So, apparently December 3 2014 marks the 20th birthday of the PlayStation. It launched on this date way back in 1994 in Japan (we wouldn't get it in the US until September 9 1995).
Ok, I have now added Gods Eater Burst and Velocity 2x to the games on my Playstation TV so I now have Steamworld Dig, Zero Escape, Muramasa, Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions plus those two for a total of 6 games on my 8 GB Vita Card with about 3.5 GB to spare.
With some slight adjustments to my schedule, I couldn't blog anything Sunday or Monday night like I usually do, but I found some time this afternoon on Tuesdy to do it. I got back from North Carolina on Saturday. On Sunday I hung out with my buddy Mark (aka Mad Krammer) and we played Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel co-op all day and then again on Monday until Xbox Live crashed around 9pm. Turns out some hacker group turned them off again. I don't know how that all worked itself out, but I hope it all got fixed. I want to do more co-op gaming next weekend.
is my son, not me. Just so you know and don't think it's me ignoring you if you message me.
Middle-Earth is B-O-R-I-N-G and Borderlands is too.
I normally don’t enjoy bashing on games, especially when I know that there are real devoted fans of certain franchises and genres and you can’t come off as anything less than a clueless jerk when disliking anything popular, but I must. Usually when I don’t like a game I just don’t bother writing anything about it at all, and I don’t bother to finish it either. I’m not a games reviewer and I have plenty of options out there so I don’t feel an obligation to spend more time with a game more than I want to. How am I supposed to know when to give up on a game? Answer is: when I’ve just stopped playing for a long ass time and don’t feel like playing more of it.
Thanksgiving was good, we went to Jason's aunt's house. There were about 17 of us for dinner. I hate turkey, so Jason baked me a ham. Everyone loved the ham, so no leftovers. Sad face. We had five dessert options, but alas, I only had room for two - the German chocolate mousse cake and a slice of Jason's step-mom's homemade apple pie. Talked gaming with Jason's little brother Ben, was entertained by the nieces, aged 10 and 12 (will have to tell the coffee story sometime, but not right now), and just plain had a great time. Jason and I had to leave early, he dogsat for his landlords' dogs, and I needed to get home and let Bandit out myself.
Well Happy Freaking December Pixlbit Nation! This is my favorite time of the month because we drag a perfectly good outdoor tree inside, throw a bunch of stuff on it, and throw boxes wrapped in wacky designs and sing about snow, wonderlands, and a dude in red breaking into your house. Yes, THIS.IS.CHRISTMAS SEASON! Why do I like Christmas? It’s not the gifts, but they play a big part of it. It’s the celebration. In school craft day we would make the fun things like cutouts of snowman, candy canes, and have music in the classroom. In band we would play songs I actually knew (seriously who knows some of these marches that marching bands play?). This time of year also reminds me of the JC Penny catalog where in the back there was a ton of pages devoted to toys and later on video games. Younger Chris would study that thing like no other. Just think if that were an actual textbook I’d be a rocket scientist. Anyways
A lot of people always have no idea what Pokemon starter to pick. So, I decided to give in depth guides on what choice is the best one. And I'm sure I will piss plenty of fanboys off who are mad that their favorite is not as good as they thought. Which will happen several times, trust me. So, I'm going to rank them based (in no specific order) typing, stats, movepool, and alternative Pokemon. So, I'll start with the original Red and Blue versions, and will continue onto the later ones.
So to make this actually about video games, let me know what video games you can remember that did or didn't live up to their hype that stick out in your mind.
Last week I managed to finish Monument Valley. The 10 levels went by way too fast but boy was that a cool game for puzzle enthusiasts. According to Snee there is DLC. Hey that rhymes. :)
EBgames had the Vita TV bundle for $100 this weekend so I went for it. I needed a new controller for the PS3 anyway since mine periodically makes characters walk around without my blessing. So I figured, controller, system, memory card and Lego The Movie was totally worth the money. Too bad PS3 controllers can only be paired with one system at a time but I guess you wouldn't want more than one to power on with the same button push.
Hey everyone in Pixlbitville! I hope everyone had a great Turkey Day. Of course this is going to be my post for my Black Friday experience. Here it goes, first off I went to Target. Gotta go to my favorite store. The parking lot was packed! My cousin and I went to go buy some last minute pies from the store and I decided to check on Target before they opened at 6pm. There was about three to five people in line 2 hours before the store opened. Wasn't too bad. So we went back home and had some of the holiday food. I waited for a couple hours after Target had opened because I still had family coming over.
So I'm not much for going out on Black Friday. In my part of California, people tend to go batshit crazy and get stupid with each other over discounted goods.
Black Friday seems to have been adopted outside of the US. I don't get it but I managed to buy some stuff for cheap so there's a plus to it.
Happy Black Friday Pixlbit…or what I like to call, eat as much food as possible and sleep. Yes this is how I am going to spend my day: eat, sleep, eat, sleep, eat, video game time, eat, and video game time while eating. Yes this is a good way to spend time. Happy Thanksgiving Pixlbit. What did you? Anything fun, exciting, boring, or the usual? Well since I am updating my blog I thought I’d share my experiences with you good people.
Good morning everybody, just wanted to drop by with what i've been to this November ever since I returned from Belgium.
I may be a fool but I am proud of my damn foolishness. It was a couple summers ago and me and my friend Evan ventured out on a video game called Resident Evil Remake for the Gamecube.
All right, folks. I’ve cooked up another batch of recent game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com. They’re really yummy and packed with nutrients and they’ll make you big and strong so I hope you can all read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d appreciate it. Bon Appetit!
Well, have to hand it to the Eagles, they looked way more alive than the burnt looking, half-asleep Dallas defense and took advantage. I kind of figured this might happen after the close game against the Giants at night, then only a walkthrough practice against the fast-paced Phili offense. Not an excuse, but as I feared, Dallas did NOT look rested or prepared. Phili played fast and furious and despite some non-calls (clearly pass interference on the Eagles a couple times not called), Cowboys can't expect to win when the defense drags their feet and the O-line that looked so good against the Giants just collapses.
Happy Turkey day to all. Hope it is good to everyone. Gaming and football what a country. (LOL)
Happy Thanksgiving, Pixlbit Nation! I'm currently thankful for all the utility workers and plow truck drivers who got my electricity back on and have cleared the roads so I can go have Thanksgiving dinner with Jason's family. According to the National Weather Service, Portland got a bit over seven inches of snow yesterday, but I think we may have gotten a bit more in Freeport. It was heavy and wet, and we were having 45 mile per hour winds to go with it, so lots of power outages. I was watching Netflix when it started flickering here, and jumped up and shut off all the electronics and then unplugged the power strips. It went out completely at 10:30, so I lit a couple of candles and dug out the flashlights and read for a while by the light of my trusty flashlight before going to bed. I also dug out my 0 degree (that's 0 Fahrenheit, for all you metric people. It's -18 C) sleeping bag just in case, because no electricity means no heat in my humble abode. Didn't need to use it, but it was down to 55 degrees in the cottage when the power came back on a little after 2 AM. I know both what time it was and the temp, because I forgot to turn off all the lights. I also had to reset the thermostat on the heater, because every time the power blips, it resets to 50 degrees. The power must have gone off again between 2 and 6:15, because the thermostat was back to 50 again, and it was 58 degrees when I woke up.