What a month this turned out to be. In the grand scheme of things, I got absolutely nothing accomplished. My laptop practically melted, I bought a new one. Spent more money on video editing software, couldn't find the windows 7 drivers for the Easy cap so had to buy a new video capture device...
I need a drink.
Looking at this month's releases, there was a grand total of one game I was interested in.
BlazBlue Continuum Shift II for the 3DS. Which supposedly only came out today. Even if I wasn't doing this, I'd be waiting until I finished BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger to buy it.
And well, Chrono Trigger was released on the Virtual console, but I have the DS version, so I don't care.
I took Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday off of work (I was going for all of next week, but there was a scheduling conflict, so I had to settle for this), so maybe I'll actually get something accomplished.
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Sunday 29 May 2011
What I played this week
In an attempt to actually put some content on this blog… I decided every Sunday I’m going to post what I played the previous week, beyond what the current side bar says.
Saturday 14 May 2011
Nintendo E3 Predictions
A few years ago, after seeing Joystiq's E3 Bingo cards I decided to make my own during a night shift at Tim Hortons.
I was bored during my lunch this week (due to the lack of my computer and capabilities of editing a video) so I decided to do it early this year. I figure if I wait any longer I'll have all of the announcements spoiled so here are my guesses.
I was bored during my lunch this week (due to the lack of my computer and capabilities of editing a video) so I decided to do it early this year. I figure if I wait any longer I'll have all of the announcements spoiled so here are my guesses.
Friday 13 May 2011
Tales of Graces f
Wow... I have so many mixed feelings over how the Tales of Graces f announcement was handled.
In a few words: you could have avoided this.
The Wii owner in me is disappointed that Namco Bandai didn't just come right out and say, "No it's only on the PS3." 2 months ago, and that their own fault that people expected more console releases because they were constantly dodging the question, for some inexplicable reason.
The PS3 owner in me is pissed off that Namco Bandai's definition of "Coming soon" is the vague time frame of: 2012. There are 366 days next year Namco Bandai. Care to narrow it down a bit?
As an aside, maybe Nintendo is actually doing something right in only announcing details on the game a few months before release. Hype won't last the remaining 7 months of the year. Let alone the any additional months for whenever it is released.
I'm absolutely dumbstruck that they actually made a big deal of the platform it was coming to as though it was some mystery. This is 2011, not 1990 where most people didn't know what games are out overseas and what wasn't being translated!
Finally in reality, besides just squishing some rumors on the internet about a Wii port: WE STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL YET!
On Tales of the Abyss:
The 3DS owner in me is going "I've all ready played through Tales of the Abyss on the PS2. What additional content is in the game that will justify paying for this game again when I still have a functioning PS2?"
In a few words: you could have avoided this.
The Wii owner in me is disappointed that Namco Bandai didn't just come right out and say, "No it's only on the PS3." 2 months ago, and that their own fault that people expected more console releases because they were constantly dodging the question, for some inexplicable reason.
The PS3 owner in me is pissed off that Namco Bandai's definition of "Coming soon" is the vague time frame of: 2012. There are 366 days next year Namco Bandai. Care to narrow it down a bit?
As an aside, maybe Nintendo is actually doing something right in only announcing details on the game a few months before release. Hype won't last the remaining 7 months of the year. Let alone the any additional months for whenever it is released.
I'm absolutely dumbstruck that they actually made a big deal of the platform it was coming to as though it was some mystery. This is 2011, not 1990 where most people didn't know what games are out overseas and what wasn't being translated!
Finally in reality, besides just squishing some rumors on the internet about a Wii port: WE STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL YET!
On Tales of the Abyss:
The 3DS owner in me is going "I've all ready played through Tales of the Abyss on the PS2. What additional content is in the game that will justify paying for this game again when I still have a functioning PS2?"
Sunday 8 May 2011
Laptop continued
I wanted to get a video out for today. That unfortunately is now impossible.
While trying to record footage, the program crashed multiple times. At first I thought it was just because I had been recording video footage for an hour straight. But the program has now crashed several more times. As little as 3 minutes into recording. It's the same settings I've always used.
I'm going to open up my laptop, and just hope that it's just dust or cat hair or something. Unfortunately, I can't find the proper sized screwdrivers here at home, so that's going to have to wait until my lunch break tomorrow.
Best case scenario: I open up the case of my laptop and find a lot of crap that can be blown away and it works.
Worst case scenario: I open up the case and even after cleaning everything, the laptop still doesn't record video footage on Monday night. Tuesday I buy a new laptop, and hope to hell I still have the disk with the program that came with the Easy Cap somewhere.
And in case you were wondering what I was planning on doing, in honor of Mother's day I was going to review Metroid: Other M, and then the Metroid Manga, (since the two sort of go hand in hand...) I've got up to the first part of the hell run, and looking over some of the later video footage, it seems like it skipped at multiple times.
While trying to record footage, the program crashed multiple times. At first I thought it was just because I had been recording video footage for an hour straight. But the program has now crashed several more times. As little as 3 minutes into recording. It's the same settings I've always used.
I'm going to open up my laptop, and just hope that it's just dust or cat hair or something. Unfortunately, I can't find the proper sized screwdrivers here at home, so that's going to have to wait until my lunch break tomorrow.
Best case scenario: I open up the case of my laptop and find a lot of crap that can be blown away and it works.
Worst case scenario: I open up the case and even after cleaning everything, the laptop still doesn't record video footage on Monday night. Tuesday I buy a new laptop, and hope to hell I still have the disk with the program that came with the Easy Cap somewhere.
And in case you were wondering what I was planning on doing, in honor of Mother's day I was going to review Metroid: Other M, and then the Metroid Manga, (since the two sort of go hand in hand...) I've got up to the first part of the hell run, and looking over some of the later video footage, it seems like it skipped at multiple times.
Monday 2 May 2011
Laptop
My laptop is overheating... it's four years old, and is probably reaching the end of the road.
Sigh, I foresee spending more money in the future.
Ever since I started Backlogged to try and save money, it just seems like the money is going into other places. My car, and now probably a new laptop...
On the bright side, I can probably get something that is capable of running something more complex than Windows Movie Maker. And I can finally be rid of Windows Vista!
Sigh, I foresee spending more money in the future.
Ever since I started Backlogged to try and save money, it just seems like the money is going into other places. My car, and now probably a new laptop...
On the bright side, I can probably get something that is capable of running something more complex than Windows Movie Maker. And I can finally be rid of Windows Vista!
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