Game Reviews has a short and interesting article about the Legend of Zelda games. Specifically, this is the first year this decade with no new Zelda released. Worth a check.
No Zelda this year for the first time decade
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Back to AC
So I started Animal Crossing: City Folk and am obsessed with it. Anyone who has it, let's meet up. I have peaches, cherries, oranges and pears.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Prince of Persia skins
I just beat Prince of Persia for the 360 and found it incredible. Of course there are things in it that I dislike but overall it was amazing. I can't wait for more from this game.
To let you know, in case you missed it somehow, you can change the skins that both the Prince and Elika have. So you can make them look different. There are 4 skins for each of them, and you start out with one each. I thought I would tell you how to get the others.
The Prince:
The Prince - You start with it.
Sands of Time - This is the Prince from the sands of time game. To get it you must go into "Extras" at the main menu and then hit Y for the pre-order thing. Input 52585854 and you should unlock him.
Prototype - Collect all 1 001 orbs. Only available on the PC version.
Elika:
Elika - You start with it.
Farah - This is Farah from the sands of time game -- not the donkey. To get it you must go into "Extras" at the main menu and then hit Y for the pre-order thing. Input 52585854 and you should unlock her.
Prototype: - Collect all 1 001 orbs. Only available on the PC version.
I haven't gotten the Prototype skins yet and I'm not sure I will be going for every single orb, but there you are. Comment if you have any questions or concerns.
To let you know, in case you missed it somehow, you can change the skins that both the Prince and Elika have. So you can make them look different. There are 4 skins for each of them, and you start out with one each. I thought I would tell you how to get the others.
The Prince:
The Prince - You start with it.
Sands of Time - This is the Prince from the sands of time game. To get it you must go into "Extras" at the main menu and then hit Y for the pre-order thing. Input 52585854 and you should unlock him.
Prototype - Collect all 1 001 orbs. Only available on the PC version.
Elika:
Elika - You start with it.
Farah - This is Farah from the sands of time game -- not the donkey. To get it you must go into "Extras" at the main menu and then hit Y for the pre-order thing. Input 52585854 and you should unlock her.
Prototype: - Collect all 1 001 orbs. Only available on the PC version.
I haven't gotten the Prototype skins yet and I'm not sure I will be going for every single orb, but there you are. Comment if you have any questions or concerns.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas
Have a good Christmas everyone! If Christmas isn't your thing, have a good whatever you do then!
I'll try to post regularly about any of the games I get and how I feel about them.
I'll try to post regularly about any of the games I get and how I feel about them.
Geekmas is upon us
I know that's an incredibly dumb term.
Anyway, something you should know is that Castle Crashers is getting patched in about three hours. Yes. I said it. Patched. That means we can finally play it online! Yes! I'm so happy! So far this Christmas has started off great. If anyone wants to play some of the old game tomorrow, hook me up.
Also, to add to the holiday time, Doctor Octoroc has made an 8-Bit Techno album based on Christmas tunes. You can find it here. He titles it: 8-Bit Jesus. Some tracks I find noteworthy are The Legend of Noel and Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy. The best part about all these songs is that they use the music you find in the game to compose the Christmas jingle. So you will hear only notes used in The Legend of Zelda when hearing The Legend of Noel.
Now for something not holiday themed, however it fits in with 8-Bit Techno. I've known about 8-Bit Peoples for a while now and I don't really know why I didn't show you guys more of it. This site has some of my favorite 8-Bit Techno I've ever heard as it is so deep and well put together. I would post some of my favorite albums and songs, but I can't quite remember and all my music has been erased when my computer crashed.
Have a great holiday everyone.
Anyway, something you should know is that Castle Crashers is getting patched in about three hours. Yes. I said it. Patched. That means we can finally play it online! Yes! I'm so happy! So far this Christmas has started off great. If anyone wants to play some of the old game tomorrow, hook me up.
Also, to add to the holiday time, Doctor Octoroc has made an 8-Bit Techno album based on Christmas tunes. You can find it here. He titles it: 8-Bit Jesus. Some tracks I find noteworthy are The Legend of Noel and Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy. The best part about all these songs is that they use the music you find in the game to compose the Christmas jingle. So you will hear only notes used in The Legend of Zelda when hearing The Legend of Noel.
Now for something not holiday themed, however it fits in with 8-Bit Techno. I've known about 8-Bit Peoples for a while now and I don't really know why I didn't show you guys more of it. This site has some of my favorite 8-Bit Techno I've ever heard as it is so deep and well put together. I would post some of my favorite albums and songs, but I can't quite remember and all my music has been erased when my computer crashed.
Have a great holiday everyone.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The 2008 VGA Awards
So people who know me know I love video games. And they'll know that video games and the news and industry surrounding them are like blood to me. So as I have done for the last three years now, I tuned into Spike TV's Video Game Awards. This year - 2008, this sixth annual - was awful.
Now you are probably very confused as to why I would say this. "But Sean, it's about video games!" My problem with it was that it was talking the stereotype of "gamer" a bit too far. I will start off by saying it was a much better idea to have Jack Black as a host over Samuel L. Jackson. However, I don't like how we as "people who play video games" are to be thought of as chubby men in underwear all day. I know it was a joke, but with the decrease of the 'hardcore gamer' and 'casual gamer' differences moving along quickly, it kind of gets rid of the point.
What's else? This. That in its entirety is quite true. I'm so tired of having companies use attractive women to make us care about their product. The fact that she made up a gamertag was even worse. I'm also getting tired of the stereotype of 'women don't play video games.' We all know that that is no longer true. Nintendo makes a killing proving that stereotype wrong daily.
I also don't see how the announcement of a Gears of War 2 map pack was the BIG SURPRISE! Especially since this game Isn't even a month old yet - which brings up the argument whether it is a fair add on, or a lousy and rude marketing strategy (but that's for another day).
In the end, I didn't even finish the entirety of the show. I'm glad that I didn't because I didn't need to hear and see anymore announcements that will be on Kotaku by the end of the night. Also, did they really need two hours for about thirty minutes of actual game awards?
Now you are probably very confused as to why I would say this. "But Sean, it's about video games!" My problem with it was that it was talking the stereotype of "gamer" a bit too far. I will start off by saying it was a much better idea to have Jack Black as a host over Samuel L. Jackson. However, I don't like how we as "people who play video games" are to be thought of as chubby men in underwear all day. I know it was a joke, but with the decrease of the 'hardcore gamer' and 'casual gamer' differences moving along quickly, it kind of gets rid of the point.
What's else? This. That in its entirety is quite true. I'm so tired of having companies use attractive women to make us care about their product. The fact that she made up a gamertag was even worse. I'm also getting tired of the stereotype of 'women don't play video games.' We all know that that is no longer true. Nintendo makes a killing proving that stereotype wrong daily.
I also don't see how the announcement of a Gears of War 2 map pack was the BIG SURPRISE! Especially since this game Isn't even a month old yet - which brings up the argument whether it is a fair add on, or a lousy and rude marketing strategy (but that's for another day).
In the end, I didn't even finish the entirety of the show. I'm glad that I didn't because I didn't need to hear and see anymore announcements that will be on Kotaku by the end of the night. Also, did they really need two hours for about thirty minutes of actual game awards?
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Crap of 2008?
Here is Wired's article of The 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2008. Some of the games I agree with -- like Mario Kart Wii -- but some I just can't see -- like The Prince of Persia and Dead Space. What do you guys think? Should some of these games actually be up there? If not, which ones should?
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