Wanda in the US
I'm a University student, so between hotties & homework, I can only play through an entire game if it captures and enters my subconscious.
Easily the best experience I have had on my PS2 was the original ICO. It probably go down as my favorite game on the system. The lonely romantic atmosphere and silent narrative make the case for videogames as serious art. Videogames are not just discarded culture.
Anyway, I was wondering about the pseudo-sequel...I'm personally glad they are not make sequel...but the few screenshots I have seen of Wanda & Colussus have left me breathless. Any news about a possible release date? Or a new preview?
--Raki
Oh yeah, I hear you about the ol' subconscious. It can be a bright sunshiney day and you're staring at the squirrels running around and then something just lodges in your brain tighter than you would ever believe and it's like you want it to go away, but the more you fight it the more you give in and just accept it for something amazing.
As for Wanda and Colossus there's no news at all. Aside from a kick-ass trailer that was shown at the Tokyo Game Show last year there's been absolutely nothing. Utter silence and then that subconscious creeps up on us and we need to find some squirrels to distract ourselves.
--Ed
I just picked up Devil May Cry for a few bucks and after watching the DMC 3 video review I was wondering if you guys would recommend simply skipping DMC 2 and going straight for DMC 3 after I finish with the first game? From all I've heard and read, the second game wasn't that great and if there's no reason to play it before the third, such as story/plot or some requisite info needed/helpful for the third game, is there a reason to get it now over the third?
--Dan
No reason at all. Just go to the third game. The development team switched between the first two games and it wasn't kind on the game at all with bad design, art, and most everything else. If you do play it you will probably have to spend even more time trying to forget it if it crawls into your subconscious. Just ask Raki.
--Ed
Just wanted to let you know that in April's issue of Gamepro Magazine features "Lamepro," a satiric take on gaming magazines.
Somewhere towards the end of the 5 or so page Lamepro, there was a half-page ad for GNO.com. It was basically a Photoshopped screen shot (or redone HTML, etc.) of IGN's site.
It said something along the lines of, "GNO.com. You can't spell ignorance without GNO."
Y'all buddies with Gamepro, or uh, fierce rivals and I just started the beginnings of a legal suite?
--James
Ooohh… we were insulted by a company who recently folded its own online component. It's not like their Lamepro section hasn't lived up to its name since, oh, forever. I just feel bad for the editors who have one great opportunity to be funny and consistently blow it with some half-baked insults. I worked at a magazine before that they mocked by putting a copy of it in the bottom of a birdcage and took a picture of it. Real cutting edge stuff if you just got out of grade school, but come on, try a little harder. Try at all. It's pathetic and I've already wasted too many brain cells thinking about it.
--Ed
I had a couple of questions about the screen stutter on Gran Turismo 4. Why was it never mentioned in the review by your site, since it does appear to be a graphical issue. Secondly, and while I doubt it, does Sony or Polyphony plan on doing anything to fix it?
--Justin
The stutter only happened occasionally when I played the game on an HDTV in 1080i and strangely enough it's much worse in 480i. Since I didn't experience it I didn't write about it and neither, I suspect, did any of the other reviewers.
--Ed
I have been looking everywhere and I cannot find whether or not this game supports progressive scan. Thanks for the help.
--Sean
That would be awesomeness on top of brilliance, but it's not true. So at least we still have brilliance. Go get the damn game already.
--Ed
My girlfriend is cuting into my game time. what do you suggest. she won be lauging whn flesh eatng zobies come into her be room beacause she wanted some rubbin!
--Sam
You go, dude.
--Ed
I am amazed that this is even being considered. Why do we have the laws stating a teen can be convicted as an adult. It should be the parents who are charged and yes I am a parent and even though my child is young I refuse to play 'violent' games at home. I stick to the racing games and sports. How can you be convicted based upon someone elses actions, isnt that like saying, that if a teen kills someone with a car then the car manufacturer is liable? I don't understand, how about retailers should be more vigilant and parents should care more. Stores should be prosecuted to the fullest for underage sales of any kind and parents should be responsible for a lot of the decisions of their children. Whatever next, we will have people suing fast food companies for making them eat the food!! Who in this world can take some responsibility!
--Simon
On the plus side, we can all listen to all the heavy metal we want and watch ridiculously gory Japanese movies like Ichi the Killer without concerned moms and desperate politicians since they're currently preoccupied. That's pretty cool.
What'll likely happen is that stores will take the ESRB ratings more seriously and get stricter on who they sell their games too, which is what they should be doing anyway. There is no proof that games lead to violent behavior and even if there was it would be near impossible to prove which piece of stimulus, out of the near infinite choices, was the one to put someone over the edge.
--Ed
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