What's the damage people???? I'm giving it a few days to sink in, but I'm thinking of getting Warshift, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharnak (from $50 to $16) and maybe Ori and the Blind Forest which I've never played. LET THE WALLETS DRAIN!!!!
Well hello Pixlpeeps, long time no talk. I have a good reason why I've been away for a week, the past week I was in Hawaii. I spent a week with the family, and playing tourist. Of course the trip over was full of drama, because it wouldn't be a trip to the islands without drama, but more on that during Quick Hits. For my blog entry today I'll talk about the games I played when I had some down time. Because of my trip to the Caribbean I decided to leave the 3DS XL, and also the Vita at home. It kind of defeats the purpose of buying a handheld to not bring it on a trip but I knew I wasn't going to play with either of them. I had my two tablets that have a ton of games, as well as books, TV/Movies, and other items to keep me busy while on my flights. After this past trip I think I'm going with just bringing my iPad alone instead of having both the iPad and the Android Tablet. Nothing against the Android tablet especially since it plays NES games, but other than that I really didn't use it.
Played a bunch of games today and almost all of them frustrated the heck out of me. Here goes.
Holy cow. Where has the time gone? The Wii came out my first year in college, so I really didn't get to spend as much time with it as I would have liked in its heyday years but I still enjoyed a bunch of great games. Ploughing through Twilight Princess on my Christmas break in 2006 was sure a tight experience! But rather than list my favorite Wii games ('cause lots of people are doing that)—except Super Mario Galaxy, which is just SO GOOD—let mention a couple in my backlog that I haven't gotten to yet.
So after playing a ludicrous amount of hours of Trails in the Sky, I decided I wanted to take a break before starting the second one. I didn't want to burn out on the series, afterall. However, I still had a weird itch for some JRPG goodness. I bounced around a few games deciding which to stick with, and these are the games I've been playing:
I wasn't feeling much up for Doom today (Sunday), so I fell back on my chill game, Skylanders: Trap Team and stayed with it all day long.
I'm kind of happy I'm only working part time at the moment. Life is pretty busy right now. Beau takes up a lot of my time, but in a good way. He's still moving his crate all around the cottage while he's in it, so I've taken to calling him my mini seismic event. I make sure he gets at least one hour plus walk a day, but I think I may have to try for two. He has boundless energy. But he also likes to snuggle up on the couch and he lets me get plenty of gaming in, when I have time to game. Oh, and tonight at the market, I had a customer who was a dead ringer for Gordon Freeman. I wanted to ask him if he'd ever played Half-Life in the worst way.
Hey guys! It's been a while since I posted much here on the site, but I wanted to let you all know that I'm in the early stages of a full rewrite of the PixlBit code. Since the last time I tossed a new coat of paint on the site, a tremendous number of advancements in technology have occurred, particularly in the web application space. These new technologies will allow me to produce something that I hope far exceeds the current version of the site. Furthermore, it will allow me to streamline some stuff that doesn't work the way it should, which will make the page load faster and generally work better for users and staff alike.
Been awhile since I posted here but I figured I would share this little story from today.
I’ve got a buffet of game reviews I’ve written recently at GamerDad.com for you to feast on today! Please click on links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d appreciate it, thanks. There’s so much here that your bellies will be nice and big by the end of the blog!
In my last blog, I mentioned that when I finished playing Ys, I would give Falcom's other big series Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky a go. Well, I'm about 20 hours into this roughly 50 hour game and I'm having a goddamned ball!
I got Doom this weekend on a Gamestop sale - $20. Then I traded some stuff in and got it for $2. Then I was going to play it all weekend, but got sidetracked by Minecraft. I just saw my friend Mark playing it and decided it was more fun to play with others than by myself.
I'm home sick today, not sure if it's round two of the vicious chest cold I had earlier or a brand new nasty virus. Either way, I'm so sick of hacking and sneezing. Anyway, Beau and I spent the morning watching The Dog Whisperer. Beau is so funny when there are dogs on TV - he cocks his head and tilts it from one side to the other, and then he gets up close to the TV screen and whines. I think he wants me to let the other dogs out of the box to play with him.
Every once in a while I switch up how I think about video games. It's something I do because I love the passtime and often feel overwelmed by all the choices out there. Also, I don't want to go broke, and a good plan can keep me under control - I think. So here's my wacked out plan.
Pixlpeeps what is up? It is a nice day here in Southern California and I decided to have a special Quick Hits on Thursday instead of Friday because I am going to be really busy. Sound like fun? Good. Before I get started I wanted to wish you good folk to have an awesome weekend! Let's get started.