Happy Rez HD day, and I'm officially an owner of a PSP!

Rez 2 cool

Lately, the 360 seems to be making my dreams come true. From Virtua Fighter 5 Online, to Rez HD, it's like my favorite games are destined to end up on the Microsoft box. Not that I'm complaining of course, these two games can sustain me for life. The replay value alone for both these games is off the f'ing charts! I just won't get bored of them.

What can I say about Rez HD aside from the fact that it's friggin' amazing. I don't have an HDTV yet, but it's still fantastic on my regular tube. The 'rail shooter' which calls to mind a little bit of Star Fox, meets Panzer Dragoon, meets Tempest 2000, feels like it hasn't changed much from the Dreamcast version. And I like it that way.

I'm impressed with how the experience translates to the 360. It feels the same, but tighter, graphically, and control wise. It's so good. The added competition of the Leaderboards has me bent on kicking some score attack ass! And I can do it... I'm a score attack nut! I've only been playing the game since it came out on the Dreamcast, which was like oh, I don't know... 7 years ago! OMG has it been 7 years?

The game has come far, and the XBLA seems like an ideal platform to introduce the game to gamers. Now, when ever I get a home theater set up, I'll truly be able to enjoy Rez HD.

If you haven't given Rez a try, definitely try out the demo. If you're a fan of shooters, and music based gameplay, you'll love it!

I got a PSP w/games for 50 bucks!!

So a friend of mine who hasn't played his PSP in a year or so, decided to finally sell the Sony portable today. Well, more like get rid of it. For $50, he offered me the PSP with several games, a PSP case, memory card, and all the necessary wires. This is literally one of the best deals I've ever been offered. So naturally I took it. The PSP may be a few years old, but it's totally worth it. It's still in great condition. Plus there are a few games that I want to get my hands on, and the PSP library to choose from ain't too shabby.

I also tried the God of War Demo, and was blown away at how incredibly console-like the game is. This is one of the best looking games on the PSP, and it plays so well.

Worth watching? Rambo, jPod

Rambo, it could have been worse

Despite the low score on the tomatometer, I quite enjoyed Rambo, the latest installment in Stallone's pair of revived franchises (the other one being Rocky). I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much if I hadn't saw the film on opening night. There's just something about watching a movie in a theater packed with fans of the action icon all laughing, clapping, and cheering, at pretty much the same instances. It makes the movie seem better than it actually is. Who knows, if I watch it again, I probably won't like it as much, but for now, I'm thinking it was an entertaining, at times funny, over the top action flick. And that's what you go in expecting when watching a film titled Rambo.

Living a simple life in Thailand in the jungles working as a fisherman, snake catcher, and river guide, Rambo comes to terms with his life when he hears that a group of missionaries from Colorado he helped to get to into Burma are being held captive by the Burmese army. He along with a group of mercenaries go into the war zone to rescue the Americans. Minus the villagers, and innocent civilians, the rest of the people in the film really deserved to die. The Burmese soldiers were brutal, and well psychotic...There's just something satisfying about Rambo going in for the kill, and saving the day.

jPod, the Television series.

Douglas Coupland's cult bestseller has been turned into a TV series which recently premiered on Canada's CBC. And yes, it follows the same characters who work at the video game company Neotronic Arts, (loosely based on Electronic Arts).

I've never read the jPod book, but I have seen another Coupland production, the film called Everything's Gone Green, in which he wrote the screenplay. Both jPod and the film, reflect contemporary Vancouver, the west coast culture, software technology industries, and well grow-ops. It's so west coast, and the writing is quite funny. I think it's because there's so many references to places, people and things in Vancouver. Especially the game company that the characters work at. It's an obvious reference to Electronic Arts Canada. Steph Song, as a mocap specialist. Hilarious!

Maybe if I'm not lazy I'll read the book, but for now the show is enough. The live-action suits the series, but I think jPod would have made a great animated show too.

jPod comes on Tuesdays @ 9 on CBC, but if you don't get the channel, you can watch Full Episodes on the site!, ain't that nifty?

Watch the trailer here.