10 posts tagged “video game”
Well, I've been playing a lot of decent video games lately; Burnout Revenge, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, Cooking Mama, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade! It's been great, I don't think I've had any poor games! My friend Keith was telling me the demo of Farcry for xBox 360 was no good, so I think I'll be staying clear of that one! I did get the demo for the Sonic the Hedgehog game, I'll have to give that a go sometime this week.
The new game I got was Wario Ware. A co-worker was telling me how amazing it was and that I needed to get it. So I did, and I think it's a 8/10. I am not really sure why but it feels like it was made cheaply. The mini-games are really fun, but I am not sure the game has a point. There doesn't really seem to be a strong story, and you just go from building to building doing these mini-games. I thought it was going to be a multi-player game but it's not yet, apparently you have to unlock that. I can't wait to try that part out though! I've unlocked 7-8 buildings so far, not sure how much is accomplished but it's definitely a fun game! I really wish it was multi-player from the start though!
The next game I picked up this weekend is one that I've had my eye on for a while! Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is so much fun! I just wish I had gotten it sooner! The controls a little odd at first. I felt a little overwhelmed with learning them all but I think I have them down now. I've been running through the tournaments and they get progressively harder. I've mashed my way through the Flower Cup and now I am on the last cup. It seems they only have 3 cups, but maybe more are unlockable. They also have challenges, exhibition modes and a multi-player mode. Emilie and I will have to try that out sometime this week. The courts are fun and original, my favorite one is the one where piranha plants are the hoops! There are unlockable characters, so far I've only unlocked a couple, but I am sure there's lots. I heard that there are characters from Final Fantasy in there too! I seem to have made up a good team too. Yoshi, Baby Bowser and Mario seem to be doing the trick for me. I have yet to loose a match!
Well I'm off to go work on some Burnout Revenge, I can't let Kat beat me!
- Jimmy
Well it's been almost 24 hour since The Burning Crusade came out. Last night Emilie and I braved the freezing cold weather to pick up our copies of the game. Of course it was snowing and we could barely see 5 feet in front of us. That didn't stop us and hundreds of other gamers from getting their copies too. When we got there, there was probably 50 or so people. By the time we left there had to have been at least 200 people or so, maybe more.
We both ended up getting the collectors edition. Why not spend an extra $10 and get a bunch of cool things?! Emilie was opening hers even before we got home and looking through all the extra goodies. The art book is absolutely amazing. It's very nice, hard cover and loaded with outstanding art.
We finally got enough cards to play the card game. I am going to have to read through the instruction booklet so we know how to play, but I am sure we could have some fun with that. Emilie's already started to use the mouse pad. I will eventually when my current one dies.
I also picked up the Burning Crusade Z-Board keyset last night. It's much more PvP and RAID oriented then the original keyset. It's still very cool though, I'll use it on my own server.
Emilie and I both started Blood Elves last night. I am on Thrall and she is on Turylon. Before we got that far through we were bothhaving some issues when we were trying to upgrade our accounts to "TBC accounts". The issue wasfixed quite shortly
though. The starting area was completely mobbed with hundreds of other people. Today I had a real problem killing mobs for these quests cause 80 million other people were doing the same thing.
I just wish it was free or cheaper to play this game. I don't think getting the expansion will make me renew my account so come February 2nd or 3rd it's game over for me. At least for the time being. Emilie will continue to play, probably level up her new Blood Elf and get to level 70 with her main. It's a lot of fun, I just don't feel like dedicating so much time to it when I have so many other games to be playing.
So how's everyone else Burning Crusade experience coming along, roll any new characters or going to level your others to 70? Other thoughts?
We both ended up getting the collectors edition. Why not spend an extra $10 and get a bunch of cool things?! Emilie was opening hers even before we got home and looking through all the extra goodies. The art book is absolutely amazing. It's very nice, hard cover and loaded with outstanding art.
We finally got enough cards to play the card game. I am going to have to read through the instruction booklet so we know how to play, but I am sure we could have some fun with that. Emilie's already started to use the mouse pad. I will eventually when my current one dies.
