WAR is coming!

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Hi guys, ladies,

I`m proud to announce that as of today I`m father of an 280 grams child called PSP Ceramic White :)
As its name states, it`s white, well shaped, lots of buttons and a crystal clear lcd screen.
I already gave it a spin with a game named "Apes Academy" -- a card based game (like magic the gathering, warcraft card game or, for all the children out there, yu-gi-oh).
What can I say? Game is very childish but the interaction and the game play are great. I could never imagine myself playing such a game, but still, here I am, buttoning left and right, pressing squares and circles, as if my life depends on it :)


If you ever cried for a GameBoy when you were little, you should definetly spend 800 Ryials on this ubercool PSP (btw, 800 ryials = 480 RON = 130 Euro // approx).

MasterX, maybe we can rendez-vous on TNB sometime soon and do a battle royale :) at a couple of beers of course, at stake :P

Until next time,
Game on!

Portables

This vacation I’ve rediscovered my portable console. I’ve bought them this spring, played on them like crazy and then forgot them in my backpack. But every time I rediscover them, I remember how cool shit can be.

There’s not much to say about the PSP – it’s like a Playstation, and you can carry it around. Has great graphics, but its major problem is that it doesn’t bring anything new to the table. Of course, it has uber cool games like God of War and Final Fantasy VII (or Metal Gear, but I haven’t played this so much so I’m not sure how good it is), but I’ve seen these games somewhere before. Then again – can you ever have enough of Kratos? Don’t think so… And FFVII is such a tease – makes you pray they remake the original game to today’s graphics. And did I mention I almost cried at the end of the game?

The Nintendo DS is a totally different piece of technology, but you have to have a little bit a gamer in you to really appreciate it. I think sharp will love its shit, as it really takes you back to the old days. From hardware standards, the DS suck – sure it has two screen (one of them being a touch screen), two processors, but comparing it to the PSP is like comparing the Voodoo 3 to a GTX280. But I always had this philosophy about games – if you limit the hardware, you let loose the imagination. So, as a developer for the DS, you don’t have to worry your head about squizing polygons on screen – you cand have 2D graphics try to make cool gameplay, so the player doesn’t notice it’s not the best looking thing in the world.

And if you get a DS, you have to play Professor Layton and the Curious Village. It’s the coolest game I’ve played, and you really can’t put it down until you encounter a puzzle that makes you smash your head against the wall. And that is cool. Also, I’m kind of ashamed by this, but I played a Pokemon game (Pokemon Diamond) and I really enjoyed it. Like really enjoyed it.

-MasterX
The God of something.

Nintendo DS Development

I've rediscovered my portable consoles on my vacation. This will be covered in tomorrow's blog, but I just wanted to ask this:

Any 2D graphic artist out there that might be interested in trying to make some game resources?

I'm thinking about doing some DS development tutorials, and I know some programmers, but no artist. So, if you want to give it a try, don't hesitate to contact me.

-MasterX