Blog Entries tagged 'wii'

It is a toy

ebrahim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

But as it turns out, a really cool toy . Not worth the price that they charge for it, so if you are keen on the Modern Warfare 2 Night Vision Edition, you should wait until it gets a nice fat discount - which I think will happen soon.

The only limited edition accessories that I am interested in are figurines or something practical , like a steel lunchbox .

News and more news

ebrahim — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As we head towards the holiday release season, the price cuts are coming thick and fast. PlayStation started with the Slim and Fat, next Microsoft responded with their 360 price cut combined with increased disk space. And finally Nintendo announced a price cut for the Wii. In these tough economic times it's good to know that you can still afford your favourite gaming platform or add another one to your collection. You may have to live on baked beans for a while but it may be worth it. [...]

Calling all Star Wars Fans

ebrahim — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I am not a fan of the comic style, the illustrations are not really to my taste. But if you are a Star Wars fan and like Dark Horse comics, then this two for one special is for you.

As a dyed in the wool , world war fan, I like to find new and interesting ways to kill Nazis. Saboteur looks like an interesting concept in the works, it is coming from EA's Pandemic Studios so we should hope for good things...

Unchartered 2 is looking very pretty, hopefully this time the [...]

Rocking Warfare

ebrahim — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I had a look at the full Modern Warfare 2 trailer and it looks great. I know that I am breaking my own rules here but the teaser trailers have got me hooked. I even took a sneak peak at a few screenshots...for shame. To make matters worse I am downloading the E3 game play video while I type this - I really need help...

I am still very curious to see how well DJ Hero is received, from the looks of things the controller has been well implemented. My thinking is that it may turn out t [...]

Are you with the DJ?

ebrahim — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

DJ Hero has been confirmed by Activision. So for all wannabe DJs, this may be your chance to wreck the decks in the safety of your own home.

The controller in the pic has not been confirmed. Although it looks pretty authentic it may just be a concept or artist/fanboy rendering. Nothing beats the Intertubes for rumour and innuendo.

I will post information about the local release dates as soon I receive an update from the distributor.

The World is Yours

ebrahim — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Guitar Hero World Tour has finally been unbundled. The drum kit and guitar will be available in our store soon. Keep an eye on this space for more information as regards pricing and the release date.

Released

ebrahim — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The local launch date for Street Fighter 4 has finally been released. Nu Metro secured the Capcom license and announced that it will reach our shores on 27 February. This date is subject to change and for the sake of our local gaming market I hope that the change means an earlier release date.

The Capcom license debacle is yet another example of our local distributors not getting their act together. It also acts as additional incentive for gamers to import their games so that they [...]

Maybe next year or not...

ebrahim — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

I really thought that 2008 was the year of the PlayStation 3. Finally the hardware would be matched to a significant and exclusive games catalog. But as the year wore on nothing materialised that could really justify the PS3 price tag. Post the Tokyo Game Show the signs seemed to indicate that the tide had turned against title exclusivity further diminishing any justification for buying a PS3. When Final Fantasy was announced for the Xbox 360, I was pretty sure we had entered the End of Days [...]

Shedding some light

ebrahim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I had a meeting with a senior manager from Ster Kinekor. One part of the discussion was about piracy in SA and why more is not done to combat it.

The bottom line appears to be that we do have a piracy problem is SA but no where on the scale of other regions like Russia, Egypt and Greece which essentially have industrial scale operations. Piracy is therefore not such a high priority concern for Ster Kinekor.

Reading between the lines, I also got the sense that anti-pirac [...]

A line

ebrahim — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I am a huge fan of World War 2 history which is why I played all the Call of Duty games, even CoD 3.

World at War in single player is not a good game.

All the CoD games are heavily scripted, CoD WW is less scripted than previous versions but the game play still feels very mechanical.

Added to this is the fact that the AI of your squad is bad as well. They don't attack enemies that are right next to them, they run single file into an ambush and show no tactica [...]

How much is too much?

ebrahim — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

As we head to the holiday season, game releases are coming out thick and fast. At the same time the hype machine is winding itself up to a deafening crescendo. New screenshots, videos and even leaked game manuals abound. None of this content adds much to experiencing the actual game. I would argue that it takes much away from the game that it is intended to promote. It's a bit like spoiling parts of a movie. A part of the fun in playing a new game is in discovering things for yourself, the n [...]

Things you can buy from 7-11

ebrahim — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A Blowbo what the hell...

The Penny Arcade news post also chats about Star Wars Force Unleashed. If you are a hardcore Star Wars fan it probably won't change your mind about the game.

The gist of the post is that Tycho seems quite ambivalent about the game. It has a great story but also has bugs and areas of weak game play.

I had a look at a few trailers recently and I was underwhelmed. I am a huge fan of the first Star Wars movie trilogy and was lo [...]

Call of Duty World at War now with co-op

ebrahim — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0100

I have to confess that I am a complete World War history fan. I watch the History channel documentaries so that I can confirm things which I have read, also it's much more exciting in living colour.

When I first played Call of Duty I was ecstatic because of its historical accuracy, I played through all the installments including the super short United Offensive and the really mediocre Call of Duty 3.

I was disapointed by the move to the contemporary arena in Call of Dut [...]