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So, yeah, the game's almost two years old, but whatever:
Assassin's Creed is awesome.
( in which i ramble about holy land ninjas )
Assassin's Creed is awesome.
( in which i ramble about holy land ninjas )
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Yet Another Blog For Geeks
Life: Don't Make It Tricky
01 June 2009 @ 12:03 pm
23 April 2009 @ 12:28 pm
Big surge of new games coming in June, including Arkham Asylum (!), Indiana Jones for the Wii (!!), and Ghostbusters (!!!), so I told myself, "alright, NO more buying until then."
But before I told myself that I had won a bid for Chrono Trigger on the DS on eBay, and it showed up on the mail on Tuesday.
I tell ya what, folks, it's like pulling on an old comfy sweatshirt after ten years.
This is an almost direct port of the original Super Nintendo game, with some new touch screen capabilities, a new level, a new ending, and the Akira Toriyama-designed animated cutscenes from the PS1 re-release.
Screw Final Fantasy VII. This is STILL the greatest RPG ever created. If you haven't played it, DO. It's Super Nintendo graphics, but whatever...
But before I told myself that I had won a bid for Chrono Trigger on the DS on eBay, and it showed up on the mail on Tuesday.
I tell ya what, folks, it's like pulling on an old comfy sweatshirt after ten years.
This is an almost direct port of the original Super Nintendo game, with some new touch screen capabilities, a new level, a new ending, and the Akira Toriyama-designed animated cutscenes from the PS1 re-release.
Screw Final Fantasy VII. This is STILL the greatest RPG ever created. If you haven't played it, DO. It's Super Nintendo graphics, but whatever...
18 April 2009 @ 11:45 pm
So a few months ago I wasted healthy chunks of calendar time playing Knights of the Old Republic.
Today?
I started the sequel.
Good Lord... 9am-3pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm...
Now that? That there's a weekend killer.
I did break it up a bit, though, with stuff. I finished reading Bourne Identity last night, so I sat down and rewatched the movie, as I hadn't in a very long time.
Wow... Amazing just how little the two have to do with each other.
Government operative who loses his memory? Check.
Bank statement in his hip? Check.
Um... Ummmmm... that's about it, really.
They brought a connections, most of them in name only (Marie, Treadstone, Kane/Cain), but otherwise I might as well have been following two different stories.
Can't wait to get to Bourne Supremacy, see how they tackle that after shifting so much.
Today?
I started the sequel.
Good Lord... 9am-3pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm...
Now that? That there's a weekend killer.
I did break it up a bit, though, with stuff. I finished reading Bourne Identity last night, so I sat down and rewatched the movie, as I hadn't in a very long time.
Wow... Amazing just how little the two have to do with each other.
Government operative who loses his memory? Check.
Bank statement in his hip? Check.
Um... Ummmmm... that's about it, really.
They brought a connections, most of them in name only (Marie, Treadstone, Kane/Cain), but otherwise I might as well have been following two different stories.
Can't wait to get to Bourne Supremacy, see how they tackle that after shifting so much.
17 April 2009 @ 02:11 pm
Ah, it's nice to jump to eBay to check on an item you're selling only to see that it's SKYROCKETED in price.
I listed Lunar at $15, and it's currently up to $36 with three days left. *happy sigh*
25 March 2009 @ 10:09 pm
I never realized just how comfortable I was with the Guitar Hero/Rock Band controllers.
And then GH: World Tour tossed the open fret chord at me.
You wouldn't think that it'd be hard to grasp the concept of strumming the guitar without holding ANY fret buttons, but there you go.
Started the great task ahead of me in the next week or two: Get the living room ready for Mr. HDTV. This might be as simple as cleaning the place from top to bottom, and it might involve me re-jigging the entire living room. I have to decide how it should be set up for maximum viewing vs. maximum Wii-ing.
And then GH: World Tour tossed the open fret chord at me.
You wouldn't think that it'd be hard to grasp the concept of strumming the guitar without holding ANY fret buttons, but there you go.
Started the great task ahead of me in the next week or two: Get the living room ready for Mr. HDTV. This might be as simple as cleaning the place from top to bottom, and it might involve me re-jigging the entire living room. I have to decide how it should be set up for maximum viewing vs. maximum Wii-ing.
17 March 2009 @ 11:01 pm
BIOSHOCK 2 PICTURES AND ARTICLE IN GAME INFORMER!!!!
DOOD DOOD DOOD!
I'd be in bed right now (long night, fun night, more to come), but the magazine came and I had to read EVERY SINGLE WORD.
Oh, baby...
DOOD DOOD DOOD!
I'd be in bed right now (long night, fun night, more to come), but the magazine came and I had to read EVERY SINGLE WORD.
Oh, baby...
17 March 2009 @ 07:58 am
Cuz, you know, I don't have it for my XBox yet.
An announced future download:
You got the touch!
You got the power!
YEAH!
An announced future download:
You got the touch!
You got the power!
