WARNING: If you have a serious obsession with any character from The Legend of Zelda, and/or see Link as a hearthrobe, you are REALLY not welcomed here.
Astro Boy 2004 (PS2) GUTTED
This one's going to confuse people, if only for the reason that there are a few Astro Boy games on the market now; one by published by Sega and developed by Treasure (known for Gunstar Heroes and Gradius 5 alongside a number of other classics) on the Game Boy Advance, and the others based on the movie that was just released in the US today. All of those were published by D3 for PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, and a port of the Wii game on PS2. Here's where things get really confusing; Sega also released an Astro Boy game for PS2 back in 2004 that was developed by Sonic Team (guess what franchise they're best known for?) The games based on the movie were just released, so I'm not covering those yet, unless they hit bargain bins. From what I understand, they're all side-scrolling action titles that play somewhat like the 2004 GBA game. Today, we're gutting the 2004 PS2 game, so that no one gets confused when their kids see the movie in theaters and want to play it on their PS2 (You know, since you won't buy them a Wii.)
Demon's Souls: The Alternate Cover
For whatever reason, Atlus decided to give the US release of PS3 dungeon crawler, Demon's Souls, an alternate cover. While it's a good design that probably kept the ESRB happy, it just doesn't send the same message that the original cover released in Asia gave players as to what to expect from playing this almost unforgiving game.
Personally, I'm considering covering my copy's cover with the original cover, and including a disclaimer to remind myself what kind of punishment I'm in for when I fire up the game (Includes profanity, not safe for work)...
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Yes, I Greenlighted Deguzman's Last Article, Come Crucify Me.
Before I get started, the boys over at Channel Z have their Dragon*Con video podcast (I still don’t know what the difference between “online video” and “video podcast” is), which includes GGP's very own resident jerk; me. Check their Sept 20th 2009 update (or be lazy and click this word: Fig Apples) if you want to see me shamelessly promote this website and attempt to choke myself with a PS2 controller (or was it the NES controller?) after a few pages of horrible anime fanfiction. You’ll probably want to see that later on, if you don’t already.
About a week ago, GGP staffer Chris Deguzman thought it'd be cute to do a small write-up on his experiences with an Xbox 360 he managed to snag. Not only did I give it the "go ahead", but I had asked him to post it here after posting the same rant almost verbatim elsewhere. Honestly, I've only heard one complaint, and it was from someone who also owned both a PlayStation 3 and 360 who preferred Microsoft’s console. And I won't deny that I've been critical of Microsoft and some of their business practices. I asked Chris to have the piece here (again, it was an opinion piece), not because I agreed with it, but because of where he was coming from. Before, this was a guy that wasn't playing favorites, and didn't have a strong opinion of the 360. It wasn't until he got a deal on one that he was absolutely flabbergasted with the lack of quality of the system. He was more brutal than I could ever bring myself to be.
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Xbox 360: A Guttergamer's Brutal Analysis.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the entirety of Guttergamers’ Paradise, ApolloMatrix, or BlueHell Media. (But damn it, the editor happens to personally agree with this one, so it's staying up.)
I finally bit the bullet and bought a 360 (My gamertag is taitaisanchez, not that I'll be on XBL Gold after the first free month or so). At $199 for a 20 gig refurb, it felt like a steal. Click past the jump to get my impressions of it.
Record Of The Lodoss War (Dreamcast) GUTTED
Record of Lodoss War is best known to long time anime fans as a Japanese high fantasy series that is often mistaken as fodder to capitalize on Japan’s obsession with dragons and elves that was partially stemmed from the intense popularity of the DragonQuest franchise. What many people, even some older anime fans that got their start on Robotech in the 80’s, probably aren’t aware of is that Lodoss War didn’t originate as an anime or manga series, or even novels. Believe it or not, the series originated as a transcript of actual Dungeons & Dragons sessions that were published in a popular computer magazine. The printed log of some group of computer programmers’ and novelists’ D&D campaign grew to become its own traditional RPG series, and would venture out into other mediums. To put it short, Lodoss War’s origins were that of the truest form of RPG; the kind that requires some dice and paper.