Archive for the 'Gaming' Category
As I was working on my NJIT homepage and trying to learn CSS, I found this. I lol’d.
Team Fortress 2 Beta comes out later today via Steam for those of us that preordered The Orange Box. I’m actually going to do work now so I can have a free night to play TF2 in peace. The stuff I need to do isn’t due for a couple of days, but I have other stuff to do (like play TF2!) and I don’t want to forget about it.
My copy of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption came today from Amazon.com! 
I spent a bit of time exploring the first area of the game and getting used to the controls. It took me awhile to get used to the sensitivity. Unfortunately, you do need to move a bit to the left or right on the screen to turn/aim. Having to communicate with friends to get all the extras sounds neat, althought I don’t know how much it will be used. Lastly, my roommate Jim came up behind me and commented on the lack of anti-aliasing, to which I replied, “This isn’t an XBox 360.” He’s used to playing Bioshock on his PC, so I can understand how bad graphics are the first thing he noticed. I noticed less jaggies when I turned down the sharpness on my TV, but they were still noticeable if I stared at it closely enough. Luckily I can’t notice the jaggies with my bad vision from my normal gaming distance from the TV, which is about a foot or so.
All I care about is a good game. If the developers can do that with a smooth framerate, it’s not worth the extra processing power for anti-aliasing if it’s going to degrade the perceived look of the game. Most non-gamers — I think — notice a difference in framerate more than a difference in AA or resolution. Also, I am using a 26″ widescreen HDTV. I’m sure most people are using 19″ or smaller TVs, thus the lack of AA wouldn’t be as noticeable on a smaller scale.
To any new MP3 gamers, have fun getting corrupted like me over the Labor Day weekend!
- I’m back at NJIT.
- My copy of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is not going to be delivered today from Amazon….
Let me know if you can find it online somewhere because I have a week to burn before school actually starts, and I don’t want it to come on the first day of classes, which is Sept. 5th. - I’m throughly enjoying Bioshock on the PC via Steam, but for those of you not in the fray already, check out the Bioshock Preparation Program!
- Greece has a Disco Inferno on its hands, and it can be seen from space. Cool pics, but I hope no one has gotten hurt thus far….
- Important cargo is going onto Discovery. Star Wars fans will have a mini orgaism. Chewie, stormtroopers, and other Star Wars characters will be on hand to make sure the artifact is safe. Read the article for info on the “trek.”
- Today’s Woot are these, but I don’t get it. I don’t game for that long, and it’s very rare that I have intense gaming moments. Oh well — I guess I’m not in the extreme gamer’s market/group.
- Monster’s ripping people off again. Just don’t do it people.
- China’s got 181 miners trapped in a flooded mine. What does the US do? Hardly report on it. What do they do when 6 of their own are trapped? Report the hell out of it. 6 VS 181, hmmm…which is the greater loss of human life? If we go by media standards, I’d say 6. The comments on digg — which is where I originally heard about the story a couple of days ago — has some funny/sad comments.
From an EB Games newsletter:
Gamasutra has an article about Zork that is almost a month old, but I couldn’t resist posting it. Zork and I have a history, starting with Activision’s Zork: Grand Inquisitor. You can blame my sister and her taste in games. I also played Return to Zork. I still have the Zork Collector’s Set she gave me, along with Myst. The gaming world needs more of these kinds of games.
From Gamasutra:
…some copies of the game use the U.S. translation of the game, which features the word “spastic” in the game text.
The use of the word is quite different in the UK, compared to the U.S., where it and its many derivatives are a common schoolyard insult implying a mental or physical disability - particularly relating to the symptoms of cerebral palsy.
I just think the UK’s use of the word spastic is weird. Secondly, why in the world would a Mario Party game ever use the word spastic? I mean it’s a party game sure, but….
Here’s something to pass the time. I got stuck/bored after Stage 11. Enjoy.
Yes, GoldenEye…so many afternoons after school wasted…so many Friday nights with my friend Jeff wasted on it (and then Perfect Dark). After all these years, it’s still the best. So much so that a group of guys did an excellent recreation of it. Kudos!