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E3 Was Shite... As Usual
Published Monday 6th of June 2011
I had really high hopes for this year's E3. Rumors of a new Nintendo console had me hoping that Sony and M$ would follow suite and announce the PS4 and XBOX 720.
Microsoft
Microsoft's presentation was by far the worst of the three showing pretty much nothing but Kinect bollocks and a few expected games (GoW, Halo and Forza 4). The fact that the only promising XBOX exclusive for ages (Ryse) turned out to be Kinect crap didn't exactly help.
One thing that looked kind of cool, I thought, was the new Bing for XBOX thingy (although Bing really is a crap service that has to rely on Google to produce relevant search results). Voice command was just a ridiculous gimmick of course but I reckon what they have going is the closest to the type of media centre I wrote about recently.
What was missing: GTAV, BF3 on a console, XBOX 720.
Sony
Sony didn't really have any nice surprises either but at least they didn't spend as much time on the casual market as MS did with Kinect.
Uncharted 3 obviously looked totally awesome and Resistance 3 seemed like an improvement from the previous iterations. Sly 4 is apparently meant to be really good as well and the God of War and ICO collections are highly awaited.
They also presented their new portable device officially named PS Vita. It looks quite powerful and after what Nintendo showed I wouldn't be surprised if Sony tried to copy what Nintendo are doing with their new Wii U controller.
If you think about it it really shouldn't be that difficult seeing as the PS Vita basically is a controller with a screen that has WiFi plus a shit load of horse power. I guess the fact the the PS Vita is missing some of the DualShock's buttons could be a bit of a problem. But not for every game.
Update: VG247: Sony: Vita could be used as PS3 controller
What was missing: Last Guardian, Agent, FFvs13, new Quantic Dream title, Gran Turismo 6 and of course the PS4.
Nintendo
After Sony's and Microsoft's disappointing presentations I had super high hopes for Nintendo's new (supposedly hard core) console.
They started out with 45 minutes of kiddy games that made most people yawn it seemed (why do these clowns insist on showing the E3 crowd - most likely the most hard core gamers on the planet - kid games and motion controls? We don't give a fuck about that).
Eventually, however, they finally got to the interesting bit, the new Wii U. They didn't actually show the console itself which confused quite a lot of people into thinking it was nothing more than a Wii add-on (Sweden's number 1 gaming magazine's editor in chief for one, LOL).
But I have to say the new console was a disappointment as well. Seeing as they didn't focus at all on showing anything that looked remotely next gen I assume it won't be more powerful than the 8 year old tech we have in our lousy consoles today.
The new controller seemed like it had potential for some cool gimmicks but at the same time it looks stupidly uncomfortable and ridiculously expensive.
What was missing: A proper next gen console with GTAV running in crazy good looking graphics.
Conclusion
If they don't announce new consoles before or during the next E3 I'll be switching to PC again. The tech that's in current gen systems is a fucking joke and they've reached the limits of what can be done with it now. Sure you can always tweak a few algorithms to squeeze out a couple of extra frames per second but what we really need is up to date hardware!
I want to see games that utilize Euphoria, PhysX, DX11, completely destructible environments (ala Red Faction) all at once while looking as good as BF3. That will never happen on today's rubbish consoles.
All the hope I had for Nintendo was lost as well as their latest crap box didn't seem to bring anything new to the table. Like I mentioned before it seems feasible that Sony might use the PSVita the same way Nintendo uses its Wii U controller anyway so then they've got shit all.
Did you watch it? What did you think?
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I Want a Google Entertainment Centre
Published Friday 27th of May 2011
Spotify, Groove Shark, Voddler, OnLive - There's plenty of online media centres available today with varying degree of content and usability.
I really like Spotify and have used it for a few years now. OnLive looks cool but isn't really there yet I think. Voddler seems to have failed at least in trying to be the "Spotify for films".
I think most of these companies simply don't have the resources needed to sign licenses with all the record labels and movie producers out there and I would very much prefer to have one single service for all media.
What I want, and think might be possible, is for Google to step up and take over the lot of it. Google has the money and the power as well as the biggest server farms on the planet. One of Google's goals is to make all the information on the planet searchable. This includes web pages obviously, but also images, books, news archives, patents, academic journals and more.
So what's missing? Well entertainment media is one thing. I want Google to start indexing films, TV-series, video games and music. I want an as easy to use service as Google Search that lets me find (and watch, obviously) any of the aforementioned media.
Imagine having one simple interface for all your media needs. Basically Spotify but with tabs for "Music", "Films", "TV-Shows" and "Video Games". How awesome would that be?
One of the coolest things with streaming, especially video games, is that you can do it from any device. Imagine being able to play Battlefield 3 on your HTC Desire. All you really need is a descent broadband.
If they did create something like this, I for one would gladly pay at least €100 a month for it. A service like that would be all you'd ever need for all your entertainment needs.
Come on Google, make me happy!
Update: Getting closer! :D
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Euphoria is Wicked
Published Friday 23rd of July 2010
Part of the reason I've been so quiet lately is because I've been catching up with all the brilliant video games I've missed on the trip.
I have to say that Red Dead Redemption is at the top of the list. Much thanks to its use of the wonderful Euphoria engine.
I reckon Euphoria is the future of games. I'd love to see a "the Hulk"-game using Euphoria and Red Faction's destructible environments. That would be awesome!
Imagine Skate with Euphoria! Mmm...
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Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur
Published Thursday 11th of February 2010
We've now left Indo and are back in KL, Malaysia. In a few days we'll be heading to Singapore, but before that we're gonna celebrate the Chinese New Year here in KL.
I've got a Swedish mate over in Singapore so we'll stay for free. Which is good because from what I hear Singapore is ridiculously expensive!
One thing that isn't though is electronics and I intend to pick up all the PS3-titles I've missed in the last 6 or so months. There's quite a few of them! :)
Here's a list of the ones I'm interested in. I've probably missed a few, please let me know!
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Skate 3 Announced!
Published Wednesday 16th of September 2009
Finally EA Skate 3 has been announced, I've been waiting for this ever since I finished 2!
As you can see in the trailer they've added underflips and darkslides. Part from that I have to say it looks pretty much the same as Skate 2. Here's a few things I wish they'd improve/add:
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The "Ultimate" Video Game
Published Sunday 31st of May 2009
I've owned a PS3 for about a year now and even though there are some really fucking wicked games for the console there hasn't been one yet that I would consider ultimate.
It's a little like with mobile phones. One comes with an Mp3-player but another comes with FM-radio. One has DivX-support but one YouTube-support.
I want a mix of all the best games put together in one massive, ultimate video game.
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