A moment of silence for my dead XBox 360 please.

Whenever I read the comments section for a news item, I see a lot of replies like: cool, not interested, dumb etc.

Why doesn't gamespot stick a survey module at the end of each news item with these options; cool, not cool, worthy, not worthy, not interested, interested etc. ? The options should depend on the article of course.

This would clean up the comments section a whole lot. Because most comments are simply worthless.
And hey, they already do it now for their headline item, so why not do it for all items?

So how was this blogpost:

1. Intersting
2. Cool
3. Crappy
4. Dumb

You decide.

Is Wii Music a game?

Personally I don't think so. So what is actually a game?
Here's what a game should have:

1. Goal

A game should have some goal to accomplish. Like saving the world.
Each game has some sort of story line that must be completed in order to finish it.
Or else why are you playing it? You don't play a basketbal game to just throw a ball around

2. Challange

Getting to the goal should be a challange. If you don't want to be challanged, then simply go
to a movie and sit on your ass to reach the end, which is the credits section of the movie.
If something is a challange, you will be more satisfied when you accomplish the goal of the game.

If a game doesn't offer these two basic elements at least, then it's not a traditional video game IMHO.

So what is Wii Music?

Wii Music is a digital toy !!!
It's like the drum I got as a kid that could play a complete song just by hammering on it.
BTW, that toy was awesome. And kids will find Wii Music awesome as well.

Parents will enjoy giving this toy (not game) to their kids.

And therefore I predict that it will sell a **** of copies this X-mas.

Which boss characters deserve a Razzy award.

Here's my list of failed boss characters:

1. Halo 2: Tartarus Chieftain of the Brutes.
He failed to impress bigtime.

2. The final boss character in Devil May Cry 4.
Three punches and he's knock out.

3. Wolf in Ninja Gaiden 2
I friggin beat him in 30 seconds.
And he's supposed to be a Ninja Gaiden boss?

Have you got any suggestions? Place a comment.

Let's talk about the future.

I wonder when games are going to integrate the 3D figure printing option.
Check http://www.figureprints.com/ . (and NO I don't own shares of this company).
You can create your own custom WoW figure. Now that's cool.

There was a GameSpot news item about game figurines, check the following link:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26468281&part=rss&subj=6193358

But why would i want these static McFarlane figures, when I can 3D print my own customized character?

So here's a few things to ponder about:

1. How long will it take before all games will support this option?
2. How long will it take before Microsoft of Sony make this a required option in games?
3. How long will it take before we as gamer begin demanding this option?

I like the McFarlane figures, but it's much cooler if you could make a snapshot of a scene in your
fave game and have it recreated as a set of figurines.

THIS BLOG POST IS SPOILER FREE! :D

Ok, this is my first ever blog post on GameSpot.
I'm at level 14 and this is my first blog post. So why start now, you might think?
Well, I just discoverd the blog post button :P (no really, i'm not kidding)

So what am I playing? Ninja Gaiden 2.

I loved the first Ninja Gaiden game. It was **** brilliant.
And it was incredibly difficult to beat. Name me one other game
that features a first level boss, that you only managed to beat after
20 turns, BUT still remained fun and engaging.

Ninja Gaiden is one of those games that you want to keep playing
even though the AI keeps smacking you down round after round.

So why did I quit playing Ninja Gaiden 2? I just don't like the final boss fight.
The final boss fight is actually two boss fights in a row. And if you don't get
through the first boss fight with a few health items in your backpack you're
simply screwed. So this became a frustrating experience. Also the end boss
isn't much of an interesting boss to fight. Unlike the last two boss characters
in the first Ninja Gaiden.

So here's what I like about Ninja Gaiden:

The Good

1. Gorgeous visuals.
I like the visual ****of Ninja Gaiden. It's clear and crisp,
and has big visually interesting looking enemies.

2. Great music and sound effects
The first level for example features a very Matrix like track,
that propels the action forward in a nice pace.

3. No quick time events to start kick ass action.
Unlike other games that feature quick time events that
unleash incredible combo's, Ninja Gaiden actually makes
you feel like a bad ass ninja; you are the one doing the
great looking combo's.

This game makes jaws drop when people actually see you play it.


4. Quick restarts at boss fights.
Seems like a no brainer. But the first Ninja Gaiden didn't have this.
And that annoyed the hell out of me. So if you die in a boss fight,
you return to the boss fight immediately when you press continue.
This wan't the case in the first game.

5. Boss fights seem easier.
The boss characters still pack a punch,
but seem to be more easier. Or it's simply because I played
the first Ninja Gaiden, and now what to expect.

The Bad

1. The visual are great looking. But are also a little plastic fantastic.
You do feel like you're playing with plastic action figures.
It looked incredible on the X-Box 1, but fails to
make a deep impact on the X-Box 360


2. Deja Vu
If you played the first Ninja Gaiden, you get the feeling that you played the game before.
That's not strange, because a few level are recycled from the first game.
Also the locations that are featured in the game also resemble settings from
the first game.


3. No combo tutorial
Newbies miss a lot, because they don't get some guidance with performing
combo's. And certain combo's are more effective than others when fighting
certain bosses. So the steep learning curve is a killer in this game.


4. I killed a boss in 30 seconds
Me and others like me, have managed to kill certain boss characters in
30 seconds!!! No really. It seems that certain bosses aren't balanced well
when you get your weapons equiped to a certain level. They just die
very easily. Friends of mine also noted this.

So what's the final verdict.
Everyone should play this game.
And while I hate the last boss and quit playing, I will more than likely
pick it up again in a few weeks.

LOL so the word S-T-Y-L-E is actually no allowed in a blog post . Has to do with
HTML styling. :D