Virtual Reality for the masses a sooner than we think ?

Think about it when the current generation ( Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii ) was introduced Sony and Microsoft mainly focused on making their consoles more powerful when Nintendo took the world by surprise and introduced its Wii-mote with motion sensing capabilities. Because of this the Wii sold like crazy and is arguably winning the current generation with a non-HD console.

Now Microsoft introduced Project Natal and Sony introduced their “wand” to try and “catch up” with Nintendo. This is all old news but think about what all this means for the next generation. Sony and Microsoft are launching their new toys NOW , they are not waiting for the next generation.

So what does the next generation hold? All 3 parties now know they can’t simply improve the hardware they have to bring something “new” to the table. This “something new”, like the Wii-mote was for this generation, could mean more than any hardware improvements and could literally mean victory for their console.

This leaves us with a very bright future. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are going to be hard at work (they probably already are) figuring out what the “next big thing” is going to be. What the next big thing is going to be only time will tell but if there is one thing I know is that the first party to launch some form of virtual reality will get my money.

Why all the hate ?

Back when I was in school it worked like this. The kids that owned one console hated the other console. For example in the current generation I guess the kids that own a Xbox 360 hate the PlayStation 3 and the Wii and PlayStation 3 owners hate Xbox 360 and Wii and Wii owners hate Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

When I was in school I thought that this was incredibly stupid. The "hate" was not because of what games the console had or the hardware or whatever reason it was simply because whatever you have you love and what you don’t have you hate and push against.

I never bought into these mindless arguments. If I didn't have the money to buy all the consoles and latest games I would swap consoles with friends and rent games. This way I played,and still do, all the greatest games.

Then I grew up and I though this child-like hate would stop and I would enjoy all games on all console with everybody, but I was wrong. There is still hate for whichever console people don't own. Don't you see how stupid this is? Do you know of how many awesome games you deprive yourself of because of a dumb argument based on nothing? Looking at the current generation every single console has awesome games that the other does not.

Wii- Zelda
Xbox 360- Gears of War
PlayStation 3- Metal Gear Solid 4

These games alone justify owning every single console. When come across a 'hater' I think of all the cool games he/she is missing.

Please let’s stop this stupidity and enjoy all the amazing games out there.

Force Unleashed

Not my comic, just think it is funny.

The Mouse Trap

Team Fortress 2

I Love Team Fortress 2. Multiplayer madness doesn't get any better than this. Nothing beats the feeling of backstabbing that heavy that is raining hell on your team or headshotting that rival sniper for the tenth time in a row or backburning that heavy to the ground or almost killing the entire enemy team with strategically placed sticky’s or or or or or.

Let me tell you how I got into Team Fortress 2. I bought The Orange Box when it launched. I played Team Fortress 2 a bit but didn’t really get into it I rather focused on all the other awesome games on it. Later on my non gaming friend told me that he saw this game that looks fun. Now when I say non gaming I mean no games at all, he will maybe play a little bit when he is at my place but wont install it on his own pc. Well he ended up buying the game and called me and said I should join him. So I installed it again and once I “got” the game it hooked me. What made it even better was that all my friends who had The Orange box but never really played it started playing because we would talk about our "awesome moments" all the time. This game single handedly turned my friend into a gamer.

Every time I think that I have had enough they release a new update and by update I don’t mean some bug fixes sure they do fix some bugs but they actually update the entire game by adding new maps adding new guns and tweaking the gameplay so that the game stays fresh.

Valve is truly a company of extreme high standards. I mean this game was launched in 2007 as part of The Orange Box and Valve is still releasing major updates. Just the other day they released and update that added some weapons and maps. For those not yet playing Team Fortress 2 Valve does not charge any subscription or any hidden costs. You buy the game and that is it (not to mention that Team Fortress 2 is included in the best deal of all time which is called the Orange Box containing 5 AAA titles for the price of one) they update, maintain and improve it free of charge. Other gaming companies can really learn a thing or two from Valve.

Announcement about an announcement

These days making an announcement isn’t enough anymore. You often hear that some gaming company just announced that they will be making a big announcement on a specific date or they put a timer on their website that counts down to an announcement. They are trying to create an even more hype.Just make the damn announcement. What’s next? Maybe a timer that counts down to announcing an announcement that is going to be made about an announcement.