I know I'm a tad late getting this in, but I've been seriously busy at work...I'm on a 10-day stretch currently, with Wednesday being my day off, pending.
Well Happy Monday to you good people of the Pixlbit Empire on this chilly (for us SoCal folks) morning. It is currently 40 degrees in my little part of the Internet and I am ready to catch you folks up on my quest to slim down Mount Backlog! Yes over the weekend two more games came off the pile of shame. Don’t worry I wasn’t speeding through any game, I was just finishing up on games I started way back in 2014 (and I think the other was started even earlier in 2013). So let’s get to it!
2014 was a great year for me, and a great year for gaming. Lots of great games! Daftman suggested to me that I make a list of games to beat for the year, so that's what I did. Actually, I made two lists: one for games I beat, and another for games I bought. I won't bore you by telling you the 73 games I bought last year; many of them were old games 'cause I love old games and used many of those for Retro Game of the Week. Some were fairly recent and just a few of them were new. Anyways, I beat 24 games in 2014, easily the most games I've ever finished in a year. They were all good games, worthy of being finished. Here they are, in the order in which I beat them.
Truth be told, I don't really like writing this kinds of year in review type of blogs. They take a lot of thought and sometime I just get kind of nervous thinking about it. Which was one of the reasons why I didn't do one last year. Plus I'm kind of busy with work and most of the time its just pure laziness. Not to mention there is just a whole lot of games that come out late in the year, not to mentions games I've finally gotten around to playing from previous years. Speaking of games of previous years, that's probably were I'm going to start.
I headed out the door to go to my friend’s place this morning. I brought my 3DS because I was going to play Fantasy Life as much as possible. I figured that I better bring my Xbox 360 too so I could check the sales. What ended up happening is Diablo III co-op. So much for my plan to stick to one game until it’s done. Well, you gotta give it up to Diablo III. It’s a great game.
Hi Pixlbit. I haven’t completely forgotten you! Completely...
Good evening oh my brothers and sisters,
So one of my fave youtubers posted a video today about a Spiritual Successor to Clock Tower called Nightcry being made. This is quiet exciting news to me. I enjoyed Clock Tower 3 and Haunting Ground. I especially loved Haunting Ground and I wish I could play it even today. The game had a great atmosphere and the characters were really well done. There were so many what the fuck moments and scared me near to death times. While some people hate games that leave you defenseless and dont find them scarey, they terrify me. I have a big fear of being helpless and not being able to fight. That fear then makes a horror game scarey to me. If I can fight back I typically don't get as scared as being defenseless. Anywho apparently this will release on Vita. I do hope a console release will be considered. Anywho figured I'd share this news!
Happy New Year, everyone! At this time of year I like to take a look at games I’m looking forward to playing and reviewing in the coming year. I know that as the year goes on, there will be other announcements and things. But here are some that I’m looking forward to right now that I know of.
Hi, it's Blake here, kickin it with some old school vibes and some funky fresh beats. I brought my bop it and am ready to chew some ass and kick bubblegum, and I'm all out of teeth. So I can't chew. So I'll suction some ass and kick bubblegum, because FUCK BUBBLEGUM!
Well January 1, 2015 makes 4 years that The Wife and I have been married. And this year, she got me a Wii U system which came bundled with Super Mario 3D World, Nintendo Land, Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, and Super Smash Bros. Wii U! She purchased it back in November when Best Buy offered it as a Black Friday deal for $360. Wow...thoughtful and frugal. What a woman!
Disclaimer: This blog entry is one that I've worked on for a few days earlier this week but never quite finishing. Work and laziness (at home) contributed to that but it seems that I couldn't decide on where to stop. In continuing the laziness, I've decided to keep (but date) some of these portions so I don't have to rewrite them; they'll be followed up by an update.
So 2015. Twenty Fifteen, yup a new year and it feels good. I have to admit I spent the first full day of 2015 sleeping. I woke up around 9pm, and then around noon I took a power nap…of four hours. Yeah that’s a productive Monday. So currently I started typing this on Thursday while watching the Oregon offense just take apart the Seminole Defense. *Ok so I took a couple of minutes off to watch and Florida State just imploded and it looks like Oregon is moving on to the Championship game. It is insane how Florida State is getting outplayed right now.
is Guilty Gear X2 #Reload. It could have been Stick of Truth, but Can You Run It was not so confident in my computer running that one and to be honest, I'm not the best when it comes to RPGs, South Park skinned or no.
Another year down! Which one was this? 2007? 12? Oh yeah, 2014. I still have a hard time believing it was 2014, let alone that it's over. But let's get on with this, shall we? First up are all the games I beat this year and then how many I bought or somehow acquired (don't worry, I don't list those specifically). Be sure to stick around for the Golden Hippo Awards after that!
Our survivors jump as a single shot rings out. They all jerk their heads around to see a spitter fall. Now that could have really messed up ourday quips Nick. Who the hell shot it and from where? Rochelle says"someone that can shoot pretty darn good". Ellis shakes his head and says "God damned rookies" common sense would tell you that there is someone on the right flank watching our backs. What the hell you talking about bumble boy aska a confused Coach? Here Coach let me explain it to you in a way even a simpleton like you will understand it. It is like having someone look over your shoulder while you are preparing a game plan. Undestand now mushbrain? All I now is, I want to know who is shooting and then I want to move on, and then I want to kick your bumble guy ass. "Well, why don't we start by moving under cover, then we can figure out who is shooting at us, and then you can eat a big breakfast and try to kick my bumble boy ass" Ellis tells Coach. The group moves to a covered area unaware that the singing has gotten closer. As has the other survivors. Coach looks over at Ellis and says "you ready to get whopped punk" snarles Coach as he starts towards Ellis. Ellis says "bring it on fat boy you can't stay with me. As Coach starts to swing his arm I grabbed by a strong presence. Hi, I am Francis and I am partial to lttle back wood geeks that think they are tough. At that point the survivors realize that ahve found one another and have reformed for better or worse. "At least now we know who was shooting at us says Rochelle. The newly reformed group starts off to their sleeping quarters to plan their next move.
It's a bit like saying Happy Monday after a weekend. Today is the hangover after the fun New Year's EVE part. But still, 2014 was actually good enough to wash the shit taste of 2013 out of my mouth and I'm hoping the trend continues.
A couple years ago I started keeping a statistical diary of my media consumption. It's fun to stat-up at the end of the year. I thought I'd do top ten lists for all the five categories I keep track of. Here they are.