Friday, February 29, 2008
100 hours????It’s always disappointing to get a brand new game that kicks ass right up until the end of the game, which is only a few hours away. Sure, it’s great that the game kept you completely entertained the entire way through, but only getting 5 or 6 hours out of a game really sucks. Like with the other Grand Theft Auto titles, you aren’t going to have to worry about polishing off GTA 4 in just one all-night gaming session.
According to a spokesman for RockStar Games “if you’re not in a rush and you answer the phone when it rings it’ll take about 100 hours to complete.” Of course that likely doesn’t even take into account the many hours spent randomly driving around trying to do the craziest stunts possible.
I’m glad to see a title like this which will really get me the most bang for my buck. I love games that I can put down for a while and pick back up later, and I think GTA 4 will be one of those games. The only problem will be actually putting it down.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
There's a huge amount to cover with Grand Theft Auto IV. In many ways, Rockstar have left the world of video games behind, and have invented a new world - one with real characters, whose faulty lives you get to examine at a microscopic scale, against the backdrop of a city bursting with a level of detail simply never seen before. It's dark, it's gritty, and it's a world of black humour and subtle references, with the added benefit of extreme violence. It provides you with the ability to build a life in a world just different enough from real life to make you want to stay, yet similar enough to make you watch your speed around cops.
It’s all of the little things combined, such as taxi drivers who have their own personalities and are capable of executing flawless three-point-turns, or getting into arguments with other drivers. From the soundtrack to the ambient noise, which is well and truly the sound of a real city, to the character dialogue from random pedestrians on the street. It’s your cell phone that won't stop ringing because you've stood up your friend for a drink. It’s the animated physics that actually imbue people with a centre of gravity, accurate posture and even gait. It’s the condensation on Niko's breath after he's killed twenty mobsters. It’s drifting around a corner and taking out a power pole, but above all else it’s your Liberty City. You make the rules, and every action you take has a consequence.
I suspect I’ve just witnessed what would happen if Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie made a video game together. This is Grand Theft Auto IV, and it's here on the 29th of April.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Ok...The Format War Is Over .
Gaming's biggest diversion of the last year has finally come to an end. Today, after the stock markets in Tokyo and Osaka closed, Toshiba announced that HD DVD was no more. The company will cease developing, manufacturing and marketing HD DVD players and recorders. Yes, the format war is finally over, and Sony's Blu-ray has emerged victorious. From the press release:
Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.This decision will not impact on Toshiba's commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
A Petaluma, California teen center is canceling rap concerts from its venue because of the crowd that hyphy music draws to it.
According to The Press Democrat, officials of the Petaluma Phoenix Theater said yesterday (February 12) that they were pushed to enforce the ban on rap shows after a teenager was arrested with loaded gun following a fight outside the venue last month when Hyphy music was on the bill.
Tom Gaffey, the Phoenix Theater's manager, said that the ban is a safety measure until the center can determine which styles of rap music it will allow.
“We need to really think about whether hyphy and hip hop can exist,” Gaffey said. “We have too many kids down here to take that kind of a risk.”
Rap fans outside the Phoenix Theater's Tuesday called the venue’s ban on rap excessive and unfair because it lumps all rap music into one category.
“That sucks,” said Mike Snow, an 18-year-old junior college student. “It’s lame that all rap shows are canceled for a couple of idiots.”
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Price said height wasn't a consideration because, "He was 10 feet tall to me because he was sweet." Still, the relationship isn't without its problems. "He lets his anger conquer him sometimes," Price admitted. "He throws things around, and sometimes he throws it in my direction."
I don't see what the big problem is. Gary Coleman likes to throw shit. Sheesh, wear kneepads. Or do that move where you put your hand on his head and he frantically bats at the air. That's the cornerstone to a good marriage. Or midget wrangling. Same thing. Now where's my little Oompa Loompa bride? Hey, get out of the cookie jar! You know I hate footprints on my Chips Ahoy, woman.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
walking down the street
something caught my eye
a growing epidemic that really ain't fly
a middle aged lady
i gotta be blunt
her spandex biker shorts were creepin up the front
i could see her uterus her pants were too tight
she must've owned panties that were not in sight i walked right by the poor woman didn't know
she had a frontal wedgie
a Camel Toe
[chorus]
um hmm thats right uh huh
oh no
fix yourself girl
you got a
Camel Toe
um hmm thats right uh huh
oh no
fix yourself girl
you got a
Camel Toe
girl thats gotta hurt
take some time an dadjust can't you see people staring
and making a fuss
could not believe my eyes had to take a second glance
is your crotch hungry girl
cause its eating your pants
do you enjoy the comotion and attenetion it brings
the only lips i wanna see are the ones that sing
in public putting on an x rated show cursin people out
with your Camel Toe
[Repeat Chorus]
first day of spring and by the looks of things these girls have forgot how to dress
a little quick to wearin
wearin pum pum shorts
and its causin me much distress
whoomp there it is
yeha right in the front
everybody come and get a good look
i can see everything through the panty cling every cranny
and every nook
you better take a quick minute
before you step outside
and check the area thats pubic
or you'll get your panties all up in a bunch all twisted up
like rubic
take these words of advice
cause its not very nice
i wanna put you al in the know
girls don't sleep
don't let your pants creep
watch out for
The Camel Toe