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Late Night Consoling
Alec Matias
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I'm beginning to wonder how much longer Ken Kutaragi can keep making the comments he makes until he realizes what he's saying. With the PS2, the hype of living room convergence and graphics that could display true human emotion fell totally flat. They were embarrassed at the following E3 when Sega displayed tech demos running on the Dreamcast that showed more human facial emotion than anything gamers were shown regarding the PS2. Then with the PSP, the heated defense of the faulty square button and the claim that it was the "most beautiful thing ever created" had him appearing as a frothing fanboy (which he is, I guess). And unless Sony is holding back some revolutionary features and specifications, the PS3 is 100% game machine and I'd be surprised if someone bought the thing and not play games on it. Not sure why Sony is trying to walk down this path; do they fear Microsoft's Xbox 360 and its fully-revealed Live functionality? Do they believe surviving on a games-only platform is no longer viable? They're hands-down the market leader, why try to fix something that isn't broken?

  • South Park, Dave Chapelle Heading to UMD

    [psp]

    Paramount Pictures announced its support for the PSP and its UMD format by announcing ten releases that will be on sale by the end of the year. Releasing on August 9 are Team America, Coach Carter, and Without a Paddle. A few weeks later on August 30 they'll ship Sahara and Viva La Bam: Vol. 1. Then by the end of the year will come Chappelle's Show Volume 1 Uncensored, South Park: Volume 1, SpongeBob SquarePants: Volume 1, SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie, and Ren and Stimpy Volume 1 1/2ish.

  • Halo 2 Map Pack Delayed

    [xbox]

    Remember when it was revealed that Halo 2 was going to be delayed by a whole year? Well, I have bad news for Bungie and Halo 2 fanatics: the Multiplayer Map Pack has been delayed as well. Those expecting it on June 28 and just going to have wait even longer for added online goodness. It'll now arrive a week later on July 5. (Did I scare you?)

  • PS3 NOT a Game Machine

    [ps2]

    Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation, has gone on record as saying the PlayStation 3 "is not a game machine. We've never once called it a game machine." Instead, the focus of the console will be that of a home entertainment device, capable of SGI-based graphics and converging all electronic entertainment devices into one machine. Man, I have this odd feeling that I've heard all this before..

  • Misc. Q&As/Features

    [ps2] [gamecube]

    1UP talks with both Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura (Kingdom Hearts II) and Nintendo's Eiji Aonuma (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess).

Misc. Media/Previews

PS2 / PS3

The Magic Box has images for Heavenly Sword (PS3), Phantasy Star Universe, and Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebus. GameSpot has movies of Cold Winter.

Xbox / Xbox 360

GamerFeed takes an in-depth look at Dead or Alive 4 (X360). The Magic Box has a few images of Lost Odyssey (X360).

GameCube / Revolution

Another look at The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, this time from Planet GameCube.

Portable

GameSpot posts a movie of Metal Slug Advance (GBA).

Multi

Gaming Horizon previews Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2, Xbox, GCN). WorthPlaying previews Far Cry: Instincts (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox delivers screens of Darkwatch (PS2, Xbox).

Console Game Of The Evening [Submit Yours!]

Kabuki Quantum Fighter for the NES. "What other game has your character, Colonel Scott O'Conner, transfer his conciousness into a cyber kabuki to thwart an evil virus? None, plus the developers must have had alien computers because one of the levels is in a forest temple with rivers." (submitted by yesjfif).

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  • jedi_27 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    May 24, 2005 8:00 PM

    alec, i think the map news is a week old :)

    • Holesinswiss legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      May 24, 2005 8:03 PM

      oh, and Halo 2 was never delayed. it was all media speculation. :)

      • TheNarcis legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        May 24, 2005 8:15 PM

        *cough* ok *cough*

        • Holesinswiss legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          May 24, 2005 10:15 PM

          Okay. Show me an announcement of a delay coming from Bungie or Microsoft. Or show me a release date that was announced other than when the game actually came out.

          It's really not worth an argument over, but it is such an old and unfounded misconception for it still to be believed and brought up.

      • jedi_27 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        May 24, 2005 8:21 PM

        sup holes!!!!

    • n0v4 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      May 24, 2005 9:07 PM

      actually closer to two weeks. delay was originally announced on bungie.net on may 13th

      • Backspace legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        May 24, 2005 9:10 PM

        I was wondering why Alec hadn't reported that MGS4 video i linked to. It pretty much says that Kojima will design it (even though iirc he said MGS3 was going to be his last) and Snake will be the main character (although raiden will be in it).

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