I think it might be. Kotaku thinks the new live action trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future soldier could be the best game trailer they have ever seen, and I'm apt to agree. And this is just a teaser for a longer version that is apparently in the works!
Luke Plunkett (Kotaku) - "As a piece of film, it's pretty good. As an exercise in game promotion, however, it takes the kind of work done by the Halo:ODST trailer and not only runs with it, it runs it into another timezone, doing a fantastic job of selling not only the setting and the tone, but the kind of weapons and tech to be found in the game, and even a re-assuring nod that, while Future Soldier is set in the future, it's grounded in reality."
Yeah. What he said. It is precisely these kind of teasers, short films, experimental cinematic tie-ins, what-have-you, that make me just want MORE. But it's not like an amuse bouche before your pinky-raised nine-course gourmet prepared meal, it's the best prime rib in the world, before you sit down to eat another, bacon-wrapped prime rib!
Bring it on UbiSoft. So far, I'm all in!
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Midnight Madness And Lack Of Sleep
Yesterday I mentioned that I was going to go to Gamestop at midnight to pick up my preordered copy of ODST. Well, I did it. I went down there at 10PM because they called me this past weekend and let me know that I could come down at 10 and process my transaction so that at midnight, I would not have to wait in line. So at 10 I said to myself, I'm just going to run down there and peek to see if there is a big crowd. When I got there, it was really slow with only a couple of kids loitering around chatting up the employees. So I thought, why not. I paid my balance, got my receipt and headed back home to kill the next two hours. Once midnight approached, I headed back down and much to my (happy) surprise, there was close to 20 'kids' waiting in line. There was even a mom and a dad there to approve the M-rated game and they both did so without hesitation.
As the clock struck 12 they they started calling names for the people that had pre-processed at 10PM. I was the 5th name called, they handed me a shiny new copy of ODST and the Sgt Johnson token, I then jumped in my car and by 12:10 was watching the opening cutscene.
Overall it was a fairly painless procedure, not counting the late bedtime, and I then stayed up till 1am playing. Five (easy) achievements and just under an hour of gameplay was all I could muster. I had to force myself away or I would have pulled an all-nighter, and at this point in my life - that ain't happenin'. And let me be perfectly clear, if the Gamestop was not less than a 90-second drive from my house, none of this would have even been a consideration!
So as soon as I get home tonight, have some dinner with my wife and then walk the dog, I'm back into New Mombasa looking for CLUES! Oh, and AMMO! Holy cripes that stuff is SCARCE!
later,
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As the clock struck 12 they they started calling names for the people that had pre-processed at 10PM. I was the 5th name called, they handed me a shiny new copy of ODST and the Sgt Johnson token, I then jumped in my car and by 12:10 was watching the opening cutscene.
Overall it was a fairly painless procedure, not counting the late bedtime, and I then stayed up till 1am playing. Five (easy) achievements and just under an hour of gameplay was all I could muster. I had to force myself away or I would have pulled an all-nighter, and at this point in my life - that ain't happenin'. And let me be perfectly clear, if the Gamestop was not less than a 90-second drive from my house, none of this would have even been a consideration!
So as soon as I get home tonight, have some dinner with my wife and then walk the dog, I'm back into New Mombasa looking for CLUES! Oh, and AMMO! Holy cripes that stuff is SCARCE!
later,
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Who Is Going To Their Local Gamestop Tonight At Midnight To Get ODST?
THIS GUY IS!!!
Yes, I am going to go get my preordered copy of Halo 3: ODST tonight at midnight when my friendly neighborhood Gamestop re-opens for the big release extravaganza. I figured, hey, why not? I have never been to a store at midnight for an album release party, or to get 1st row concert tickets, or gotten that first copy of the game that I wanted (Standing in line to see the midnight showing of a Star Wars movie doesn't count. Everybody did that, right? ...RIGHT???). So now, as someone who is a gamer that just crossed into the 40-and-over demographic, with disposable income to make it happen, and as a youth never did the midnight release party thing... I'm going to go and report back on how it was. Do I really need to do this? Will I play the game at 12:05 am when I get back home??
HELL NO! I'm going to bed. We oldsters have to get solid sleep or else we can't function at our JOBS. But it will be there for me on Tuesday when I get home from said WORK and I can fire it up as soon as I consume some gaming fuel like pasta or half a loaf of bread and a pound of butter. You need your carbs before starting a marathon gaming session. Keeps you sharp. That and the bottle of Tennessee Whisky that is used to wash it all down...
Recap of how it went tomorrow... Gameplay thoughts on Wednesday (official review on HaloFriday.com). Wish me luck!!!
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Yes, I am going to go get my preordered copy of Halo 3: ODST tonight at midnight when my friendly neighborhood Gamestop re-opens for the big release extravaganza. I figured, hey, why not? I have never been to a store at midnight for an album release party, or to get 1st row concert tickets, or gotten that first copy of the game that I wanted (Standing in line to see the midnight showing of a Star Wars movie doesn't count. Everybody did that, right? ...RIGHT???). So now, as someone who is a gamer that just crossed into the 40-and-over demographic, with disposable income to make it happen, and as a youth never did the midnight release party thing... I'm going to go and report back on how it was. Do I really need to do this? Will I play the game at 12:05 am when I get back home??
