Here we are, February first and I've got nothing special for Blog-a-Day. Oh well, I guess I'll give it a try anyway, against my better judgment. The response to my earlier blog was pretty encouraging. So here's BaD #1!
To say that EA is having a bit of a problem with public perception would be a massive understatement. In the past year they have come under fire for predatory micro transaction practices, cancelled a highly anticipated Star Wars game, stated that single player games are a dying breed, and shuttered yet another well-regarded development team. Their lackluster E3 presentation didn’t do much to help matters. Sure, EA is doing gangbusters as far as sales and revenue, but they have burned up so much good will with their customers that it’s easy to see a scenario where they find themselves in a tough position, relying on their yearly Madden and FIFA games to keep them afloat. As someone who has a complicated relationship with their brand, I have some ideas on how EA can win players over, and move strongly into the upcoming next generation.
I feel like I'm gaming a bit too much right now, but that's all going to change soon. I'm already planning much more work for myself this summer and the next school year. So guilt aside, I played the heck out of Letter Quest today with Mark. Neither of us could stop. I'm certain to 100% this game in the near future. Here's a nerdy screenshot I made.
So I'm fairly sure I didn't play anything IN this year, but I've cheated a bit to include the games I played at least pretty close to 2011. This was another one of those "transition" years where nothing happened.
Wherein I am questioned at length about my involvement in an Oahu crime syndicate by Magnum, a private investigator, during a game of Battlezone at the King Kamehamela Club.
So unlike May I actually beat a game this month. Im officially caught back up but I might try to finish a second game since May wasnt a good month. I have probably talked about God Eater before on here. If I havent I have no fucking clue why not. Regardless though, this game is fucking fun and worth a playthrough. They rereleased this bundled with the second game but you can buy it on PSN for $19.99. Personally I say its worth the $20.00 but I know not everyone likes the monster hunter type games. Let me atleast say this game is way easier to jump into than Monster Hunter. Its beginner friendly and single player friendly. The story for the game can be beat completely by yourself. Other then maybe achievements, there isnt anything special to use the multiplayer for.
Tonight I feel like talking about one of my favorite consoles the Wii. This system was mostly ignored by and even bashed by a lot of so-called hardcore gamers during its life and unfairly so. Yes the graphics couldn't keep up with the XBox 360, and PS3. Heck, it didn't even look as good as an original XBox. However, the system had tons of great games on it that could appeal to anyone. People who ordinarily wouldn't touch a video game, and those who hadn't touched one in a while even wanted to try it.
First, I don't want anyone knowing how much I make, but I'm quite proud of my budget for March, which I just got done with a 50/30/20 Google Docs Worksheet. Not sure I trust Google with this information, but I am an American. I trust nefarious strangers in exchange for convenience. What are you gonna do?
Well it's the last day and the last batch of games I'll be able to show off. I wasn't able to get to my other tote of wii games which has another 100 games, so maybe next year I can go through that. Still I managed to go through 250 games in my collection and that is quite a bit. Anyways, enjoy my last batch of games and a few big box/special edition games.
It's the most wonderful time for more games! Sit back and enjoy todays batch of games!
Happy Valentine's Day everybody!
You guys haven't heard from me in awhile, and that's because I went back to college this past fall in order to get my Master's. So I've been pretty busy. Still, I was able to beat a bunch of great games this past year. I was able to beat 16 total games. Some of these are retro games, others are new, and most of them are Nintendo games. That's me! So let's get into it.
