(Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!)
Well, maybe you aren’t this extreme, but you’re in league with the crazy scientists/mathmeticians of today. Very few people have the talent of math and science is something takes a lot of brains as well. Thank whosever God you worship, or don’t worship, so thank no deity whatsoever in your case, for you people! Most of us would have died off without your help.
We all know what the FCC is, right? Well, if you don’t, then here’s the gist of it:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC’s jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.
Right, so there’s a communications regulation agency of the U.S. government. They handle things like what can be said or displayed on public television (television that doesn’t need a subscription; for example, Cartoon Network can be viewed for free, whereas you have to pay extra for Showtime). The contradiction is this video:
If you click on it, it says you must be over 18 to view it. Funny… it’s a television ad. The FCC approved of it, yet some silly monkey went and marked the video as adult content. It’s funny what some people do, don’t you agree?
Creepy. I remember an article about this game in Game Informer (for people outside of the U.S., it’s a gaming-oriented magazine; they write the best reviews, in my opinion). From memory, you are taking the role of a mining engineer from a intergalactic mining company. You’re being sent to this spaceship that apparently disappeared and are also being told to investigate and determine whether the ship and any cargo is salvageable. What you find is that the ship’s crew is dead and the ship is invested with murderous aliens. It’s obvious what comes next: survival.
It’s on the Xbox360, PS3, and the PC. Any takers? Seems there’s also an animated series, which is right here:
For a full fucking week. Back in middle school, fall and spring vacation were three weeks long, with Christmas varying on which track you were on. The tracks were Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green (my track). Everyone’s Christmas vacation was two weeks long, while Green track’s vacation was five weeks long. Yeah! ^^ (I forget how long summer was, but Green track’s vacation were all bunched up; Red would have vacation, then school for three weeks, and then another vacation, for example) However, in High School, the schedule is different. Christmas, I believe, is two weeks, and summer is about seven weeks (about as long as Green track’s summer vacation). I forget how long spring is. What is your schedule like?
Our campus is larger and we have more classrooms; therefore we (as in, the parents) don’t have to deal with tracks and different schedules. Back in Freshman year, I sort of wished tracks were integrated into the school, since it was so crowded last year. Now that I’m a Sophomore, I don’t have to deal with that crap since I know the campus, and because Sophomores aren’t as bunched up as Freshman are. Hooray!
Anyhow, I believe I owe you, the reader, an explanation as to what the hell is going on. Well, I’ve been busy with stuff. Playing games and getting things done (such as buying new earphones). I’m pretty sure that most of you here know about Mercenaries 2. While it didn’t get the reception from critics that I hoped, it is a very good game. The tragedy, though, is that my brother is hogging my PS3 and is doing what I did: play it whenever he got the chance. Ah, oh well. I already beat the game anyway.
Oh, and….. my mercenary is Jennifer Mui. Kind of to be assumed, right?
Right, I don’t know what the hell this is about. This genre of game is whole new experience to me. So, I’m going to get it. I’m not interested in how I’ll like it, I’m more interested in trying to make sense of all this new information.
This leads a very interesting topic: the different between Japan and NA. What are the chances of a North American company producing a trailer like this? Don’t get me wrong, this seems like a very interesting piece of game, but what are the chances? While Japan makes stuff cuter, us American are making things bigger, badder, and something that’ll make us say “Kick-ass!” or “Motherfucker, that was awesome!” Games are becoming more like Hollywood movies in America. Why? Because Hollywood is very good at making audiences weep in awe at a fight scene, or make us sit at the edge of our seats. Japan is creating it’s own style of game (the movies seem like something an American would watch and think it was made in Hollywood), and it’s very interesting.
I do know that it is an RPG of sorts, but it’s presentation made it feel like something completely different. At first, I thought that it was a type of life-simulator, but then I saw the fight scenes (I thought they were dancing at first, to be honest ^^) and knew that it was an RPG. But… what a different RPG, I must say. Presented like nothing I’ve ever seen before.
And with that, I bid you a due (I think got this idiom correct ^^;;).
In my previous post (best phrase ever), I mentioned that I had and intend to play the The Force Unleashed demo. Well, to be blunt… IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME. The story basically goes like this: Darth Vader has an apprentice, and the Emperor cannot know about him. The latter part explains why this guy was killing everyone no matter where he went. Only one mission is in the demo, but you can experience almost everything the game has to offer (I shouldn’t say everything, since it’s a demo, and they wouldn’t want to spoil the game, right? ^^). One surprising feature is that you can level up. Yes, you read that right. The more you use your force powers, the better your guy (I’ll just call him “character”) can use them, and eventually more powers are available for you to play with.
Now, what about the combat? Highly addictive, expertly done, and not at all boring. Not only can you kill soldiers with your light saber, you can use a combination (otherwise known as a “combo move”) of your light saber and two force powers: lightning and push. Just like in a fighting game, this requires a number of button combinations. I suggest you play through the demo first, and then play it again but with fighting these combinations in mind:
The graphics be noted as well. The explosions are magnificent. In fact, I’ve never seen a game that had such good looking explosions (they’re on par with World in Conflict). The Force Push’s physical manifestation is undebatably awesome and gives the Star Wars universe more of a hard-core sci-fi feel. They remind of those cannons the Geonosians used, only cooler and a better color (they’re a mix dark blue and a lighter blue, sort of like cyan).
Finally: my favorite part of the game? I can cut a freaking AT-ST in half. Literally.
All in all, a must buy. If you would like to try it, then you can download it from the PlayStation Store. It’s over a gigabyte (1000 megabytes), so make sure you have something to do while you wait!!