Saturday, February 19, 2011

Has anyone played Prinny 2?


Because these yellow Succubi in Sakura Palace are annoying the hell out of me, and I cannot figure out how to kill them. And all GameFAQs says is, "Don't play Sakura Palace with eight or less hours left." Well...Too late for that.
I feel like...This game is a lot more difficult than the first one. I'm only on the third stage, and I've had trouble from the very start of the game. The bosses were pretty easy, but...I don't know. Sakura Palace makes me want to throw something.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Okay, Fox News


If parents see the ESRB rating and still allow their kids to play this game, that's their decision. It may be poor parenting, but regardless, it's their call.
But forget that for a moment. This article is discussing nine-year-olds playing Bulletstorm. They go on to say that the rating isn't enforced in stores (that's a lie, I got carded when I bought Silent Hill: Homecoming). May I ask why it would matter or not if the rating was enforced in this case? You're talking about a nine-year-old. They probably don't have $60 to spend on a video game, and even if they do, they can't get to a store to buy it by themselves. So again, whether the rating is enforced or not doesn't matter, because a parent would still have to bring their nine-year-old to the store to buy the game, and they would see the rating. If they still choose to buy it, that's a separate issue.
To say that video games lead to sexual assault is ridiculous. Most people play a video game and realize it's JUST a game. I've spent the past month playing Dead Space 2, but I'm not going out and severing people's limbs. Because people who are in their right mind don't do things like that. If someone plays a video game and decides to copy the actions from the game in real life, then there's a larger issue at hand.
Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Egypt, and that's been all over the news and the internet. Does that mean if a child happens to see that, they're going to go out and assault someone? You see worse things on the news than you will in a video game. Things that ACTUALLY happened. Real life. Not fantasy.
I'm not saying that I think the material in Bulletstorm isn't questionable. And I won't be playing the game because it doesn't interest me. But seriously, it's time to come up with a better argument. Stop blaming video games for violent crimes. If someone is going to attack another person, it's not because they played a video game. It's because they're psychologically disturbed.
And this article just made me miss half of Community because I was so annoyed that I had to post about it here.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Dead Space 2 Hardcore? Pfft.

Seven deaths all together. The fifth death was the most annoying because I had already killed the final boss.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Whoever decided on three saves for Hardcore...


...You're kind of a horrible person.
After a lottttttt of consideration, I decided to stick to the three guns I used the first three times I played through Dead Space 2. Plasma Cutter, Line Gun and Contact Beam. The Force Gun...Feels kind of strange to use. I don't like having to knock the enemies down with its primary fire and then kill them with its alt. The Contact Beam can do that just with its alt. And the Seeker Rifle isn't as useful later on when the elite necromorphs start showing up more often. Unfortunately, I won't get the Contact Beam in the beginning of the game. That makes things difficult.
I haven't decided on my first save yet. It's either going to be Chapter 6, right before that huge room where you're attacked by a Brute or...Chapter 7. Before you go flying into space and have to avoid a bunch of debris. Because I ALWAYS die there. And then I'll probably save before Chapter 10, and at the end of Chapter 13 in the area with the store and the workbench.
I've decided the only way I'll get through this is by listening to Britney Spears in the background. Sadly, it can't be too loud because I need to hear if those damn Stalkers are still wandering around. I hate those enemies. They're KIND of cute with the way they peak out around corners before they CHARGE at you, but yeah...I still effing hate them.