I’m not going to fight anymore. It’s another day of videos.
Today we have Halo: Reach’s live action advertisement.
Brilliantly executed. And for the first time, I think the tone of the advertising campaign will actually be representative of the game. (To me at least, others may disagree.)
There’s also a live action short which takes place a day prior to the invasion of Reach.
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What was my takeaway from the original Red Faction? Geo-Mod. Drilling through Martian rock and creating craters. I don’t believe I even played Red Faction 2 — if I did, it wasn’t memorable at all. This third installment, curiously named Red Faction: Guerrilla, will go down in gaming history as one of the best demonstrations of building destruction. If you love demolitions, you’ll love this game. Buildings of all shapes and sizes can be reduced to a heap of scrap metal and rubble with carefully placed explosives. Or via a sledge hammer. Or better yet, destroyed by a truck running through its front door and right through the back. This game felt liberating, but at the same time, I often found myself wanting to stop playing due to mind numbing repetition.
I don’t mean to do this. Really, I don’t. But, I’m going to dedicated today’s post to two more trailers. Two awesome trailers for two 2011 games I’m looking forward to.
Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Character Trailer
Or should I ask, who is this sultry blonde named ‘Catherine’? It’s an adult oriented action adventure game from the guys who brought us the much beloved Persona 4, Atlus.
There’s a trailer out. It’s weird and, as expected, very stylish.
A thorough translated first look can be found over at Andriasang’s (cleavage warning). ‘Catherine’ is coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Winter 2010 for Japan.
I’m intrigued and wish to learn more.
I’ve owned my 60GB PlayStation 3 with its hardware based PS2 compatibility for just over three years now. As of late, I’ve noticed that the fan gets quite loud and I’m a bit worried about the console’s longevity with all that heat it’s expelling.
So I decided to look up PlayStation 3 disassembly guides and found this thread on the official PlayStation forums which detailed three tips to get these older PS3 consoles running cooler:
- Replace the original ZSSR5391A or the APS-226 power supply with the cooler running APS-231 from the PlayStation 3 40GB model
- To run cooler while still supplying enough power for the 90 nm Cell and RSX
- Replace the 15 blade fan with the 19 blade version found in the original launch PlayStation 3 60GB models
- To move more air and a bit quieter
- Replacing the thermal paste with Arctic Silver 5 or equivalent.
- To improve heat dissipation
I already have Arctic Silver 5, but I had to order the fan and the power supply from eBay. None of the parts I was ordering were going to be new, so I tried to keep costs as low as possible.
I managed to find a power supply for $32.01 after shipping and handling. It should arrive in a week or two if it follows previous shipping times from Hong Kong. As for the fan? I’m not having much luck. The cheapest I could get is $26 or so shipped to me. But, if I ship it to the U.S. and have it brought over to me, I could get it for about $20 or so. It also means that I’ll get the fan in mid-September since the people bringing it over the border won’t be making a trip until then.
I’m not sure which path I’ll take with the fan, but I am looking forward to this little project. I’ve seen tear downs already, but I’d like to disassemble my own. I’ve already disassembled an Xbox 360 after a RROD. I want things to be different for the PS3, so I would like to disassemble a PS3 before a YLOD happens.
Three galleries for three Capcom games. I was going to post some Ghost Trick and Okamiden galleries, but DS games simply don’t represent well in these kinds of stills.
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
I’m cautiously optimistic about this sequel. I like the colorful look of it, but it’s missing something. I don’t know what it is yet, but it’s missing something. It certainly isn’t the ability to jump, because it’s included in the sequel.
Crysis was a tech demo to sell CryEngine 2.
There was an open island filled with lush jungles and forests to demonstrate the sandbox shooter. A frozen landscape to prove that this engine could pull off the polar opposite of a tropical paradise. Zero gravity corridors teasing the possibilities of a new Descent game. A vehicle chase sequence to prove that they could do scripted events well. There was even an air combat segment which can only be described as a poor attempt to attract lovers of flying machines. Crysis screamed: ”Hey, this engine can be used for just about any game you could think of.” And, to some extent, I agree with that. Unfortunately, this engine cannot provide fun out of the box as Crytek has so clearly proven.