Shit to remember

One day many years from now I'm going to walk into my kid's room and say "Son, I don't know how to tell you this, but I'll come right out and say it. You're adopted. Wait, shit, no, sorry, I meant what do you want for dinner."

New blog

Yet again I start up a new blog. This one is called "Soundman's Suggestive Snippets". Sometimes I don't want to write a full blown review, so I write up my recommendations on the game. So they're snippets of my suggestions. GETTIT?

PC gaming news P.3

Battlefield Play4Free may rival its paid counterpart

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a great game. The single player, is very.. bleh. Could be better. The multiplayer however is great. The use of vehicles in multiplayer that has been missing for a while brings something interesting to the multiplayer table. In recent times, popular titles have somehow abstained from using vehicles. Why I say. Why? Who doesn't want to launch a tank shell into some 12 year old kid raging about lag? I want to. Ignoring the fact that VoIP is absent from Bad Company 2 (on the PC at least), and I wouldn't know if the dude is 12 or 20, destroying people with a tank or helicopter is great. Battlefield prides itself on the use of vehicles to dominate people, and with good cause. We need multiplayer vehicles. Running around shooting people on a map the size of my desk is boring. I want huge sprawling levels so you have use a helicopter to traverse and avoid the tracer dart shooting noobs.

The makers of Battlefield: Heroes have let go of the cartoony artwork to make Battlefield Play4Free. From the trailers, the game looks like a child of Bad Company 2 and Combat Arms. B:P4F may not be boasting the same graphics as Bad Company 2, but it definitely retains the style of gameplay. The vehicles are present, along with some of the maps looking like they were ported from BC2.

Why do I think it will rival BC2? The graphics aren't all that bad. Things like Combat Arms brings in a ton of new gamers being introduced to FPS games on the PC. Of course this free game won't rival BC2 in the slightest of sales, since there are none to be made, but if they pull it off extremely well, they will most definitely rival the amount of active players. There are a bunch of people not interested in PC gaming, who are interested in console gaming. Again, the product name will bring in people who don't normally play on the PC like this. TV taken up by the family? Time for some PC gaming. Your computer sucks? Well try out this game, it's free! It's Battlefield!

Of course, there is no reason for BC2 players to switch if it's just a toned down remake. Combat arms is fun in the sense there are a bunch of people that fail on it, but with them forcing you to buy.. sorry, rent weapons with real cash, shit gets unbalanced really really fast. If revenue is to be made by this game, it may have to be by buying in game content. It could be from advertisements of course, but hopefully they won't go the Pay2Win scheme.

Anyway, from the previews and screens shown of it, this game is looking to be a real good addition to the Battlefield series. If it's anywhere near the level of quality Heroes was, they'll have a real winner on their hands.

PC Gaming News P.2

Dice to release free Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Maps

With the onset of new titles like Call of Duty: Black OPs, Dice, the developers of the Battlefield franchise, is obviously looking for ways to keep people around and playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The upcoming DLC for BFBC2, Vietnam, is what they're generally using to keep us here, but Dice, being such a lovely bunch, decided to not leave us poor users in the dust. 'VIP Map Pack 7' promises us 4 multiplayer maps for free. Two maps from the first Bad Company, Oasis and Harvest Day, will be getting ported from the first game and updated with better graphics. Two completely new maps, Cold War and Heavy Metal, will be the other two added. The release date has yet to be announced, but people are guessing it will come out soon. Personally, I'm guessing slightly after the Vietnam DLC comes out, which is tentatively set for a release during "Winter 2010", just so you have a chance to buy the DLC before they give you the free maps.

It'd be great if it came out before, but common sense in business strategies says you can get a person to pay for 'water' after they've been craving it a long time, instead of them deciding to wait longer for it to be free. But, as Valve's Steam software has shown us, people will wait an awful long time for sales, so who can say for certain?

PC gaming news P.1

Games for Windows Marketplace to be launched on Nov. 15

Yes, it seems that Microsoft has smelled money in the air, and is now jumping on the bandwagon of Digital Distribution made famous by Valve's Steam software and Direct2Drive.

For those of you who don't know, digital distribution refers to buying a game online and downloading it. No physical discs, just the game. While on paper this may seem weird, it's really, REALLY convenient. All you have to do is buy the game, download it, and you're good to go. No need to trip over all your bowls of half eaten ramen! No need to blind yourself with sunlight anymore! Just buy the game, and you instantly have it. Steam already has a huge catalog of games for you to waste your money on. A lot of them from heavy hitters in the games industry. Games from EA to Infinity Ward. ID to 2K Games. Indie developers can even submit things to be carried on the Steam platform. You can buy Wolfenstein 3D and immediately afterward buy Call of Duty: Black Ops. With Steam being this solid, GWM will have to do a lot to compete against Steam. Microsoft definitely picked up the scent on the sales of Steam. Steam makes an egregious of money, there's no doubt about it. They won't release their specific figures, but considering the range of games, and a 205% increase of Steam Sales from a year ago, coupled with ~3,000,000 active users buying games, any 205% increase will definitely be big money.

