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Monday, August 31, 2015
Codex of Aegis Updates -- 8/31/2015
As editing on the CoA Compilation Book proceeds nicely and uniformly sporadically, there is a new set of announcements I'd like to... well, announce. Instead of writing them all out like I normally do, this time I've mostly done easy-to-read bullet points. Most of this has to do with the youtube channels, and less the blogs, but I figure it will be good to know anyway.
-”AstukaGaming” youtube channel now called “astukari.”
-AstukaGaming will now operate under astukari with the ASTUKAGAMING tag
-AstukaGaming Podcast will now be officially called “AstukaGaming Presents:
AstukaGaming Podcast REDUX “Strong Opinions for Strong People””
-However, it will still be called “AstukaGaming Podcast REDUX” for short
-In addition, all future Link to the Past episodes will now be officially called
“AstukaGaming Presents: Link to the Past”
-As with the podcast, it will be called “Link to the Past” for short
-AstukaGaming and astukari will operate independently, even when they are still under the same channel, under Codex of Aegis
-astukari will include short, weekly segments on any possible subjects, though most likely dealing the most in gaming, movies, music, politics, and more
- astukari “gaming videos” are separate from AstukaGaming as they are individual
opinions and do not work as a group project, as AstukaGaming was made to be, and
still is.
` -Episodes of astukari will be uploaded audio-only to a Soundcloud account until the GB
is filled up. After this, episodes will only be able to be found at the astukari channel. This
can be subject to change.
-For organizational purposes, and to benefit those who subscribe for only a specific type
of video, videos will be tagged and put into playlists similarly to how they were on Best of
the Youtube.
- The astukari channel will also include updates to Codex of Aegis related stories.
-These updates will be embed as posts on Codex of Aegis. General episodes as
described above will be posted on “Astuka’s Blog”.
-Astukagaming Podcast and Link to the Past episodes will also be posted on
Astuka’s Blog
-Social Media reforms
-Codex of Aegis social media channels will be going through another set of reforms to
make sure everything is easily accessible. Though I do not intend of detailing this reforms
specifically as of now (as some of them may not come into fruition), they include a
possible Tumblr alternatives to Codex of Aegis and Astuka’s Blog, as well extended use
of the @CodexofAegis twitter and Codex of Aegis facebook accounts.
-The Best of the Youtube shut down.
-As promised previously, The Best of the Youtube will be cancelled once the channel
receives three copyright strikes. This has now been reached, and the channel has
been terminated. Codex of Aegis will not be running another The Best of the Youtube
channel.
-Any unreleased or still saved The Best of the Youtube original footage will be posted in
the coming weeks to astukari. After that, all The Best of the Youtube footage will cease.
-This does not disclude similar types of commentary to be posted later on the astukari
channel for special events, however.
In addition to all of this, the very first episode of astukari will be up (relatively around) September 3rd, and will be discussing these announcements in detail. If you still have questions about any of this, they will probably be answered there.
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Saturday, August 15, 2015
Opposing Fronts: Why both Radical Feminism and Men's Rights are stupid
If you went up to me on August 20th, 2014 and told me that the topic I was discussing would turn into a heated national debate, I would say you were absolutely crazy. If you would've given me a true glimpse of this debate as it is today, I probably would've just thrown myself off a building and been done with it there. Unfortunately that never happened, and now I'm stuck still having to deal with this shit.
Before I actually get on the opposite sides of this big thing, let's define feminism.
I can't believe I just said that.
Seriously guys, you learned this in, what, the third grade? It's been almost a year, and I STILL can't believe that this is a debate. Listen, the dictionary definition of feminism is the equality between the male and female genders. Some examples of feminist thought are "females should be paid as much as males" and "females can be physically strong the same way males can be emotionally sensitive".
Wow! Was that really that hard? Apparently it is, because some moron somewhere decided it was a fantastic idea to name two opposite ends of the spectrum the same thing. Seriously, I used to have an early post up called "Feminists are fucking hilarious" because it was before radical feminists were even called anything, not even SJW. People just decided to go all "literally" on it, except "literally" isn't an extremely controversial topic that constantly gets confused on which one you're talking about. "Yeah, I saw a guy bashing feminism..." Which one? The one we all believe is wrong, or the one we all believe is right? I understand that most of us by this point have been able to find our own words for radical feminism besides just feminism, but I feel like there's just enough of the population who is using the same word for both that it STILL manages to be an issue.
