Hello gamers of GS, I'm back again with this time a Gaming Ramble, for things outside of gaming are going to be on my blogger page from now on unless I decide otherwise but for now, let's get on with it since there's a lot to talk about.

A New Zone of the Enders planned

I was hoping that one day Hideo Kojima would return to do another Zone of the Enders and I'm glad that he is. While I've yet to finish the first one and I got the 2nd one for $79 AUD this month (can't wait to get around to it, but tell me if I need to play the first one before I get into the 2nd one, because I'm not sure if they're linked together). I was getting worried about Kojima for a short while, not that I'm a fan of his work but devoting your future projects to milking out a well known franchise (such as MGS) is not worth it in my opinion. It's best to leave it alone when needed to and then work on something else which I'm glad that he is as well as the new Castlevania game.

Nvidia to develop graphics card for Next Nintendo Handheld

While the Wii may not have been THAT credible as it was hoped to be but the DS is definetly something more awesome with a great range of games and I've gotten word that Nvidia, one of the biggest graphic card developers is working on a graphics card for the Nintendo's next Handheld gaming system. Now, this is cool and everything because while I'm not a very technical person but I do know that Nvidia has done some quality work, although this is the same graphics card that is used for the Microsoft Zune HD, so I suppose we're getting more than just what the DS has offered and could possibly be higher than the PSP although Sony could come up with their own scheme for their next Handheld system (and hopefully isn't as crappy as the PSP Go).

A Shoutout to Keji Inafune

I know this may be a little late but I want to get this off my chest. This is just something I want to say about Keji Inafune (the creator of Mega Man) on what he said at the Tokyo Game Show this year.

WHAT THE F***?! Have you ever heard the term "Never say die"? I may sound weeabo-ish but don't ever say "Japan is Over" because when it comes to the gaming industry, without Japan's involvement during the times of the Arcades, NES, etc. We wouldn't have been gaming till today. Now granted that most of the games that come out of Japan in this day and age may be a little obscure to the western audience but to me, that's the beauty of it and most people don't seem to give it a chance and rather play an FPS with Online multiplayer over that which to me is rather sad. I can understand that the Japanese gaming industry seems to be crushed by Western gaming insustry but that's no reason to give up, I still would like to see more titles come from Capcom, Konami, Sega, Atlus, Square Enix, etc. but that's just me.

Namco Bandai annouces Inversion

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When looking on Gametrailers recently, I've came across news about Namco Bandai's new IP Inversion which seems to have a bit of promise, a 3rd-person co-op shooter that has a bit of "gravity control" in the game as you can turn heavy objects into sheilds or bullets. It's being developed by the same team who did Timeshift, which was one FPS that I thought it was ok while it did end up some rather low scores but I thought it was kinda entertaining. There's not really much I can say about the game as there's not much info but from what I'm reading it has promise as long as Namco Bandai can continue to put out IPs like this (and Splatterhouse) rather than rehashing the same Naruto and Dragon Ball game almost every year.

Random Pick-Ups (as well as a "reopening" series of blogs)

My copy of Demon's Souls finally came in the mail today (and I'll be doing an impressions blog for it ) as well as I picked up Borderlands on the 360 (with a free T-shirt from JB) and also Mario & Luigi: Bower's inside Story. I've been playing a lot of Borderlands today and I'm loving it so far, so immense and big, it feels like Fallout 3 but it isn't. I haven't been compelled by a game besides Brutal Legend for a long time now. I have yet to play Mario & Luigi yet but I can't wait as it's the first one in the series that I bought. I can't say anything about Demon's Souls right now, so you might need to wait.

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I've also managed to rent Dead Space: Extraction for the Wii and Mario & Sonic @ the Winter Olympic Games on the DS today, but my thoughts on them are gonna wait as I'm brining back (or possibly starting a new series of blogs) call "Rental Impressions" where I talk about a game that I rented at a video store and I'll explain my thoughts about them to see if it's worth buying or not, I just need to play these games more before I take them back.

So, that it's for this blog and until next time, I'll see you from the dark side