Yeah, I have so little self control I already bought Pokemon X so I could replay. I would say these games are like crack, but at least that has rehab. What the hell does Pokemon have? Anyways, here's my team.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I visited my family (about 30+ of us) in a Thanksgiving dinner. It was calm and I watched some football and took it easy. In the past, I have gone to Black Friday sales, not this year though. 100% of my Black Friday purchases were online, no fighting in stores for me. So picked up some great games:
I wanted to remind everyone that today is the final day to use the $5 coupon on Pirate Code, the phenomenal PC strategy game with such great music 
Just enter PIXLBIT5 when buying the game. Be sure to jump on that now if you haven't yet! Grab the game over at circuithive.com.
Well, sorry for the blog absence. Real-life and Tumblr had been taking my time and I had a lack of blogging ideas. Fortunately, I finished school and i'm about to graduate on the 6th of December.
So last night we went out to go shopping and I bought Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and Tales of Xillia for $20 each. Both of them were the collectors editions and they both came with art books. I'd say that was a great deal! So for a couple of hours today I went and played though 1.5 to see what was new. Keep in mind that I haven't played this game in a couple of years.
Well it's that long overdue period where I post a blog about something I was originally going to post. Time is hardly ever on my side these days now that I have bought a Wii U Wind Waker bundle and my job, but I figured I might as well post this blog I promised. So with that being said...here is a top 10 list of Wii games not released stateside!
So my birthday is coming up. On December 22nd you all get to laugh at me and tell me how old I am for being 36! In self celebratory fashion I picked out two games for myself. My best friend also kicked me some spare cash so that was big of him!
#1Tombraider
Most of my close colleagues have mixed opinions about the newest Tombraider. However, I’ve been rather excited to try it. Even if Lara’s transition from sobbing shipwrecked college girl to ass kicking super heroine isn’t the most realistic transformation in fictional media history, the game itself still looks very “fun”. I tend to like 3rd person action adventure games so I’m sure I’ll enjoy this one! It may not be “Tomb-raider Anniversary” but I’m not expecting it to be that in the first place. (Though I really love Tomb-raider Anniversary!) Apparently I have a thing for British girls because I also own a copy of Alice: Madness returns!
#2 Final Fantasy Dissidia Duodecism
Dissidia is pretty much a cluster frag of Final Fantasy cameos. Calling this a “fighting game” is a bit misleading on account you run and glide around huge environments that are somewhat interactive as you cast epic spells and try to pull off cataclysmic screen filling “limit breaks“. You also level up and get better gear. After you steal enough “bravery points” you can cash those points in to do that amount in physical damage. Seem confusing? It kind of is but it seems worthwhile to figure out on account you get to play as Lightning, Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, Terra, Dragoon Kain, Squall, and many other beloved iconic characters from the series!
Just a quickie hello while I got the laptop out.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection for PS3 and Xbox 360. The bundle will feature 2010 critically acclaimed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, both Reverie and Resurrection DLC and includes the Mirror of Fate game from the 3ds and the Lord of Shadows II demo the LOS game is physical and the rest is dlc codes but totally worth the price and is the entire collection until the February release of LOS 2.
Nothing of any real substance here, but I'm just dropping by to say happy Thanksgiving. You all here at Pixlbit are awesome and I'm so thankful that we have such a friendly and supportive community of gamers! Tonight my family and some family friends are going midnight black friday shopping and I'm gonna pick up Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD for $20 at Gamestop and anything else I can find that would be worth it. Are you guys getting anything for Black Friday?
What could I possibly say about the PS4 that has not already been said? Probably nothing, but there are a couple of things that I would like to say regardless.
I am rather swiftly getting to a point in my life where I honestly don't want to be considered a gamer. I don't want to be grouped in with the fucking idiots I see wandering around on sites like IGN, or Gamespot. Before you start with your "We're not all like that," I know that, but unfortunately, you're in the minority.
Hey Pixlbit! Because it’s Thanksgiving Week, and I have family visiting I probably won’t have time to do a proper Quick Hits blog on Friday, because I will either be a.) walking around Target buying a bunch of Black Friday stuff b.) eating pumpkin pie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner c.) hanging out the family. Because of this I thought I’d start this blog early (I also need something to do because I’m currently doing laundry and I don’t want to fold and put away my clothes).
I watched my nephew play some Angry Birds Star Wars 2 (ABSW2) on his phone (it’s not set up as a phone. He uses it more like a DS). The levels in ABSW2 are really creative. Each Star Wars character has its own abilities. Darth Sidious was my nephew’s favorite because he shoots out lightning as he hurtles toward the target.
Here is my new gaming setup. I meant to blog more at least on the new systems but as you can see the Playstation 4 and Xbox One are now a part of the family.
I wanted to write something on why exactly I hate the game Beyond so much. In a year I wasn't reviewing games it would easily be on my list of worst games that year, but now that I'm playing some real shit year round, I'm not even sure if it will make my bottom five. Yet in the same way I thought Assassin's Creed 3 represented everything wrong with AAA video games, Beyond: Two Souls does so in a different way. And let me be clear: The low interactivity has nothing to do with it. Ace Attorney became one of my favorite series this year and save Miles Edgeworth (which ironically is one of the weaker entries), they have even less interactivity than Beyond. Yet they are still infinitely better games than Beyond.
Yup, I did it. I finally did it. Formally known as Spunkyd99, I bit the bullet and joined the PixlBit writing staff. Nick DiMola had encouraged me to join the staff back in June, but I ended up dragging my feet a bit…which would turn out to be months. And after a much need sabbatical from blogging, I decided to return and contribute my thoughts to fine gaming site that is PixlBit. After all, this place took me in when I needed a new place to blog after the whole 1Up “shutdown” incident. I want help PixlBit be the best it can be.