Technolgy - Motion Control

We live in the age of discovery, science and technolgy; which are constantly being improved; so fast that its almost impossiable to keep up.
Recently I have tried the 3 motion controls in the gaming world; the Wii, PS3 Motion and the Xbox360 Kinect and although they are full of problems they are a step in the right direction.

Nintendo Wii

A console solely based on getting the gamer to move around and encourages exercise whilst having fun and makes a brilliant family console. Although for me as a gamer its no where near as fun as Id hoped and I found myself being punched and punching my friends when we attempted to play it. In the end we decided to use the remote as a controller and played Super Smash Bros Brawl. During my time on the Wii; I realised no matter how many times we tried to recallobrate the motion sensor on the screen it wouldnt work. Playing Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles; I always found my aiming going off to the left from where I was actually aiming. This caused me to have to try over and over again and eventually I give up and tried that wii tennis but still my swings were never picked up well and Id always swing it short of the ball even if I was in the most perfect spot to return it.

All in all the Wii as a motion controlled console is acautally rather fun and the problems it has are over shadowed by the fun that can be had if you want an easy day.


 PS3 Motion

PS3 motion isnt that bad. I aint never been a Playstation fan but the Ps3 motion is well and if you try playing it with friends then prepare for a black eye and maybe burst nose as you try to use this motion control. To be perfectly honest those motion games are more funnier just using the controllers and less likely to result in injury. Not only that but it feels abit like playing the Nintendo Wii except you have a better choice of games, better graphics and shitter motion control. Well thats how I feel about it.


Xbox 360 Kinect

Human body as the controller; excellent idea but only in theory. I mean with all motion control you will look like a mad man swinging a control around but even worse just waving your arms around. For the time I played on it I was rather annoyed that it kept having to recheck where I was and recallobrate where I was and this was irritating. Not just that but if you attempt it on the old xboxs you cause them to red ring and only the new ones work with it well. Not just that but when you try and command it; for me it failed. Asked to play movie and it took me into Last FM... Yea sure Movies and Last FM sound similar.


Overall

So all in all with motion control; youll look like an idiot swinging your limbs about, youll come off with many injuries, probably lose friends and as you see in the adverts you need a room the size of a house garage or small night club in order to play them and yea sure all us gamers are rich enough to afford a massive gaming room.

Next post will include the over hyped MW3 game, the decline in decent media and orginality.

3D Migrane

Wow advancement in technolgy these days is amazing... Almost everything is in 3D to make it seem more realistic than the usual pixelated display but with everything going 3D isnt this bound to cause problems. Firstly I dont know bout anyone else but even sitting in a 3D screening in the cinema is bothersome. I cannot go more than 20 minutes without having to take of those annoying 3D specs and rubbing my eyes better and even after the showing I feel bit sick and I appear to lose quite abit of balance. I belief that this is due to the realism of the showing; how it feels like you can touch it by playing a illusion and ofcourse this in turn effects my actual grasp of reality, etc for a certain amount of time. To make matters worse its now apperently those hi-end tv's that everyone wants is in 3D... this just makes things worse. Yea sure some can say well if it makes you unwell, etc then find something else to do well this is hard to do when outside is freezing, wet or completely misreable and other in door hobbies isnt as entertaining. If I wanted a headache with watching TV Id sit close to it, with two magnifiying glasses or just glasses and watch it for hours... Infact it would take hours for that to acheive the same effect 3D has in 20 minutes (in my experiance).

Now that my rant went on big time; time to role out my biggest dissappointment which is the Nintendo 3Ds which allows the user to play portable games 3D without the use of 3D specs. Okay its a step in the right direction but its still housed with issues. I played it for 15 minutes and got one massive headache. Now its advised to only play it for 15-20 minutes at a time but Nintendo should have been aware addicting games keep gamers hooked for hours at a time. Dont get me wrong before the headache it was actually one of the funnest times I head playing an old favorite game of mine; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time which I easly get addicted to but it was stressful playing the game with a massive headache.

So all in all yea 3D is a big step but its a big step that has forced itself into different sorts of media dispite its issues. Dont get me wrong I dont mind it but there 3D in moderation and 3D in everything. Next time I post; I will talk about the next level in gaming and mainly focusing on the Kinect and PS3 Motion.

