Vinny

Ok, so my wall has a bunch of questions and comments that have been neglected for far too long! I'm sure many of you forgot what you even wrote, but I didn't! Also, I get to make a sweet table. So, let's cut to the chase, shall we?

User	Response
Coonce	Stoked that I'm here too!
Magnum	Thanks!
byrjun	Thanks, go Denmark!
HibiscusExplosion	Hi!
DougBuffone	Hey Doug, great to see you too. Hope all is going well!
TEAMHOLT	Them dragon balls are...yeah...see that movie trailer?
GoranP	Right back at ya!
Demilich	How come I never see you drift? Also, I'm usually holding the camera.
Metal_Gear_Sunny	word
EleFlameMax	Thanks buddy!
Angel_Gamer	Thanks, and it is!
Creciente	Thank you sir.
Cartman	Much thanks.
Win	Thanks.
Gamer4Iife	Thanks, and not really. I definitely enjoy the universe though.
coletrain	yeah, not a bad little game.
thomasvdh	Thanks.
Shwan	Ha, my seat is very comfortable and relaxing.
SuperJoe	;)
FoolInjection	Haha, yeah. Glad people are checking it out.
Dan	This could be true.
JosephBarron	Thanks a lot.
spoa	Thank you Mr. Spoa!
Linkyshinks	haha, thank you. nicely put.
IOUOneGalaxy127	Strong Island!
Dissolve	oh...I could send you some links...
MikeFightNight	Genetically different.
MKLOL	Thanks a bunch.
systech	haha, I think I was just slow on the adding...
PartTimeNinja	Thanks!
turambar35	Ha, thanks. You should see how much i DON'T know!
frankthelizard	Thanks, will do.
Cali_Style	Not much, just answering some wall posts.
MasterSplinter	Done!
Leewow	Thanks. Hope you enjoy it!
al	Thanks.
Mago	You're welcome! Thanks for the request.
Hoppondeez420	Thanks, I'll second that!
MrKadaver	Thanks sir!
TheToecutter	Neither do I!
Kohe321	Ha! Thanks, think I have to be in the guild though...
Sweep	Have done, keep up the good work!
GamespotNoMore	Me too!
Fat_Bot	Yeah, I might actually go buy Shogo from that today...
MacGyver	I really should and I definitely want to.
SuperMooseman	Thanks a bunch.
WizzyKid	Ha, thanks.
patrick	yes
Claude	Not THAT far away...
ElBlaze	Yeah, oddly. Actually I love Maes and always thought he could be my anime self.
MattBodega	Ha, that was a fun topic
prencher	haha, thanks
Kohe321	Months later, I still don't get it.
ObsideonDarman	Ha, there always will be until the end of time...or Japan.
Lava	It's true!
TopCat	It would be amazing press.
Mr_Pink	oh...as long as it is late in the battle. Remember me a hero!
Joseppie	Ha, I can't even remember what this is about...
DiGiTaL_SiN	Definitely true.
TheGamerFix	will do!
AttackedCamo	I personally love that movie, so yes.
patrick	Whoppers.
dollarshock	Hah, perfect!
Duffy	ha, the wall responds!
DiGiTaL_SiN	molto grazie!
Mgsfreak	haha, no thank you!
SaucySala	Awwh, thanks man!
natsfan7	Hi!
Bertmasta	I say add away and see what happens. The more info the better.
thefjk	Sure!
cuzintheboss	Ehhhh...not as big a fan.
DaMiTrOn	Ha, thanks. I know all too well about driving in Queens...sadly.
Barge221	Yes.
MattBodega	Hah, yes.
Kieran_Smith5	Not much, realizing this may take a long time.
Marco	Boom.
ethan	Haha, I agree and would comply if presented with the opportunity.
martinallan	Thanks Martin, I kind of know you now!
mordamir	Me too, thanks.
GagJ	Thanks, seems like ages ago.
BenBoos	Thanks, me too.
Shade	Thanks.
Levi	Freebie!
Blair	Many, many thanks.