YEAH!
05 March 2009 @ 06:49 pm
*honk*
How does one spend a sick day?
Why, ten hours of KotOR, of course.
If there's a downside to being home sick from work, its that your friggin nose WON'T LET YOU SLEEP IN!
*snort*
Not nearly as bad as I was yesterday, though. Hopefully I'll be recouped enough tomorrow for spotlights and Watchmen.
How does one spend a sick day?
Why, ten hours of KotOR, of course.
If there's a downside to being home sick from work, its that your friggin nose WON'T LET YOU SLEEP IN!
*snort*
Not nearly as bad as I was yesterday, though. Hopefully I'll be recouped enough tomorrow for spotlights and Watchmen.
28 January 2009 @ 08:03 pm
Funny in my head if it's in Cartman's voice.
Anyway, update, update, update. Not that there's much to update.
- Broke out the Personal Trainer again tonight. Third time in the last week that I've made something with it. The cabbage soup on Thursday turned out okay, if not a little greasy (partially thanks to the meat, partially thanks to the butter the onions were sauteed in. Personal note: next time, no butter). Sunday was macaroni and cheese, an extremely basic stovetop recipe. Surprisingly enough, I think it tastes better reheated than first off the stove. Sharp cheddar mellowed out a bit.
Tonight? Banana brownies. Pretty much what it sounds like, brownies with bananas in them.
- The writing is trudging along. I really need to get my motivation kicking again. It doesn't help that the current chapter involves two characters that are practically bedridden. Really makes it hard to break away from the conversation. Dialogue's my favorite, but it does need a break every few paragraphs.
Might have to break out OotP after I'm done with my current book. That might get the juices flowin again.
- Inital plans for the weekend: Super Bowl Sunday, and Shanty Saturday with samtabsav. Pictures will be a must.
- Speaking of pictures, my Transformers photo documentation has come to a temporary halt. Sorting out, I'm discovering some of the figures are missing. One or two of them I know for sure are just laying around the condo somewhere, as I often just fiddled with them at my desk before moving them god knows where. Which means that I'll have to find them before I get around to taking photos of their respective series.
Which means I have to clean this damn apartment.
Which, friends and neighbors, I have ZERO motivation to do.
27 January 2009 @ 08:04 am
If there's one thing about playing puzzle-based video games, it's that your brain often won't shut up about them.
Sunday night I went to bed. Tried to fall asleep. My brain kept trying to pick apart a puzzle on the game Braid.
I ended up getting up to try what I was picking.
Last night? Same thing.
I did beat the game, though. At midnight.
Needless to say, tired this morning. But at least its off my mind.
Sunday night I went to bed. Tried to fall asleep. My brain kept trying to pick apart a puzzle on the game Braid.
I ended up getting up to try what I was picking.
Last night? Same thing.
I did beat the game, though. At midnight.
Needless to say, tired this morning. But at least its off my mind.
23 January 2009 @ 08:22 am
- I have a nerve in my nose that's either numb or tingling. Either way, it makes me feel like I have a hair tickling my nose, and I can't do anything about it.
- Took my first swing at actually making something using my Personal Trainer last night. All in all, I'm torn. In concept, it works out really well. But I'm still trying to figure out how exactly it works. It often skipped ahead to the next step without giving me ample time to do what's required.
This could be the software's fault, it could be the hardware. I'm not even sure if there IS an internal timer, or if the microphone on my DS is so sensitive that it's hearing random tinks and clanks in the kitchen and interpreting them as vocal commands.
Next time I'm going to shut off the vocal commands and see what happens.
- I should have the first round of pictures posted of my collection soon. I took Universe pictures a few nights ago, and have been wrestling with the Alternators for the last few nights. I'm getting the hard ones out of the way early. I just hope that the frustration level at some of these complexities doesn't kill my motivation to get this done.
If nothing else, I'll need to clean my kitchen table at some point. Alternators, Universe, Titaniums, and SWTF are all small series, so I can do them on cardboard on the floor. But the others'll need more space.
18 January 2009 @ 06:58 pm
The rough plan for this weekend:
1) Make some lunch for this week, probably via crockpot
2) Hit the grocery store
3) Do some writing
4) Start taking pictures of my Transformers collection
Here's what I did:
1) Played BioShock
2) Played BioShock
3) Played BioShock
4) Played BioShock
Okay, so that's not necessarily ALL that I did, but it was pretty damn close. Pulled most of my toys off the shelves and sorted them out by series. Picked up two new ones at Target yesterday after my dad jumped my car.
And I did watch my Dr. Horrible DVD, which I was finally able to get from the post office on Saturday. Just as good as expected, with the musical commentary track and all. I'm kind of a jerk, though, and skipped most of the music on the ELE Tryout section. What can I say, it's just not as good as what's in the movie.
But, yes, MUCH BioShock was played on Saturday and Sunday. Christ, but it's fun, even if the Big Daddies can be frustratingly difficult to kill. And good Lord but it is creepy. I'm on the crazy theater level right now and YIKES.
