Got my copy reserved in January, and the folks at the store were kind enough to phone me earlier on Saturday to inform me that the copy is indeed already in (literally sitting .12 kilometers away from me) and ready for pick-up when the store opens tomorrow. The snow storm that pounded us tonight (and made driving to 10,000 BC a fun adventure) will probably mean that I’m walking there.
For anyone who doesn’t play video games, and will wonder just what all the hubbub is about, I’ll try to correlate in a political way just what this would be like:
Imagine Stephen Harper, Citoyen Dion, Jack Layton, the more prominent Premiers, the US Presidential hopefuls and every other political celebrity were involved in a non-lethal brawl that was 50% election, 50% shoving and 50% even more silly! Imagine the entertainment value. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, even if we throw in Al Gore(with his special super-patented climate change attack!) and Ann Coulter (plus a descending army of FOX News reporters) into the bunch. Sorry, but that’s the closest analogy to the awesomeness that is Smash Bros that I can come up with.
For everyone who does understand games though, I confess that I’v always loved a man in uniform. Come to think of it, having Mark Steyn running around shouting “Show me your moves” might not be a bad game concept after all…
Smarter than Ezra wrote:
What a loser. Dude, we don’t care that your video game is waiting at the store for you to pick up. It explains a lot, though. You really are inviting criticism for this, eh?
Greg, you got a real winner here.
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 7:24 am | Permalink
Cool Blue wrote:
Sweet.
I’ve got a Wii too but I find there aren’t that many good games for it still.
The only good ones seem to be the ones published by Nintendo.
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 7:34 am | Permalink
Matthew wrote:
Cool Blue, what kind of games are you into? There are quite a few hidden gems out there (not only for the Wii but also for the Gamecube but which the Wii can also play). I’d be happy to offer some referrals.
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 10:39 am | Permalink
Fred wrote:
“Sweet.
I’ve got a Wii too but I find there aren’t that many good games for it still.”
I actually found the same thing. I played Morrowind and Fable on the Xbox. On Wii, after Zelda (Which was amazing), there’s not much left.
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 3:49 pm | Permalink
Smarter than Ezra wrote:
*groan*
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 4:22 pm | Permalink
Fred wrote:
Dude, if you don’t like it, take a hike. No one’s forcing you to read anything.
Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 5:10 pm | Permalink
Smarter than Ezra wrote:
Hey Fred, this is thepolitic (see about). If you want to discuss video games, there are a lot of other blogs that would be happy to hear from you.
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 6:45 am | Permalink
Fred wrote:
Ummm, okay. So Matthew, any recommendations would be appreciated. Because right now with The Elder Scrolls and Fable 2, I’m thinking of selling the Wii on Ebay and buying a 360.
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 7:20 am | Permalink
Charles Anthony wrote:
Hey! StE!
Stop being so ornery! With video games, you can go on to bigger and better things:
Steering With The WII
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 7:26 am | Permalink
Matthew wrote:
Smarter than Ezra, while I will not criticize your rights to hold opinions (even if I find them to be often whinny and self-righteous), I agree with everyone else here who doesn’t hold your narrow definition of what The Politic is. I see it as a forum to discuss issues related to culture, individuals & groups, nations and religions…or politics! Aside from that, I seriously have to question why you come here day after day to just complain about post after post that is authored by not only myself but a great majority of the authors here. Again, you are welcome to do this, however would your efforts not be better served by getting your own blog, listing it on the “Progressive Bloggers” blogroll and generating your own base of operations? You’re welcome to even call it “The Politic Watch” or something along those lines, solely devoting it to criticizing posts made here.
However, if you do so, I wonder if your comments will get the same exposure that they do here thanks to Greg’s hard work over the years and maybe, just maybe, that is the reason that you haven’t done the above already!
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 9:54 am | Permalink
Matthew wrote:
Fred,
The first game that comes to mind if you like action/”D&D”-type RPGs is Dragon Quest Swords. It was developed in Japan but has gotten many top reviews. I personally will be adding this to my library in the near future as I’m a fan of traditional and action RPGs myself.
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is more of a hybrid between and RPG and a strategy game like Warcraft III; it’s turn based though, so if you’re more interested in more responsive games.
Coming down the line soon are Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles 2 and Tales of Symphonia 2, both based on highly popular Gamecube prequels which the Wii can plan. Other than that, and besides many 16-bit era AAA RPGs (Shining Force, Breath of Fire 2), I’d probably add that the Nintendo DS had a slow start in getting the RPG genre going (I bought my DS in 2006 and didn’t get a second RPG until May, 2007), however it is flooded with them now. With the Wii blowing away the competition in Japan, many Japanese game houses are beginning to a)take more risks with the Wii and b)develop more titles for the system. The only caution I’ll add to this again is that it sounds like you might be more into American RPGs, in which case, I’d have to agree that the Wii probably won’t many epic adventure titles for. I might be wrong though, and provide a list below of all the current and upcoming adventure titles that have been announced for the Wii:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/consol.....nture.html
Cheers!
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 10:03 am | Permalink
Scott from Winnipeg wrote:
I guess it’s encouraging in that at least you’re not punching above your weight anymore.
Video games… perhaps a myspace page would be good Matthew?
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Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 5:58 pm | Permalink
mahmood wrote:
“free speech and independent thought”…uhh, aw geez, why bother.
Posted on 10-Mar-08 at 6:22 pm | Permalink
Smarter than Ezra wrote:
http://xkcd.com/186/
pffft… good thing you got your game
Posted on 11-Mar-08 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
Matthew wrote:
Well it’s nice to see you post something entertaining around here StE. I’ll mail you your hug!
Posted on 12-Mar-08 at 8:35 am | Permalink