Good morning Pixlpeeps! I have been away for the last week because I have a family member in the hospital and I’ve spent a lot of time there and when I came home it was to eat bad fast food, watch some TV, and fall asleep. I think this maybe the first time in a week that I have actually really used my laptop. I may have powered it up yesterday to sign up for Discord to join the Pixlbit page and search for a cure on how to actually use a Fortnite account I have instead of the one the Switch signed me up for and I can’t get rid of (*hint, you don’t because Epic didn’t think of things like a Logout button). Anyways let’s get started with a combo Game/Quick Hits blog!
So another E3 has come and gone. This year's wasn't the best we had in terms of game reveals but it had me more optimistic about where games are heading than most. There looks to be a lot I want to play and little I disliked. However, there were two things that irked me and I need to get out of the way before I get to the positives:
Well, due to E3 I held off METAL MONDAY for this week. Do not fear though it will return next week. I am listening to a new album right now as I type this.
Wow, a revamp on the ES Mobile card game "insert huge yawn". I really dislike the Pokemon games but I have to admit the PM Go game was a juggernaut when it was released. I really do not get into the "Mobile" games.
MY HYPE FOR E3 IS OVER 9000!!!
So over the past few weeks I’ve written several articles about Nintendo Labo at GamerDad.com. But since these articles were so spread out, I figured I’d bunch links to them all here for easy access for people who want to read them all. So dig in and check out all about Nintendo’s creative cardboard folding video games on the Switch!
Well, its been a hour or so since I watched the Microsoft conference at E3. I have to say the Gamespot preshow is a bit narcissistic but hey, they aren't the reason I tuned in. Anyway, let me get to the meat of this post.
Wii U games that should make the Switch
Well, I was informed I was let go from my full-time adjunct position on Monday. While I was still searching for jobs lightly in May "just in case" when I was told it looked as though I'd be coming back for Fall (faculty hiring freeze, uncertainty on the part of administration etc. all played a role I won't go into), it still came as a bit of a surprise given the circumstances and the way things were communicated to me.
Oh the weekend, you have been missed. Hello Pixlpeeps! It is currently warm here in sunny Southern California where it could hit triple digits but it isn’t bad because there’s no humidity. Now in a month or so I will complain about it being freakin’ hot AND humid.
What is this sorcery? Apperantly it takes place 20 years after the bombs fell and premutant. More to come at E3. Are you excited or skeptical?
For the most part my cold has run its course with the exception of me trying to breathe through my nose, that’s still hit and miss but other than that, I’m good. And that is my over share of the day. Hello Pixlpeeps, since I am better, I am going to be running some errands after I type this up, edit some pics and upload everything. This also means there might be a stop to the Thrift Store to check out some .50 CDs and see if anything is worth adding to the library. But before all of that let’s see what Chris has been playing
So as most of you have probably heard by now, I’ll be going to E3 after a five-year long hiatus. I’ve been going to E3 since 1997, and while I did skip a couple of years here and there, it was by my own choice for the most part. But the past five years I didn’t get approved for a media pass because they said the site I write for was too small. But I kept applying each year anyway and to my surprise, this year I was approved! I don’t know what changed, but hey, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, right? So we’ll see if E3 is still better than PAX. Oh yeah, speaking of, since I am going to E3, I won’t be going to PAX West this year in August. Mainly because I don’t have enough vacation time plus it’s really hard to take off around Labor Day where I work. I will post my E3 coverage over at GamerDad.com when I get back, so please be sure to check that out after the show. But in the meantime, here are some game reviews I’ve posted lately there. Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a like or comment or two. I’d really appreciate it. OK let’s begin!
I’m really liking this blogging while still in bed. It’s comfortable, quiet, and I don’t have to get up. It’s good times. Anyways so as I lay here, with the laptop propped up, after playing my two go-to games on the iPad (Marvel Strike Force and Disney Heroes Battle Mode), it is time to update you good people on what has been going on in my little piece of the world wide web. This past week I’ve had a cold. I like to think it was just a cold. You know the basics: achy, headache, runny nose, and wanting to sleep, and I think I hit the worst of it yesterday when I had a four hour nap, but after that I was feeling good. Right now the only problem I have is trying to consistently breathe through my nose. So this Quick Hits are things I did while being sick.
Well, a couple of weeks ago I scored a CRT TV - VHS combo for free. Since then I've worked on different setups and combinations of my older systems. I cannot seem to get the combo going so what you see in the picture below is my stopping point until I can really get in there and work it out.
I dithered around with Game Pass games today while downloading the new Games with Gold freebies: Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia and Sonic's All-Star Racing: Transformers. Notes follow.
Well, I bought Owlboy along with a Earthlok and Galaxy on Fire: Manticore, and I think I already told you I was disappointed with Manticore. Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed with Owlboy too. But there are also things I like. First of all, it's not a platformer - you pretty much fly all the time, and you don't have to flap your wings either, you just automatically hover, and you can control where you go. Owlboy has a couple of moves of his own, but you'll usually be carrying another character whose skills you control. In the beginning of the game, you carry Owlboys friend who has a sort of raygun that you fire. It's not so good... the fire rate is weird, and while you can fire in all 8 directions, it's very awkward and hard to control. The game seems to have neat ideas and mechanics, but they don't really work too well for the most part. It IS clever, but it just doesn't add up in the end. I wouldn't recommend it.
Well, the Atari VCS has made its official preorder coming out party. Are we looking for a sleek looking console that plays old school Atari games and stream media? Or are we satisfied with having the 2600 from our childhood? Honestly the limited edition VCS does look tempting but, am I or you willing to drop $300 for this system... The regular black VCS is $200, if I get one that may be the one.
I played the first 20 games in the 50 game collection today. Here are the details.