If you have a topic you wish for me to post in future; post a comment and I will try include it in furture posts.

Lets aim for the Sky....rim

Recently I have played the overly hyped game "Skyrim" which everyone I know were excited about its release and to be honest so was I. But saying that even though it was over hyped it hadnt stopped this game being one of the best I've played and and well worth the money I paid for it.
First part is annoying but the character creation is not too bad and once you get past the first part it gets fun. I am serouisly addicted to the game. I mean they took oblivion and they did the impossiable... and improved it big time. From the random dragon encounters to the pain in the ass mages and necromancers this game is more of a challenge than its predcessor oblivion elder scrolls but like its predcessor it hasnt failed to please.
All in all I have been playing it for near 3 weeks straight and each time creating new characters to try things differently, etc.

Anyway if I had to give Skyrim a rank; Id say this game is a 5 star game as it is just hours and hours of entertainment and very well thought of and planned game.

It has been awhile

Sorry for the long period of not posting anything but I have recently been busy and getting caught in gaming shooter season.
Quite a few good games are coming out like the well know Call of Duty: MW3 and Battle field 3 but the one Im looking forward to is Elderscrolls V: Skyrim. All the trailiers and game play I have seen of it look awesome.

Now trying say that doesnt look good lol.
But not only does it look epic; but bethesda released their epic rpg game in the middle of gaiming shooter season 2011 which meant it stood out clearly. Its confirmed date of release is 11/11/11 if you didnt know. Now time for my view on MW3. Recenetly Ive heard alot of people saying its going to be awesome but to be honest it will end up over hyped and that will equal a lose in appeal. Secondly the company that created CoD:MW3 can get away with taking MW2 and just changing one or two piece and a little change in graphics and call it a new game. I am not saying this is what they done and yea fair enough they are fun games but in all honesty the fans are hooked and over obssessed about the game which is playing in MW3 favor. Well I guess some people will love the game. Battlefield 3 now as done alot of changes which look epic including flying jets, etc and tbh if I had to buy a 1st person shooter then Id get Battlefield 3.

Currently the newest game Ive been playing is Deus Ex: Human Revolotions which is fun and challengeing but as for freely being able to pick what perks you can asign using perk points well wasnt true on my behalf. Firstly yea you are freely able to assign them but to continue certain missions, etc you must have specific perks or things become incrediablly hard unless its hacking thats needed then its impossiable. The 2nd play through I assigned different ones and found it easier to complete it with 5 hours but only had 2 options of closing videos. Still wanna unlock the rest XD

Anyway this is my post for this week: my next post should be next friday but could be earlier XD but until then I wish you well and cya :P

There is no point in gaming if you mod

A growing problem in games today are those who resort to mods from the simplest mods of changing an image so it is highly unique to mods in which give you outrages power levels, etc.
Although this is frowned upon and can result in a ban, etc; its still a common site in games such as Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom where modders have high armour HP and weapon attack power which makes it highly unfair for proper gamers playing. Another example can be the popular Call of Duty games but I've mainly only noticed it in Modern Warfare 2. During multi-player I have noticed that some players can take a whole entire clip of a shotgun at point blank range and still kill you. I've also noticed players making impossible shots no scoping with a sniper and hitting a target at the other side of the map (aim bot) or living through countless grenades but the most used on sadly is the radar. Kill 3 (or 2 with a perk on) and you get a spy plane which shows enemy location or a period of time; but some players the time never runs out and is not effect by the counter spy plane at all. The only way is to mod.

Modding is just sad plain and simple. It ruins everyone's fun and in the end and proves that the modder has a hard time accepting challenges. If you have to cheat in a multi-player game then there is no point you playing.

I apologize for my rant but I am not the only one that feels this way.

My next post will be concerning the lack of originality in now a day media.

A wider view

This blog where I will air my views on everything in the world of media. I will be talking about games that blow your mind or a waste of time; films that shock in awe or bore to tear. I will also be posting a few photos I have taken in my spare time :)
Feel free to air your views as well :)