Birthday Present Round Up

GIFT #1:
Thursday I got Gran Turismo 5: Prologue which kicked off the Birthday fiasco. GT 5 is a great game and
was most defiantly worth the $40 for the download. If you need a great game that will show off your HDTV and you have a PS3 defiantly check this one out!


Gift #2:
Saturday I went to target to get a Zune 80 but they were out, so I bought a Zune 8GB saved me $100. I guess it was supposed to be this way since I got about 4 gifts I wouldn't of got if I didn't save that $100. So far I love my Zune and dont regret getting it at all!

Gift #3:
The same day I got the Zune I shot over to Game Crazy and grabbed a Dual Shock 3. I was hoping they didnt run out and it turns out they had a whole wall of them so I got one. The controller feels much more stable with the added heft, but really if there is nothing wrong with your Sixaxis I wouldn't pick this one up.

Gift #4:
After owning the Zune for a week I decided to get a dock to really take advantage of wireless sync. The dock has video out but the Zune 8GB doesnt support it so I cant use that but I can have the music go through my t.v. The dock also charges and looks rather good too, from the pictures I've seen it looks like a big black dull brick but actually its shiny and goes with the Zune very nicely.



Gift #5:
While I was getting the dock I seen they had Bioshock for $40. So I picked up this masterpiece $20 off the launch price. Bioshock is a excellent game and I guess during the holiday mix I just skipped over this one. Defiantly worth $40 and if you skipped over it like I did then go pick this up especially at the $40 price tag.


Gift #6:

Saving the big gift for last. I seen on Nintendo Wii Fanboy that Toys R' Us got a ass load of Wiis, so I called and they said they were taking pre orders for the Wii Golden Ticket Event which is a bit over doing it if you ask me. I went up there placed 2 bones on it and got the golden ticket. I was going to skip out of there waving it in the air but either I was going to scar little children or get stabbed and get my golden ticket janked. Today picked it up as well as Mario Galaxy and found the tax on it to be really high I gave the guy $115 and got $1 back, in-case you cant tell thats $315! I get $1 back what kind of stuff is that? So $14 in tax seems rather high but what ever. The Wii-mote is very comfortable to hold the nunchuck on the other hand hurts my middle finger when I hold it for more than a hour. Other than that the system is very solid and I hope it was worth the $250 and from Mario Galaxy I think the Wii has great potential. The graphics are great for being two Gamcubes stuck together, they look like ass on my HDTV in 480i but on the non high definition 56" Sony they look great! Here eventually I hope to get the component cables. Soon I'll do a review on the Wii so check back in the next few days.


So thats it! it was a great Birthday to me and I'm very satisfied with all of my gifts!

Gotta Pick Up Some Wiid

Today I pre-purchased a Wii from Toys R' Us and they gave me a Golden Ticket, how cute. I had to put 2 bones down on it and ill put another $50 down and get Mario Galaxy. Then the following week hopefully Mario Kart, Smash Bros, or No More Heros. I'm excited about it and hopefully it will get used more than my GameCube which actually got used a lot. So ill tell you all what I think tomorrow after I play it for a bit.

Welcomed To The Social

So in Target the other day I picked up a Zune 8gb black. I was going to get the 80gb but they ran out and I thought to my self do I really need 80gb? I have under 1GB of music so I don't think I need 72 more gigabytes plus I save almost $100. The Zune 8gb comes in 4 colors: red, black, green, and pink. I got black and it looks very nice but you can see smuges from your fingers on it but the plastic is very durable and scratch resistant. The screen is made out of glass and looks very nice its 1.8" and is the same QVGA resolution of the Zune 80, so the screen is extremely crisp. The back is made of some form of metal which doesn't scratch and is very smooth. From the pictures I seen it seemed that it was rough kind of metal. The Zune 8gb has every thing the iPods have plus it is more durable and has wi-fi built in which allows you to share pictures and music with other nearby Zune owners. It also allows for something called wireless sync which transfers your music, podcasts, pictures, and movies over your network either when you start charging it or you decide to do it. The battery takes a massive hit when its syncing like that, On another note I like that you can change the wallpaper and the Zune pad is very nice very smooth. The bttom line is if you need a solid player thats not to big but has all of the functionality of a big player then the Zune 8gb is your guy!
9.6

Got the Shakes

On Saturday I went a bought the Dual Shock 3. There isn't really much to say, it's basically a Dual Shock 2 but its wireless and has the Sixaxis built in. The controller feels much more hefty and better built than the Sixaxis . Rumble is a great thing to have back on the Playstation and I'm even considering playing Uncharted and Heavenly Sword again to experience the rumble. Another thing many might not know but the original Sixaxis is partially see through which I thought was cool and is now gone in the Dualshock. I don't really think its worth $54 but my Sixaxis was starting to mess up so might as well get a new one with rumble. If your Sixaxis is in good shape I would not pick this up until at least Metal Gear or just wait till the holidays . Other than that its the same great controller with more shakes . Also the Sixaxis had this problem where it would get stuck and keep doing what ever button you were pressing, I haven't experienced this yet and I've played GT for about 10 hours with it and it hasn't happened so hopefully they fixed that problem.

