Happy Cyber Monday Pixlpeeps! If you folks are currently buying stuff today, good luck and hope you find the stuff that you want. So how was your Thanksgiving (for you out of the USA folks, how was your Thursday and Friday)? It was a lot of fun here in my little piece of Southern California. Got to spend it with family, eat a bunch of food, took some pictures, and maybe braved the crowds at Target.
Played a whole bunch of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon today.
Recently I played and beat the new holiday title, LEGO Dimensions. I was impressed with some of the worlds you explore and licenses used, so I decided I’d write a blog about it. In short, LEGO Dimensions is essentially Skylanders with LEGOs. You buy and build LEGO figures and vehicles, and then put them on a special pedestal so you can play as them in the game. Unlike Disney Infinity, any character and vehicle can go into any world at any time. That’s one thing that Skylanders and LEGO Dimensions does right. Half the fun was seeing all the worlds you could go into, and what surprises you’d find. In fact, brother Jeff (who I always play LEGO games with), described the game as ‘LEGO Kingdom Hearts’ and I like how he put that. So let’s dive into the portal and see what we can see!
If gaming ever really does go all-digital ... gonna be a lot of magic lost without the opening the gaming gifts part.
Today I went to Gamestop to take advantage of their buy 2 get 1 free sale on all used merchandise. While I was there, I was told there was a buy 2 get 3 sale on Skylanders figures. Well, well, how could I resist. I was just thinking of getting into Skylanders. Now was the perfect time. See pic below for all the goodies I got for the price of one new game:
That's right, Samus doesn't drink, you perverts!
Hey guys, Jamie, Joe, and I have brought you the first official episode of The Lower Level! This one's a little on the long side, and we are definitely going to have shorter episodes next week
Short gaming session today. It started with me helping Mark setup his new TV. Then we played some Ticket to Ride, that Alan Moon train tycoon board game on Xbox Live. It's always the same with that game: build a coast to coast railway and you will probably win. I just connect destinations and see where that leads me. Today it led me to dominance of the east coast of North America, but I also lost every single match because I didn't go coast to coast.
I've got Witcher III in my cart for $25 and Wolfenstein New Order for about $9; Wolfenstein New Blood is $6.60 and I may add it.
These are 6 weeks old pandas who were born at the Toronto Zoo. Still at the critical stage so send them all your happy thoughts Pixlbit.
Sales started on Thanksgiving day this year. BestBuy opened at 5pm and so did Target and probably a lot of other places. I couldn't get there until about 9pm or so, and so I missed the TV deal I was looking to get for my gamer friend, but I saw the PS4 sitting there for $300 and couldn't resist it at that price. Pic below:
Hope you have a great long weekend and don't get maced on Black Friday.
Happy Turkey Day everyone! I hope everyone is able to relax, enjoy some football, and pig out later today. It's morning here, and I just brewed some Starbucks coffee (we have starbucks on holidays), and I'm looking forward to the rest of the day. I am sort of dreading the Eagles game though!
Good Morning Pixlpeeps! I was going to type this up yesterday but Pixlbit was having problems (Thanks Pixlbit Magicians for fixing the problem). I started to write my blog around lunch, got lazy and forgot. I figured I might as well combine my usual what I was playing and a special first half of the week Quick Hits because I might or might not do a Quick Hits on Black Friday. If I do have one on Friday it’ll probably be me wandering around Target and Walmart taking pictures of people’s carts (I’m going to avoid the first hour of crazy where people are fighting over cheap bad electronics). Let’s get started!
It be 2011. Wah happan? I dunno, just a few things. . . Here's one favorite that I experienced that year, and then one I want to experience now for each media type.
Earlier this month the graphic card in my dad’s PC started to give up the ghost. We did get a new (a GeForce GTX 750ti) but it didn’t arrive on the day it was suppose to come. We then discovered that it was delivered to the wrong building but luckily the people that lived there turned it in. So now we’re back in business.
Yes I finished Stacking today, every last little bit of it. I completed all the challenges, collected all the unique dolls, and did all the Hi-Jinks. I left not a stone unturned in that game, DLC and all. So fun.