I bounced between Xbox Series S and Switch this week, sometimes within just a few minutes. I would've done so with PS4 as well, but I've misplaced my HDMI splitter to expande two slots to four. Here's the games I really liked followed by the ones I kind of didn't stick with for very long.
Oh the platformers. I must've uttered every raw, adult, four-letter, explosive, pun-ridden, nasty word or phrase ever invented by sailors from a dozen different nations. After a dozen or so games -- each rage quit with a unique expletive -- to my surprise, I found myself settling in a bit,. I got several levels farther in games I never got out of the first level with before and eventually even started enjoying myself. . . Wait, maybe that's getting ahead of myself. Let's just say I started calming down. So here's the lot of them that I tried -- and largely failed with -- this week.
I rediscovered the really great 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series. The theme music is always close at hand in my mind, and I always imagined it was from a 70s era X-Men show, a time I would've watched it as a kid, but, I think, I was watching Super Friends then and not X-Men. I guess my friend Mad Krammer and I were watching X-Men in the 90s. Well, we watched it again and it's really great. Good writing, excellent animation, nothing to complain about at all. Oh, and then there's the gaming I did this week.
We got adventure, brawling, FPS, open-world action, and a racing game in this group.
Last time we looked at the arcade cabinet shaped NEO GEO Mini, which has a total of 40 games! That’s enough to split this blog series into two parts, so here’s the second part with the rest of the games on this mini console.
I didn't finish Ori or Hellblade, and I'm still playing Metro 2033, but I can complain and shower praise can't I?
As I’m coming to realize, I have a weakness for games classified as Metroidvanias. Between the layered progression and backtracking and the feeling of getting progressively more powerful, with some great boss fights sprinkled throughout, there’s always something to help continuously pull me through these experiences. Omega Strike, clocking in at five hours, is no exception to this rule and is further bolstered by its clear Metal Slug influence.
Not any game stuff at the moment other than I tried Middle-Earth: Shadows of Mordor. I suck at it.
It’s after midnight, but I haven’t gone to bed yet. That means this BaD entry counts for today, right? RIGHT?
Good morning Pixlpeeps! This time last week I was flying over a couple of state to Denver, and eventually making my way to New Orleans for a fun filled week on the Carnival Dream roaming around the Western Caribbean.
Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! This week, the Pantsless Ones talk about some Twisted Metal before Chrono Crossing into 2013. We are recording our next episode early, so if you want to participate in the segment for 2012, please comment quickly!
The Simpsons: Bart Vs. The Space Mutants
I couldn't come up with an alliteration for both Friday and something game-themed except fragging, flanking, and I'm not really a huge shooter gamer, so ....
This is a week or so overdue but now I have more than enough comics to share (well not really, keep your hands off!) And it's steeped in epic sauce!
So I did finish Watchmen, like, two weeks ago or something (time flies!). It was really good! I was under the ending was going to be very dire—I mean, it WAS but not like I'd expected, though the fate of a certain character made me sad. If I had to choose one word to describe the book, though, I'd go with "gray." Well, how about "grey" because that's a cooler spelling 
Nothing is as simple as good and evil. Just look at who the villain was, what he did and why, and the fact that he questioned his own actions at the end (trying to avoid spoilers). Anyway, I enjoyed reading it and will definitely be picking up some more Alan Moore stuff in the future. I also plan to watch the movie. I've already picked it up from the library lol but haven't had time to watch it yet. It's 142 minutes! But I want to get to it while it's still somewhat fresh in my mind.
It’s hump day folks which means we’re half way to happiness and half way through the final week of BaD! So let’s keep this baby rolling.
Or How Can a Silly Little Light Gun Game Be So Damn Endearing?
Being a tough guy is hard, but being a badass can be even tougher unless you follow my lead, of course. Anyone can claim to be badass, but more often than not their badassery can’t hold up when it’s truly tested. I, however I am the complete embodiment of all that is badass in video games, and it’s time for me to share some of my knowledge with you all. You may think you’re hot stuff, and you may think you’re tough, but in reality you’re only an apprentice.
The third DLC release to hit Metro: Last Light’s Season Pass, the Developer Pack adds a standalone mission plus a few additional odds and ends.
Grab a fresh air filter; it’s time to go back underground with the first DLC to hit the Metro: Last Light Season Pass.