I also picked up the Burning Crusade Z-Board keyset last night. It's much more PvP and RAID oriented then the original keyset. It's still very cool though, I'll use it on my own server.
Emilie and I both started Blood Elves last night. I am on Thrall and she is on Turylon. Before we got that far through we were bothhaving some issues when we were trying to upgrade our accounts to "TBC accounts". The issue wasfixed quite shortly
I just wish it was free or cheaper to play this game. I don't think getting the expansion will make me renew my account so come February 2nd or 3rd it's game over for me. At least for the time being. Emilie will continue to play, probably level up her new Blood Elf and get to level 70 with her main. It's a lot of fun, I just don't feel like dedicating so much time to it when I have so many other games to be playing.
So how's everyone else Burning Crusade experience coming along, roll any new characters or going to level your others to 70? Other thoughts?
My good buddy rented this game from Blockbuster the other day and let me borrow it (he's engrossed in Call of Duty 3). The only thing I heard about this that is wasn't anything special. I didn't hear anything good about, but not to many bad things I heard about it, but it wasn't going to be the best game.
Upon turning the game on I wasn't that impressed. The graphics were clunky and blocky and the controls were a little odd at first. After playing through a couple levels I started to get the hang of it all. Something that I find to be very annoying is the fact that you don't get a real HUD so you're clueless as to how much ammo you really have.
A neat feature (or not so good) is that when you're using a spear, the end of it will start to split apart just as it would in real life after being used a lot.
Fighting enemies is a bit difficult because of the controls. I ended up dying multiple times because I couldn't move fast enough or have good enough aiming control to stab or throw my spear at them.
I am only on the 3rd level but I am not so sure about the game. I think it definitely needs some improvement but it's an okay game as-is. The voices sound authentic and some of the graphics are note-worthy. The controls and UI do need improvement. I did notice this game works on Live! but I have to see what elements they are. Maybe I should just stick to Cars and Gears of War.
- Jimmy
Upon turning the game on I wasn't that impressed. The graphics were clunky and blocky and the controls were a little odd at first. After playing through a couple levels I started to get the hang of it all. Something that I find to be very annoying is the fact that you don't get a real HUD so you're clueless as to how much ammo you really have.
A neat feature (or not so good) is that when you're using a spear, the end of it will start to split apart just as it would in real life after being used a lot.
Fighting enemies is a bit difficult because of the controls. I ended up dying multiple times because I couldn't move fast enough or have good enough aiming control to stab or throw my spear at them.
I am only on the 3rd level but I am not so sure about the game. I think it definitely needs some improvement but it's an okay game as-is. The voices sound authentic and some of the graphics are note-worthy. The controls and UI do need improvement. I did notice this game works on Live! but I have to see what elements they are. Maybe I should just stick to Cars and Gears of War.
- Jimmy
I don't actually remember downloading this but I was looking throught the files on my xBox 360 last night and I found this. It seems like you can download the demo from xBox Live! Arcade for free and then you have the option to upgrade it to the full copy.
This game reminds me of Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo systems. Basically you just smash and bash your opponent until their remaining lives is none. It's a lot more mature then SSB though. The weapons are less childish (and fun).
You run through about 10 stages just like SSB. I only made it to stage 2. One of the things I didn't like at all was how fast I was running out of ammo. The levels don't seem to be original nor does the game.
I would probably give this a 4 out of 10 stars. Sorry. The demo was fun, but I doubt I would purchase this game. I'd love to hear anyone elses thoughts about Small Arms.
- Jimmy
This game reminds me of Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo systems. Basically you just smash and bash your opponent until their remaining lives is none. It's a lot more mature then SSB though. The weapons are less childish (and fun).
You run through about 10 stages just like SSB. I only made it to stage 2. One of the things I didn't like at all was how fast I was running out of ammo. The levels don't seem to be original nor does the game.
I would probably give this a 4 out of 10 stars. Sorry. The demo was fun, but I doubt I would purchase this game. I'd love to hear anyone elses thoughts about Small Arms.
