Well training is going well at delta,The last two days I have left earlier after completing everything I had to do. Just have to keep studying for exams that I need 100 percent on to pass by the next Thursday but I will be fine.Now to the blog I will probably have a article up on Luckie Street Tribune tonight or tomorrow. I have a clue what I will be writing about but sometimes I change what I want to talk about in the last minute. For now I will list some of the albums I have listened to recently in no specific order.
1.Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
2.Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
3.Dr. Dre-The Chronic
4.Kenna-Make Sure they see your face
5.Butch Walker- Sycamore Meadows
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Freelance
Since the direction of this blog will be a little more personal, more of the gaming and music subjects will shift towards luckiestreettribune. Since starting this blog I have felt a certain freedom in writing about stuff I truly enjoy. Its still a growing process I think my writing skills have improved since the beginning of this blog. Also having the job at delta will give me some financial stability.I am considering doing freelance journalism,particularly video game journalism as a side job since delta is only part time .This is just an idea that I have thrown around the last couple of days.I am wondering what everyone's opinion on this is, I would like to hear your insight on this matter.
I will have a post on Luckie Street Tribune within a few days.
I will have a post on Luckie Street Tribune within a few days.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Training
Well today has been a day that has been due for awhile.I will be training at delta and hoping it goes well, just a little nervous as well.Its been awhile since I have been able to find and job and I get nervous when I am doing something new, but I will be fine.Also for news for the blog myself Rafael,Chris and Kevin are working on something new for the blog to streamline some content on the site.Also the possibility of other people to contribute to the site. Now I have to get ready for today.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Street Fighter!!!
Street Fighter 4 was released this week after a long wait.It is the first new number sequel in the Street Fighter series in over an decade(Street Fighter 3 was released in 1997). Street fighter 4 is looking great and has gotten positive reviews since it has been released. When I saw the first video over a year or so ago I was excited at the prospect of playing the game that I loved when I was a child. I Liked Street Fighter 3 Series but my favorite is the Street Fighter 2 series. So hearing that Street Figther 4 is similarly based on Street fighter 2 this was one of those games I cant wait to play. Also the game looks great and is a 2D, 3D hybrid look to it and fits perfectly with the Street Fighter series art style.
I remember playing Street Fighter 2 First in the arcade in the local bowling ally with my friends when I was in California.I was 7 at the time and trying to compete against Six graders and being completely destroyed by people who really knew how to play the game. Once Street Fighter 2 was on the SNES and Sega Genesis it was the go to game for everyone. Pretty much every time I went to rent a game that was one of the games I always seemed to get. I think fighting games have lost some of its charm from the golden days fighting games with Street Fighter and the Mortal Kombat series.To this day I will think the Street Fighter series is better but that is something for another post. The fighting game genre is still popular but is manly focused on a smaller niche of gamers.Many people are hoping that Street Fighter 4 will bring back the fighting game genre back into the mainstream, time will tell if Street Fighter 4 Will be successful in this endeavor.
I remember playing Street Fighter 2 First in the arcade in the local bowling ally with my friends when I was in California.I was 7 at the time and trying to compete against Six graders and being completely destroyed by people who really knew how to play the game. Once Street Fighter 2 was on the SNES and Sega Genesis it was the go to game for everyone. Pretty much every time I went to rent a game that was one of the games I always seemed to get. I think fighting games have lost some of its charm from the golden days fighting games with Street Fighter and the Mortal Kombat series.To this day I will think the Street Fighter series is better but that is something for another post. The fighting game genre is still popular but is manly focused on a smaller niche of gamers.Many people are hoping that Street Fighter 4 will bring back the fighting game genre back into the mainstream, time will tell if Street Fighter 4 Will be successful in this endeavor.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Is Mature Really Mature?
Yesterday I saw one of the craziest weather situations I have ever been in.With hail the size of golf and baseballs battering are neighborhood and a possible tornado in the area. So, last night was chaotic for a few hours but everyone is okay.
I was listening to one of my favorite podcast this morning RebelFM and there main topic of the day revolved around maturity in games and the new video released for Grand Theft Auto 4 expansion The lost and The Damned. The video shows full frontal male nudity which might becoming a controversy but Rockstar games the developer have been in this territory before(Hot Coffee). The video can be seen on gamevideos.com,I think the original intent was to forward the story and introducing a character that is corrupt politician that has nothing to hide(literally).Yeah I was not really shocked or offended but one part of me thinks was it really necessary.
I don't have a problem with Rockstar games using nudity compared to the violence in there games nudity should no be a big deal. I just wonder if game developers will look at sex more maturely.Many game just use sex and nudity for eye candy case in point the God of War series were kratos the main character has sex with two topless women off screen in a mini game. Which, is fine for them doing it but it is pointless and seems to put sex in simplistic terms.Sex is a natural thing in life and love is something that human beings take serious.I fill that putting nudity in games should be more thought out not just to put out there to show off how edgy your game is.I have seen many games fall into the trap at times it is funny but does not serve any purpose. Only A few games such as Mass Effect made sex more serious and more thoughtful.
