Games to get for the nintendo Wii starting Now

In order of tentative release.

Mario Strikers Charged
Boogie
Madden 08
Metroid Prime 3
Batallion Wars 2
Man Hun 2
Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
No More Heroes

Man Hunt 2 i mean No Hunt 2 rate AO not for Everyone

This game has been under the radar for a good 3-4 months. Rockstar the games developer has not put in any extra effort to publicize this game in the likes of Halo 3, or Gears of War. Actually, there are only 3 trailers available for this game, and none showing any lengthy game play. They merely show dialogue over select video clips of the game. However, in the past week, this game has garnered more attention by the news and gaming sites. The initial news broke that the UK would ban the sale of Manhunt 2. However this was only the tip of the iceberg.

But first to those who aren’t familiar with the title, I will be happy to brief you on it. The game usually takes place with you as a prisoner. You some how break free and start to kill anything in sight. However, this game does not merely give you a gun or a knife or sword. It gives you household weapons and tools. In this version of the game manhunt includes a syringe in its arsenal. Special preset death kills are placed in the game. Where a slow motion style camera tapes the kill from the most brutal angle and shows every motion of the kill. This is one part of the game that falls under violence for the sake of violence debate in video games. Although the game does have an elaborate story, it succumbs to be an above average action adventure game.

Now with that aside let me point out what’s been stirred up recently about this game. This is the official statement released by the Take2 (publisher of Manhunt 2, parent company of Rockstar Games), “The ESRB has issued an initial rating of AO (Adults Only) for Manhunt 2," Take-Two said. "We believe the process of rating videogames is to help people make informed entertainment choices and not to limit them. Manhunt 2 was created for mature audiences and we strongly believe it should receive an M (Mature) rating, aligning it with similar content created in other forms of media. We are exploring our options with regard to the rating of Manhunt 2.” What this means is that the only way Manhunt 2 can be released commercially is to have its’ box branded with the rating AO, adults only 18+. No console game in history has ever been branded with the AO sticker. In video game circles the AO sticker is known as the kiss of death. This is in reference to walmart, target, ebgames, and gamestop all aligning themselves as not selling AO rated games. The game will thus, be commercially inaccessible.

There are really three options that can happen from here on out. 1) they delay the game, modify it to which the ESRB will give it an M rating, 2) Scrap the game 3) or Release the game as it is and hit the least market penetration for a console game in history. I say this for number 3, because UK has banned it, Australia will follow suit and will probably be only sold in mom-pop game stores in US and Canada. Literally the only profitable way to go is delay and modify the game. However, in the consumers eyes, those which do not care about profits, I suggest they keep it as it is.

My argument is that video games like movies, short films, comics, paintings, poetry, rap music, sculpturing, and action figures are works of art. They are one person or a groups vision of something. Whether it is for aesthetics or expression, there really needs no reason to stop a video game from reaching the publics hand. Now from what I can tell there is no sex scenes in manhunt 2 to warrant the AO sticker. In fact the only reason that the AO sticker seems to be in place is because of the stigma of manhunt causes children to kill. This would be due to the use of weapons to kill characters in the game. However, how is this different than 70% of the other T-M rated games on the market. From Zelda to Halo, from stomping turtles and mushrooms to chain sawing aliens. There seems to be no reason why ripping body parts with different objects is any different. First of all this game is on last generation graphics. It doesn’t have the realism of gears of war. The physics and details are a tenth of the details found in gears.

When it comes down to it this game cannot possibly warrant an AO rating. There is no sick death, or murder that can be gruesome enough. Just look at Killer 7, or Resident Evil remake 1,0 and 4. They were all realistically gory and horrific. It would be a poor sport for the ESRB to rate manhunt 2 with the AO tag. The M rating is good enough to tell parents and consumers that it’s a violent game. Giving it the AO tag means that it is therefore unsuitable for anyone to play?

The Definition of Giggy

GIGGY

22 thoughts

1. I don’t understand how a person could claim skydiving is insane while they drink and drive. (applies to promiscuous sex and drug use too!)

2. I don’t understand how a millionaire in a few years owe money.

3. Why is it that people say getting drunk once in awhile is good for you but never tell you about that one person in the group who dies of intoxication.

4. Why do people smoke cigarettes?

5. Why do we still use oil?

6. Is there enough metal on earth to build a futuristic city like in the movies?

7. Do you think in a million years the last man standing on earth will stand up and look around, and then announce, “gig!”