Anyway, that was my off-the-cuff rant for today. Now let's talk about the extremes.
Obviously, these people are fucking bad. Fortunately, for the most part it seems as though 80 percent of the population agree that these people are dumb. Unfortunately, that still leaves 20 percent, and in a world filled with 7.3 billion people that isn't a very good sign. Yes, these are people who genuinely, unironically believe that all males must die (And no, minority males are no longer an exception. They're being hunted too. Sorry fellas.) These are people who actually burn books made by white authors because they shouldn't be able to talk about minorities. These are the people who argue with you with every "insensitive" remark you make (definition of that word varies). These are people who think that we need to have actual warnings on every small little thing we do just to not offend people. These are people who think comedy, for the most part, needs to die out. These are people who stage entire protests just because of some offhand comment about females, transgenders, or minorities. These people are insane, dangerous, and like I said, make up a very small portion of people.
Sure, there might be a few people out there who read this who think at least at this time there should be more sensitivity in comedy or comments, or that we should have more diversity in entertainment, and although I may not necessarily agree with these opinions/think they are important issues, I can agree that they are not as radical as, well, radicals.
Yet in the wake of this new wave of radical feminism (yup, it's existed in the past. no, I won't be discussing it in detail here), another, equally small, equally retarded group has come out of the woodwork to combat this so called "feminist threat"...
Now, I'll admit, this isn't nearly as dangerous as radical feminism. Hell, all this is is just being straight up stupid. What? People are making stupid assumptions? Don't they do that already?
Still, its notable due to its a) potential to be dangerous, and b) its at the opposite side of the spectrum as radical feminism, hence the title of this article.
To be honest, there isn't much to say about this one. Most people already know about this group, and know it's bad.
So, that's all for now. I've been planning to do a lot more posts in the future, both on this blog and the other one (Codex of Aegis), mostly because now there's a lot more to talk about.
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Before I actually get on the opposite sides of this big thing, let's define feminism.
I can't believe I just said that.
Seriously guys, you learned this in, what, the third grade? It's been almost a year, and I STILL can't believe that this is a debate. Listen, the dictionary definition of feminism is the equality between the male and female genders. Some examples of feminist thought are "females should be paid as much as males" and "females can be physically strong the same way males can be emotionally sensitive".
Wow! Was that really that hard? Apparently it is, because some moron somewhere decided it was a fantastic idea to name two opposite ends of the spectrum the same thing. Seriously, I used to have an early post up called "Feminists are fucking hilarious" because it was before radical feminists were even called anything, not even SJW. People just decided to go all "literally" on it, except "literally" isn't an extremely controversial topic that constantly gets confused on which one you're talking about. "Yeah, I saw a guy bashing feminism..." Which one? The one we all believe is wrong, or the one we all believe is right? I understand that most of us by this point have been able to find our own words for radical feminism besides just feminism, but I feel like there's just enough of the population who is using the same word for both that it STILL manages to be an issue.
Anyway, that was my off-the-cuff rant for today. Now let's talk about the extremes.
Radical Feminism
The dictionary definition of radical feminism is a group, normally consisting of women, who believe that the female gender is much higher than the male gender, and often make sexist remarks while discussing straight males. This group has gone on from just discussing females, and have also "included" transgender, gays, and racial minorities (I put included in quotations, mostly due to these people being batshit crazy and I don't see how anyone from those three groups would enjoy having these people on their "side"). This group is also sometimes called SJWs (Social Justice Warriors), radfems, and even far leftists (for people who can't help leaving politics out of the conversation). Another trait of radical feminism is their insistence that everything must be culturally and politically correct and appropriate or else, but that is a topic of discussion for another time.Obviously, these people are fucking bad. Fortunately, for the most part it seems as though 80 percent of the population agree that these people are dumb. Unfortunately, that still leaves 20 percent, and in a world filled with 7.3 billion people that isn't a very good sign. Yes, these are people who genuinely, unironically believe that all males must die (And no, minority males are no longer an exception. They're being hunted too. Sorry fellas.) These are people who actually burn books made by white authors because they shouldn't be able to talk about minorities. These are the people who argue with you with every "insensitive" remark you make (definition of that word varies). These are people who think that we need to have actual warnings on every small little thing we do just to not offend people. These are people who think comedy, for the most part, needs to die out. These are people who stage entire protests just because of some offhand comment about females, transgenders, or minorities. These people are insane, dangerous, and like I said, make up a very small portion of people.
