FINALLY!!!

For those of you who know me, I am a huge fan of the Metroid franchise. I played it for the SNES and have been pretty faithful in getting every game since then. And when Nintendo released Metroid Prime for the Gamecube, I was ecstatic and the game was legendary in my mind. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes was another great game that I picked up and finished to my enjoyment.


The third installment, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption was released back in 2007 for the
Wii I was equally excited. However, at the time I could not afford the Wii and spent the next year saving up for one. When I received the Wii for Christmas of 2008 (Thanks Mom) I was very happy to say the least. But, by this time Metroid Prime 3 was not on my list of games to immediately buy. I waited to find it cheaper and when I did I was sold. I bought the game used and the fun began.

After the first few days of playing it, and getting pretty far, my life took a hard turn. School was bogging down on me, my dad was moving, and I just got a part-time job. So time to play video games was few and far in between. So Metroid 3 was put on the shelf to be finished another day.

Fast forward to the present, and now with school finishing up and more time on my hands, I have FINALLY finished the game. A great game with great characters and a story that was evolving as the series progressed. And now with the release of Metroid Other M coming in a few months, I have finished the game before I can go on to the next one.

BRING ON OTHER M!!

Gamestop vs. the video game industry

In the news recently a report came out that the many different studios that develop video games were contemplating fighting stores that buy and sell used games, such as Gamestop, for the right to resell video games.

The video game industry feels they are losing out on some profits because of Gamestop and other stores that buy and resell video games. So the plan is for the video game industry to actually have some kind of tax on the games that are resold. It's almost like "royalties", that when a game is resold a portion of the money received is given to the publisher.

This is absurd because the publishers will not be making that much profit and it will only increase the value of the games resold because Gamestop and the rest will jack up the price so they can make the difference that the video game industry is taking back.

The charm about Gamestop is that gamers can sell their games for a little money when they stop playing them so that others can enjoy them. And those who want to buy games for a discount can do so. Whether its for financial reasons or they just never got around to it, gamers can go and buy "older" games that they've always wanted to play. And now the video game industry wants to make it harder for those who cannot afford games. Shame on you.

However, I haven't heard any reports lately that the market of selling/buying video games will be infiltrated by the corporate suits behind video games. But only time will tell.