I just beat Metroid Prime for the second time a half an hour ago. So I figured I'd end the month with one of gaming's greatest series, and one of my favorites. Granted, I have not played every Metroid to completion so I won't be able to get everything on here. But I think I have enough on each one to give something interesting.
The Sega Genesis. The Genesis was the console my brother wanted for Christmas one year. I was in high school and at this point I really wasn’t into video games other than my Sega Game Gear and a regular Gameboy but I would play a game every so often. Anyways years later I took control of the Genesis and brought it to college because I had a lot of time between classes, which looking back I should have used to study but hey it was all about keeping busy before the everyone got internet crazy.
This is a week or so overdue but now I have more than enough comics to share (well not really, keep your hands off!) And it's steeped in epic sauce!
Recently I played and reviewed the new PS3 fighting game Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN--. A lot of times when I play a new fighting game, I like to talk about the characters a bit. So here’s a blog about my top ten favorite Guilty Gear characters. Just a fair warning, though. I was in a silly mood when I wrote this, and I usually like characters who are silly anyway so this blog will be a little goofy. Plus I don’t have a whole lot of knowledge of the Guilty Gear franchise. I’ve only played this new game and Guilty Gear Dust Strikers on the DS. And the only reason why I got the DS version was because it was on sale and had silly little mini-games featuring some of the fighters. I have watched some of my friends play the other Guilty Gear games, though. And the characters I listed here aren’t in any particular order of preference. So anyway, let’s begin!
My two favorite NFL football teams won in amazing games today and it was about a hundred times more fun to watch than this year's Superbowl.
So Blake asked me what my ranking for Mario games would be. And I thought that would be fun to write about them. I'm keeping it to just the platformers because if I ranked all of them that would mean including Kart. And sports. And RPGs. And Party. And Yoshi. And....Wario? And.....
Happy No Meat Friday Pixlbit! It is 9:36 am in breezy Southern California, and already I miss bacon. Last night it was steak night so I can prepare for this, and today it’s looking like I’m going to hit McDonalds for the Fillet O’Fish (like all the other lazy Catholics) Since it’s Friday, it is time for another edition of Quick Hits with Chris. Today’s topics include, Chris goes nuts with Real Racing 3’s new customizations, new sports uniforms, random find at Walmart, and of course pickups. So let’s get this blog started!
I have a ton of badly made Wii games. I've discussed this a little in my king of crap blog. However, sometimes developers did attempt to make a good game...or at least not one that is total garbage. So, I'll do a best of and worst of. But not all Wii games are bad...though most are, so here is a list of titles maybe you missed out on or should be thankful you did.
At first, this blog may look just like another one of my typical “Here’s a list of games I’ve been reviewing lately blogs.” And, well, it kind of is. BUT, this time we have a THEME! You see, SEGA recently sent me a batch of classic titles to review on the 3DS, so I decided to do them all at once and make a SEGA week. And I got a SEGA related Christmas present so I decided to write about that as well. So if you could please read as many reviews as you can and maybe post a comment or two, I’d really appreciate it.
It's funny how when moving up the systems by date, I also move up on how much I like them. I never owned a Genesis, but I got to play it a lot as a kid between going to friends and family members' homes. It was always a good time. So here's my top 10 Genesis games, some are multiplatform, but I played these on the Genesis so that's what matters.
I don’t know whether or not people consider Battle of Olympus (by Broderbund) a NES classic. I feel like if there is any consensus at all, it’s that the game is fondly remembered, but never really ranked up there with the likes of Zelda, Crystalis, or Metroid in public estimation, and maybe doesn’t even merit the cult status bestowed upon Zelda II, Guardian Legend or Clash at Demonhead. I’ve named seven games (including Battle of Olympus) and I wonder if you can put them in order from Dave’s favorite to Dave’s least favorite. I’ll save you the trouble: Crystalis, Zelda II, Battle of Olympus, Zelda, Clash at Demonhead, Guardian Legend, Metroid. Was that the order you’d have put them in? Math lesson for you- there are 7!, or 7*6*5*4*3*2 ways to order a list of seven games, so you probably didn’t order them in the exact same way.
It's time again for Nerds Without Pants! This week, JD joins us for a very special look at growing up in the '90s, and all the great games we experienced back then. So lace up your army boots, tie a flannel around your waist, and chug some Crystal Pepsi folks, because this episode of NWP is full of attitude and is so effing XTREME!
It’s that time again. Another batch of links to games I’ve reviewed in the past month or so at GamerDad.com. Please read them if you can, post a comment or two, you know the drill.
As the years go by, we've seen games go from 8 and 16-bit sprites to full three dimensional models consisting of thousands of polygons, but can gaming continue advancing and innovating at the rate that it has been indefinitely? Let's start by first taking a look at Moore's Law.
This is actually my 3rd attempt to write about my trip, which apparently is so cursed I can't even blog about it without running into trouble. Hopefully I don't sound too much like a miserable human being. Trust me, I'm very aware of the humor in all of this, and I hope you're actually laughing a little bit at just how bad this went. I know I am.
Okay, to start with a clean slate, I'll update on the games I mentioned I was playing before. I completed Vigilante 8 Arcade and got all the achievements except one for 10 victories in online play because no one is online. Once again, screw all the negative review scores, this is a lot of fun and plays just as good as the originals. The lack of content is disappointing but the controls are better than the original. Plus you have the option to go back to the original controls in case you don't like the new ones. At $5 or 400 MSP, it's an easy buy. I also finished Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and I really enjoyed it. It isn't a deep game and it was rather short at seven hours or so but if you like the Prince of Persia series, this is an easy buy. The final boss fight is also really awesome with some impressive set pieces and graphical effects. The ending is disappointing but I didn't really expect much. This game is better as enjoying what you're currently doing rather than what you're working towards. I also completed the Fable III DLC and basically, I can't really recommend it. It's too much for what you're getting, which is about two to three hours of content (that's both DLCs combined) and some extra achievements that you may not get because its glitched. Seriously, I should have 60 more points than I do right now.
HD collections seem to be all the rage these days. The craze began with Sony’s release of the God of War collection – collecting the first two games in the series – on the PS3. This was promptly followed up by the HD Sly Cooper Collection, also on the PS3.
