Sorry I didn’t participate in BaD this year. With game reviews to write over at GamerDad.com, plus my regular job, one extra blog here a week is all I have time for. But as we wrap up the BaD month, I wanted to go out with a bang with this blog. So I hope you read and enjoy it! It’s the 20th Anniversary of the original PlayStation! Well, technically 2014 was, since it was released in Japan in 1994. BUT, I’m counting the US release, which was 20 year ago. So in honor of that, here is a list of my favorite original PlayStation games! Keep in mind that list this isn’t in any particular order, though. All right, let’s begin!
I decided to step back from Diablo III and use it just as a backup in case the game I'm playing bores me or makes me rage quit. So that means I get to choose a new, or old, game to play. I also decided to use my Random Game Encounter Table, not just on holidays, but all the time - because it's cool. So I rolled an 86 on a d100 at Random.org. On my table that means an Action game. I went to my saved pages from Allgame.com and looked through the list sorted by rating (high to low) and year (old to new). I picked out one game I haven't played and one I have. See below for the result.
I need to continue an university text and i've got eat dinner, so let's make it quick and have another music blog.
I was listening to Big Audio Dynamite this morning on the way to work and realized that they were referred to as B.A.D. for short.
Ive mostly this BaD been blogging what goes on daily but since Im behind some Im gonna mix it up a lil. Me and Dan have amassed a good lil collection of Amiibos. We have gotten quiet lucky with finding ones we want. We havent found all the ones we want and some might even be out of reach now.
One last roundup, I decided to pick the Uncharted games. Overall, I like this series, but I feel it is a lot more hit or miss than people give it credit for.
With all this commotion about game length and references to juicy steaks and fat meals, I just appreciate the film experience a lot more sometimes. Films are often just about the same length and the quality varies from the skilled hands that made them and they all cost the same to watch or rent. With films, we either love them or hate, but even bad films with at least one good peformance or action sequence we can learn to love.
I think the Order 1886 looks phenominal and it actually worked to get me excited for 'next gen' games after watching some of the game play. I mean, can you imagine playing a Batman or Dark Souls game that looks like the Order! What about a gorgeous Metal Gear, Uncharted, or any RPG that we haven't seen realized yet? Yup. I'm excited for the possibilities.
But this is about Films I recently watched that were just the right length and pretty entertaining.
1. Grand Budapest Hotel
I love me some Wes Anderson. This film takes place in a hotel and stars Ralph Fieness as a concierge of a fancy hotel full of rich patrons. Without giving too much of the plot away, there is a murder mystery that implicates everyone and it has a very funny charm about the whole atmosphere and characters. Ralph has an assistant named Zero who is more the silent type and his protege who is training to be a lobby boy, while also serving as an accomplice. The movie is super stylish, as most of Wes Anderson films are, in it's 2D style and weird ass characters are all very quirky and interesting. Reminds me of Twin Peaks in a lot of ways. All around, a great film and great performance by Fiennes.
2. Birdman
I didn't love this film that much. If you haven't seen it, it's basically like what if Michael Keaton was on a reality show documenting his real life as he tried to make a comeback as an actor on Broadway after Batman. The film is full of pop-culture references and is poking fun at the super hero film genre that's taken over Hollywood as well as critique our obsession with social media and going viral. It's very pretentious and it's all filmed with a steady cam style like all in one seemless shot for the whole movie. Keaton is very good in this, but I felt like he was playing himself too much. Edward Norton is also very good as the asshole actor trying to upstage Keaton and Emma Stone is great as a whiny brat. If you're a fan of comic book hero movies and wondered how that sort of fame affects actors, check it out. I honestly didn't know what the movie was until I saw it. Great performances by all and very well directed. Maybe I'll grow to love it over time. I'm kind of lukewarm about it. Seriously, it's like a reality show movie with a lot of drama.
3. John Wick
I recently subscribed to USgamer.net's podcast, and in episode 7 this week, there was some really smart talk by the crew regarding the current state of triple-A gaming and consoles by regular members: Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Bob Mackey, and Jaz Rignall. It feels almost like a 1UP podcast again.
It's .... snowing here in Nacogdoches, TX. Did not expect to have to scrape any white stuff off my car when I woke up this morning, but here we are.
Happy Wednesday Pixlbit Nation! I am jazzed because hopefully later on today I am hitting the mid week Swapmeet. Yes the fun and excitement of looking through a bunch of junk and hopefully finding something interesting, and cheap. I hope fake Lego lady has some new stuff, the lady that sells video games has a Gamecube memory card, and any randoms selling Lego will have actual Lego for decent prices. Since I haven’t taken pictures of my original Playstation library I will go with my smallest Sony library and that is for the PS4.
I'm a bit late again with BaD. I'll be catching up on my day off, which is manana.
Sam is a penguin who somehow keeps getting separated from his girlfriend. Your job is to draw lines that will help guide Sam back to his beloved. You plan everything out and then send Sam on his way. Things are further complicated by three stars you can collect in each level. To be honest I'm not very good at this game but it's fun. And who wouldn't want to help a penguin in need?
Normally, I'd be a balla playing my 360 but it was last year that killed me gaming wise.
So I went over the Jak games. And I went over the Ratchet games. So the logical thing to do is now cover the Sly Cooper games. Like Jak and Ratchet, Sly has a huge change in direction between the first and second games which defines how the rest of the series moves. It is also my favorite of the three. There's not as many good games as Ratchet, but what's good here just appeals to me more. So here's my thoughts:
You don't need quarters for these games