at least one game I wanted every week until the release of the new Zelda game. Well, I've gotten a few titles (three), but nothing like I thought I would. My most recent purchase (wasn't really a recent purchase since I had pre-ordered it) was Rage. Obviously I have been stoked to play this title because I had pre-ordered it. When Rage was officially released, it was ready already set to go on my computer. Tuesday night 10/4 (release date) came and I did not play it. Wednesday rolled around, still didn't touch it. Thursday, I would definitely give it a go right? Wrong. Ahh, the weekend. After a week of hard work I would be ready to kick back and play some games. But I still didn't boot it up. I find that if I were to not post the first episode of Dragon Age: Redemption it would be blasphemy. So without further wait, I give you Felicia Day in her newest project.
So what do we have here? Well it looks like a new bundle for the Nintendo Wii. It appears to have a black Wii system that is set to sit sideways. We have the "New Super Mario Bros Wii", a Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack, and black Wii-Motion Plus with Nunchuck. This is all coming out for $149.99 on October 23. Now be warned though, this system does sacrifice a function that many have loved. This new system does not support the Gamecube or it's accessories. So no "Super Smash Bros Melee" with a Gamecube controller.
This does not mean they are fully removing backward compatibility (yet). They are going to continue selling the Mario Kart Bundle for the same price. So if you have any Gamecube accessories laying around, for the old bundle, otherwise this new bundle looks pretty nice.
You can check out the full press release after the jump.
