After watching the video for this game I’m having a hard time thinking that this is real. My first thought is that the Wii is at the end of days. It has crossed over into empty nothingness and has come back to bring Mass: We Pray with it. I have seen and heard of other small production companies releasing religious games for the PC to spread the word of the Almighty, but nothing of this caliber of weird. The previous games followed the normal formula for a video game. These depicted a playable character (animated Jesus doing battle in Jerusalem, or included Christian followers shooting lasers out of their Bible) or online Street Fighter-esque flash games where you battle other religious figures like Buddha and Ghandi. These all follow the normal recipe for video games targeted at the youth audience. I thought those were bad. Mass: We Pray takes the idea and suck of church going to a whole new level. It’s laughable. The line for this game teeters on real or fake and has me wondering if this is in fact real or not.
We have all seen the countless commercials for Guitar Hero and their quest to make a very memorable movie scene overdone, here are some girls trying to put their own spin on things. That is until one of them probably gave her self whiplash.
After spending some solid time with Left 4 Dead 2, it’s quite apparent that this game is nothing to boycott. In fact, those doing so are really depriving themselves of an extremely improved version of Left 4 Dead. I’d go as far as to say that Left 4 Dead should be boycotted, not the sequel game. Valve has improved upon the original Left 4 Dead tenfold, but is it worth the price tag?
I was honestly excited when Sony announced their adhocParty software coming to the US. I downloaded it this morning and got ready to play some Gran Turismo PSP online against people all over the world. After firing up the software on my PS3 and clicking any of the buttons, I was given the above error message. Yup, you need a wired internet connection to use adhocParty. Those of us who connect to the internet with the built in wireless in the PS3 are screwed.
The funny part is that if you click the Information button, the PS3 opens the web browser and tries to display the manuals (which gave me an error message that “There is not enough memory. The window content was replaced with a blank page.”) So at least something works over wireless internet. The only thing I can hope a this point is that Sony will update adhocParty. Running ethernet cables isn’t very feasible in my house right now. I guess my dreams of playing Gran Turismo against kids from Guam are squashed.
Besides the lack of party chat, I’m sure the one thing pissing off most Modern Warfare 2 players is the inability to find out how to unlock certain titles. After an hour or two of searching, I’ve found a forum that has a nearly complete list of all of the titles in MW2. I won’t waste your time so I’ll just throw the link below.
BioWare today announced the next installment of Dragon Age: Origins DLC, Return to Ostagar. Set for release on all platforms this Holiday, fans of the game will have even more content for one of the best RPG’s of the year. From the press release:
Return to Ostagar, BioWare’s next thread in the Dragon Age: Origins tapestry, summons players to a new quest in which they will return to the fateful battleground in Ostagar where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out. Players will discover King Cailan’s top-secret political agenda and go behind enemy lines to revisit a place that many feared had been lost to history.
I haven’t had a chance to play Dragon Age: Origins yet, but Karl thinks it’s the bees knees. Yeah, I just wrote that. Don’t judge me. So save up $4.99 to buy this new content pack pretty soon.
One of Sony’s big advantages with the PSN is the ability to play online for free. At an recent Media/Investor Conference, the company revealed that it would look to extend a subscription model to the PSN. The internets got all up in arms that the PSN would soon go the way of Xbox Live, forcing your to pony up heard earned cash to play online. Fortunately, that isn’t the case. Speaking to VG247, Kaz Hirai set the record straight:
SCE will further increase sales by offering users new entertainment through the combination of hardware, software, peripheral and PlayStation Network. Especially in the online area, we are studying the possibility of introducing a subscription model, offering premium content and services, in addition to the current free services.
There you have it. You’ll continue to be able to play online for free. The subscription model is probably referring to features like Qore, where you can get extra content for opening your wallet. I have a feeling most people will opt to pay nothing and roll with the PSN as-is. I’ll wait and see what these premium content and services are before making a decision, but I already subscribe to Qore, so who knows.
What is better than video games and really hot chicks? When said really hot chicks are dressed up as video game characters. After the jump is our official Loot Ninja Cosplay Girl of the Week. We don’t know her name, but we like it that way. Remember, just because you wanna bang a Pikachu, that doesn’t make you a deviant.
If you have gotten your hands on Left 4 Dead 2 and have played just smidgen of the Dark Carnival campaign, you have probably heard of the band Midnight Riders. I don’t know if it’s THE Midnight Riders or just Midnight Riders, but the point is, the band is mentioned throughout the campaign as one of Ellis’ favorites. He goes on and on with his lengthy diatribes while he’s getting eatin’ up by zombies about how awesome the band is. Hell, you even get to take on a zombie climax event on one of their stages with pyrotechnics and everything!
I was recently popping around on the internet and saw a new website for the Midnight Riders seen here. The site is actually owned by Valve Corporation and is one of their 198 domains. The site is legit. We don’t know in what context yet, but it is legit. When you head on over to the site you can see that down below the riders we are given the menacing message “Coming Soon”. Is this Left 4 Dead 2 DLC already in the making? Are we going to be able to play as the Midnight Riders through the campaign? Will this be a whole new set of campaigns telling the story of the Midnight Riders and their escape to freedom? We will find out soon, and we will keep you informed at Loot Ninja.
I’m personally hoping that at least there will be a sequence of getting on the band’s tour bus only to find zombie groupies wanting to have sex with you. That would be awesome! Hey, don’t judge me! Things still work down there even if they are flesh eating zombies. I got some flesh……IN MY PANTS!
If you went out and preordered Battlefield: Bad Company 2, today is the start of the beta on PS3 where you’ll be able to tool around the multiplayer. I know Steve is going to be firing it up tonight and bringing you his thoughts really soon, so if you want to hear what he has to say, keep checking back.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the console multiplayer landscape shapes up this Spring. No doubt a large portion of people will consistently play Modern Warfare 2, but I have a feeling Bad Company 2 is going to be a strong multiplayer game and will pull some people away from the CoD giant. Only time will tell, so for now, preorder the game on PS3 and get in the Beta.
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