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Beautiful Valkyrie Profile Statue from Japan |
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By HCG Paco on
5/7/2008 6:18 PM
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Leave it to SQUARE again to ignore us and focus on the Japan again. Check your local comic shop if you are interested, we pulled this from this month's Previews. Yes, I said comic shop. There is no chance in hell you'll see this at a Gamestop or a Gamecrazy. This work of art will set you back $420 bones. While that may seem steep, it is still cheaper than a sealed copy of Valkrie Profile for PS2.
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GTA on the NES needs no introduction |
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By HCG Paco on
5/7/2008 4:52 PM
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If you are a fan of or remember the original Nintendo advertising, you know that the structure of this spot is dead on. Nit pickers may say that the graphics would have been better and kind of resemble Atari 7800 graphics. But, those people are nerds. Sorry nerds.
*P.S. Why can't you shoot Heroin in GTA? Or any drug for that matter? Saint's Row did it, but that may be because Jack Thompson has never played Saint's Row so the media ignored it?
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MMO News Roundup |
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By HCG Dreadsorrow on
5/6/2008 6:15 PM
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Here's some various bits of MMO news that I find interesting. If you disagree, then you are wrong.
Tabula Blogger is running a competition to have a sketch of your Tabula Rasa character done by one of the artists at NCSoft. Very cool.
Activision, Vivendi have pulled out of E3. They are apparently holding a separate press event the same time as the first day of E3. I'd love to know what is going on here. It is known now that Blizzard has amicably acquired the domain diablo3.com, also they are working on another unannounced MMO, so speculation is running wild!
Massively.com has an interesting article about the use of virtual worlds being used as an aid in addiction therapy. Suck it Jack Thompson, or maybe you want to tell my mommy on me? You worthless rectal wart.
Ending on a high note, WarCry Network has a good preview up on Stargate Worlds. Go over and give it a read, and if you haven't already, sign up for the Stargate Worlds beta test.
That's all for now. Liberty City is calling ...
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I Formally Invite BioWare to Kiss My Ass |
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By HCG Dreadsorrow on
5/6/2008 5:44 PM
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Read the article here, then follow along for my commentary.
First of all, to BioWare, here ya go buddy!
Let me just say that I was looking forward to Spore. I would probably have bought it the first day. Now I don't care if the game comes with coupon for a free hummer from Tricia Helfer. I wouldn't buy this  ing game for anything.
I am ing sick to death of being treated like a goddamn criminal by media companies that I have given my hard-earned money to in good faith for their product. I have bought BioWare products in the past and enjoyed them very much. I will no longer buy your crap, since I will have to prove to you over and over again that I am not stealing what I have paid for.
In the 14 years that I have owned my truck, never once has Ford ever come to me and demanded to see my title. Never once has Hitachi demanded to see the receipt for my TV. Never once have I had to prove to Roomfull Express that I am the rightful owner of my living room sofa, or else they would not let me sit on it any more.
Don't you bastards go and blame EA for this either. Everybody already knows they suck donkey balls, especially with their onerous copy prevention bullshit. I already went a few rounds with those assholes over a game that I paid for (Battle for Middle Earth) not running on my system because I dared to install a DVD burner on my computer.
You, BioWare smacktards, you disappoint me greatly. Mostly because ...
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Collector's Watch: R-Type Command "Figurine"? |
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By HCG Musashi on
4/30/2008 5:48 PM
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Umm, "figurine" sounds weird for a spaceship - how about "scale model"? Yeah, that sounds better...
Anyway, Atlus announced today that if you buy R-Type command from select retailers, you'll get a bonus scale model of the R-9 spaceship, compliments of IREM
So far, the only retailer I've seen offering the scale model is GameStop -if you're looking to get your hands on one...
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It took me less time to beat MGS than it did to install the MGSO Beta |
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By HCG Paco on
4/29/2008 11:03 PM
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I'm guessing that the traffic that took down the PSN today started late last night. Figuring that no one would be playing the Metal Gear Solid Online last night and knowing that Musashi said it would take awhile I started the process around 7pm.
At 12:03am I finished installing the last update. Only to find that my Konami ID wasn't valid somehow. So after 5 hours, I didn't even get to try it. Every cloud has a silver lining, so here are the two things I learned.
- No matter what PSN says, the torrent is slower.
- The user interface for the Konami ID site sucks ass.
Get yours early, you'll need it come June.
http://id.konami.net
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Just off the top of my head, GTA IV deserves an Oscar. |
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By HCG Paco on
4/29/2008 10:13 PM
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So far at least. The single player feels like a movie but plays like a game. The voice acting is great from what we've played and the story has got me hooked. Physics have changed our gaming world, I said it along time ago and again in the Tomb Raider review, but GTA has taken us to where we should've been all along. Things generally interact and work they way do in the real world and while that seems simple, you'll find yourself saying "Why haven't they done this before?" I dare you not to laugh the first time that you are in a piece of shit ride and you ram head first into a wall, projecting your character through the broken windshield and onto the asphalt.
The multiplayer is the most vicseral thing I've played in a long time. Probably since Unreal Tournament or Counter-strike. We just wrapped up an HCG room with 3 of us on a whim that was supposed to last 5 minutes for a peek and instead lasted for an hour. I'd rather be playing than talking about playing, so I'll be back tomorrow with my first impressions.
*If you are looking for a game, add one of us and we'll set something up.
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First Impressions: Metal Gear Solid 4 Online - Beta |
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By HCG Musashi on
4/25/2008 10:58 PM
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After an annoying delay due to server stability, the online Beta for Metal Gear Solid 4 is now up and running!
Paco tipped me off early this afternoon that the servers had gone live -I think I knocked over at least 3 baby carriages and a half-dozen elderly people rushing back to the HCG office to get my ass online.
After downloading two annoying update patches (that surprisingly gave you the choice to download via a bittorrent mode) and setting up my Konami ID (speed bump #2), I was up and running...
A modest character customization menu is the first thing that greets you. While you only have the choice of 5 faces for your character (all male), you do have a good bit of control over nearly every piece of clothing your character is wearing, with 5 color variations for each. There's also a good bit of variety to choosing the in-game command voice for your character as well. While it might not be as customizable as Rainbow Six, there's still enough variety to keep everyone from looking and sounding like storm troopers.
On to the most important part - the gameplay. The best way I can describe it is a cross between Call of Duty 4 and Lost Planet. Take the gritty, war-torn environments of CoD and the run-and-gun style of Lost Planet MP and you'll have a pretty good idea of how MGS4 plays. The 2 levels available in the Beta are not huge, but are riddled with tunnels, catwalks and hiding spots a-plenty. As with CoD4 you never feel completely "safe" in any location - there's always another way to get there or a vantage point to put a bullet in your head.
MGS4 MP also uses a unique points system, which allows access to better weapons and equipment. You are awarde ...
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