What I got this week and what is to come

This will be my report of the things I got this week and what you can expect in the week to come. I'm not sure if I'll do this too often, though I would like to.

This week I picked up Alien Homind for the GCN. I found it for $5 used and had to get it since I loved Castle Crashers so much. I was planning on grabbing it when it was discounted on the XBL marketplace but I'm not sure anymore as I have played this one about 2/3 the way through. We shall see.

I also got some comics which I talked about in a previous post. I enjoyed all three and will now begin to follow Superman. I will probably get more into comics in future posts.

I also received Pokemon Platinum today along with the pre-order bonus figure. This should be cool as I loved Diamond. It also came in good time as I am leaving for my vacation tomorrow so I will have the plane ride time for this. Though it is a Nintendo game so I will have to send it back in a couple weeks. However, I do plan to get all the special new forms and legendaries and transfer them to my Diamond version before it leaves.

In the next week, if I can get a hold of a computer long enough, these are some things to expect to see here:

I will write up a First Impressions on both Henry Hatsworth and Pokemon Platinum. Also, if I play enough of these two I will try and write a review next weekend for them.

I would also like to share some photos I take of anything weird I find down in New York. I plan to go to the Nintendo Store of America so I'll probably post a picture of that.

If I can't get a computer, obviously there won't be any posts till I return. Hopefully I can though.

First Impressions: Gears of War 2 Title Update 3

• Everyone has a number beside their name now when looking at stats or in a lobby as opposed to those silver and gold arrows.
• Everyone is now starting at one so you may find yourself playing some really strong players even though they're level 1.
  
• The experience updates when the match ends which is good because people who quit will not receive any EXP.
• I lost and yet got around 800 EXP, though I'm not sure if that counts as a lot.
• Your score in each match doesn't transfer as the EXP you get which I find weird.
• If you are kicked out of a game due to your connection, you don't get EXP, even if everyone was booted.
• The game seems to pair people up due to their rank but they don't pair teams up due to rank. This means I am constantly with level 1's while all my opponents are 4 or 5.
• When people quit now they are replaced with a computer player which is a good idea but they suck in comparison to a person.
  
• Everyone still sucks and quits at the first sign of losing.
• If you have any computer players on your team and someone on the opposite team quits meaning you now have more people, one of your computers will leave. This means the teams will always be even in terms of number of team mates.
• Demoting levels is possible as well.
• Some of the multiplayer types are grouped a bit differently. For example, Territories isn't there anymore, but "Annex + KotH" is and Submission is with Guardian. This is good because I never really liked Submission and didn't think it fit with Annex or King of the Hill.
  

First Impressions forthcoming

I will be doing a First Impressions of the title update #3 for Gears of War 2. I hope to get it up by tomorrow afternoon/evening.

The midst of Spring Break

So as my Spring Break has now begun and going by faster than I thought, I plan to get quite a bit done in it. This will be various comics I still need to read/finish, some books I need to start and finish and some games I wish to start and wrap up.

The games I wish to get done are Tales of Vesperia. This won't be happening though as I predict another 75 hours is required and I just don't have that time. Though I have gotten around 10 in since the beginning of the week and a whopping 25 points because of it.

I will also be playing a bunch of Gears of War 2 in the next couple days as the third title update is now out. I plan to get the three new achievements that I don't have to pay for. Hopefully I can rank up quickly.

I want to finish up Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon before I head to New York so that I don't have to be memorizing a ton of chapter info. I don't want to miss out on anything after all.

I also picked up Henry Hatsworth last week and still haven't started it. This will be used for the plane trip and any long car rides I encounter out east. I hear it's pretty great and am quite excited to start it.

Last in the games is Uno Rush which will be out tomorrow night. As I stated in my previous blog post, I will be staying up for it. With this, I really need some more microsoft points now.

A couple games I'm not sure if I'll grab are LIT and Bit.Trip:Beat off of WiiWare. If I can justify spending $20 on the points card, I'll get these two. However, I am not sure yet.

Comics-wise will be the latest Umbrella Academy and possibly the new Superman and Battle for the Cowl. The only definite is Umbrella Academy.

Last of all are the novels that I have been neglecting. I want to finish up the recent Artemis Fowl and I'd like to start and finish the last .Hack novel to come out since I've had that for a few weeks now.

Hopefully I'll have enough free time over the next two weeks and my vacation to get this all done. Probably not.

Update: Pokemon Platinum should be sent to me soon, hopefully I will get it before I leave and can then play it on my trip. Knowing my luck, it will arrive just in time for no one to be able to receive it.

The only rush!

With my trusty twitter application I have for firefox, Major Nelson has just informed me that Uno Rush will be coming out this Wednesday. As I did for Geometry Wars 2, I will be staying up all night waiting for it. Anyone else planning to do so?

If anyone gets it around that time, hit me up and we'll play some multiplayer.

More 8-Bit Techno

Surfing around 8-Bit Peoples I came across what is now my favorite album on the site to date. The album is called Unconditional Acceleration and is by Nullsleep. I plan to go through the rest of his discography when I find the time. In the mean time, I highly recommend you download the album and check it out. It's great stuff.

Favorite Track: Supernova Kiss

Sad? Probably

Here is your latest update on video game related music! Now with not 8-Bit Techno!

I don't like rap music. I find it very overrated. But someone took Ocarina of Time music, added a base beat and rapped over it. Titled The Ocarina of Fhyme, you can check out a the whole album at one here or download the full album here.

I don't hate it, that might mean that I like anything video game related no matter how bad or bizarre the concept is. Let's hope not.

Favorite tracks on it: Jay-Z - No Hook (Meeting the Owl) and Slim Thug & Mike Jones - Still Tippin' (Great Fairy's Fountain)