Sure, there might be a few people out there who read this who think at least at this time there should be more sensitivity in comedy or comments, or that we should have more diversity in entertainment, and although I may not necessarily agree with these opinions/think they are important issues, I can agree that they are not as radical as, well, radicals.
Yet in the wake of this new wave of radical feminism (yup, it's existed in the past. no, I won't be discussing it in detail here), another, equally small, equally retarded group has come out of the woodwork to combat this so called "feminist threat"...
Men's Rights
The dictionary definition of Men's Rights activism is a group, normally consisting of men, who believe that the female gender is a significant threat to society and that it is men who deserve more rights than woman to keep them in check. This group normally consists of men who have once been rejected by a woman or have met a bad one, and instead of drawing the logical conclusion of "Oh, she was just a bad person", decide to declare informal jihad against the entire group. Remind you of something? Sounds a lot like how racism started.Now, I'll admit, this isn't nearly as dangerous as radical feminism. Hell, all this is is just being straight up stupid. What? People are making stupid assumptions? Don't they do that already?
Still, its notable due to its a) potential to be dangerous, and b) its at the opposite side of the spectrum as radical feminism, hence the title of this article.
To be honest, there isn't much to say about this one. Most people already know about this group, and know it's bad.
So, that's all for now. I've been planning to do a lot more posts in the future, both on this blog and the other one (Codex of Aegis), mostly because now there's a lot more to talk about.
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
E3: Review and Roundup
Now that E3 is finally in its days of settling, it seems now is a good time to "grade" each major publishers performance. Take in mind that this will not be based on their conference alone -- it will also account for things they announced at other conferences, and during the showcase days of E3.
BETHESDA
FINAL GRADE: B-
I liked Bethesda's showing mostly because it was very straight forward. Besides the dumb Elder Scrolls card game, they pretty much showed off exactly what everyone wanted. Todd "The Bomb" Howard got even me excited for Fallout 4, the DOOM trailer that none of us thought we would care about was actually pretty lengthy and interesting, Fallout Shelter is actually a fun little unique game, and we finally got confirmation of Dishonored 2.
MICROSOFT
FINAL GRADE: B
I've never, to this day, owned a Xbox, but I'm always willing to be persuaded to get one. Though I wasn't really interested this time either, it's now clear that Phil Spencer is doing an excellent job in terms of turning the company around after their abysmal performances in the last few years. Rare is finally free from its shackles to do whatever it wants, as well as a new IP from the creators of Megaman and Metroid Prime coming exclusively to the Xbox One. Also -- though the lineup for it as of now is very sparse -- backwards compatibility is an incredibly interesting feature, as well as one that Sony cannot compete in due to hardware constraints. This conference was quite enough to keep me, as a PS4 owner, worried (Though as it turns out, I would end up being very surprised).
UBISOFT
FINAL GRADE: D+
The Ubisoft conference left me incredibly impressed with the lineup they had, though that feeling of impressiveness slowly melted away when I realized that I still really didn't care for any of the games that Ubisoft was releasing. I'll admit that the live Siege demo they had actually got me a little interested, but beyond that everything they showed consisted of the same boring games they release every year, as well as a new title that just looked like those games that they release every year.
EA
FINAL GRADE: F
I expected nothing, and I was still let down. From the fact that 80% of the show was just sports, it was clear that the only thing they really had to show was Star Wars Battlefront -- and when they finally did show the gameplay trailer, there was nothing that was really holding me in. It just seemed like another dull FPS that you could occasionally switch to a third person mode -- disappointing, seeing as how hyped the original Free Radical trailer got me. Like with Ubisoft, I think I'm going to skip out on EA games yet again.
SONY
FINAL GRADE: A-
As I said before, coming into the Sony conference I was pretty worried. How could Sony possibly beat out Microsoft? I probably thought something vaguely resembling that. Oh boy, was I wrong.
First of all, some expected leaks were confirmed: FF7 Remake, Shemue III, and The Last Guardian. In addition, some exclusives we thought only vaguely of turned out to be looking incredible -- Horizon: Zero Dawn and Dreams to name two. And on top of all that, a series of smaller bonuses and timed exclusives for the more popular games being released this year and next. Microsoft did good, but who was expecting such a series of megatons to drop from Sony?
