I'm not really playing any 80s games this month (I'm still trying to weed my collection) but I am doing the 80s in other media this month, so I thought I'd at least write something about the games I played from this decade.
I'm going down the Metacritic list for PS2 and seeing what might be worth trying out. Journey along and see the sights.
In Stephen King's memoir In Writing, a good piece of advice (regarding reading habits) that King made was to read in small sips as opposed to big gulps. Which is more accessible depends on the person, their schedule, and how much time they have during a given day.
I only had one day to game this week and it was more mopping up in Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga.
It was all Switch this week. I feel like i'm cramming in playing the systems I largely ignored during the year in this last month. Better late than never.
New Switch game, new console and new retro game buys at Classic Game Junkie where they're having a pre-black friday sale. Here are some pics.
I remember this year mostly for the being disappointed with the World of Warcaft MMO. I wanted another another strategy WoW. But there was also the release of the DS, which got me back into handheld gaming, and cueing up for my first midnight release for Halo 2. The rest of the world was buying GTA: San Andreas and Pokemon FireRed/Leaf Green, numbers 1 and 2 in sales respectively. Half-Life 2 was a notable winner on Metacritic. Here's some stuff I played and want to play.
The 90s TV this week was The Pirates of Dark Water, a gorgeously animated production that reminds me of animation I saw in Heavy Metal, Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings and Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair laserdisc game. Almost immediately I said to myself, "darn this show has a wealth of interesting graphics, it must've cost a fortune to make". Turns out it did, half a million per episode according to wiki. The story isn't bad either, the characters are good and the voice acting very good. Mad Krammer and I are enjoying it sandwiched in between the following games.
I forgot to mention three other games I've played in the last few weeks, F1 '22, Star Wars Squadrons and Screamride.
The Atari Video Comupter System, as it was first called (and thereafter the Atari 2600), was a system my dad bought, Christmas 1978. I was 11.
Screen shots and goofy video clips from Lego City Undercover, which I am now done with. I said I would take a break from Lego games, but then I dove right into the next chronological Lego game release with Lego The Movie The Video Game.
Hey there! It’s another episode of Nerds Without Pants. Like ten of you are really happy. This one is coming in hot because Julian is a lazy piece of crap, so no time for detailed notes. We talk about our favorite cameos in video games, Stray, Titanfall 2, and more.
Welcome to another excellent edition of Nerds Without Pants! This week we are joined by Bill Tucker of the podcast A Gamer Looks at 40. We’ll learn all about him as we discuss podcasting, gaming, and bringing back dead franchises!
Expansion Pass 2 Game #3/Blog a Day#25
It’s a couple of days before Thanksgiving, which means Black Friday deals are hitting the internets, which is nice but I do kinda miss strolling into a store watching people go nuts on a cheap TV/laptop while the DVDs were located in the clothing section of all places or my personal favorite next to the milk (you crazy Walmart). The past couple of years my Black Friday shopping has been online because I’ve either been visiting family, or just lazy.
Ever since Namco’s Pole Position made its debut in the arcades in 1982, the racing genre has been considered an essential medium in the gaming world. The increase of video game consoles making their way into homes throughout the mid-to-late ’80s further solidified the popularity of racing games. Players looking for deeper mechanics than what was available from the current offerings of the day could rejoice when Kemco published Top Gear in 1992- one of the first driving games for the Super NES.
Got another batch of game reviews I’ve recently written over at GamerDad.com. Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d really appreciate it. OK let’s begin!
I definitely liked this offroad racing/adventure game but it's hard to stick to something that looks so bland compared to today's racers like Forza. Plus I had a few tiny issues with the map screen and the driver views.
Games of the Decade: Expansion Pass #5/Blog a Day #26
Hey folks, I got some great news! Best news I’ve had in a while. MY MOM IS CANCER FREE!!! She had another surgery to take out some lymph nodes, and they tested them and there is no cancer left. So she probably won’t have to do radiation or chemo or anything like that. You can’t imagine how relieved we all are. So thanks for all your prayers during all this. But don’t stop praying just yet! She still has to heal from her surgeries and she’ll need one more reconstruction surgery from her mastectomy. And we don’t want this or any other cancer to come back! But we’re still glad she’ll get to start the healing process sooner. So to celebrate, here are some game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com. Please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. OK let’s begin!
Hello Internet friends. I’ve neglected you for the past couple of weeks and for that I am sorry. There has a been a lot going on here and at times it has been a bit overwhelming. Since it is the last day of 2020 I didn’t want to end the year without some sort of contact. When I have had some time to myself I did manage to play some games. Most are of the mobile variety because I didn’t want to actually fire up the laptop or a console. Hell up until the end of last week I haven’t touched a laptop in a couple of weeks and I haven’t started up a console in longer.