Real quick-like, since its late and I still have a ton of shit to do before going to bed:
- So yesterday Midway was in town. Got to play a couple of games, including Stranglehold, the “sequel” to Hard Boiled (still one of my all time favorite films btw), but in video game form. Which is why I even bothered in the first place with a game that’s vaguely Max Payne-esque, since I could really care less about those kinds of games.
I passed along a fairly detailed description over at NeoGAF, so for the two people who might be interested should check out the very last post in this tread. But the most important thing to know is that the berzerker rage in the game has you (as Chow Yun Fat) spinning around and shooting every bad guy in sight, all slow-mo and dramatic and shit, with white doves flying all around! Gotta love that John Woo…
In that same post, you’ll also read about me playing Mortal Kombat for the Wii, which was not entirely that bad, even though I couldn’t get the hang of the controls. But then again, its Mortal Kombat, a series in which I never know what the hell I’m doing anyway, so it all works out. at least for me, in the end.
- Just found out that new Adam Sandler movie coming out, the one that deals with life post-9/11, has video game elements in it. Apparently, one way for his character to help deal with the aftermath is to play Shadow of the Collossus over and over again. Okay…
Under normal circumstances, I would be pretty intrigued, even elated, with the idea of a movie depicting a person dealing with trauma via a video game, especially Shadow of the Colossus, due to its themes and the such. But… and I hate to pull out the New Yorker card, but I could care less about any 9/11 movie, I’m sorry. Though add in Adam Sandler and you couldn’t possibly make the movie any more unappealing. Perhaps pipe in the scent of dried urine at the theaters its showing at.
Though… if you’re reading this Simon, if you want me to review this movie for GSW, I’ll do it. After-all, I have to make up for missing so many deadlines somehow. Hell, I could finally see Grandma’s Boy, that movie about a video game tester that Sandler produced or something, and make it a double feature.
- I think my Xbox is dying. The other night, for shits and giggles, I decided to load both Outrun Coast 2 Coast for both the PS2 and Xbox at the same time, and play the same track from both versions, right after each other. Gave the PS2 version a spin first, then switched over to the Xbox, which was already running, hit start, and waited… then waited… and waited. It took almost five minutes for it to load. And a while ago, I kept getting errors, and I believe the green ring was red… I hope my system really isn’t on wane, because that would really piss me off. Aside from the fact that Xbox 1s are hard to find these days, but I’ve barely played the one I have now, which is still relatively new!
- Oh, so Chulip is finally getting played. Not be me of course, but by MK. The kissing RPG seems to be pretty decent thus far… she says its weird, but fun. No “COME ON!!! like with Rule of Rose like last time. I really haven’t been able to sit and watch her play, and instead can only listen… man the voices are fucking bizarre! And MK was recently delighted by the appearance of some dude dressed as a telephone pole.
- Finally, one last reminder: this weekend is ICON! I’m in the process of putting the final touches to my big presentation that, for better or worse, might cause a riot. I’m actually hoping for it…
The funny part is, when I mentioned to MK that Final Fantasy was going to be part of it, she painted this picture of me getting the shit beat out of me by some Cloud cosplayer, then proceeded to divulge far more knowledge related to the game itself than I could have ever expected from her. Hmmm…..
Anyway, if you’re in Long Island this weekend, with nothing to do, and have always wanted to meet one of the Smoking Guns from the X-Files, well stop on by!
