{"id":754,"date":"2004-08-12T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2004-08-12T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2020-11-07T17:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:17:34","slug":"metroid_fable_and_warhammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"metroid, fable, and warhammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-paragraph\">today gets to be gaming day, just because im random like that. i love games, you know that. im just not as hardcore as i used to be, pumping $10 worth of quarters into arcade machines weekly and rockin\u2019 the computer and console games 24\/7. ah\u2026those were the days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><b>ECHOES<\/b><br>first up are new movies and artwork for the sequel to <i>metroid prime<\/i>\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/media.cube.ign.com\/media\/499\/499105\/vids_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metroid prime 2: echoes<\/a>. two of the movies showcase samus in action, wailing on little defenseless bugs and fauna of a foreign ecosystem, while the third shows off some of the conceptual artwork behind <i>echoes<\/i>, including the new dark enemies as well as the dark samus. wooha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><b>FABLE<\/b><br>second up is a title that i just recently read about\u2026peter molyneux\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/xbox.ign.com\/articles\/537\/537930p1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fable<\/a>. personally, i love open-ended rpgs that essentially let you roam the world. i rocked thru <i>morrowind<\/i> with 10 different characters, each a little different from their predecessor. so reading <i>fables<\/i> premise definitely had me interested. its <i>morrowind<\/i> on a completely different scale\u2026where anything you want to do, you can do. and everything you can do, can and will affect how people perceive you in the game. you can choose to walk down any path of life you want\u2026whether its to be good, evil, sadistic, hulking, scrawny, fighter, magic-user, hairy, well-groomed, tattooed, single, married, divorced, monster slayer, or chicken-kicker. you can do <b>anything<\/b>\u2026which is just nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">\u201c<i>\u2026you\u2019ll find chickens you can kick. Man alive, I can\u2019t pass up the opportunity to punt a chicken. Build up your strength and you can punt it further. You can even use magic to assist in your distance kick. Don\u2019t worry, kicking chickens is apparently legal within city limits, so you can kick one right in front of a guard without repercussion.<\/i>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">you can also decapitate enemies and play soccer with their heads\u2026amongst other things. the game is definitely ambitious, and its looking pretty good at meeting their lofty goals. and while im hoping tho that its not just for the xbox, ill still be waiting to see this game in action\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><b>WARHAMMER 40K<\/b><br>i also spied my roomie rockin\u2019 the <a href=\"http:\/\/pc.ign.com\/objects\/620\/620554.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warhammer 40k: dawn of war beta<\/a> last nite, and the game looked absolutely ridiculous. his eldar army was roaming the bombed-out streets, taking on ork troops and pink(?) space marines. the game is definitely the spiritual descendant of <i>starcraft<\/i>, which is pretty apt because <i>starcraft<\/i> was almost certainly influenced by the <i>warhammer 40k<\/i> universe. i was waiting for fonz to bring out the badass motherfucker himself, the eldar avatar (i painted one for myself back in high school)\u2026but a game bug or something seemed to prevent him from making one. fuckers. anyhoo, definitely a game to watch out for. <i>warhammer 40k<\/i> is complete badass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/media.cube.ign.com\/media\/499\/499105\/vids_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">metroid prime 2: echoes videos<\/a> (via ign)<br>&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/xbox.ign.com\/articles\/537\/537930p1.html\" target=\"_blank\">fable preview<\/a> (via ign)<br>&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/pc.ign.com\/objects\/620\/620554.html\" target=\"_blank\">warhammer 40k: dawn of war beta<\/a> (via ign)<br>&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnofwargame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">dawn of war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40k1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40k1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40k1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40k1-250x130.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40k1-347x180.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>today gets to be gaming day, just because im random like that. i love games, you know that. im just not as hardcore as i used to be, pumping $10 worth of quarters into arcade machines weekly and rockin\u2019 the computer and console games 24\/7. ah\u2026those were the days. 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