Think I’m turning Japanese…

Thanks to DJ Wheat and the EP tutorial video I added 3000¥ to my Japanese PS3 account. There were a few reasons I wanted to do this.

1. Just to see if it actually worked
2. The PS1 Classic collection on the Japanese PSN is awesome
3. Silent Bomber

Yeah, #3 is directly related to #2. Silent Bomber was a game that I discovered when it launched in Canada back in 1999 that none of my friends even had any idea about. I remember picking up the box at the store and cursing how ugly the art was and thought “I have to play this crap.”

Turns out it was incredible.

When I heard that Silent Bomber made it’s way to the Japanese PSN store I had to get it, since I seriously doubt it’ll hit the North America store anytime … evAr.

Since 600¥ for Silent Bomber is cheaper than grabbing a PS1 version on eBay for $30, I did it. Along with remote play, it’s awesome! I can’t just transfer it over to my PSP because the game was downloaded from a different account (the Japanese one if you’re keeping score) so I have to play it remotely. It’s still as much fun as I remember.

With the remaining 2400¥ I grabbed the classic shooter, R-Type Delta and the recently releases Echochrome. Everything is in Japanese, but you can manage to get around pretty easily if you don’t speak the language (which I don’t).

On top of that, an import copy of Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword made it’s way to me yesterday and I’ve been rocking that pretty hard.

I wrote some impressions of the demo a while ago on the old site I worked for, and it’s essentially the same thing. It’s pretty fun in bursts, but I wouldn’t say it will keep you glued to your handheld (although nothing keeps me gluded to the DS or PSP). Again, like the PSN games the entire thing is in Japanese… and you will get to a point where you might get stuck. I suggest hitting up forums or GameFAQs for info if you get into trouble.

I want to apologize to anyone who has sent me Xbox Live game invites for Halo 3 in the last few days. Every Wednesday night and Thursday morning I’m usually on taking screenshots and making film clips for that week’s Community Content feature, so I usually can’t play.

Hopefully we’re going to do a MASSIVE rolling Halo 3 night where the team will play rotating Community Content with a rotating group of readers. No deets on this yet since the idea just came to me and I’d need to speak to the team.

You’ll notice a new header and positions for the sidebars, thought this place needed a little spring winter cleaning. Also, how did I forget to mention cheevoz! Thanks Zebra Niner for the reminder!

Can’t think of anything else to say right now, thinking about finishing off Lost Season 2.

XdM OUT!

My Bionic Problem

Last night, after thinking for about 10 minutes about how I wanted to get a PSP (since I got rid of my launch unit back in the day) I just went out and grabbed one. I planned on waiting until the red God of War unit released, but I wanted it asap.

Sidetrack, shopping with me for ANYTHING is a pain. I go to the store with something in mind (electronics, clothes or whatever) and will buy the first thing I see that meets the requirements because I don’t like shopping at all.

OK so back to my story, went to a store and decided on the white PSP Star Wars bundle. They had the silver Daxter bundle but I didn’t like the color (even though I kinda wanna try that game and it came with a 1GB stick). After that I hit up my local FutureShop and nabbed a SanDisk 4GB stick for $50.

The reason I bought the PSP was for remote play. To be able to play any PS1 game I stuck into my PS3 from any access point in the world is INSANE and I had to own it! I did, tested it and it works… laggy yes, but working.

Now onto my problem. Bionic Commando Rearmed is hitting both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 has sweet-sweet ch33vos BUT the PS3 version has remote play!

I’m leaning toward the PS3 version but I enjoy XBLA titles since my library is so… vast… but to be able to bring that experience with me anywhere is VERY appealing.

Hrmm… tough call.

Also, thanks to former 1UP site director John Davison at What They Play for the shout-out for the story I did on his newest venture, I didn’t notice the shout-out until one of the readers linked it to me. If any of my readers are gaming-savvy parents the site is a must read and a must recommend to lame non-gaming parents you know.

Blog’s New Look

Dunners (aka Dustin) let me know that the old version of my site didn’t scale properly for those of you who don’t run your monitors at 1280×1024 (or something like that).

That in mind I decided to use a different theme, from a list of other ugly ones, and redesigned the blog.

While it isn’t exactly what I’d like, it’s one of the few good looking options available to me via WordPress.

How is this version scaling?

Ding… 1000′ed Halo 3 (finally)

Peep the new piece of hardware.
Even though a ton of people have it I’m pretty stoked bout the Katana.

“I Shall Overcome” – Hard-Fi

Buy Hard-Fi’s second album “Once Upon a Time in the West” NOW, it’s probably my favorite of 2007.