Thursday, July 31st, 2008
PS3 demos I’ve played recently with notes on each.
echochrome
- Escher-esque FTW
- Cool idea. Simple yet good-looking graphics. Not very fun though.
Overlord: Raising Hell $59.99
- It reminded me of Fable for some reason.
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution $59.99
- Probably the simplest of all the Civ games. Also probably the best looking.
Nucleus
Blast Factor
Super Rub a Dub
Race Driver: GRID $59.99
- No 1080
+ Feels really fast
+ Can have lots of cars on one race (up to 20 as far as I’ve seen)
- No 2-player on the same console/TV
PixelJunk Monsters $9.99
+ crisp 1080 graphics
It reminds me of flash game(s) I’ve played, and likewise can be rather addicting at times.
Folklore $59.99
- No 1080
+ Surround sound
It reminds me of running around in Final Fantasy X, with the bizarrity of Sanitarium, and has a similar feel to Soul Reaver. It would be better if the characters actually talked (especially during the cutscenes) instead of text boxes. Some areas have a fixed camera, some don’t.
Lost Planet (online) $39.99
- No 1080
- First try == “Connection failed.”
The second game eventually connected and I got to play. The controls are a little different than I’ve seen, e.g. jam on circle to activate radar towers or eject from a VS that’s about to explode, L1 & R1 rotate you 90 degrees. After the game, I received 2348 pts and the other seven players got 0. Then there was a network error and I was disconnected and sent back to the title screen.
FaceBreaker
+ 1080
Pseudo boxing game. Can create your own characters. Was pretty ‘meh’.
PixelJunk Eden
+ 1080
Totally bizarre. Reminds me of flOw.
_josh
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
New Blu-ray, CD, DVD, and PS3 releases for the month of August that seem interesting to me for one or more reasons.
August 5
CDs
Luckyiam (PSC) – Time To Get Lucky
PS3
Monster Madness: Grave Danger
August 12
Blu-ray
The Doors: Special Edition
CDs
eLZhi (of Slum Village) – The Preface
PS3
Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collectors Edition
August 19
Blu-ray
CDs
GZA – Pro Tools
Ice Cube – Raw Footage
- New studio album. Supposed to be more political than Laugh Now, Cry Later.
- The single, “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”, fukken dumps. My neighbors love it. Damn I miss having a sub in the car….
LMNO (of The Visionaries) – LeteMkNO
Necro – Sexorcist Special Edition
Rasco (of Cali Agents) – Global Threat
Vordul Mega (of Cannibal Ox) – Megagraphitti
August 25
PS3
Vampire Rain: Altered Species
August 26
Blu-ray
The Nightmare Before Christmas
CDs
Alias – Resurgam
Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone
- From what I’ve heard, it’s not bad. They have new masks too.
PS3
August 31
PS3
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
_josh
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Got this in my Living Legends Newsletter yesterday:
Free Murs & 9th Wonder Album!!!
Murs and 9th Wonder teamed up with Hurley clothing to bring you guys the 3rd installment in the Murs & 9th Wonder series, “Sweet Lord”, completely FREE!!!! Click on the link below to download the album, and don’t forget to vote Murs 4 President on September 30th, 2008!
http://mursand9thwonder.com
Download here.
_josh
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I upgraded this blog to version 2.6 this morning. From the WordPress Blog:
You can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the features introduced in version 2.5.
_josh