The Stuff

I was bored, and when I’m bored I spend money on things that I think might distract me from my slow crawl to the grave. So I bought Metal Gear Solid 4 for the PS3… and inside of 30 minutes I realized that I should have spent my money elsewhere. $60… that’s a lot of drinks, a nice meal, Japanese snacks, a tank of gas (and a road trip). Anyway, had I listened to Yahtzee Croshaw first, I would have saved $60 or spent it in one of the aforementioned ways. Always wait for Yahtzee’s review before buying a game.

Yahtzee’s review of Metal Gear Solid 4.

I’m happy about this: a new Ratchet & Clank game, for only $15, and it will be released this summer as a downloadable game for the PS3. Is Sony finally making some smart moves? I hope so. The title: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty.

Robot pirates!

Update: the game comes out August 21st.

Zero Punctuation vs. Web Comics. He’s always right.

Last fall I bought a PS3. Within a week of playing DVDs (not games or even Blue Ray disks) it broke. I shipped it off to Sony, they fixed it, and returned it. The machine sat in a box for 6 months, then one rainy day I ran out of fun things to do and I busted out the PS3 and loaded Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, which might be the best looking video game I’ve ever seen or played. It really looks like you’re playing in a Pixar movie — maybe better. Way better…

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Here’s another video game review by Zero Punctuation. This time it’s Turok.

Zero Punctuation’s honest and humorous reviews on video games continue to save me money, and make me realize that only one or two good video games get released each year.

I was ready to buy Devil May Cry 4, but then I watched Zero Punctuation’s review:

Zero Punctuation’s review of Super Paper Mario is on the mark too. My take: Super Paper Mario is a waste of batteries. You’ll spend 99% of your time reading dialog or doing what amounts to boring chores.