NINTENDO
FINAL GRADE: F
Now, after the Microsoft and Sony press conferences, it was obvious that Nintendo needed to step up their game. They not only failed to do that, but failed to really show anything at all. Their three biggest announcements -- Metroid Freedom Force, AC: Amiibo Festival, and Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes, seemed to just be budget substitutes of games people actually wanted (Metroid Prime 4, AC: Wii-U, and, well, The Legend of Zelda). The fire continued to burn after the conference, as numerous Nintendo execs tried hard to claim that nothing was wrong with the conference, as well as rumors that Nintendo was planning on abandoning the Wii-U in favor of the NX. If right now is a great time to be a PS4 owner, it must really suck to be a Wii-U owner.
SQUARE ENIX
FINAL GRADE: A
What a stellar performance from a company many thought was in a pretty dark place. A series of brand new announcements, such as the FF7 remake, Nier 2, and a brand new mainline JRPG IP, were placed along very impressive looking gameplay demos for games that had already been announced, primarily for Kingdom Hearts 3. Oh, and let's not forget Eidos Interactive, Square Enix's western wing -- Just Cause 3 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided were looking very impressive, and a brand new Hitman was announced, which seemed to hearken back to Blood Money rather than the not as well received Absolution. Definitely signs of a turn around for Square Enix, which will hopefully continue well into the future.
PC GAMING SHOW
FINAL GRADE: F
Oh, yeah! Almost forgot this happened. To be honest, this was just as bad as I was expecting it to be. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate PC gaming -- but just like every other system, I'd like to see some exclusives coming out for it. In the total two hours of the show, we got about 3 of those (2 of which I can't even remember the names of). The majority of the rest of the show primarily dealt with ports of console games, long boring talks with AMD execs, and DLC or expansion content for games that had already been released. Throughout the entirety of E3 however, games were being announced for the system -- except they would be released months, maybe even years after they had already come out on consoles, which seems to have been the case already for the PC.
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BETHESDA
FINAL GRADE: B-
I liked Bethesda's showing mostly because it was very straight forward. Besides the dumb Elder Scrolls card game, they pretty much showed off exactly what everyone wanted. Todd "The Bomb" Howard got even me excited for Fallout 4, the DOOM trailer that none of us thought we would care about was actually pretty lengthy and interesting, Fallout Shelter is actually a fun little unique game, and we finally got confirmation of Dishonored 2.
MICROSOFT
FINAL GRADE: B
I've never, to this day, owned a Xbox, but I'm always willing to be persuaded to get one. Though I wasn't really interested this time either, it's now clear that Phil Spencer is doing an excellent job in terms of turning the company around after their abysmal performances in the last few years. Rare is finally free from its shackles to do whatever it wants, as well as a new IP from the creators of Megaman and Metroid Prime coming exclusively to the Xbox One. Also -- though the lineup for it as of now is very sparse -- backwards compatibility is an incredibly interesting feature, as well as one that Sony cannot compete in due to hardware constraints. This conference was quite enough to keep me, as a PS4 owner, worried (Though as it turns out, I would end up being very surprised).
UBISOFT
FINAL GRADE: D+
The Ubisoft conference left me incredibly impressed with the lineup they had, though that feeling of impressiveness slowly melted away when I realized that I still really didn't care for any of the games that Ubisoft was releasing. I'll admit that the live Siege demo they had actually got me a little interested, but beyond that everything they showed consisted of the same boring games they release every year, as well as a new title that just looked like those games that they release every year.
EA
FINAL GRADE: F
I expected nothing, and I was still let down. From the fact that 80% of the show was just sports, it was clear that the only thing they really had to show was Star Wars Battlefront -- and when they finally did show the gameplay trailer, there was nothing that was really holding me in. It just seemed like another dull FPS that you could occasionally switch to a third person mode -- disappointing, seeing as how hyped the original Free Radical trailer got me. Like with Ubisoft, I think I'm going to skip out on EA games yet again.
SONY
FINAL GRADE: A-
As I said before, coming into the Sony conference I was pretty worried. How could Sony possibly beat out Microsoft? I probably thought something vaguely resembling that. Oh boy, was I wrong.
