Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Posted: November 27, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: cross-play, final fantasy, nathan drake, playstation, playstation all-stars battle royale, Sly Cooper, street fighter, Super Smash Bros, vita Leave a commentWhile Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale hasn’t gotten a ton of play from The Daily Pletteau, I couldn’t resist picking it up the other day for the PS3 (and a free version for the Vita, of course.)
Pure Chess
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: . gary kasparov, chess, lifelike graphics, no multiplayer, playstation, pure chess, vita, voofoo studios, what Leave a commentI’ve always been a sucker for chess. I consider myself a smart guy and chess is a game for smart people so it only ever made sense to like it and to play it. I genuinely like it; there’s very little more satisfying than a very well executed checkmate that your opponent never saw coming. The downside is that I’m pretty bad at chess. Read the rest of this entry »
Ouya — the open source, Android powered console — is a go
Posted: August 9, 2012 Filed under: News, Opinion, Video games | Tags: 3ds, android, handheld gaming, katsuhiro harada, kickstarter, microsoft, nintendo, open source, ouya, playstation, playstation 3, sony, tekken, vita, wii, xbox 360 Leave a commentYesterday I talked about “The Future of Handheld Gaming” wherein I said quite definitively that phone-gaming is a bit of a fad and true handheld gaming can (and hopefully will, survive).
Somewhat related to that is the news that Ouya — the open source console powered by Android — pulled $8.6 million dollars via Kickstarter. They’ve lined up some companies, too, and well, are now accepting pre-orders. This is huge news, of course: while the Vita has been stumbling its way through cross-play gaming, with an Android console that becomes a huge reality — taking games with you on your cell phone seems to be a real possibility.
The only question is, will developers jump for it?
Katsuhiro Harada — Mr. Tekken — recently said that he believes that a one-console future is the way to go, and while that would make things a cinch for devs and likely help the big three settle their differences, it at one point seemed unlikely. I remember imagining as a kid that that would be the future… I kind of doubt it these days, but with projects like Ouya going big, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are going to have to find a way to compete. Ouya will likely feature tons of free games — courtesy of Android’s already huge library — as well as premium content designed for the Ouya itself. Something open source like this will be ripe for piracy, too — SNES/NES/GB roms on your Android powered console? Probably.
God knows console sales have been interesting over the last little while, but with a retail price that pretty much trounces the competition, not to mention the 3DS and Vita, I’d be worried if I was one of the big three.
Motorstorm RC
Posted: March 16, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: big rigs, buggies, cross-platform, cross-play compatibility, evolution studios, free, free ps vita, games, iq, local multiplayer, monster trucks, motorstorm, motorstorm rc, multiplayer, muscle cars, playstation, playstation vita, ps vita, ps3, racing, racing games, racing trucks, rally cars, scion, scion iq, sony, supercars, superminis, vita 2 CommentsMotorstorm: RC is a racing game that is currently free for download on the PS Vita (though you have to endure starting out in a Scion iQ…) and is one of the best racing games I’ve played in a long time.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: bend, camera, chase, dante, drake, drake's fortune, emulation, feminism, golden abyss, Guerrero, jason dante, marisa chase, mass effect 3, nathan drake, naughty dog, patience, platformer, playstation, playstation vita, release, shooting, sniper rifle, sony, south america, uncharted, videogames, vincent perez, vita Leave a commentYou may remember that I am the proud new owner of a PS Vita. My original review was written after only playing a few of the Augmented Reality games, a bit of Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and a few hours of Touch My Katamari. I lauded the machine in just about every aspect, and I still have no complaints.
Playstation Vita
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: 3ds, android, augmented reality, circle pad pro, console, ds, ds lite, dsi, handheld, ios, microsoft, near me, nintendo, playstation, playstation network, playstation portable, ps vita, psn, psp, psp vita, sony, touch my katamari, uncharted, vita 2 CommentsI need to begin by saying that the Playstation Vita is a beautiful piece of hardware. Read the rest of this entry »
Xbox 720: One Step Forward (and Two Steps Back)
Posted: February 8, 2012 Filed under: News, Opinion, Video games | Tags: amazon, bioware, blu-ray, buy used, desert rose band, ea, ebook, electronic arts, gamestop, gta, gta; san andreas, k-rose, kindle, kinect, Kotaku, mass effect, microsoft, new games, penny-arcade, piracy, playstation, san andreas, screwed, sony, thq, used games, xbox, xbox 360, xbox 720 6 CommentsReading this over at Kotaku reminded me of GTA: San Andreas – specifically when you turned to K-Rose and the song One Step Forward was playing. Read the rest of this entry »