Monday, 21 June 2010

Sigh.

Its another wistful one so bare with me. Il get the life stuff out of the way and then talk about DCU.

So i have a lot wrong with me. Annie (who is in DC with me currently) and I have been talking. I kind of don't expect people to really know too much as to why i want to write all this down but i feel like it. Ive got a pacemaker due to some issues as a kid (see last post...being beaten) and with the weight im going to be putting on thanks to another issues, it brought up the fact that its a damned if i do, damned if i don't kind of life i have going on here. Someone i talked to said "As long as your happy, thats important" and i am but i think in all honesty im more happy knowing my life is going to be good, rather then i know im going to live a long time. The whole focus on my brother is because in the long run, he's more likely to have a long life then me. Factors and nature is against me rather heavily and i know it.

Im willing to accept it. ^^ Im not upset at all (...which maybe a lie depending on the day) but i just want do get stuff sorted and ignore everything else. Lifes too short to worry.

Anyway, DCU stuff. Jim Lee is a nice guy, look him up on Wiki to find out who he is. He has a vision for what he wants this game to be but i feel so sorry for him. He's out of his depth in ways. This isn't much of a post about it because im not allowed to say too much about what i asked him (rules) but what i will say is that he's such a nice man with a real sense of reason and purpose but knows its going to be hard to prove it. I have to give him all the help i can really, so im praying it goes well. :)

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Its late, im tired but there's the moon.

The moon is something i love so much. Its why the whole idea of "Worca" came up in the end. I thought id write a little about myself for once (Self centered gal that i am) and explain the name "Worca".

Way back when i was in school with my brother, we had nicknames because we really did stick together so much. He protected me because i was picked on so much and it meant a lot. They called him "Wolfie" due to his rather protective nature and the fact his hair was really long and shaggy like a wolf picture at school. They called me "Orca" which came from the fact i was a rather...chubby girl back then but also because i always wore black and white and swam EVERY-FRICKING-DAY. I love swimming. My brother's name got changed to "Wolfos" during the Zelda craze of the N64 and he never minded. When my brother got told of his condition, a problem with his hypothalamus that causes a lot of problems but most of all issues with weight and body temp, i spent time helping him get over some aspects. He was made fun of so much, ripped into and beaten up. It was insane the amount of stuff that happened and the people that now have criminal records due to this. I did my best to protect him and even got beaten a few times myself but it was my fault really for opening my mouth. I have a temper when it comes to protecting something. This leads to how my name came about. My brother had to drop out of collage due to his weight and i was left on my own in my media. I was perfectly fine but one day i broke down crying after being told my brother had a heart attack. He was only 18 and it wasn't a good sign. My friend Annie said "The more you protect people, the harder it is for you to accept them getting hurt. It must be a wolf thing" which made me laugh and say "That must make me a wolf orca?". So i combined the names and it stuck. Even people at work call me Worca because it has a meaning to me.

Worca : Wolf - Orca. Something large but protective of its friends and family. Something that will not accept the problems others have as its my job to fix them.

That is whats written on my yearbook for University by my English teacher. I still smile when i look at it because its proof that the idea carries enough to make even other people understand. Its also why i like giving gifts to cheer people up. I know it helps and i do "Gift Wars" with my friends on steam. Think a snowball fight but with games. Someone throws a game at me, i return with two. It gets a bit silly but i love making people smile. ^_^

Its funny how the moon makes me feel like talking about all this and doesn't make it sound stupid in my head. I feel happy right now. Im in DC, the moon is bright and the sound of cars is quiet in the background. I can see so much of the city and it really does make me remember how awesome it is to do things. I can't wait to visit my certain someone too. If only because its one more thing to add to my reasons to feel happy right now.

On that note : I hate cramps *Drumhit for timing*

Night all ;) sleep well if you are due to, or have a great day if you don't ^_^

Saturday, 19 June 2010

That kinda day

Twitter fight with Angry Joe. Angry blah blah blah. One day people will listen to me i guess.

Linkara made me smile. Shows you how someone nice can react to something like that really.

-_- Ive had a bad few days i think. Tonight, il be dead tired again.

Friday, 18 June 2010

Day 3 isn't worth talking about.

I don't do day 3 since i did the major stuff day 2 but yea. All the footage shot for DCU was shot by me on IGN. Enjoy it. ^_^

Swag time!

Now, i got lots of swag, stuff i promised to the brigade as well as odd stuff. I have.

1 fox hat from super scribblenaughts (Vix's)
1 set of signed comics by Jim Lee (prof)
1 awesome "Wrex" and "Shepard" figure set SIGNED (Ark)
A Kirby patch.
The slim 360.
Around 10 DCU beta keys
5 Beta keys for "Something im not saying"
1 xbox pad with blue beetle drawn on it by Jim Lee (yea...go with it)
The best thing ever that i need to take photos of.
1 DS game i have no idea what it is but its gold >.> ooooh.
A marvel action figure that makes iron man look like a bucket.
A pair of boxershorts that have dragon age people on...um, anyone want?
And lastly, a memory stick from obsidian with "Only for worcanna" on it. Im scared to look at it.

