In case any of the 3 people who frequent this site have been wondering, we’re still around… Spammy’s just too busy playing Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X on his PSP to post!
A full review will be coming as soon as I thoroughly devour this buttery biscuit of Portable 3D Mega Man. 
For now, here’s the metacritic review of Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Keep Squatting!
According to some gamespot player reviewers, Splinter Cell Essentials is a big letdown. Whether or not they liked the gameplay, most of these guys agree that the game’s graphics look nothing like the development vids we’ve been seeing online.
This is very much unlike Ubisoft, who have made some of the most beautiful games ever made. Was Essentials rushed? Are these reviewers just whiny losers that all deserve an evenflow ddt? We’ll be waiting for the official reviews to start rolling in before we decide who to believe.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this release, and would be very surprised if it ended up being a steaming pile of dog poo–Especially since the n-gage version of chaos theory was solid gold. You heard me right… the n-gage version was awesome. Wut Wut.
Sony: “We’re dropping the PSP price to $199 on March 22″
Spammy: “That’s cool, but doesn’t really help me, now does it.”
Sony: “And we’re adding flash to the web browser…”
Spammy: “You should’ve had it in the first place, n00b.”
Sony: “And a GPS for location based gaming…”
Spammy: “What! That’s so awesome. the one good thing that Gizmondo had is coming to PSP!”
Sony: “And a camera attachment for handheld videoconferencing…”
Spammy: (Drools, eyes rolled into back of head)
Sony: “And Downloadable PSone games!”
Spammy: (Falls over and has epileptic seizure)
Sony: “And… you’re gonna have to give up all your homebrew to use any of them!” (Sony Execs all squat Spammy)
Spammy: “Nooooooooooooooooo!”
I have a long commute to and from work everyday, and thanks to carpooling with my wife, I can get some PSP QT every now and then. Yesterday, while playing Twisted Metal: Head On I saw a pillar of black smoke rising from the opposite side of the highway. I know what you’re thinking… No, it wasn’t the Others from Lost.
It was something much worse. A ridiculous car fire had broken out on the opposite side of the highway. Although it was sort of under control, the fire was still dangerously catching on the nearby dry brush, making for a very nervous spammy.
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Squat Squat reviews PSPWare for Mac OS X
Since its launch, Sony has heralded the PSP as the ultimate portable entertainment device. It does gaming, photos music, video, and web browsing–after all. However both Sony’s expensive memory stick pro duo, and their lack of a proper psp software bundle have kept it from its full potential.
Memory stick prices are dropping, and Sony released their media manager software to help with syncing and video encoding. However there is no Mac client.
So what’s a Mac / PSP owner like myself to do? Nullriver software’s PSPWare attempts to fill this need, and does a very good job at it. PSPWare is a PSP synchronization program for Mac OS X. It syncs music, photos, movies and bookmarks to your PSP.
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So I had this thought the other night. I was excited at the prospect of FINALLY getting on the modern day handheld bandwagon. My last handheld was the ORIGINAL gameboy. Favorite game? Super Mario Land. Respek! (Ali G)
But with the announcing of DS Lite, and Tetris DS, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters, and a host of other interesting titles, and a huge tax return (W W), I’m all like “Yo I’m TOTALLY coppin’ a handheld like whoa.” But then I had the thought…
This Squatworthy is going out to all you lazy PSP game developers who don’t feel like online play is important to handheld gaming. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max was just released and guess what… NO ONLINE!
Something seriously needs to be done about this. At the PSP’s launch, we got Twisted Metal: Head On and with it, one of the sweetest online gaming experiences ever.
Since then, we’ve been dissapointed repeatedly with title after title lacking online play! Burnout Legends and Coded Arms were huge letdowns as gamers were excited about playing them online since the days they were announced. Since they were so graphically demanding, however, we could understand online not being feasible.
But Street Fighter?
Come on! If X-Men Legends 2 can support online, then why not Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max?
PSP Developers…We want online!
If you’ve got ical (Mac), Evolution (Linux), or Mozilla Calendar (Windows, Linux, Mac), than icalshare has what you need to keep track of upcoming game releases for all systems. The calendar dates are linked to Amazon.com, and auto-update themselves. Just make sure you check under both the Games and Tech headers.
Icalshare also has a bunch of other calendars for game related news, including important dates for World of Warcraft and Animal Crossing–If you’re into n00b RPGs that don’t require any real skill, hehe (JK).
Leeched from Joystiq
Siphon Filter, Schmifon Filter. Splinter Cell Essentials is coming to the PSP and once it does, you’re not going to care who Gabriel Logan is.
So far this game is looking great. It will be both a sequel and a prequel, with some missions occuring long before the first game and some that take place where Splinter Cell: Double Agent leaves off.
Ubisoft seems to really want to revitalize Splinter Cell’s storyline, which has never really been that gripping. It’s good to see that they’re tying in the PSP title into the overall plot, since most PSP games tend to ditch the storyline.
The game, which runs on a modded version of the PS2’s Pandora Tomorrow engine, looks fantastic. Just look at the gameplay footage, and try to convince yourself it isn’t from a PS2.
Gamespot has lots of info on the title, which is due out Q1 2006.
Gamespot is featuring a great article called the Best and Worst of 2005. They’ve outlined the most important moments in gaming over the last year.
Some gaming moments I remember which made it to the list are:
One notable event was missing from their list:
Oh well, Maybe next year…