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Finally, the long-awaited, Resident Evil 5 Review! Please drop comments or email and let me know what you think!

So… I’m pretty much a big chicken when it comes to horror games, moves, etc. I struggled through Doom 3, and just about soiled myself when I encountered my first Big Daddy in Bioshock. So, hearing how good the Resident Evil games have been over the years in regards to scaring you, I stayed as far away as possible. Not because I was afraid of a good game, but because I was just afraid. I’m finding the fact that I’m writing about the newest installment of the RE series very odd as I know that I am not a horror fan in the purest sense of the word.

To give you some background on why I ever picked up the latest installment, I start with an anecdote. I met and spent the weekend with Ken Lally in March for All-Con. He is Wesker in RE5 in every aspect but the actual voice. Pretty amazing dude – super-passionate about his craft and glowing about the game. Then the fangirls started rolling in gushing about this game and I find myself thinking, “I’m going to pass up a game that this many people are crazy about because I’m chicken? No way!”

And that’s when I picked up RE5. There were some pretty intense parts, and some were even scary, but overall its gotten away from its intense horror roots, and for me, that’s a good thing. Read the rest of this entry »

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I know – dramatic, right? Things have been stacking up in regards to things going on at KNM. Most of those things are behind the scenes and I can’t talk about all of them yet… but I will be soon!

Lets start with about 4 weeks ago when I reached a decision that I had been putting off for years. About 10 of them. Years, not decisions. I have decided to, at last, do two things that I haven’t been able to do so far in this life.

1. Finish my Undergrad Degree
2. Become a full-time legitimate game developer

Fortunately I am able to do both at the same. So, as of July 6th, I will be enrolled working towards my Bachelors of Science in Game and Simulation Programming. Wish me congratulations or commiserations, its going to be a rough next 30-36 months while I learn to code (not completely from scratch, but close). One of the ideas that I can’t talk about relates to this, but I’m not ready to announce anything yet. If I don’t end up doing it I’d rather not have said that I was going to, lol.

I’m still working on my RE5 review, which is well overdue but such is life. I’m also doing a review of Sacred 2 with the PhysX update. Interesting stuff there and what’s even more interesting is the PC version of RE5 is getting the PhysX treatment from Nvidia. The rotten eggs will fly more accurately, lol. The treatment for sacred was a bit superficial so I’m hoping they do a little more to RE5. Also, look forward to reviews on Okami and Wii Music in the Not Quite New segment.

Also, I just picked up a new laptop which I’m already in love with, Its the Gateway FX P-7805u. I picked it up for a steal to begin my programming on and I can’t be happier. Full spec review as I get time. Probably will be written on the laptop

The rest of my excuses lie around getting the house cleaned out of old furniture, building out our library (it has books and shelves and a desk, so its a library :-p). I’ll post pics once its done. I’ll be posting more in regards to general life and entertainment so that I can keep up with activity even when I don’t have time to game.

Anyways, the rest I can’t talk about because they are surprises! Look forward to the first one next week! Everyone bring some cigars, lol! Laterz all!

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Hey everyone, just thought I’d drop a note to let you know what you can expect from KNM this week. I’ve got some cool stuff in store for you. I’m putting the finishing touches on my “Not Quite New” game of the month review – I played through Square-Enix’s Infinite Undiscovery and will have a full review up by Tuesday.

I’ve also just got in a review copy of Sacred II: Fallen Angel, which is getting a big face-lift thanks to NVIDIA’s (relatively) newly acquired PhysX technology. Its installed already and looks to be a good investment of time before I’ll be done. With any game that takes me more than a week or two to finish, I’ll try to publish updates each week to let you know what I’m playing and where I”m at.

Also, I’m finishing up Resident Evil 5, and will also have that review up this week, most likely by Friday. I have to give a shout-out to my man Ken Lally, who did a really badass job with Wesker. He may not be the voice in the final game, but ask him to give you a Wesker impression sometime and he’s more Wesker than Wesker. Also, get him to talk to you about the stance. Pure genious.

I’m also going to start putting up some iPhone game reviews – they’re some great game out on the iPhone and they need to get covered! There’s so much crap out there that the good stuff needs a little help rising to the top. If you have an iPhone game you’ve developed and would like me to check it out, please send me an email – tim@kennedynewmedia.com and I’ll give it a look.

That’s all for now – thanks everyone for your support and keep on gaming!

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Packing my bags and cameras for All-Con. I’ll be volunteering most of the weekend, working the Celeb table. I’ll be with Ken Lally (Resident Evil, Heroes) and my beautiful wife will be with (the also beautiful) Candace Kita (Two and a Half Men, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry). Hottie table indeed, lol.

Saturday we’ll be doing lunch around 11:30am-1pm at Spring Creek barbeque. Any and all are welcome to join us. We go dutch, so bring money for your own food but we’ll provide the great conversation. Isn’t that just awesome?

Looking forward to an awesome weekend. Let me know you read the blog if you come by!

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As over almost 2 million others have done within the past week, I downloaded the free Resident Evil 5 demo from Xbox Live! the other night. Since this game is slotted to really be this year’s first multi-platform blockbuster, it deserves some love.

First impression was a good one – and its probably not what you think. It was the download size. I probably got a good hour or two of enjoyment out of the demo with solo and co-op play and it was only slightly over half a gig in size. Looking at other games that game that much content like Mirror’s Edge or LOTR: Conquest which are both over a gig and really didn’t have that much more to show for it. The download over my puny “hi-speed” connection was over before I knew it and I jumped right in.

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