Not much time today. Gotta work fast. Last night I ran my 6 Miis through their paces. Two of them didn't show up for the games though. I guess they didn't download any of them. So I used my coins to fill in and it was still fun.
Happy Tuesday Pixlbit. Today I thought I would go over the Playstation 3. I like my PS3, and even though I had problems with the original version, the second version I am using is a trooper. I think I got into the PS3 maybe a year or two after its release and I got to see it go from box that offered Linux, to no longer offering it, and to adding trophies. I wish I could say it was the first console I bought digital games for, but I think that goes to the PSP when I was buying Minis and DLC for Rockband. Anyways I do love this system, I still play it (I think I play it more than the PS4) and since GameStop is starting to blow out the games, the PS3 library might grow a lot more this year.
I was watching my copy of Hugo on Blu Ray yesterday and just thinking about how much money must have went into all those sets and all the time and effort that went into building them and just what a huge task the movie was for something that ... I thought was ok overall and probably didn't amuse the kids it was aimed at all that much. It's a great movie, don't get me wrong, and I love how it's a film that acts as a love letter to film and is also a Martin Scorsece kids' movie. But it didn't exactly grab me by the balls, visually arresting and well-written as it is. Don't know why.
RGB Express is a delightful little puzzle game where you use colored trucks to pick up correspondingly colored packages and deliver them to the correct buildings. But your trucks can't use the same stretch of road twice or run into each other, which can make it a rather tricky business. You map out the route the trucks will take and then push a button to send them all on their way. I'm still working on the training levels (there are a bunch of them!) and already there have been a couple that took a few tries to figure out. I imagine this game can get very hard later on, especially in the set called "Super Hard" lol. It's good fun though. I like the graphics too. They remind me of Advance Wars.
What the fuck should I blog about for the next week?
A lot of people (well, relatively speaking with how much traffic I get) asked me to talk about Ratchet and Clank. So yeah, why not? I love Ratchet and Clank! So here's my thoughts on the games I've played. If it's not on here, I didn't play it.
Here we are on the last week of BaD and boy did this week had to be on a very inapropiate time. These five days are going to be heavy on partial works and an exam, together with a draft for Spanish class I have to write for this Tuesday. Due to this, i'm afraid I have to keep BaD posting to a an even lower minimun, since I feel like making any of the First Impressions blogs or longer ones like i've done in the past weeks would take more time. Besides that, I fear that except for a game, I'm low on ideas for first impressions or have ones I don't quite know what to talk about. That said, this friday I may do one of my first impressions just so I don't end this February on a low note.
If you are still hanging in, even if you missed but came back excellent! Give yourself a pat on the back.
Well, y'all read my complaints about it last week. That new Pokemon Shuffle game that came out last week was a turn for the worst for Nintendo, and you could here a collective scream shouting, "We didn't ask for this!", and those screams were right.
See, the abominable thing about this game is that it's perfectly fine as a match-three tetris like game, except after the tutorials, the game is constantly harassing you to buy more crystal meth to keep playing like a drug dealer who you've taken one too many samples from. Now, I don't believe I have an addiction problem when it comes to gaming, and I've yet to pull out a credit card to purchase crack crystals from the eShop, but I wonder about other people that might get snagged into this. You pretty much get like 5 matches per game session and then you have to wait 30 mins to refill, which I guess you could just play every 30 mins, which is what I've been doing just to see all the features of the game, but it's just not even worth it. The game is pretty generic all around and doesn't even offer 3D visuals or interesting artwork, unless you think swapping pokemon heads is umm, adorable?
After reading up on the game I noticed Nintendo is putting out a free to play 3rd person shooter called Iron Fall or something and it's basically a free demo with the full campaign needed to be paid for like DLC. Okay, Nintendo is getting real and late the DLC and episodic content thing, but I just hate seeing it on my beloved eShop. Ewww!
METROID PRIME DEFEATED!
In other news, I finished METROID PRIME on WiiU, and boy is that game just perfect and satisfying in every way. Some of the artifact hunting was a bit frustrating, but I eventually found all the 12 keys to unlock the final boss or whatever. I feel like if Metroid Prime was released today, I'd have to pay to unlock weapons and upgrades. Oh Dear! I might put up a more thorough impression of METROID PRIME later this week. 
Last night I recorded a podcast with a special guest and friend. I spent the entirety of this morning editing it and now I've posted it and no one will save us now!
Pixlbit Nation how are you on this this wet Monday Morning? Currently it is a nice 58 degrees and it rained last night in my corner of Sunny Southern California. This is the final week of Blog A Day and I have to say I might have some BaD spillover next week because I still have a couple of systems to talk about and one of them might be another 2 parter *cough the Original Playstation. Anyways Monday’s are usually reserved for games I’ve been playing but I’d like to get through the second part of the PS2 library so let’s get it started!
For the mostpart, the Oscars was pretty dry last night, but I did like NPH as a host better than Ellen. I liked most of the musical performances too, especially "Glory," "Everything is Awesome" and that surprisingly good Julie Andrews tribute Lady Gaga did.
More like relics of an awesome game!
Growing up suxs, things slowly die. Today I cleaned out some of my Facebook friends and it's hitting me. I don't have many friends anymore who keep in tough or talk to me. Hell the only person who texts me anymore is Dan. Is this really what growing up is? If so someone can take it back, I'm going back to my pillow fort and playing my 3DS.
My favorite part of this attempt at 5 million gold in Diablo III is the fountains of gold that spill out of monsters and chests when you equip lots of gear that boost gold drops.
Spent yesterday waking up at 6AM to head to the Society of Professional Journalists roundtable in Ft. Worth, Texas from Nacogdoches, then go back after eating at Rudy's in Arlington. That BBQ hled me over pretty much the whole day. The night before I had to rush my resume edits because I stupidly agreed to go with the running club to the Planetarium; which was soooooo relaxing I had a borderline spiritual experience on that almos-nap; and then to the bar. But I only stayed until Mavs-Rockets went to half and a boxing match we were watching was over, so waking up wasn't too bad.
In the time I been away from here, I been just playing video games, watching youtube channels, Netflix, and Hulu Plus. Of course I also been spending time with my little girls. Things aren't much different though. I am still not divorced but that will come soon. I wanted to wait until after my wife moves out but its been so many months now but its been so long...