'cause it feels so good. Stuff I played a lot in the 7th generation of consoles, 2005-2013ish.
This is the last of the OG Xbox games I played from my collection. It's all DS now for a while.
I'm going down the Metacritic list for PS2 and seeing what might be worth trying out. Journey along and see the sights.
Pokemon finally got topped in sales by Grand Theft Auto this year with Vice City #1 and GTA III #3 in the U.S. . Critical acclaim went to GameCube's Metroid Prime and Zelda: Wind Waker. The Sims topped all-time PC sales beating out Myst this year. Microsoft bought Rare and Gametrailers began online. Remember Gametrailers? I used to check out that site all the time. Now for games I wouldn't mind playing again or for the first time.
With the 2022 NBA Finals set to conclude this week (possibly tonight), now is as good a time as any to look back at Double Dribble- Konami’s take on professional basketball initially released in 1986. Like many of their arcade hits arcades, the game was forever immortalized when it was ported to the NES a year later. With its accessible gameplay mechanics and realistic presentation, Double Dribble quickly became known as one of the best sports experiences on the home console.
So get this, last week I had a Quick Hits written and ready to go, but just didn’t post. I got caught up in some things, and then on Monday, and Tuesday actual worked popped up including scanning pictures. You know what’s wild? When you take a picture that’s seen better days since it was taken in the 1940s, you not only make the torn sections go away, but you make it almost look like it was taken yesterday and nobody says “hey thanks for working your magic on this” it’s kind of annoying, but whatever. I’m here, you’re here, let’s type this up, catch up on stuff I missed here the past week or so, and then get back to scanning pictures and working my magic.
After conquering 2018 with the hyper-realistic open-world cowboy simulator, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar has certainly not been resting on its laurels. As many of you now know, the highly anticipated hyper-realistic open-world crime simulator, Grand Theft Auto 6, has been announced. Thanks to the hundreds of hits my writing for PixlBit has amassed over the past nine years and the runaway popularity of my podcast, Nerds Without Pants (tens of satisfied listeners!) I was given an exclusive look at this upcoming juggernaut. Don’t worry, I got hands-on with this sure to be life-altering video game months before the Covid-19 epidemic. Now that my embargo has been lifted, the story can be told at last!
Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is going to be a warmer than usual day here in Southern California, but for right now I have the heater going but eventually it will be turned off and I’ll let some of that mid 70s breeze on through. So what have I been playing? Well I haven’t started Gears of War yet, so there’s that, but I did entertain my younger cousin, a second grader who plays nothing but Fortnite with something he’s never seen before…a console. His mind was blown that you could play games on TV and I let him play some Nintendo Wii.
Before I get things going I’d like to update you good people on what I have been playing…spoiler it’s the same couple of games. Yeah I’m boring like that where I’ll casually play some stuff and then go about my day. Actually I should do a combo blog because I have other things planned for Friday (if I actually write out what I want to share) anyways let’s get started
Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is a breezy 9:15am here in sunny Southern California and I have been awake for about three hours and I figured it was time to update my Quick Hits since I haven’t done one of these in a while so let’s catch up. I wanted to do this on the usual Friday but things got in the way and before I get going and cleaning up I wanted to do this update. Since my Aztecs are on a bye week, I’m thinking about skipping football completely but I kinda watched parts of games yesterday and I’ll probably watch parts of games today. We shall see how I feel about watching on Sunday night because Dallas is at New Orleans.
So last night I loaded up my iPad to play some new Mariokart and the system was down. I guess everyone trying to play it either broke it or Nintendo wanted to make sure everything works. It wasn’t a big deal because truthfully I forgot that it was being released until I saw something on Twitter about it. Anyways I woke up earlier than usual so I can get the install and other stuff out of the way and I’ve been playing the game for about two hours and here are some quick thoughts about the game:
So after eight years, Rockstar has finally released a follow up to their beloved sandbox Western Red Dead Redemption. The game is a critical darling, has outsold the entire Metroid franchise in two weeks, and all seems right in the world. Yet, I found quite a few issues that many reviews were mitigating or did not bring up which kept me from personally having fun. To the point where seven hours into Red Dead Redemption, I called it quits. This will not be a review, just offering my two cents for those on the fence.
I found the Banner Saga soundrack in my copy of the Trilogy Bonus Edition. It was under the game disc where I didn't expect it. I'm so happy about finding it. I listened to it all day today and it's great. It's mornfull and sounds, at times, like a dirge or funeral music, but that's sort of the situation in the game. The characters are facing an apocalypse and many die fighting it. I imagine the music is sourced from old Norse folk music. There are men's chorus', blowing of horns, the clatter of percusion, it has a martial tone at times but there are softer moments too. I keep hearing echoes of the theme to the 1982 film Conan The Barbarian too. Also Shostakovich.
Jazz Jackrabbit headed to GBA this year, but I still remember playing it on PC at the neighbors'.
Reading a discussion on another Pixlbit blog reminded me of a blog I wrote on 1UP 9 years ago. Shockingly, this May will mark my 10th anniversary as a member of the 1UP/Pixlbit community. Back then, I still played on my PS2 and Gamecube and hadn't joined 7th gen yet. Now I feel old.
Well another day of BaD is here. So with that comes MORE GAMES! Enjoy todays batch!
When I was fourteen, we went on a family road trip to Disney World. Looking back at our photographs, you would think that it was a magical vacation filled with laughter and smiles. I remember a much different trip, filled with stress and a terrible tension between my parents. Final Fantasy XV is proving to be a very similar experience for me; I look back at my screenshots of this adventure and they only show the high points of my trip, and don’t reveal my frustrations and issues with the game.
You know what I am excited for? After I hand out the last piece of candy tonight I'm swapping out the majority of the music on my phone for the Christmas Playlist. Yeah I'm that guy. The one who wants to listen to Christmas Music in September but I try and wait until after Halloween. Sorry Thanksgiving, we're cool but there's not a lot of music about the joys of eating turkey. Good morning Pixlpeeps! As you can tell I am happy that Halloween is here because of what goes on my phone on November 1st. How are you good people? Did you enjoy any games this past weekend?
Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is a gloomy with a little bit of rain morning here in what is usually sunny Southern California. The weather is perfect for soup and maybe actual hot coffee but I'm going to enjoy some ice cold water until I decide if I want to venture out and grab some donuts. So how is your weekend? I know you still want to talk Nintendo Switch (I'm kidding). Yes I'm glad Nintendo has their new product announced and we all have our opinions on it, but I'm going to wait a bit until more info is thrown out.
This past weekend the only game I’ve really spent any significant amount of time with was with the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. I did fire up the PS4 and after some updating I played a bit of MLB The Show but other than that it was all GTA V.
Grabbed this from PC Gamer site. E3 starts Sunday afternoon with EA then later Bethesda, MS/Sony Monday, Square Enix Tues.