Putting Your Best Footage Forward

Something Ive never done before is get any type of footage for a video game. This was my first attempt at it. I put my Mac in front of my tv and hit record. However, not only is the screen to light and obscured but my isight also records everything as if it was a mirror image. So my characters in the game are moving to the left instead of the right.





This was alot of fun and Ive also enlightened myself on how to actually get footage thats visually satisfying. Be sure to check back here for more funny videos, articles, links, raves, reviews, and anything else we feel like writing about.

The Sound of Music

In the video game world, music is very important. In many cases the music and sound effects to a lesser degree carry weight inside a players game. If the music seems out of place it can thoroughly destroy a game. At the very least it can ruin a players experience. If this seems hard to grasp try to think of the game Halo for a moment. Imagine Master Chief hitting the planet and instead of the awesome orchestral rock score being the background music, hear "Im Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred as chief starts fighting the covenant.



While completely hilarious to daydream about, the epic feeling of Halo wouldn't be quite as legendary.



So, to celebrate great music in video games I introduce my followers and newcomers to OCRemix. This website's artists seek out good video game music and turn it into a remix all its own. Hit this site up.

Ps: Hit up this site while youre at it and check out RealTalk.

SuperGamerology

Gaming Is...

Upfront, I must confess my biases. It is my belief that all good writers should, in order to inform his reader, while in turn earning their trust.

1. I am a Star Wars fanboy. No ifs, ands, or buts about that. I am proud of this fandom, and will explain its' genesis to anyone who asks (just not right now).

2. DC Comics... if anything could come close to my love of Star Wars, it would be my love of comics, and most especially those from Detective Comics Entertainment. Batman, Green Lantern, Power Girl, the list goes on... DCU Online is going to take up FAR too much of my free time once it launches in November.

3. There has been no better show on television in recent memory than Lost. And I will personally fight you if you say otherwise!

4. Finally, and most pertinent to this blog, I am a PlayStation gamer. In my childhood and teenage years, my family owned and I played on four gaming console, not including personal computers: the SEGA GameGear handheld, Nintendo Game Boy Color handheld, Sony PlayStation, and Nintendo GameCube.

Fifty percent of my consoles were products of Nintendo, but I would say that 90 percent of my gameplay growing up was on consoles and handhelds from that company. Whether played with friends at their homes or borrowed consoles at my own, I grew up with Mario, Donkey Kong, GoldenEye, Rogue Squadron, and (more recently) Wii Sports. It helped that the products of one of my other obsessions were heavily featured on Nintendo consoles, as LucasArts pumped out several classic games in the 90's for Nintendo (Shadows of the Empire and Rogue Squadron topping the list).

But with age comes maturity, and my first (and, so far, only) console purchase in adulthood has been the PlayStation 3. My reasoning is this: a) blu-ray movies--Sony made 'em, and this was my primary reasoning for buying a PS3--I love films, and with Sony's victory in the HD wars, the PS3 became the ideal meld of two loves; b) I owned a previous Sony console, and based on that experience, as well as familiarity with a roommate's PlayStation 2, I had confidence that my purchase would be a worthwhile one; c) a growing buzz around PS3's first-party software appealed to me, as I had little love for XBOX exclusives such as Halo and Gears of War; but games like Uncharted [modern day Indiana Jones], inFamous [superhero], and Heavy Rain [noir-ish mystery] appealed to me more.

So when I'm reviewing games for this blog, or expounding upon gaming culture, understand that it comes from a bias towards the PlayStation systems. I will review PC games as well, and multi-platform titles, but there will be few--if any--XBOX 360 or Wii reviews coming from this reviewer.

As always, comments are welcome. Live Long, and May the Force be with you.

Greetings and Salutations

Hello, Internet-land. James T. Skywalker*, here! That's right, you saw the name... your friendly neighborhood clone, hero of not one, but TWO galaxies!

Of course, by day, I'm just mild-mannered Brien Bell, a 25-year-old Star Wars fan, comic book reader, and--as you might have guessed--video gamer. Since 1999 I've been known as James T. Skywalker on about a dozen different websites, including the Official Star Wars Site, starwars.com, where I have served as a forum moderator since 2002.

I am currently working two jobs while trying to find time to get back to school to finish my degree (maybe I'll create a poll, once we get some followers, to decide exactly what that degree will be). In the meantime, my life is pretty great: good friends, good games, and hopefully some good feedback from you, the reader.

So here we go, James T. Skywalker joins the Super Gamerologist. Let the mayhem begin!

Live Long and May the Force Be With You!**

(* This name is not related to any person, real or imagined, and is not endorsed by Lucasfilm Inc., 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, CBS Productions, or any entity or subsidiary related to Star Wars and/or Star Trek.)

(** Ok, maybe that was somewhat related to both aforementioned properties. Think they'll mind?)

Free MMORPGS

Ive been stuck in Starcraft 2 world for the last two days. Its been an awesome ride thus far and I want to finish it. Starcraft 2 up for gamerology? We shall see. However, Id like to take this moment and mention free games online especially mmorpgs. Lately Ive been spending my time looking at these games because they have some great features in them. One feature is obvious and that's they are free. They don't cost a glorious cent. In fact they don't cost the player anything. The second feature for some of these games are that they are comparable to some of the best titles in the genre. Without these indie games offering free software the market wouldn't be quite as potent. And with that written, if you'd like to experience any free mmorpgs or just great games in general check out these two websites.

Gamer Stiker Mario 1989 a by ~xIvanCorex on deviantART

MMOHut and RetroGamer are just a few of the awesome content heavy websites for free games.

TheGamerologist

Scott Pilgrim is coming..

And if you're into the old school side scrolling action games, then its time for you to be interested in this downloadable game. Scott Pilgrim has the hots for Ramona Flowers but unfortunately she has an incredible amount of baggage. Her 7 evil ex-boyfriends want to make anyone who wants to be with her feel that same 7 different types of pain. Its up to Scott to rise to the challenge. Here is some footage.

Video Games | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | E3 2010: Extended Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

If you now need your Scott Pilgrim fix there is a link right here to drain away the craving.

Gamerology: Naughty Bear

The term gamerology for us at this site is defined as:
The study of games from a gamers perspective.

We at this site want to provide opinions, criticism, and conversation. And we'd like to do this from a game players standpoint. This is my first review on camera which was definitely a little scary. I present to you now the Gamerology of Naughty Bear.


Curse you hype monster!!!
Intensive Care Bear
Slasher Bear

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