GTA:SA

2005-06-26

I've finally been playing Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas so here's some impressions

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Metroid Prime: Echoes

2005-06-07

I recently finished playing Metroid Prime: Echoes for Gamecube.  I got it back in November when it came out but at the time I put it in, played for about 20 minutes, decided it was mostly the same as Metroid Prime and put it away for awhile while I worked on Tanjunka.  Recently though I decided I had some time so I went back to it.  Here are my impressions

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Space Invaders Anniversary

2003-08-10

So I'm going to Shibuya today to meet some friends and as I get off the train I am greeted by posters saying something about a Space Invaders exhibit at the 109 building. Well, I've got 30 minutes to kill so I think, "sure, let's check it out". As soon as I get out of the station I see something I've never seen before. There are 3 giant TVs in Shibuya, one of them is 5 stories tall and it's playing Space Invaders live!!!!! It turns out they are running Space Invaders battles on the stage in front of the 109 building and they are displaying it live on 2 of the large TVs in front of the station including the live play by play annoucing from a cute Japanese hostess.

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Gitaroo-Man

2003-07-02

If you are a music game fan you need to check out Gitaroo−Man.

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Metroid Prime

2002-12-11

I recently finished playing Metroid Prime. It's probably one of the most perfect games I've played in a long time. It's hard for me to think of how to describe what makes it so good.

Metroid Prime may well be the most immersive game made to date. Almost every little detail fits inside the game. There are no long boring cutscenes, in fact the longest scene is the opening scene at about 60 seconds, the second longest is after the first boss, maybe 40 seconds. The point is this is a game you experience by playing, not by watching. You are the action. You are the story.

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Sly Cooper PS2

2002-11-07

just finished playing Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. Is that one of the worst names ever or what? Sly Cooper is good, the whole name though is quite long and not easy to read. Just my opinion.

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The Ultimate History of Video Games

2002-10-19

My friend Dan got me this book, The Ultimate History of Video Games and I can't put it down!

It's not just some essay on the history of video games, the author, Steven L. Kent, interviewed several hundred people. Every page of the book has quotes from various famous and important people in the industry with the real stories and not just the rumors.

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Tokyo Game Show and JAMMA impressions

2002-09-20

I just went to both the JAMMA show and the Tokyo Game Show.

The JAMMA show is a trade show for game centers/arcades. The show was pretty down/low key this time. Arcades seem to be quickly losing their appeal. There were very few games and they were mostly old stuff.

I saw two gun games. One was House of the Dead 3. The other was a Konami game called World Combat. It's special feature was that 4 people could play at once although you had to really crowd around the machine. It had a soldier theme.

I saw two soccer games. One by Sega, one by Sammy.

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Playing Halo

2002-09-09

Some of my friends told my I just have to play Halo. Some of them even claimed to have had no interest when it came out. "What, another first person shooter (fps)? Why would I be interested in that?" Their friends insisted that they give it a try and now all of them are Halo fanatics. Some of them have played nearly every day for 6 months or more.

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Mario Sunshine Revisited

2002-08-16

I was going to wait until I finished to post my current impressions but I wanted to write this while this stuff was fresh in my mind.

Mario Sunshine: What can you say? It's still Mario but with the new main moves, hose and jetpack it is a new game and not just Mario 64 with new levels. But, dang!!!...it's hard! Maybe I just get more impatient the older I get. Most levels have only taken a 1 to 3 tries, only a couple up to 8 or 9 but it often just feels hard.

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