Category Archives: Gaming

Bob’s Game

Just one day after discussing Bob’s Game with Collin, I got an e-mail from the forum.bobsgame.com moderator, gBev. I had mentioned to Collin that Bob’s Game still hadn’t come out since the failed 9/9/09 missed release date and that no news had been released.

Dear ex-members of the bob’s game forum,
Well, today is 090910. I think we can safely say that Bob missed all his opportunities and the game is truly over. It’s a shame, but he missed the chance and now it’s too late to do anything. I doubt anyone would publish his game, and the homebrew release wouldn’t gain much attention.
As for the forum, most if not all of you probably read the goodbye post I wrote before Bob jumped in claiming he was still working and showing off that lame movie. I’m glad the forum is dead, to be quite honest. It wasn’t going anywhere. I just wish he would have either let it close when he said it would or given up another notice. But based on his track record, it’s hardly surprising.
Bob pulled us all along with this for two years, but there is still no game. I doubt there ever will be. Duke Nukem Forever is coming out, and bob’s game will still be on bob’s computer as he wastes his time with Tim.
The pre-myBB forum is still viewable at http://bobsgame.forumotion.net/ if you feel like reading some old posts.
That’s about it. Feel free to email me here with any questions, and you can add me on Steam (gbev) or Skype (gbev213).
Sincerely,
gBev
PS: I leave you all with this: http://giantbev.info/main/bobtroll.gif

As I said to Collin, maybe this was the game the whole time. Regardless, I enjoyed the Bob’s Game demo and Tetrid. If that’s all there ever will be, the game itself is still deserving of positive thoughts if we can disconnect the idea of the marketing from it.

Xbox Live Costs Even More Now

Price change for Xbox LIVE Gold subscription – Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
Yesterday Major Nelson announced price increases for Xbox Live. One month of Gold is increasing from $7.99 to $9.99, and one year subscriptions are going from $49.99 to $59.99. These changes will be in effect starting on November 1, 2010.
Major Nelson said the following about the changes:

Since launching Xbox LIVE in 2002 we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our members, while keeping the price the same. We’re confident that when the new pricing takes effect, an Xbox LIVE Gold membership will continue to offer the best value in the industry.

I think Xbox Live user rogXue, despite having a dumb name, said it best in his comment.

Let’s all thank ESPN/Last FM/Twitter/Facebook and every other useless additional service for this. What a world of butthurt…

 
Let’s take a look at the free features of Xbox Live. Demos for every game, achievements, friends list, messaging, voice chat, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Indie Games, avatars, downloadable content, a well organized market place, and an ugly interface filled with ads. If you pay, you can get party chat, video chat, online gaming, parties, Netflix streaming, Facebook, Twitter, and last.fm.
I’ve been a Gold member previously. The voice chatting is horrible. Why would I want to yell insults at children? That’s all that’s done there. I’ve never wanted to use party chat or video chat at all. In order to use those, I would need to find a large group of people who all want to play console versions of games most likely available on PC. Or maybe Gears of War. I’ve never seen that group. I’ve heard of them, but my friends are computer literate. Facebook, Twitter, and last.fm support is ridiculously stupid. I guess those are the features responsible for the price increase. Why would you ever want those features on a console anyways? I could almost see wanting last.fm until I remember that you can stream media to your consoles anyways (although it’s easier on a PS3).
What’s left? Netflix. Yes, that’s very nice. But I can do it on the other consoles as well. Really they’re asking for us to pay to play Xbox-exclusive titles online (because if they’re not exclusive, we might as well play on a different service) and chat in large groups that don’t exist. It seems like it’d be smarter simply to purchase titles I want to play online for the PS3. Usually the computer is better for playing online, but it’s true that my computer is tied up with WoW almost all the time. But the PS3’s service is free, so it beats the 360. And there are less ads. The online store is more troublesome on the PS3, but I’ll take that for the reduced cost. Thanks Microsoft. Maybe making me shake my arms around to play games will make me happier with you.
Edit: Oh, and I should add that in order to play with my friends online, we all need Xbox Live subscriptions. Great deal. If a few people decide to come over one Friday night, I can just suggest that each of them pay $9.99 to Microsoft.

LK 25 and Halion 25 Down



LK 25 and Halion 25 Down, originally uploaded by theuser.

Saturday night a handful of CFC members, including gem and me, joined
MOONSHINE in downing Arthas in Icecrown Citadel 25 and Halion in Ruby
Sanctum 25! I wasn’t expecting this progression for quite a while! Of
course, there’s always more to do. HM ICC 10 and 25 would be great, as
would achievements for the drake. Ulduar clear and ToGC are also high
on my list of things to do! I’m super happy I got Arthas down in 25
though. MOONSHINE has some great people, and I’m glad they brought us.

Scott Pilgrim

Wow. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was really amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It’s almost strange how it so perfectly adapted gaming (not a particular game) to the movie screen. I definitely want to own this movie. You could even say that I’m in lesbians with it.
The soundtrack is pretty amazing too. I’m pretty terrible at trying to talk about music in any meaningful way, so I guess I won’t try much. I will say that I was looking for new music recently. It’s been hard for me to find anything new to listen to ever lately. The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack… well, it rocks! One of the best songs on it, Scott Pilgrim by Plumtree, was the song that inspired the creation of the original Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. I looked into Plumtree and found that they’re an indie rock, punk-pop formed in 1993 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They started playing in junior high! Anyways, I really liked their sound and have been listening to one of their albums, Predicts the Future, quite a bit now. Good stuff!