No real blog. Just a track I'm obsessed with at the moment. When it explodes around 1:27 it gives me shivers. Great pop song and not as the visuals might indicate a country song. :)
If you don’t get the reference to my title, then you’re either too young or maybe a little too old. Anyway, here’s another batch of games I’ve reviewed over at GamerDad.com lately. Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d appreciate it. This batch is a little more kid-centric, but that’s what you get when you write on a site like the one I’m at!
I finally broke my habit of being on the computer after work. You know how it is with internet stuff: look up one thing, that leads to another, and another, and another. Next thing you know it's way past your bed time. So now I just turn on the computer to update my iPod and I'm off to play my video games for about a movie's worth of time before bed. Now I can get some of my gaming projects done in less than 3000 years.
Right now if you log into your GOG account you can get a Mount and Blade game for free. If you scroll a little further down the page they are giving away The Witcher 2 and some movie called Gamers: Directors Cut and all you have to do is log in every day for the next 7 days and get 7 stamps. Of course many of you already have The Witcher 2 but for those that don't it's free!
Yes, it's more multimedia notes on Brett Weiss' new book 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987.
So after getting on track with my diet and exercise nonsense, I feel way more energized lately. At work, I was getting frustrated watching the Mavs trail by 20+ points to the Kings. I get home and they've made the third biggest comeback in franchise history (tied) and Dirk Nowitzki, whose number I wore in junior high when I was a really good shot in basketball, has moved up to #9 All-Time NBA Scorer. To put icing on the cake, there are a lot of Houston fans at the university that can't stand my Dallas teams, and Dirk just passed up a former Houston Rockets center on that list.
I spent Thursday through Saturday of last week at my grandmother's, going through things that had been stored without my consent in the basement and the garage by my ex-brother-in-law. About 90% of it went to the dump, ruined by water, mold, and rodents. Boxes and boxes of books and cherished childhood possessions, stuff my dad had given to me from his days in the National Guard, most of it ruined. Much of it I didn't even really go through, opened the box, looked in, and realized nothing was worth saving. Throwing away boxes full of books almost broke my heart, especially some first edition kid's books that had been my grandmother's when she was a little girl.
First of all, during the Eagles game, NFL analyst Chucky (Jon Gruden) dissed Geno's and that's just not right. Pat's and Geno's are both great cheesesteak places in Philly and actually right across the street from one another. This was during the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Carolina Panthers game tonight on prime time Monday Night football. What a scandal! Not really though. It's about all I can complain about since the Eagles completely blew out the Panthers who looked like deer caught in the headlights of a double semi tractor trailer.
So because the Cowboys won and scored over 20 points, I got a half-off pizza from Papa John's.
Well Hello Pixlbit World, the weekend is over and it is time to get back to the fun of the week. One of my favorite shows is back
This week I got caught up in retro mania by picking up not one, not two, but four Flashback consoles. I just couldn't help myself after seeing them all stacked there together on the shelf at Toys R Us. Then on Sunday I played a bunch of Borderlands The Pre-Sequel and had a lot of good luck freezing enemies solid and making it snow with freezing grenade clusters. The weather was a chilly wintry mix there on the Moon this week.
If you've been following me (Nick) on Twitter (@PixlBitNick), the contents of this blog aren't likely to surprise you in any way shape or form. As you may or may not know, earlier this year (at the start of summer, to be precise), Chessa and I decided that we wanted to get into game development. This was the unofficial start of PixlBit Studios. It's an idea we've been kicking around for a very long time and just never managed to gather up the courage to really try.
There's nothing quite like working on pipes for about six hours with your father and brother, only to realize at the very end that while we might have fixed one potential problem, we didn't fix what we intended to in the beginning.
Which is unfortunate because he's on the podcast again. I don't really speak for the first 10 minutes because console peasantry, but after that you can't shut me up. So if you want to hear my nasally, criminal descendant voice click the link below. Today we talk about Microsoft, World of Warcraft, IGN, and some other shit.
So as you know I had my eye on Tears to Tiara II since its release and at Gamestop its a cool $39.99 which isnt bad for a 80 plus hour JSRPG but still a bit high for this family man so today I looked to see if there were any used copys yet and to my surprise only one Gamestop in a 100 miles had 1 copy one thats 5 minutes from my house so I went and snagged it for $26 brand new with the artbook and all.
Ooooor I gifted it to myself cause I accepted the free copy from Humble Bundle then asked for a gift copy.
First, I mention this at the end of the blog too, but if you could take this short survey, it sure would help myself and my fellow grad students out. It's only 17 questions and responses are kept anonymous. Please and thank you. https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_bE0s9GgNM1bpsmV
I was wondering if there are games that have been released recently that you've completed or are looking forward to that you feel deserve more coverage. On a side note I've been binge playing a bunch of Indie games and I think they are kind of great! I would like more recommendations for Indie games from this community.
A short list of really good games:
Happy freaking Friday Pixlbit! I’ve been waiting for this day since well Sunday but it is finally here and I am ready to enjoy this weekend. I found out that a neighborhood garage sale is happening tomorrow…at 6:30am. Blah, but I am there to look for Lego, CDs/Vinyl some old GI Joes, and some old video games. Hopefully everyone will have non-eBay like prices. I like checking out sites like CAG, and Reddit just to see what folks pick up at garage sales and man they find gold. Last time I went to check out garage sales it was in my neighborhood and I found one CD, and was followed around by the HOA Security.