Well, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii has officially been out for a few days, and like new parents caring for their first child, there are some problems. Japan, the center of most of the videogame industry, gets games about 3 months ahead of us here in the United States, so we should know ahead of time if there will be problems....and there is.
Like the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, the Brawl discs are "dirty" (in the sense it can make you Wii dirty, which in turn makes the Wii unplayable). Nintendo has already set up a site designed to help with these problems, but the time it takes to clean it and send it back is about a week.
All I can say is...way to go. This is the second game that has been anticpated for, and both of them are on different consoles. I guess this means the PS3 will have this problem with one of their exclusive games, but which one? Honestly, technology has gotten to the point where we trust it to do the same task over and over again, and we let it go unchecked, causing defects in many games. I know there is no way to check EVERY SINGLE game, but at least have people check every 1 out of...let's say...1000 maybe? I know this wouldn't catch all the defects on games but if you pick up 5 games in a row that are dirty....here's yer sign to stop production and fix the problem.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Time For the Quick Fire Blog Round!
I started catching up on my video game news and there is a lot of it, but not enough to make each an individual post, so I am going to post them all in one! Let's get to it:
First, while reading the review section of the March 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (commonly known as EGM), there was a paid advertisement mentioning a lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto (commonly referred to as GTA) : San Andreas. It claims that if purchased the game before July 20, 2005, you are eligible in this lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive Studios and its sub company Rockstar Games Inc. (the creators of the GTA series). If the plantiffs win the case, the "Class" (which refers to all those who are willing to be in the case) will receive payments anywhere from $5 to $35. More information can be found at the official site.
Really? Are people getting THAT desperate to pay for their gas that they turn to lawsuits? People (mainly politicians looking to gain the vote from parents and parents themselves) complain that the GTA series has corrupted their children's minds. There are people who have said this before and I'll say it again, just in case you didn't hear the first time (excuse my shouting) : MAYBE IT'S THE PARENT'S FAULTS! Did you ever think about that? You LET them play that game. Moving on...
Don't put away the lawyers yet though, since GTA IV is right around the corner...and with it probably more lawsuits but only time will tell.
The March 2008 issue of EGM also brought us news that EA might have an exclusive deal to be the only one able to make college basketball games but nothing is confirmed.
Well....that's just great...hopefully this isn't true, not because I like college basketball games (I don't play many sports titles at all) but because this is another step towards telling EA to basically "take this offer and shove it!" Congrats to Take-Two Interactive (they seem to get a lot of publicity lately...) for the "slap to the face" to EA by rejecting their offer for a buyout.
Most people who read gaming magazines or keep up with gaming news in general know that EGM was banned from reviewing games from the companies Ubisoft, Midway, and Sony. However, the March 2008 issue of Game Informer (I read more than one magazine to get my information) took a "stab" at EGM in the Editorial section.
First, while reading the review section of the March 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (commonly known as EGM), there was a paid advertisement mentioning a lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto (commonly referred to as GTA) : San Andreas. It claims that if purchased the game before July 20, 2005, you are eligible in this lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive Studios and its sub company Rockstar Games Inc. (the creators of the GTA series). If the plantiffs win the case, the "Class" (which refers to all those who are willing to be in the case) will receive payments anywhere from $5 to $35. More information can be found at the official site.
Really? Are people getting THAT desperate to pay for their gas that they turn to lawsuits? People (mainly politicians looking to gain the vote from parents and parents themselves) complain that the GTA series has corrupted their children's minds. There are people who have said this before and I'll say it again, just in case you didn't hear the first time (excuse my shouting) : MAYBE IT'S THE PARENT'S FAULTS! Did you ever think about that? You LET them play that game. Moving on...
Don't put away the lawyers yet though, since GTA IV is right around the corner...and with it probably more lawsuits but only time will tell.
The March 2008 issue of EGM also brought us news that EA might have an exclusive deal to be the only one able to make college basketball games but nothing is confirmed.
Well....that's just great...hopefully this isn't true, not because I like college basketball games (I don't play many sports titles at all) but because this is another step towards telling EA to basically "take this offer and shove it!" Congrats to Take-Two Interactive (they seem to get a lot of publicity lately...) for the "slap to the face" to EA by rejecting their offer for a buyout.
Most people who read gaming magazines or keep up with gaming news in general know that EGM was banned from reviewing games from the companies Ubisoft, Midway, and Sony. However, the March 2008 issue of Game Informer (I read more than one magazine to get my information) took a "stab" at EGM in the Editorial section.
What are you saying here Game Informer? That EGM doesn't back their reviews with research or insight? It's people (and things) like this that make me sick and worried for the future of gaming.
Lastly, on a non-gaming related note, I recently saw a commercial of Mirapex, a drug for Restless Leg Syndrome. Now, explain to me HOW one of the side effects can be "increased gambling"? Welcome to society I guess...
So much for the "quick" blog post, but oh well.
Until next time, play hard, play fair, and don't be afraid to Kirbycide!
-Zero
Image sources: http://blog.newsweek.com/photos/levelup/images/original/Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-Special-Edition.aspx and clip from Game Informer came from a scanned image of the March 2008 issue (page 10).
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