My buddy Javi from the Game Over podcast sent this webcomic to me and it made my day!
Poor Epona. It’s rough when you’re not needed. Nintendo should’ve at LEAST put her in Windwaker with water skis…I’m sure The King of Red Lions could have hauled her around.
If you haven’t already, make sure you check out 2pstart.com.
I decided to check out the comics archive, and I’m willing to bet I’m the only n00b that has never heard of this awesome site before. There are some serious gems on there.
This one specifically speaks near and dear my heart:
If I EVER caught Link messin’ around with my stuff in Harvest Moon, the next time I played Ocarina of Time I would personally make sure he jumped off of the highest peak of Death Mountain. And if he slashed any of my chickens I would stick the iron boots on him and have him chill at the bottom of Lake Hylia…with the RED tunic on! Muahahahaha.
“Video games can never be art”. To any respective gamer, that statement is enough to make you clench your fists, grit your teeth and become overwhelmed with the urge to whack your head against a wall. Repeatedly.
Back in April film critic Robert Ebert published an article titled just that. Missed out on it? Need a refresher? Here are a few quotes from that article to, you know, get your blood boiling again.
“Nevertheless, I remain convinced that in principle, video games cannot be art. Perhaps it is foolish of me to say “never,” because never, as Rick Wakeman informs us, is a long, long time. Let me just say that no video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an art form.”
“The three games [Waco Resurrection, Braid, Flower] she chooses as examples do not raise my hopes for a video game that will deserve my attention long enough to play it. They are, I regret to say, pathetic.”
“In defending their gaming against parents, spouses, children, partners, co-workers or other critics, do they want to be able to look up from the screen and explain, “I’m studying a great form of art?” Then let them say it, if it makes them happy.”
Well, isn’t that nice.
With over 4,500 comments later, today Ebert has ‘recanted’ his theory that video games can never be art…kind of.
“What I was saying is that video games could not in principle be Art. That was a foolish position to take, particularly as it seemed to apply to the entire unseen future of games. This was pointed out to me maybe hundreds of times. How could I disagree? It is quite possible a game could someday be great Art.”
“This [definition of Art] might exclude video games on a technicality (are they works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power?)”
“Who was I to say video games didn’t have the potential of becoming Art? Someday? There was no agreement among the thousands of posters about even one current game that was an unassailable masterpiece. Shadow of the Colossus came closest. I suppose that’s the one I should begin with.”
ARGHHH. Just stop. Head asplosion in 3…2…
You can the entire shebang, titled “Okay, kids, play on my lawn.” here.
Today Sony released Firmware 3.40 for the PlayStation 3, which brings us a new photo sharing feature for the photo gallery, a video editor/uploader that is compatible with YouTube and Facebook, a five star rating system for downloadable PSN content, a new Facebook app and a power save option for your PS3.
But what most people are hoo-hawing and blabbing about is the brand spankin’ new PlayStation Plus service.
Plus is a subscription paid service that will, in theory, hook you up with PSN goodies. For $49.99 a year (a promo right now will get you an additional three months free) or $17.99 for three months, Sony promises that you’ll get your money’s worth of content PLUS (see what I did thare?).
So what will 50 bucks get ya?
•Free monthly PSN titles, minis and PS One Classics. Each month new titles will be made available for download. They are only available for initial download during their respective month. If you download a title and delete it from your PS3, you will be able to download it again for no cost. If you download a title and your subscription ends, upon reactivating you can download that title again for no cost.
• DISCOUNTS!!!1 20%-50% off of PlayStation Store content.
• Early beta/demo access for members “whenever possible”.
• Themes, avatars and other game elements only available for Plus members.
• Full Game Trials. So, every month you’ll be able to download full games and have a play limit of an hour (or otherwise stated) for free. If you decide you LURVE that game so much, you can purchase it on the spot and continue where your trial left off. Trophies you earned during your trial will become unlocked.
• Automatic Download. Your PS3 will awaken from its slumber (standby) and download/install game updates for titles you’ve been playing.
The ‘catch’ is once you unsubscribe from Plus, all free titles you have downloaded will disappear, poof, be gone. Obviously you’ll be able keep any discounted items you have purchased.
Personally, the current lineup doesn’t do anything for me. I doubt I’ll buy 50 dollars worth of PSN stuff in a year (if I do, it will be for very specific games) therefore I won’t need the discounts, I RARELY do betas, I’m a collector so I want a physical copy of the game (not a download) and I can patiently wait while my PS3 updates.
Not saying I won’t utilize this in the future, but for the time being I’ll just enjoy my free online play. What about you?
I mean, it’s not a BIG DEAL or anything (hyuck) but I stumbled across this little gem while surfing the web. Go ahead, buy one. You can thank me later.
Karaoke terrifies me. I don’t sing (well), and choose not to punish my friend by forcing them to listen to me at bars. Yet, if we’re at a karaoke bar, people think it’s “funny” to put your name in for you, or encourage you to get up on stage. (It’s not.)
Yoostar 2, a new video game for XBOX Kinect and Playstation Move, is movie karaoke. And would be WAY less embarrassing at bars.
Using green screen and motion sensing technology, it inserts you into your favorite film clips, and scores you based on the lines and movements you do.
Take a look at Leonard Nimoy re-enacting a scene from Terminator at Yoostar’s E3 demonstration:
The game already has films like 300, The Matrix, Terminator, The Godfather, The Hangover, and Rocky included. I CANNOT wait to re-enact the wolfpack speech!
Would you play this? And what scene would you rock at re-enacting?
