About Stuff: August 2009

POST-A-WEEK: BACK TO BACK

Special occasions inspire special treatments and the release of Batman Arkham Asylum video game on PS3 is such an occasion. In Saudi Arabia, Saturday is the start of the week while Friday is its end; and this week's post on Saturday is back-to-back with last week's post on Friday (i.e. yesterday).

Realizing that my previous post was rushed as I missed a few points that I wanted to mention, I decided to write it now since I feel inclined to do so. And despite the continuous disappointments of my favorite sport this year, I will always root for the Brawns and say "Push the Button." I am even disregarding the fact that it is irrelevant at this point to wait for Trophies to be patched into Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots or even hope for a sequel to Capcom's Onimusha; as the Kazekage says, "When did all of you throw yourselves away?" At least we know now that the Dark Knight has an additional reason to get the sequel treatment.

This is one of those days where I am sick and tired but also feel light, which in great part is due to some good news. Now, enough of all the rambling and lets get to the meat of this piece.

Jenson Button has not been on the podium for the last four grands prix

The first thing I would like to mention here is how the recently revealed Space Exploration feature in Ratchet & Clank Future A Crack in Time reminds me of Super Mario Galaxy. I also wanted to mention that while playing Batman Arkham Asylum, I was constantly reminded of Metal Gear Solid 4, the main differences are that the first is shorter though the Invisible Predator is cooler than Old Snake.

POST-A-WEEK: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

I conquered the madhouse that is Arkham Asylum.

Batman Arkham Asylum is a great game. The FreeFlow Combat System fits the Dark Knight perfectly and is one hell of a beast. Thumbs up to everyone involved in creating such a feature (from designers, animators, programmers and everyone in between) that rivals even the combat system of God of War. After beating the game twice, both on Normal and Hard, and beating, though not perfecting, the Challenges, I must say that I am looking forward to the next game from the wizards at Rocksteady Studios Ltd., and hopefully it's a sequel.

One last thing, I just watched Hannah Montana The Movie with my little sisters and it was good.

POST-A-WEEK: YES, YES, YES AND YES

I woke up today with nothing to say on my weekly post. Luckily, this is one of those days where you wake up, go to work, check your twitter account and read a few lines that make you happy. I am really glad as the World Wide Web is overflowing with great PLAYSTATION related news.

From Minis coming to PSP GO to PS3 Slim, a Price Cut and a new Firmware Update, you realize that Sony is onto something here. But for me, this was the cherry tree on top of the mountain.