I pretty much just spilled out on Twitter what I thought about Retro games and how current games and gamers just won't have the same experiences. I don't think I can word it any better, so these series of tweets are word for word.
"I miss when it was Nintendo vs Sega. They both had great consoles and games."
"If Sega can come up with the Dreamcast 2, it could spark that rivalry again. Great games came out the first time, this could happen again!"
"(In response to someone) Yeah... today there just doesn't seem to be the same enthusiasm or creativity..."
"It makes me sad that newer generations of Gamers won't have the same experience as they were back in NES/Genesis and stuff..."
"Old games... I like playing them, but it makes me sad at the same time. The times these games were made... May never be done again..."
"Gaming... It just doesn't feel the same as it used to be..."
"(In response to a possible 2nd coming that feels like it did back then) I wouldn't even know what direction that would go, what could be done? I don't even know if it would feel the same..."
"Yeah... Magic can't happen twice... Just, won't feel the magic again... Will be lost once everyone who experienced it is gone..."
"Yeah... People can share their experiences with others and the newer, but the true feeling just will cease to exist..."
"(In response to passing our experiences on to the younger gamers) Yes, I shall do the same if I ever have children... From the start... Or a young apprentice if I can't..."
It makes me sad everytime I think about this, gaming just doesn't feel the same as it did when it started, and it saddened me even more that newer gamers won't get to have these experiences...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Off Topic: Rant on The Human Centipede
Foreword: This is my first time ranting on a film, so be gentle.
I saw The Human Centipede the other day, and I couldn't let that pass without commenting on it.
The Human Centipede is a Horror film from 2009, and not a very well put together one at that.
First off, the plot. It should be no secret now as to what the plot is, so I should just spill some details. The movie starts with 2 ditzy girls having their car break down in the middle of the woods. They then stumble around until they find a house in the middle of it. They are invited in, and are almost immediately held prisoner. They are held prisoner with another guy, and the The Mad Doctor (I don't know the names of the people, so bear with me) explains this "Human Centipede". All 3 people will be connected butt to mouth to form one long digestive track (just better hope you are the one in front). One girl tries to escape, and fails spectacularly. Once everyone comes to, the prisoners find themselves as The Human Centipede. The Big Bad then treats the Centipede as a pet while the Centipede can do nothing but comply. At the end, The Centipede tries to escape from The Mad Doctor, but it fails again. The front third commits suicide, the last third dies, and the middle is left to rot away slowly.
The characters, the girls are slow-witted, typical horror style victims. The Big Bad is just there to basically be the Big Bad. The other prisoner (A Japanese Tourist) does little as well. The police do the same, just exist. The best performance is by The Mad Doctor, watching he and his vision come to life and trying to keep it under wraps from the police, the best character of the film.
The setting could be a bit more original, Dark Woods and Creepy House. Exciting.
I could predict what would happen in this movie from minute one, and the characters had multiple chances to escape, yet they were too out there to notice or to perform with any intelligence. The Human Centipede itself is a sight to see at first, but the novelty wears off by the end of the film.
Bottom Line: The Human Centipede is not that great of a movie, and once the shock of seeing the Centipede wears off, It's a typical horror film. Only a very nitch group of people will find something in this. I recommend avoiding the movie, but if you are curious or like Torture or Horror, give it a Rent.
I saw The Human Centipede the other day, and I couldn't let that pass without commenting on it.
The Human Centipede is a Horror film from 2009, and not a very well put together one at that.
First off, the plot. It should be no secret now as to what the plot is, so I should just spill some details. The movie starts with 2 ditzy girls having their car break down in the middle of the woods. They then stumble around until they find a house in the middle of it. They are invited in, and are almost immediately held prisoner. They are held prisoner with another guy, and the The Mad Doctor (I don't know the names of the people, so bear with me) explains this "Human Centipede". All 3 people will be connected butt to mouth to form one long digestive track (just better hope you are the one in front). One girl tries to escape, and fails spectacularly. Once everyone comes to, the prisoners find themselves as The Human Centipede. The Big Bad then treats the Centipede as a pet while the Centipede can do nothing but comply. At the end, The Centipede tries to escape from The Mad Doctor, but it fails again. The front third commits suicide, the last third dies, and the middle is left to rot away slowly.
The characters, the girls are slow-witted, typical horror style victims. The Big Bad is just there to basically be the Big Bad. The other prisoner (A Japanese Tourist) does little as well. The police do the same, just exist. The best performance is by The Mad Doctor, watching he and his vision come to life and trying to keep it under wraps from the police, the best character of the film.
The setting could be a bit more original, Dark Woods and Creepy House. Exciting.
I could predict what would happen in this movie from minute one, and the characters had multiple chances to escape, yet they were too out there to notice or to perform with any intelligence. The Human Centipede itself is a sight to see at first, but the novelty wears off by the end of the film.