1) Make some lunch for this week, probably via crockpot
2) Hit the grocery store
3) Do some writing
4) Start taking pictures of my Transformers collection
Here's what I did:
1) Played BioShock
2) Played BioShock
3) Played BioShock
4) Played BioShock
Okay, so that's not necessarily ALL that I did, but it was pretty damn close. Pulled most of my toys off the shelves and sorted them out by series. Picked up two new ones at Target yesterday after my dad jumped my car.
And I did watch my Dr. Horrible DVD, which I was finally able to get from the post office on Saturday. Just as good as expected, with the musical commentary track and all. I'm kind of a jerk, though, and skipped most of the music on the ELE Tryout section. What can I say, it's just not as good as what's in the movie.
But, yes, MUCH BioShock was played on Saturday and Sunday. Christ, but it's fun, even if the Big Daddies can be frustratingly difficult to kill. And good Lord but it is creepy. I'm on the crazy theater level right now and YIKES.
17 January 2009 @ 11:12 pm
Okay, so now I'm not going to play Bioshock before bed again.
Shudder.
I know there are much more hardcore examples of survival horror-type games, but I think that was enough creepy for my brain for one night.
Shudder.
I know there are much more hardcore examples of survival horror-type games, but I think that was enough creepy for my brain for one night.
29 December 2008 @ 12:12 am
Back when I bought my XBox in... umm... the summer? Spring? I forget... I told myself "Self! Rock Band 2 will be the LAST game you buy before Christmas. It's farkin expensive, and you have enough other games and other stuff to do in the meantime. After Christmas, you can go to town." And with the exception of a few downloaded games (Mega Man 9, Strong Bad), I've kept to that.
Well, Christmas is very much over.
Mwahahahahaha
In addition to my parents, who are totally awesome, pitching in to help me replace that damn disc, I took advantage of some bogo/btgo sales in the last few days to build up my library. Now I have:
- Bioshock (360)
- Orange Box (360)
- Final Fantasy III (DS)
- Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS)
The latter of those is frickin awesome, even if it's a lot fancier than I was expecting. Lots of really foofoo recipes with ingredients that you need to climb to the top of Mt. Olympus to collect.
It is, if you haven't figured it out already, a cookbook. A cookbook that you plug into your Nintendo DS that you can talk to. It has 240 recipes from all over the world, everything from potato salad and salsa to paella and beef bourguignon.
It's one of the many many "games" that Nintendo's released for the DS that aren't necessarily games as much as they are pieces of software. One of these days I'm picking up the Japanese language tutor software.
In addition to all of those games, I finally straightened out my Amazon mess and have 1600 XBox points to spend as I wish. I think Braid's on the list, or possibly Penny Arcade 2. And I still want to get a hold of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic before too long.
Well, Christmas is very much over.
Mwahahahahaha
In addition to my parents, who are totally awesome, pitching in to help me replace that damn disc, I took advantage of some bogo/btgo sales in the last few days to build up my library. Now I have:
- Bioshock (360)
- Orange Box (360)
- Final Fantasy III (DS)
- Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS)
The latter of those is frickin awesome, even if it's a lot fancier than I was expecting. Lots of really foofoo recipes with ingredients that you need to climb to the top of Mt. Olympus to collect.
It is, if you haven't figured it out already, a cookbook. A cookbook that you plug into your Nintendo DS that you can talk to. It has 240 recipes from all over the world, everything from potato salad and salsa to paella and beef bourguignon.
It's one of the many many "games" that Nintendo's released for the DS that aren't necessarily games as much as they are pieces of software. One of these days I'm picking up the Japanese language tutor software.
In addition to all of those games, I finally straightened out my Amazon mess and have 1600 XBox points to spend as I wish. I think Braid's on the list, or possibly Penny Arcade 2. And I still want to get a hold of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic before too long.
27 December 2008 @ 01:00 am
Guitar Hero 3's Through the Fire and the Flames on Expert.
The LEGO edition.
Or how about Ping Pong Hero?
Or Bike Hero?
The LEGO edition.
Or how about Ping Pong Hero?
Or Bike Hero?
22 September 2008 @ 07:55 pm
29 August 2008 @ 02:05 pm
22 August 2008 @ 09:04 am
In video game form, that is...
So what do you think? A Hogwarts MMO? A Marauders-centric story? Previous incarnations of the Order of the Phoenix? WWII-era Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald? Possibly something post-series, piggybacking off Rowling's ideas of Auror Harry & Ron?
Loving the potential here...
So what do you think? A Hogwarts MMO? A Marauders-centric story? Previous incarnations of the Order of the Phoenix? WWII-era Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald? Possibly something post-series, piggybacking off Rowling's ideas of Auror Harry & Ron?
Loving the potential here...
03 June 2008 @ 02:08 pm
Very few people want Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
Guitar Hero: Metallica, on the other hand...