http://pwned.com/PressStart/blogs/ Pwned.com - DJ Komali's Blog Feed en-us http://pwned.com/showblog/3104/PressStart/Unnecessary-Trash-Talk/ Lately, Sony executives Jack Tretton and Kaz "Ridge Racer" Hirai have been bashing their competition a lot. I'm not really sure what right they have to do that, considering both their platforms are "losing" terribly in all regions (I put "losing" in quotes because even though the executives of the Big 3 and the Type-A fanboys seem to think so, it isn't a competition). Trash talk in competition is natural; all three companies are guilty of it. But Sony seems to be doing it more than the others. Microsoft is not innocent of this; I'll be talking about their offense later in this post. It's just that Sony seems to have the most to say.It's understandable that they'd be upset about losing the exclusivity of Final Fantasy XIII, but bashing Microsoft for "currying developers" is just dumb. For one thing, Microsoft doesn't neet to "curry developers" to make the 360 an appealing plat http://pwned.com/showblog/3104/PressStart/Unnecessary-Trash-Talk/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3085/PressStart/Sharing-the-Love/ E3 is almost finished. Doesn't seem like there were any huge announcements this time around, except for 1: Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360. Many people were excited, but many more were pissed. Why? Well, most of them were probably Type-A fanboys (see the post "Types of Fanboys" for a definition). The same goes for Bioshock coming to the PS3 with exclusive content, though not quite as strong a reaction. Still, both of these show how irrational and selfish Type-A fanboys can be. Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360 will not at all change the experience of playing it on the PS3, despite what some people think. Square-Enix confirmed this. Yet the Type-A Sony fanboys are still upset. They seem to think Square Enix owes them something; that putting the game on the 360 breaks the tradition of all Final Fantasy games being on Sony consoles. Obviously that's ridiculous http://pwned.com/showblog/3085/PressStart/Sharing-the-Love/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3084/PressStart/Types-of-Fanboys/ NOTE: I know that fangirls exist too, but I'm too lazy to write both every time and "fanboys" is the more recognized term.This post is mostly just to set up my next post, as well as other posts that involve fanboys. Basically, there are two main types of fanboys. Usually the term has a negative connotation because people always think of the first type; I'll call them Type-A fanboys, because it's a good classification system, and also because they tend to exhibit Type-A personalities. These are the fanboys that I rant about; the ones who are loyal to one of the "big three" (Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft) and go on forums and blogs to complain about the other two. Any time something good happens to one of the other two companies, Type-A fanboys complain and complain, apparently thinking the companies (or other gamers for that matter) give a rat's ass about their opinions. And o http://pwned.com/showblog/3084/PressStart/Types-of-Fanboys/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2029/PressStart/Change-to-name/ Hey everyone.nbsp; As I mentioned on the last radio show, I am officially changing my DJ/blogger name from DJ Komali to DJ Goron in order to consolidate my long list of names.nbsp; Similarly, Denny will be going by DJ Shelbert.nbsp; I realize this is sorta confusing, since my username is DJ Komali, but bare with me. http://pwned.com/showblog/2029/PressStart/Change-to-name/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1910/PressStart/Graphics-Are-Not-Everything/ The Wii keeps getting put down because its graphics are not on par with its competitors. If I wanted to exhibit the console wars mentality, I would simply point you to the sales numbers and leave that as my proof that it doesn't matter. As tempting as it is to just leave it there, I am not that kind of gamer. I'm going to explain to you exactly why it doesn't matter.Video games are an art form, yes, and graphics are a big part of that artistic aspect of video games. But great art is not determined by how smooth or realistic it looks. The Mona Lisa is not clean, smooth, or realistic. Peter and the Wolf does not depict its story nearly as realistically as, say, a movie would. One of the most artistic games I've ever played was LocoRoco, a PSP game, and contrary to what some people will tell you, the Wii is more powerful than the PSP. The Guiness Book of World Records Gamers' Ed http://pwned.com/showblog/1910/PressStart/Graphics-Are-Not-Everything/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1909/PressStart/About-This-Blog/ Hey guys.nbsp; On the video game blog circuit I go by both Unknownwarrior33 and DJ Komali.nbsp; But this blog corresponds to my video game radio show, Press Start: Radio for Gamers, so I'm going by DJ Komali on here.nbsp; This blog is actually a mirror of Press Start: Blog for Gamers (unknownwarrior33.blogspot.com).nbsp; If you want to get more information on the radio show, including how to listen to it, go to freewebs.com/pressstartkdic.nbsp; So from now on, whenever I post anything in my other blog, I'll post it here. http://pwned.com/showblog/1909/PressStart/About-This-Blog/