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Nov. 20, 2009
  • I hate how neither one of them really knows anything about what's going on in the God of War series. Other than that, glad you guys did this Quick Look. Unfortunately, I didn't notice it was here until right after I got back from purchasing the game, but oh well.   Also, T.C. Carson was in a long-running sitcom starring Queen Latifa called Living Single. He played a character named Kyle.  And the ...
    1 day ago
Nov. 19, 2009
  • Keeng replied to the topic Would you pay for PSN ? in the PlayStation 3 board.
    I would pay for it but only because that would be the only way to play online. I would bitch and moan about it constantly and I doubt I would ever buy another Sony console if that happened, but I would have no choice but to pay so I would.
    1 day, 15 hours ago
  • is without his HDTV and his PS3 because they're both dead. Sadness.
    2 days, 2 hours ago
  • Some of this stuff is kind of tit-for-tat "the 360 has this so now we have it too," but a lot of the new things they're copying are being copied for good reason. I am very vocal about my dislike for the 360 but cross game chat, Achievements, and the party system are excellent features. Sony, as well as every other console maker, should be copying those.   To say the PS3 as a ...
    2 days, 2 hours ago
  • @Jayzilla said: " are you guys getting paid for marketing this game? if you aren't you should, because you are doing a great job at it, even if the game seems mediocre. "I agree. The game clearly sucks but they're showing the viewers a lot more than Activision did. 
    2 days, 2 hours ago
Nov. 1, 2009
  • Whaa? I can't describe with words why this is awesome but...wow
    2 weeks, 6 days ago
  • @vidiot: I was worried about the same thing. When I first watched the video it seemed very much like controversy for the sake of controversy. Later, however, I thought about the first game. I don't think IW is really making an attempt to shock anyone. They seem to care most about grounding the player in the moment and making them feel connected. That's why, during the road to CoD4's launch, they ...
    2 weeks, 6 days ago
Oct. 30, 2009
  • Thought about it more. Still love it. The fact that the scene arouses such reactions as hatred and critical thought is proof that IW is on to something with the storytelling on display here. 
    3 weeks, 1 day ago
  • Keeng commented on Ryan's podcast Giant Bombcast 10-27-2009
    @Subject2Change said: " @Keeng said: " @Subject2Change: I haven't listened to this Bombcast yet but I HAVE played a lot of Demon's Souls. It's a fantastic title. It's absolutely fantastic. The game does have to build up before the reasons why it is so good become apparent but if you give it more than 3 or 4 hours, it will hook you. Of course, the GB team doesn't really seem to ...
    3 weeks, 1 day ago
Oct. 29, 2009
  • Keeng commented on Ryan's podcast Giant Bombcast 10-27-2009
    @Subject2Change: I haven't listened to this Bombcast yet but I HAVE played a lot of Demon's Souls. It's a fantastic title. It's absolutely fantastic. The game does have to build up before the reasons why it is so good become apparent but if you give it more than 3 or 4 hours, it will hook you. Of course, the GB team doesn't really seem to be into anything challenging or deliberate ...
    3 weeks, 2 days ago
Oct. 28, 2009
  • @Goldanas: Dude, I thought Vinny did a great job. He doesn't sound like he does in regular conversation because the intention is to sound professional. The Bombcast is not as formal as an official review is so all these guys sound a bit more laid back. I doubt anyone is gonna stop liking Vinny (and his awesomeness) because he sounded more sophisticated in a video review.   On topic: I enjoyed the review ...
    3 weeks, 2 days ago
  • @HandsomeDead said: " While adding the option to skip the scene makes sense from a media backlash point of view, it really does highlight the weak sensibilities of the American public. "I'm with you there. It sucks that they have to do it that way but, I totally understand. It reminds of the LBP censoring deal last year (but of course this is way more graphic). American parents should spend more ...
    3 weeks, 2 days ago
  • I haven't played the game obviously, but this is brilliant in my opinion because as far as I know, you don't have to do any of the killing. As far as I've heard, you're undercover with this terrorist group and there's no penalty or bonus for killing these innocent people. It's only a "Columbine simulator" if you're a jackass of a person, and that's a brilliant psychological move on IW's ...
    3 weeks, 3 days ago
  • Keeng replied to the topic Another great PS3 commercial. in the PlayStation 3 board.
    @Phished0ne said: " i love how in each ad, when it goes to the end part, there is always a "new thing" it does on the list it scrolls though...this one?  It only does.....All nighters! yeah boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy    "You, sir, have changed my viewpoint on all these commercials now. I look for the new thing in the list on each ad and it's always something funny. I just saw the one ...
    3 weeks, 3 days ago
  • Agreed to both. 
    3 weeks, 3 days ago
  • Yeah Nathan Fillion is basically the live-action Drake already. If you can, watch the second episode of the series Firefly (or all of it, if you're smart!) and you'll know what I'm talking about. They also look similar.   Of course, I still think the Uncharted movie is a horrible idea because Drake is too realistic for there to be another person acting as him. No matter who they get, the guy in ...
    3 weeks, 3 days ago
  • The single player is still pretty good. Also, playing with other people doesn't necessarily make it easier. The enemies will get stronger with each added teammate. However, and this is the important part, you'll get better stuff playing multiplayer. So the game is fine either way, but if you can avoid it, don't completely restrict yourself from either mode.
    3 weeks, 3 days ago
Oct. 18, 2009
  • I think ParaParaKing has the right idea as far as what to do with Platinums. If I were designing the system, I would have each console separated but I do understand why GB isn't doing it this way. 
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  • @rugripper40 said: " @ Pkshields   said   the thing that is annoying me the oust with the game is the framerate (on the PS3 anyways)   dude  your  ps3 must be getting hot or broken cause mine works fine...just got mine 9 months ago...80 gig...sucks no backwards compat but thats besides the point   ...lol "Yeah I was trying to figure out why the framerate was so busted in the video review because I've been ...
    1 month ago
Added by Keeng on July 26, 2009

