Wow, it’s been some time since my last entry. Only really big news with me lately is that I gave in and signed up for college. It’s nothing fancy, just our local community college, but still, that’s something. Being the picky bastard I am, I had to opt for the Associate in Liberal Studies degree. Basically, this enables me to pick a whole lot more electives than any of the other degrees offered. It’s pretty cool. I’ll be taking web design and video production this fall, among some other somewhat more mundane stuff.

I would be curious to know what’s been up with the other hosts lately since I haven’t really communicated with them in a while. When we branched out, there was a lot of distance placed between us, even though three of the hosts still reside in the same city as far as I am aware. Just one of those little things in life that’s interesting. But…not very.

I tracked down a leaked copy of the Phantasy Star Portable demo for PSP(acronymic irony, har har). Aside from a glitch that basically renders multi-mode unplayable, it’s a pretty great conversion. The lobby system has been almost completely revamped. No longer do you run around the space station, going to shops or things like that in 3d. It’s all been streamlined into a 2d, menu-based interface. Now, I can see why Alfa Systems did this, and it does make sense for a portable system, but honestly, it doesn’t quite feel right. It doesn’t feel like Phantasy Star(not counting the earlier RPGs). The gameplay itself is spot on and the controls are pretty tight. One gripe is that the player is forced to use the analog nub for character movement. Again, I can understand why the developer did this, considering how every entry since the first Phantasy Star Online had analog movement, but what a hell of a cramp this can induce. No doubt this is offset by 5-15 minute missions rather than the, admittedly, somewhat grueling grind-fests of old. I’m not quite sure how to feel about that yet. Still, i’ll buy a copy if it ever comes stateside.

That’s good for now. Take care, folks.

Ricky Coulter
Writer, Gamer, Caveman.

July 18th, 2008
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>office furniture in Bulgaria
office furniture in Bulgaria
office furniture in Bulgaria
guys time  for post update…….

I finally got windows back up and running thanks to a friendly Dell Tech!

Anways my skype headset still works so I’ll be doing the Hardware podcasts

First show will be about amd vs intel or xbox360 vs the PS3

If your a regular visitor please drop by and give me your thoughts about my casts and  critque them abit and PLEASE DO NOT hold anything back positive or negative

And also as allways your ideas, thoughts and comments on what we shall cover over the next few weeks is welcome and if you can be bothered , feel free to tell us how to improve or donate whatever you can …. ten cents for the poor gamer?
your generosity is appreicated …

Cheerio

Hope you enjoy the cast

Snake

March 6th, 2008
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Vanilla, in retrospect, wasn’t such a hot choice for a new forum. So now we’re back on PHPBB, this time running the long awaited version 3. I gotta say, I like it so far. Clean, simple, nice options, and it came with a nifty converter to import all the old data from our previous phpbb2 install. Very nice. So now the forum is back, more or less as it was in August 2006. The Vanilla forum is still online, of course, but it will undoubtedly be pulled eventually..

http://www.vgtheory.com/phpbb3

Go ahead, check it out, post, tell your friends, spread the word. Let’s rebuild the community like it once was, okay?

March 6th, 2008
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Call it an experiment. Let us see how far it goes, shall we?

Video Game Theory 01

http://feeds.feedburner.com/VideoGameTheory

Topics:
Brief synopsis of Game Theory,
Brief analysis of Sonic 2 oddities.

Host:
Ricky Coulter

March 2nd, 2008
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Heya Folks I’m snake new to posting here on the site, but, not new at all to the forums

I’ll be here as site maintainer\poster\staff member and i’ll be hanging around and goofing off with the rest of the VGT Staff….

OK, here’s the news

Issue one, Me and ricky are guna give VGT a facelift and a tottally new razzy RAWR Campaign in hopes to raise money for our projects mine music his the PS3 but hopefully we can raise enough money to review stuff for you folks and give you our honest expert opinion on what’s hot and what’s not

yup with rick’s approval of course  we might even merge our two sites , Frag-Artists and VGT with  who know’s what uber kewl and down right groovy name

because mine was a general over all cover all computing site that was going to include gaming tips and strategies but only got to cover computing news but soon if we decide not to  merge, expect FA to cover awesome stuff like  computer optimization tips such as tweaking and registry hacking like for instance explaining how to  get a 1.5 mbps cable connection to  buzz along to a speed at least 3.5 or maybe seven at the best or how to choose the best hardware\ software setup for the tasks you do most

Yea, Lots LOTS TO COME!!!

STAY TUNED!!!

March 1st, 2008
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Trust me here, i’m all ears! If you know of any ways to increase revenue on this blog, by all means, tell me! I’m looking into SEO as well as CPAs and any other money-making acronyms.

I do want to use this blog to share my opinions, review products, maybe even give advice, but I seriously need to set up a reliable revenue stream. I mean, if I can get this blog making five dollars a day, at that point, it’s paying for itself as well as my dinner! Something I highly enjoy having more than two nights a week.

March 1st, 2008
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If you want to write for free, this is your blog! I can’t promise any compensation, at least not at this point, but you could certainly benefit from name recognition and you can develop your posting skill over time here. Something to think about. Shoot me an email at thegrandpubaa at vgtheory dot com.

March 1st, 2008
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Yeah, you really need to have a solid idea of what you’re going to write about before you embark on an arduous journey through the silicon world, lest you end up like me and find yourself wondering what to write about. It’s a tad annoying, let me just say. I’m sure I have plenty to say, but unfortunately, finding something specific to focus on is sometimes a little tricky. Not a naturally tenable position for a writer to be in, understand?

March 1st, 2008
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So, I know the podcast kind of held an almost anti-PSP sentiment for a while, but in all honest, I have found the device to be really sweet with a custom firmware. It enables the user so many features Sony would normally withhold. Like running backups, yeah, but also homebrew. Have you ever played full speed Sonic CD on a PSP? I have. It’s frickin great!

So has anybody else given the ‘PuSP’ a second glance? For that matter, does anyone here know what a Pandora battery is?

March 1st, 2008
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Check out this screenie(low quality) to get an idea of what i’m talking about.

Video and more info at Siliconera.

March 1st, 2008
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