This made me giggle when it turned up in my google search.
Yesterday I finally wrapped up The Last of Us. I've been chronicling my experience in the forums. So those of you who have been following along via those posts surely know that it wasn't my favorite game. It's nothing awful or anything, it just didn't strike me as anything particularly special.
I never thought I would ask "What the fuck?" more than when I played Metal Gear Solid 2. Then I played Metal Gear Solid 4. I don't even know where to start with this game. Wrapping up all of 2's plot points was a no lose battle. If they tried and failed to in one game, they'd get shit on for that. If they spread it out between games, they'd get shit on for making things more convoluted (which, considering this is Kojima, was inevitable). Yet neither happened, and they performed god's work by wrapping up everything in 4. No matter what I say after, this game deserves ridiculous praise just for that feat alone.
We need more games based around heartbeats, right? Of course! Enter Lub vs Dub, an endless runner (‘natch) where the two sounds of the heartbeat duke it out. Well, you know, in a running sort of way. There are two ways to play: Single Player Sprint and Two Player Battle. In the sprint your little character (Lub, I believe) runs along a heart monitor line. It’s pretty static but there are little spikes you must jump and large ones that can be avoided only by flipping over to the other side of the line. Along the way you can collect power ups to increase your score and hearts to multiply it at the end. It gets pretty hectic as the speed increases and you try to keep straight when to jump and when to flip. It’s a fun little runner.
I am beginning to worry that I am not going to make it to the end of the month with the Blog a Day challenge. Hopefully I will be able to, but at this moment I would not count on it. I will probably have a different outlook tomorrow.
Let's be honest, 2013 wasn't a great year for fighting games. Not terrible in a long stretch, but in comparison to previous years. 2014, in comparison, is looking to be big. Really, big. So big that to explain it all I have to split it between 3 separate blogs (and even then its still not big enough to explain it all). But today we start big with the 4 biggest fighting games to look forward to this year (so far). Featuring a plethora styles, genres, and even a new franchise too. A diverse set of fighting games that should appeal to everyone.
I started this month's BaD entries talking about the value of consoles, and what would convince me to buy the latest ones. In short, I'm not really up on buying any of them right now, either due to lack of games, pricing, or both. The handheld side, however, is another matter.
So today I decided I'd go and talk about a little hobby of mine. Most people do different hobbies. Some people collect stamps or coins. Some people knit. Me...I like to buy and play bad Wii games. Now this is a very odd hobby. I mean there are tons of shovelware titles for Wii...and I do mean a ton. These games can vary from lazy mini game compilations such as Carnival Games or licensed scholck such as Barbie and the Three Musketeers. If you've ever wondered what type of reaction you get when you buy a Barbie game in a store as a grown man...well I wouldn't know....I bought mine online to hide away my shame in the privacy of my home.
I spent most of Saturday at work, juggling regular duties and cleaning up after two games: pee-wee and a make-up senior varsity game. I was told the pee-wee game was the last of the season and I truly hope so. If there's anything that's ruined my weekends for the past 2 months, its those fucking pee-wee games. Granted, they don't make as big a mess as the crowds for the 7th, Junior and Senior games but they still provide a measly excuse to drag my ass up there. I'd rather finish everything on Friday.
Recently finished Resident Evil 6. Contrary to what long time RE fans may feel, I don't think it's major flaws are in concept, theme, content, or genre, but in execution. Game sports a too-narrow field of view which has been increasingly unpleasant since 4. The camera is in tighter to your character's side-rear than ever, cutting off your left field of vision, which feels highly unnatural, unintuitive and claustrophobic. It feels like I'm wearing a blinder on the left or right side of my face (you can switch weapon grip, which switches camera axis). I constantly have to be shifting the camera to see obstacles and threats that would be well within your immediate field of view in other games or in real life. The fact that even low level enemies can now launch themselves at you from any direction means a first time player is in for some cheap hits, no matter how careful they play.
Happy Monday everyone! It's my lunch break, so I thought I'd go ahead and do my post along with the music for the day. Today's D&B song is "Passing Time" by Lynx & Hellrazor. I'm not super familiar with Lynx's music outside of a couple of tracks on an old mix album, but from what I have heard from him, his music tends to lean on the downtempo side, with a touch of melencholy to go along with it. "Passing Time" is a rather nice melody I discovered on the Fabriclive 68 mix album (mixed by Calibre...great album to check out). I love the way the piano chords were used to good effect.
Hey Pixlbit, Happy Monday! Everyone have a good weekend? Anything cool happen? I spent the weekend playing The Lego Movie: Videogame, watching the Olympics, and snuck in a nap. This is a new week, which mean more Blog A Day from yours truly. For this week I thought I would showcase another one of my interests…Music! More specifically, what’s on my iPod. So this week it’s What’s On My iPod or WOMiP. I tend to keep favorite songs, new stuff, podcasts, and audiobooks on there but I want to talk about certain playlists, and other fun stuff. Sound good? Cool, so to start off WOMiP week let’s talk about the actual setup
PSN + Members can add Payday 2 to their playlist for $0 this week. Not really my cup of tea but some of you might be interested
Good Morning fellow gamers. Im not at work today because I've been feeling so bad health wise that when I got to work I called the doctor and they said to come in today at 1:00. and the funniest thing happened. As soon as I got home and got into my room and got comfortable and brought my dog in the room with me....I feel 100% better! another Festivus Miracle! But really, isnt it wierd how after you know you're going to the Dr you suddenly feel better?
I'm really getting into Bravely Default now and have been exploring some of the features.
Fun’s over, it’s Monday….. again. Oh and guess what? It’s cold too.
Waitress called me 'Sir' the other day. Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but it made me feel slightly old.