Bottom Line: The Human Centipede is not that great of a movie, and once the shock of seeing the Centipede wears off, It's a typical horror film. Only a very nitch group of people will find something in this. I recommend avoiding the movie, but if you are curious or like Torture or Horror, give it a Rent.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The 3DS, The Vita, and the Ports
Let me say this up front, I have nothing against either consoles or ports, I'm all for anything gaming, this is just an observation I have seen through Twitter and other sites.
OK, now to business.
When the 3DS first launched, some people were complaining at the amount of ports the system was getting. I can see wanting original games for a system at launch, bit at least games are there for it I say. If the ports are of good games, what is there to complain about? You are getting the same great game, just with a few slight modifications.
Now, look at the Vita, you seeing what I'm seeing? Ports, a good bit of ports as well. Like I said earlier, I don't mind that, but what has got me a bit irritated is that nobody was complaining about the Vita getting all those ports like they did with the 3DS.
Now, does this seem fair at all? Excusing one system over another for doing the same thing seems unfair. Either complain about both or be fine with both. I say it's all good. What are systems meant for? To play games. Games are there, so play them.
OK, now to business.
When the 3DS first launched, some people were complaining at the amount of ports the system was getting. I can see wanting original games for a system at launch, bit at least games are there for it I say. If the ports are of good games, what is there to complain about? You are getting the same great game, just with a few slight modifications.
Now, look at the Vita, you seeing what I'm seeing? Ports, a good bit of ports as well. Like I said earlier, I don't mind that, but what has got me a bit irritated is that nobody was complaining about the Vita getting all those ports like they did with the 3DS.
Now, does this seem fair at all? Excusing one system over another for doing the same thing seems unfair. Either complain about both or be fine with both. I say it's all good. What are systems meant for? To play games. Games are there, so play them.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Midnight Launches
First off, before I get into it, a Midnight Launch is when a game (usually a bigger game) launches at midnight on the day of its release.
I personally don't think Midnight Launches aren't too practical really.
Here's how I look at it:
Let's say a person gets on average of 8 hours of sleep. They wake up at a normal time (probably 7:00 A.M. ) and go to sleep at a normal time (about 11:00 P.M.).
The person that goes to the Midnight Launch goes in and gets the game at midnight, cool, have it, but I figure that the person will probably be too tired to play any of the game at all, so the person drives home (let's say the store is 1 hour away) and gets home at 1:00 A.M., the person is probably really tired, takes 30 minutes to get read for bed, so the person goes to bed at 1:30 A.M., the person will then wake up at 9:30 A.M. then the person is ready to play the game.
Now let's look at the other person that doesn't go to the Midnight Launch. Let's say the store stays open all through the night or has early and late hours anyway. This person goes to bed at 11:00 P.M. like the person always does, then gets up at 7:00 A.M. like normal. The person takes 30 minutes to get ready, so now it is 7:30 A.M. when the person drives to the store. Arrives at 8:30 A.M., takes about 10 Minutes to pick up the game, the drives back to arrive back home at 9:40 A.M. The person can then get right into the game.
With this situation, both people pretty much start the game at the same time, so there really isn't an advantage to going to a Midnight Launch, other than the satisfaction of being one of the 1st people to own the game.
I'm fine if they offer some sort of Special Gift or something to the attendees of the Midnight Launch, that is an incentive to go, but otherwise, I'd rather just go to bed early and pick up the game first thing in the morning.
I personally don't think Midnight Launches aren't too practical really.
Here's how I look at it:
Let's say a person gets on average of 8 hours of sleep. They wake up at a normal time (probably 7:00 A.M. ) and go to sleep at a normal time (about 11:00 P.M.).
The person that goes to the Midnight Launch goes in and gets the game at midnight, cool, have it, but I figure that the person will probably be too tired to play any of the game at all, so the person drives home (let's say the store is 1 hour away) and gets home at 1:00 A.M., the person is probably really tired, takes 30 minutes to get read for bed, so the person goes to bed at 1:30 A.M., the person will then wake up at 9:30 A.M. then the person is ready to play the game.
Now let's look at the other person that doesn't go to the Midnight Launch. Let's say the store stays open all through the night or has early and late hours anyway. This person goes to bed at 11:00 P.M. like the person always does, then gets up at 7:00 A.M. like normal. The person takes 30 minutes to get ready, so now it is 7:30 A.M. when the person drives to the store. Arrives at 8:30 A.M., takes about 10 Minutes to pick up the game, the drives back to arrive back home at 9:40 A.M. The person can then get right into the game.
With this situation, both people pretty much start the game at the same time, so there really isn't an advantage to going to a Midnight Launch, other than the satisfaction of being one of the 1st people to own the game.
I'm fine if they offer some sort of Special Gift or something to the attendees of the Midnight Launch, that is an incentive to go, but otherwise, I'd rather just go to bed early and pick up the game first thing in the morning.
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