First of all, some expected leaks were confirmed: FF7 Remake, Shemue III, and The Last Guardian. In addition, some exclusives we thought only vaguely of turned out to be looking incredible -- Horizon: Zero Dawn and Dreams to name two. And on top of all that, a series of smaller bonuses and timed exclusives for the more popular games being released this year and next. Microsoft did good, but who was expecting such a series of megatons to drop from Sony?
NINTENDO
FINAL GRADE: F
Now, after the Microsoft and Sony press conferences, it was obvious that Nintendo needed to step up their game. They not only failed to do that, but failed to really show anything at all. Their three biggest announcements -- Metroid Freedom Force, AC: Amiibo Festival, and Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes, seemed to just be budget substitutes of games people actually wanted (Metroid Prime 4, AC: Wii-U, and, well, The Legend of Zelda). The fire continued to burn after the conference, as numerous Nintendo execs tried hard to claim that nothing was wrong with the conference, as well as rumors that Nintendo was planning on abandoning the Wii-U in favor of the NX. If right now is a great time to be a PS4 owner, it must really suck to be a Wii-U owner.
SQUARE ENIX
FINAL GRADE: A
What a stellar performance from a company many thought was in a pretty dark place. A series of brand new announcements, such as the FF7 remake, Nier 2, and a brand new mainline JRPG IP, were placed along very impressive looking gameplay demos for games that had already been announced, primarily for Kingdom Hearts 3. Oh, and let's not forget Eidos Interactive, Square Enix's western wing -- Just Cause 3 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided were looking very impressive, and a brand new Hitman was announced, which seemed to hearken back to Blood Money rather than the not as well received Absolution. Definitely signs of a turn around for Square Enix, which will hopefully continue well into the future.
PC GAMING SHOW
FINAL GRADE: F
Oh, yeah! Almost forgot this happened. To be honest, this was just as bad as I was expecting it to be. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate PC gaming -- but just like every other system, I'd like to see some exclusives coming out for it. In the total two hours of the show, we got about 3 of those (2 of which I can't even remember the names of). The majority of the rest of the show primarily dealt with ports of console games, long boring talks with AMD execs, and DLC or expansion content for games that had already been released. Throughout the entirety of E3 however, games were being announced for the system -- except they would be released months, maybe even years after they had already come out on consoles, which seems to have been the case already for the PC.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
E3: Predictions Review
So before I start, I want to point out I did a round-up for Bethesda and no one else. I was going to do this for all the conferences until I realized there's a bunch and it would take me a super long time to do something that all the other bigger guys have done already. So instead I'm going to make this (reviewing my predictions) and then when the PC Gaming Show is done, I'll start working on an overview of "grading" each of the conferences and giving my review of each. Anyway, let's get to it.
ORIGINAL LINK TO PREDICTIONS
I'll be going ahead and giving myself a point for each thing I get right, and 1/2 a point for everything I kind of got right but not really. Hey, it's my show!
I guess this can be a start of a game where I can compare my points in predictions each year and try to get better everytime as well.
BETHESDA CONFERENCE -
- Doom Gameplay (+1)
- Fallout 4 Gameplay (+1)
- Likely an announcement from one of the other studios. I'm looking mostly at Arkane, seeing that Tango and Machine released games just last year. Perhaps it will be a new Dishonored? Or a new IP altogether? (It was Dishonored 2! +1)
- Apparently there's also a Bethesda studio called "Battlecry Studios" which is making a game called Battlecry. I have no idea what that is, but perhaps that question will be answered in their press conference? (It was indeed answered: a kind of bad looking medieval TF2. +1)
MICROSOFT CONFERENCE-
Okay, I genuinely have no idea, speaking that most of their big title reveals have been pushed back to Gamescom. I have no idea whether this is because they want a strong Gamescom showing or they have a bomb to drop at E3, but I'm just going to go ahead and assume the bomb since E3 is a massive deal compared to Gamescom. I also don't know specifically the games they moved back, so forgive me if I mention a game that was already confirmed to not show up.
- Halo 5 Gameplay and Release Date (has a date been confirmed yet?) (As it turns out, the release date was confirmed a few months ago, so I'm going to go ahead and give me full points on this. +1)
- Quantum Break Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Quantum Break was one of the games moved back to Gamescom)
- Banjo Threeie (WRONG! Though Rare was at the conference, showcasing their new IP Sea of Thieves as well as the Rare Replay collection)
- Crackdown Gameplay (WRONG! Once again, Crackdown was one of the games moved to Gamescom)
- Forza Gameplay and Release Date (once again, date?) (Correct on both, but I'll just give myself +1 since I combined the two)
- Fable 4 (remember, a man can dream) (WRONG! Just Fable Journeys. God dammit.)
