AceofOpus's Blog (6)

My videogame collection just reached three hundred the other day (I know that is nothing compared to some of you guys), and although my parents feel I have wasted a combination of my hard earned cash and their “donations” I find I finally have enough of a variety of games to review them. Sure my collection only goes so far back to the original Gameboy and the Playstation but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a wealth of great titles: hard to come by gems, instant classics, personal favorites and th… Continue

Wow that review was long, so this one will be shorter. There is always something that can be said about parents. Sure they may not know what you always want but there is that rare occasion that they will surprise you; such is the case for a very rare day when I was nine. It was the end of the summer, camp was over and soon we would be heading off to my family in Rhode Island. It was a seemingly unbearable trip at the time except for the fact that I had my Gameboy Color, the clear purple savior… Continue

When people ask me why I play certain games I have a variety of different answers. If I am playing a game like Professor Layton or Brain Age I say I am testing my mind. If I am playing a game online (no matter the genre) I usually say the reason is because I like playing with others. When I am playing an RPG I say I want to be part of a story. Then there are some games that I have the simple answer of: “I just want to have some fun”. Much to the chagrin of my parents, I give this answer a lot. S… Continue

Ah Level 5, how you have launched your way into my and the hearts of gamers everywhere. Relatively unknown a few years ago you now have given us the masterpiece of story and stimulus that is the Professor Layton series and have revitalized the western interest in the Dragon Quest (Warrior) series. Over the horizon we see them at work on of the most anticipated and completely new IP RPG that is White Knight Chronicles and are working the famous Studio Ghibli (you know the studio that does those c… Continue

Well I was just casually looking at the Playstation Store website and I got a really crazy idea. Since Sony already is beginning to (slowly) rerelease their Playstation titles I was thinking about a way they could improve the store so that they would be making a lot more money. I know it has been a slow start/rocky road for the PSP but it is finally becoming popular. If anyone has seen the market in Japan you should know about its killer app Monster Hunter 2ndG and although it may not make as la… Continue

So today I finished my second play through of Shadow for the Colossus (on Hard Mode) and I turned on the TV. The Hellboy trailer was on for the thousandth time and something clicked in my brain. So now I am beginning to visualize a Shadow of the Colossus movie and you know what? It seems somewhat plausible. I mean the game’s environments are just beautiful, the soundtrack is amazing and well if you played the game you know how awesome the bosses are; they are all epic. However, there are many pr… Continue