But what about Windows? When facing a library of games and backing of developers this huge, do they stand a chance to make the same amount of money? Maybe. Microsoft is integrating their already massive Windows Live ID accounts to make purchasing PC games easier for the 'less PC savvy' of us.

"Anyone with a Windows Live ID (Windows Live, Xbox LIVE, Games for Windows – LIVE or Zune account) can login and immediately start shopping in the Games for Windows Marketplace. The new store also supports Microsoft Points (as well as credit card purchasing), allowing the more than 25 million users of Xbox LIVE, Zune Marketplace and Games for Windows – LIVE to use their Microsoft Points balance seamlessly across platforms."

Now, people who aren't that much into the PC gaming world will come from their Xbox Live accounts to buy from a familiar face. Microsoft is one of the strongest names in the tech world. Who would you trust more if you were thinking about getting a game digitally for the first time? Valve, who makes games, or Microsoft, who makes your operating system? Microsoft may just get the people who are new to digital distribution by the name alone. Steam may have a massive community, but Microsoft is a great name to stand behind and sell stuff. People don't want to venture off into unknown territory! They want the norm. They want to be buying from a company they know, and Microsoft realizes that. If you use Xbox Live, and decide you want to use a Computer for gaming now on, you'll want the convenience of digital distribution. You'll go with Microsoft, someone who you know and trust.

Unless of course you have a Mac, then you'll be using Steam.

Consoles and Games.

Last Updated: 08 February, 2012

Systems: PC, PS1, PS2, PSP, Wii, NES, SNES, GameBoy Color/Advanced/SP, N64, Xbox 360, Game Gear (lol), iPod Touch, 3DS

Games owned: Oh god

PC

Everything in my Steam account:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/soundman/games?tab=all&#41

H.A.W.X 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Serious Sam
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
All 4 Mechwarriors (expansions too)
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Call of Duty 1
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty 2
Diablo 1
Diablo 2
Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
Dungeon Keeper 2
Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge,
Renegade, 4, and probably some other one I forgot
Dead to Rights
Deus Ex
X-Men Cartoon Maker
Age of Empires
Age of Empires 2
Half Life (on the actual CD you posers)
Zeus: Master of Olympus
Master of Orion 2
Privateer 2: The Darkening
Caesar 2 and a bunch of Civilization games
Colonization
EVERY SINGLE SIMS EXPANSION PACK OH GOD
Bunch of Sims 2 Expansions
Extreme Pinball by Epic Mega Games
A whole truckload of Rollercoaster tycoons
Transport Tycoon
Theme Hospital
Icewind Dale collection
Pharaoh
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Theme Park Inc
Let's Explore the Airport with Buzzy the Knowledge Bug (Yay!)
Theme Park (different from the one with inc on the end : P )
Civilization 4: Colonization
Age of Empires 3
Sim City 3000
Battlefield 2
Fair Strike: Anti-Terror Helicopter Corps
Ski Resort Tycoon
Wizardry
Big Biz Tycoon
Descent 2
Fast Food Tycoon
Diner Dash
Operation Mania
Mall Tycoon
Prostitution Tycoon
Drug Dealing Tycoon
Tyco scandal Tycoon
Sorry, I got a bit carried away there... tycoon
Dungeon Keeper 1
Heroes of Might and Magic 4
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris
Creatures 1 and 2
VR Soccer '96
Lego Loco
Splinter Cell
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Baku Baku
Road and Track Presents: The Need for Speed
Ultima Underworld
Ultima 1
The Secret of Monkey Island
Links: the Challenge of Golf
X-Com: UFO Defense
Wing Commander
Alone in the Dark
Terminal Velocity
Duke Nukem 2
King's Quest
Descent
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Red Baron
Windows 95: Upgrade Edition... Wait, that's not a game, get that out of here!
Thief Gold
Spore
Guitar Hero 3
Age of Empires 2
The Settlers 3
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Sim Town
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal
Warcraft 3
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
Incredible Toon Machine
Let's Explore the Farm with Buzzy the Knowledge Bug
How things work in Busy Town
Disney's Animated Story Book: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Spiderman: the Sinister Six
William's Arcade Classics
Black Hawk Down
Math Blaster (for ages 6-9!)
Trivial Pursuit Computer Edition
Sim Tower
Playdoh Creations
Animated Movie Book: All Dogs go to Heaven
Putt Putt saves the Zoo
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Pizza Tycoon.
X-Com Apocalypse
EarthSiege 2
Apache: THE Combat Helicopter Simulation
WWII Fighters
Nascar Racing 1999 edition
Star Wars: X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
A-10 Cuba!
MiG-29 Fulcrum
F/A-18 Hornet 3.0
Wing Commander 2
G-NOME
Iron Helix
F-16 Multirole Fighter
Star Wars: X-Wing
Flying Corps Gold
Silent Thunder A-10 Tank Killer II
Across the Rhine (1944-1945 Armored Combat in Western Europe)
iF-22 - The Realistic Simulation of the F-22 Raptor
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
Mission Force Cyberstorm
M1 Tank Platoon - The Definitive Simulation of Armored Land Combat
M1 Tank Platoon II - The Definitive Simulation of Modern Ground Warfare
iM1A2 Abrams - America's Main Battle Tank
Wings of Glory
EF 2000
Hind
Tortuga: Pirates of the New World
Helicopter: Strike Force
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Crazy Burger
Carriers At War
One Must Fall 2097
Microsoft Return of Arcade 1996
The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Busytown (DOS)
Master of Magic V 1.2
Castles II Siege & Conquest
Monopoly Deluxe
Dragon's Lair 2 Time Warp (DOS)
Sid Meier's Colonization
Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld II
Doom 2 (DOS)
A-Train
Wing Commander
Populous II
Master of Orion
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder II The Legend of Darkmoon
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Sim City 2000
Sim City
Master of Magic
Battle Chess 2
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1995
Alpha Centauri
Theme Park (DOS)
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
Civilization
Wizardry Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Gunship 2000
Star Wars: X-Wing
Phantasmagoria
Just Cause 2
Battlefield 3

