My initial impressions of: Monster Madness
I found Monster Madness for $20. Not too bad. Came in handy earlier this evening when some friends were over who wanted to play some 3 player co-op on the same box that wasn’t Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Not too many choices after that. Continue reading
My initial impressions of: No More Heroes
I like No More Heroes. The graphics are AWFUL, the combat is repetitive, and the voice actings is (hopefully intentionally) bad.
The game is just fun, though. They know their target audience: old school gamers into anime. If the idea of your game progress being kept in an old Arcade Cabinet’s Top Ten list as you ride around town in an X-Wing/Akira motorcycle collecting anime t-shirts from dumpsters while you kill people with a light saber that gains batteries by shaking the wiimote like you are shaking your ‘wii,’ then this game is definitely worth a look.
While the initial tutorial gives a horrible impression of what is to come, the first boss fight does a pretty good job of letting you know there is more to this game. I’ll need to go back and play it again with subtitles; I couldn’t hear all of the dialog during the first boss fight. What I did hear, though, was quite interesting and helped make the point there is more to this game than initial appearances.
I just hope I can make it through the free-roam section. I’ve heard it’s bad. And I normally hate these free-roam games unless there is a gimmick to the transportation (Crackdown’s Mega Jump, Spiderman’s websling, Assassin Creed’s free-running). From what I’ve played so far it does not seem particular interesting. I just hope they don’t force me to spend too much time in it.
pLayday: 1/28 – Halo 3 multi-team or ffa
So far, 8pm seems to be a fine time, so let’s run with that for now. People are free to start a bit earlier, but hopefully you’ll stick around for the 8pm-9pm timeslot. We can also run later, too, depending on if people want to.
As for the game of the week….
Halo 3
Let’s pick an easy one. No thinking needed: we ALL own it. I suggest we start out easy and play as a private match to start with, eventually taking it online after a couple of rounds.
Any suggestions as to the type? Multi-team oddball was pretty fun near the end. There are also a couple of Race types, where multi-teams race around the map to a series of checkpoints. Also, I know no one likes to comment, but a roll call of the vocal would let me know if SOMEONE is planning on showing up ;)
pLayday initial page is posted. What time is good for you?
I just published the initial pLayday page. It is here. The day looks like it will be Tuesday (for now). I posted your gamertags and pics there so we can all add each other to our friends list. I recommend giving everyone Positive Feedback if you haven’t yet.
If you are interested in joining pLayday but I somehow missed you and you are not on the page, just let me know.
The next thing to determine is time. What time slot is best for each of us weekly on Tuesday?
I read more of: Walking Dead Book 2 and 3
I finally picked up Book 2, allowing me to read through both 2 and 3. I didn’t plan on finishing them both in such short order, but I found I could barely break mid-book. It was consistently a page turner. Book 1 had an excellently structured narrative, if the main plot was a bit generic. Book 2 and 3 have a harder time keeping the narrative with a fresh delivery (stylistically, we’ve seen the ‘must-turn-page to see attack’ in Book 1), but it is still strong and new, more original plot points are introduced.
Each book has a distinct story arc, as if it was written in a style meant to be compiled in the hardcover book form.
Still, it’s going to be a long wait for Book 4 to be available….
PC Update
We’ve narrowed down some parts, and think we’ve got a good config. Anyone want to comment on it?:
https://www.donttellmetheending.com/2008/01/16/building-a-new-pc/
I finally beat: Bioshock
Well, I may have finished it after all my friends, but I have finally beat Bioshock. It is definitely game of the year material. It certainly has flaws, but for every flaw it does two things right. Continue reading
I finally watched: Seven
Well, I think I may break a trend here. I think I need to delve into spoiler territory for Seven. The aspects I want to talk or complain about are parts of the movie that, while sometimes obvious, are not revealed immediately in the movie.
And don’t get me started about the alternate ending (yet)…
But I won’t. I’ll just complain a little vaguely.
I finally watched: A Scanner Darkly
Some people think Keanu Reeves can’t act. He is just very good at playing dazed and confused. Much like Jack Nichelson only plays crazy people.
In A Scanner Darkly, K plays a drugged out undercover agent. This is a great role for him. He is dazed, confused, AND he doesn’t understand why. Continue reading
I finally watched: Brick
No. You have not heard of this movie. At least, I find that highly unlikely. Normally, film noir is hard to recommend to people. Some people like it, others simply can’t relate to its method of story telling. The overhanded dialog in an aging cinema type is not exactly easy to approach.
Have you been to High School? Then you will be able to approach Brick.
Do you like a good mystery? Then you will probably enjoy Brick. Continue reading