Borderlands

A new game was released recently that goes by the name of Borderlands. Its a rough around the edges post apocalyptic FPSRPG. No, FPSRPG is not a random jumbling of letters it actually stands for something. It means first person shooter rpg, which pretty much translates into a gun game that you can level up in. But the one thing that seperates Borderlands from most other games that have come out in the past few years is that it is good. It is great. It is awesome. I will be playing it for a long time to come. Inspired by Mad Max, Borderlands translates the feeling of a total wasteland that you must overcome and possibly rebuild. The sheer amount of weaponery available to you is unbelievable. Advertisements for the game stated there were "70 bajillion weapons", and im starting to believe they may not have been lying. Co-operative gameplay is stressed as vitally important in Borderlands, and with good reason. There are 4 classes, and you can have up to 4 players in a game. This can lead to some serious battles with the opposition, that raises in intelligence, toughness, and sheer brutality as more people join into your games. I really feel that Borderlands is going to set the precedent for lots of games to come, and i can only hope that creative developers continue to raise the bar on the quality of their games.

Domo Origato

So microsoft has announced a new product to attach to your xbox 360. Its callad "Natal", and its going to completely revolutionize the gaming industry. Natal is a motion capture device that you place somewhere around your television, and it is the most ridiculous piece of technology i have ever seen. It has full motion capture in real time for your body and the bodies of those around you. It also has facial recognition and voice recognition to help correctly "communicate" with each player. It adjusts itself automatically so that anybody can step in and play at any time. Most importantly, however, is that it lets you play the game with your body instead of any sort of controller. Gaming is now completely, unbelievably accessable to anybody. All you have to do is stand in front of the screen and play! Its the kind of thing you have only seen in arcades and disneyland, except it will be available for retail use in any home in america that wants it.

Sweet.