So I think the novelty of sorting/organizing my digital crap has worn off. For the past couple of days I took a break from organizing the Photo Drive, and I jumped on the Media Drive to do the same. Like I said in Monday's (or was it Tuesday) blog, I found more pictures so I threw those into a folder named Sort Photos and then I was off to clean up the Media Drive. The Media Drive was a lot easier because most things I could just toss, like I had copies of my micro SD Cards from my first Smart Phones. Yeah I don't know why I kept them, especially after I made the jump to iPhone, but I kept them, along with a ton of random documents, and other interesting yet unneeded items.
Today I would like to talk about stupid names, annoyances, and overused words in Gamertags/Netword IDs. If you play on anything like Steam, XBox Live, or PSN I'm sure you've come across some of these. I also wanted to touch on some annoyances in general. Now lets begin.
Well hello Pixlpeeps! This is a special Saturday edition of Quick Hits because the family is visiting so much of the day is spent hanging out, playing games, and enjoying the company. So because of that here we are and yes I have some things to talk about. Let's get started.
Jesus Christ 2017, calm the fuck down. It's only fucking April and you're giving us awesome game after awesome fucking game. I mean jesus. I'm going to talk about just some of the amazing games I've played this year.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is the rare Saturday Quick Hits but yesterday I was caught up in things like trying to not eat meat (the one legit Catholic thing I do a year), breaking in some shoes, and not being in the mood to write something for the normal Quick Hits time. This morning however I felt that I should write something and I have a couple of things I'd like to write about.
Good morning Pixlpeeps! The plan for today is to either go watch Rogue One which starts at 2pm or save that for Monday and just do some small errands today like look for a new external CD/DVD drive for my laptop. Heck I could do both. Anyways this is the first Quick Hits of 2017 so why not do a little recap of Christmas with the peeps.
Pixlpeeps, I hope you didn't think I forgot about you good people. I've been kind of busy today but I needed to get a Christmas Eve Eve's Quick Hits up before Saturday when STORM WATCH 2016 continues. Yes if you haven't heard what is usually Sunny Southern California is rainy. For the past couple of days we had one storm, and tonight we are getting another storm. Actual rain, not the sprinkling that I like to joke about being STORM WATCH 2016. Anyways earlier today while there was no rain I decided to replace the light bulb above my shower because it went out and really who wants to shower when that area is dark? I don't like the new bulbs that have the prongs and little plastic wings that only fit into a certain socket. Seriously can we have a universal one like the screw-ons? Anyways let's get started with Quick Hits.
Not really sure what it is about zombie genre that draws me in so much? It just does. I think it's the overwhelming feeling of near death at any moment that drives my interest, that false sense of security. Atmoshpere and sound design also add to immersion I guess.
Anyway, I DL the latest RE7 demo and it still feels too scary. I can't imagine VR, because RE in first person already gives me anxiety and it might be the first RE game I skip out on. They added new endings apparently. The Outlast 2 demo gave me a bit of anxiety as well. I guess playing late at night, in the dark with headphones on is not a good idea. My heart was racing too much. I had fun watching people play live on Twitch, so I might do that this time.
What I love about RE7 demo is that it does feel like a refreshing take on the series. I really enjoyed ZombiU for doing the walking sim with zombies and added a roguelike mechanic. This game gave me anxiety too, so I only played it a bit at a time. RE7 feels like a tradtional RE1 game where you have to investigate every corner of a room or backtrack to find clues and study them in order to make progress. It feels like old RE, but new. It's a house full of mysteries.
Hey guys! I will live in a few minutes! I am going to pick up Morrowind again from where I left off last night and will later be playing some multiplayer games with some friends. Be sure to check it out!
Finally after all these months I finally get a chance to sit down and type out an honest to goodness blog in all of it’s life boring-ness. Once again I apologize to all you eager readers (yes all 1 of you) in my lack of content as of late. Alot has happened once again in my life that has taken me away from one of the few precious joys I can still indulge in without it being mired in controversy, social justice activism and general tomfoolery that seems to plague many hobbies as of late. Despite my best attempts to embrace the newer formats of social expression in the microblogging forms of the twitter, instagram, tumblr and the like, I still see myself as a tried and true blogger. Someone that still tries to interact with other humans by means of word expression than just bit-sized nummins of what passes in the microblogging world. Not that there is anything wrong with that for it serves a purpose. I’m just to set in my ways in being use to writing how I feel and sharing it on a wider, long winded format.
With that said though I fear that given how my life has become I can no longer partake in the usual social interaction that comes with blogs and now can only find myself having the time to write them (if I’m lucky) but not the time to read other blogs, let alone comment to all comments if I’m lucky enough to have someone ready and wish to share their thoughts. It’s even bad enough that I’ve been further hampered in my bloging exploits by having my MS Word program lock me out of using it due to me not having purchased a subscription to use it. (Apparely the version offered on “NSonicus Prime" was only a 1 year free subscription) I tried to use "google docs" like my "Little One" suggested but frak that the moment I found out I had to be connected online to use it, something I loath to do in case I have a service interruption and I lose all of my work. I'm sure most of you know where I'm coming from with this due to back in the olden days if we tried to write a blog on the webpage of the site we freqent and the web paged reset, there was a good chance all your hard work went up into digital oblivion.
I think it’s safe to say that the unveiling of the Xbox One a few years ago was one of the most tone-deaf, poorly received debuts of a video game console since, well, Sony commented that people would get a second job to afford their $599 PlayStation 3 all those years ago. Since then, Microsoft has been doing everything in its power to right those wrongs and bring their console up to the user base that the PS4 currently enjoys. This E3 continues that trend and, while there were very few surprises, the Microsoft press conference put the emphasis squarely on exclusive games and community.
Grabbed this from PC Gamer site. E3 starts Sunday afternoon with EA then later Bethesda, MS/Sony Monday, Square Enix Tues.
Howdy, folks. Since a lot of long-dormant 1UP alumni are coming out of the shadows, I figured I'd hop on that little bandwagon. When in Rome (or Baltimore)....
I went to play Doom's open beta today and it is done.
I started the day with Little Nemo: Dream Master for NES. It's a platformer and I generally dislike platformers but this one has neat features. I like feeding the animals candy so you can get into their skins and be them for a while. Sounds sick worded like that but it's totally cool, and cute as heck: wear a frog to jump high, wear a mole to dig. Neat!. The graphics are super charming too. I love the intro cinematics and the whole design of the game. I die a lot though. That pisses me off. I have no patience when it comes to games. Patience is for real life. Not for games.
I got bored today waiting for a doctor's appointment today, so I went to Gamestop and looked at figures. I know, I shouldn't do it, but I did. Luckily I didn't find what I wanted, but I did see this D.I. power disc album in the clearance bin for $5, so I got that. Here's a pic:
When I was working, I found it really difficult to find motivation to draw anything. But its been slow for me and I'm slightly feeling burnt out on Fallout 4. So I started to draw some stuff,
Fighting games can be complicated beats to understand. When learning one you don’t just have to understand the systems and rules presented in the game, but also the systems and rules developed by the players that exist outside of the boundaries of the game (the “meta-game” as its also called). The balancing act of juggling these systems can be madding and is one of leading deterrents from people getting into fighting games. So there are reasons why games like Virtua Fighter are so important to the scene. Virtua Fighter isn’t a simple series but its one that’s simplistic nature has helped shaped the series through out its 20+ years. No better game in that series upholds this exemplar than Virtua Fighter 4.
