Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Jay to the Jay for the Oh!

"Brett do u play halo??/"

From time to time, yes. It is one of the best games if you have 8 friends and likewise as many controllers (4 on 4 for the win), but who has the time for companionship?

On a topic related closely enough to be considered 'insest', Bungie (the gangtaz behind Halo 1 AND 2) have unveiled their latest project: a Realtime Strategy game based off the Halo Universe, entitled HALO WARS.

Hopefully the title is just tenative, because HALO WARS is something you'd expect from a 14-year-old who dreams include Master Chief and bakers hat (do the math) or even worse, Electronic Arts.

Anyways, the game looks impressive but the details are still very hazy. Check out the trailer/official site if you must.


Speaking of the Evil Association, they pooped out some representatives for a interview with the Official Playstation Magazine. The article, featuring corporate chimps, serves up a summary of the publics view regarding the publishers: EA is teh suxxors.

Personally, my dislike for EA is due to their tendancies to hurry the release of certain games that could've been phenominal had the development been retarded (look it up). Examples include Goldeneye: Rouge Agent, NFL Street 2 and every other title that they've made in the past 3-4 years.

An amusing quote from the section; EA Vice Pres Jeff Brown responds to 'EA rushes games':
"Frequent software has bugs and some are worse than others. When you make sports games, you window is your sports season. You've got to be there at the start of the season. It makes no sense to ship Madden in January."

Brett disagrees:
'When you make sports games, you window is your sports season.'
1) That doesn't excuse the countless incomplete non-sports titles.
'...software has bugs and some are worse than others...'
2)So which is worse: a bug that spoils the gameplay, or a bug that totally ruins it?
'It makes no sense to ship Madden in January.'
3)Wait, yes it does. NFL Street 1 and 2 were both launched in the winter and they sold perfectly fine. And people would (and have) buy (bought) Madden if it was potato chip bag with a AA battery, why would they shy away from purchasing the actualy game (probably of better quality) during the playoffs/holiday season?


Bah, the sheep said as he listened to hip hop.

O Captain P Captain Q Captain,
Brett (who can be your captain)

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