Ha ha, sorry Tami, wasn't sure to be honest but it's difficult to tell when I usually see you with hat and scarf! had a look at the website, it looks like Hope does some amazing work, I'll be sure to make a contribution when I'm earning again, causes like this are right up my street!
It's sad to hear about the great horned owl Tami but at least it gives people the chance to get to see them up close and personal, I remember taking an injured Tawney owl back home when I was a kid, the RSPCA didn't want to know unfortunately so we took it to the vet, luckily my old man knows lots about birds and let it recoup before letting it back into the wild where we found it. I'll always remember watching her fly off, it felt pretty amazing. Love the photo of you and the Raven, the crows in Australia have a really annoying call which I still can't get used too so it was nice to see some 'black bird' appreciation in your blog!
Imagine if the world of videogame developers were set out like 'Game of thrones'. You'd have hot headed new kings wanna be's like Apple making plans to take on generals of experience (who would make better kings than the one currently sat on the throne) in the liking of Microsoft and Sony (you know the characters, the two high rankers who plot against each other and the king at the same time) and of course the king himself. Nintendo. The king sits there not because he is the best, but because he was. He still relies on stories of old battles and successes and whilst he may have glimmers of his old brilliance his methods are truly outdated and eventually lead to his down fall.
A touch long winded perhaps but thats what Nintendo are at the moment. Their biggest mistake is that they seem to believe that they have the 'casual and family' market covered at the moment.... and they do but not for long. Apple are the real masters of family interactivity, their I pad has revolutionised the way families use technology and the casual gamer can pay much less for games on Apple products than they can on Nintendo's offerings. Nintendo only peddle their last strong holds and flag ships, Mario and Zelda.
I totally agree with you here, they are quite simply missing on Billions of dollars of Revenue by holding out on classics that quite frankly people would buy again and again, myself included. They are loosing on the experienced and hardcore gamer by ignoring this simple proposition you are making. I used to love Nintendo to pieces, they are still capable of producing amazing games but a system needs more than 10 odd titles that are seriously worth playing now a days and Nintendo has lost the confidence of third party development and their loyal followers.
They will die evetually, probably as they sit on their throne by their closest aide.
Great blog by the way.
What would really sell it for me (and instigate my purchase of one) would be the release of PS2 classics in the downloads section, I love games like battlefront 2, Lord of the Rings and Black (which would be a decent FPS for the Vita) so the inclusion of these would be more than welcome. Vita had the opportunity here to develop where Nintendo has sorely failed. I ve quite frankly been appauled by the lack of content (at least for classic games) on the e shop, Hundreds of tiltles for the GBA and SNES have been completly untouched and the 3DS has been out for some time now! Nintendo really do piss me off. If sony can pull their fingers out of their arses on this it could be the thing to topple the 3DS's stronghold on the portable gaming scene.
Hey Alex, good to see you on here, sorry about finding you late I ve been picking up ex 1 uppers slowly but surely of late!
I ve never played MegaMan starforce before, looks like one I'll be looking out for in the future! I did recently download Mega ManMaverick Hunter on the PSP and it's turning out to be a blast at the moment, some seriously cool platforming that does not have the hair pulling out difficulty of the original installments!
As for Home struck I'm checking it out as we speak, always like a good graphic story to pass the time!
Wow, really sorry to hear about your arm dude, when I read shit like this it reminds me of how lucky I am (up to now at least..... touching wood and fingers crossed). Your definately doing the right thing though, it would be a complete nightmare to lose that much of your body down the line! Have you thought of trying those 'voice dictator' things for your computer? I ve never used one (as I'm sure you can tell from my description of it!) but it might be worth a shot to pass the time over the next month. Good luck with the op, hope all goes well for you.
It burns me that I had to make a choice in which console to buy this Gen, I don't regret going 360 in the slightest but I do feel I ve missed out on some absolute classics, namely GoW and MGS. I have however just recently downloaded both God or War titles on my PSP and I am still being blown away by the visuals these games peddle! Does the GoW collection include these two installments with a HD touch? if so I'm increasingly jealouse!
It's a funny test to see how a series or film can be classed as truly amazing, spoilers are something I detest however it can highlight the true amazingness of a series. Take the film sixth sense for example, I really have little interest in watching that again (and it's been a few years) because the twist at the end is what made the film. Once you know what it is all of the suspense is gone. I know TV series are a little different, for one the shear size of them denotes greater re-watchability but for me Game of Thrones is something that has quite a few epic moments and so many character relationships thats its a joy to watch. Something even the Walking dead is behind on. I do totally agree with you though, this guy should be put in the stocks!
Those figures look badass, particularly the head crabs guy, those things freak me out too, I always loved the fact that the guy was still conscious underneith it all too screaming, a much more terrifying twist on the whole 'zombie' thing!
Just watched you link on youtube man, playing it for a month and he didn't reach the second boss! sounds like a very time consuming game. Dark Souls does look pretty epic it's just a shame that I don't think I'd have that much to dedicate on a game at the moment. Love the noob call of duty reference there too.... 'yeah I ve got a grenade launcher, I'll handle this shit'
