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Posted on 10.27.05 by A 47 Danger @ 6:51 pm
You own Half-Life 2? Of course you do. Then run, don’t walk, to your Steam client and download the new Lost Coast level. Here are a few words straight from the horses mouth.
Gotta go play. Talk to you later. XOXOXOXO, Filed under: A 47 Danger and General and PC Comments: 1 Comment |
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Posted on 10.27.05 by A 47 Danger @ 8:04 am
You will believe Pac-Man can talk. That is, if you buy Pac-Man World 3. Like the past two Pac-Man World games, I’ll leave this game to collect dust on other people’s shelves. Oh yeah, back to the point. In Pac-Man World 3, Pac-Man will have a voice. Yep, the yellow fatty will actually talk. Here is some information on the wonderful things Pac-Man will say:
The only backstory should only come from vaudevillian cut scenes every 3rd level. The only character interaction should be when ghosts are eaten. Alas, science seems to have repaired Pac-Man’s vocal chords. No longer will Pac-Man have to rely on sign language. Maybe Pac-Man can talk about his feelings and how his father never hugged him. It’s not like Pac-Man talking is new. Pac-Man did talk in that 80s TV show he had. Don’t remember the 80s TV show? Here’s some info from IMDB.com:
Wow, if the new game is half as good as the 80s cartoon, we’ll have nothing to worry about! What’s that? Too much internet sarcasm? Let’s see if I can’t end on a honest to goodness happy note. At least we only have to wait until November to honor Pac-Man’s 25th anniversary with this wonderful game. No, that was sarcastic too. I give up. Filed under: A 47 Danger and GameCube and PC and PS2 and PSP and Rant and Xbox Comments: 1 Comment |
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Posted on 10.26.05 by beuks @ 4:24 pm
All of us here at WayIPlay are big fans of Katamari Damacy and its beautiful sequel. Over the weekend, I collected the last of the Prince of Cosmos’ cousins in said sequel, and then completed the cousin-collecting bonus stage, effectively “winning” the game again. This in turn unlocked the infamous “Million Roses” challenge. For those not in the know, the million roses challenge involves playing levels in which the only things you can roll up are individual roses and bunches of 10. Play is untimed, and whenever you want to stop, your progress is recorded so you can come back later to work towards the ultimate goal of collecting one million of the damned things. This level serves as a tough lesson in orders of magnitude the likes of which the average person never has reason to learn. I’ll put it this way: I played for about a half-hour, and rolled up 10,000 roses. At that point, I am only one percent finished. So I would have to do that 99 more times, or approximately 49.5 hours(!) to reach the goal. That’s longer than it reportedly takes to complete all the required missions in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. As it is, I am satisfied with We Love Katamari without collecting a million goddamned roses. I have one present left, and a host of stages I could refine by unlocking the shooting star reward for quick completion. And to be able to roll up the King of Cosmos himself in the “Make a Star 5″ level would be infinitely more rewarding than the roses ever could. All that aside, getting the last cousin allows me to move on to my next video gaming task: finishing Ico. Once I do that, then I’m allowing myself to start Shadow of the Colossus. Where San Andreas, The Minish Cap and Advance Wars DS fit into this plan, I haven’t the foggiest idea. Filed under: Beuks and General and PS2 Comments: None |
Posted on 10.26.05 by A 47 Danger @ 8:27 am
 About a year ago I drew up a couple of comic strips called Video Game Pretext. The idea behind it was just gamers having talking about anything but video games, while playing video games. Get the title now? No? Look it up in the dictionary. Anyway, since gaming strips are so popular, I thought this would be a good way to start a gaming strip without actually having to write about games. A bit abstract, but whatever. So I’ll be posting them here, since they’ve never seen the light of day. Enjoy! Click on the comic above for a higher resolution image. P.S. The main characters are floating heads. Is that weird? Filed under: A 47 Danger and Humor Comments: 7 Comments |
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Posted on 10.19.05 by A 47 Danger @ 8:02 am
Understanding this, I still went out to a couple GameStops to looks for Shadow of the Colossus and Stubbs the Zombie. Both games missing in action, as I assumed. Asking about games at GameStop is like opening a door with police tape across it. You know you’re not going to like what you find behind it. First let’s talk about a little stepping stone I have. I hate talking to store employees. Any store employees. When I ask for something it feels like I’m bugging them. Yes yes, it’s their job to assist the customer. This is my issue. Let’s drop it. I finally work up the gumption to open the door into the GameStop employees mind. Stubbs the Zombie doesn’t even warrant an answer from them. It’s passed over as if I mentioned that I smelled a gas leak. No one seems to have a clue. Said GameStop employees are more than happy to let me know Shadow of the Colossus will be available tomorrow. And that I had better pre-order it if I wanted a copy. I’m sorry? I have to pre-order a game if I want it? Excuse me, Wikipedia. What do you have to say on supply and demand. Ahhh, I see. You say that GameStop is stupid. Just as I thought. Hold up now. What is that you’re saying, you gamemonger? There’s more? If I pre-order Shadow of the Colossus, I get a demo of the game right now? A whole one day before the game comes out? What a scoop! That’s quite the incentive you offered to me. That makes this pre-ordering nonsense smell like a bed of daises! No. No it doesn’t. It stinks to high heaven. Not just regular heaven. The higher one. Stink needs to be strong to get up there. Like cabbage rotting in the nose of a pig who is buried in a pile of burning human hair. There is nothing right about this pre-order business. If you don’t want my money, you should put up a sign out front stating this. “Monies not welcome.” Then I wouldn’t be disappointed when I tried to give you my cash. Don’t crush my hopes of getting rid of my money! It’s such a burden. Let me unburden my load, GameStop! Coming up next, will I cancel my Xbox 360 pre-order? It’s seeming more and more likely. Filed under: A 47 Danger and Rant Comments: None |
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