"finally, re: your blog, seems cool but I'd like more titties."
This blog now has tits.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Nerd Stuff
Well, it's been a while since I posted anything in this blog. The reason? I simply keep forgetting.
To follow up on my last entry, though, I HAVE played Sonic 4: Episode II, and I was actually surprised it turned out better than expected. The game fixes a number of gripes I have with Episode I, but I wouldn't go so far to call it fantastic. It's fun and playable, but I'm just dissatisfied that it still simply wants to remake stages from previous games. You can read more in this review I wrote. As for playing Rayman on Sega Saturn: I have not. I dunno why, but I'm just very hesitant to jump into it, even though the allure of playing a 2D platformer sounds fun. I guess I'm concerned that it might be too much of a collect-a-thon, the type of action game that turns me off the most. I could easily play the game to find out or just do some fact-checking on the Internet, but I'm just REALLY that lazy.
Now for current nerd activities!
For the last two months, I've been going out of my way to collect every US-released Lupin the Third DVD available, sans re-releases. A few years back, I actually attempted to do this, as well, purchasing the Pioneer/Geneon second series DVD releases, but I gave up after the 6th volume. How come? Because I also was collecting the Funimation releases of the annual TV specials and theatrical movies. And the ones I picked... really sucked. That was pretty much the reason I went on a hiatus with the purchases. The only reason I resumed buying the DVDs is thanks in part to the release of a new DVD collection containing all the episodes of the first TV series, which has never seen a US release of any kind until now! This reignited the flame to complete my DVD collection, and continued collecting the Pioneer/Geneon and Funimation releases. Nothing's changed, the former is still good and the latter still sucks. It boggles my mind how they have an entire year, every year, to come up with ONE story, and 90% of the time, it turns out to be crap. Then again, the blame probably falls more on the directors, each year normally containing a new one, for the lack of "oomp!" I mean, there's a lot of stuff out there in the medium that has a lot of plots you see coming a mile away, but some still manage to be entertaining as all heck thanks to fun direction, pacing, and character development. I seem to be more of a fan of the pre-90s Lupin stuff thanks to this, I think, because the stories and pacing still feel energetic, like the people making still believed they can make awesome and off-the-wall material. This feeling is mostly gone from the "newer" stuff.
I'd write more, but I'm tired of typing this entry. Hope it doesn't take another four months to make another blog entry.
To follow up on my last entry, though, I HAVE played Sonic 4: Episode II, and I was actually surprised it turned out better than expected. The game fixes a number of gripes I have with Episode I, but I wouldn't go so far to call it fantastic. It's fun and playable, but I'm just dissatisfied that it still simply wants to remake stages from previous games. You can read more in this review I wrote. As for playing Rayman on Sega Saturn: I have not. I dunno why, but I'm just very hesitant to jump into it, even though the allure of playing a 2D platformer sounds fun. I guess I'm concerned that it might be too much of a collect-a-thon, the type of action game that turns me off the most. I could easily play the game to find out or just do some fact-checking on the Internet, but I'm just REALLY that lazy.
Now for current nerd activities!
For the last two months, I've been going out of my way to collect every US-released Lupin the Third DVD available, sans re-releases. A few years back, I actually attempted to do this, as well, purchasing the Pioneer/Geneon second series DVD releases, but I gave up after the 6th volume. How come? Because I also was collecting the Funimation releases of the annual TV specials and theatrical movies. And the ones I picked... really sucked. That was pretty much the reason I went on a hiatus with the purchases. The only reason I resumed buying the DVDs is thanks in part to the release of a new DVD collection containing all the episodes of the first TV series, which has never seen a US release of any kind until now! This reignited the flame to complete my DVD collection, and continued collecting the Pioneer/Geneon and Funimation releases. Nothing's changed, the former is still good and the latter still sucks. It boggles my mind how they have an entire year, every year, to come up with ONE story, and 90% of the time, it turns out to be crap. Then again, the blame probably falls more on the directors, each year normally containing a new one, for the lack of "oomp!" I mean, there's a lot of stuff out there in the medium that has a lot of plots you see coming a mile away, but some still manage to be entertaining as all heck thanks to fun direction, pacing, and character development. I seem to be more of a fan of the pre-90s Lupin stuff thanks to this, I think, because the stories and pacing still feel energetic, like the people making still believed they can make awesome and off-the-wall material. This feeling is mostly gone from the "newer" stuff.
I'd write more, but I'm tired of typing this entry. Hope it doesn't take another four months to make another blog entry.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Preparing for Sonic 4: Episode 2 + Other Talky Stuff
I decided to play a little bit of Sonic 4: Episode 1 today to get ready for the coming release of Episode 2. The game still really stinks with its awful controls and deaf-inducing soundtrack. As I said at the end of my Episode 1 review, there's really no point in purchasing a game with crappy remade stages of the Genesis titles, since you can download the original games on Xbox Live Arcade together for almost the same price. It's just pointless. I'm not really thrilled about playing Episode 2, honestly, but I'll keep an open mind when the time comes.
