Finding it hard to focus today, so briefly:
Fighting games can be a diverse genre of video games. However, that diversity can often be over shadowed by the same handful of franchises and companies that have much larger presences. Although the tides are turning and new fighting game IP s are now more that ever making their presence known though the indie scene. Today, we're taking a look at a few of the many indie fighting games that are emerging this year. Some games are playable right now while other games plan to use crowd funding later this year. These games, however, provide a healthy alternative and bring (or in some cases could bring) new life into the fighting game genre.
After the Super Nintendo, the Nintendo 64 was released on September 29th, 1996. I remember the date well, because it was my birthday. It seemed like it was meant to be, because I convinced my mom to get it for my birthday. Things were going well at that time. We were living in Detroit, she had found steady work and a new man, and we were stable for the first time in awhile. I had such a great time with Super Mario 64, and I knew that I would enjoy many new gifts from the gaming gods.
I had a wonderful opportunity to put a little bit of time into Rune Factory 4. I am enjoying myself at the moment, but feel as though I am still in the tutorial part of the game. Once I finally get released into the world to do as I please I am sure that it will become a game that is difficult to put down. I will definitely have some more thoughts as I progress further into the game. I will leave this topic with one thought... I am barely two hours into the game and a dragon has hit on my character. I think that means this will be a special experience.
I'm a fan of pizza. And honestly I'm sure many people can say the same. You have Mom & Pop pizza chains, corporate pizza chains, store bought and more. Now I prefer my local pizza chains moreso than the corporate ones. Some of the best pizza I've had has come froom a dive in the middle of nowhere called Tony's Pizzaria. And while I could always give love to dives and dumps I'm just gonna rank pizza from best to worst....granted this is based on my taste preferences...so take with it what you will.
It’s Wednesday, Pixlbit folks! Last night I watched my Aztecs drop a rare loss, but hey better to have your worst game of the year in February than in March. I think they will drop out of the Top 5 in the country but stay in the Top 10. Not bad for a rebuilding team. Anyways for today’s What’s On My iPod, I decided to focus on something we all have, but don’t really talk about. When your friends ask “What’s your Top 10 Favorite Songs” you give out your list of favorite songs, most likely sprinkled in are Beatles, Led Zeppelin, 2 Pac, etc., but deep down you know you’re holding back. You have those songs that are either so embarrassing or so terrible people will give you their puzzled look face. Yes Pixlbit I’m talking about your favorite Guilty Pleasures songs. Songs that are so terrible you usually only sing along with them in the shower when nobody is home. Songs that are so bad you go from singing as loud as you can in the car, until another car drives up and you try to look like you’re covering a crime.
Peace Walker is pretty much the opposite of 4. While 4 was about wrapping up the story, Peace Walker's about unlocking as much content as you can. 4 had near flawless controls, Peace Walker had aiming with the face buttons. 4 pushed technology to a new level, PW was a portable game. 4 had a weird crossover with Assassin's Creed, PW had one with Monster Hunter.
Here in Maryland, we're all getting ready to get some serious snow beginning this evening around 9:00pm and continuing until Thursday afternoon. They say we're in for at least 4 to 6 inches on the low end, meaning that we could easily get more if mother nature says so. This is great for me because that means there's a 200% chance that I'll be working from home tomorrow :-)
Oh right, I was supposed to have a bunch of complaints in my blogs as per the theme I said I decided on before BaD started on February 3rd. Oops.
So I just finally beat Pokemon Pearl for the DS. I have had it since it came out and never really got into it even though I am a huge fan of the series. Did it all with a super under powered team too. Like they were 20 levels under and the only elemental advantage was over the fire guy. Me being an idiot too, I saved right before I faced the Pokemon Champion so I had no choice but to beat her with this team.
To make a long story short, my older son got his shit wrecked by our treadmill today. Apparently he knows how to turn the thing on, and after doing so today, he fell on it and got caught at the back end of it between it and the wall. He's got some pretty nasty burns from the thing going just a little over 1mph and a few spots where it totally rubbed his skin off and he has an open cut.
Busy day today, so just thought I'd pop in and give some awareness towards Energy Hook. One of the few Kickstarters I backed, it looks really good. The Kickstarter's long over, but the game's coming onto PC, PS4, and Vita. So here's why I'm excited:
Ninja Striker! is a fairly simple one-touch iOS game. Or so it seems. It doesn’t make the best first impression because it’s too simplistic. You just tap somewhere on the screen to send your little pixelly ninja flying in that direction, katana swinging. Anything in the way will get sliced and if you tap on an enemy specifically, you’ll fly to that enemy and stay there slashing it until it dies. Your ninja can also stick to walls and ceilings. Three hits and you’re dead but there’s nothing to worry about. The first couple levels are pretty boring because they’re so easy. Things start to change with the first boss though. He’s a little guy about your size and he jumps around shooting baby tornados at you. If you just sit there hitting him, you’ll die pretty fast. You have to jump around and make strategic swipes at the boss. Then the second set of levels are much more complicated with lots of bottomless pits and deadly spikes. It takes a lot more planning and attention to make it to the end of the level intact. I’ve now played through the second boss and Ninja Striker! has gone from a game that I was going to drop with a disinterested “meh” to a game I’m interested to see where it’ll go next.
Hi there. Another short blog and unfortunately another day of not getting enough sleep. Its made me really lethargic about writing today but I haven't done much either. Just 3rd shift work, sleeping, and finally some RE 6 play that my friend is still waiting on me to join back in. I'll be writing second part of my Fighting game preview thingy tonight for Wednesday but that's about all I plan to do. And maybe try and get some sleep. Maybe. Anyway that's it for today. I leave you with some Giant Bomb Awesome sauce. Later.
Sorry folks, I'm too busy gaming to write a decent blog today. Tales of Xillia is consuming my time. But I'll leave you with a photo to make you laugh:
Apparently Risk of Rain is coming to the Vita. I had the opportunity to play this game for a couple of hours earlier this year. I left the game with a couple of thoughts. The first was, damn this game is fun. The second was, this game seems like a perfect fit for the Vita. The number of buttons that you use would correspond perfectly with the handheld. I guess I got my wish... Blah Blah Blah, Whatever Whatever Whatever.