We’ll be starting a new segment here at Bluegamer.net – GameFAQs Weekly. As much as I avoid that place for serious discussion, there are some magical moments to be witnessed. The following is a screen cap of the BioShock board when the demo was released. Yes, a while ago, but Sean found it saved on his computer and thought it would be great to share. Stay tuned for more GameFAQs Weekly.
With not much of a comeback and still some technical difficulties, Adam, Sean, and Jose return to not play games and just talk about them. They discuss newly announced titles like Terminator Salvation and Lost Planet 2, while getting lost in deep discussion about the History Channel series of games. They finally get to some NXE talk and reminisce about the time Adam’s Mom pushed his blown-up Van down the street.
And the intro track is from the game Dragon’s Fury (depending on region) for Genesis/Megadrive and Wii Virtual Console.
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Wow. A Bluecast? After all this time? Adam, Sean, and Jose are back with an all new action-packed episode, and don’t they sound just as lost as ever. The group discuss what happened between the last Bluecast and now, and also go over current games and what’s coming. Also The Schiller chimes in for a quick call.
But give them a break – it felt like the first day of Highschool…which Sean should know so well.
The opening and closing music is ‘How the West Was Won’ from the Red Alert 3 Soundtrack.
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I picked up my 360 today from UPS. Unfortunately they only deliver during my working hours, so I had to drive out pretty far to get it. I think that’s crap. Anyway, being a little under the weather today, I only had a chance to try a few of the demos I missed. BTW, it is a brand-new console and they included a free 1-month gold subscription.
RE5: Awesome. The most incredible looking game I’ve seen, and totally fun. RE4 was great for me, so I just want more of the same. And I can forgive the limiting control scheme versus Dead Space. Dead Space allows such a free range of movement that the ’survival-horror’ aspect is lost. But it’s still here with RE5.
Fear 2: I’m a fan of Monolith but the first Fear game was kind of boring. I loved the fire-fights when they appeared…but for me it wasn’t enough. This demo felt the same unfortunately. Great Graphics though.
Halo Wars: I could go on forever, but as an RTS fanatic, it didn’t do it for me. But, as an RTS fanatic, I will play through it, disappointed all the way. What else can I say? It’s a console RTS.
But right now I really want to play some Dawn of War 2. It’s just freaking addicting. But as I said, I’m a little sick…I need to get back to bed.
Oh…Podcast news. I got an Acer Aspire One, which included the one thing I needed to get the Bluecast rolling: XP. Brace yourself for the Bluecast come-back episode…that is, if I’m feeling better.
So I started a new career which will give me the time I need for this site. With this extra time, I’ll explain what I’ve been doing:
Red Alert 3. I’ve spent so much more time with this game in the past week, it is just amazing. At first I wasn’t impressed, but after a little more time I can see what it’s doing. It is also totally a co-op game. Every aspect promotes co-op play.
Dawn of War 2 Beta. I was afraid of the changes that could be made for this sequel, but after playing the Beta, my love was right back where it needed to be. It’s less of a base-builder, which is how I prefer my RTS’s, but it still has the base-building mechanic, so I totally dig it.
My 360 died. Yeah, it RRoD’d. I sent it out on Tuesday and just got the confirmation that repair is complete. Halo Wars and RE5 demo, here I come.
Killzone 2 demo. My post from CoG:
Graphics look great, but very jaggedy. I guess the screenshots and videos we see are with AA turned up. With the graphics smoothed out, it would be the best looking FPS. The controls are ok. I think it’s odd how they give you some options…but leave others out. Very awkward…and speaking of which, the dual analog setup for the DS3 is just annoying. The ‘C’-shape required by my thumb and pointer finger puts too much of an unnatural strain on my hand. Remember, the original pad was designed before analog…they should have done a redesign with analog sticks.
But playing it was fun. Like what has been said, it’s your normal generic run-n-gun FPS. That’s not bad, but it’s not going to stand out. I think the cover system worked well too. A similar system was used in Shadow Ops.
I see no reason to give this a bad score despite controls. It’s not doing anything wrong really, and it seems to be a fun title.
In the past few months my PC gaming time went down. This was due to my Gateway P6860FX overheating and just shutting off. So, after a long time of research I came across a laptop cooler. ZALMAN ZM-NC2000 B Notebook Cooler. Not only does my PC no longer shut down, but my in-game improvement has sky-rocketed. I clearly get more frames in-game, and I can even now use higher AA than I could stomach. So, I was able to improve my laptop’s gaming performance without even upgrading the CPU to the $300 intel I plan on using in the future. This laptop was definitley worth the price.
Bluecast. This should start back up soon. I was hoping to do one last weekend, but PowerGramo won’t work correctly on my system, which I attribute to Vista64. I don’t have an XP system to use, but I’ve been eyeing a netbook lately, and I now have a reason to jump on one.
