Sisuke's MMO of the Month.

Hey Sisuke here and I'm going to start posting every month about a MMO that not many people know about and are FREE, I've been going around searching for MMO's that have enough quality to be listed. Well as for this month the one I found is called Dragon Sky by AeriaGames its one for martial arts fans, its a very very well done Martial arts MMO, its hard core to the sense its flashy like martial arts are but not over the top, there is no super powers, you don't summon demon gods, or lighting bolts. The lvling system is pretty easy to get down first you have your level in this case its called Dan so 1st dan 2nd Dan 3rdDan and so on. Then you have your soul, your soul is used for learning new skills and attaining some power ups i won't go into detail since the game can tell you every thing. Instead of just learning skills what you do learn is art styles there are four. Fists, Swords, Spears, and Maces, and in order to get higher and stronger styles of each you have to collect martial art practice books. Anyways to keep this from being to TL:DR (To long : didn't read for you Internet noobs) All i can say is I'm pretty hooked I enjoy you fans of fighting styles should check it out. Oh its made by Aeria games a game site you should keep track of and for a bonus here's a link to their site http://www.aeriagames.com/ and here's a link to DragonSky.

UFS

hi all this is Sir vroke im here to talk about a new thing we have all picked up it is called UFS. that stands for Universal Fighting System. it is a card game that mixes together all of the diffrent fighters from many games. so at any give time you can have dan hibiki VS voldo from soul caliber or Donovan vs Galford D. Weller. if your wounder how it plays we will try to have a video up soon to explan that for a short summery it is like magicthegathering on super crack

we will have more on this later till then see you all later

Videos!!

Ok everyone this is Sisuke once again with a small update. We just got ourselves a new SNES (Super Nintendo for people who aren't familiar with the Abbreviation) and we will be posting videos of us playing a few games we have for it. Also we have a few videos of SNK Vs. Capcom (SvC Chaos)

Some of the fights were pretty awesome and some..well lets say Sir Vroke wiped the floor with Zero.  We also have a few videos of WindJammers. Don't know what Windjammers is well you'll find out soon! Hope you guys enjoy the videos once their up and remember gaming is a religion! 

New challenger!

Ok guy's Its been a while since Professor Game has been up and about. We are trying hard to get new content up and stuff liek that. soon we will have some of our talks and  memories of MAG fest that was this jan. Now i guess I should introduce my self. My names Sisuke and well..i'll be posting a video soon of what I do for professor game and what my expertiest are as well as some of the games I own and what my room looks like.

The 2nd Impact is Coming

Get ready for it everyone. Professor Game returns soon.

Round 1. Ready? Fight!

A New Challenger Approaches

The Mysterious "L" VS Professor Game!



(Note - I apologize for not posting this sooner, YouTube went down at one point and wouldn't let me upload anything, so I couldn't get it posted. Anywho, here it is, hope you enjoy it!)

Unfortunetly, Rene was unable to challenge me today. However, deep from within the shadows, the mysterious "L" (no relation to Death Note) came out and challenged me! Unfortunetly, we only had one controller and guess who got stuck using the keyboard...yeah, me. Anyway, we battled long and hard (you have no idea how much he 'ticked' me off) and in the end, the true master came out ontop.

"L" is on the right side with Ryu, I'm on the left side with Dan. GO FOR BROKE!

Beyond Good & Evil: Emulation and it's place in Gaming

Emulation Nation

In the gaming industry, one of touchiest subjects (with the exception of the Nintendo DS) is the concept of emulation. Whether it is backwards compatibility on a console or google-ing "(insert name of game) ROM/ISO," emulation is very prevalent in today's gaming society. For something that both the industry and its fans participate in creating and keeping alive, one would think that there would be a common ground of sorts for the two to meet on, but when money is involved, any industry is going to get upset. So, what is "emulation?" Put simply, an emulator is, in most cases, a program on your PC that "emulates" a particular system. For instance, the ZSNES and the SNES9X are two Super Nintendo emulators that are widely popular and accessible. These emulators run files called "Rom"s or "Iso"s. "Rom" stands for Read Only Memory. It is, literally, the file that is inside of a cartridge, like a Game Boy Advance or a SEGA Genesis. "Iso" is a little trickier because it stands for an Organization (The International Organization of Standardization) and is a file that pretends to be a CD. In the emulation community, however, it's used when describing "CD ROMs." Basically, an ISO is like a ROM, except for a CD based console, like the Playstaion or Dreamcast.

