OBJECTION!

The MKR Group has decided that they don't want no stinking malls with no stinking zombies in them unless they get their hands in the cookie jar. Reuters reported that yesterday they filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in New York alleging that Dead Rising is simply "a video game version of our movies." What a load of crap. If a zombie infestation really did happen where would you want to go? I'd want to go to the local mall, barely anyone ever goes there anymore, but I guess I can't, it might infringe on someones copyright claim... This is the sort of thing that can happen when copyright claims aren't made to be more specific.

Original Story Here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2526490820080226?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

Dead Rising 2 from Canada with love?

Confusing reports abound today, and a trip to http://www.bluecastlegames.com/ doesn't seem to alleviate the situation. Rumor has it that Capcom is bringing in some western company to create the sequel to one of the best 360 games known to man. The videos contained within the site are purposely cryptic. The first video reports that the upcoming game is "probably the most sought after projects in Vancouver." Clicking over to the art team section reveals "going from the bigs where we were doing a lot of stadium artwork where we are now doing *bleep* city streets, vehicles weapons..." Interesting stuff... However...

There is yet another standing rumor that a development team in the "Los Angeles area" has been tapped to take over the reigns. Whatever the case may be, whoever wins, we as gamers win. Well if Otis is still ringing us on that walkie talkie we may loose...

Take 2 to EA: "Piss off"

For some ungodly reason EA is trying to buy every gaming company they possibly can. My theory? It's so they can destroy every good gaming franchise and lower our expectations of their games. Burnout without crash mode? That isn't Burnout, it's just another crappy racing game. And Madden? Yeah 1996 called, they said they want you to stop updating the roster for their game. Could you imagine Bioshock 2 with REAL ads? Or GTA for that matter? EA basically sucks the fun right out of any game they get their hands on. They offered 2 billion for Take 2. Take 2's response in short form? Shove it up your ass.

A Far Cry from what you'd expect.

Yes I went there, deal with it. It's been announced that the player of Farcry 2 will be stricken with malaria as soon as he gets of the plane. This is taking micromanagement to a whole new and sick level, whereas to get medicine for the disease you have to acquire it (they don't say how) from civilians. Ubisoft, I hope you know that the deaths of thousands of digital civilians will be on your heads, for I'm not the nice "can I have some medicine, I'll pay for it, honest" type. I'm more the "I'm going to shove this rifle up your ass and use you as a silencer if you don't give me what I want" type. So, if you can live with that, go ahead. But don't think Postal 2 hasn't had an effect on the way I play games, there is always the second option of killing everyone in sight, always.

The best thing on 360 since Dead Rising

And yes, I'm completely ignoring that tin can trapped green bastard. The only problem with this game? It's just a demo, and there's a 17 day time limit on the demo. The Dishwasher hearkens back to the days when beat-em-ups were actually badass (aka before Squaresoft tried it). Its kind of like if you took TMNT: The Arcade Game smashed it with Salad Fingers and threw in a couple thousand gallons of blood. Yes folks, it's that awesome. Do yourself a favor and check this game out, you won't be sorry you did, but you might if you don't. It's hard to believe that a few guys in a basement created this. I may have to look into getting myself a copy of that XNA developer studio.

No, the sky isn't falling...

That sound you heard a few days ago, that was Kaz "It's Ridge Racer Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaacer!" Hirai dying a little inside. Awful loud though, wasn't it? Sam's Club had a hell of a deal on the Xbox 360 with an extra controller and the play n charge kit included. I also recived a game that I'd been looking at since I first saw direct feed video of it last year, Project Gotham Racing 4. Cars and motorcycles racing together? I'm in. Right now I'm in the process of looking for some really good deals on games. Dead Rising should be here on monday, and if you don't know already, I love that game it's the reason I got the first 360. If it were an official Dawn of the Dead game, it would be the first movie to video game translation that would be worth a damn. If you don't already own it, go out and get it now, Capcom is looking down the barrel of a really big lawsuit over the game at this point. Somebody at the The MKR Group (owners of the copyright to George Romero's Dead films) must have finally played it. I hope they are able to work everything out and make a sequel, but who really knows?

For those of you that wish to know, my gamer tag is Rblphoenix, and as a word of warning to my friends, don't come near this thing with Halo 3, I will not hesitate to break your fingers, and your game.

The scam of DLC (and why the **** are you people falling for it?)

Downloadable Content is the scourge of gaming. How the hell do game companies get away with charging you $60 bucks for a game then telling you, "but wait there's more! you just have to pay for it!"? It's because people are stupid enough to buy it. The whole point of laying down that outrageous amount of money in the first place is so you get to play the entire damn game, not 80-90% of a game only to be told later to cough up another $15 bucks to get the "rest of the game." Hell most of the time the supposed "extra content" is already on the friggin DVD (see: Beautiful Katamari, Dead Rising, any EA game put out since 2006). Seriously, STOP IT. You're making us all look bad. And convincing game companies that we are stupid mindless sheep that will buy anything as long as it looks shiny and new.