Posted by Scott Laird
Wed, 17 May 2006 19:04:31 GMT
It’s official–my Xbox 360 is in UPS’s hands now, due to arrive sometime tomorrow. I’ve wanted one for months, but I wasn’t willing to pay $400 for one, even if they had been easily available. Fortunately (and amazingly), I won a contest at work, and was able to get an Xbox 360 without having to pay for it. Almost as amazing, Xbox 360s are now in stock at Amazon (via Toys-r-Us).
So, most likely the console itself will arrive on Thursday, and Oblivion will arrive on Friday. I’ve been drooling over Oblivion since it was first announced, and certain co-workers haven’t been doing a good job of discouraging me. So, if I go another month without writing anything here, you’ll all know why.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:02:00 GMT
We’ve owned an Xbox for several years, and recently bought a Playstation 2, partly to play Katamari Damacy, and partly because there really aren’t many Xbox games that are good for kids under 12 or so.
Both devices have been out for years, so there’s really no point in reviewing them, but I have a couple quick impressions that I’d like to pass on. First, the newest incarnation of the PS2 is tiny. It’s about the size of a mid-sized trade paperback. It’s about as thick as my laptop, but it has under half of the footprint. Volume-wise, I think the console is smaller then two controllers, the power brick, and the video cable. Compared to the PS2, the Xbox is huge–it takes up at least 10 times the volume of the PS2. On the other hand, the Xbox’s DVD drive is front-loading, while the new PS2’s drive is top-loading, which means that you can’t stack anything on top of it. In many ways, the PS2 is actually too small–our 2-year-old stepped on one of the controller wires and sent the PS2 flying out of our entertainment center. The Xbox just won’t do that.
All in all, I think I like the Xbox’s hardware (especially the controllers) better, but the PS2 is a nice addition to the household. I’m looking forward to playing some of the more interesting games that haven’t made it to the Xbox, once I finish with Katamari.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:33:30 GMT
We broke down and bought Katamari Damacy this weekend. Unfortunately, we had to buy a Playstation 2 to go along with it, but it seems to be worth the cost.
Katamari is a weird little game. Your job is to roll your ball-like katamari (Japanese for clod or lump) around the game environment, picking up things as you go. When you roll over something that’s substantially smaller then the katamari, then it’ll stick and make the the katamari a bit larger. Keep this up long enough and you’ll go from picking up pushpins to picking up pets, people, trees, assorted zoo animals, houses, cars, oil tankers, and islands. It’s hilariously addictive, but simple enough that anyone can figure it out in under a minute.
Very cool. It’s also only $20 which isn’t too bad. Unless you need to buy a PS2 to play it on–then it adds up a bit.
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