My brother finally got his Gameboy Advance and his first game is Sonic Advance. However, I have not been able to get near it....(grrrr...) Oh well, I'll let him off the hook for now, as I have been busy anyway. When I do have a bit of time....I've been under the weather.

I too have not been impressed with any of the new consoles thus far or the majority of their games. However, isn't this the way it is for at least the first year when a console launches? Usually it isn't until the 2nd year that the good games (if any) are revealed. Anyway...As far as I'm concerned...my money is staying in my pocket for a little while longer. Oh....wait! What am I talking about!? What money?

Why did I get a PlayStation 2?!?

* - you should see this article as some sort of 'angry rant', one which shows people 'the other side' to a certain situation.

Oh God. The games industry is just rubbish now. 'But look at all those games coming out!' They cry. Sorry, but Sega were always the best games company, as they have a huge list of innovation in games. And because they've gone everywhere, I don't know what to do. Here's a brief:

-The PS2 is rubbish. Yes, I know games like GTAIII, DMC and Pro Evolution Soccer have recently come out, but...where's the heart?!? I got Klonoa 2. That had heart, but it was way to short. Lovely graphics. That and Freak Out, which is quite slow and confusing. And apart from Timesplitters 2 and VF4(both sequels), there is little to look forward to that has a soul. Apart from Soul Calibur 2.

-The X-Box is poor. Halo is just rubbish(I don't care about what you can do - it's far too non-linear, so you spend ages looking for action), the Star Wars game is a rehash. I await JSRF, but I don't want to spend £300 on a huge radiator of a console. The only games that seem good and original for it are by Sega.

-The Gamecube...lacks. No game but Super Monkey Ball has impressed me on it. Good games again by Sega?

This Dreamcast defunct-o thing has really been bad. No Sega console means no nice. Boo hoo.

Ex-Box

Well, I got to play the X-Box properly. To be frankly honest...the games weren't exactly amazing. Halo, regardless of being quite overwhelming, feels like some sort of extended version of Turok:Dinosaur Hunter. Which was very tedious. I played DOA3. Wow! Amazing! It looks really nice! It's got new moves! New characters! Still pretty much the same as the second game. Oh. It looks nice.

The pads flippin' huge as well...as is the console. I should wait for Jet Set Radio Future, then I'll pass greater judgement.

It WAS funny

Alright, Digitiser is now a steaming pile of cack. Opinion is diverse for before it lost every bit of credibility - now, it is updated 3 times a week, not 6; it's lost all contact with three gaming journos(controversial Stuart Campbell, opinionated Tony Mott and 'Bad Influence' Violet Berlin); it thinks it's funny to have a crack at minorities and not majorities('I know, let's have ANOTHER dig at rock fans'); judges most games on the hype they receive - if a game has had no hype, it won't get a great mark. Frankly, it's now just another poor PlayStation2 mag in a thin dress. Well, it was funny.

digi is toss, do-you-see?

Sorry I'm a bit late on the topical front, but I gave up on Digitiser years ago. It isn't funny. They talk crap constantly, they’re practically the dictionary definition of ‘hypocritical’, and their reviews are just silly. The die hard fans claim it's still good because it's parodying conventional magazines, but that's just an attempt to hide the truth...Digitiser is just plain bad. The restricted format is no excuse either - bad journalism can't be passed off because it's Teletext. Digitiser had it's benefits pre-internet, but I really can't understand how anyone sane would subject themselves to such rubbish anymore...

You know....I haven't seen Sonic Advance out yet for North America. What's up with that? How much longer is it going to be?

I'm not even bothering about buying another console at least until Winter 2002. Although.....I may rent them out before then.....

No monet?

Oh my! All these games/consoles coming out in February/March in the UK. Far too much. Games: MGS2, VF4, Sonic Advance/ X-Box and many launch games, Gamecube(I think) and lauch titles, and some game I saw on Thumb Bandits called 'Ivo' which looked very nice. Unfair!

WWTBAM?2

Your joking right ? Shenmue 2 is much better than that.

MGS2

Did anyone enter that competition to have your name in the game ? You just gave your name and stuff and if you won it would be on one of the enemy soldiers dog tags.
That would be cool to have your name in a game like MGS2

Dino Planet

Oh yeah , stupid me , thats the new Starfox game , it looks wicked.

Bilge

Digitser used to be good. Now it sees it fit to become what it hated; changing the staff, losing anything humorous, giving 'trendy' games high marks (rating WWTBAM?2 above Shenmue II) and just plainly sucking. I don't know why I still read the damn thing.

Tasty

Hooray! Because we in Britain have to wait longer than America to get MGS2, we get some sort of cool limited edition version. I can't understand why Australia have Wipeout Fusion before us, though...

Dinosaur planet was a project that was in dev for the N64 but has since moved to the GC and now stars the Star Fox team (damn slippy)

What

Can I just say I hate Digitiser so much . Those guys are SOOO far up Sony's **** they should have suffocated years ago.

Also whats Dinosaur Planet ?

Coming from a name such as Digitiser I seriously doubt it.

First post in ages

As it is. Dinosaur Planet looks faaantastic! I thought that English companies were getting crap at making games, with only racing games coming from here. But mighty Rareware have proven me wrong! Sure, Digitiser (teletext-based thing) got really annoyed as they thought of the name (apparently), but this is bloody furry great stuff.

Well...

Just to put this in good light, here's wishing to a pleasant Christmas for all. Cheers :)

:( There are so many things I want to say about that other post Solid, but I don't have the cheek to insult other members on a blog which is not my own. I have been completly honest with those posts I generally hadn't heard that song in a long time so I thought I'd just point it out that you had reminded me, if I had known it would have come to this I'd have stayed quiet :(

forget i said that :$

mofos 'r' us

I feel like Saist - this really shouldn't have come to this. I blame TB. Look at what I said. No, REALLY, look at what I said, it's called reading. Would I quote the lyrics of a song I didn't know? I think not. For the sake of a little humour here I tried to insinuate that the statement, ''i will never throw my knickers at you', was about myself and not the lyrics of a song that I actually OWN. Some fool who seems to be on a permanent quest to correct me didn't realise this. I would've thought it was pretty freakin' obvious myself.

Do I really have to italic and include at least 5 smillies in each forum/blogger post just so people can spot the obvious joke? Oh, and when I said 'pointing out the obvious makes you look an arse' I wasn't talking about me. :) ;) :p :0 etc

But then again, I've just had to :(

Well excuuuuuuse me Solid, don't make dumb questions and you wont get dumb answers, OK?

Hurrah for Catatonia

Well I like em.

"Its all over the front page , you give me Road Rage , racing through the best days."
"Things are getting strange , Im starting to worry , this could be a case for Mulder and Scully"
"I log on for company , my ISP comforts me"
"Thats all folks , thats all folks , thats all folks , f*** all folks"
"So it seems , Jump or be Sane"
"There in your eyes , I see , Way Beyond Blue"

I think thats enough.

Anyway. JSRF is excellent

hmmmm........and the answer is...yes.