The Drive of My Life

On Friday I downloaded Gran Turismo 5: Prologue and it's awesome! The download weighs in at about 2200MB and with the opening video its around 2500MB. I'm not really sure why the disc version requires such a install but it provides nearly a load less experience. The game features about 60 cars and 6 tracks each track a 1 variant like one turns Daytona into a road course, so basically 12 tracks that you can play on . The graphics are about on par with the videos theres a some aliasing problems going on which hopefully will be worked out before GT5. The online play is smooth for the most part and any car you unlock or buy in the single player you can play online. Online theres classes Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, and Pro. You have instant access to Beginner but have to unlock the others as you progress through the single player: C, B, and A class. The game is really worth $40 however you buy it, but I don't recommend that you buy it if your not going to play online, today I pretty much went thought the single player in one sitting. If your a fan of these types of games then its a must buy, if your not sure download GT HD off the PS Store.

Theres a Problem here..... eg WTF people

There is a HUGE problem going on in the gaming biz. Today Next-Gen compiled a list of the top selling games of the last 12 months. There is many shockers in this list and shows people need to be shot. With not one PSP exclusive game in the top 100 thanks to those bastards who illegally download games also no PC games either. Mainly the real shocker is some of the other high profile game sales, how about how Mario Party 30 I mean 8 has sold more than every single PS3 game put together or how Transformers: The Game sold more copies than Mass Effect, BioShock, and The Orange Box Combined. This shows that dumb ass bitches should no longer be able to buy games. With A+ games like Uncharted, Burnout Paradise don't even reach a Million copies. Then with High School Musical Complete Gay Saga, out sells the likes of the Orange Box, Metroid Prime 3, Devil May Cry 4, and Dirt. I think the question is WTF people do you not have eyes or ears, or have you just not ever played a good game. I wish I knew what kids would like High School Musical (on the DS yet) over DIRT, Motor Storm or even Singstar.I feel this is a outrage and now see why people keep making movie games and making the same game over and over with 20 new mini-games (Mario Party). This list shows people need a wake-up call, if people keep downloading illegal or buying shitty games there wont be anymore good games, just Mario Party 55 with more waggle and High School Musical complete pink man thong edition is going to be the only successful games and they don't deserve it! So everyone grab a Pepsi MAX and WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

I have Won!! Ninja Gaiden DS [Reveiw]

Has it been 4 months already?
Today I beat Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for the DS. The game was a lot easier and shorter than what I thought it was going to be (9 hours)...but as promised here is my review!

**Review**
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is my favorite DS game by far! The graphics are great the sound is awesome! The first thing you notice when you pop in NG: DS is the graphics, after playing Sigma on the PS3 I would of thought to see little short black things with sticks but I was wrong. The game has really good graphics think Legend of Dragoon . The character models look great and they look just like the characters from the Xbox/Ps3 version. The game play also is very well done, while holding the DS like cards or a book you slash the touch screen with the stylus and look like a jack ass while doing that, but it works great. Since I haven't played my DS to much I didn't have many scratches on the touch screen, well..... now I do! Probably 3-5 more using the stock stylus. Really the only sad thing is the game plays like Super Mario 64 where you go to rooms to play the level. In the beginning some one gets captured from the Black Spider Clan I'll leave the who up to you and eventually you teleport to the shadow realm or something similar to it and try to get the girl back before they kill her. Now basically how the game goes is: you go to a room kill some people and fight a boss. I believe you do this 14 times(?). But the game doesnt get harder as you go, the 4th to last boss is the hardest to beat while the last boss was quite easy, it was practically fighting Alma from the first game. The games story and game play is very good and fun but does NG use all of the DS's many features to help it along its journy? The answer is yes it uses all of them. The Touch Screen is used to fight and to draw the Ninpo symbols. The mic is used to wake up characters and discover little secrets. The wi-fi is used to connect to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and compare your scores with others. Overall the game is great and is a must buy if your a fan of challenging games. This game uses all of the DS's features and uses them well. The game is on the easy side especially for a Ninja Gaiden game, the thing that makes this so easy is when you go to a save station you get health and you Ninpo refilled. If you want a challenge closer to the console version play on Head Ninja which you unlock after beating it on normal. The game is sometimes really frustrating but overall is a great buy and at $34 theres no reason not to get it if you own a DS. This game has shown me what the DS is capable of and shows me the DS can be a great platform for something other than mini games.
9.85