Nowadays getting me excited for a game is like getting a porn star horny. I’ve played so much of this crap it’s hard to really jump around for a new title. Nevertheless I have to follow tradition and take a week off for Final Fantasy XIII. I got my game, got my guide (just for [...]
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Five Things Square Needs to do so Final Fantasy XIII doesn’t suck.
It’s no secret that Square-Enix isn’t the juggernaut they once were during the PS1 and PS2 eras. That’s not to say they aren’t a respected company, they just aren’t the be-all, end-all RPG empire that they were. Most of this happened with Final Fantasy XII, a game that was critically acclaimed by the media, and [...]
Doing Endgame is Fine…Get Everything and You're a Loser.
So it’s come to this. The people getting their new Christmas presents, tearing through their games in 20 hours, and now they are doing the ‘endgame.’ It’s that time where everyone comes in and tells me how much it WAS worth it. How getting the cube of “Chlamydia” was worth it for the final boss. [...]
Off Course: PAX 2009 Review and Grade
The 2009 installment of PAX has come and gone. As the show seems to get larger and larger, so do the lines, the swag, and of course, the games. Before I go into my review, I want to state right now to the general public that for 50 dollars (not counting parking) you’re getting a [...]
Batman Arkham Asylum Review
As far as video games are concerned, Batman hasn’t been very lucky. With the exception of a great NES game based on the first Tim Burton movie, all efforts to make a game with Batman have been below average or just mediocre. It’s not for lack of trying, some games had you beating up hordes [...]
Mass Effect 2: Hands On
We checked out a playable demo of BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 at PAX when we promptly entered the showroom floor and it seems to be on the right track. From the get-go the game seems to throw you into the story, offering some dialogue options to uncover hoopla in some instances, while others can let [...]
Tekken 6: Hands On
Tekken 6 is essentially done, been out in Japan for a while, and will hit American shores within weeks. With all that said, we had to get our hands on the new fighter at PAX. The first thing you’ll notice is the character roster is even larger than the one in Tekken 5. Just about [...]
God of War 3: Hands On
After the eternity that the gods of Olympus lived, we broke through the line and got to play God of War III. If you didn’t like God of War (yes, all three of you) then you probably won’t find anything here to like in the third installment. The game plays just the same as the [...]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Hands on
Nintendo’s booth had a slew of 1st party titles coming for the DS and the Wii, but none were more effective at re-imagining old school NES games than New Super Mario Brothers. Once a sole DS title, the game has now made a Wii incarnation and it’s every bit as fun as its predecessor. The [...]
Red Dead Redemption First Look
OCmodshop was first in line to get a glimpse of Red Dead Redemption; the sequel to 2005’s critically mixed Red Dead Revolver. Keep in mind, Rockstar was very tight about security breaches. No pictures could be taken, videos recorded etc. So we have only what we saw. The game takes place around 1910 in the [...]
Dante’s Inferno Hands On
Play God of War? Then you have a good idea of what we saw when we played Dante’s Inferno for the Playstation 3. The games are virtually identical in gameplay and control structure. If you’ve read “The Divine Comedy” then you know what to expect here. The game follows Dante as he heads through hell [...]
TMNT: Smash Up Hands ON
With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters as the only game worth remembering as a licensed fighting game, in the TMNT universe or otherwise. TMNT: Smash-Up aims to change just that. If that’s the case, it has a long way to go. The game was on hand at PAX offering a roster of popular favorites [...]
Elpato at PAX and Street Fighter IV
Word of warning to those of you going to PAX from the north (North Seattle, Canada, etc) the directions offered on the website are accurate, but they have Sennaca closed off due to construction. Nothing bad, head to the next street ahead and turn right, you can hit 8th from there. I found that out [...]
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 (Xbox Live) Review
When Marvel VS Capcom 2 hit arcades in 2000 it marked not just the pinnacle of the crossover fighting genre, but it also was considered the last great 2D fighter for some time. While Street Fighter 4 has changed everything, MVC2’s release on X-box Live and soon Playstation 3 could be just as enjoyable if [...]
Patrick Holloway and the Publishing Industry…Part 2
It’s been awhile everyone but I wanted to say hello. No, I’m not gone from [OC]modshop, nor is there anything going on. I’ve been hard at work on my book and we’re almost there. Just wanted to pop in and tell everyone some fun. I went to a literary conference this weekend to talk about [...]
Tekken 6, Peter Moore, and Shia LeBeouf on Gaming
You know what’s really getting everyone’s nerves? The fact Tekken 6 still isn’t out yet. The game has been out in Japan for almost a year. How friggin’ long does it take to localize a fighting game like Tekken? Half the moves are in English anyways, and it isn’t like they localize the voice acting [...]
Punch Out!! Wii Review
With a 15 year long absence from Nintendo’s consoles, many gamers completely wrote Punch Out!! off as an oldschool game. The series was a hit during the NES era remembered by virtually any owner, spawned a well received sequel during the SNES era — then it just disappeared. It missed out on the N64’s time [...]
Publishing Industry…hard as hell.
So I’ve been shopping my book “The Gamer” out to publishers and several have expressed interest, then turn me down. The main reason isn’t the writing, the reason is I have no platform to speak of. A friend of mine told me that a book last year won an award that was the equivelant to [...]
"The Gamer," Wrestlemania, and other things
Yeah, no one has heard much from me lately. I’ve been really focusing on my book “The Gamer” and getting a contract/representation for it. So far we have 5 agents looking at my proposal, which is rare. Typically, agents reject 99 percent of what they are pitched, so having five agents say “Show us your [...]
El Pato and Politics
Quick political/pop culture note if you don’t mind. Lets start with the bailout from Obama. I don’t think I need to go in just how out of control this has gone, and the administration should have done more research before approving trillions of dollars to bail out banks for loaning money to people who CAN’T [...]
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