Minecrafting on the PS3 and some music.

On 12/17/2013 at 11:48 PM by rmsk8r05

Yeah, Minecraft finally arrived on the PS3 today after being available on the Xbox 360 for the past two/three years. My niece is especially excited because she only has a PS3 at the moment; while her cousin and I have been playing on the Xbox 360. However the Playstation (PS3/PS4/PS Vita) versions were promised on November 17th, the launch date of the PS4. That was one of the things that kind of bummed me out when I looked up the PS4's PSN store and saw that it wasn't there. The delay of the Vita and PS4 kind of makes me hope that there is some sort of second screen/remote functionality in the works between both versions. Hopefully 4J studios will give us more information down the road for the Vita and PS4 versions of Minecraft.

The Music videos.....

A Theme for Kjell by Johann Skugge, from the Battlefield 4 soundtrack.

Drunken Whaler- Dishonored, whish was an amazing game by the way.

Heart Shape Box cover by Dead Sara which was featured on the inFamous: Second Son trailers.

That's all for now, I'm going to try write a blog about the first person shooters that I've played on the PS4 (Killzone: Shadow Fall, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts), maybe my favorite games of the year.

Until the next blog, I suppose.......

Super Step Contributing Writer

12/18/2013 at 03:29 AM

Now that I have a laptop that may be able to run the game, I might try the Minecraft demo on the game's website. I don't know if I'll like it, though. I honestly do prefer updated graphics, and I'm not really that big on creating things in video games myself or free-roam style play. I prefer to overcome well thought out challenges put before me by developers. I love writing and coming up with ideas for stories, but not so much building things in video games. It just doesn't appeal to me. But then, I guess I could just enjoy what other people build. I guess we'll see. Sorry about the delay, though.

I like the first song ok. Whoever Kjell is, may he rest in peace. Sounds like trailer music, which makes sense, since the video you posted is basically a trailer. Speaking of which, the graphics look awesome when I watch it on my laptop in 1080p, but even though it looks like they're trying to be realistic, I get a very "cartoony" vibe from it. Something about the vehicle models being a little too clean and well-rounded looking, and the way the character models move a bit too fast and jerky. Oh well.

I really dig the "Drunken Whaler" song. It also made for an awesome trailer for the game it's attached to, but sounds like it could be used in a really tense, slow murder scene as well. It has a really cool eerie vibe. I wonder how old that song is.

As for the Dead Sara cover, it's ok, but the vocals are too clean for my taste. Cobain's scratchy voice had a real intensity and anger to it a lot of Nirvana covers don't. I bet Courtney Love could do a kick ass cover of "Heart-Shaped Box," though. As messed up as she is, Hole was a pretty good band.

rmsk8r05

12/18/2013 at 08:55 PM

Minecraft is weird beast, you'll either like the survival mode where you'll have to mine and build things to overcome the environment or uncovering secrets. Or just mess around and create 16-bit pixel art in creative. There are times that I do like it and other times I need objective to do. Plus my niece and nephews love it, so I have something to play with them.

Despite what everyone says about Battlefield being more realistic than Call of Duty; I think Battlefield 4 is balls to walls crazier than CoD. What gives it that edge is those vehicles and destructive environment. The theme is dedicated to one of the programmers who died during the game's production.

PixlBit