Archive for January, 2009

Great news!

Posted in Other Stuff on January 28, 2009 by qweets

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Well as you all know my Playstation 3 currently is swimming with the fishes after getting my review copy of Skate 2, and also Sony had proceeded to tell me I had to pay $160 to fix a machine that barely lasted over a year. Well I decided that wasn’t right and proceeded to call Sony another time, being fully prepared to get hostile if needed because there is no reason a machine this expensive should of died so quickly when it was taken care of very well and hardly used.

So I spoke with a representative about the broken PS3 and said that I should not have to pay that fee because of how short of a lifespan this thing had when it shouldn’t of happened at all, the woman was like “That’s our policy we can’t really fix it unless you pay” So I said, “Is there anyone higher up I can speak to about this? Because frankly this isn’t fair and it isn’t right. I’ve been a loyal customer for years and never had a console die this fast ever.” So she proceeded to connect me to the Manager there but I never actually got to speak to one I was just on hold for awhile. So after about 15 minutes of being on hold she tells me that the supervisor authorized them to fix my console, needless to say I was very pleased that it was all handled quite fast and I now have a box on its way to me to send in my PS3.

I’ll keep this updated and let you know the turnaround and how quickly I get my PS3 back.

update 1-29-09: well I received the box today and to my surprise the return label is an overnight shipping label, that is quite nice! Microsoft doesn’t do anything like that so I hope they overnight it back to me when they fix/replace my system!

The passing of a great friend :(

Posted in Other Stuff on January 18, 2009 by qweets

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I received my review copy of Skate 2 on PS3 on the 16th, It was actually supposed to be an xbox 360 copy but someone messed up somewhere. So that error aside I go to start my journey into a game I’ve been waiting a LONG time for. Then trouble ensues, first for some reason the game wasn’t running like it should, second the textures started blurring out and not loading in properly. I thought I might of gotten a bad disk, but then my PS3 freezes, I restart the machine only to find out it will not read discs anymore. I’m like 15 days past my 1 year warranty and they want to charge me 160 dollars. I’m not happy, I’m quite depressed.

*sigh*

Fat Princess

Posted in Gaming News on January 10, 2009 by qweets

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How dare you call me that! Oh wait, It’s a new game!

I’m sure by now a lot of you have heard a little something about Fat Princess, if not definitely look it up. Fat Princess is a new PSN game coming out soon that looks fantastic! It’s a team based game where teams of 16 go up against another team of 16. It’s almost like Team Fortress 2 but with a different twist. First off,  it’s not a shooter. It’s almost like playing capture the flag but the flag is a Fat Princess. Your team needs to gather resources to upgrade your castle buildings and also add defense to your castle, other players feed the princess cake to fatten her up to make her harder to carry away. It’s just so brilliant and really looks like it’ll be a HUGE hit on PSN and I’m desperately awaiting this game.

Gametrailers put up a few videos of it today walking through some of the game explaining the class setup and resources! Check them out.

CES 09 Walk-through part 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44198.html

CES 09 Walk-through Part 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44199.html

CES 09 Walk-through Part 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44200.html

EA Skate 2 demo confirmed date! Coming soon to an Xbox Live near you!

Posted in Gaming News on January 1, 2009 by qweets

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Well, well, well.  Here we are starting the new year off with some very good news for all of you Skate/Skate 2 fans out there! Microsoft has updated their Skate 2 page on the Xbox website with a nice sweepstakes deal they are going to be running for those of you who download the Skate 2 demo between the 8th of Jan to the 15th!

I recently had quite a few hours of hands on time with Skate 2 on my trip to EA Blackbox in beautiful Vancouver Canada, and I must say this is the skating game to end all skating games, this is the holy grail for those of us who are die-hard skateboarders / skateboarding fans. I can honestly say I’ve never been captivated by a game as much as I was with Skate 2 in all of my years of playing video games, there is just something about landing that trick that you’ve been trying for hours and getting a gnarly replay out of it!

Skate 2 releases this month on the 21st, I personally was really surprised the game was coming out as early as it is, so much was added into the new iteration of Skate that it’s just mind blowing that it’s already done. I’ll be writing up a very comprehensive review of the game once I get my hands on it and hopefully get copies for both systems so I can also post up some graphical comparison videos for those of you who are on the edge about which console you should purchase it for.

Happy new year and I’ll be looking forward to skating with everyone in this new year :)

 

Xbox Live demo release: January 8th

Retail release: January 21st on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Demo Sweepstakes : http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/skate2/downloadandwin/default.htm