Don't expect any realistic simulation here! Train Conductor tasks you with getting numbered trains onto the watching numbered tracks by drawing tracks to connect the two. It's a simple concept but executed very well and things can get really hectic once a bunch of trains are going at once. It starts with just three tracks but I'm up to five now. You can tap a train to stop it, with another tap sending it on again, but you have to watch for anything coming behind it. Keeping the trains from crashing into each other can be difficult! That's an instant game over. If a train makes it across but is on the wrong track, you merely lose points. You don't have to "beat" a level to move on though. That just nets you an achievement for getting through your shift at that city without any crashes. The game is set in Australia (Blake should appreciate that lol) and the different levels are different cities. You have to achieve a certain cumulative score to move on, and it's visualized by laying track to the next city.
A new Kirby game is being released this week: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. I’m always excited when a new Kirby game comes out. I like Kirby games better than Mario titles! And usually when a new Kirby game comes out, I like to write a blog about Kirby. So this time I’m going to write about my LEAST favorite Kirby games. Why so negative? Well, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is actually a sequel to Kirby Canvas Curse, one of the games on this list. But don’t worry. None of the games on my list are BAD games. There’s no such thing as a bad Kirby game. I just like these games less than others. And this list isn’t in any particular order either. So let’s roll!
I'm sad. No one likes me or Nintendo. I wonder sometimes. Most of the Miis I've gotten seem to be from adults. Are kids still playing Nintendo devices or are they all growing up on phones and tablets? I can say that's mostly true of my neice and nephew. One of them has a DS, but I've hardly seen him use it. Him and his sister are almost always on an iPhone or iPad playing games. Is Nintendo doomed because kids aren't into Mario anymore?
About a year and a half ago, I made a bold prediction that the Playstation Vita would be dead within a year. Now, I'm one to eat crow when I make outrageous claims, back on 1up I theorized that the Wii U could have more support than the 3DS. That's not going to happen. But I'm honestly not sure whether I was right or wrong here.
Kirby Kirby Kirby, that's a name you should know, Kirby Kirby Kirby, he's the star of the show...
So it's been a while since I posted here, and I certainly haven't kept up with BaD. I think I'd better start slow, like a Blog a Year, and work my way up from there.
Have you guys seen the PSN sales this week. I really wish I had some money for a couple of Vita game.
Darksiders 2 is confirmed for being remastered for PS4 and most likely Xbone. It was first rumored when a listing on Amazon appeared stating it was on PS4 and going to be at the price point of 40$. Nordic Games has since come forward stating it is being remastered for the PS4 but it is not ready to reveal anything regarding it just yet. The price might not be a set thing but lot of remasters have recently been around 40$-50$ so Im hopeing it sticks to that price range.
Played more Rayman Legends and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- yesterday. Legends is a bit too easy at the moment, but I'm sure it'll ramp up and I do like completing the challenges.
Pixlbit Army I know Tuesday can’t hold you back, how are you good people doing? For you East Coasters continue to stay warm. Currently it is a nice 46 degrees here in abnormally warm Sunny Southern California, and today I continue with my Game Library. For today I want to write about my favorite handheld ever, the Playstation Portable. There was a lot of hate towards the Playstation, but I felt it was an awesome handheld that could a number of things, kind of like the preview to the tablets and smart phones we have today. Yes I know Microsoft had a tablet around the same time but seriously who bought that thing? The PSP was my all in one media device, it played games, it played mp3s (this was before my mini-disc and phone that played mp3s), it could play movies…if you converted them to whatever proprietary Sony format, and it could go online. The online portion was rough, like 56k rough. All it was missing was that connecting sound.
She's at the vet right now and we're waiting to hear when its a bladder infection or cancer. If it's the latter I probably won't be blogging today. Fingers crossed.
Most of us older folks have good memories of games like Wing Commander, and Strike Wing scratches that space dogfighting itch. It's harder to get a feeling for a game like this in the short time I spent with it than with some quick twitchy game, but there seems to be an interesting story here, some nice graphics and music, and, most importantly, fun dogfights. You can control your ship using the built-in accelerometer, though I prefer the virtual joystick (it floats so that you can touch anywhere on the left half of the screen). The missions seem to be mostly "kill all the bad guys," but maybe there is more variety later on. You can unlock better ships and play challenge missions for extra experience. There seems to be a lot of content, too, with both free and paid paid DLC available to download. Sure, it's not Wing Commander but for a game on my phone, it's pretty good.
Totally forgot about todays BaD. Oops! I'm only doing M-F for total of 20. Now you get two blogs combined. 
BaD #11 - Resident Evil 4 v Code Veronica
Okay, so Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube is 10 years old this year! The game on Gamecube still holds up, but I also have the PS3 version which is just as good, although I do feel that the HD conversion on PS3 makes the lighting look a bit flat in comparison, but I really can't tell too much. It's just a difference of whether you have a Gamecube with the original game around, or just have access to a digital version on PS3. I also have the Wii version, but umm...motion controls. I started playing through Code Veronica X on Playstation 2 recently before RE4 and man are the games two different beasts! While I really enjoy Code Veronica, it is much harder than RE4. For starters, I haven't died once in RE4 and I'm almost in Chapter 3, and as cautious as I am, I found myself out of health items and low on ammo soon after I started a new game in Code Veronica. The difference is night and day, but I for one am glad that RE4 exists and it's influence persisted for years. I heard in a podcast recently that RE5 was the highest selling Resident Evil, hmmm... I don't know how I feel about that because for me the best game is still RE Remake, RE4, RE2,3, then 5 and 6. They are so different in mechanics and level design that a comparison would be kind of stupid. Code Veronica is the last of the old gen, and RE4 is still pretty accessible and contemporarry in design that makes it easier to get into. For starters, there are no ink ribbons so you have unlimited saves anytime you reach a checkpoint which there are many and there are ammo drops galore and Leon can kick and stab to conserver precious ammo. Anyhow, the opening level/chapters to RE4 are still the greatest intro to any game really. Pretty great pacing and even the cinematic actions make sense in the game. Still a classic!
I've been having trouble falling asleep the past few weeks. Not entirely certain why, though it's allowed me to get in some good gaming hours during the ungodly witching hours that I should be dozing.
Got the achievement for getting to level 30 on Hardcore. I stayed in the game a little longer so Mark could get the same achievement. Now there's just one left and that's getting 5 million in gold. Trick is, this is 5 million that you pick up from the world and not gold you get from selling items. I forgot to look at what I have so far but Mark has a little over 3 million, which means I'm probably at 2 million. That's a lot of moola to go find and pick up. I have a few ideas though.