:) anyone want?

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Day 3 : Why do i bother with this again?

Nintendo wins E3 by playing the best played game in the business. Fact.

What makes me say this? Lets play a little game called "Glasses". Here is how it works.

Nintendo made the casual gamer a market filled with money. This is represented with a glass full of water. Sony and MS have a empty glass with maybe a tiny bit each between them. This is to show the hardcore gamer market that has always been split between them. Now, let's break this down even more to its core elements. Nintendo basicily said "Sorry hardcore gamers, we only have the old school games to keep you going, along with a few drips and drops. Our DS is more your kinda thing at the moment." and so they went to MS and Sony. GAMING MOVED FORWARD. Unlike things like films and TV, gamers move there own world forward by surporting there developers and giving them money so more steps can be made. Its why EA is not the monster it used to be as yes, while it keeps a tight grip on somethings lets them keep money flowing, im sure they also fund minor projects and indy games to let that market grow too. God forbid!.

While Sony and MS have hardcore and old school gamers with them, gaming moves forward because of the tech behind it. The problem is this new market Nintendo have. It is just a titanic market, filled to bursting with idiots that don't know better and are willing to buy shovelware (a term used to describe crap games that are made on the cheap and rushed) at any price. Nintendo ALLOWED this market to keep going because it made them money so fast that it wasn't even funny. What happened? Sony and MS wanted that feeling and so Natal and Move was made (I refuse to call it Kinect. Screw that). Now i know your thinking what this has to do with E3, right? Let's go back to the glasses game and il explain.

Nintendo has this glass full of casuals that already have a cheap gaming console that does movement games. They don't lose water really since there market wont vanish. They now have a wii in nearly every household so why would they?. Instead, the hardcore gamers from Sony and MS see this shift in there companies as a sign of weakness and most of all disservice to them. They helped keep there PS3's and Xbox's going in the long run and its painful to watch your console be turned into a "wii rip off". So the hardcores now move to nintendo, who happen to have a TITANIC showing of old school games like Donkey Kong, Kid Icarus, Golden Sun and the 3DS that promises to be the DS for hardcore gamers really. Why should you stick with MS or Sony when Nintendo have not just all the cards, THERE MAKING NEW ONES!. And the sad part is that's not even the worst thing in this. Its that MS really put all there cards on the table with Natal. The big name reveal that really was pushed to be the next big thing ended up being railroaded by Nintendo's old school revival AND Sony point out that without buttons, your console add on is WORSE then the wii without the motion plus!. That's sad....very sad. Sony said it best "Without buttons, unless you plan on catching a ball, your not going to have control"

What made me cry with laughter though in the end was Sony more then MS because of how desperate they push new tech onto people. It really does ruffle me the wrong way when you hear about how 3D is the new thing and Nintendo prove flat out you don't need the glasses and such to make it work. Instead, you have this idiotic TV that forces people to wear glasses. This is what you want to make your gamers do? Wear that for a "Truly Emerson Centered Gaming Experiences (tm)"? Don't make me laugh! We pay enough in the cinemas for that crap, you want it in our house? How will it make a first person shooter any deeper when we have two of your multi-coloured lollipops in our hands spazzing out as you try to say "ITS A GUN, SERIOUSLY?!".

Nintendo, you have proven to me you are what gamers want nowadays. What saddens me is that it toke so many years for you to do it and you still don't understand fully what it is. This year simply put was AWFUL. For every step we take forward, someone pulls us back. MS is a laughing stock with the worst in show easily. Sony proved they have the games, just not the brains and Nintendo are just two faced to there market it seems as they turned there back on the hardcore...then when it suited them came back with open arms.

Il make the ending positive because to be honest, who wants to read all that and feel down. DCU (DC Universe) looks really really good, something i was hoping it would because im more then willing to throw the cash at it. Warhammer 40k's MMO "Dark Millennium" also looked more complete then i could of thought but unfortunately i think its going to go the way of the other warhammer and end up being "for fans". Bioware's MMO looks too good to be true and id ask you all to give me your opinions on that as i also have a few beta keys for that and its...going to be interesting to see. Its very much a MMO war going on at the moment as Warcraft is dieing now. People smell the blood in the air.

Outside of that. Kirby's game on Nintendo had me crying tears of joy...why? HE TURNS INTO A CAR...I WANT ONE OxO; S...sorry, its a reaction to cute. Come on, you have to admit he's so squishy. Even his anime was good! The theme song "Right back at ya" was good....all 2 people i know are looking at me in shame i bet. ¬_¬ meh!.

