Nailed It! Tatsunoko vs Capcom is USA Bound

I doubt anyone remembers my post from July 11th of 2008, “Tatsunoko vs. Capcom on Tour”, but here’s an update anyway.

I was right.

“Tatsunoko VS Capcom Confirmed, Playable at E3” by Mike Fahey, posted on Kotaku.com

Ha!

More to come,

JKL

VGXPO

The VGXPO: America’s Video Game Expo started today, November 21st, and will continue to November 23rd. It is being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center located at 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.

The east coast does not see many video game related expos; that has been the west coast’s treat. However, if you are a local of Pennsylvania or the tri-state area, then check it out. I will not continue to shill it out; just laying groundwork for my announcement that I will be attending the VGXPO on Saturday, and plan to have a report of some sort posted on this blog sometime afterward. And, no, I will not be going in with a Press Pass. I did not even think about, so . . . there. Stay tuned.

More to come,

Jon K Langdon

Check Out Cor Blimey! It’s A Dragon Quest IV Blog

It is done. I have made my first entry in my newest blog series Cor Blimey! It’s A Dragon Quest IV Blog. The intial page features a short introduction to the blog, but the individual blog posts will be available under the Pages section to the left.

Enjoy!

Cor Blimey! It’s a Dragon Quest IV Blog

The Legend of Zenithia STARTS HERE

More to come.

~Jon K Langdon

New blog series coming soon

I realize it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Just letting you all know.

Anyway, I’m announcing an upcoming series of blog posts concerning the new Nintendo release Dragon Quest IV. I picked up the game a few days ago, and for some reason or another, I decided to write my reactions to the game as I go along. Sounds exciting, right?

Like Conan O’Brien, I appreciate your pity. The DQ4 blog posts will begin soon and I’m hoping they will lead into other topics that could be more interesting than the central blog series. Probably more interesting. Hopefully? Well, I’m sure something will come of it.

In other news, I have sold my first few articles through textbroker.com, so I can officially call myself a freelance writer. Whee! \o/ Please don’t ask how much I’m being paid. The way the economy is going, everyone else will soon be pulling wages just as worthless as mine. *sigh*

More to come.
~Jon K Langdon

Soul Calibur Four (probably the only place spelling it out)

Check out my stance against the arbitrary use of “Roman numerals” in sequels! Wooooo!

All right. Enough of that. I picked up Soul Calibur IV yesterday at my local Game Stop which I admit was a gamble considering my past with the chain. Way back when, I pre-ordered Final Fantasy XII; this was before it was delayed the first time–during the wait, I had to replace my receipt once because it was starting to fade. When the day finally came and Final Fantasy XII was available, I went to the Game Stop where I had placed the pre-order and found out that the store was sold out. I’ve heard stories of people paying for a game in full and Game Stop “losing” that customer’s information, but the Game Stop had my information intact and acknowledged that I had pre-ordered Final Fantasy XII (collector’s edition, btw ;p ), yet the store was sold out. Just to make it clear: I had given the store money for a game over a year in advance with the understanding (and legally binding agreement) that when Final Fantasy XII was available the store would set aside a copy especially for me–look, the store sold what I had already paid for. If I did have the receipt with me that day, I’m sure they would have tried to pretend to have “lost” my information. I demanded my money back, went to a rival store in the same mall, and bought the collector’s edition of Final Fantasy XII, and the nifty collector’s guidebook, for less than it was at Game Stop. On the way out of the mall, I slowed my walk past that Game Stop, gave them an old-fashioned crotch chop, and haven’t entered that store since.

Fortunately, I had no problems getting my copy of Soul Calibur IV. Then again, I also had a receipt; the store had already lost my information last week when I was trying to use my Edge card benefits without having the card on me. I will probably continue to visit Game Stop except on days when either dipstick, jackass, or dipstick #2 isn’t working–you know the guys. As for pre-ordering: unless the pre-order actually came with some kind of incentive (I’d take a keychain), then I’m through with pre-orders. To Hell with this giving stores money ahead of time so they can “forget” all about it. Game Stop, as Stephen Colbert would say, you’re on notice!