So I decided that I missed playing Master System games. However, I didn't want to purchase a Master System console because frankly, there just isn't the space for more console. So what did I do? Sega Power Base Converter to the rescue (pictured here)!! For those of you unaware of what it is, the Power Base Converter was an early Genesis hardware add-on that allows you to play most Master System games on the Genny. Here's the Master System games I purchased:
Hi. I'm Blake. You know me, I'm that guy who used to post here who never does anymore because he's just the worst kind of person. A real shitlord if you ask me. Someone should totally massage his bollocks with honey and unleash the ants on that rectum enfused cunt.
I'd just gotten back from Florida and I got a message from some friends wanting to know if I'd be interested in taking care of their farm for a week and a half. They'd pay me and I could help myself to whatever was in the pantry and freezers, as well as to as many eggs as I wanted. There's a three and a half week wait between when I start at the park and when the first paycheck comes in, so the answer was an emphatic "YES!".
My next-door neighbor, good friend/honorary little brother, and landlady's son shares his internet with me. We have a download cap, and I came very close to exceeding that this month, so I'm on a self-imposed Netflix moratorium at the moment. So I figured I might as well finish Tales of Zestiria, since I was so close to the end anyway. As anyone who has ever played a "Tales of" game will know, you're never really done, even after you beat the "final" boss of the storyline. In true JRPG fashion, he was a pain in the ass with multiple forms, but I did him in on the second try. That opened up a bonus dungeon, as well as New Game+. And there's also a dlc bonus chapter that was free. I'm not going to bother with a new game at this point, and I'm debating about finshing the bonus dungeon. I'm not sure if it adds anything to the story, or if it's just there to kill more monsters and bosses and to get more stuff that won't do me any good if I never bother to play the game a second time. The bonus chapter does add more to the story, so I'll definitely play through that, but I have a feeling it won't take me all that long.
On Monday Mark and I finished the last achievement in Minecraft. It's called The Beaconator and is all about getting the beacon to maximum power. The beacon at maximum power throws a beam of light into the sky so you can find your way back home easily and gives you special powers within a certain radius of its placement. I had to go find the beacon piece, which I had left in a chest deep in some cave. I found it, put it on top of the pyramid of iron, activated it, and both of us got the achievement. Phew! What a grind! Well, I thought I'd be done with Minecraft after that, but read on and discover what other stuff kept me going the rest of the day.
I put in a application to work for the county I live in as a CNA at the local county corrections. Say some prays please that I get that job. If I do, Ill get a pretty good pay raise since its offering between 12$ to 13$ an hour compared to my measly 9$ now. Ill also be 15 mins from work instead of 45 mins. I put in the application last friday and considering today was a Holiday it will probably be tomorrow or maybe Wednesday before I hear anything if they at least consider me. Ive needed to job search but its been hard to pull myself from my client. She and her family have been really good to me. However I have to make a change for myself. This would be the best chance but if not Ill of course keep looking. Other then this, Ive been okay. I went a spent a few days with my grandmother, it helped me get away for a few days and relax. My dating life is crap but other then that Im good. Hope yall have been well. Ive been lurking in the shadows mostly.
Saturday Mark and I beat The Wither in Minecraft, but it took some failures. We summoned it in the front yard of Mark's house. It was probably a bad idea. The yard became cratered like it was hit by a barrage of WWI artillery. I got The Wither's health down about half way with arrows, but then it killed me. By the time I got my equipment back and attacked it again, it had regenerated its health back to full. So we reset to a save point and built a cage for it out of obsidian (hardest material in the game) and summoned it in there. That worked for all of a minute before it blasted its way out with its exploding skulls. I ran into one of our mines to hide from it and it didn't follow me. That got me thinking. We reset again and summoned it underground surrounded by a cobblestone barrier, then, before it could blast its way out, Mark hit it with his diamond sword, and I shot if full of arrows That worked and we both got the achievement for defeating it.
Happy Saturday Morning Pixlpeeps! Yesterday I had this blog all typed up and ready to go but when I went to import my photos into it they were huge. The funny thing is that I’ve been using my usual 500 pixels wide standard, and the first picture fit fine, but the others stretched past the viewable area. I contacted Pixlbit through Twitter but I didn’t get a response. I don’t know if it is currently being looked at, maybe it’s a problem on my end or what but I didn’t touch it for the rest of the day. Earlier this morning I decided to try something else. In the past including yesterday I’ve used .jpg but for some reason it didn’t work, so earlier this morning I decided to give .png a try. I used to use this format and I just wanted to troubleshoot. My test image worked fine so I converted all 30+ images to this format so if anyone else came across this problem with your images going past the viewable area on the site, try changing the file format.
So my computer conked out on me after 5 to 6 years of service. I guess that’s pretty good, but I do wish they’d last longer, especially considering how much you pay for them. So now I’m writing this blog on my new computer, getting all used to Windows 10 and new programs and such. You know how it goes. Hopefully this one will last me a long time, too. Anyway, I got a new batch of reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com. Please click on the links below and read my reviews and maybe even post a comment or two here or there if you can. I’d really appreciate it. You’ll understand why I titled this blog “Bouncy Ninja” in a moment.
If you don't know already, there is an Odinsphere demo available on PS4 right now and it lets you play through a couple of small stages and two boss fights with 5 different characters and it looks amazing and all the different classes are different enough to make multiple playthroughs worth while. If you missed out on the beautiful 2D game on PS2, here is a chance to play it in full glory. The demo is short but fun.
After a really crappy winter, I decided I needed a change of scenery and found myself on Southwest Airlines' website pricing tickets to various locations. There was a sale going on and I found cheap tix to Tampa, which is an hour away from my oldest friend. We've known each other since we were five, and she's the kind of friend that we may not see or speak to each other for years, but when we do, we pick up right where we left off. I didn't have many days to spend, and it was such short notice that she wasn't able to take time off from work, but we had a blast anyway.
I decided that since I've hit a lull in writing reviews, it couldn't hurt to shift focus for a bit and talk about the games I've steady been aquiring over the last month. As I mentioned in my previous update, I posted these pictures on my Instagram and I though it'd be fun to share them with you guys. Unfortunately, there's one photo I could not upload, becaue I had to delete stuff from my phone back when I still had an aging 16GB iPhone 5S and needed to make space for other stuff. But I'll still mention the items aren't seen in this post.