What's up with LEGO's seeming lack of creativity over the last decade+? When I was a kid (cue old man voice) we didn't have LEGOs based on popular movies. LEGO put out original ideas and we were happy with them. Anyone else remember the Space Police, Spyrians, and Ice Planeters? My word, we had a bunch of those and loved them. We made our own stories and had our own heroes and villains. We had a big pirate ship (and we decided if they were from the Caribbean or not) that we repurposed many a time into an airship a la Final Fantasy VI. We weren't dependent on branding. But look at what they have today! Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, various Marvel and DC super heroes, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, the list goes on and on. Sure, LEGO does still make original stuff, like their City and Castle sets, but it all seems a little bland and uninspired compared with what they used to make...or maybe I'm just old and jaded and running on nostagia. Nah, that couldn't be it.
Recently my library branch started a program for Magic the Gathering players and since I use to be one I thought I might check it out. Though there was one guy, who I assume is the volunteer the arranged the program, I did get learn a few things about the game again and now I actually want to get back into it.
I know I've been quiet guys. I'm really wrapped up in my game & dead set on getting it done. I simply want to prove I can contribute something. Having been on disability much of my life there have been many nights where I questioned my own worth and wondered if I could make anything of value. This is the "man's dilehma". We don't feel confident or secure in ourselves unless we're working hard on some kind of project. A man without a purpose or a goal is an empty & sad shell of his former self. Believe me, I know that from personal experience!
Holy moley! Another blog from me! Actually I am just taking a break from work at the moment because I feel my brain is about to explode from typing up a Design document. I hope everyone had a good weekend! (even though two days later saying that) My weekend was interesting and busyish.
Ah, August! The month when everyone suddenly realizes that summer is winding down and they need to frantically fit as much as possible into the next few weeks. And they take their frustrations out on park staff, store clerks, and other hospitality service employees. I have been very busy lately, of the go to work, come home, walk the dog, shovel dinner down my throat, and fall asleep in front of the TV variety. I did do some fun stuff in the last week or so, though. My mom came up to visit and we just hung out for the day, did a little shopping at Target, Reny's (local chain of discount department stores - they're awesome!), and I slipped into an independent gaming/comics store. The Gamebox has comics, current gen games for purchase and rental, a fine selection of retro games for all systems, and table top gaming. They also run table top games in the back of the store. The staff was friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and relaxed. I will be shopping there in the future for most of my gaming needs. They also repair most consoles and some handhelds. I see myself shopping there for most of my future gaming needs and desires.
I've owned my Vita for almost a year now. I love the system and I've gotten a lot out of it. But one thing that's always gotten on my nerves has been the overpriced Memory Cards.
Well the summer is winding down, and so is the summer movie season. So in honor of that, here’s a rundown of the movies I saw this summer. Slight spoiler warnings here and there, but I promise I won’t reveal too much.
In the late eighties, instead of playing Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros., Metroid, or Legend of Zelda on NES, or Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System, I was either in the arcades or playing games on my Apple Macintosh computer. At the time, I had no idea there were new home consoles out on the market. Maybe 'cause I was never home. I was in college. This explains the following list of games that I call my number ones from the late 80's.
Here's a video about a randomly-generated 2D platformer. The video is different every time you watch it! Not really. But wouldn't that be awesome?
Hello, everyone. Well everyone else has made one, I figured I might have a crack at talking about the awesome Dragon's Crown. I don't know what I can add that anyone else would have but here's what I've got out of a week-ish worth of playing:
This morning it dawned upon me that I was having buyer's regret. This feeling has been sitting with me for the past couple of days. I am glad that I figured out what it was, but am surprised by the source. I did not know that you could have buyer's regret from something that you have not purchased yet. So, I fixed the problem and canceled my PS4 pre-order today.
will be coming to me after 24-48 hours of processing and 3 business days of shipping.
Let's start from the beginning. You know how I was having trouble with Wordpress for my assignment recently? Well I went and spoke to my lecturer and she gave me an extension and showed me a back way into the site. Now, the first thing I should mention is that if you need to find a back way into the site that requires going through 6 websites just to be able to log in, you're probably not using a reliable site, and you should fucking change that shit. Oh well, I'm all over that shit now.
We've all had those times in live when everything happens at once. This last week was like that for me. Two main things ate up my time. First I got called in to work for overtime. The money is nice but it takes up an extra day lol. The other thing is that this week was my son's first birthday, so it was kind of a big deal. You old 1UP folks might remember when he was born last August. We had a Zelda-themed party, of course! And my sister-in-law made this awesome cake graphic (see below) for the cake my wife baked. It was delicious!
This game is looking great so far but ill have to wait till September 24, 2013 while everyone else gets its August 28, 2013. The ps3 verison for some odd reason is getting held back for nearly another month. I havent found out anything as to why but I figure its that it needs more time. Anyone else getting it and which verison?