Let's dig into 1982! I got games, games, games, and a little bit about music at the end 'cause I was into it then.
It's taking me a long time getting through Xbox 360, and probably a while to get through PS3. I may be starting Wii next year at this rate, but I think I'll just keep on going until I get to the present and then start from the beginning again sometime next year. I really want to get through everything I have and weed out the stuff I don't like.
These are games that are still stuck in my memory today. Many highly rated games are good, and I've been revisiting them, but these are the ones that come to mind first when I think of 360.
Platforming. The thing I most often complain about in gaming. It seems the most natural game design, though, especially for kids because it's just basically what they do when let outside: run, jump, climb, explore and make up stunts to pull off. I was one of those kids.
This is the year I got into the Toys-To-Life games. I believe it was the vehicle designs for the Skylanders Superchargers that got me interested and then Gamestop's sales right after the holidays. This lead to Disney Infinity, then Lego Dimensions, Amiibo, and finally Skylink: Battle for Atlas. The genre is sort of in limbo right now, but I hope it returns. But I experienced more than just games. Here are five favorites from that year.
2017 was a pretty good year for me, personally, all things considered, and a great year for video games. Nothing really changed much for me aside from getting used to my job and having things go fairly smoothly from there, unlike 2016 where I crashed and burned at work, then emotionally, then physically.
As per my previous blog, I got both a New 3DS and a laptop!! Woo we're back and fully gaming, baby!
In my last blog, I mentioned that when I finished playing Ys, I would give Falcom's other big series Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky a go. Well, I'm about 20 hours into this roughly 50 hour game and I'm having a goddamned ball!
Well, uh, this was supposed to be a weekly blog huh. Guess that didn’t happen. And I guess I’m not going to promise regularity from now on either. Anyway, I have new games for you to try!
The Martian was like a more light-hearted take on Gravity, starring Matt Damon. I liked it.
Boy, 2014 was a rough year to be in this gaming thing, hasn’t it? Disappointing games, crushing release date delays, and more scandal than you can shake a stick at have all detracted from why we are all here. In the current stormy waters it can become easy to lose sight of why video games are so great, as well as the fact that every person behind one of these online avatars is an honest to goodness person that also happens to love this hobby. PixlBit is here as an island of calm and hope in a sea of turmoil, and we can think of no better way to remember why we still love games than by putting together a massive feature that involves our passionate staff and our incredibly talented bloggers. We are gamers. We are writers. And this is why we game.
@asrealasitgets Top 10 List of 2014.
10. Endless Legend (PC)
One of the many games that weren’t on my radar this year but then captivated me after playing it was Endless Legend, the Civ style, Empire building/management simulator set on an alien planet. I was particularly drawn in by the beautiful visuals and the many options for starting races-- they all seem so unique with their own lore, histories and motivations for colonization. The planet you inhabit can be particularly hostile, complete with seasonal weather cycles that look really amazing. The whole game map seems impassible when it’s covered in snow during the winter, there even seems to be less light as well just to make things more visually interesting. I don’t normally play these types of games and I had to visit several forums and wiki pages to figure out all the nuances in order to make a dent on my progress in the game. There is a very handy tutorial in the beginning that does a good job of leading you in to the game, but it honestly requires a bit more research than that which I didn’t mind doing. The game is just very beautiful. If a game in this genre managed to pull me away from MMOs and backlogs then it deserves a mention on my top ten of 2014!
So after a little research on the psp I found this hard to get rom game for my psp emulator and although its on psn for the psp and vita its also available on steam but difficult to find as a rom or iso file, the game truly impressed me it has that grainy retro feel and is damn fun to play both are actually.
After I present my paper today at 4pm, I'll be done with my Media Law & Ethics class in which we watched a shit-ton of movies we wrote papers over, plus two term papers, one over law (mine was specifically about patent-trolling) and this most recent one over eithics (mine was specifically about book-burning).
Draft Day releases on April 11, and as far as I know, no one's filming at AT&T Stadium except the NCAA people this weekend. Gotcha.
Brief New Years blog ahoy! A whirlwind tour of what I’m looking forward to – in the gaming, anime and convention/cosplay realms. Ready, GO.
People are always saying to me that they can’t game on their PC because it’s not powerful enough, or it doesn’t have this, or it doesn’t have that. Well, I’m here to tell you that might not be true. While playing AAA games and other major releases may require hardcore gaming rigs, there are a lot of lower budget indie games available that are cheap and easily playable on the most basic of systems.
Hatsune Miku fans everywhere have had a reason to rejoice with the recent release of Project Diva f for Playstation 3. But now is the time for even more excitement as Sega has surpisingly shown an interest in expanding the fanbase even wider with a possible western debut. Vocaloid enthusiasts are ready to unite and show their love on the Facebook page where Sega is gauging interest for this potential release. For those not familar with the virtual pop idols, don't ignore this just yet! I'm here to convince you that this rhythm game series may be just for you.
Contra is an iconic staple of the earlier days of 8-bit gaming. It’s a game that virtually requires no introduction, though I’m giving it one anyway. Originally released in the arcade in 1987, Contra exploded on the scene with non-stop run and gun action that would make an action movie buff grin with delight as they blasted their way past stage after of testosterone-soaked stage. It would go on the find an even bigger audience when Contra was ported to the NES a year later on February 2, 1988. This was the first side-scrolling shooter I had ever played. I still remember when my brother, sister, and I played this game for the first time (my sister and taking turns as player 2). I was hooked from the beginning. So much so that, to this day, I still refer to the colors red and blue as the “Contra colors”.
