The Dragon's Non Generic Blog

When Microsoft revealed the 21 st of May as their showcase for the future of the entertainment medium I was excited by the prospect. Having been disappointed by Sony's offerings of sequels and pseudo Frankenstein controllers, I was hoping MS would offer something more...much more. Well we all saw the console which is more than what Sony did, however upon feasting it's rather bland 1980's vhs player styled design should they have showed it at all? A small part of me thought it was deliberate in an attempt to make the console look similar to those of old, those from my generation. Maybe they wanted to grab the attention of the Space Invaders elite? If that was the intention then they failed as the new Xbox One (it's now official name) looked more akin to a set top box than a console with the same features enjoyed by that said medium. As I sit here a cool breeze gusting through the balcony doors and a refreshing Orange juice greets my lips I wonder if t...

 It's official I have returned to youtube in style, you can view my controversial escapades here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfOfO7j6x8 In the video I discuss my thoughts and feelings towards DRM  and always online next gen consoles.

So many rumors and embellished conjecture are the decorations for an otherwise fantastic event in gaming history...the reveal of a new console. No matter how you want to look at things there is an undeniable fact when it comes to multimedia company's, they all want that magic box that can deliver all types of entertainment medium to you instantly. It's much more cost effective to them and you the consumer. People will play on the misconstrued fact by stating “we want a console to play games and only games” in case people forget Nintendo actually applied this theory with a little console called the Gamecube which simply played games and nothing else. The console failed once people realized it would not play their DVD's or CD's, no one wants several little boxes littering your home that all deliver various types of media. We have become a society of people that wants..NO demands every form of entertainment medium instantly. When I was a child and I was stuck on a...

Yes I have a twitter you can find me @RealENGDragon That is all for now ;) 

So recently I started playing the free to play game Happy Wars on my xbox, it's a fun multiplayer RPG alike title where the object is to take towers and capture the opponents castle. However with all free to play games there are special unique weapons/armor/items that cost real world money to acquire. However these items just so happen to be the most devastating of creations meaning that unless you buy them you'll be left defeated within seconds of starting a battle. This is precisely what happened to me when playing the game, during the third battle me and my party were at the mercy of the opposing team whom had used happy tokens (currency you gain by using real money) to acquire the best weapons and armor available. With one hit (yes ONE) I was defeated and by the time I respawned the other team had entered our castle and we tasted defeat. It is simply this that destroys these types of games and makes them as appealing as a hangman's noose to the hardcore generation o...

As some of you may be aware there is a new version/remake/re imagining of the beloved Double Dragon 2 sitting snugly on your new arcade titles list. Being a huge DD fan (my favorite was always Return on the SNES) I decided to download and play the demo and hope that it erased the horror that was Double Dragon Neon from my mind.....oh how wrong I was. A truly awful combat system coupled with nasty visuals not to mention a below average frame rate (I'm sure it was doing no more than 30fps) made me go back to the dash and check that I had downloaded the right game. Turns out I had downloaded the right game and this piece of clunky clumsy excuse for a videogame was a new version of DD. All I can say is COME BACK RISE OF THE ROBOTS ALL IS FORGIVEN!!!

Well its been a rather long time but here I am again, I guess I kinda forgot about this place and was so tied up in things . A quick update before we go any further I have stopped uploading videos to my youtube channel, I stopped for many reasons that I explained in my last video. Xmas was rather good got two awesome films (Once Upon A Time In China 1 and 2) and well not much else lol but that was all I wanted really. Games wise I simply can't stop playing Tekken Tag 2, Anarchy Reigns, Tekken 6 and VF5FS, although I've found recently I've gone back to my retro fighting games such as DOA2/3 CVSNK2 and SC2. Anyways I hope to blog more often from now on and let you all know whats going on, if I don't then well I can't be bothered lol