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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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The Soap Box
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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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The Soap Box
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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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MMO News Buffet |
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By HCG Dreadsorrow on
4/24/2008 6:20 PM
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Lord of the Rings Online
Turbine's LOTRO has a good week, celebrating its one-year anniversary since going live, as well as the launch of its latest major update (free of course). Read more about it here.
World of Warcraft Miniature Game
Blizzard has a miniatures game coming out this fall, and we now have some details of the game available to us. Read up on the details here.
Champions Online
The Champions Online website has a new article up bearing an interview with Lead Content Designer, Zeke Sparks. He talks about some assorted stuff. I have to admit, he is light on the details about the game, and I couldn't give a crap about other stuff he talks about, but this is just my cheap way to maybe drive a click or two to their web area to check out this jewel in development. I am hoping that this will be the first MMO I buy for a console.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Yes the day is finally almost here! The mighty Conan MMO has at last gone gold! From their website: "The Most Savage, Sexy and Brutal MMO Ever Created Hits The Store Shelves Soon." My naughty parts are tingling already, with the promise of over-the-top violence, and even the very first boobs in a major MMO release! HCG Dreadsorrow is p ...
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Persona 3 FES arrives tomorrow! |
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By HCG Musashi on
4/22/2008 7:18 PM
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The wait is almost over! - Atlus announced today via their fan newsletter, The Atlus Faithful that Persona 3 FES has been shipped out and will be arriving in stores April 23rd.
Persona 3 - FES was originally released in Japan as a stand-alone add-on to the original game. For the US release however, the original Persona 3 will be included with the FES add-on -all on one disc.
If you passed up Persona 3 the first time around, this would be a great time to take another look. You can't beat the price, either -the combo set is going for only $29.99! Hell, it cost around that much just for the add-on disc when it was released in Japan!
Check The Repository for an exclusive Persona 3 FES Atlus Faithful wallpaper as well.
//Persona 3 Official U.S. site//
//Sign-up for "The Atlus Faithful" Newsletter//
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Uwe Boll is a Horse Turd |
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Massive Load
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By HCG Dreadsorrow on
4/21/2008 4:48 PM
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Let me first say that to those gamers that know and love World of Warcraft, or even people with more than 2 functioning brain cells who know Uwe Boll for the worthless toilet floater that he is, you need not fear. Uwe Boll went to Blizzard to tell them he wanted to create another of his abominations, by bringing the world of Azeroth to the big screen. Blizzard's response was the best official corporate response about anything, to anyone, anywhere.
Paul Sams of Blizzard told Uwe Boll: ‘We will not sell the movie rights, not to you...especially not to you,’
Read the article on MTV's movie blog here.
And just in case you are a blubbering lobotomy patient that thinks Uwe Boll is an 'artist with vision', let's just take a gander at what this diarrhea splatter had to say about gamers like us:
"And to be honest, the real gamers are the typical download guys, right? They don’t pay anything for movies, because they illegally download the movies. So why I should please these guys? I need the normal audience."
Speaking for myself, Uwe Boll your movies are so astoundingly shitty that I would rather spend two hours watching old people hump than waste a chunk of my life to see another one of the travesties that you somehow get movie studios to dish out millions of dollars for. Your movies suck so hard that two hours of Wilford Brimley masturbating would pull in better box office returns. Please please please for the love of the everything that does not suck, please stop making movies.
If you want to sign the petition for Uwe Boll to st ...
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