Deciding on what to do with my life...

It's been my first year in college, and it wasn't until I was a junior at high school that I had real thoughts about what I wanted to do when I was older. I want to break into the video game journalism industry, and I need to start thinking less about playing Reach and more talking and getting prepped up for the new games. Right now I am a freshman at a small liberal arts college called Pitzer, but the college newspaper only seems interested in local college affairs as opposed to hobbies like gaming. As a result, I have decided (as of now), that I won't push in articles of video game coverage because there doesn't seem to be much genuine interest of video games in my college. As of now, my present goal is to update this blog’s looks and aesthetics while getting back to posting. I haven’t been posting recently because I have been trying to get acclimated to college life and making friends (while also having my life get taken over by Halo Reach).

On another note, I am also considering getting a name change because “Game Prober” is somewhat of a creepy name for someone that’s covering video games. I am sure if I ever did live interviews, the interviewees would be a little thrown off by the title this blog has fallen under. So without further ado, let the revision begin!

MGS: Rising "Free Cutting Walkthrough"

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-10-metal-gear/704566

Just a cool tech demo I found, there has hardly been any news about Metal Gear Rising, but here is a technical display of sword swinging action.

IGN's Top 25 Iphone Games

I for one am very cautious and hesitant when it comes to paying for stuff on the Iphone. Sure each and every application for the iphone is cheap, but those expenses will inevitably add up, and Iphone games certainly don't fall short of that fact.

Here is a general buyers guide for Iphone apps that may be worth getting according to IGN.

http://wireless.ign.com/articles/106/1063222p1.html

Halo Reach: THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

For those interested, here is the metacritic average for Halo Reach. For those that don't know, metacritic is a website that takes reviewer scores and averages them all on a "metascore". And of course, links are provided to each website, I recommend looking at it just to get a general outlook whether or not a game is worth buying.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/halo-reach

An Hour of Halo Reach

For those (many) people who can't wait to get their hands on Halo Reach, Gamespot has recently uploaded some gameplay from the first 2 levels and a little bit of multiplayer 4 on 4 action. Since this features the first two levels there are obviously going to be spoilers. This video goes on for an hour. As it appears, this game lives up to all of the hype and it lets bungie end its work on Halo in a good note. The question is, which developer will take charge of the next Halo game.

http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_halo_reach20100910&tag=topslot;img;2

Halo Reach: Tip of the Spear gameplay and armor

A nice 7 minute preview of one of the one of the Halo levels. Provides a few nice bits of infantry combat and a look at the new rocket warthog. Reach can't get here any sooner!

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/campaign-preview-halo-reach/704163

A list of all the known armor permutations in Halo Reach. Yes you can haz recon in Halo Reach.

http://www.haloreachers.com/halo-reach-armor/

Brink Endless Horizon Trailer

Brink is a team based shooter that seeks to bridge single player and multiplayer seamlessly with a first person shooter world. This FPS seems very inspired of Team Fortress 2 with it's cartoony look, but at the same time Brink is like Team Fortress 2 turned up to eleven. This game has been in development for a long time and continulously delayed, but that's a good sign that the developers are absolutely serious about making this game kick ass. Check out the latest trailer/vidoc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INdCggR4KVk

GT Video Duke Nukem Forever: Story and Mechanics Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/pax-10-duke-nukem/704165

The guys at Gearbox have a lot to live up to (and unessesarily so). Honestly I bet more than half of the people who call themselves "Duke Nukem fans" haven't even played Duke Nukem 3D. But oh well, people will have ridiculous expectations. I am not saying that the game will turn out bad, but lets be honest. This game will not satisfy expectations, not at all. Gearbox only has so much time until this game's release date This game won't be the second coming of Jesus Christ, but it will most likely be a great game.

Watch the interview, it's quite interesting.

Bad Company 2 Vietnam unveiling next week

Bad Company 2 is now currently my favorite multiplayer game (a position which is most likely to usurped by Halo Reach in less than 6 days). The game had great multiplayer with giant maps, destructible buildings, plenty of unlockable weapons, and a variety of vehicles and stratagies. There were so many different things you could do within this FPS, so look forward to more information about the new expansion next week. It has been comfirmed that this game will be an expansion to Bad Company 2 that includes four new maps, Vietnam era weapons, new vehicles, unlockables, and achievements. Personally four new maps for an expansion seems to be on the low side, but I'll make the final call once I see everything for my self.

The Tokyo gameshow starts from September 16 and ends at the 19th of September. Hopefully I won't be too busy playing Halo Reach.

Optimistic about motion control?

Right now both Microsoft and Sony have a huge problem in their hands. They have motion control add-ons to their console, and unlike the Wii, they weren't automatically a part of the system. There is no doubt that Microsoft and Sony are going to promote their motion control products because millions of dollars have went into the technology for these new motion control peripherals. However it is very impossible indeed that these new technologies become ignored until the next generation of consoles comes already included with motion control technology.

The issue with Sony's motion controller is that while it has buttons, it seems a MOVE controller is much more difficult to use and aim with as opposed to a typical playstation controller. Now that may be a different story for the casual gamer, but if you are playing Killzone 2 or MAG online, you are going to stick to the controller because you get that reliable precision when aiming a gun.

See http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1117588p1.html on how playing MAG w/

However MOVE has potential as being the most precise and reliable form of motion control.

Kinect, is a completely hands free camera that reads your movements, but that has its obvious set backs as well. The main reason being that a camera simply isn't enough to play more complex games like shooters, real time strategies, and RPGs. However, seeing a combination of Kinect and the typical console controller does present interesting prospects as highlighted by Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda. Core gamers may feel more optimistic about Kinect's future after reading this article.

Read more at http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65490