In life stuff here, since i haven't posted in a while. Im really loving LA. Its so nice to walk around and it feels big. I went shopping for a few things as i was demanded to by Grace. I have a swimsuit for later as well as a new Green Lantern shirt as my current one was tight enough to make the owner of the DCU booth go red and give me a interview he wasn't willing to give. Go boob powers! -_-. Needless to say, todays my last day and then i have 3 days rest before im off to DC to do a lot more. Its going to be a fun few days ;).

...Do i get hugs now? T.T i updated and gave honest opinions and journalistic things. Im a good girl. *sniffle and curls up in bed*

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Day 2 : What the frack happened?

So....Kinect. Im not sure how to take it. Thats all really. They did damage to the press chances with that ....thing they made us do.

E3 has been dull though so far. Yes, we got a free console (mines being sent to the UK) but that's all it is. Its a free console because we have to review from new hardware. Its logical really. The thing that really pushes my buttons was Ubisoft showing how much of a totally fracked up bunch of loonies they are. Seriously, the Assassin's Creed stuff looks STUPID. They gave us a crossbow finally in the game...AFTER YOU GAVE US A GUN! Do i have to pull out a flow chart to show you that going backwards in tech, makes the flow of gameplay from game to game feel stupid! GRAH! On the same line of that idiotic mistakes...was "Laser tag". I kid you know. They are going to sell guns, that you plug in via USB and register. You then go out, play over the city/town/fields/your house. You then reconnect them and your added to a scoreboard.

You know what, im not done with Assassin's Creed. What the hell are you thinking? I loved the first game and i know many that did. You had a interesting concept that was ruined by a few problems, you fixed them in two only to make VASTLY new ones that ruined the game. Your answer is to make a SIDE GAME?! with Ezio (because fan-wankery is a good money making tool) going to Rome to finish the fight against the templar. Only the small problem with that is HIS STORY FRACKING ENDED! Im not going to ruin it as its not worth ruining but they ended it. They said how it ended, they showed you it. HE HAS NO MORE STORY. Making up a stupid reason because you want money makes your universe feel thin and uncaring of its own rules. The announced AC3 and its going to be in Egypt but fans wanted the japan idea. Why did you side-step it? The idea of a female assassin would of brought more girls into the idea, would of given interesting ideals on gender identity as well as showing that your main hero, Desmond isn't a total waste of space in the story anymore because THATS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IN THE END! GRAH!

Anyway.....im sorry.

Getting back on track, i did a lot of thinking while looking over at the Starwars gameplay. Yes, the CGI film made 1-3 look like crap. It made me want to play. Bioware are so good at doing that, making me want to play a game. It seems strange though that i have to point out that a thing they talked about called Player Housing is ruined by there own concept. In games like Warcraft, D&D and other such games, housing is used as a rank of status and safety. Its also a place you can hang your hat. Its why fans are so wanting it in WoW because it lets them boast that they own a home. In SWTOR, its going to be our ship. A base of operations for you to plan your attack. That changes what it is, its not housing. Its a base and while most think its the same, its not at all. If im going home, i want it to be a place i can put a claw on the wall and say "I killed that today, it was a battle worthy of song". Not "I need to repair something and log out" (this is what they have said, im going to interview them today so il confirm this). Its a small difference really that changes how you play the game. Much like the MMO Champions Online Vs DC Universe online. Same basic concept as in you are playing as a superhero. The big change comes when you are forced to take on the powers of another hero. While i understand its to keep copyright infringement down, its changed the game to "sidekicks online". Still, what pisses me off the most in that game is the level 25 Doomsday. Why not make him dance while your at it. HE'S CALLED DOOMSDAY FOR A REASON!

Blah. Today's plan of attack.
Bioware.
Bethesda
Sony
Find tea that doesn't suck.
Try to work out whats going on over at Ubisoft.
Play Magic when i get home because it better be downloaded.
Maybe beat Ark and Prof in a first person shooter. :)

Monday, 14 June 2010

Day 1 : Things already started on the wrong foot.

Dear Microsoft,

Journalists are not your monkeys to play with. We have a soul and do not wish to wait in line for around 3 hours to be part of a nearly 1 hour long advert. Thank you.

Now that's done, today is my day. Its not a long day really but its busy. Im there early to do a pre-round, followed by a few little things like checking my stuff and making sure all is well on my bosses end. Ive then got to head to bioware and bethesda (spelling? i never understood there name) as quickly as i can and don't stop. After that, its wounder lust really. I finish at 4pm but il be leaving early as my boss will cover the interviews outside of bioware and such. Also, DCU im going to DC for so..you know.

Notes to remember

Annie scares me when she's drunk. How much sake does it take to get a 400lb+ girl drunk?
Grace is awesome and full of win.
Get Vix the fox hat.
Get D2 codes
Get prof comics.
Talk to Valve and threaten them with cuddles if they do something good.
Update more. :)