PS1

Blasto
Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter 2
Die Hard Trilogy
Sports Car GT
Army Men: Air Attack
Re-Volt
Wild 9
Crime Killer
Action Man: Operation EXTREME
Mission Impossible
Metal Gear: Solid
Ape Escape
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Driver
Driver 2
Street Sk8er 2
Syphon Filter: Omega Strain
Point Blank
Tekken 3
Triple Play 2001
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Army Men 3D
Micro Machines V3
Gran Turismo
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Twisted Metal 3
Tomb Raider
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
Tetris Plus
Destruction Derby
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Parappa the Rapper
Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit
Time Crisis
Midway Collection 2
Crash Bandicoot 2
Final Fantasy 8
Soviet Strike
NFL Gameday 99
Spyro the Dragon
WWF Smackdown
Madden NFL 97
Rainbow Six
Steel Reign
Tenchu Stealth Assassin
Spot goes Hollywood
Warhawk
Fighting Force

NES

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario 2
Super Mario 3
Duck Hunt
Football
Gauntlet 1
Gauntlet 2
Rygar
Ultima
Faxanadu
Castlevania
Castlevania 2
Balloon Fight
Spy Hunter
Super Strike V Ball
Rad Gravity
Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure
Zelda
Zelda 2
Trog
Metroid
Crystalis
Punch Out
StarTropics
Pro Wrestling
Excitebike
Paperboy
Rampage
Maniac Mansion
Tetris
North and South
California Games
Double Dragon 2
Double Dragon 3
Ice Hockey
Final Fantasy
720 Degrees
IronSword
Wizards and Warriors
Bad Dudes
Super C
Kung Fu
Blaster Master
Rush'n Attack
Yo! Noid
Metal Gear

SNES

F-Zero
The Simpson's: Bart's Nightmare
Mortal Kombat 1 and 3
Super Mario RPG
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario Kart
Final Fantasy 2
Yoshi's Island
Street Fighter 2
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse
Super Mario World
Lufia
Primal Rage
The Lost Vikings
Smash TV
Link to the Past
Separation Anxiety
Tiny Toons Buster's Adventure
Demon's Crest
Chrono Trigger
Mechwarrior
Goof Troop thing
NBA Jam
Secret of Evermore
Robocop VS The Terminator
Super Return of the Jedi
Mechwarrior 3050
Shaq Fu

N64

Fifa 99
Turok
Star Fox 64
Zelda: Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time
Golden Eye
Mario Kart 64
Donkey Kong 64
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 1 and 2
Wave Race 64
Super Mario 64
Banjo Kazooie and Tooie
Diddy Kong Racing
Super Smash Bros
Glover
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
Perfect Dark
Cruisin' USA