HELL NO! I'm going to bed. We oldsters have to get solid sleep or else we can't function at our JOBS. But it will be there for me on Tuesday when I get home from said WORK and I can fire it up as soon as I consume some gaming fuel like pasta or half a loaf of bread and a pound of butter. You need your carbs before starting a marathon gaming session. Keeps you sharp. That and the bottle of Tennessee Whisky that is used to wash it all down...
Recap of how it went tomorrow... Gameplay thoughts on Wednesday (official review on HaloFriday.com). Wish me luck!!!
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Moments of Reflection
Yesterday I attended my third funeral in as many weeks. To me that is just a little too much for one month. Each death was slightly different and each funeral ceremony was different as well. The one common thread from each occasion is that it has allowed me to reflect on the people and moments in my own life.
Life is to be cherished. We only get one chance at it while on this Earth. So I have found that I cherish many things and am thankful to have them. So what means the most to me? Well here it is in a sort of inglorious list.
My Family. My family simply means everything to me.
My friends. You know who you are. I appreciate all the moments we have shared.
And that is really all that matters. All of the rest is simply material possessions and moments spent with either my family or my friends.
All I can say is do not take anything for granted and appreciate the time we have with each other to its maximum.
S-I-X
Life is to be cherished. We only get one chance at it while on this Earth. So I have found that I cherish many things and am thankful to have them. So what means the most to me? Well here it is in a sort of inglorious list.
My Family. My family simply means everything to me.
My friends. You know who you are. I appreciate all the moments we have shared.
And that is really all that matters. All of the rest is simply material possessions and moments spent with either my family or my friends.
All I can say is do not take anything for granted and appreciate the time we have with each other to its maximum.
S-I-X
Thursday, July 9, 2009
MechWarrior Franchise Reboot Coming To 360 (and PC) And The Trailer ROCKS.
Wow, has it been a month since E3 already? Man how time flies! Things have been kind of busy what with summer here now and the busy month just having wrapped up at that thing called work... So now I think I can get back to posting on a semi-regular basis and show you some of the cool things that I find out there for the 360. ODST is still about 10 weeks away and we have all seen and kept up with Bungie's news (you do read B.net right?) so for today I thought I'd show you something that was announced yesterday that really piqued my interest.
Remember playing pen-and-paper BattleTech? Remember playing the PC version and then later the original Xbox MechWarrior? I sure do. Now it looks like the guy that formed FASA now runs Piranha Games, and that company got the rights to MechWarrior. The series is about to get a next-gen reboot and the trailer that was released yesterday looks fantastic. It feels like MechWarrior has all the right sights and sounds and if done right, make quite the comback.
One question though - Doesn't it seem like when things go bad, really bad, there's ALWAYS an Atlas around to fuck you up?
Yeah, I thought so...
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Remember playing pen-and-paper BattleTech? Remember playing the PC version and then later the original Xbox MechWarrior? I sure do. Now it looks like the guy that formed FASA now runs Piranha Games, and that company got the rights to MechWarrior. The series is about to get a next-gen reboot and the trailer that was released yesterday looks fantastic. It feels like MechWarrior has all the right sights and sounds and if done right, make quite the comback.
One question though - Doesn't it seem like when things go bad, really bad, there's ALWAYS an Atlas around to fuck you up?
Yeah, I thought so...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Xbox Live Service Maintenance
Well E3 is over and we're all still absorbing the announcements and previews of all the cool new games and features that were thrown our way. So now's the time apparently to fix Xbox live so that it'll all work, now that everyone's back in Redmond...
From Major Nelson:
"On Tuesday, June 16th from 7:01AM UTC (12:01 AM PST) for up to 24 hours, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, Xbox LIVE and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won’t be able to post.)"
Click for the rest of the post and details...
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From Major Nelson:
"On Tuesday, June 16th from 7:01AM UTC (12:01 AM PST) for up to 24 hours, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, Xbox LIVE and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won’t be able to post.)"
Click for the rest of the post and details...
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Friday, June 5, 2009
E3 Videos: Mindblowing Epic Space Opera Edition
Continuing with our E3 week of new game videos that are worthy of our attention and playable on the Xbox 360, we come now to another BioWare treat. This time it's Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect was amazingly immersive and almost mind numbingly expansive in the size of the universe; add that to a great story and mix of FPS and roleplaying, and you have a great game that you knew would spawn a great sequel. And so here it is. Mass Effect 2 looks to build on all of those aforementioned traits and bring us back into those familiar roles. I guess it's time for me to finally finish the first Mass Effect so I'll be ready for this when its released! Enjoy another great trailer!
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Mass Effect 2
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Mass Effect 2
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