- Jimmy
After a friend telling how fun the Cars demo was I just had to download it. I did put it off for probably 3-4 weeks but last night I finally played it! While you'd think this to be a childish game I had a lot of fun (although I act more like a child over anything else)!
The demo includes 2 levels. The first level is a racing level where I managed to get 2nd place. I think if I actually used the tools provided to me I could have gotten first. I only used my speed boosts in the last lap and I only learned about the sliding ability after the race was over. The controls are so so, I did find myself eating the wall/rocks several times but overall they're decent.
The second level is a non-racing level. You get to drive around the level as the tow-truck and tip tractors! You need to avoid the spotlights and the big tractor. The level is fun but could be bigger. I ended up getting caught by the big tractor but I did get to tip a lot of the other tractors!
I have a feeling this would be fun game that anyone could enjoy. Even my friend who likes only shootum up games had fun with it. I do think the controls could use a little work, but that's about it.
Anyone who has a full copy of this game want to chime in. Or even someone else who's played the demo?
- Jimmy
The demo includes 2 levels. The first level is a racing level where I managed to get 2nd place. I think if I actually used the tools provided to me I could have gotten first. I only used my speed boosts in the last lap and I only learned about the sliding ability after the race was over. The controls are so so, I did find myself eating the wall/rocks several times but overall they're decent.
The second level is a non-racing level. You get to drive around the level as the tow-truck and tip tractors! You need to avoid the spotlights and the big tractor. The level is fun but could be bigger. I ended up getting caught by the big tractor but I did get to tip a lot of the other tractors!
I have a feeling this would be fun game that anyone could enjoy. Even my friend who likes only shootum up games had fun with it. I do think the controls could use a little work, but that's about it.
Anyone who has a full copy of this game want to chime in. Or even someone else who's played the demo?
- Jimmy
Well I finally did some things in World of Warcraft. A couple days ago I did a bit of questing but today I finally turned those quests in and I am about 5 "block" away from getting to level 51. Not bad. I am wondering how much rest I have. I am getting rather good EXP and getting it quickly especially off grinding and turning in my quests.
If you look to the image on the left there you can see my new pet. It's King Bangalash found in Stranglethorn Vale (STV). I managed to capture him by myself. Somehow a Shadow Panther attacked me while I was taming the beast but I got the King tamed before I died and he helped me kill off the panther.
I only got him becuase I wanted a unique looking pet and he's one of them (IMHO) but also because cats and white tigers especially look cool. You don't see to many people with them either which is nice.
I love being a hunter and having a pet even though so many people dislike the hunter class and cll it the easiest class to play. I agree, it probably is the easiest class to play but it sure is fun. I just love having little pets even if they aren't combative. This brings me to my next accomplishment for the day.
I managed to snag a Jingling Bell which will summon the Winter Reindeer pet. It's non-combative but it's totally rad. You do need one snowball per summon so make sure you get some of those. I think I bought some 200 snowballs so I'll be good on those until next year.
I love this little guy like I love all my pets. So what kind of pets does everyone else have?? I almost got a Tranquil Mechanical Yeti but it wasn't there when I checked the auction house again...
- Jimmy
If you look to the image on the left there you can see my new pet. It's King Bangalash found in Stranglethorn Vale (STV). I managed to capture him by myself. Somehow a Shadow Panther attacked me while I was taming the beast but I got the King tamed before I died and he helped me kill off the panther.
I only got him becuase I wanted a unique looking pet and he's one of them (IMHO) but also because cats and white tigers especially look cool. You don't see to many people with them either which is nice.
I love being a hunter and having a pet even though so many people dislike the hunter class and cll it the easiest class to play. I agree, it probably is the easiest class to play but it sure is fun. I just love having little pets even if they aren't combative. This brings me to my next accomplishment for the day.
I love this little guy like I love all my pets. So what kind of pets does everyone else have?? I almost got a Tranquil Mechanical Yeti but it wasn't there when I checked the auction house again...
- Jimmy
I first heard about the game Horsez in August. I thought I had made on a post on one of my other blogs about it but I guess I didn't. Anyways, I bought the game a couple days after it came out.