- New IP (From whom I'm not quite sure, but it's apparent that, unlike previous Xbox CEOs, Phil Spencer knows there needs to be more exclusives on the Xbone.) (This game was Recore, from Inafune (Megaman) as well as the creators of Metroid Prime. +1)
-Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay and Release Date (hopefully a name change too) (Gameplay, but unfortunately no release date nor name change. +1/2)
EA CONFERENCE-
Not really expecting anything special here. Same shit as always -- emphasis on the word "shit".
- Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (Date was confirmed earlier, but gameplay was there. +1)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst Gameplay (+1)
- New Battlefield Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Looks like Battlefront will be the Battlefield for this year.)
- SPORTS (+1, though I honestly don't think a single "SPORTS" was enough for just how much they had.)
- Mass Effect 4 Gameplay (WRONG! No gameplay, just a cinematic trailer.)
- Burnout: Not Burnout Edition Gameplay (WRONG! Though they did show Need for Speed, it wasn't the Criterion game.)
UBISOFT CONFERENCE-
- Cringy Aisha Tyler (+1)
- Some dumb danceparty (Starring Jason Derulo! +1)
- Far Cry 5 Gameplay and release date (though it hasn't been leaked yet, so maybe there is none?) (There was indeed no new Far Cry, however I did predict it, so no points here.)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate Gameplay and Release Date (+1)
- New UbiArt game (Don't think I saw anything on this.)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Gameplay and Release Date (The Release Date was announced earlier, but the gameplay was there. +1)
- "Special Surprise" at the end (My Street Fighter V senses are tingling, and they're saying it's a new Splinter Cell) (Nope! It was Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Though the bulk of the prediction was the surprise, so I'll give myself full points. +1)
SONY CONFERENCE-
- The Last Guardian (I said it once, I'll say it again ... I don't even like this game ...) (Now I like how it looks, though! +1)
- Persona 5 Gameplay and maybe release date (date?) (WRONG! Looks like so far the only Persona-related thing Atlus came to show was the same trailer that was released a few months ago with a few words translated.)
- MGS5 6-minute trailer (unless those rumors about it being at Keighley's show are actually real) (WRONG! It was at Keighley's show.)
- Uncharted 4 Gameplay and Release Date (No specific release date, but there was gameplay. +1/2
- Dark Souls III Gameplay (WRONG! All we got was a cinematic trailer shown at the Microsoft conference.)
- Bloodborne DLC Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG!)
- Horizon (Guerrilla Game's new game) (Full name Horizon: Zero Dawn. +1)
- Street Fighter V Gameplay and Release Date (Once again, no specific release date, but gameplay was shown. +1/2)
- No Man's Sky Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but gameplay. +1/2)
Suprisingly, I failed to predict both the Shenmue III and FF7 Remake announcements. My spider senses failed me on that one.
NINTENDO CONFERENCE- (this is where I go bold)
- Ryu and Roy for Smash Bros (leaked earlier today, guess it all depends if the leak is real?) (Leak is real, but the announcement was on the morning of the Nintendo World Championship.)
- New Metroid for the Wii-U by Retro Studios (WRONG!)
- New Metroid for New 3DS by Nintendo (...Correct? Kind of? The games were Metroid Federation Force + Blast Ball, but they do not look like they will be N3DS exclusives and I don't think they were developed by Nintendo.)
- Yookah-Laylee Gameplay (WRONG!)
- New IP (One from before with an official name) (Nope, no new IPs)
- Fire Emblem If Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but I believe gameplay was shown? +1/2)
- SMT vs Fire Emblem Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (STILL no gameplay, just another trailer.)
- Persona 3 & 4 HD for Wii-U (FUCK IT I DON'T CARE) (Wrong, hopefully to no one's surprise.)
Should've put my bold predictions in Sony. Servers me right for thinking the Direct was going to be good two years in a row...
TOTAL POINTS: 19 1/2
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ORIGINAL LINK TO PREDICTIONS
I'll be going ahead and giving myself a point for each thing I get right, and 1/2 a point for everything I kind of got right but not really. Hey, it's my show!
