Happy Birthday Pokemon

On this date (Feb 27th) in 1996 a revolutionary new franchise was born – Pokémon. I don't think anyone could have imagined back then what this behemoth of a franchise would one day become.

I have Diamond, Chaos Black, and Soul Silver loaded on my R4NDS and have enjoyed the series totally, despite the very slow evolution of the game, maybe it's that unchanging nature that keeps me coming back and battling my pokemons and still getting excited when one evolves. The games are great for pick up and play to kill 1/2hr while waiting for a bus etc.

Much has been written over the years about Pokemon, so i'll just say thanks Gamefreak, Nintendo and all my fellow battlers. Happy Birthday.

3DS Warning

A weekend with Killzone 3

Because I spend a LOT of long nights with the KZ3 Beta, plus ran through the single player demo and a couple of public beta sessions, cracking open the Blu Ray didn't exactly drown me in surprises...

The campaign mode is nice, fast paced, everything you've read about elsewhere. I will enjoy this, but already have a feeling I'll crack it in no time. There is a campaign co-op, this is local only, not online.

One for tone - I tried the Botzone last night, it's all the same games and levels as online, but ran locally. The AI was very impressive - this works well.

Onto the main course - Multiplayer. I really like the different characters and the unlock system, with the beta I unlocked engineer and tactician quite thoroughly, this time I'm ignoring weapon upgrades and unlocking skills across all characters. Every character has it's place - I use tactician when my team lacks spawn points, engineer when we need ammo/turrets, medic when we are getting hammered, marksmen when need to camp out, infiltrator to hide in plain sight.

The downside with Killzone is the same as ever - games are loooong so it eats your life, and it's all very harsh and warlike, so hours on this are not the most jovial way to spend your time. Little Big Planet 2 makes me smile ear to ear - Killzone - not so much!

Loving this game, but for sure it's not for everyone.

Sorting Out The Collection

And found a few i've yet to play,those being: Final Fantasy XIII, Tekken 5, WALL.E, Wet.

FFXIII - well, it just keeps gettign put off until i finish whatever other RPG i'm working on at the time, currently that's the awesome Mass Effect 2.

Tekken 5 - Thanks to having the previous one downloaded to my drive it never gets a look, bought it as a uber deal with teh arcade stick.

WALL.E - my wonder little sis only gave this to me a couple of days a go.

Wet - Loved the demo and picked this up secondhand one day and totally forgot that i'd actually bought the damn thing.

What do you own that you haven't played? and why?

SKYRIM!

Go Wolverines!

Killzone 3 tasty trailer - out on Friday people!

If you are undecided, does this clinch it?

Threespeech Driving Academy

T.D.A or Taken and Driven Away. Very apt. Today we launch the U3S GT5 B-Spec Driver training school. Are you sick of shouting at your HDTV as your numptie driver pulls over for a picnic on the last lap, do you dispair as they can't seem to understand even the most basic overtaking situations, can you just not be arsed to level the driver up because you have better things to do?

Well, after an intensive beta testing period, thanks Marvzilla!, if you'd like to drop your driver off at the daycare centre while you get on with the real job of, you know, actually driving around in circles, then we can offer you exclusively limited places for the first ever T.D.A. Your driver will complete an intensive training course, earn you Cr and themselves much needed XP as we get them to understand the finer points of kicking arse on the blacktop.

"I've gone from having one stig to a whole team of stigs" - Marvzilla

So, don't miss out on this unique chance, proven results from our crash course, you will not be disappointed by the champions we return to you. To Join just friend request PSN User: OPM_HotLips and we will get on with reviewing and testing your driver to see what we can do for them. Thank You.

Steal My Ride

Or rather, since the new GT5 update you can now borrow cars that you friends have decided to share in their online profile garage. Just go to their profile page, click on the car to bring up the rotating display screen and hit the [borrow] button. I was surprised at just how many people haven't bothered to upload cars.. maybe i just own too many of them ;)

But to tempt you munchkins to try this feature i have decided to 'share' the RedBull X2010, and if you kill yourselves in it please make sure it is fully valeted before bringing it back. There's also some of my other classic rides including the mildly famous sub nine minute Nurburgring VW Camper from [this video]

PS: sharing your b-spec drivers online is a great way to level them up, Friday i uploaded 3 x Lv0 drivers, logging in now they are all Lv10 and Lv9.

DCUO: Zero Punctuation