Maturity in games seems to be one of the things that developers have not quite found the perfect fit. Since people are playing games as they get older there seems to be a desire to have more mature games. But, think some developers see making a game mature is to make it over the top with sex or violence. I think this way of thinking is to simplistic, I think people my age and older want to have something a little more thought provoking. Don't get me wrong I still enjoy games such as Gears of War, but I really don't care for the story line and the characters are fine.Gears of War series is meant to be over the top violent and when the story tries to be serious it does not fit the universe of chainsaw guns and huge muscle soldiers.Also cursing every line in the game does not make a game truly mature it just gives you the M rating.Grand Theft Auto 4 for all of its violence still gives a mature story line that is compelling and gives the player moral choices that might affect the game. GTA4 still maintains its fun and balances itself very well and makes you fill that you are in a crime drama
Call of Duty 4 did something that I have never seen in a game when your character is trying to escape the city by helicopter when a Nuclear bomb goes off knocking your helicopter out the sky.To wake up and watch your character take his last steps before he dies is something shocking and at the shows the damage war causes. Situations like this gives a mature game more weight. Also another thing which would make a war game such as Call of Duty more weight is in urban warfare setting give the player some moral decisions rather then just a killing machine.Call of duty series has always been about immersion and things such as civilians being caught in the middle gives the player a moral choice.Use of civilians are still a touchy situation, but also gives a person a moral choice and is more realistic because not everything in the world wants to kill you.
Maybe this is looking to narrow at the current game market and I don't think all games should be like this.I think there should be a balance of more mature oriented games that have complex thought and still maintains enjoyment that everyone wants from there games.
I was listening to one of my favorite podcast this morning RebelFM and there main topic of the day revolved around maturity in games and the new video released for Grand Theft Auto 4 expansion The lost and The Damned. The video shows full frontal male nudity which might becoming a controversy but Rockstar games the developer have been in this territory before(Hot Coffee). The video can be seen on gamevideos.com,I think the original intent was to forward the story and introducing a character that is corrupt politician that has nothing to hide(literally).Yeah I was not really shocked or offended but one part of me thinks was it really necessary.
I don't have a problem with Rockstar games using nudity compared to the violence in there games nudity should no be a big deal. I just wonder if game developers will look at sex more maturely.Many game just use sex and nudity for eye candy case in point the God of War series were kratos the main character has sex with two topless women off screen in a mini game. Which, is fine for them doing it but it is pointless and seems to put sex in simplistic terms.Sex is a natural thing in life and love is something that human beings take serious.I fill that putting nudity in games should be more thought out not just to put out there to show off how edgy your game is.I have seen many games fall into the trap at times it is funny but does not serve any purpose. Only A few games such as Mass Effect made sex more serious and more thoughtful.
Maturity in games seems to be one of the things that developers have not quite found the perfect fit. Since people are playing games as they get older there seems to be a desire to have more mature games. But, think some developers see making a game mature is to make it over the top with sex or violence. I think this way of thinking is to simplistic, I think people my age and older want to have something a little more thought provoking. Don't get me wrong I still enjoy games such as Gears of War, but I really don't care for the story line and the characters are fine.Gears of War series is meant to be over the top violent and when the story tries to be serious it does not fit the universe of chainsaw guns and huge muscle soldiers.Also cursing every line in the game does not make a game truly mature it just gives you the M rating.Grand Theft Auto 4 for all of its violence still gives a mature story line that is compelling and gives the player moral choices that might affect the game. GTA4 still maintains its fun and balances itself very well and makes you fill that you are in a crime drama
Call of Duty 4 did something that I have never seen in a game when your character is trying to escape the city by helicopter when a Nuclear bomb goes off knocking your helicopter out the sky.To wake up and watch your character take his last steps before he dies is something shocking and at the shows the damage war causes. Situations like this gives a mature game more weight. Also another thing which would make a war game such as Call of Duty more weight is in urban warfare setting give the player some moral decisions rather then just a killing machine.Call of duty series has always been about immersion and things such as civilians being caught in the middle gives the player a moral choice.Use of civilians are still a touchy situation, but also gives a person a moral choice and is more realistic because not everything in the world wants to kill you.
Maybe this is looking to narrow at the current game market and I don't think all games should be like this.I think there should be a balance of more mature oriented games that have complex thought and still maintains enjoyment that everyone wants from there games.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Frontline: Inside the Meltdown
Yesterday PBS Frontline discussed the the recent banking meltdown that hit wall street and what caused it.Here is the link to watch the whole episode of Frontline. It was very interesting to watch at the same time very frustrating to see the level of greed people had that helped cause the situation that we are in now. But just like the movie wall street people on wall street believed that "Greed is good". I know this subject might be slightly off topic compared to everything else on this blog. It is important for everyone to be informed on what happened so we wont repeat what happened in the past. Also, all the problems that are happening in wall street is affecting the whole economy.So fill free to checkout the video.
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