Life has been such a busy thing for me. Of late, with new jobs and school, I haven't been able to write anything. I truly want to write something, I'd like a purely opinionated topic that I can just write on a whim. For that, I need to scour the news services. I have yet to do so, and when I find something of interest, you can bet all out that I'll certainly right about it. Until then, I may appear here and there.
Yes, I'm aware that I've appeared to drop off the face of the earth. Things don't look so great for the immediate future as well, however, I do plan to make a comeback. I have plans of sort for the future, but everything is still quite vague. Expect me to return when I get bored of being bored during the upcoming weeks.
One of the many things you find while playing games, aside from occasional abandonment of other projects, is that, for some games, the controller itself can have a major impact on not just how you play, but how well you do. The first genre of games that one should think about is fighting. Games like Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, and Tekken all have different gameplay mechanics depending on the controller being used. It's widely known, especially within each community, that controllers like the PS2 Dual-Shock 2, or the PS3's controller, are not very practical for such games. Let's leave that aside, for now, as I will cover that more in-depth later.
There's another genre where the controller can affect gameplay performance: First Person Shooters. The dual-shock controller is a very good controller for this kind of game, though there are better. I believe the XBox controller is widely touted as the best FPS controller around. The problem herein lies that, what if someone wanted to use said controller on a system like the PS3 for games like Resistance: Fall of Man? There are conversion utilities, though in this case, I'd be willing to take the dual-shock design, given that's what I'm familiar with.
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With but 2 days remaining for my departure to Baltimore, I learn some rather disconcerting news. Unfortunately, internet access while at the hotel and convention center are not free. That being the case, I will have to hold off on my writings until my return. With luck, I'll have plenty of pictures, and stories to tell.
This will be my last post until I return, and yes, I know I have an article due to be posted, I haven't finished writing it yet.
In lieu of this week's "Notes from a Vista User," which I'm still writing, I decided to switch gears a little bit. My topics this week come straight from the news. Sony's Playstation 3 is edging its way closer within the reach of the masses with its recent $100 price cut. Sony's 80GB Playstation 3 introduction in August can be seen as competition for Microsoft's XBox 360 Elite. Is it worth the price tag of $599? Should Sony even be worried? In other news, Sony also released information on a new PSP model. Is it worth the repricing? TV-Out is nice and all, but is it worth the loss of homebrew as well? We also have E3 this year, where most of these announcements have come from. Of the many things that's been said about E3 this year is that it's much smaller than previous years. Is this the end for E3?