8. How could you prove that Jesus wasn’t an alien sent by other aliens and his talk about God was just the leader alien who created earth.

9. Could God turn a quadruple play in baseball?

10. Why is it if you use white out, you feel incompetent?

11. Why did God make it that if someone punches you, you FEEL like punching them back?

12. If you have a baby and baptize he/she, and you yourself is not baptized, will God separate mother from child in the afterlife?

13. Why are there exams scheduled at 8:30am?

14. Why is it that security will give you a hard time if you play counter-strike at an airport?

15. Why is it that I feel that in a slasher flick, the girl showering always has to die directly caused by her door being left wide open? Who does that?

16. Why is it that if someone writes a book bashing the Catholic Church no one complains, but if one of those books becomes a movie, it feels like Armageddon on every news media outlet.

17. I feel sorry for people who fail to kill themselves

18. Why is it that feeling hurt for awhile after a breakup can be equal to a quick paper cut to the finger.

19. We should not let gays and lesbians get a hold of a cloning device.

20. Why is it that when a white has a child with a black the kid is called black, and when a white has a child with an asian the kid is called asian, but if a white has a child with a white the kid is called American.

21. Why is that 4+4 years of education gets you no respect from nurses, assistants and patients.

22. Why do they make water with flavor?

Major Nelson's DS Lite Adventure

My Nintendo DS Lite

I was watching this story develop over at Joystiq earlier today when I got a hot tip via email from a blog reader that guess what? There was a store* in the Seattle area that broke the DS Lite street date as well, and they were selling them. He promptly game me the name and the address of the store. After work today, I decided to go on a little mission to see if I could walk away with a DS Lite a full 11–days before the official street date. After fighting with Seattle traffic for about 40–minutes, I arrived at the store…ready to go in for the kill. I walked into the store, and made my way towards the gaming/electronics section. Of course on a Tuesday night around dinner time, this place was kind dead to put it mildly. I wandered up to the video game case, and my heart sank as all I saw was a stack of Electric Blue DS’s. I frantically looked around the case and then just as I was about to give up hope…I saw it. Peeking out from below a stack of those Electric Blue units was a lone white case. Could it be? I crouched down…turned my head sideways to try and see if I was in luck. Sure enough, there it was in plain sight and in black and white on the side of the box: Nintendo DS Lite.

SCORE

Now, how to release it from this glass prison? I looked around for a sales person, but was only able to find a nice lady in an adjacent clothing department. I asked her if she could help me…she said no, but she would find someone. Now that I had found my prey, I was not about let it out of my site. Camping out at the glass case, I waited for the nice lady, or anyone to come help me.
So I waited.

60 seconds..
2–minutes.
4–minutes.
5–minutes

After about 8–minutes, a mid-20’s gentleman who clearly just finishing his dinner (hint: he was wiping his lips with a Subway napkin) wandered over and asked me if I’d like some help.

“Why yes, I’d like one of those” I said, pointing at the white box on the bottom of the stack. Either he was screwing with me or he was not watching my hand motions, but he grabbed one of the blue DS boxes and started to lock the case. “no no’ I said “I want that one…the white box.” Basically grabbing it out of the now unlocked case and handing it to him.

He took it and looked a the box, and then looked at me and said “wow, we’re selling a lot of these today, looks like you got the last one”

After paying the $129.00, I briskly walked out of the store and was on my way home with my shiny new Nintendo DS Lite.

Mission Accomplished.

To add a level of proof to my story, I posted some photos of my new toy next to my custom Xbox 360 hard drive to prove that yes, I really do have it in my hands.

Thanks to blog reader Mike who tipped me off, and thanks to the awfully nice store clerk who unwittingly sold me the embargoed unit.

Next: I need to get Reggie to sign it.

*To protect the retail establishment from getting in trouble, I am not going to say which store it was, but I will say that it a large chain store.

Back In Syracuse

I'm back to start my work on Tuesday.

But tomorrow I have to go buy some clothes to look pro.

Yes yes

extra Fly

Constant Weekly Clips

Starting this week, I will be make two weekly clips, startin Mondays. One will be The Rock funny of the Week and Gigg video of the week.

Here is the Rock Video of the Week

Fort Minor- Where'd you Go

Andy Roddick One more Look