Game Addiction Blog

It had to happen that I’d post this ridiculous scene from some crappy movie.

If the horrible over acting and oily skinned macho dudes fighting doesn’t make you cringe, those one liners at the end are sure to do that.

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I finally got around to finishing Metal Gear Solid 4.

First things first, this game is easily one of the best games I have played and certainly the most cinematic game to boot.

Playing this game really makes you think you are in a action movie.

Both thanks to the amazing gameplay and graphics, that are so good they are used for the cutscenes so there is no pause when going from cutscene to gameplay then there is of course hours of cutscenes to watch. The last cutscene alone was like 40 minutes or more.

It’s everything the earlier installments were, just better in every single way imaginable.

That says a lot about a game right there.

The story is way overly complicated, really hard to follow at times, it really is a must to have played MGS1-3 to really understand what is going on.

Of course the story is still very elaborate and good and it’s cinematic quality stands out, I remember when I played MGS1 first, it was totally different from anything that had come out before it because there was a distinct difference between games and movies at that time.

Now Hideo Kojima, the man behind Snake and his illustrious Career has long since announced that Metal Gear Solid 4 would be his last.

However he has since announced that though he might not be working on it anymore, that doesn’t mean that Metal Gear isn’t going to continue on in some form or the other.

I don’t know if it’s going to work without Hideo Kojima since he is the brains behind the series but I will still keep my eye out for a new Metal Gear game.

Anyway enough about MGS, it seems that the new Bionic Commander game coming for PC,PSN and XBL has been given a release date and it’s just next week at $10 for PSN and Xbox Live Arcade but for no apparent reason it will cost $15 on PC.

Also while PC version will launch on August 14th and the XBLA version will be available on August 13th the PSN version for Japan and US will arrive on August 13th but EU release date hasn’t been announced.

Oh I think it’s worth mentioning but tomorrow will mark 2 years since I first posted on this site. I can hardly believe it has been that long. The site has changed a lot in that time and grown in popularity, and by grown I mean, has a few RSS feeder readers and few hits there and here from google and of course my banner on CAD forums.

Back then I didn’t plan this site out to be a gaming blog but in the end that’s what it turned into maybe because they are and always shall be something I find interesting.

So happy birthday GAB!

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Yes, I am in fact alive.

I’ve just been away on vacation with no access to the internet so I couldn’t update the site. But I’m back now and will start to update it with something soon.

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I was digging through my old posts and I happened to come across a great Final Fantasy spoof. I’m sure many have seen this but it’s just so awesome I have to post it again.

It’s over 40 minutes long so be sure you have time. :p

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Another E3 is behind us. For the most part it was…disappointing.

All the show really was about is a reminder of stuff they have already announced before. Now getting new cool videos and more indepth stuff on games not out yet is cool and all but E3 used to be the event the big announcements got their debuts but not anymore.

After the event in 2006 ESA (which run E3) decided to change the way E3 will be like. Due to excessive costs that went into displays and booth babes and other stuff.

Now instead of a flashy Videogame nerdgasmic event open to everyone it changed into a invite only event with only a few thousand select.

It is the opinion of many that this killed what made E3 the biggest and best videogame expo in the world and made every gamer dream about going.

In 2007 the event was held in Santa Monica, California July 11th through July 13th, before E3 was held in the third week of May.

Displays and press conferences were scattered all over the place, on many different hotels and people really didn’t like that, plus all the flashy stuff was missing, no booth babes. The event wasn’t recognizable anymore.

Now I’m sure the old E3 was chaotic and wild with a audience of up to 70 thousand but I can imagine it was ten times more fun then walking around in a nearly empty hotel with a few scattered videogame displays and conferences.

The only upside, they didn’t have to wait in line to try out the new stuff since with so few people trying out stuff.

This year event was moved back to it’s original location at the Los Angeles Convention Center. You would think the more centralized location would at least bring back some of what the event lost, but no there are gambiz people, gamers and even Presidents criticizing the event heavily.

Mainly it has to do with lack of planning, lack of cool stuff and displays and of course the how small the event is.

The Los Angeles Convention Center is huge, after all it held the earlier E3 events so due to the event only being limited to around 5000 people the LACC seemed empty, utilizing only a fraction of the available space and very little in comparison with what the old E3 used. That wasn’t just because there were so few there but also because only the big developers had displays. At the old E3 many smaller developers could show off their work so it wasn’t just about EA, Konami, Capcom, Microsoft, Nintendo etc.

So yeah, in it’s present state I don’t think I’d like to go after all..

There does exist a sort of spiritual continuation of the old E3 called E for all. This event is open to everyone and it’s held at the LACC.

Of course, even if I want to go to that event, it’s far far away from me.

Using Google Earth Ruler I have determined I’m about 7055km from LACC or 4384 miles.

That’s a really long way to go, I’d have to travel across the Atlantic ocean and then travel all the way across America to get there.

It just wouldn’t warrant the expenditure unless I would make a long vacation out of it and I just don’t have that kind of money.

So uh, It did have a few highlights for me such as Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and God of War 3 but for the most part it was pretty meh.

There are plans to make tweaks to next years event, who knows maybe they will allow public on E3 again and E3 might be reborn but at this point people aren’t very optimistic about anything saving E3.

So that’s enough from me for now.

Oh P.S. I’m on vacation so I’ll have more time to focus on the site, woohoo!

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CineMassacre - Movie Reviews - Bat-A-Thon (Part 3)

Here is a video I did, just playing around with my cellphone. It’s not very entertaining or anything. It just shows me playing Tekken 5 now the camera isn’t on the game but on me, so you can see how I react and am while playing that game.

So…uh..enjoy?

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This game is insane.

It’s both extremely difficult and..well insane.

The game is a tribute to the 8bit era and includes many scores from classics and levels like for example one where you have to escape from Tetris. There is also Kirby’s adventures, Metroid and Megman and even more.

If you would like to try it out you can download it over at their site

Also for more videos from the game you can check out Nikumatic’s Youtube videos

I don’t even know if I’ll attempt this game. I just know it’s going to kick my ass. heheh

hmm maybe I should upload a video to show how much I stink. :p

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Heheh this is funny as hell go check it out.

James Rolfe(Also known as the Angry Videogame Nerd) takes a look at the history of the Batman movies.

This is one sweet trailer.

Is it just me or does that thing in the robe look like Zeke From CAD?

Just a random thought that came from nowhere. <_<

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Tells us more about the gameplay and story behind the main character.

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I never finished the first one so I’m not going OMG! like many others are.

But still fighting probably the largest enemy you will ever face in any game is still something pretty neat.

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