Little Big Planet gives users man opportunities to create levels, but the fun does not just stop there, check out what some users made Sack Boy look like.
Which is your favorite?
I think I am leaning toward Sack Batman and Sack Hogan, although if someone makes a Sack Loot Ninja that will easily be my favorite. Get to work!
We all know that developers and publishers aren’t the biggest fans of used game sales. It cuts into their revenue stream, but makes GameStop and stores like it a ton of cash every year. Many publishers are finding ways to add value to the new game sales to discourage gamers from picking up used copies.
I recently read an article from Stephen Totilo over at MTV’s Multiplayer Blog with his proposal on how developers and publishers can stop used game sales by adding Achievements/Trophies for purchasing a new copy of the game. While I like the idea, I realized that Microsoft and Epic had already implemented their own system when I opened my copy of Gears of War 2.
People need motivation. If they didn’t, then why is every single meeting room in America littered with small quips pasted with pictures of seagulls flying or of some serene background? I say it is time we unmotivate people. Every Thursday, I will do my best to unmotivate you from doing something and make you laugh in the process. Nothing says productivity like spending your day laughing at the shortcomings of others.
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With the election over, we now continue to move forward. However, where exactly is forward? If you’re stuck in the forest how do you decide which way to go? Well, we are all stuck in this metaphorical forest, and the new government will soon tell us where we are headed. Now, I’m not interested in the political or world views of this new government, its economic or foreign policy, etc. No, what I am interested in discussing is where will video games be headed in the near future; the future of this new government.
The world of video games has always had two, if not more, sides. This new government will likely fall onto a new side of their own. The biggest issue I have, and this is as far as I will go into politics, is that this new government, all three branches, are entirely Democratic. The point of this sentence does not rest on the word Democratic, but the word “entirely”. It wouldn’t matter if the entire government were all Republican, my ideas would still be relayed the same way. This is because there will no longer be the system of checks and balances within the government to prevent laws that are unjust, unfounded, or unnecessary to large majority of people; and in this instance I’m referring to gamers exclusively. Now, what this really means is that, if this new government decides on some level to begin to regulate video games, the video game industry will not be able to fight back. President Elect Obama has stated that there is “a role for the federal government to play [in video games]. We need to understand the impact of these new media better.” My opinion on the entire situation is that the government should not be involved at all in regulating video games. (I also will go further to say that the gaming companies should not regulate video games). I’m am all for freedom of speech, freedom of ideas, and pro warning labels and ratings on video games.
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we can’t get everyone together for a podcast this week again. We’ll be back next week on at our regularly scheduled time. Expect a bigger show next week while we cover all the goods that happened while we were on hiatus.
You can all go back to your normal Wednesday life now. Some of you go streaking and shit in the break room sink. I can see your faces turning red already. Sinners.
It was brought to my attention late last night that a few ads were run yesterday that offended some of you. I don’t want to bring up what those ads were, but please accept our deepest apologies if you were offended. Some of you wrote in and even provided screenshots of the offending ads.
We’re in touch with our advertising firm to ensure this does not happen again (it shouldn’t have happened in the first place). We don’t condone or support any offending ads or hate mongering. We had no idea these ads were running and did not approve them.
Again, please accept our apologies. I’ll be spending a lot of today on the phone trying to resolve these issues.
[Update] I’ve spoken with our advertising firm and we’ve resolved the issue with these ads.
How many times have your now-gen consoles kicked the bucket? I’m on Xbox 360 number 10, so I know how it all goes when the dreaded RRoD shows its ugly head. Luckily, my launch 60GB PS3 is still going strong, as is my launch Wii. One aspect of the Xbox 360 and PS3 that has a chance of dying is the hard drive. Because of the many moving parts, hard drives are prone to failure. With the rigorous usage we put our consoles through, it’s not out of the picture for one of these to go to the land of dead hardware.
Sony has a 10 year life span projection for the PS3 and Microsoft looks to keep the Xbox 360 on the market for at least 5 years. In that span, it’s safe to expect some sort of hard drive failure. How many of you have had a PC hard drive die? I see it happen everyday with drives from a year to 5 years old. With dust collecting in and around the electronics, ball bearings and drive platters can easily wear out and stop working.
This is an original feature to Loot Ninja that will continue to debut every Tuesday. Caveat Emptor is a legal term for “Buyer Beware”. We give you the heads up on mistakes we have made buying things.
This week: Drinking Jager Bombs at the Jersey Shore not only make you hammered, they make you turn into a giant douche bag.
Mistake: Actually believing that the chicks in the corner staring at you think your popped collar and awful smelling drink want to bang you.
Reality: The Jager Bomb gets you drunk, hyped, and angry all at the same time. Mixing absurd amounts of stimulants (Taurine and Sugar) and depressants (Trace opiates found in Jagermeister) all taken in one fell swoop are a recipe for disaster. Also screaming “Jager Bombs!” at the top of your lungs to let everyone know you came to party doesn’t help the case either.
Outcome. You’re hammered. You spent a shitload of money. There is spilled yellow/brownish fluid on your pink Polo (collar still popped), and the girls are nowhere to be found.
Final price: You came to get laid. Epic fail. Might as well go pick a fight.
Caveat Emptor: Chicks don’t dig blacked out idiots fist-pumping covered in booze and energy drinks.
It has been 7 months since I purchased my 40 GB PS3. It was made possible by a nice federal tax return; it pays to be a homeowner. Anyway, I could not be happier with the machine. Its Bluray functionality is worth the $400 bucks alone and it has been a rock since day one. Its Xbox 360 brother had to be sent “home” twice since I got it at launch. Nevertheless, my 40 GB hard drive is full. Already. Again, I am not bashing the PS3 at all, I am just wondering how I could have a full hard drive, that is TWICE the size of the Xbox 360, and I have had the console for just over a half of a year as opposed to 3 full years.
This is what I have listed in the Game Data menu (required game installs):
MLB The Show 2008, MGS4, DMC4, Bioshock, Socom: Confrontation (Disc Version), Soul Caliber 4, Pixeljunk: Eden, Warhawk (Disc Version). That’s it.
I had to delete the following just to install the new Socom patch because I had reached my limit:
Siren: Blood Curse (Full Game), The Bourne Conspiracy, and Elefunk.
In case you missed it in the Week in Loot Ninja conglomerate earlier, I got piss ass drunk this weekend. When I bought my new house back in April, one of my friends decided it would be my civic duty to host a kick-ass Halloween party every year. Can’t say I was too upset by that decision. So Saturday night, we blew the doors off this bitch.
The picture above is me in my killer costume, The Shocker. If you don’t know what that is, check out Urban Dictionary. You’ll love it. The night started off as you would expect, but Jack Daniels and Don Julio rocked my world.
