Most Wanted - 2009; my last post of the year.

As you may or may not remember, I ran a 'most wanted' list in January 2008, and, as I mentioned the other day, here is my own Most Wanted '09:

#1: Half Life 2: Episode 3 (PC) (In keeping with tradition...?)
#2: Dawn of War 2 (PC)
#3: Demigod (PC)
#4: Halo 3: ODST (360)
#5: Diablo 3 (PC)
#6: Alan Wake (PC)
#7: Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
#8: Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC)
#9: Starcraft 2 (PC)
#10: Killzone 2 (PS3)

And, if they actually get them released this decade; Supreme Commander 2 & Bioshock 2...

To summarize last years list -
Half Life 2's final episode is still months/years away.
Final Fantasy IV was, though well received by critics, an utter shambles in my eyes - far too hard, way beyond the limits of comfortable gameplay.
Left4Dead was simply... Awesome.
Force Unleashed was (as far as the demo goes) rather cool.
Penny Arcade was a spot-on laugh a minute.
Metal Gear Solid somehow absorbed 22 hours of my life, and was much better than any film (as, it wasn't really a game now, was it...)
Like HL2:E3 - Gran Turismo 5 is still MIA.
Grand Theft Auto's PS3 version was incredible fun (if a little hard to control) and its PC brother was an utter bastard to get running - but once it is, its a truly impressive piece of gaming history, and, from the looks of things, its set to sweep various GotY awards.
I have not gotten around to LittleBigPlanet yet,
and Spore was ironically short-lived, considering its epic size - but revolutionary non-the-less.

Games of 2008 I didn't expect to take me by storm:
- Fallout 3
- The Witcher
- and of course... World of Warcraft!

Oh... I did get Crysis (and its expansion) running : )

I'd like to thank everyone who has read our comics and the blog over the year - I do write these posts with the assumption that at least one person will read them, and its always cool to hear someones comment on the topics we bring up. We will keep posting and making comics for 2009, so keep your eyes peeled!

So, that pretty much wraps up 2008. Happy New Year everyone. Look out for Terry's Most Wanted that should be posted within the next week.

Much love,
JB

Topic: 2009, GTA IV, Opinions!

I spent my morning fixing GTA IV for the PC, spending almost more time than I actually spent playing the game, fixing the game. If you are indeed having problems with GTA IV, may I recommend keeping the game for a mysterious future date, to be announced by Rockstar, hopefully before my cohorts aforementioned Armageddon. Or, you could try Googling your problem, and ignoring all of Rockstar's ambiguous advise - 'delete drivers' - OKAY!

Oh, why can't I use my PC anymore? Rockstar; I am deeply disappointed in you. Consumers will approach your PC titles with world-weathered weariness upon your next game shoddy console port.

2009 - In 2 days, it will be. We have a couple of 'features' regarding 2009, and the year that was; two-thousand and eight A.D. Look out for it!

JB

Festivity ftw

Merry Christmas to all who have nothing better to do than to write/read blogs on Christmas morning!

My present to me from myself was turning level 70 on WoW - I can't think of a better way to start the merryment of the most festive of days.

Now, go drink until you can't see, and eat more than a human stomach will allow.

JB

Silent night, the end is nigh.

So its annual gift day again so I hope you all got what you wanted, those of you that didnt I hope you atleast got what someone else wanted, and then with ebays help you can eventually get what you wanted. This will be my last post for a few days, unless its not in which case you will notice by the fact I've posted.

Because I said I would here is the trailer for an intresting looking film called 9 based on a short film called 9 which resembles a live action version of LittleBigPlanet with Tim Burtons involvement. Thoughts?

Finally, in yet another herold of the end of the world a computer "written" essay paper has been accepted by the IEEE, despite being almost complete gibberish randomly collected from the web, so let this be a lesson to those buying essays to submit as coursework, soon youll have software that can do it for you.

Searching for John Conner
T/K
P.S: Gratz to you know who for you know what.

P.P.S: Amazon currently has a xmas special offer of £3 of free MP3's for all users, and considering thier large collection of £3 albums you may just get yourself a bargin, I know I did.

A long time ago in a theater far far away.

Not happy with his already massive line of movies, RP games, TV shows, cartoons, animated shorts, Christmas specials (/shudder), popular block based construction kit themed games, toys, action figures, parody films and dyslexic aliens, George Lucas has once more descended from his hover throne and declared let there be song!.

Star Wars : A Musical Journey will begin early in 2009, possibly a harbinger for the end of the world. The one possible redeeming feature is that with that much set design required there will finally be something in Star Wars more wooden then Hayden Christensen.

Crossing my fingers for a yodeling Yoda.
T/K

The truth is there is no moon.

Just a quick post today as I catch up on other stuff. Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel for the long rumored live action Cowboy Bebop movie, im not sure what to think of that. On the same note do we really want/need a live action Bebop? Hmm thinking about it if you sat it somewhere between Kill Bill and Serenity I might just pay to see that.

Strictly doing the mushroom samba
T/K

P.S Poetic justice was redefined this week, so remember to update your diarys.

Its been a while

Firstly an apology its been a long time since my last post, I guess I still havent fully recovered from that awful trailer. Further posts due soon include a quick summary of my recent trip to Cambridge, a new dotCommentary which I believe is due for Dr Mario Bellic, and John and I look back at the year in gaming, and see how the games we were looking forward too panned out.

So wishing you all a releveant demoninational holiday niceity, and a happy period of time as reflected on your calender dictated by your belief structure!
T/K

Life After Death - Deaths Interview Part Deux

So, about a week late, here is the next comic, and the one that should start weaving everything about our comic together:Part two of Terry's magnum opus: 'Life After Death' (Lets all ignore how we refer to the original as 'Deaths Interview'.)

Next up, we will hopefully busy ourselves with a (probably delayed) Christmas comic, and our next commentary post. And yes, I'll make a start on those avatars!

I have also posted the original I.N.M comic up on the site, as it is referenced here, and as was pointed out recently, it is missing from the site completely. Rectified.

JB

Housekeeping

A swift post to mention our whereabouts and updates:-

We have just had our last day of term, and thusly, had a couple of bits of work to do before we all jet off to our respective domiciles for the festive break.

We have also been spending some quality time in and around the boroughs of Shattrath city in Outland, furiously leveling so we have a decent step off point for when we re-subscribe later next year, as the fantastically addictive time-sink that World of Warcraft is; it has taken too much from us in this first term. We have been lucky, as it has been a relatively quiet term, so have used our better judgement and put a stop to MMOing.

I have had a few ideas that have been... borrowed... from here-and-there for the blog, including a dedicated 'about page', which should be up not long after I post this, and some sort of fangled avatar image to make our posts slightly more coherent as to who has said what. Expect that over Christmas at some time.

Additionally: a comic is being made... Soon.

JB

I &hearts Dissidia

As it wouldn't be right for me not to include a link to Kotaku in a fortnightly period - some scans of Dissidia from Jap-mag Famitsu. Nice to see them actually recognising Final Fantasy XI outside of the games canon. Desperately looking forward to the European release announcement.

Don't worry; I have a purpose built tray for drool, mounted on the edge of my desk.

Additionally, we are throwing around the idea of actually setting a set date for comic releases. Its either going to be a numerical date - currently, for example, the 13th + 27th of each month, or a 'first and third week of the month' deal. We have several comics in the works, so if we decide on anything soon, we will start that schedule with the next comic. It depends on our physical output and the time we have free for comicing.

JB