Monday, January 31, 2011

"Blurring Entertainment and Reality."

I was surfing the internetz, and I just so happened to type PSP NGP into the search bar. Perhaps, there would be some new updates on it.

Upon hitting the search button; I was greeted by the official website, and a few words appeared under the link itself. Included were: "Blurring Entertainment and Reality."

I have said this before, and I will say it again. I'm up for tech advances, and the like. However, when people start to lose the sense of what is real, and what isn't; then the problem begins. What's worse? It almost seems like this type of behavior is being encouraged by the sony website.

It brought to mind an incident a friend of mine had while engaging in an online PC game. One of the users had threatened to kill himself, and post it as a video. A perfect example of a sophomoric idiot that had combined reality, and entertainment into one. I bet he thought there would be some sort of "kill-cam" after he acted upon his threat? Thankfully, he did not act upon it.

Examples like these are usually devoured by the media. Which in turn adds to the problem; when in fact much of the gaming populace are quite intelligent. That's not to say that a much bigger number of idiots will become more prominent in the future.

A shame really.

Friday, January 28, 2011

PSP NGP (Playstation Portable NGP)

It's official. The successor to PSP has been announced.

Specs: (Note that these are likely to change.)

-PS3 caliber graphics.
-Wi-Fi, and third generation wireless connection.
-Touch panels, and touch pads.
-5-inch OLED screen. Much better than liquid crystal display.
-Motion sensor, and GPS location technology.



Kazuo Hirai holding the PSP NGP. (This seems familiar.)

The PSP NGP will face off against the Nintendo 3DS.

Dead Rising 2: Case West

If you happen to own Dead Rising, and Dead Rising 2...this may feel like a
desperate cash grab by Capcom, and you may be right.

There is some fun to be had here, but this should of been part of Dead Rising 2. Instead they have chosen to release it as a stand alone game on Xbox live arcade. Why? I have no clue. Go ask Capcom about it.



Pictured above. Frank, and Chuck enjoy their time in the storage bay.
(Glitch included.)

If you do get this; remember one thing. Online co-op is terrible. If you try, and join a game...90% of the time you will be declined. Then you have to return to the title screen, and reload your save again; as it tries to join another game. Did I mention that playing as Frank is pointless? There are only ten photos that have prestige points (PP) in the entire game.

What's the point of including the camera option?

Nice move Capcom.