RITA'S CXLII: The Truth Was Obscure, Too Profound and Too Pure

**thehod** · 02-22-2012, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by jessecuster3

Outside?

For a few years, before Charlie arrived, our holidays consisted of going somewhere really hot and lying on a beach for a few days. I took my Gameboy and a stack of books and it was great. One of the latter holidays was when I had a PSP, and the moment the sun shone on it, playing anything on it became an exercise in futility.

So it tended to gather dust until the battery swelled so much it wouldn't sit in the battery slot properly.

Not seen the light of day since.

**Agent Helix** · 02-22-2012, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by jessecuster3

I still have a PSP, that I never use, and a whole stack of UMDs, so I am feeling like shame on me to consider the Vita, but in some ways I cannot resist it.

Way I look a it, I've got a smartphone. That's pretty much what portable gaming is now. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to play games that I'd rather play on a full TV setup.

**i_mmmchocolate** · 02-22-2012, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by howyadoin

Yeah, no doubt she's already been getting laid again. Possibly since before I ended things.

No need of any further emasculation.

Sounds like a good decision to skip out on that get-together; That's a mine-field of drama you don't need in your life.

**Slam_Bradley** · 02-22-2012, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by jesse_custer

In a Silent Way by Miles Davis is a great album for calming yourself.

I love it so very very much.

**jessecuster3** · 02-22-2012, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by thehod

For a few years, before Charlie arrived, our holidays consisted of going somewhere really hot and lying on a beach for a few days. I took my Gameboy and a stack of books and it was great. One of the latter holidays was when I had a PSP, and the moment the sun shone on it, playing anything on it became an exercise in futility.

So it tended to gather dust until the battery swelled so much it wouldn't sit in the battery slot properly.

Not seen the light of day since.

I think I may have played it while commuting on the train, but mostly in the house before I went to bed.

Originally Posted by Agent Helix

Way I look a it, I've got a smartphone. That's pretty much what portable gaming is now. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to play games that I'd rather play on a full TV setup.

I totally agree with that, but then I think NEW UNCHARTED GAME and my opinion changes.

**Vibranium** · 02-22-2012, 08:32 AM

the new Uncharted game ain't all that....it's basically a touch screen QTE adventure with some shooting mixed in

**Agent Helix** · 02-22-2012, 08:35 AM

Eh, Uncharted is decent, but I think most of the love those games get is too "OMG IT'S JUST LIKE A MOVIE!" for me. The platforming is so simple it may just be a cutscene, and the shooting has always been floaty and weird.

**Guapo Méndez** · 02-22-2012, 08:44 AM

Heh, just won 800,000 pounds sterling on the Irish Lottery.

You guys, who bought the ticket for me? Was it you, Joe?

**jesse_custer** · 02-22-2012, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Agent Helix

Eh, Uncharted is decent, but I think most of the love those games get is too "OMG IT'S JUST LIKE A MOVIE!" for me. The platforming is so simple it may just be a cutscene, and the shooting has always been floaty and weird.

Yep.

Speaking of weird shooting, there's just no excuse for that at this point.

**Vibranium** · 02-22-2012, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Agent Helix

Eh, Uncharted is decent, but I think most of the love those games get is too "OMG IT'S JUST LIKE A MOVIE!" for me. The platforming is so simple it may just be a cutscene, and the shooting has always been floaty and weird.

I figured that would be fixed in the second game.....so what do you all think has the best THIRD person shooting?

**Jeff Brady** · 02-22-2012, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by jesse_custer

Completely understandable. For what it's worth, I consider it superior to AND more groundbreaking than Bitches Brew.

A Tribute to Jack Johnson is my favorite Davis album.

I really need to sit down and listen to Jack Johnson for a while. That won't happen for a few years, but it's still a goal.

**jessecuster3** · 02-22-2012, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by Agent Helix

Eh, Uncharted is decent, but I think most of the love those games get is too "OMG IT'S JUST LIKE A MOVIE!" for me. The platforming is so simple it may just be a cutscene, and the shooting has always been floaty and weird.

I love them, but really its because of the outrageous set pieces, I mean shooting guys while climbing around a moving train, at the same time dodging signals is not in every game...

**Agent Helix** · 02-22-2012, 08:59 AM

The train level was a high point, but by the end of 2, they clearly had run out of ideas, and just throw you in a bunch of rooms and swarm you with wave after wave of cannon fodder. The cracks really, really show when the game's not wowing you with breathtaking visuals and barely interactive setpieces.

**Winslow** · 02-22-2012, 09:02 AM

55 today and getting up to 60 by Friday.

I don't rememnber a winter so mild. Or maybe the snow dumps of the past 2 years have skewed my memory. Or maybe I'm old and don't remember anything.