AboveNBeyond3	Thank you.
Br3adfan	ha, thanks!
SM2099	Ha, maybe I'll hit the Fullmetal Alchemist pages someday...
I_smell	Haha, sadly no game credit!
BloodStaindWings	Thanks Dave and they are definitely evil...
LiK	Ha, yeah. He's just so friendly looking.
DeathStar	You're welcome, thanks for the request.
Vinchenzo	Ha, so you're the one with the "-ie"!
Joker	Not a lot, still answering replies from July...
Zeromus1337	Thanks.
MacGyver	Thank you.
SilhouetteX	Ha, wooooo! Thanks.
Peter	It's gotta still be 4:27 somewhere...
Cowman	Ha, thanks. Hope you're still in the present...
Kenshin	Noooo!
Kazona	Hah, thanks.
Sarazar	You da man!
Bureksasutlijom	We made it!
mac512k	Gotta do some more, for sure.
Argus	Objectivists!
EPGPX	It's true, I was.
DazbotAthertron	ha, sure!
Kournelle	Woot!
dudacles	it's up!
Android22	Someday I ask a favor of you...
Pop	They have their place.
Ryu	Over 9,000!
IOUOneGalaxy127	Hah, will do!
Crispy	I think it's crap!
imayellowfellow	Oh...did I win?
kingmasters	yeah, and he's amazing!
SoSerious	He's the man and so we look pretty.
MacGyver	Holla!
AlexIsStillAThreat	Ha, can't remember, but thanks.
capitanm1	Trends always come back...
Laughlin_12	Raynor
UrFaceIzDum	Hey man, hope all is going well!
Mattzz10	Thanks, me too!
thrashr20	Ha, my apartment is too small...
RockSteady	Thanks for having a ThunderCats icon.
MattBodega	Thanks, it's not a terrible one.
squallws	Thanks.
EpicSteve	Even still?!
Gump	Ha, no, just Italian.
Metal_Mills	Thanks.
Alaska_Gamer	Thanks, hope it worked out well.
zyn	Thanks.
MOLE	Nah, I like an underdog
Sanj	Ha, thanks. Also, CHU!
MattBodega	Oh, I did sir. I did.
hide	That game is out now! I might play it today.
SaucySala	Final Cut Pro.
Shimmy	Ha, I do it for the fans.
MKO619	Not sure.
Gump	I can do the Fandango.
MattBodega	Ha, I know, that was crazy.
clovy	Is that game out yet?
potzergaeren	ha, thank you. I'll prep my emotional, last witicism.
PabloDiablo	Oh, no no. Brad has a very strong opinion.
camwilson	"Don't like farm equipment? Don't eat!"
RomeoInc	I can get down with a good hoe.
Galiant	Ha, and I still haven't
SonicBomb	Hey SonicBomb!
HandsomeDead	Ha, thanks. It's concept art for Jim Raynor.
SamChamploo	Yup, finished the entire run. Great series.
Aarny	Now I have to kill you.
ThomasP	Ha, actually, now that you mention it...
Jeff	AHHHH! The logic!
skywing	HEY SKYWING!
mrfluke	Thanks, I was bummed it wasn't a touch better. I like that series a lot.
RHCPfan24	It was fun and that is a great coast.
Pierce	Yeah. I use Final Cut Pro and After Effects for the motion graphics stuff.
Alcamin	Thanks, drop in whenever!
DazbotAthertron	Hmm, I could eat more...
Thordain	Yes.
mrfluke	Ha, it's true. It's true.
Rourkey	Undertow is a great, great album.
Pleasureizmine	No, U!
Player1	Ha, thanks. That's very nice.
Jeffsekai	Hi Hi
kingmasters	Yup, done now though.
elektrixxx	Ha, that's all Dave.
AttackedCamo	Yup, I was totally there. That was a cool event.
Cribba	Frank Adams does the best Rambo. Period.
daniel_beck_90	Thanks.
Evolution	Not much, this is taking a long time though...
Jeffsekai	Thank you.
Gump	Oh boy...
mrfluke	Ha, I don't want to go out of business either, but thanks for the support.

Thanks again to everyone, sorry for the delay in the responses. I'll hit my inbox soon enough...

