Playstation 3

So I received a very generous gift from my sister over the weekend... a little something to thank me for some of the things I've done for her 2007. Said gift is a "Playstation 3".

Hella-stoked am I to have not only a great next gen system but I finally have something that has 1080p output for my HDTV.

Setup of the system was a snap. It was possibly the easiest of all the next gen systems - I have both an XBox360 and a Nintendo Wii for comparison.

The system needed to download a version-firmware update so a good portion of the evening was spent with the system being on and it downloading the v2.10 update.


Once the update was complete - I threw in Spiderman 3 into the player. I was really impressed by the color and clarity of the movie. I then threw in my copy of HOT FUZZ so that I could see what the DVD upsample was like.

Happy to report that the upsample worked really well. Which is great seeing how I plan to use the PS3 for my living room DVD/BlueRay player.

After doing some movie tests - I threw in my copy of Assassins Creed. I've only played it for 40 minutes so I don't want to weigh in on the game just yet. I'm very happy with it thus far tho'. more on that in the near future.

I'm now going to watch LSU route the Suckeyes from Ohio State.

the Kissplorer

With GuitarHero fever running high in our household... I went out of my way to personalize my axe.



I had some assistance from a co-worker who does a lot of scrap-booking. Below is a picture of what it took get it to look just right.

Guitar Hero claims another household... mine

I haven't been posting a lot in recent weeks and I blame it squarely on my recent purchase of Guitar Hero II...

It's put a strange stranglehold on my household... both my sister and I find ourselves squeezing in all of our free time to master silly metal songs on a miniature plastic guitar.

Final Fantasy III

When not obssessing about what teams will square off in Superbowl 41, yours trully has been completely captivated by Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS.

Picked up a copy over the weekend to pass the time while kicking it at my parents.

I'm of the opinion that Final Fantasy VII is possibly the greatest game ever created... I attemped to play parts 8, 9 and 10... but none of them captured the magic of 7.

More importatnly... none of the following chapters captured the simplicity of part 7. Several friends of mine in College didn't dig the political backdrop of part 7, but I was never a huge fan of slaying dragons and figuring out Mage & Warrior combinations.

Anyhoo... its been a while since I checked out a Final Fantasy and I thought I'd give FFIII a shot. I figured that some simplicity had to be built into the game so it couldn't be all that bad...

I felt a little guilty purchasing the game seeing how I never really beat CONTACT... a game that is beautiful and freakishly hard.


I've dropped about 2 hours of gameplay into the game and I'm loving it! The gameplay is pretty simple... the weaponry makes sense and I'm an hour or so away from making people in my party keepers of White/Black magic, Warriors, Theives or BMF's with a Bow & Arrow.

If you're hard up for a game on the DS and you haven't played a RPG in a while, pick this one up. It rawks vicious wang.

Sent Home Early = Wario / Smooth Moves

When I got word this afternoon that I would get to go home early... I hopped over to my local GameStop and picked up Wario Smooth Moves for the Nintendo Wii.

Initial thoughts : I got a chance to play a Wario game designed for the Nintendo GameBoy Advance a few years ago and I really enjoyed it.

Smooth Moves for the Wii doesn't disappoint. My only complaints to register thus far are:
• It doesn't expand to 16x9 for HD sets. It's 4x3
• I'm flying through the game very quickly... I don't know how much of it I've completed so far but it wouldn't surprise me if I'm a 1/3 through.
• I haven't figured out how to use multiplayer yet...

I think i have to unlock the multiplayer tho'...

CONTACt

With Final Fantasy III not dropping on the DS till mid-November, I opted to pick up a RPG for my DS so that I can have something to play on weekends I go down to visit my parents.

I'm not terribly far in the game but it's one of coolest RPG's I've played in recent memory. I really don't know how to describe it just yet... It's about an alien aircraft and I have a hankering to throw on OK Computer by Radiohead, when I play it.

If you're hard up for a RPG and you have a DS - hook this up. It should hold you over until FFIII comes out.

.alamo city rollie, who would really like to see Golden Sun show up on the DS.