I guess this can be a start of a game where I can compare my points in predictions each year and try to get better everytime as well.
BETHESDA CONFERENCE -
- Doom Gameplay (+1)
- Fallout 4 Gameplay (+1)
- Likely an announcement from one of the other studios. I'm looking mostly at Arkane, seeing that Tango and Machine released games just last year. Perhaps it will be a new Dishonored? Or a new IP altogether? (It was Dishonored 2! +1)
- Apparently there's also a Bethesda studio called "Battlecry Studios" which is making a game called Battlecry. I have no idea what that is, but perhaps that question will be answered in their press conference? (It was indeed answered: a kind of bad looking medieval TF2. +1)
MICROSOFT CONFERENCE-
Okay, I genuinely have no idea, speaking that most of their big title reveals have been pushed back to Gamescom. I have no idea whether this is because they want a strong Gamescom showing or they have a bomb to drop at E3, but I'm just going to go ahead and assume the bomb since E3 is a massive deal compared to Gamescom. I also don't know specifically the games they moved back, so forgive me if I mention a game that was already confirmed to not show up.
- Halo 5 Gameplay and Release Date (has a date been confirmed yet?) (As it turns out, the release date was confirmed a few months ago, so I'm going to go ahead and give me full points on this. +1)
- Quantum Break Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Quantum Break was one of the games moved back to Gamescom)
- Banjo Threeie (WRONG! Though Rare was at the conference, showcasing their new IP Sea of Thieves as well as the Rare Replay collection)
- Crackdown Gameplay (WRONG! Once again, Crackdown was one of the games moved to Gamescom)
- Forza Gameplay and Release Date (once again, date?) (Correct on both, but I'll just give myself +1 since I combined the two)
- Fable 4 (remember, a man can dream) (WRONG! Just Fable Journeys. God dammit.)
- New IP (From whom I'm not quite sure, but it's apparent that, unlike previous Xbox CEOs, Phil Spencer knows there needs to be more exclusives on the Xbone.) (This game was Recore, from Inafune (Megaman) as well as the creators of Metroid Prime. +1)
-Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay and Release Date (hopefully a name change too) (Gameplay, but unfortunately no release date nor name change. +1/2)
EA CONFERENCE-
Not really expecting anything special here. Same shit as always -- emphasis on the word "shit".
- Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (Date was confirmed earlier, but gameplay was there. +1)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst Gameplay (+1)
- New Battlefield Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Looks like Battlefront will be the Battlefield for this year.)
- SPORTS (+1, though I honestly don't think a single "SPORTS" was enough for just how much they had.)
- Mass Effect 4 Gameplay (WRONG! No gameplay, just a cinematic trailer.)
- Burnout: Not Burnout Edition Gameplay (WRONG! Though they did show Need for Speed, it wasn't the Criterion game.)
UBISOFT CONFERENCE-
- Cringy Aisha Tyler (+1)
- Some dumb danceparty (Starring Jason Derulo! +1)
- Far Cry 5 Gameplay and release date (though it hasn't been leaked yet, so maybe there is none?) (There was indeed no new Far Cry, however I did predict it, so no points here.)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate Gameplay and Release Date (+1)
- New UbiArt game (Don't think I saw anything on this.)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Gameplay and Release Date (The Release Date was announced earlier, but the gameplay was there. +1)
- "Special Surprise" at the end (My Street Fighter V senses are tingling, and they're saying it's a new Splinter Cell) (Nope! It was Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Though the bulk of the prediction was the surprise, so I'll give myself full points. +1)
SONY CONFERENCE-
- The Last Guardian (I said it once, I'll say it again ... I don't even like this game ...) (Now I like how it looks, though! +1)
- Persona 5 Gameplay and maybe release date (date?) (WRONG! Looks like so far the only Persona-related thing Atlus came to show was the same trailer that was released a few months ago with a few words translated.)
- MGS5 6-minute trailer (unless those rumors about it being at Keighley's show are actually real) (WRONG! It was at Keighley's show.)
- Uncharted 4 Gameplay and Release Date (No specific release date, but there was gameplay. +1/2
- Dark Souls III Gameplay (WRONG! All we got was a cinematic trailer shown at the Microsoft conference.)
- Bloodborne DLC Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG!)
