No more "smelly cheese" face?I really enjoyed the previous two Max Payne games. The series places you in the shoes of the hard-boiled, scrunchy-faced, down-on-his-luck detective, Max. It's a dark tale, told in a gritty, noirish fashion, that follows Max's ever-quickening separation from humanity. Now, with a new "more world-weary and cynical" Max Payne slated for release in "Winter 2009," it's hard to imagine how Rockstar, the series' publisher, can find a way to crush our poor anti-hero's soul any further.
"This is Max as we’ve never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of ‘Max Payne 2′ and witness his last chance for salvation." - Sam Houser, President of Rockstar Games.
Man, poor Max. I thought the guy was at the end of his rope by the end of the intro in the first game. I'm very curious to see how the game is done now that it is out of the hands of its original creators, Remedy Entertainment. According to the press release, things will be moving away from the mean streets of New York to some other urban nightmare.
Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out.
I'm defintely looking forward to hearing more about this one, and with it coming to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in "Winter 2009," hopefully it won't take too long. So what would you guys want for Max Payne 3? Personally, I just want to see him get a puppy and meet a nice lady who runs a stand that sells seashells afixed with googly eyes.
I just wanted to give a special shout out and thanks to my very generous friends over at Engine Sound for giving me access to a bunch of their music and cues. So if you're looking for some composers to score your next TV series or movie, or engineers to record your next album, you know where to go. I'll also use this time to pimp their band, Tammany Hall NYC. If anybody out there is interested in picking up some of their music you can check it out over at Amazon. Some of my personal favorites? To The Woman and Suddenly Not Alone.
Finally, here's a video I cut with them a looooooong time ago, but it still cracks me up. The lead singer, Steve, totally made all those puppets himself, which is both awesome and very strange...
Sony!!! Stay the hell off my turf!Hot on the heels of Wiitis and Nintendo Thumb, a new ailment has been associated with video games. This new skin disorder, affectionately called PlayStation palmar hidradentis, was documented in a young girl who had been regularly playing her PlayStation. Apparently she broke out in painful sores on her hands after playing for "several hours a day."
The doctors suspect that the problem was caused by tight and continuous grasping of the console's hand-grips, and repeated pushing of the buttons, alongside sweating caused by the tension of the game.
The sores did go away after she stopped playing for about 10 days. Sony really didn't have much to say when they were asked about the issue, partly because they are Sony and partly because...well, really, what the hell are you going to say? Every young male knows that if you death-grip anything for several hours a day you're going to experience some kind of detrimental physical effect.
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