Wow, this year went fast! 2018 was a very busy year for me, which is why you barely saw me here on Pixlbit. I've been adjusting to a new place and life is moving in a very wonderful direction (as in marriage is in my future). But I tried to still make time for games this past year, so I will share with you my gaming experiences. As usual, there are some retro games here, and it's mostly Nintendo stuff. I finished 17 games this year (not bad at all). Really excited for the new year and what it has in store. Hope you guys are too. So let's get into it. Here are the games I finished this past year.
It's the penultimate week of bad. Only 8 more days of February! Insane it's gone so fast. Anyways here's today's games!
Pixlpeeps, I am currently in day 2 of downloading Batman Arkham Knight (I started last night but then turned off the laptop) and I just finished my cheese Danish and once it’s downloaded I’m going to play some games on Steam. Anyways how are you good folks? Friday is here, I am happy and I might have a CD Friday at the local thrift store that sells CDs 2 for a $1. They have a bunch of Christmas Albums that I would like to add to the library. Anyways let’s get started with Quick Hits
There's been a cry, a crook is on the loose
You need to act, before he cooks your goose
Investigate, the where and why and who
Don't hesitate, you know what you must do
You've got to find the guilty party before the guilty party finds you
Good morning Pixlpeeps! For you folks in the US, I hope you enjoyed your July 4th Weekend and got to watch some fireworks, and eat tons of food that was grilled. There were a couple of shows that I could see from the house: the local casino put on a heck of a show, and then on the 4th the city had a show at the local muni golf course. The neighbors in my neighborhood were quiet and just had some parties, while the neighborhood across the street sounded like a war zone. Thank goodness there were no dumbasses who decided to shoot their guns in the air, because you know gravity. Since we are in a new month it is time to recap what has happened gaming wise for June
Happy Friday Pixlpeeps! I hope the week treated you well and you are ready to enjoy the weekend. I can’t complain, other than the crazy day where the weather hit 124 degrees, it hasn’t been bad. The AC units got a checkup and everything is good, and I even managed to sneak in a day at the gym (it was a surprising 88 degrees when I walked to the neighborhood gym). I don’t think I’ll have that same luxury later on today but the quick drive over shouldn’t be a problem. Let’s get this edition of Quick Hits started!
I really enjoyed Resident Evil Revelations on the Nintendo 3DS. It carried over the tight shooter gameplay from Resident Evil 4 and brought back the scares that seemed to have been forgotten about in the main-line series. Revelations 2 plans on continuing that tradition.
Well good morning Pixlbiticans and happy day of big events going on in a convention center in the land of Clippers. Yes I know many of you are hitting refresh on your computers hoping to catch it at the right moment when the first presentation starts. I’m not going to lie last year I watched Sony’s big presentation and of course tweeted about it. Sorry folks who follow me on Twitter who got a lot of “Well that’s interesting” and “yeah I’m buying one on release day”. My favorite was a comment about how ugly the PS4 is, and I still stand by that. Anyways I hope you folks enjoy what you see/read/hear over the next couple of days and whatever platform you play on, anyone who enjoys games will come out as winners.
This review is part of the 2014 Sh*tty Game Review Fest - read about the event here.
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure is a tough nut to crack. On one hand, I can see where the developers were going with this and aiming it for children. On the other hand however, they made this game incredibly difficult to talk about considering the fact that I’m a grown man reviewing a game meant to be played by adolescent children. While Disney Princess comes through as a boring and extremely monotonous for my mediocrely functioning adult brain, it could still conceivably be a solid title for kids everywhere, probably.
Video game parody is hardly something new. For generations, games have found plenty of subtle (and not so subtle) ways to lampoon iconic games, the industry, and culture. Until Retro City Rampage, I’m not sure we’ve had a single work that’s so utterly dedicated to the practice. You won’t find a single mission in the game that’s not parodying games, or ‘80s/’90s culture, or something you’re sure to remember if you grew up during the days of the NES.
Happy Friday Pixlbit! Hope everyone is enjoying their first week of Blog A Day. I enjoyed writing everyday, and I enjoyed reading everyone else’s thoughts. Good stuff! Anyways for today I thought I would go back to my regular rotation of Blogs, which means today is Quick Hits with Chris! For today’s Quick Hits I thought I’d cover a couple of topics starting with another game has been taken down off Mount Backlog, my thoughts about the Olympics, and of course pickups. So sit back, relax, and let’s get this edition of Quick Hits started!
As a game critic, it can be extremely difficult to set your expectations aside when playing a game for review. At this point in my “career,” I’ve become quite adept at seeing a game for what it’s worth and reviewing it without allowing my expectations to impact my assessment. I found this extremely tough to do with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate. I, like many others, expected something similar to a post-Symphony of the Night 2D Castlevania, but Mirror of Fate only resembles these titles on the surface. Digging deeper, it’s clear that Mercurysteam has merely converted the Lords of Shadow experience into 2D, placing the larger focus on combat, with only a minor emphasis on puzzles and exploration.
Of all the exceptional titles that have been birthed and re-birthed this generation, there is no genre more surprising and satisfying then the sudden sprouting of retro-inspired games that have truly begun a renaissance in the video game world. From old-school Beat 'em Ups like Scott Pilgrim vs The World, to controller-throwing difficulty as seen in Super Meat Boy, the retro-renaissance has thoroughly established that what worked well over a decade ago still has a warm, welcoming home in today's world of near photo-realistic graphics and dual-analog, 10 button control schemes.
It’s time to rise up, my friends! It’s time to storm Nintendo HQ and liberate the concentrated fun they slowly leak out to us, the common man. We’ve been waiting years for the next proper handheld Mario game, and they finally deigned to give us… Super Mario 3D Land. Now that we have it we know what we’ve been missing out on and can only wonder what else they must be keeping from us. Super Mario 3D Land is a delicious feast from Nintendo’s fun hoard that is not only a worthy installment in the Super Mario Bros. oeuvre, but it also evolves the series, makes good use of the 3DS’s capabilities, and offers a flawless platforming experience.
Since the birth of the downloadable platform this generation, we have seen many great games; however, very few have managed to surpass being a cheap, quick thrill and achieve true greatness. A couple of years back I had the opportunity to review World of Goo, and I walked away utterly stunned by the experience. Today, I'm here to say that such an experience is once again available to the gaming world in Super Meat Boy. The simple platformer is so amazing in its execution, that it's absolutely irresistible.
Kathrine Theidy: Hi all! Now that we've all spent some time with Metroid: Other M, it's a good time to take a look at how it matches up to the series. Everyone who's beaten it, raise your hand.