Mm… Braaaaiiiiins… Oh sorry! Look what’s back! With the supposed details that were recently posted about the next PlayStation, I decided to resurrect The Gamer Conversations from the dead along with Gabby, even if I’m not sure just how often they’ll be posted. (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes.):
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Short and sweet. Part 1 of the Heavy Rain discussion.
Upcoming interactive drama, Heavy Rain was a substantial reason why I bought my PS3. Heavy Rain premiered at E3 2006, via a tech demo called The Casting. Then in 2008, Heavy Rain reappeared with a new demo that featured a now-false release date of 2009. My interest was piqued with the release of the GamesCom 2009 trailer.
Quantic Dream and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) are really going all out for the title. I personally can’t remember any other game that’s had more English promotion online. SCEE (Europe) has set up Four Days, an alternate reality game (as Kotaku calls it), that plays out over 4 days from sign up on the Precinct 52 website.
Completing Four Days gives you (at time of this writing) early access to the European demo, which is scheduled to be released on February 11.
Gabby and I both got the demo, and the following conversation occurred (You’ll see why this is just part 1). (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes.):
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The other night, Gabby went on the ESRB website then IM’d me. I was intrigued by her findings, and so the following conversation occurred. (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes.):
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The title refers to this cutscene:
Fair warning, expect more Persona posts in the future.
On Wednesday, January 20, Atlus announced the North America release of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (P3P) for PSP (Boxart and Opening movie at the bottom of this post). Now, this is a significant announcement for me and Gabrielle (henceforth shortened to “Gabby”), because we met in 2007 thanks to our love for the original P3.
As we are living in an age where information is easily obtainable thanks to the Internet, she and I have been keeping a watchful eye on Atlus’ releases on both sides of the Pacific. So when the news broke, last August, that there would be a PSP version of one of our favorite RPGs, Gabby and I started guessing when Atlus USA would bring it over.
Then Wednesday, she sent me a text saying “Sooner than I thought. P3P coming July ’10.” I replied to this with “I really need a [PSP]Go then.” (I traded my PSP in because the newer games needed a higher firmware than I had and at the time, I couldn’t upgrade and continue to use my PSP. The Go however, has the ability to be controlled natively with a DualShock 3. This does away with my need to have custom firmware, RemoteJoy, Xpadder and a computer just to play.)
The following conversations occurred from Thursday morning up til Saturday night. (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes.)
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We’re back with part 2 of this little series of mine, The Gamer Conversations. Right now, it’s just me and my friend, Gabrielle, but I’m hoping to talk to other people in the future. As this is currently only me and my friend, I’d like to reiterate that these comments are purely observation and opinion.
A few weeks back, I got an email from Xbox telling me I had a month of Gold membership left and to renew it. As I’m getting evermore aggravated with 360, I told Gabrielle about it. The following ensued (As with last time, my replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes. I’m still trying to figure out a format):
Dear [GamerTag removed for obvious reasons],
Your subscription to Xbox Live Prepaid 3 Month Gold Membership Card will expire on Monday, February 01, 2010. To avoid a possible interruption of your subscription service, please renew your subscription by Monday, February 01, 2010.
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“Why do I even have a 360?”
This is a question my friend, Gabrielle, asked herself earlier this year (and later ditched the 360), and one I’m currently asking myself. I always enjoy talking to her, Because she and I think A LOT alike, and we have the same taste in games for the most part. In addition, she knows her stuff as she works at a GameStop in Michigan. This is the answer that she came up with (The following is mostly opinion and observation.) *My replies are in bold, while hers are in quotes*:
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