I really need to get a proper digital camera. These cellphone pics aren't cutting it.

A few people have asked about my setup recently so thought I’d post at least one picture of the setup I’ve been gaming on for the past few months. Despite the lack of HDTV, I find it very cozy. This picture was taken as if you were sitting on my couch, hence why the TV is angled like that. Just about everything in my collection is in the picture and so is Mr. Destructoid. Can you spot him? A full setup blog will be posted as soon as I get everything purchased on my list, sometime in the summer most likely, for now, let’s move on to my impressions of some recent demos.



After sitting on it for far too long, I finally got around to playing the Dark Void demo. I’ve been hearing a lot of negative things about the demo. And personally I am more excited about Dark Void Zero on the DSi. However, I was shocked to find the game quite playable, enjoyable even. To me it feels like the best parts of Gears of War, mixed with the best parts of Call of Duty, with a touch of The Rocketeer, all wrapped in a coat of Halo looking paint. It’s not such a bad mix honestly, this demo pushed Dark Void up a couple notches on my DO WANT list. It’s just a shame it’s so short.



I know I’m really slowpoking on this one but holy shit, the Dante’s Inferno demo has naked breasts in it. I was just playing the demo, I had just killed death while he begged for his life and I thought it was all over, when WHAM, there’s one naked breast. And then a few seconds later, there are two naked breasts. And the demo went on! And there were more and more breasts! I know it’s nothing new since God of War and many other games have nudity in them, but this is first time I recall it happening in a demo. I know that back in the day, my parents would have shat bricks if one of the demos that came with the Official Playstation Magazine contained nudity, so let’s hope today’s parents have their parental controls set properly. Anyways, as far as demos go, Dante’s Inferno packs a lot in. The feeling I get from it is that it’s a very competent God of War clone. The only down side for me is that the text was very hard to read on my SDTV, so I’ll probably wait until I’ve upgraded to buy this game.



Speaking of breasts, I also played Bayonetta. I wasn’t sold on this game via trailers alone, like most people, but after playing this demo, I am very much looking forward to beating the whole game. It’s beautiful to look at, stylish in its action and the combat is fun, fast paced and challenging without being frustrating, I really hope the whole game can keep it up. Unlike Dante’s Inferno, I can read the text in this game just fine, something that seems to be a rarity these days.



After a string of three good demos, I finally land on a bad one. Fairy Tale Fights looked mildly interesting, almost like a super smash bros clone with fairy tale characters. It had a little potential. Too bad it turned out like this. It plays nothing like smash bros. The fighting is imprecise and boring, the music is generic rock or generic classic and worst of all, this demo has you fighting off hordes of enemies in a bland white room. I suppose they made it white to highlight all the blood that gets spilled, but if that’s all you have to offer me in your game, than sorry, not interested.