I absolutely love it. I think most of the people who will be answering this QotD do too. Most of the fighting games that made comebacks are prettier, more balanced versions of their predecessors with online play. I don't think fighting game fans were ever really looking for anything other than that. The new entries have also scratched the fighting game itch pretty well by offering deep, but refreshing gameplay and of course, online battles. It's always nice when fans of a niche genre can indulge themselves.


Added by Keeng on Nov. 21, 2008

Fact: Wii is the dominant, definitive winner in terms of install base, console sales, and overall profit-making for this generation.  
My opinions: The questions asks how have PS3 and Wii advanced after two years on the market. Wii has gone south as a console. It launched with Zelda and had Metroid Prime and Mario Galaxy not too long after. Since then, we've seen casual game after casual game, shovelware after shovelware. This generation's most popular console has undoubtedly the worst titles. In my opinion, the software library for Wii is a solid third and based on the way Nintendo has been talking, that's not going to change anytime soon. Nintendo has been criticized in the past for the gaps of time between first party games and the lackluster third party titles on previous consoles. Never before has Nintendo displayed those two stigmas like they do now. 

PlayStation 3 is on fire. Sony's machine remains the cheapest and most advanced Blu Ray player on the market. The price is 3/4 what it was a year ago. The PlayStation Store has gone from getting updates twice a month to once (sometimes twice) a week. PS3 has Trophies and the in-game Cross Media Bar. Sony's added a huge video store and DivX support. It's added custom theme support to the XMB. There are features like YouTube support and custom soundtracks in a number of titles. The PSN is still free and there are still several virtually-lag free games on the market. Sony's brought back vibration. 

And most importantly, the games are there.

In my opinion, PS3 now has the best software library of any console this generation. It has the most exclusives, at least three of which are genre-defining games, even though it has less total games on shelves than its competitors. The multiplatform games are no longer subpar ports of 360 titles. The days when Resistance was the only thing to play on PS3 are long, long gone. I prefer RPGs and PS3 could certainly use more of those, but the ridiculously high quality action, shooter, strategy, and adventure games available have more than justified the console's price tag. Last I checked, PS3 was the only console with an exclusive to receive perfect scores from almost all the major game review sources (see: Giant Bomb, GameSpot, Game Informer, GamePro, IGN, etc.) in MGS4.

PS3 is in third place right now (in sales) but it has equalled the number of active users on its network that the 360 has. It has sold less units and has an equal number of players online. Define "impressive".

In conclusion, I feel that Wii has become much worse than it was two years ago and PS3 has not only improved, but it has evolved in ways millions of people didn't think it would. It went from being "dead in the water" to being a major player and it shows no signs of stopping. 


