August 18, 2008

總算

踏足業界了!! 今日用了八小時測試傳說中的10對10連線對戰, 未來兩星期也是. 初步感覺(based on near-beta PS3 ver.):

  1. Lag. 按制達半秒才有反應, 作為體育遊戲個人接受不了.
  2. 由於大家也是初次接觸10對10, 大家也以單人遊戲的方式(世界圍著你轉)比賽. 結果自然是越位出現次數離譜, 十人大上大落. 經過幾輪比賽後雖然大家開始有默契, 懂走位. 換來的卻是setup比賽時大家爭做前線球員爭崩頭(因為整場比賽都是lock死崗位).
  3. 單刀時快跑視點會轉為類似Gears of War中的Roadie Run貼地面追隨玩者, 看不到前方也很難估計自己與龍門距離, 很多時候阻延起腳timing而被守門員撲救.
  4. 如果選死打一個崗位的話, 一但拿紅牌就只能觀戰餘下賽事.
  5. 球員有performance bar, 自己沒玩過上作不知道, 但覺得很新鮮. 成功作出防守走位, 傳球, 進攻走位的話都能增加bar值, 相反如果被攻破防線則bar值下降. 比賽完結後跟據總bar值而升/降rank.

中午放飯, 喜見其飯堂名稱:

夠簡單! 不過食物總類雖然豐富, 味道則..

吃完還有半小時, 可以玩原祖烏蠅機! 不用投幣的, free play FTW.

也有其他幾部街機, 有我喜歡的Outrun 2 SP最重要是有久違了的SF3.3!! 還是要跟隊玩的, 我當然是被神人秒殺. 現在有衝動把DC版拿出來練練.

說到尾, 雖然弊病不少, 但自己入球時有9人為你喝彩感覺真的不錯(聽到對方全隊十人同時嘆息感覺更不錯).

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August 17, 2008

Only in America

Teenager drops out of school to focus on Guitar Hero career


Feeling bad for the boy’s parents. Do you guys understand perfectly that your boy is planning on being a professional gamer and not a professional game maker? I remember the days when people call you crazy when you tell them you want to work as a full-time game programmer after graduating university, that situation certainly has changed, but isn’t this too much of a stretch?

I’ll admit I am partially biased on this, given that I would pay full respect for someone who’s decided to stop going to classes and study the frame sheet of Virtua Fighter trying to come up with strategies. Wait a minute, that person was me, and I regret to tell you that by reading my frame sheet instead of taking notes in my microbiology class, I did poorly on the midterm but I beat Dural. Gaming has been and will always be a hobby, it does not matter if one decides to spend 80% of his/her free time on that hobby, but it’s a hobby. I know no one ever follows that “please take a 15 minute rest for each hour of playing” message in every game, but even I know that you’re not supposed to play for longer than 8 hours everyday! And his parents are hiring a private tutor for him so that he can “practice his gaming skills late at night”?

Society, what have you done?

Or maybe I’m just old school and stubborn as a mule, I better call in sick for work tomorrow and start looking into a career as a professional breather. I know I’m already doing it everyday so I must be a natural, I just have to be better than everyone else at it. I am also willing to cut off sleep time so I can practice late at night, my future is so bright it is blinding.

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August 15, 2008

新房間

My insane entertainment center.

從構思到實行(包括駁線)歷時大概三小時.. 基本上整個房間其他角落還沒有東西, 除了衣櫃之外

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August 12, 2008

oh so close

Official ruled true singer, 7, wasn’t cute enough, so rival lip-synched instead

(msnbc news)

I suppose you’ve tried your best (to cover up).. oops

Now that the shite’s already hanging on the fan, might as well let the “not handsome enough” and “not pretty enough” athletes come out and compete, the country may end up winning the most gold in Olympics history. It’s not gonna be pretty, but darn it at least it’s honest.

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August 11, 2008

與Rapture道別

有一段時間沒有碰的Bioshock, 三天前決心要把它完成. 結果在昨晚凌晨四點終於搞定.

對Big Daddies和Little Sisters的感覺

遊戲推出之前其實自己已經心中決定不會做壞人, 一個Little Sister都不殺寧願少賺一點Adam. 開始遊戲後想法漸漸改變: 殺第一個Big Daddy感覺等同殺一個splicer boss, 把壞人打死了!! 再殺了兩個Big Daddies後, 因為覺得自己沒有策略浪費彈藥的關係, 我在再碰到Big Daddy和Little Sister時慢慢跟著他們行動, 希望能觀察到Big Daddy的弱點.

