Yes, the obsession with Forza has begun and it is now the number 8 most played game for me this year and rising fast. I've just passed level 50 with no real end in sight. I've never seen a map screen more full of races and other points of interest. New ones get added as I complete challenges and as the seasons pass. Then there are the multiplayer events called Forzathons that happen every few hours or so. When it pops up, you head to the location on your map and suddenly, seemlessly, you are in multiplayer surrounded by other players. As a group you go off to complete various challenges within a set amount of time. This game has endless variety, it seems.
Well hello Friday and thank you for sticking with the trend of below normal temperatures. It is really nice to be able to keep the windows open past noon especially for the last couple of months it has been all about the air conditioning. Anyways on Wednesday I wrote about my experiences at my garage sale and it continues but later on in this rambling piece I like to call Quick Hits. Today is mostly about the random things I bought over the past couple of weeks, and if that doesn’t interest you, we’re still good and I’ll see you on Monday when I complain about whatever game I’m playing. For everyone else let’s get started because it’s Friday, and I kinda want an ice coffee and donut, and the closest thing that offers both is Dunkin so I’ll be there after I finish here.
the other day I had finished up Iconoclasts, and already was planning on playing Timespinner next. I started it yesterday, and somehow finished it today. Here are some of my thoughts.
There’s a new fighting game starring all sorts of video game characters, and no it’s not Smash Bros. If you were upset that Shovel Knight is just an assist trophy in the new Smash, well this may be the game for you. Blade Strangers is a 2-D one-on-one fighter featuring characters from games like Shovel Knight, Code of Princess, Cave Story, The Binding of Isaac, and Umihara Kawase. Since the characters are interesting enough, here’s a blog about them!
So here we are on Wednesday and I have to admit it is really freaking nice outside right now. Yesterday the windows were all open up until around 3-4pm when it started to get a little warm but damn I am excited for the change in the weather. Good morning Pixlpeeps! I was going to post what I wrote on my iPad on Monday but it was a holiday so I was being all lazy, and then I figured why not just rewrite what I wrote but take out some of the excess so here we are, with another Combo Blog!
I finished up Iconoclasts yesterday. I did enjoy my time with the game, so here are some final thoughts on Iconoclasts.
I didn't tell you guys yet, but last week I bought a 2TB drive for my PS4. I did it mostly because I heard the news Red Dead Redemption 2 needs a mandatory 100 gig install. I installed it Friday night. It went okay, except when it was time to boot up the PS4 I had the wrong system software - I had the update, not the full software. After that it went fine. Now I have a crapload of space. I reinstalled all my games, but Final Fantasy XV needed a 29 gig update. I told Joaquim and Yarger most of that is the lead character's hair, ha ha.
Not quite retro, but it'll do. I'm currently populating a list of games, books, film and music that I have and want from those years. I'll try and play some of the games (although Forza Horizon 4 will probably stomp that into the ground), read a few books, watch a few films and make several mix cds for my car. Here's some highlights.
Yes, yesterday I played some games. A little Minecraft, a lot of Valkyria Chronicles 4 demo and a medium amount of Forza Horizon 4. What's with the fours? It's bad luck in some cultures. I'll try not to think about that.
I have one complaint about Dragon Quest 11, and it's a complaint I have with a lot of JRPG's - I can't use ALL my characters in combat in once. There are seven characters you collect in this game - why can't I use them all in combat at once, instead of just four? That would be rad. Final Fantasy X sort of let you do that. That's kind of why I like Last Remnant - because you have a shitload of characters and you use them all at once.
Yep, we finally did it, we killed the Ender Dragon in Minecraft for, I think, at least the third time. One for the Xbox 360 version, one for the first Xbox One Version and now for the new and improved Xbox One version. It was definitely harder in this last version, and we both died a few times doing it, but we finally did it, and more.
So last week I found out that the neighborhood is having another neighborhood garage sale and I wanted to participate by selling off my records. Then I figured why stop there so I went into the games closet and picked out games that I really don’t want anymore. Everything from NES all the way up to the current PS4. I couldn’t part with my Vita games because I really don’t have a lot to begin with and I kind of like them. So on the weekend I set out to go through the collection and pull games. Overall I think I trimmed about 50% of the collection and I’m feeling good.
I noticed something about my latest list of games I’ve reviewed lately at GamerDad.com. Two of them feature ninjas, so we’ll bookend them here. Like always, please click on the links and read as many reviews as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. And speaking of ninjas, tell me your favorite video game ninjas. Mine would probably be the Ninjis from Mario games, I-Ninja from a forgotten Namco platformer from the GameCube era, Ebisumaru from Goemon, and Taki from Soul Calibur. Not sure why I like Taki, though. She’s just cool I guess. Anyway, here are the reviews!
I saw the other day that the well-regarded 3DS game Monster Hunter Stories has been ported to mobile. The visuals have been upgraded to HD (on the 3DS they were 240P), and apparently it's a great port. At $20 it's probably cheaper than the 3DS version nowadays too. If you're not familiar with it, it's a Monster Hunter game, but with cartoon visuals and a turn-based battle system. Apparently it's very good. I'll probably get it - I need a new iPad game to play.
Unfortunetly not the Japanese one but the one my friend and I are now getting close to in Minecraft.
So I need to type this up quickly because I have an idea for a project that I am working on and I’d like to jump into it. I should be doing that first, but I also have a couple of things I have on my head that I want to share with you good people and if I jump into my project I’ll forget it, so here we are. Kinda crazy but it is all good. So Pixlpeeps let’s get started with another Quick Hits.
Hey guys, so I had to quit my job due to health concerns. I'm using this time to study coding and thought, you know what, why not make a game!
Went to drop off application at Workforce solutions; expected it to take a second, took 2 hours.
I finished up Bloodborne again last night. This was my second full playthrough. I had started back in March, but gave up about 1/3rd of the way through. Most likely because of God of War. Here are some quick thoughts based on this second run.