The one thing that he does fail to cover is BioShock 2′s multiplayer. I had some high hopes for the multiplayer as the idea of wielding plasmids and rocket launchers sounded appealing to me. Unfortunately, for the most part the multiplayer fails to deliver.

Just walking around on a multiplayer level has a bit of clunky feel to it. I’m not sure if this is a netcode issue or is due to the number on inanimate objects littered around the map. The leveling and matchmaking systems seem nice, but the lack of host migration is bad as I think it’s something players have become used to *cough* MW2 *cough*.

Even though BioShock 2 has multiplayer, the game still seems like more of the same. Aside from the drill, nearly all the weapons were the same as the original. Changing a crossbow to a spear gun doesn’t add anything to the game. The only bonus weapon-wise is the addition of the remote hack device. I wouldv’e really liked to have seen them add something as simple as wielding 2 plasmids at once (fire and ice anyone?).

The worst part is they seemed to leave things open for a BioShock 3. If you’re not going to add anything new, please just make it DLC rather than have people drop $60.

The gameplay is similar to the old Metroid games, but with updated graphics powered by the Unreal engine. The controls are pretty good, but the aiming takes a little getting used to. Check out the video below to get a better idea on the gameplay:

Overall the game is great, and well worth the $15 it cost me on Xbox Live. Go get it today, you won’t be disappointed!

The CPL is dead. Finally actually dead as a tournament organization, not just “gg cpl == dead”-dead. For those that still care here’s the story.

First off, a lot of this can’t be verified. I’m sorry but I’m not posting logs or giving sources in order to protect people. Here’s what can be verified;

Chris Moncivalles – CPLs League Commissioner, was fired around the 27th of January. He disappeared from the CPL staff page and people started asking questions. A few days later he was added back on the staff page as “Online Store Director”. Promise you however, that’s just to avoid questions, he’s still fired and that’s why he hasn’t been responding to any of you.

Thomas Hollingsworth – CPLs IRC Manager dropped his tag a few days ago and disappeared off the CPL staff page. At which point we can somewhat assume he’s no longer with the CPL anymore either.

Now, Micheal Allen will also be gone at the end of the month, he’s the Global Tournament Director and as such his services won’t be required by the CPL anymore because of the CPL likely not having any more tournaments after the world tour ends this month.

As it stands, this may not be the last you’ve heard of “the CPL” but it should be the last you’ve heard of “the CPL” in regards to gaming tournaments. The CPL may try to become an advisory company of sorts for video game companies. This should largely be read as an excuse to stay involved with Daikatana 2, or Severity, whichever name you find suiting. (Yes Romero, we haven’t forgotten or forgiven that abomination of a game you threw at us). Plus they still have 1/2 of the stock of CPL mice to sell!

The CPL has been losing money (obviously) and after a buy-out from Play’nTrade failed because Angel didn’t want to relocate, it was practically decided to end the CPL’s run.

What this means for CAL is not a whole lot, CALs been told to keep doing its thing, however they might lose partnerships such as hosting which could become rather troublesome. And that’s aside from staff that might bail and look for newer, better things. (Don’t say CEVO, dealing with Angel is horrible, but dealing with Charlie Plitt is hell on earth).

Now until Angel crawls out and states something, things can change. You never know when some unfortunate company decides to sink money into gaming and runs into the CPL. This post/message was made mostly due to a complete communications break-down. Angel won’t talk to anyone anymore about what’s going to happen which leaves certain people stuck in limbo.
They can’t say anything but they can’t do anything either. As it stands the story is largely as I’ve just told it. I’m expecting this to finally lead to some kind of official response on the situation at hand from Angel.

I’ve said most of what I care to say, I won’t be dealing with people directly contacting me regarding this. If people wish to discuss the matter there’s a live online gaming talk show called Faces For Radio which should air tomorrow at 8pm EST and last for about 2 hours.
I’m not sure whether they’ll welcome discussion on the subject or not, but if so I’ll try to call in and respond to any questions anyone might ask there if the show allows such, please don’t contact me otherwise. It’s hosted by the same people that produce Epileptic Gaming, information on how to watch can be found at http://epilepticgaming.ggl.com/

Best

Audi R8

This was one of the first commercials and just seeing the grill of the R8 was enough to wow me.

Bridgestone Screaming Squirel

Pretty funny, especially the grasshopper or whatever it was.

Doritos Mouse

Totally unexpected.

FexEx Pidgeons

The huge pidgeons wreaking havoc was pretty cool.

Iron Man TV Spot

Maybe I’m just a sucker for superhero movies but this one just helped create more hype for me.

Worst

Sales Genie

Amature and unfunny.

Sobe

The dancing lizards were ok but the commercial as a whole was uninspiring.

Underarmor

What were they advertising? I saw some graphics of some shoes but all I remember is some jacked guy yelling.

Semi-Pro

Is Will Ferrel trying to catch up to Adam Sandler or something? This movie looks horrible.

Taco Bell

Mariachi bands don’t make a commercial and the meal they were trying to sell looked like a TV dinner.

All the commercials can be viewed at http://www.myspace.com/superbowlads

The Iron Man TV spot can be viewed here.

So maybe all of our questions won’t be revealed, but we should be able to get a little bit closer to some of the questions that left us hanging at the end of season 3.

Who’s coming to the island, and what do they want to do with it?

Will the Survivors and Others’ team up?

Who is Jacob?

There are plenty of other questions left to be answered, but it looks like we can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. At the very least, we know that this is the beginning of the end.

Lost airs tonight at 8PM on ABC

Being able to now move the icons on the home screen doesn’t make much different right now, but should make it a lot easier when the new apps come out. The home bookmark icons save the view of the page when you bookmark them and then use it for the icon.

I can’t wait until the SDK comes out so I can load my phone up with some new apps.