Crazy Week in Gaming History

This week, I'm afraid I have to delay any real significant post, for while I was expecting to have a review of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, my modem has been slugging along on it's last breath, and nothing I upload seems to get through. The tech support guy gave up and decided just to send a new modem, which might take a couple days, so until then, the ESC Pod is the place to be. I still expect to be able to upload the podcast, but I'll let you know if I expect any delays.
Anyway, while I'm here, lets see if I can't catch us up.

Super Street Fighter IV
No doubt the precursor to Super Street Fighter IV Extreme HD Turbo Championship 3D Platinum Greatest Hit Game-of-The-Year Edition, or SSFIVEHDTC3DPGHGotYE for short. I was worried they'd come out with something like this. If you recall my Street Fighter IV review, I predicted we might have some sort of special edition in the not-to-far future. But before you go selling your current copy, Capcom promises that not only will this game be cheaper, but they'll have some sort of special announcement for people who already purchased SF IV.......

PSP Go!
Sony's latest iteration of their little darling came out this week, and while I don't really have anything new to say about what's already been said, here are some guys that do!

Wow, hard to find much optimism for this thing. If you think that's bad, check out the message boards. I tried to defend the device, despite it being in NO WAY aimed at current PSP owners. (You know, those people that have been proven to actually buy PSP's.) Rather, as it doesn't allow people to convert their UMD's into a digital format, along with a hefty $250 price tag, it's hard to find anything good to really say about the system, but gosh darn it, I'm gonna try!

Lets see...So, on Tuesday, playing the demo to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, I suddenly realized I could no longer sit around and pretend I didn't need this game. I had to have it. Now. (Or, then, as I'm telling a story that happened last Tuesday...) So I drove down to my nearest gaming outlet, grabbed some games to trade in, only to be shut down and told "Yeah, it's released today, but it doesn't arrive in stores until Wednesday." I slowly walked back to my car, accepting defeat.

The moral here, is if this were a PSP Go, All I'd have to do is download it from the PSP store, and bam! Game time! Instead of wasting time or gas money for my Rolls Royce, or sending one of my servants to fetch the game for me, I'd have the game I want in less than ...well, however long it takes to download a game wireless. I'd dust off the screen with a hundred dollar bill, settle down in my cozy armchair with my leapord skin bathrobe and pipe, playing by the fire as my personal symphony orchestra played soothing music behind me, my servant lighting my pipe with yet another hundred dollar bill. You get the idea...

What eventually convinced me that Sony wasn't out to sell this PSP Go, was the fact that one of the first PSP mini's was a $10 version of TETRIS.

Talk about wasting money...
Remember this guy? Yeah, sure you do. It's Jack Thompson, the guy that sues gaming companies over violence in their videogames. Apparently he tried so many times, without any real significant victory, that he was eventually disbarred. But you can't keep a good lawyer down for long, already he's working on his next get-rich-quick scheme.

Don't like Jack Thompson? YOU ARE SO SUED! Apparently our favorite video-game villain has taken it upon himself to sue Facebook over the user created group, "I Hate Jack Thompson."

Now, hold on a minute, this may seem stupid, but think about it. If this guy wins, that means ANYONE can sue people who defame you over the internet. Think how rich we could all become! Think about the innocents out there, ruined by the cruel and unforgiving online world that owes all of us a metric ton of cash! Then we could all afford the new PSP Go!

image of Jack Thompson from SarcasticGamer.com