I usually make my own personal header images or image caption titles for my posts. However, I cannot take credit for this hilarious parody gif about yesterday’s Xbox One launch but it’s exactly how I feel about the whole situation. Yesterday’s launch, based on all the incoming news about how it works, really is not even worth a post. Because it’s becoming an increasingly irritating machine already. Just enjoy the show, haha.

[Side note: Photoshop Touch is such a bitch to use!]

Looks like my cable box

Microsoft announced it’s next console at a press event earlier today.  I’ve been sort of following it through out the day, grabbing little tid bits here and there .  From what I gather, it looks like it will be more than a gaming machine, it will be an all in one media type hub. It’s pretty much made to look to sit right next to your cable box and make it not so stand off-ish.  I am not too crazy on the looks, but at the same time I don’t mind it.  It’s made to be one with your home entertainment center, and it wont stick out like a sore thumb.  Microsoft also announced a new Kinect to go along with the XB1, and you cannot have an XB1 without a Kinect since it sort of needs it.

Don’t like the fact that you are tied to the Kinect, but I guess you can view it as having a Wii Motion Sensor but beefed up.  It’s another thing that will break, and in my mind, can be avoided, but somehow, you need a Kinect for the XB1 to work.

The controller looks about the same as the old XB360′s.  Some changes of course, but overall, like the PS4, it retains that shape we all are used to already.

Hardware specs wise, it seems to be on par with the PS4.  Both are running AMD chips on x86 architecture, both will have 8 GB of RAM (though PS4 will use GDDR5 as opposed to DDR3 on the XB1), DX 11.1 graphics capabilities, 500 GB of storage and a bevy of wireless signals, and USB 3 ports.  It will be able to support 4k also.  No real details on what the hardware can do as of yet.

They did show off some trailers, which look pretty impressive, but for some reason it didn’t have the same ‘oomph’ that the PS4 ones did.  But this was a fairly short event, so I’ll hold my reservations on that for now.

To be honest, I’m not as wowed with this.  It may very well blow my socks off later on, but as of now, I am putting my money on Ps4 first.  The tied to Kinect feature was a bit of a let down for me, but other than that, it looks like it’s going to be a powerhouse of a unit.  It’s up to the developers to really tie all what it can offer together.

I am excited to see what can be done with this and the PS4.  Hardware specs wise, both seem to be going at it neck and neck, and it will be exciting to see what sort of edge each machine can offer to the gamers.  Not all that media stuff, but on the games itself.  I couldn’t care less if it can handle Netflix and what not, but I want to see what it will be able to offer to us, the gamers, on the gaming side of things.  I need to do some more reading on this, and digest all the info that’s been outed.  Update’s to follow.

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A new trailer for The Wolverine is now live. You know who else is (a)live?! JEAN MOTHERFUCKING GREY!!! Please feel free to hit the Play button for your viewing pleasure. NOW!

The Wolverine slices and diced in theaters this July 2013.

Source: SuperHeroHype

His first single, The A Team, peaked at number one. This song is his follow up single. It peaked at number 4, and I like it so much better, just because the songs have such contrasting sounds.

You Need Me is nothing like the A Team, actually. It’s no ‘pity on the beautiful hooker’ song, it’s a, ‘screw you, I’m me’ song. Fantastic, really.

Here’s the music video. Get at it.

Photo courtesy of Kotaku

Someone from Reddit pieced it together.  looks PS3 ish.  I kind of like the minimalist design. Who knows how close this is to the final product.

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Photo courtesy of IGN

Not to be outdone by Microsofts next gen XBox announcement set tomorrow, Sony teased us with glimpses of the PS4.  We will still have to wait until June when they announce more info on their upcoming console.

I’m really curious also as to what Microsoft is set out to announce tomorrow.

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The Arctic Monkeys have always been on my radar, but after listening to literally all their songs available to listen to on Spotify and YouTube,  I’ve fallen in love. This band is just tremendous. I remember the first song I ever heard by them was Brianstorm on my old MP3 player that The Big Cheese gave me several Christmases back (seriously, thank you man, full access to good music changed my life).

Today I woke up to my music blasting after crashing to sleep, and this was the first song that I was able to cohesively listen to. And now it’s stuck in my head. It’s a true, blue collar Earworm.

Go ahead and listen to this beauty.

MGS: Legacy Collection is finally priced And dated (Again) at Amazon.com. When news first broke out about the Legacy Collection the release date was estimated to be sometime in June. Now however, Amazon has it at July 9th 2013 but at a seemingly decent price for $49.99. This is welcomed news for veterans of the franchise as well as newcomers alike. We will all get to relive and/or experience the MGS saga without missing a beat! Here’s a photo of what’s included:

The Legacy Collection contains:

• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD Edition
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD Edition (which includes the MSX versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Trophy Edition
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition
• Two Ashley Wood digital graphic novels
• 100 page artbook spanning the 25 year history of Metal Gear Solid

That’s more Snakes than you can shake a plane at. And $50 bucks for all this is a definite steal. All you MGS heads can procure/preorder your own Legacy Collection at the source. Can I get a Fuck Yeah?!

Source: Amazon

3A is producing, or has been producing, yet another gigantic Metal Gear. This time around its Metal Gear RAY who’s shining in the spotlight. 3A’s last outing was for Metal Gear REX. REX’s ratio is estimated at about 1:48 and I’m guesstimating that RAY will be roughly the same ratio. I’m also assuming the price range will be just as similar at around $599.99. Here are a few new photos to whet your appetites. It’s the size of a gahdamn golden retriever!

[What I wanna know is, where'd Shinkawa get his footwear?!]

[Open wide and say AHHHHHHHHHHHH!]

Judging from the pics it seems RAY’s body has plastic armaments like its big brother REX, while its feet seem to have a rubberized outer shell. That could possibly help when posing RAY on sensitive surfaces or so that its feet stay in place on smoother planes so as not to slide. Either way it looks great! More details forthcoming.

Source: MetalGearSolid.nl

To celebrate Gran Turismo’s 15th anniversary, Sony announced it’s 6th iteration.  This sort of came out of left field, but I had an inkling that it will be announced when they started posting Gran Turismo History on FB.  I’ve been a huge fan since it’s release, and have owned every Playstation release (sans PSP version), and I am just revving with anticipation.  It is set to be released this holiday season, and perhaps a PS4 variant as well.  I have to start workin extra OT, and save every penny for this coming holidays.

Check out the announcement video below, and intro’s to the previous GT releases.

Gran Turismo Retrospective trailer (shows GT in all it’s iterations.  very cool trailer)

Gran Turismo 5 e3 Trailer (5OUL ON D!SPLAY – Daiki Kasho)

Gran Turismo 5 Opening Movie (Planetary GO – My Chemical Romance)

Gran Turismo 4 Opening Movie (Panama – Van Halen – My personal favorite, it just fits)

Gran Turismo 3 Opening Movie (Are you Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz)

Gran Turismo 2 Opening Movie (My Favourite Game – The Cardigans)

Gran Turismo 1 Opening Movie (Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers: Go Brothers Remix)

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