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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Kinect for Xbox 360 - Star Wars

Friday, October 22, 2010

Episode 4 or Why Ron Pearlman saying 4 little words make me squee.

War...war never changes.

And neither does the awesomeness that is the Fallout universe!  The newest installment of this great franchise has dropped on Tuesday to much anticipation.  In fact, it's regarded as the #1 most anticipated game of 2010!  For me it's a close second, right behind FABLE III.  More on FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS in our review!

NEWS:  Not a whole lot of gamer news this week.  But a whole lotta gearing up for Tuesday!  Oct. 26th is one of the biggest release dates I've ever seen!  With games like FABLE III, STAR WARS: TFU2, ROCK BAND 3, and THE SIMS 3 all dropping together, that clunk you heard is my wife's jaw hitting the floor!  I have my FABLE III controller and the new book, complete with weapon code, all ready to go...still have to make my villager though...

I do have some blog news though!  I am looking for some people to help write reviews, previews, rants, raves and complete lunacy!  If you want to help, write me up something and submit it to my Facebook page(use the new badge!)  Become an Irrelevant Gamer!  Impress your friends!  Alienate your significant other!  Be Capt. Awesome approved!

Alright, lets get to what you came here for!

REVIEW:  FALLOUT NEW VEGAS

  22 hours in and no end in sight.  Seriously.  I doubt I'm even a quarter of the way done.  Thus this will not be a proper review, so in light of that we will divide this up into episodic reviews called: New Vegas Update.  These will be spoiler free and all, but it will give my up-to-date insight on this ginormus game.  I have played it enough to grade the controls, overall story and find pros and cons.  Without further ado:


NEW VEGAS UPDATE part 1: Time: 22:42:28
  After starting FALLOUT 3 in a Vault, and taking about an hour to get to the wide world of the Capital Wasteland, FNV begins(no spoiler here) with you getting shot in the head(picture above) and waking up in a doctors office.  After about 10 minutes of setting up your character just the way you want, you are free to explore the Mojave Wasteland.  You can't access the Vegas strip right away(you need 2000 caps), but as soon as you have the cash, you are welcomed with open robotic arms.  Developed by Bethesda Softworks(FALLOUT 3, OBLIVION) and Obsidian(SW:KOTOR2: THE SITH LORDS and the stinker ALPHA PROTOCOL).  The story, while only so-so at this point really takes a back seat to the massive scale of this game.

PROS: VATS is back baby!  New factions, weapons and a whole lotta quests give this game a 100+ hour time frame!  If you are at all familiar with the controls for FALLOUT 3, you got this one down pat!

CONS: An OK story, coupled with an over complicated make-your-own-loot system, you never have enough room when you go questing.  Feels too much like FALLOUT 3 as well.

GRADE: 8


THE CAPT. AWESOME AWESOMNESS APPROVED GAME OF THE WEEK
This is the segment where we hand out the Seal of Awesomness to one fantastic game!  This week:

MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT!


What's MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT?  One part TOWER DEFENSE, one part TEAM FORTRESS, and sprinkled liberally with SMASH TV!  A 3rd person, class based, game show shooter in the simplest of terms.  One of the best XBOX LIVE ARCADE titles I've ever come across!  It's fast paced, hectic and near perfect.  My only complaint is that there are only 2 teams and 4 arenas.  Oh well...DLC maybe?

MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT: AWESOMNESS APPROVED!



And now...
A special message from the Irrelevant Gamer's Relevant Wife:
(On Fallout: New Vegas) - "Wandering is good for the XP."

NEXT TIME: Theories as to why Peter Molyneux(FABLE creator) hates chickens.

XBOX GAMERTAG: CaptAwesome12

'Gears of War 3 : Ashes to Ashes' Trailer

Thursday, October 14, 2010

NEW SUPER SEAL!

Bam.

Episode 3 or Massive Flying Vampiric Cheese Vs. The Pink Polka Dotted Cthulu.

INTRO:  Pretty awesome title, huh?  Grabbed your attention and curiosity.  The funny thing is that the title is one of BILLIONS of possibilities in the new game SUPER SCRIBBLENAUTS for the Nintendo DS.  We'll talk more about that in my review.

  On to whats going on in real life!  October baseball, that's what!!  Anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I'm all about the baseball.  As a Brewers fan, there has been only 2 post seasons in Milwaukee since I've been alive.   So when my wife and I moved to Texas, the DFW metroplex specifically,  we got to see the Texas Rangers play great baseball and make it to the American League Division Series.  Now, I have never been able to go to a baseball playoff game(saw plenty of football playoff games in Green Bay, including the 1996 NFC Championship game vs. Carolina!), so when the opportunity to catch Red October in the making, I pounced and grabbed tickets to Game 4 of the ALDS.  Unfortunetly, the Rangers lost that game, but bounced back in Game 5 to clinch the series.  So when the chance came to see the Rangers Vs. Yankees in the Championship series, again I jumped at the chance!  I also looked up how much World Series tickets would cost.  And with that in mind, I would like to introduce the opportunity to do some good!

SEND CAPTAIN AWESOME TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!*


That's right!  You have a chance to help me realize my goal of going to a World Series game!  All we need to make this a reality is about $2000!  If everyone who reads this blog sends me $200 we can make this a reality!  Why donate to charity and never see the results of your donation!  If you help my cause, I'll send you pictures of my happiness at the game!  Warms your heart doesn't it?


NEWS:  Back to the awesomeness that is video games!  With some massive titles on the horizon(Fable 3, Fallout New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops), we are getting into Christmas shopping season!  The item to watch out for is not a game, but Kinect for the Xbox 360.  With the Playstation Move already out and pulling good, not great numbers, the revolution of motion gaming is Microsoft's to grab...and lose.  While the device itself looks great.(I got it pre-ordered) The launch titles, however look a bit lackluster.  With some major titles expected to be named as early as next year, I have hope...lots and lots of hope...


REVIEW:  SUPER SCRIBBLENAUTS (DS)
  And the winner by knockout is: The Pink polka dotted Cthulu!  The cheese didn't stand a chance.  Seriously though, you can actually make those things!  I did!  Super Scribblenauts is on of the best puzzle games out, and yet, I just use it to let my imagination run wild!  Think of the wildest, non-copyrighted, non-obscene things you can think of!  With over 100,000 words and 50,000 adjectives, you can make some pretty fantastic stuff!  A must-have for any DS owner!

PROS: Everything broken in the first Scribblenauts game has been fixed!  Plus, it's awesome!

In fact, this game is so awesome, it's going to be the first game to get my new official seal!
There was going to be a picture of a seal, but Vault Boy is more awesome.

GRADE: SUPER SCRIBBLENAUTS: 9.0

While we are talking about the Seal of Awesomness, let's go to my library and seal us some games!!

ALAN WAKE - SEAL!
BORDERLANDS - SEAL!
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS- SEAL!
FABLE 2 - SEAL!
FALLOUT 3 - SEAL!
GEARS OF WAR 2 - SEAL!
MASS EFFECT - SEAL!
MASS EFFECT 2 - SUPER SEAL!
RED DEAD REDEMPTION - SEAL!

Not sure what to use as the Super Seal...I shall ponder this and get back with an epic design.

Nominate your favorite games to see if they get the SEAL!

NEXT TIME: Inception...promise!

Fable III TV Trailer Debut