Added by Keeng on Nov. 12, 2008

I used to work overnight at a McDonald's across the street from a 24-hour Walmart. Are they all open 24 hours? I don't even know. Anyway, I took an early break at about 11:50pm and headed over to get in line for the PS3 version of the first Rock Band. There were four people ahead of me and the person stocking told me they had about 20 bundles total. Midnight rolled around and he brought out all the boxes. As it turned out, they were only selling the 360 version so I ended up totally screwed. I later found out they had both the PS3 and 360 versions in stock but they wanted to drive "Black Friday" sales so they didn't release the PS3 one until the day after Thanksgiving. I got up at 4 am that morning, went there, waited in line for two hours because for some reason this Walmart didn't sell video games on "Black Friday" until a certain amount of people were in line for them, and still had to ask three different people to go in the back and get me a PS3 bundle for the game. I got the first one.


Added by Keeng on Nov. 5, 2008

From the steady stream of superb games flowing right now, I've managed to (afford to) catch LBP, Socom, and Rock Band 2. I'm getting Resistance 2 at some point in the coming months but RB2 is definitely the one I'm playing the most and the one I'll be playing for the longest amount of time.


I'll get Valkyria Chronicles at some point in early 09 because something has to be said for what is undoubtedly the best Tactics game this generation so far.


Added by Keeng on July 31, 2008

Hello to anyone who actually decided to read my blog! I don't/didn't expect anyone to read it so if you're here, you stand out!

I've been following the adventures of Jeff, Ryan, Rich, Alex, and Brad since I first joined Gamespot the day Final Fantasy VIII came out on PS1. I've written to Alex on Burning Questions. I've seen all the episodes of Button Mashing (yes I know the song). I've seen all the episodes of The Hotspot (well at least the ones that featured games I cared about). Basically I've been around for a while. And of course, I have all the Bombcasts on my Blackberry, which I use as a poor man's iPhone.

I am, as of this writing, 19 years of age. When I was 12, I got my first taste of video game journalism via a review I wrote for Parasite Eve, an oldie (but goodie) PS1 game. I've wanted to be involved with the game industry ever since. Now I'm a college student at Michigan State University. I've written reviews for games dozens of times. I pretty much choose to write about games anytime I have a writing assignment that allows me to. A few months ago, however, I had an assignment where the instructions were to write a 7-10 page essay on a free speech conflict in the mainstream media.  The title I chose for that paper was "6.0-Fired". The essay focused on what I THINK led to Jeff's termination from Gamespot, and the subsequent "leaving" of all the other Gamespot editors I cared about. I doubt this is the avenue for discussion on that topic so message me if you'd like to read the essay...or watch the hilarious Power Point presentation that accompanied it.

Anywho, I joined this site because I respect what the guys at Giant Bomb are doing. Anyone could have started a new site or created a blog about how crappy life is when you're inappropriately fired after being with a major company for over a dozen years. Instead these guys have built a new, unique site and shown everyone the gears and cogs they put together to run it. Their passion for gaming (or maybe just for game gossip and money) is admirable at the very least. If joining this site helps them in any way, I'm all for it. Maybe one day in the next 10 years, they'll be making blogs as members of my game website.

Thanks for reading and add Keeng on PSN.

Keep it up, GB.

 

P.S. I got a 4.0 in that class.



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Date Joined: July 31, 2008
City: East Lansing
Gender: Male
Alignment: Sony
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Brad 3 hours, 19 minutes ago
Fired up Braid on a whim this morning and instantly solved the puzzle that had me stumped for a year. What the eff.
FLStyle 5 hours, 52 minutes ago
Instead of A'sC II, Brutal Legend and DiRT2 I'm being sent A'sC II+Tropic Thunder+Terminator Salvation, LoveFilm priority system FTW!
Kush 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
Will be leaving for Microcenter in a bit to try and snag a few 1600MS point cards for $12.99 ....
get2sammyb 7 hours, 24 minutes ago
How Hard Is Too Hard Where Trophies Are Involved – “Twiggy” The PushSquare Opinionator http://bit.ly/6uA0lj #playstation #ps3
rargy 1 day, 1 hour ago
left 4 dead 2 single player on normal is harder then i thought it would be..
damswedon 1 day, 4 hours ago
in accounts today we did 1 question then spent about 1 hour watching old punk promos from around 1978. i love those lessons.
SpiritOf 1 day, 6 hours ago
My sister went to the New Moon premiere last night. Apparently the woman/man ratio was 25:1. My scary woman quota is higher than I feared.
BagManForHire 3 days, 20 hours ago
played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360) in the last 24 hours. http://raptr.com/bagmanforhire