That took a long time to do. Let's go play some Dead Space, shall we?

--Vinny

This post relates to: Braid

I wouldn't read this if you haven't finished it...

I just finished Braid...and all that "story in reverse" stuff and thought, well, why Tim?

Then I thought, maybe it's backwards for MIT? There are tons of physicists there. So I did some googling for MIT guys that had worked on the Manhattan Project and found some interesting stuff.

This one person, Phillip Morrison, and some good "Braid style" things going...

Not only did he work on the bomb, but was had some pretty interesting feelings about it:

"His firsthand experience of the entire cycle of creation and apocalypse "stamped him for life," Dr. Kosta Tsipis, an M.I.T. physicist and arms control expert, said in an interview yesterday."

He also had a series on PBS called, oddly enough, "The Ring of Truth"

So there you go, maybe Braid is all about yearning and drive at the expense of reason. Maybe it uses the physicists who made the atomic bomb as examples of this, or maybe that atomic bomb stuff is totally unrelated. Who knows? I like to think the "princess" is nothing specific but just a metaphor for that idealized thing we all want but rarely exists outside of our own perception.

What say you Jonathan Blow?

This post relates to: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm

Ok, installing it now. I'm a little excited...is that weird? Well, here goes...I'll try and post some impressions of the aftermath concerning this amazing event.

**EDIT**

Well, I just played a bunch of matches and I definitely enjoyed it. I thought Naruto's basic attack using his clones was really weird at first, I just wanted to kick or punch a dude, not use his Jutsu. After I got a hang of the controls and the Jutsu combo/toggling, I started to get into it. I'm really surprised at how well the camera works and the speed of the whole thing is actually pretty amazing. I will say I did my fair share of button mashing (it literally says COMBO = MASH BUTTON). I don't think I was able to really feel like I was performing different combos by my own actions, it was kind of the same deal with Burst Limit.

Of course the Ultimate Attacks are the big visual eye candy here and they are pretty spectactular.

The awakenings are also pretty cool, though I didn't get to spend too much time in them before I decimated my opponent. Good stuff.

I'm interested to see what the free roaming content will be like and if there will be some actual narrative. So far though, if it's more than just a fighting game, I could get into it. It won't be long before somebody nails this whole cartoon/anime-can-equal-great-game thing...I hope.

This post relates to: Dead Space, Fallout 3

Below are some of my quick impressions, mostly about two of the most interesting things we got two see on day 02 of E3.

Late in the day I got to really take a better look at Fallout 3, and I've gone from dismissive to eager. Seeing the game demoed at the Microsoft Press Conference, I definitely came away feeling that it had inherited all the things that made Oblivion feel a bit slipshod. Now that I've been able to see the earlier portions of the game, I think I realize the investment a player will have to make in regards to his character, and therefore, the rewards he'll feel in the later game. We were lucky enough to be able to start three simultaneous Fallout 3 sessions during our time at Bestheda. By the time we were done there, Jeff had devastated the local doctor and his clinic, Ryan was trying to disarm an old nuclear bomb and I think Brad was hunting rats. We were only there for a short time, but it was enough to see that this game has the potential to not only envelop the player in its atmosphere, but also give him  plenty of opportunities to feel like he's making his own way in the world. Also, I was extremely glad to see that the “nasty” dialogue options seem to have the kind of bite and humor that I loved from games like Planescape and the original KOTOR. It's only an initial impression and things could definitely sour, but as a Fallout fan, this is the first time I've been truly excited about Fallout 3.


We also got to monkey around in Dead Space. You know, it's that futuristic third-person with the projected HUD elements and much severing of alien limbs. After seeing how tightly the whole aesthetic and implementation of the universe are wound together, this game seems right up my alley. I love a really focused third-person shooter that just overflows with little details, and so far Dead Space seems to be just that. The character design is great, things animate well and the weapons seem like enough of a departure from your standard rifles and shotguns to keep things fresh. It's a wonderful surprise, and something I wasn't even looking for when we left for E3.

So there you have just two of the many great games we were able to actually play on day 02. I could go on about Dark Void and my time with SF4, but suffice it to say, I had huge grin on the entire time.