Archive for May, 2009


PSP Go Announcement/Leak Review

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

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Click image to embigify!  (images courtesy EuroGamer)

Well, the PSP Go is out of the bag.  Thanks to an early release of the next Qore episode, the world now knows what the PSP Go looks like, as well as some purported specs:

  • 16 GB of internal Flash memory
  • 43% lighter than the PSP-3000
  • 3.8-inch screen (compared to the usual 4.3-inch PSP-3000 screen and the 3.5-inch iPhone/iPod Touch screens)
  • Bluetooth support
  • Will be sold concurrently with the PSP 3000
  • Apparently no UMD slot?

More pics after the jump!

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Happy 2nd Birthday, Game Usagi

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

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It’s Game Usagi’s second birthday!  Oh, how the years go by, *sniffle*.  For our second birthday, we slicked up our logo a tad.  If you like the old one better (still used on the forums header), then let us know and we’ll think of a perhaps more radical redesign.

E3’s only a couple of days away, so watch our predictions page for more predictions, and make sure to check out our liveblogs during the conferences!

Thanks for another great year, and here’s to many more!

-Miyamoto

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E3 2009 Conference Times & Liveblogging

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

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Everyone always gives out conference times for their time zone, so I figure I’d do the same.  These are the PT times minus one hour for anyone out that way and everyone else can just do the math themselves.  : P

Microsoft Conference:  June 1st, 11:30 AM  CST

Nintendo Conference:  June 2nd, 10:00 AM CST

Sony Conference: June 2nd, 12:00 PM CST

I just wish they’d let me sleep.  : (

UPDATE: We will be liveblogging during the conferences for those who do not have fast enough internet to watch them live, or are unable to do so being at work, etc. The liveblogs refresh themselves, so no need to be tapping F5 the whole time. Click on the conference times above to take you to the liveblog for each one.

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Usagi3 (E3) Predictions

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for gamers!  Yes, that magical season when Reggie Fils-Aime comes down your chimney and… shows you boring charts.  At least that’s how it went last year for Nintendo.  Reggie’s also been known to kick ass and take names every now and then.  We can all pray that they won’t let another pathetic Cammie Dunaway speech be the center of the presentation, but you never know…

So, we present to you our predictions for the E3 Press Conferences in 2009.  They are ordered by company and then by likelihood, but everything should be clear when you read it.  For convenience’s sake, the times of the E3 conferences are posted above.

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WR: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (360, PS3, PC)

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

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Developer: Shaba Games/Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Third-Person Action
Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PC, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS, PSP
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Players: 1
Hours Played: 12
Game Progress: Finished single player

Spider-Man has always been my favorite super hero. The costume Peter Parker made is pretty cool, he is intelligent and has incredible strength. Spider-Man even gets to climb up walls and web-swing from buildings! Who doesn’t want to do that? Since no one actually can, video games are as close as we can get to becoming the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. There have been numerous games starring my favorite hero, and we all know they are not always the greatest games ever made. The thing that makes this game stand out from the rest is the mainly a unique story, the ability to change between the black and red suits, good web-swinging mechanics and a giant open world that is your playground. I’m sure you are thinking, “Boy, that sounds great Jack, is there actually anything wrong with this game, because it sounds fantastic?” Well yeah, there is usually something wrong with every game. Read on, dear reader, to find out if Spider-Man’s legacy lives or dies through this game.

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WR: Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (PSP)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

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Developer: High Impact Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Third-Person Action
Platform: PS2, PSP (Reviewed on PSP)
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone 10+)
Players: 1 (1-4 Online)
Hours Played: 15 hours
Game Progress: Finished single player twice

Before I bought a PSP I was checking out reviews of games online to see which were the best titles. I wanted to make sure my starting library was top notch. I ended up getting Killzone, God of War and Resistance along with the Ratchet and Clank PSP bundle. Least to say I was stoked to get home and start playing some of those games, I didn’t really care much for Ratchet at the time. I figured I’d play Ratchet first just to get the game out of the way, I mean it came with the bundle and was at least worth a try, right? That was about two weeks ago and I have barely touched any of the games I had purchased separately. Fifteen hours into the game, I have finished the single player game twice, played online matches against other people and still have items to collect and weapons to upgrade. Size has always mattered, you just won’t realize it until you play Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.

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