Blasphemy!

To stave off my increasing console gaming itch, I bought a decent PC game controller. I was looking for the wired version, but SM Southmall, with its many PC shops, only has a solitary shop with a solitary model for sale.



The Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710 is supposedly one of the best ones out. I guess I'll find out for myself.

Now to finally play my ginormous PC game backlog. Hmm. WoW kaya?

Phone Story - Apple Cannot Handle The Truth?

Phone Story is a collection of mini games for the iOS platform approved and released for sale just a few days ago. It was removed almost immediately afterwards by Apple from the AppStore for violating a number of their rules.

Well, just see for yourself:
Phone Story Game Play Video

The truth is still out there, at least in the Android Marketplace.

Out Of Topic: Contagion - More Like Contage-Yawn

Out Of Topic delves into the non-gaming side of life. Yes, I do have a life outside of gaming, thank you very much.

Don't talk to anyone about this movie.

A monster of a virus spreads like crazy, killing millions, before the US government finds the cure. It's the 1995 blockbuster hit Outbreak done in a more documentary-like setting. And with a ton more huge Hollywood names.

The movie builds up the outbreak nicely in the first half of the movie. Unfortunately, I felt that they just did not know when to stop building up the pace of the story that my exhilaration became exhaustion during the second half.

The story is completely unfocused: plot threads going nowhere, characters disappearing abruptly, and a half-assed ending. And by half-assed I mean really, really horrible. I feel the movie could have been better without that ending.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Elliott Gould. That's like 3-4 movies worth of huge Hollywood names. Watching the movie also makes you feel like you watched 3 to 4 movies. All at the same time. Such a waste of their talent. And what's up with Jude Law's teeth? Seriously.

Watch it if you like "disaster" movies, but leave your high expectations outside the cinema.

One Small Step - Initial Impressions on Rift (Finally!) PC

Rift is celebrating its 6th monthsary by opening the game for free until August 31.

Like the martyr that I am, I again tried to download the 9GB game. Who knew that I shouldn't have clicked the "Recover" button in the download client and instead click on the "Update" button to continue an interrupted download?

So four time's a charm, and I'm glad I've been persistent.

Game Over: Final Thoughts on Age of Conan Unchained (PC)

I downloaded and installed Age of Conan Unchained last week. After 8 levels and less than a week of playing, I'm ready to call it quits.

Here are the Top 3 Things That Make Me Go RAAAAAAWR Like A Barbarian In Age of Conan Unchained:

For Giggles

I actually might get a real gig.

Insert guitar riff here

As a real game reviewer for a certain tech blog.

Nothing fancy, not even getting paid for it, but at least I will actually be given games to review. "Given" and not "owned". Unlike a certain other paid gig I had a few years back.

Of course this won't include the high-profile game stuff, but hey, it's a start.

Aged Thirty Minutes

After downloading the ginormous 8GB client, I was able to play the now free-to-play Age of Conan.

Got my barbarian to level 6 and was just able to enter the starting city Tortage. Immersive so far and the combat is much, much more interactive.

Excited to get back into the game, I opened the goodness-knows-where-the-downloader-placed-the client and got a warning that my resource database might be corrupted.

Ten friggin' gigabytes

In the manliest voice possible, AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!