PAX East 2012: Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Hands-on Preview

As we circled around the Sega booth, the distinctive sounds “Hooh-Ah!” of Virtua Fighter’s Jackie Bryant performing his signature flip kicks immediately entered my ears and perked them towards that direction. I came across the latest project to be released in the series, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, and had the opportunity to have a hands-on preview and discuss details of Final Showdown to find out whether or not this updated version of the game would be worth your time.

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PAX East 2012 -- Sega Omega! Interview

Georgie Boys AXE and Ser Flash get the skinny on three new downloadable titles from SEGA!

As always, questions and comments are not only welcome, but recommended!

Bullet Heaven HD, Episode 43 - Gunstar Heroes

In this episode of Bullet Heaven, we review the series' first run-n-gun, and man, is it a classic! Get ready for Gunstar Heroes! As the legendary Treasure's first ever effort, can it shine as brightly as it did in 1993? Daeruna and I tackle it in HD on the PS3!

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One of 77 Million...

The ‘external intrusion’ that caused Sony to yank the Playstation Network and resulted in the data theft of over 77 million customers is a major inconvenience to say the least. Precautionary steps such as canceling credit cards, changing passwords, and monitoring reports have become a priority with those fearful of identity theft. Online gamers have either moved on to other game networks or are stuck in a waiting rut. In the worst cases YouTube videos have been posted where children sulk and throw their Playstation 3 in the garbage.

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Sony and the Future of Digital Distribution

Members of the gaming community are well aware of the recent events surrounding Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) and its failure to protect consumer data. Because of this, the public might become a little more wary of digital transactions.

In the past decade, more companies have shifted towards digital distribution. It makes your favorite games easier to buy, while offering opportunities for smaller developers to also publish games. Services like Steam -- possibly the best example of "correct" digital distribution to date -- also allow online shoppers to receive great discounts on many popular titles. Unfortunately, in other cases, it's also giving some publishers and developers more control than most consumers want them to have. Some of the personal requirements are also ridiculous, making it mandatory for users to input vital information if they wish to obtain and download software. 

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PPR 7

We took this opportunity to go over a big aspect of the video game lifestyle, which is collecting games. We take a look at just why exactly gamers who collect take the concept of collecting to a whole other level (no pun intended at all.) We discuss personal memories and thoughts on what exactly possesses individuals to hold on to video games in numerous numbers, or search out niche games or platforms. Also being side-tracked with the release of Guitar Hero 5, where we voice out our opinions on whether or not to boycott it. Video game collectors hold themselves in a very strong community where they work hard to support one another and their hobbies as well, while also wrestling with the strong temptation of a rare find at the cost of spending those precious extra bucks to obtain that holy grail of a title.

Sometimes, there's the dilemma of deciding upon trading in your games for credit to obtain that game you've been looking forward to, and whether or not you'll grow to regret it later. As Toast mentioned, he's been catching up, collecting retro classics himself, through the advantages of the current generation, where there's heavy digital distribution abound with PSN games, XBLA games, and WiiWare/Virtual Console games. The instant-availability and low-cost entry of these digitized offerings of retro software to anyone interested in buying them brings up a whole new argument in and of itself on the question of whether or not re-investing into digital release of retro games will affect the value or preservation of their original releases for the coming years.

So please tune in to the episode, and while you're at it, we want you guys to send us a picture of your collection! photos or even to stories that we can share on the next episode, also we figured we'd throw in a name drop on the hilarious homebrew show series known as "Chuck Norris in Oblivion" and decided to drop the link here for everyone to check out, or just search it on Youtube!

Until then, we'll be comparing collector's editions to first limited prints, and all of that other nonsense here on Press Pause Radio episode 7!

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