The game is from Ubisoft, the people who brought us Champions Dream First to Ride, which was okay if you don't mind really cheesy game play. Horsez is basically the exact same game but less story. You get to choose your horse and you got through the same schedule-like interface to choose what you do. Quite simple. Controlling your character kind of sucks but you'll get used to it.
The only reason I got this game is because it has horses in it. I think this game was fun for about 5 minutes, but after that it started to suck. I managed to excel in every category except social activity which meant I wasn't allowed to compete at the end of the week. How stupid...Oh well, someday they'll make a cool horse-sim game.
- Jimmy
Patch 2.0 came out a couple weeks ago, but just last night I got the chance to play around with it. I actually haven't played World of Warcraft for about 2-3 months now, so I thought I would take it easy and do some solo-ing last night.
I didn't. I did get to play with the new LFG tool though. It's pretty easy to use and I think I like it. I've noticed there is 99% less spam in the chat channels which is really nice. No more Steve Irwin or Chuck Norris every 2 seconds. The matchmaking works pretty well, although I found people to be queuing for 5-6 things and blowing off the party I had joined.
I myself queued up for Uldaman since I had 1 quest there ([41d] Necklace Recovery). I ended up getting the necklace about 2 minutes into the thing but we went all the way to the room with the 4 stone bosses. It sure was a lot of fun, and I am glad I will have some more time for questing since school is out for winter break. I do miss being an Orc!
Something I noticed was there seems to be more audible effects in-game. Characters make different sounds and say different things when casting, or calling up minions. I think that's really cool, one sound clip sounded like the death-knights from Warcraft II.
I just finished getting most of my mods last night, the only one left is Auctioneer and they said it would be about 2 weeks until they were ready. Blizzard seems to have done some stupid (yet justifiable) modifications to how mods can work. I use a mod called All In One Inventory so all my bags (and quiver if I want) appear as one giant bag. I can no longer use potions (by right clicking on them), food, drink, hearthstone from the bag which really sucks. I dragged my hearthstone onto a hot bar, but that still leaves the things that give me life. I hope something gets done about that because that's ridiculous.
So how is everyone else "WoW: Life After 2.0" going?!
- Jimmy
I didn't. I did get to play with the new LFG tool though. It's pretty easy to use and I think I like it. I've noticed there is 99% less spam in the chat channels which is really nice. No more Steve Irwin or Chuck Norris every 2 seconds. The matchmaking works pretty well, although I found people to be queuing for 5-6 things and blowing off the party I had joined.
I myself queued up for Uldaman since I had 1 quest there ([41d] Necklace Recovery). I ended up getting the necklace about 2 minutes into the thing but we went all the way to the room with the 4 stone bosses. It sure was a lot of fun, and I am glad I will have some more time for questing since school is out for winter break. I do miss being an Orc!
Something I noticed was there seems to be more audible effects in-game. Characters make different sounds and say different things when casting, or calling up minions. I think that's really cool, one sound clip sounded like the death-knights from Warcraft II.
I just finished getting most of my mods last night, the only one left is Auctioneer and they said it would be about 2 weeks until they were ready. Blizzard seems to have done some stupid (yet justifiable) modifications to how mods can work. I use a mod called All In One Inventory so all my bags (and quiver if I want) appear as one giant bag. I can no longer use potions (by right clicking on them), food, drink, hearthstone from the bag which really sucks. I dragged my hearthstone onto a hot bar, but that still leaves the things that give me life. I hope something gets done about that because that's ridiculous.
So how is everyone else "WoW: Life After 2.0" going?!
- Jimmy
I've been quite busy with work and classes for the past 5 months or so, so I haven't had much time for my favorite video game; World of Warcraft. That of course doesn't mean I haven't been dreaming about or writing papers about the social networking aspects of it!
I've been keeping up with the news and patching going on and it really sounds like they're doing a lot of cool things. I did log in for literally 2 minutes the other night. I helped a night elf kill a digger near the entrance to Uldaman and then logged out.
