I can't wait to touch it...
Honestly I’m getting excited for the launch of this thing. The PSVita seems to answer so many requests of Sony’s handheld division. It releases on February 22nd – less than a month away, and I’m trying to figure out what accessories I’ll grab with it.
So Cool
I was lucky enough to catch an exhibit at the Grand Palace in Paris entitled Game Story: A History of Video Games. It’s not often that you see video games celebrated in such a way, and I was lucky that my Paris layover was on the last day of the exhibit. This was a really cool experience, and it was probably one of the best layovers ever, because this exhibit was not only informative and thought provoking, but also interactive, with tons of different games systems new and old (especially old ones) that you could play for free after paying your entrance fee of 8 Euros. I took a few pictures, and instead of giving you a whole run down of game history like the exhibit does (which you probably already know) I’ve decided to just post the pictures I took. I hope gaming gets more exhibits like this!
Sorry I’ve been away lately, work has been crazy, and I just finished 15 contracts in 30 days! I should be getting back into the swing of things soon after I’m back home in NA. But today I’m going to visit the Paris Grand Palace gallery, and their exhibition “Game Story- A History of Video Games”. Finally games getting a little more respect in the art world! Keep playing, and thanks a ton for checking in.
Brennan (PSoneclassics.com)
Priorities in check.
I’m off to France for work for two months, I’ll be posting still but there’s a possibility that I’ll be a little bit slower to get to some news stories, and that my posts will be at strange French timing. Luckily my NA PSN account should still work when I’m in Europe, so I can still purchase/review new PSoneClassics coming to the network, sadly though PS3 games will fall through my fingers, as taking my fat PS3 with me would be a ludicrous thing to do. Here’s hoping that the Vita will play PS2classics via emulator eh? That means I can be a mobile PSone/PS2 reviewing machine! (If only!).
Like this, but more spiky haired angst.
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan released info on a new free app that Japanese PSN users can get on December 6th. This program outlines that you can take a UMD game and turn it into a digital copy for a fee, but oddly enough they aren’t set fees, and some range all the way up to the $30 mark, while others huddle around $1.00. There is also a set list of games that right now uses the service, (or will when it’s released) and there are no signs yet of the really desired games on this service, i.e. games like Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, and Crisis Core : Final Fantasy 7. Still, this is encouraging, and even though there is no news on whether or not the App will be coming to North America or Europe, we can bet we’ll hear more about it after it’s launch in Japan, and closer to the PSVita’s release date of February 22nd of next year.
Even a replacement laptop has broken... twice... in a month...
Just a few weeks ago, with the invent of PS2 classics on PSN I decided that I would be able to extend the website in to three distinct flavors, PSoneClassics.com for PSone classic news, PS2Classics.com, and PlaystationClassics.com with news and articles about Sony gaming products in general, sadly I’ve hit a bit of a hiccup, which can be seen to the right of your screen.
Here's what you get, for sale February 15th
Over on the Playstation blog it was announced today that there will be a first edition package for the Playstation Vita, to be released one week before the announced release date of February 22nd of next year. Included is a 4 gig memory card (a mandatory evil for some games we have found, considering there will be no internal memory to speak of at this point), a limited edition case, and a copy of Little Deviants, a Vita title that uses the back touch screen of the device as a main part of gameplay. There are two versions, and at this point it’s only for U.S. and Canadian gamers. The U.S. version will be the 3g version, and retail for $349.99, the Canadian version will go for 299.99 and only contain the wifi version of the console.
We want MDK!The MDK 2 HD version is being released on the big three consoles this year, but for those of us un-initiated in the world of MDK, it might be good to start at the beginning, as part of the weekly feature here on PSoneclassics.com I chose MDK as a game that should be released as a PSOneclassic, because it’s fast paced, has lots of character, and is just a lot of fun. I sent them a message about it today, here’s how the message went.
MDK request e-mail
Bass Fishing was released this week… and while it might do well with a certain demographic, it’s not the populous classic that we should see on the service. I actually received an e-mail from a great PSoneclassics fan yesterday asking why are there so many sub par games released on the network when there are so many great ones that haven’t yet been released. Here’s a taste, (Name has been changed to protect the writer’s identity).
Johnny Bravo, PSOneclassics fan, artist's rendering
Sony Japan seemed to take Nintendo’s lead on getting high class actors to push their product. Nintendo has made some amazing commercials with Robin Williams and the Zelda franchise because he’s been such a fan (he even named his daughter Zelda!). But Sony fires back with Harrison Ford playing Uncharted 3. Indiana Jones playing a game heavily influenced by himself! It’s like watching your dad play a game and loving it, but times it by the coolness factor of Han Solo. They may be spoilers! So if you don’t want anything spoiled, don’t watch!