- Horizon (Guerrilla Game's new game) (Full name Horizon: Zero Dawn. +1)
- Street Fighter V Gameplay and Release Date (Once again, no specific release date, but gameplay was shown. +1/2)
- No Man's Sky Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but gameplay. +1/2)
Suprisingly, I failed to predict both the Shenmue III and FF7 Remake announcements. My spider senses failed me on that one.
NINTENDO CONFERENCE- (this is where I go bold)
- Ryu and Roy for Smash Bros (leaked earlier today, guess it all depends if the leak is real?) (Leak is real, but the announcement was on the morning of the Nintendo World Championship.)
- New Metroid for the Wii-U by Retro Studios (WRONG!)
- New Metroid for New 3DS by Nintendo (...Correct? Kind of? The games were Metroid Federation Force + Blast Ball, but they do not look like they will be N3DS exclusives and I don't think they were developed by Nintendo.)
- Yookah-Laylee Gameplay (WRONG!)
- New IP (One from before with an official name) (Nope, no new IPs)
- Fire Emblem If Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but I believe gameplay was shown? +1/2)
- SMT vs Fire Emblem Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (STILL no gameplay, just another trailer.)
- Persona 3 & 4 HD for Wii-U (FUCK IT I DON'T CARE) (Wrong, hopefully to no one's surprise.)
Should've put my bold predictions in Sony. Servers me right for thinking the Direct was going to be good two years in a row...
TOTAL POINTS: 19 1/2
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Monday, June 15, 2015
E3: Bethesda Conference Round-Up
Here's a quick round up of whats been announced at the Bethesda E3 conference:
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- Doom Gameplay
- Ah, yes. The lava factory.
- Double jump, just like the original. Wait, I don't think-
- New finishers, in the style of MK, that leave messes of blood.
- Game has health/armor/ammo that can be picked up easily like the other games, though their design is more akin to Quake.
- New multiplayer mode. You can play as one of the jetpack demons!
- Comes with Doom Snapmap, a map editor that is available on all platforms.
- Battlecry
- Looks like an action steampunk medieval game with Team Fortress 2 graphics
- No, seriously. This game looks a LOT like TF2.
- Dishonored 2
- Not much to talk about here. Looks like the game, but newer. Also, you can now play as an adult Emily, one of the main characters from the first game, in addition to the old hero Corvo (spelling?)
- Dishonored: Definitive Edition
- I think you know exactly what this is.
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
- Oh no.
- Also the Imperial City is under attack. Why? I don't even think the writers for this game know.
- I mean, they don't seem to know a lot.
- The Elder Scrolls: Dumb Mobile Card Game Edition
- ...I don't even want to talk about this...
- Fallout 4
- Prologue that starts before the war
- Sims 4 face sculpting!
- Fully voiced protagonist confirmed, as well as Bioware dialogue choices
- They spent the money to record 1,000 names, only for you to probably think of something ridiculous instead.
- Turns out things go sour, but you emerge from Vault 111 fine. That is, 200 years in the future.
- Now I'm not too sure of that, but I'm pretty sure that there was a popular fan-made Vault 111 that involved cryochambers. If that's true, that means Bethesda canonized it, which is pretty cool of them.
- VATs is back, just in case you used it. Hopefully you didn't.
- Layered armor and game tapes (minigames you can play on the Pipboy)
- The Collector's Edition of Fallout 4 comes with a Pipboy, that you can put your phone into, and they have an app to make it a real Pipboy. Or a second-screen experience. Your pick.
- This will allow you to just use the Pipboy that's in game in real life. Of course, it will still work if you just download the app and don't get the Pipboy.
- There's also an iOS game that you can play right now! It's called Fallout Shelter, and it's based on games like Tiny Towers and Sim Tower. However, it doesn't have any paywalls -- just a hearthstone-style "pack" system in which you can buy some packs if you feel like it (but are still available to you via challenges)
- We've finally gone full Minecraft -- you can create houses and settlements (the settlements can run independent on each other, as well as have trade routes to one another)
- Traders can work as traders, farmers as farmers. There's also an in-game wiring system similar to redstoning in Minecraft.
- You can also create custom guns and power armor using the same system.
- What I'm personally most excited for is that now every item in the game has a purpose! (salvaging, crafting, settling)
- However, it does look like (though has not been confirmed) that skills have been removed and replaced by a more detailed perk system.
- And, thank god, iron sights are back.
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