So tonight I finally logged in...and met with me usual 350-400 queue. I should have known that would happen. I logged into my own server and played until I got fully logged into the Blizzard servers. Took about 30 minutes or so, pretty ridiculous. I actually read something about free character transfers on Thrall to a select server because of the over population.
I managed to log in tonight and find a group going to Uldaman ( I have one quest or so I think to finish there) and within 10 minutes of that the server crashed. One of the guys in my group was telling it had been happening since last Tuesday. It's so nice to come back to the game and have it be worse then when you left.
World of Warcraft has a lot of issues, it's great when it works so it sucks when it doesn't. I'll probably try to log on tomorrow night in hopes of this not happening again. If not then I'll be logging in when Burning Crusade comes out.
I have an open question though although I doubt I'll get any responses. If anyone is a Mac user and a World of Warcraft user AND uses the World of Warcraft Z-Board, does it work.
I looked on Google but couldn't seem to find a definite answer. I really hope it works on OS X because my parents are thinking about (or did get me one) for Christmas. Anyways if anyone knows, let me know, or point me in the right direction.
Oh, I'm Nippet on Thrall (HORDE).
- Jimmy
I've been keeping up with the news and patching going on and it really sounds like they're doing a lot of cool things. I did log in for literally 2 minutes the other night. I helped a night elf kill a digger near the entrance to Uldaman and then logged out.
So tonight I finally logged in...and met with me usual 350-400 queue. I should have known that would happen. I logged into my own server and played until I got fully logged into the Blizzard servers. Took about 30 minutes or so, pretty ridiculous. I actually read something about free character transfers on Thrall to a select server because of the over population.
I managed to log in tonight and find a group going to Uldaman ( I have one quest or so I think to finish there) and within 10 minutes of that the server crashed. One of the guys in my group was telling it had been happening since last Tuesday. It's so nice to come back to the game and have it be worse then when you left.
World of Warcraft has a lot of issues, it's great when it works so it sucks when it doesn't. I'll probably try to log on tomorrow night in hopes of this not happening again. If not then I'll be logging in when Burning Crusade comes out.
I have an open question though although I doubt I'll get any responses. If anyone is a Mac user and a World of Warcraft user AND uses the World of Warcraft Z-Board, does it work.
I looked on Google but couldn't seem to find a definite answer. I really hope it works on OS X because my parents are thinking about (or did get me one) for Christmas. Anyways if anyone knows, let me know, or point me in the right direction.
Oh, I'm Nippet on Thrall (HORDE).
- Jimmy
I am not sure how I found out about Gaia Online, but I was checking out there website and I decided to sign up. I dragged Emilie along but I'll let her post about her experience when she wants too. Anyways, Gaia Online is a massive website where anyone can create a a character and run through various activities. The website has message boards and is VERY social. I've never logged in without there being less then 50,000 other people logged on at the same time.
I haven't participated much on the message boards but I've been very active in the games. They have about 5 different games you can play, all of which are addictive. I like the puzzles the most. I've been meaning to go out and buy some puzzles but now I can get my fix online.
I was hesitant about trying out a website like this, but it's not as bad as I thought it was, I just do whatever I want, I don't have to talk to people if I don't want to, there's so much to do I'll never run out of things. I like how you can have a little journal on the site, I use it track what I did in the game that day, simple.
Lots of people find this stuff to be lame, and maybe it is, but it keeps me occupied while I am copying 90GBs of data onto hard drives!
If you play this game feel free to add me as a friend. My nickname is keainanhai. See you there!
- Jimmy
I haven't participated much on the message boards but I've been very active in the games. They have about 5 different games you can play, all of which are addictive. I like the puzzles the most. I've been meaning to go out and buy some puzzles but now I can get my fix online.
I was hesitant about trying out a website like this, but it's not as bad as I thought it was, I just do whatever I want, I don't have to talk to people if I don't want to, there's so much to do I'll never run out of things. I like how you can have a little journal on the site, I use it track what I did in the game that day, simple.
Lots of people find this stuff to be lame, and maybe it is, but it keeps me occupied while I am copying 90GBs of data onto hard drives!
If you play this game feel free to add me as a friend. My nickname is keainanhai. See you there!
- Jimmy
