On the Sony Store?

I'm so sold.

An important question has come upon me. Two games are released this week which I have a fairly large desire to play, however I only have the cash for one.

Rainbow Six Vegas is finally releasing for PS3. While I've heard the series has been completely reinvented, I'm still afraid to make the purchase, as I remember how not fun the old R6 games were.

Any of you played the 360 version?

Secondly: The Darkness. While it's foundation is a comic book, something I shy away from, it looks very interesting, and of course, most importantly, features Mike Patton of Faith No More, Tomahawk, and Fantomas as one of its lead voice actors.

Anybody have any thoughts?

It has come to my attention that Team Ninja is making a sequel to the most recent Ninja Gaiden games for the DS, modeling them very closely to the crazy/insane action of the console games.

Sure, it might be fun, but do you think those tiny screens will create even close to the same level intensity?  Will those tiny speakers even come close to the sounds of clashing steel produced by an Xbox or ps3? 

Now, it might appear that I'm getting off topic, but I promise, it will relate.

Super Mario Bros.  Undeniably one of the greatest, most important games ever made.  There have been so many sequels and reworkings, but everyone has always rememberd the original.

And what has been the best sequel in ages?  The reworking of the original side-scroller.  They even took out a lot of the bells and whistles that we all came to love.  No capes.  No ridable dinosaurs.  Not even a raccoon feather, and god was it amazing. 

I'm pretty sure that if they followed this same template for Ninja Gaiden, and reworked the original NES version (still one of my very favorite games), the product would be one of the best games produced in ages, and worrying about technology far too much would not dampen any of the gameplay.

And hey, can you remake Contra too, while you're at it? 

The first half of that title: 

So upon a trip to Red Robin that resulted in great discomfort,I'm pretty sure I had the best waiter ever.  He told us many things, including one story about his wife (we had to try so hard not to laugh, aside from the lack of a ring, he was extremely young, and one of the most flambouyant men I've ever met), he topped it off when commenting on my friend's Weezer shirt.

After realizing what she was wearing, he asked if she knew their logo, that familiar "W,"  and asked if she had ever noticed it's similarity to the Whataburger logo, while gesticulating the large letter with his fingers.

He then explained, quite loudly I might add, "You ever wonder if..."

He makes a quick exagerated jab with his arm, with a very intense look on his face

"...that's a little punch at corporate America?!"

Jesus + Coffee + Alliteration = "Sip your Sins away!"

So I was studying at some coffee shop (called Java Connection) this afternoon (from 4-10, actually), and we found that there was a rather large room attached to the shop, labeled as "The Study."  Curiosity got the best of us, so we entered, and what did we find, but a church renting space from the shopping center.

We studied in there for awhile, as it was quite roomy, but we left shortly after, as it was making my friend very uncomfortable.  I guess one person can only handle mini-tapestries that say things like "God's in the House!" for so many minutes.  Something which I know I can certainly feel for.

So we moved back to the main shop, and I went out for a smoke break, when I noticed that the church was the "Christian Connection Church."

This raised many questions, and after some asking around, we found that the two were, in fact linked.  She was concerned that our coffee purchases were going to fund the house that God's in, but I think I put her fears to rest when I told her that it was probably the other way around.  Those collection baskets are surely good for something.

Still, this civil liberty breaking union of church and coffee, should lead to amazing marketing opportunities, none of which Java Connection seems to be taking advantage of.

Still we put off our symbolic logic work (the above title, by the way, is symbolic equation which I wrote to symbolize my hatred for Dr. Ewing Chinn, can you guess what it means?), and got to work for our new favorite businesship and their new marketing campaign.

     Marketing Campaigns:

-  Raise the suspicion that their was no wine at the Last Supper, and propose that instead Jesus had been passing around a steaming cup of Joe.

- Get the church members to bless the coffee grinds, and institute baptism by coffee (iced, of course).

- Tying into the first, inform the masses that coffee is the new blood of Christ, and toasted muffins or paninis are the new body of Christ.  Need a quick reaffirmation of your beliefs, but no time for communion?  Drop on in, and get buzzed too!!

- The inevitible introduction of their juice bar serving fresh squeezed "Jesus Juice." 

     Slogans:

- "Sweet Salvation in every Sip!"

- "Sip your Sins away with a Strawberry Sizzle!"

- "Transubstantiation just took a trip to Flavor Country!"

- "Confession in a Cup" 

Needless to say, it made the painful subject of logic much less painful.  Unfortunately, we are getting back together at about 4:00 this morning to pick up where we left off.  Considering I normally can't sleep before 5, I'd say that means that I am quite literally not getting any sleep tonight. 

Shaun of the Dead just made my year back when it came out, so I was throughly excited to hear that the same writers, actors, and director were working on a new project in the same vein, and it's safe to say that it was fantastic.

Utterly hilarous, they guys are comedic geniuses, I swear.  I'll admit, for the first half of the movie or so, I just kept hoping that I'd see a zombie, but the desire was soon taken away as I realized that this work was just as entertaining as the former.

Check it out.  And tell me the latter half doesn't do anything to remind you of Resident Evil 4. 

So I used to be pretty active on here, at least with a union.  I mentioned something about how I enjoy writing, and the officers started talking to me about writing reviews for the union, and it sounded like nothing more than a whole lot of work.  At that point I pretty much just stopped caring, and stopped posting.

I mean yeah, I enjoy games, and I waste quite a few hours, but that is by no means my only interest.  Not having any other subjects for conversation, my interest decreased more all of the time.  Since making one random post recently with my old name, I've gotten a comment about music and saw another blog about politics, so I figure maybe it's time that I come back, and with a new name.

I guess so long as I'm here, on a game site, I might as well make mention of a couple of game things that have caught my eye lately.

1.  GTA IV Trailer:  It's beautiful  I know I'll be tempted to play it, but I also know that it will upset me just like every other GTA game I've played.  The humor is just  rediculous, and well, not humorous at all.  I wish they would at the very least make some real jokes, and more than just ridiculously charicatured characters and silly billboards.  And don't forget the sex jokes and insane over-obsession with hookers.  I just wish for once there would be an original, and actually mature (and by that, I mean a serious, adult storyline, not overly gratuitous sex and gore.  Boobs don't make something "mature" by any stretch of the imagination) game based on the sandbox, crime theme.  Rememeber "The Getaway?"  Like that, only, you know, fun to play.

2.  Manhunt 2:  Don't get me wrong, the first game was no work of perfection.  Still, I enjoyed with the same pleasure I feel watching an awful horror movie.  It was tense, and a decent action-stealth game (which I always enjoy.  I'm always on the lookout for a semi-decent Metal Gear clone.  I can only wait for so long between games!).  Plot details have been released, and it appears the snuff-film theme of the original has been completely removed, and it has been completely replaced with a generic story about some amnesiac recovering in an asylum after some catastrophe involving experimentation on patients.  Good job Rockstar, way to remove any originality you might have had before.

3.  Assassin's Creed on the DS:  So much whining from everyone, and I say eveyrone should quit their whining until it comes out. It sounds bad I know, but who knows?  I don't know if anyone even remembers this, but Metal Gear was released on the Game Boy Color, and it turned out to be a blast, even in many a critic's eye.  If you can do stealth on the GBC, I'm sure the DS can handle something.

And also, what would you say if I told you there was currently a home-made fence in my kitchen, and it was intended for illegal immigrants?  Yeah, it's pretty weird, I know.  I blame my roommate.