這相依為命的一對, 雖然看起來只是Little Sister一箱情願不斷和Big Daddy聊天, 但只要你走近Little Sister三個身位範圍就會有一對強而有力的手將你推開. Little Sister害怕的躲到巨人的腳後, Big Daddy則以手示意再靠近則不會客氣. 雖然看起來是很明顯的挑撥, 但如果你慢慢退開的話, 他們兩個很快就會忘了你的存在, 繼續在Rapture遊蕩尋找Adam. 有一次在跟幾個splicers混戰當中不小心把Big Daddy和Little Sister都捲入戰火當中, 雖然我已經盡量把戰場移到另一地點, 可是當最後一發子彈射出了, 我的視點不再因受傷而朦朧的時候, 我發現自己在Little Sister依靠著燒焦了的Big Daddy屍體旁發出的哀哭聲中從地上慢慢撿拾補藥, 子彈. 這是我在玩遊戲時首次體會到的內疚.

Big Daddy的弱點, 就是Little Sister. 那個所謂的”Choice between freeing/ killing Little Sisters”那時候對我來說已經不成立了. 她因為你成了孤兒, 難道留她一命你就成了英雄?

不就是為了Adam, 有必要嗎? 我就不信只用右手我通不了關. 從此以後我再也沒有騷擾Big Daddies和Little Sisters, 除了替他們拍照之外. 結果我完成遊戲時, 用的plasmid還是遊戲開始不久時拿到的level 1 Electricity, 主要用作hacking. 還有就是可能一個人在Rapture裡有時真的感到寂寞, 不用跟splicers拼命的時候偶而看到他們出雙入對, 也為身處這個水底城市的緊張神經鬆弛一下. 最後看到Good Ending, 心裡是超級滿足的. 也得到額外的100個成就分!

Ken Levine了不起, 2K的製作小組也把一個普通的unreal engine改良得出神入化.

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盤點!

快要搬家了. 收拾自己的房間固然是煩死人, 但也不忘為自己的遊戲數一數.

Wii: 12

Xbox360: 31

PlayStation 3: 7

GameCube: 19

PlayStation 2: 48

Xbox: 27

PSP: 5

NDS: 6

Dreamcast: 31

Nintendo64: 15

PlayStation: 44

Sega Saturn: 89

Super Famicom: 20

Sega MegaDrive: 10

Famicom: 27

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August 9, 2008

Play N Trade

好地方, 從美國開過來的連鎖店. 特色是買入/交換遊戲的價格條件比其他連鎖店要合理得多. 對我個人來說最吸引的是他們的中古主機/配件, 中古貨品也很齊. 過去的星期二早上帶著我心中知道永遠也提不起興趣完成的三隻遊戲 “Super Paper Mario”, “Kane & Lynch” 和 “Army of Two” 到那裡放. 看舖的Bobby很友善, 跟他聊了一通後(早上十點沒有什麼人流..)決定把三隻遊戲trade in換了一套中古Sega Genesis跟五隻遊戲和一套中古美版超任. 新淨程度還可以呢! 五隻遊戲包括「光明與黑暗」(經典! 小時候因為看不懂日文的關係無緣接觸), NBA LIve 95(其系列邁向全3D前最後作), Batman Forever, Dungeon and Dragon(早就想一試這經典)還有一隻叫Valis III的RPG. 對Play N Trade十分滿意! 要雞蛋裡挑骨頭的話, 唯一遺憾是不接受預訂日版東西..

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August 5, 2008

WR

Been supplying 523’s wardrode since 2005.. thanks again for always saving my size

wrongwroks blog

shop

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July 30, 2008

Festival of Lights (USA) 26 07 08

No wind at all throughout the whole night, meaning all the smoke and burnt chemicals stayed at the show area, blocking the rest of the fireworks rendering a visibility below 50% five minutes after show started. Boo to that, but still cool night out!

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July 14, 2008

“Batman Returns” — Still the best Batman game ever made

As I watched the new Dark Knight trailer over and over again, all of a sudden I crave a fun Batman game. And since the past 4 Batman games released on console all sucked, I took out one of my all time favorite consoles which is the SFC and put in Batman Returns (bought it at Akiba in 2006, for only 504yen!!). Played a first run to get familiar with the controls again, and then rushed thru all 8 levels in the game with an incredible satisfaction. The many ways you can grab enemies (my favourite will always be grabbing two at a time and bonk their heads together, you can even do it to bosses!), the different level design (2D with depth, 2D w/o depth, driving the Batmobile), the most faithful to the movie soundtrack and not to mention the Tim Burton-ness wrapping the whole game. All this not only make this game the best movie adaptation ever, but as a stand alone it is still one of the best 2D scroll fighters I’ve played.

batman returns SFC front

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