PS2

Frequency
Amplitude
True Crime: Streets of New York / LA
Tony Hawk: American Wasteland
Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 (and 3: Subsistence)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Test Drive
Guitar Hero 1 and 2
NBA Street V3
WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It
GTA: Vice City
GTA: 3
GTA: San Andreas
Need for Speed: Underground
Indigo Prophecy
Hitman: Blood Money
Namco Museum
Smackdown "Just Bring it"
Time Crisis 3 (Two of them oddly enough)
Midway Arcade Treasures 2
Star Wars Battle Front 2
Matrix: Path of Neo
The Thing
Britney's Dance Beat (Oh god please no)
Pirates: Legend of Black Kat
Stuntman
Lifeline
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (And again, two of the same game. Are they reproducing or something?)
Black & Bruised
Fantavision
Maximo
Mad Maestro
Mojo!
Pryzm
State of Emergency
Silent Hill 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
MDK2
Red Faction
Virtua Fighter 4
World Destruction League War Jetz

Xbox 360

Skate 2 and 3
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
Sonic
Halo 3
Halo 2
UEFA Champion's League 2006-2007
Dead Rising
Mirror's Edge
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Army of Two and 40th Day
Street Fighter 4
Dead or Alive 4
Bioshock 2
Oblivion
UFC 2009
Overlord 2
Scene IT
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
Brutal Legend
Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed 2
Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection
Lost Planet
Star Trek: Legacy
RockStar: Table Tennis
GTA 4 and DLC
NFL Blitz: The League
Resident Evil 5
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Ghostbusters
UEFA Euro 2008
Tekken 6
Blazblue
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Red Dead Redemption
Dead Rising 2
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Super Street Fighter 4
Bulletstorm
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat
L.A. Noire
Duke Nukem Forever
Lost Planet 2
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Fruit Ninja Kinect
Rise of Nightmares
Gunstringer
Kinect Sports
Kinect Sports 2

Wii

Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Geometry Wars: Galaxy
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Wii Play
Wii Sports
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Kart Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Carnival Games
Superhero Squad Show game thing that I won at Comic Con.
Just Dance
Just Dance 2
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Gameboy

Pokemon Silver
Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Red
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow
Kirby's Dreamland 2
Harvest Moon 2
Quest for Camelot
Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening DX
The Rugrats Movie
Pokemon Pinball
Tetris

Gameboy Advanced

Excitebike
Yoshi Topsy Turvy
Wario Ware Twisted
Megaman: Battle Network 2
Namco Museum 50th anniversary
WWF Road to Wrestlemania
Soccer Mania
Mario vs Donkey Kong
SSX Tricky
Medal of Honor Underground
Medal of Honor Infiltrator
Monster Force
Crash Bandicoot The Huge Adventure
Mortal Kombat Advance
Driver 2 Advance
Sonic Advance
Doom 2
Super Mario World Super Mario Advance 2
Silent Scope
Duke Nukem Advanced
WWE Road to WrestleMania X8

PSP

300: March to Glory
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails
Gun

Game Gear
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Sonic The Hedgehog Triple Trouble
The Berenstain Bears: Camping Adventure
Super Battletank

Atari Lynx
Pit Fighter

DS 
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Cooking Mama: Dinner With Friends
Super Scribblenauts
Regular Scribblenauts


3DS
Star Fox 64 3D
Super Mario 3D Land
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D



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08 Feb additions: Battlefield 3, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, LoZ:ST, LoZ:PH, Advance Wars: DOR, Cooking Mama, Super Scribblenauts, Scribblenauts, Star Fox 64 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, LoZ: OoT 3D, other shit prolly

09 July Additons: Duke Nukem Forever: Balls of Steel edition, Lost Planet 2, Just Cause 2

And added a picture.

05 June Additions: Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Bulletstorm, Mortal Kombat, L.A. Noire, Shaq Fu

27 Jan Additions: Kung Fu, Blaster Master, Rush'n Attack, Yo! Noid, Metal Gear, Pit Fighter, Super Battletank, WWE Road to WrestleMania X8, Black & Bruised, Fantavision, Maximo, Mad Maestro, Mojo!, Pryzm, State of Emergency, Silent Hill 2, MDK2, Red Faction, Virtua Fighter 4, World Destruction League War Jetz, Cruisin' USA.
26 Jan Additions: Mechwarrior 3050, Fighting Force, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, The Berenstain Bears: Camping Adventure, Pokemon Blue (Finally found it!) and I changed a bunch of things I wrote.

18 Jan Additions: Duke Nukem: Zero Hour, Robocop VS Terminator, Super Return of the Jedi, Phantasmagoria, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Super Street Fighter 4.

New Computer

Specs:

ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard
(usb 3.0, onboard sound because I'm too lazy to get a sound card, etc)
Intel Quad Core i7 920 Bloomfield
Antec Nine Hundred Case
800 GB Hard Drive
260 GTX Nvidia Graphics Card
550 Watt Corsair thing
6 GB RAM
Dvd burner

Works awesome. Built it myself.