Hello one and all, the prodigal son has returned from an awesome vacation in Germany. Where the beer and bratwurst is good, the people love video games, but bizarrely, the government there don't likey no gorey and violencey. So now, when you kill someone in a video game in Germany, no blood spurts out. Where's the fun in that?
But that's not as bad as what's happening over in Australia, where their government is banning all games that do not hit the 15+ age rating (they don't have an 18+ age rating), but more on that story in a later post.
If you ask me though, the worst news are the turmoil down in Iran and the death of legendary Michael Jackson. Our virtual reality hearts go out to the victims of the mess in the Middle East.
On a lighter note, I shall talk about the arrival of Max Payne 3. Yes, the guy best known for bringing bullet time to video games, and to me, having the best storyline in a game ever (for Max Payne 2) is back. Not much is known about the storyline, but apparently Max Payne is no longer a hard-boiled detective, and have moved out of rainy America and is living in sunny Brazil. As a bootyguard. But he is one ugly bootyguard. What happened to the chiselled, handsome grimace that you used to make Max Payne as you dove sideways across the floor guns blazing?
Check out the photos below. Nice graphics though, using a souped-up version of the one that GTA4 was blessed with, and by gawd, THAT was a beautiful game. I sincerely hope they don't use a cover-system though, I'm tired of that hide-behind-conspicuously-placed barrel/wall/rock.
But that's not as bad as what's happening over in Australia, where their government is banning all games that do not hit the 15+ age rating (they don't have an 18+ age rating), but more on that story in a later post.
If you ask me though, the worst news are the turmoil down in Iran and the death of legendary Michael Jackson. Our virtual reality hearts go out to the victims of the mess in the Middle East.
On a lighter note, I shall talk about the arrival of Max Payne 3. Yes, the guy best known for bringing bullet time to video games, and to me, having the best storyline in a game ever (for Max Payne 2) is back. Not much is known about the storyline, but apparently Max Payne is no longer a hard-boiled detective, and have moved out of rainy America and is living in sunny Brazil. As a bootyguard. But he is one ugly bootyguard. What happened to the chiselled, handsome grimace that you used to make Max Payne as you dove sideways across the floor guns blazing?
Check out the photos below. Nice graphics though, using a souped-up version of the one that GTA4 was blessed with, and by gawd, THAT was a beautiful game. I sincerely hope they don't use a cover-system though, I'm tired of that hide-behind-conspicuously-placed barrel/wall/rock.
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