Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Short But Pointless
Oddball gaming updates on the blog today.
I'm happy to announce that this evening I earned my 100th Trophy on the PlayStation 3. If you've never heard of them, they are ultimately meaningless "awards" (or "trophies" if you hate variety) that you earn while playing games on the PS3. Finish a level, defeat a certain monster, or maybe just let the game sit quietly for a few minutes - these trophies are determined by the individual game and can be obtained at just about any time.
My milestone empty accomplishment today came while playing Noby Noby BOY, a game that defies all categorization. All I will tell you is that I love it and I earned a trophy for eating a human and a dog and then excreting a single hybrid creature. No, you get no context for that. I certainly didn't get any.
In much more exciting but still PlayStation-related news, I got my hands on Street Fighter IV yesterday. I only had enough time to install it (over two gigabytes) and mess around with the single player stuff, but so far it looks just like the arcade that I last enjoyed back in October. It feels as good as the old games did while the new high resolution graphics are seriously impressive, especially when you consider that my TV is bigger and brighter than any arcade cabinet!
While Mako initially regarded this purchase as another colossal waste of time and money, she surprised the hell out of me by asking me today if she could play against me sometime. It seems she brought up my hobbies at the nail salon this afternoon and a member of the staff told her it was imperative that she try the game. We haven't yet tried it and I am a bit wary as to how this will work, as fighting games are notoriously difficult to the unfamiliar player. Hell, a bunch of the professional game reviewers on 1UP were complaining on their podcast how they suck at the game. Does Mako have any hope? Will this attempt at fusing my gaming and my marriage end in tragedy? Or maybe, just maybe, will everything work itself out?
There should really be a trophy for that. Make it a gold one too.
I'm happy to announce that this evening I earned my 100th Trophy on the PlayStation 3. If you've never heard of them, they are ultimately meaningless "awards" (or "trophies" if you hate variety) that you earn while playing games on the PS3. Finish a level, defeat a certain monster, or maybe just let the game sit quietly for a few minutes - these trophies are determined by the individual game and can be obtained at just about any time.
My milestone empty accomplishment today came while playing Noby Noby BOY, a game that defies all categorization. All I will tell you is that I love it and I earned a trophy for eating a human and a dog and then excreting a single hybrid creature. No, you get no context for that. I certainly didn't get any.
In much more exciting but still PlayStation-related news, I got my hands on Street Fighter IV yesterday. I only had enough time to install it (over two gigabytes) and mess around with the single player stuff, but so far it looks just like the arcade that I last enjoyed back in October. It feels as good as the old games did while the new high resolution graphics are seriously impressive, especially when you consider that my TV is bigger and brighter than any arcade cabinet!
While Mako initially regarded this purchase as another colossal waste of time and money, she surprised the hell out of me by asking me today if she could play against me sometime. It seems she brought up my hobbies at the nail salon this afternoon and a member of the staff told her it was imperative that she try the game. We haven't yet tried it and I am a bit wary as to how this will work, as fighting games are notoriously difficult to the unfamiliar player. Hell, a bunch of the professional game reviewers on 1UP were complaining on their podcast how they suck at the game. Does Mako have any hope? Will this attempt at fusing my gaming and my marriage end in tragedy? Or maybe, just maybe, will everything work itself out?
There should really be a trophy for that. Make it a gold one too.
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I say mop the floor with her. NO HOLDS BARRED: cheap sweeps, cross-ups, ticking and aggressive pressure throwing. And don't tell her how to do moves - let her look it up herself. Card shop style. It got us into gaming!
# posted by 
: 26 February, 2009 03:09
: 26 February, 2009 03:09
P: Thank you for the compliment. I'm pretty good at learning moves but I'm not so good at putting them together and beating people. Maybe my technique knowledge is enough to show her the ropes?
T: Good, if scary, point. We DID learn how to play these games by facing off against each other, and we were all huge assholes at the time. If we found out someone couldn't block low, we just kept tripping them forever.
コメントがあるちゃう？ Type something, please. It's less work for me.T: Good, if scary, point. We DID learn how to play these games by facing off against each other, and we were all huge assholes at the time. If we found out someone couldn't block low, we just kept tripping them forever.
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