I'm Innocent Officer!

So why would the gaming industry get so mad about this? Well, imagine this: you want to play a new game for your Nintendo DS, but don't have the money. Well, after going to Google and searching "Nintendo DS Emulator" and the name of your game followed by "ROM" and BAM! Now you're playing the game and you didn't even pay...a single...cent. That's right, you paid nothing to download this game, so you just stole from Nintendo! So, where does the legal system get involved with ROMs? Well, emulators are okay, ROMs/ISOs are not. "Why is this?" you ask? Simple! You see, an emulator is nothing more then a program that someone made. They didn't steal anything. They created a program, not the game. ROMs, on the other hand, are the actual game in file form. So OF COURSE their illegal! And as for all the little "rules" some ROM sites have put up when concerning ROMs are all bogus. You can't keep them for 24 hours, then delete them. You can't use the as back-ups to games you already own. You can't save it on a flash drive and use it that way. Legally, you CAN'T own them. Period.

So why tell you all this? With all of this against emulation, what more can I (or rather should I) say? Well, honestly, without the online emulation community, we wouldn't have a lot of stuff we take for granted. Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Shop Network, and the Virtual Console wouldn't exist. Backward compatibility would be "considered" and barely implemented. Japanese games in America would be few and far between and older systems would've died from most normal people's memory. Honestly, while emulation can be, and is in many ways, bad, one can not deny the good that it has caused on the industry.

Step Yo' Game Up!

Most times, industries are lazy. If they know that people will buy their products and complain very little, they won't change. Generally, when the gaming industry does change, it's called "The Next-Gen." Secretly, that means that the companies in the industry know that people are starting to complain more. However, emulation has helped move the Gaming Industry forward in many ways. For one, it's part of why "Backwards Compatibility" is so important now and days. To prove my point, look at the 360 and the PS3. Both systems have to emulate their predecessors and only one of the two do it well. The 360 can emulate all but eight or so games. While some may have some issues, overall, it emulates the Xbox fairly well. The PS3, however, has all sorts of weird problems with emulating Playstation 2 games. These include things like that only one model has backwards compatibility and how Sony has changed how the PS3 emulates the PS2. You'd be surprised how many people are actually turned off by this!

As for each of the "Big Three's" various online download services, this is to help combat emulation in the hopes that people would feel better about buying the games for a small fee and playing them within the comfort of their own system. Otherwise, they're nothing more then emulated games on the various systems.

l33t Hax0r5 and Fan Translations

For those of you wondering "WTF is a "l33t Hax0r5"?" I'm going to direct you to Romhacking.net, the HQ of all the most serious "Hacks" for Video Game systems. Now, admittedly, while I like hacks of games, I don't see how important they are to the industry. Now, for fans, they are a godsend. After beating Super Mario World 100 times over, being able to play the same game with new levels is awesome. If you went to Romhacking.net, I recommend you check out their extensive list of hacks for your favorite games. A lot of them are really fun. Now, onto how Fan Translations effect the industry as a whole. Fan Translations, while very still being illegal, are probably one of the biggest things fan's have ever done to spur the industry. I direct your attention to the "Tales of..." Series. "Tales of Symphonia" came out on the Gamecube and was anything but a "cult hit." Almost every single Gamecube owner owns the game! The game is what caused the series to explode onto the American RPG scene. But why would Bandai-Namco take the chance on this game? I mean, it's not like the other games that came out were even remembered by gamers. I attribute this risk-taking to DeJap's fan translation of the SNES classic, "Tales of Phantasia." This game started the "Tales of..." franchise and is one of the best games I've ever played. The shocking thing was that I played it five years before the first official English version came out (The GBA Version). Many fans of the series actually enjoy DeJaps SNES translation when compared to the recent GBA translation! I feel that Fan Translations, when teamed up with the sudden burst on Anime, is the reason why developers are taking the chance on "Japanese Flavored Games" in America.

Beyond Good and Evil

Emulation is important. Honestly, how many people would still be playing the original Zelda? How many would know what that was like? Emulation has forced the industry to evolve and has forced us, as fans, to stand up and take notice. Even though it is illegal, the emulation community is alive and thriving, stronger now then it has ever been and is becoming a part of gaming as a whole. While it's not completely healthy for the industry, one can't deny the benefits it has for us gamers.