Some thoughts/ideas for tomorrow's rumored games
I've been listening to a Alt Nation on Sirius/XM, this song just played on day and I've been hooked.
Pixlbit Nation how are you on this this wet Monday Morning? Currently it is a nice 58 degrees and it rained last night in my corner of Sunny Southern California. This is the final week of Blog A Day and I have to say I might have some BaD spillover next week because I still have a couple of systems to talk about and one of them might be another 2 parter *cough the Original Playstation. Anyways Monday’s are usually reserved for games I’ve been playing but I’d like to get through the second part of the PS2 library so let’s get it started!
Well hello there! It’s time for another excellent community-driven episode of Nerds Without Pants. What does that mean, exactly? It means a bunch of fun, random, bite-sized topics. We are joined by Casey to talk about Pokemon, Drakengard 3, a look at some of our favorite consoles, piracy, and more!
Happy New Year, everyone! At this time of year I like to take a look at games I’m looking forward to playing and reviewing in the coming year. I know that as the year goes on, there will be other announcements and things. But here are some that I’m looking forward to right now that I know of.
By now you have probably opened all of your presents and are wondering what else to do with your day. Since you can’t go to the theater to watch The Interview (topical!), why not kick back with some eggnog and listen to the Nerds Without Pants have an exhaustive discussion about some of our favorite music from the seventh console generation? And yes, I realize that I blundered when I brought up BioShock Infinite. We were almost 4 hours into recording, so cut me some slack! Happy Festivus! EDIT: You can thank Angelo for pushing to get this episode out early for you Christmas Eve travelers. Enjoy!
Recently I ordered a birthday present for a close relative online, but it wasn’t enough to get free shipping. So I ordered Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for Wii U to go along with it. I’m not a big fan of Tekken games, but I’ve been known to buy a couple of them if they have a few modes and features I like, and if the price is low enough. For instance, I got Tekken 4 when it was cheap, simply because hidden in the game was an old Namco arcade 3-D space shooter called StarBlade. The Wii U edition of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 had some Nintendo-centric modes and features I was curious about trying, but not curious enough to pay full price for. But I found it cheap enough now online, and I’ve been playing it off and on. So in honor of that, here is a blog about my top ten favorite Tekken fighters!
The week is here; I’m ready to enjoy the weekend…and small doses of the triple digit heat. How are you Pixlbit? Are you ready for the weekend? For some reason short weeks always seem the longest. Of course my short week started off with me waking up freaking out that I forgot to take the trashcans to the curb, only to remember that the trash guys were going to be skipping the day after Memorial Day and show up on Wednesday. Since it is Friday its another edition of Quick Hits with Chris. For today I’m adding a new show I want to talk about, stuff that has been going on, and of course pickups! Sound good? Well let’s get started!
Here we are, Blog a Day 2014! I have a series of things to talk about, but for today it's a wrap up of last month. I'm at the mercy of tradition!
Well Happy Friday Pixlbit!...and to you new X-Box One owners, congrats! I will be joining your ranks years from now, right around the time the next X-Box will be introduced (We’ll call it the X-Box II-U).
Two blogs for the price of one!
I was thrilled to find out that Namco Bandai will be releasing a Tales of Symphonia HD collection. It includes the original game and the sequal Dawn of a New World. It will have the original Japanese voice tracks for both games along with skits and bonus content that were part of the Japanese PS2 version that never made it to the states. The bad news is it won't be out till the first quarter of 2014. But with Tales of Xillia just a month away that could be a good thing.
A quick look on Metacritic and from my knowledge of game releases from the first quarter of 2012 and I've noticed a noticable set of titles that have been less than good. That's not to say there have been nothing but bad games released recently but for the most part, the most critically acclaimed games from January to March 2012 have been the expected ones, like Mass Effect 3. Many games that were resonably high profile have either underwhelmed (SoulCalibur V, Twisted Metal) or just failed completely (Ninja Gaiden III, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City).
The video game industry, much like any entertainment provider, has gone through many different trends and phases. Genres spike in popularity and then peter down, sometimes even fading into obscurity and out of the communities conscious. There was a time when flight sims were all the rage, now most retailers would look at you funny if you asked their opinion on which flight stick you should buy. At times an arcade-style flight game like Ace Combat rears its head to remind the masses that the genre still exists, but we all know that the pure sim has been relegated to niche for quite some time. Just don’t tell Konami that.
Namco Bandai’s famous Tales series has been a fan favorite for a long time. The developer is bringing the next game in the series, Tales of Graces f exclusively to the PlayStation 3 in North America on March 13, 2012 with a European release to follow in the summer.
Namco Bandai is bringing new DLC to Ace Combat Assault Horizon. Two skins resembling two characters from the Tekken series will be available for purchase on November 15, 2011. Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima can be put on your Su-35 Flanker-E for 400 Microsoft Points. It will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
