Vindictus - Review

Vindictus, Nexon's newest action title, is here and in full swing, and unlike Nexon's current lineup, this one plans to be the most painful MMO you'll ever play. This isn't your little cousin's MMO with cute monsters and such. Vindictus contains destructive beasts; deadly environments and balls-to-the-wall action that will make you squirm with joy.

Start of November

November seems to be starting off just fine for me! With G-Star 2010 this month, I'm looking forward to Megaman Online, Ghosts N' Goblins Online and especially Blade & Soul. NCSoft is going to reveal a new trailer for B&S plus a first ever gameplay demonstration. Finally we'll know how exactly the control scheme will work. I'm hoping it's arcade action style, but an active battle system like Mabinogi will work just fine for me.

Also: Global TalesWeaver just started today. It's like Ragnarok Online with a similar art style, music and gameplay. Sure, it may be well over six years old, but I'm hyped as hell. I played the Korean TW way back and didn't get far due to the language barrier. I think I was a LV20 Lucian Kaltz or something... Anyway, I'm downloading the client now and hoping for the best.

Although: Game&Game are the ones hosting this. Yes, they're only a temp host, but I'm still expecting lots of problems on their end. Speaking of which: I found this old comic about G&G back when they hosted Trickster. Who made this comic: My heart goes out to them!

 

Link to Global TalesWeaver: http://tales.gamengame.com

Spending Halloween in the vidya

It's hallow's eve and instead of going out to some costume party, I'm here posting this blog message and spending my time playing video games with Halloween events. I did want to dress up as the guy from Where's Waldo, but I couldn't even afford the cap that costs $9. College kids like me can't afford shit these days, man.

Still, the Halloween setting that's going in Vindictus is actually kinda nice. The main town is all decorated with pumpkins and stuff, plus evening instead of afternoon. Events are pretty boring as expected.

How did your game celebrate Halloween?

DirectTV wants to drop G4

This video just made my day:



They say they "don't see the value in G4" anymore, and honestly who does? They lost their way when they started showing crap like Cops 2.0 and whatnot. Why the hell did they stray from their roots so damn much? Seriously, all I want from G4 is video game and nerdy stuff. Show me a picture of a new motherboard for two hours and I'd be happy. But nope... G4 can't give me that. Just endless Cops and Cheaters marathons.

I really hope they pull the plug on this mother.

Making some changes

I've been thinking a lot about the state of my blog and figured that it could use a serious re-tooling. It started out as a simple college assignment that really opened up doors for me. From this little blog, I was given the opportunity to become a contributor for MMO directory and that opened up even more doors. Now I write for OnRPG as a freelancer, I get to try out games before the general public, converse with several PR groups over my articles... Hell I was even offered an all expenses paid trip to Austin GDC just for a demo tour.

But still, I feel that I let this blog business get to my head. I felt so pretentious about it, throwing it around wherever I went, as if I was some important player in the industry just because I write reviews on it and stuff, but I wasn't. I'm just an average guy. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, or the brightest light on the Christmas tree, but one thing for sure that I love video games and enjoy telling people about them. I really do believe that I have a future in game industry as a reviewer of sorts, if not a career in digital mass media. It may seem like a meager goal, but I feel it's worth shooting for.

So what I want to do with my blog from here on out is this:

• Remove all gaming news related posts. I shouldn't treat my blog like a news hub.
• Mix between formal and imformal posts. I'll still put my articles that I did for OnRPG, but I will also just post whats on my mind about games I'm playing
• Throw in some interactive stuff like Let's Play videos and LiveStream sessions

Well that's what I want to do with it now. With college midterms breathing on me, I'm not sure if I'll have the time, but will find a way (I hope.)

That's all for now, I guess.