Games Part II and 756
Well, another entry about games.
GuildWars has another addition coming out later this month called Eye of the North. Unlike Factions and Nightfall, this one will be more of an expansion to the game with high level content. The other two were stand-alone but connected games but Eye of the North will require owning one of the three.
But thinking about GW made me think about how most online games charge people. GW takes the approach of buy the game then play for free online. So even though I only power up GW on occasion, I did pre-order EotN. EVE Online takes the opposite approach in that you get it free by downloading but then pay to play after the trial period. Dungeon Runners (got the game and account but never played) is completely free as in free to download and free to play unless you want the exclusive content that costs $5/month. Then there's the City of Heroes/Villains and World of Warcraft approach... pay for the game and pay to play online. With Warcraft announcing Wrath of the Lich King expansion coming, Blizzard did not give a free month for buying Burning Crusade while CoX did give a free month if you bought both games separate for each.
Now am I saying which is the superior game? Hell no! That would only be my opinion. Anyone who says that is only voicing an opinion. Remember, most movie reviews are opposite of the movie. Reviewers say movies suck and normally they're good and vice versa. I know a reviewer trashed one particular movie very badly and that movie became one of the biggest box offices successes of it's time and spawned two... not one but two and soon to be three sequels. That movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lesson... to each their own when it comes to saying what is the superior game.
Oh, yeah. Bonds broke that record. You know, I didn't watch when it happened but I couldn't avoid the replays since I watch plenty of ESPN. But the replays showed how emotional Bonds got and how he never took his eyes off the screen when Hank Aaron spoke. If Barry showed the side of him that he showed by the replays, I think a lot more people would like him. Should it have an *? I don't think so. He hit the home runs and it's over now. If they wanted to do something to stop him like if he tested positive, it should have been done before and not after.
Funniest thing I thought was the people in the cove. They were probably the same people that were there all the other times plus a few more. And yet, the guy who got the ball was in center field and just passing through from New York. And while he had a Mets jersey on, I saw another person right there going for the ball with an A-Rod jersey on. It would have been even funnier if he got the ball since everyone is believing A-Rod will be the one to break Bonds record. But don't be too quick because Ken Griffey, Jr was expected to break Aaron's record don't forget. Of course back then, Jr was on pace to do it and young enough but injuries happened to him. And nobody thought Bonds would back then. Barry was a power hitter but back then 30 home runs a year was a big deal... then came the Mark McGwyer steroid era where 30 is only a big deal if you have it by midway through the season. No, he probably wasn't the first but he did openly have his Andro bottle in plain view in interviews. And the sales on that stuff skyrocketed after the first time McGwyer mentioned the name. So Bud Selig with this now act of caring about who is using and who isn't is pure bullshit. He didn't care when people were packing the stadiums again after a few down years as a result of the strike. He only cares now because the fans came back and now the face attached is Barry Bonds. If anyone should have an * by their name in the record books, it should be Bud Selig and the notation should read, "The steroid era happened on his watch and he sat back and watched it happen even though McGwyer had the bottle sitting right there in interviews as if he was a sponsor for Andro"
