Dark Souls

      As all of you know these past few weeks we all have played Dark Souls, great success from some, not so much success from others. Dark Souls is called the predecessor of Demon's Souls (I would like to point out that it is not "Demon Souls"; many people forget that you are getting demon's souls not just a single demon soul.) I've played only a little bit of dark souls but I did know what I was getting myself into when I bought the game. PREPARE TO DIE!   |   I WAS PREPARED!
      This game has no connection in story to Demon's Souls but game play and strategy are much the same. Unlike the linear worlds with 5 worlds in all, Dark Souls has one big map with all the levels intertwined. And I have to say that this world is Massive. The Souls Series is known to be one of the most difficult of this generation, after the release of Demon's Souls the Lead Director Hidetaka Miyazaki called the difficulty of that game, and future games to come, an art style in its own form.
      For all of you who are thinking "THIS GAME IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO PLAY!" without trying it for yourself don't be discouraged, this game may be challenging but its not that difficult after you surpass the learning curve required. Most games these days you can choose for it to be easy where your 10 year old brother can beat it without dieing once to something an expert of playing the game through several times to be able to get pass the first level. Dark Souls isn't like that, you have one difficulty that doesn't change, hard; But after you learn how to play (little help is given to you during the tutorial) you soon learn that dark souls isn't as difficult as you first intended it to be.

Rules

1. Keep your guard up at all times, any enemy can kill.
2. Know your surroundings so you don't go dodging right off a cliff.
3. Memorize and learn your enemies move set.
4. Take your enemies on one at a time if possible.
5. Don't attack npc's unless you want to kill them. 
6. Have Fun!

      If you follow these rules you will no doubt be a fear to reckon with. There is a lot more to say, but no time left to tell I will leave you with these words.

Tom

      Hard as H#ll but worth full price and worth playing.

Taylor

      Your gaming skills will be challenged.

Geoff

      It's the most difficult game I've ever played with the most satisfying combat in a very long time; all in all, a very rewarding  experience.

Shrew (Myself)

      Difficult but worth it. Get it now.


      - Written by Shrew

Dark Souls Last Day

      Dark Souls has been preordered for all members of Geeks Beerz TAG Please stay tuned to all the exciting information that comes from Dark Souls!
      Also Don't Forget that today is the last day to preorder Dark Souls and get the Collectors edition for no extra cost. DO IT NOW!!!

            - Written by Shrew

New 3DS Color and Price Drop

      At the E3 press release of the latest handheld device, the 3DS, there was one design and six colors shown. (http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/207/nintendo3dssystemcolour.jpg http://www.infendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nintendo-3ds-black-blue-640x460.jpg these are the 6 colors Nintendo has come up with.) But when released in the US UK and Japan the Colors were Black and Blue, what happened to the others? It seems like Nintendo enjoys giving us amazing things to look forward to then ends up just falling short of their expectations.

      You know black and blue are great colors for Nintendo to start with, I mean they have been beat up so much that now all they are black and blue bruises trying to fix the problems they have created. Now seems like Nintendo is making the right choice, starting September 9 of the year 2011 Nintendo will be releasing the new Cherry Red 3DS (color not specific to cherry red alone) and dropping the price from the overly expensive amount of $250, down to a reasonable $170. Personally if i were Nintendo I would have taken a vote among the people of japan to find out what colors they would prefer. The way I see it the choices would not fall as blue being the second choice among consumers, it most likely  would have been Black, Red, Green, Blue, then either purple or orange. I believe Nintendo released the blue at first to appeal more to the rising female generation of video gamers, its no longer a guys club anymore, and then the black for the neutrality of the color making it suitable for all.

      Personally I would have chosen purple, mostly because its a color that's not often used, and when talking to Geoff earlier about the 3DS colors he would have liked to see green growing up from out of the ground. The colors Black, Blue, and Red have been used so much by Nintendo that it would have been a nice relief to see some more prominent colors. This price drop will significantly improve the sales of the 3DS, I might consider getting one now that its in my price range, but why such a significant drop in price? Well the release of the 3DS was a failure for Nintendo in many ways, with an amazing new generation of handheld devices who wouldn't want it? and after the release many of us were wondering "where are all of these games Nintendo promised us!" Well here they come, several new games are coming out just in  time for the holiday rush and all of the people out there who were on the edge of fence questioning which way jump, now you no longer have to wonder, the 3DS will become a great handheld system you just have to give it a little more time, so buy it now. 

      - Written by Shrew