So, Super Star Solder, (originally for the TurboGraphx 16) came out on the Wii Virtual Console… oh… within the past hour or so I guess. So, I decided to trade in some hard earned cash for some virtual Wii points, which I then trade in for the rights to download the game. Wait… so… what’s the point of Wii points? Why can’t they just say the game costs $6? It can’t be that hard to convert prices for regions. ANYwho, after a glitch in the system (or a remote-o, or whatever a typo would be considered with the remote), I purchased my Wii points and just as quickly gave them back to download Super Star Soldier. I have played a solid 5 minutes of it, and can say I’m quite happy with my $6. Not quite as cheap as the BK games, and not quite the same graphics, but I’m a huge fan of the scrolling games. Now I won’t be stuck playing RaidenX anymore.

Mini-review after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

After Sony’s un-uneventful release was the less publicized Wii release. Why was it less publicized? One reason, Nintendo knows how to get shit done. 8 consoles for 60 people waiting is a mess bound to happen. But when you have 50 consoles for 60 people, it’s very easy to chop down to 50. And it makes it even easier when you tell them “We’re getting another shipment within 6 days. It should be around 90-100 units. Just check back daily, and we should have them available without needing to camp again.” With news like that, there’s hope for all before Christmas. But, for the hardcore, that’s not soon enough.

Read on to hear my camping experience.

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After 1 coffee, 8 hours in the cold, 1 hour in the rain, 6 layers of clothing, and $430 removed from my wallet, I’m now one happy (but tired) Wii owner. I got Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Monkey Ball, and an extra remote + nun-chuck. I’d write more, but it’s all I can do to even move my fingers to the correct keys. So… to bed I go. I’ll update on the awesomeness in the morning.

Shout out to Drew for driving down from NH to camp with me. Couldn’t have done it without you (well, I might have, but I’d have been booooorrreeedd)

So, the last two or three times I’ve been to EB to get a game on release day, I’ve gotten the same answer. “We don’t have it”. Now, normally, I don’t mind when a store doesn’t have a game. It could be sold out, or maybe just hasn’t arrived yet. Yet, both times I inquired about why they didn’t have it, I received the same answer “It’s not out yet.” The first time, I thought, meh, maybe I just remembered wrong, or the date was changed or something. But I’ve come to the conclusion that EB is just so far stuck up their asses that they can’t tell the difference between a release date, and the date that their shipment of it comes in. Even this I wouldn’t mind so much, but whenever I mentioned that all sources (including EBgames.com and the little book of release dates IN the EB store) said that 11/14 is the release date for Final Fantasy III, I’d get an “I don’t know what stupid person told you that, but the date is wrong… stupid”. I’m just waiting for Sunday. “I’m sorry everyone, but you’re all wrong. 11/19 is the ship date of the Wii, the release isn’t until tomorrow. Stupids”

The funny thing is that a GameStop in another mall also hadn’t received their copy of FFIII yet, but at least they told me the truth and said “Sorry, we were expecting it in today’s shipment, but it didn’t seem to contain it. We should have them in by tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience.” So, maybe it’s just EB. Who knows, but I’m real close to never going into that EB again.

As I strum a few last chords, the lights go out, and the crowd erupts. Cheers and shouts of approval ring out. Through the noise, a few voices cry out “FREEBIRD!”. Eventually the whole crowd is chanting. After a few moments of silence on stage, we walk back out, and give the audience what they want. As the first note echos throughout Stonehenge, the crowd once again erupts into cheers. It was the single greatest experience in my musical career. Well… my Guitar Hero… career.

Thoughts and comments on the highly anticipated, new release Guitar Hero II after the jump.

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So, November 7th has come and gone, and 2 of the most anticipated rhythm games were released. The sequel to one of the hottest rhythm games ever, Guitar Hero II, an the Americanized ‘port’ of Elite Beat Agents. (Although, the EBA website shows 11-06-06 in big bold letters in a big star, EB and Best Buy both claimed that they didn’t get it until today) I’ll save my Guitar Hero II for it’s own post. It really won’t do it justice to share the space with an inferior game. Now, I don’t mean that Elite Beat Agents is bad, it’s just that Guitar Hero II is so good, not much else can even compare.

That being said, read up about Elite Beat Agents: Read the rest of this entry »

NVidia will be releasing their latest line of graphics cards with the release of the 8800GTS and 8800GTX next week. DailyTech received a bunch of gear before the official release, and review it here. So, what do these behemoths have to offer? Well, quite a bit actually. This marks the first DirectX 10 supported card on the market. Now, that doesn’t mean that you should go out and sell your first born to buy a new graphics card. While this is the first to support DX10, it has the drawback of… being the first to support DX10. For one, DX10 is Vista only (as of right now). So, you have at least until Vista before DX10 support is even necessary. There’s a two (and probably a three and a four as well) for reasons not to get the G80 right off the bat, but I believe that reason one is good enough.

What are my plans for the G80s? Read the rest of this entry »

Borat, the latest character of Sacha Cohen to be turned into a movie, was released today. (Well, now it’s yesterday, but it was today when I started writing this. I swear.) Naturally, my roommate and I went to go see it with a few friends. So, into a mostly sold out theater we go, and we end up sitting near the front, way off on the far side. Fortunately enough Borat doesn’t have any high def graphics that you just gotta see on the big screen. (In fact there’s things I’d rather not see that big). Even though going to a big screen isn’t necessary, it’s definitely worth it for the previews. The local Regal Cinema is sporting the latest Gears of War Trailer. I had recently downloaded and watched the high-def trailer from GameTrailers.com. However, even my 24″ comes nowhere close to a movie theater. Now if only we could play games on a screen that big.

View the GoW trailer: Low-Def | High-Def

As for Borat, continue reading for my impressions. Read the rest of this entry »

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