It finally happened. I got the Red Ring of Death. After two and a half years of unfaltering invincibility, my Tower of Babel has finally crumbled.
Over those two and a half years, I've watched the 360s of others rise and fall and never felt the longevity of mine would be of any threat.
Ironically, the RRoD usually strikes before the release of a new game, or the purchase of a new game (Spectral Force 3, in my case), and this time was no exception. Now, it will collect dust, until I receive the coffin to send my fallen soldier back home in.
Destructoid users: I thought my console was the Killdozer to end all Killdozers, but my arrogance got the best of me.
Now all I can do is grieve....
Now on a lighter note, I am proud to announce the first annual
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Okay, I've been trying to keep my blog posts informative so people don't start yelling at me to GTFO to the forums. So here comes something somewhat appealing to fans of the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series.
I've been following this for awhile, but I just found a trailer for it today, released not too long ago. It's loosely based off of Persona 3, as it takes place 10 years after the original game and the main characters are 3 brothers.
Now trailers are a cryptic thing; they don't tell you crap, but it definitely leaves you wanting more. That having been said, I doubt this one is going to be about hanging out at the kareoke bar, and trying to get to 2nd base with the hot manager of the Kendo club...
So what do you guys think? Yuki or Yukari... Er... I mean, does it look cool or not?
While doing some aimless meandering through Japanese clothing sites, fruitlessly looking for a shirt even remotely related to a Jrock band, I came across this piece of awesomeness: A Raccoon City police jacket. I can't read none of the text, but hey, it LOOKS cool.
Although I can do without that huge, obvious cross on the back that screams "JESUS LOVES ME! NOT YOU!", that S.T.A.R.S logo on the sleeve just plain rocks. Oh yeah, and I'm a sucker for faux fur trim. Now I can waddle up to people and yell "I'm a Member of S.T.A.R.S!" like Jill from MvC2.
Anyone proficient enough in the language of bird tracks to get any insightful details out of the description, how much that would be in USD$$, and how the hell to get something delivered from Japan...
No, this isn't a thinly veiled rant about all the hottest releases being released in the holiday season, but really more of a need to give to others. Well, I can't really twist anyone's arm or judge them on their decision, seeing I'm just some faceless drone on the internet, but I'd like to do my part to get the word around.
I just recently read about The Child's Play Charity today, and while I would like to donate several DS games and am definitely buying a inexpensive toy for the cause; I wish I could do more.
Being a fulltime student and paying rent leaves me not too much disposable income to play with. I don't know about you guys, but I couldn't imagine how great it would be to have some kid born with AIDS or suffering from cancer or something that would make their life truly miserable, open up a present only to find a brand new PS2 from a complete stranger!
I've never been in a hospital for more than a few hours myself, so I couldn't imagine what it's like to spend your childhood inside of one. What a better way to kill some time than with some Tetris or taking care of a Nintendog.
At the risk of sounding preachy or sounding like Bono; This season, just squirrel away $10 or so, visit The Child's Play site, pick a hospital, and go make some kid's holiday season something to look forward to.
SPORE name: gloomheart (download my ogre, he's club-a-licious)
Hi, I'm Erik, I'm from Chicago, and I'm SourGr8pes on Dtoid because I'm a fucking embittered old man. I believe in old fashioned things, like big words and sentence structure, (which automatically makes me the enemy of the internets) Freyja worship, and sacrificing children to the lake monster out back.
Scary, yes, but I do believe in new things, like evolving out of the sloped forehead, hunched back, wood and stone tools era of straight up turned based RPG battles that the Japanese insist we stay in, when they're not busy furiously fapping over their WiiFits.
I also have stupid childish dreams of building my dream console that will have MOTION CONTROL (I know, it sounds crazy), all but two games will have unnecessary waggling, and everything else will be minigames and rehashed crap.
Been constantly playing games with my Nintendo since 1986, so you can say I've been around through the first major console wars... Personally, I owe no allegiance to any console, preferring to find it's strengths and weaknesses myself. I try to get as many consoles as I can, so I've got street cred when I talk shit about them. If anyone wants to buy me a PS3 with Disgaea 3, I will happily accept it. Me even sucky sucky long time.
FANBOYISMS: -Fursona 3, and all of the SMT in general. A game that took something as boring and primitive as turn-based combat and turned into something interesting, because if I do the wrong attack at the wrong time, MY AZZ GETS SMOKED!
-Nippon Ichi games: What can I say? I love the niche RPG's. Slickly marketed Final Fantasys are not my cup of tea. Disgaea-type grinders are.
I don't know what it is, but perhaps it may be the masochistic charm of trying to get to Lvl 9999, then transmigrate and... Start all over again.
Yeah, I know they're not the greatest games in the world, but I love them like I'd love my red-headed stepchild... Y'know, after beating his ass senseless.
-Kunio-kun games: River City Ransom was the first game I played religiously (and probably the third game I ever owned). I tried to play as many of the Kunio-kun series as I could, even the ones in that pesky Japanese language.
-I am indeed a member of the Atlus Faithful. They may not make the best games in the world at times, but at least they listen to their fans... Unlike a certain game company I've blindly followed for years, who will never release Seiken Densetsu 3 to the US, nor make another Chrono game.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME VOMIT BLOOD: -Blue Dragon, Mistwalker, Square/Enix rehashes and all other lame attempts to capture the retro crowd. Don't EVER get me started about FF9; You'll be listening to me for days. Romancing SaGa 1-3 in English would also be awesome, assholes.
-Shovelware
-Kingdom Hearts, in all it's forms.
-All these fucking disappointing next-gen sequels with little-to-no-content other than achievements. They get perfect 10's elsewhere, but Dtoid's the only place honest enough to look at all the bad things.
PACKIN':
-NES
-SNES
-N64
-Gameboy in ALL it's reincarnations
-GBA
-DS
-PS1
-PS2
-PSP
-360
-Dreamcast, or as I like to call it the "Makes-Me-Creamcast"
-My 9
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