Lord of Pain

For those of you that have been following my meanders of life, you know that I have recently acquired a PS2 game entitled, God of War. The game focuses on a Spartan charactered named, Kratos. He begins the game wield dual chained blades called the Blades of Chaos. The fluidity iin which they move is pretty amazing, and equally as impressive. Most games use whips pretty much as long poles that only swing straight (Castlevania).

Unfortunately, the only problem with this game is the obvious, it is a PS2 exclusive. This means below average graphics (those these are as good as it gets on the PS2), and you are bound to the PS2 controller. For those of you that are not familiar, the PS2 controller is backwards compatible version of the PSX controllers, where were good for their time. Unfortunately, the PS2 controllers are woefully obsolete when compared to the GameCube, and Xbox controllers. The only reason that I can think of that so many people like it, is because they are so used to it. The controller itself is on the same side, so all the buttons are jammed together, and the design itself is not ergonomic, so it causes stain on the hands and forearms when you play.

For most people, the design of the controller is not a problem, and for me it never was during the old PSX days. Though, I think that, that is likely because practically no games used the analog, which has awful placement. Anyhow, my main problem is my carpotunnel. The unnatural position of the hands just sends shocking pain through my wrist. I’m pretty pissed off about it in general. I was trying to play today, but could not even defeat common enemies, or navigate the stage. Now, my carpo is so inflamed that I can hardly type. Thus, I conclude this post.