Anyway, I finished and submitted my review of Cho Aniki on HonestGamers a few days ago, which reduced my gaming backlog a little bit. Currently, I have Rayman and Mobile Suit Gundam for the Saturn to play through, and I'm not even sure I'll bother with the latter. The reason I got Rayman is.... surprisingly, I have never actually played through any of the games in the series, the closest being the Rayman 2 demo for Dreamcast. Since Rayman Origins came out last year, I've been itching to play it, but I have this thing where I don't like jumping into a game late in the series if I never played previous ones. In most cases, not all. So I just wanted to play the game that started it all. Dunno if I'm gonna play any of the 3D titles, though. I wasn't too impressed with the pacing of the Rayman 2 demo all those years ago, and Rayman 3 appears to be a forgettable title, since I rarely hear people talk about it.
Also in my backlog are games that aren't even in my possession yet! There's the upcoming Episode 2, and then there's the new Xbox 360 shoot-em-up release Akai Katana that I should be getting at the end of the week. While I'm not sure I'll have time for the shooter this weekend, I figure I should support the release, since we're rarely getting new shoot-em-up games nowadays... if you don't count the thousands of zombie shooters on Xbox Indie.
Anyway, I finished and submitted my review of Cho Aniki on HonestGamers a few days ago, which reduced my gaming backlog a little bit. Currently, I have Rayman and Mobile Suit Gundam for the Saturn to play through, and I'm not even sure I'll bother with the latter. The reason I got Rayman is.... surprisingly, I have never actually played through any of the games in the series, the closest being the Rayman 2 demo for Dreamcast. Since Rayman Origins came out last year, I've been itching to play it, but I have this thing where I don't like jumping into a game late in the series if I never played previous ones. In most cases, not all. So I just wanted to play the game that started it all. Dunno if I'm gonna play any of the 3D titles, though. I wasn't too impressed with the pacing of the Rayman 2 demo all those years ago, and Rayman 3 appears to be a forgettable title, since I rarely hear people talk about it.
Also in my backlog are games that aren't even in my possession yet! There's the upcoming Episode 2, and then there's the new Xbox 360 shoot-em-up release Akai Katana that I should be getting at the end of the week. While I'm not sure I'll have time for the shooter this weekend, I figure I should support the release, since we're rarely getting new shoot-em-up games nowadays... if you don't count the thousands of zombie shooters on Xbox Indie.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Video Game Stuff - Brave Fencer Musashi and Imports
This week I managed to get my second Sega Saturn and three import titles to play with it, though I'm a bit of a scatter brain at the moment to really dig into them. I was busy finishing my Brave Fencer Musashi review which took longer than I expected. Having replayed the game for the first time in over 10 years, I forgot it was a longer game than I originally thought. I guess that's why I was so hesitant to play the game at first for the PsychoPenguin Contest, because I was unsure if I was going to make the deadline, which I missed. Looking back now, I'm kinda glad I missed it, giving me more time to play the game thoroughly and manage to write at my own pace without rushing it out.
As for the imports, I snuck in a little bit of game time for two of them, and I'm still on the fence on whether I want to review either. My impressions of the two Sega Saturn titles so far:
Mobile Suit Gundam - This was something I actually forgot existed for the longest time, originally seeing a two page spread of the game in GameFAN magazine. An action title, it has all the makings you'd expect from a product released by Bandai: heavy reliance on voice acting and cutscenes, use of ugly CGI stills, and somewhat decent play mechanics. It's alright, but since I JUST finished playing and writing a review of Wolf Fang, it just feels really generic in comparison.
Choaniki - Yeah.... I've know about the game since, like, forever, but never had a chance to actually play it until now. The game's gimmick of manly bald men in thongs quickly wears out its welcome after just four stages, and I just wanted the game to end after that. But it kept going, and going, and going.... I actually gave up because I needed to sleep. This one I might actually review, so I'm gonna be a little reserved here. Sonic 4 Episode 2 is right around the corner though, so it's a matter of how much of a mood I'm in to write one.
As for the imports, I snuck in a little bit of game time for two of them, and I'm still on the fence on whether I want to review either. My impressions of the two Sega Saturn titles so far:
Mobile Suit Gundam - This was something I actually forgot existed for the longest time, originally seeing a two page spread of the game in GameFAN magazine. An action title, it has all the makings you'd expect from a product released by Bandai: heavy reliance on voice acting and cutscenes, use of ugly CGI stills, and somewhat decent play mechanics. It's alright, but since I JUST finished playing and writing a review of Wolf Fang, it just feels really generic in comparison.
Choaniki - Yeah.... I've know about the game since, like, forever, but never had a chance to actually play it until now. The game's gimmick of manly bald men in thongs quickly wears out its welcome after just four stages, and I just wanted the game to end after that. But it kept going, and going, and going.... I actually gave up because I needed to sleep. This one I might actually review, so I'm gonna be a little reserved here. Sonic 4 Episode 2 is right around the corner though, so it's a matter of how much of a mood I'm in to write one.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
New Place, Same Groove
So I found out my website with GoDaddy has expired on May 5th, 2012. I didn't realize this until May 6th. I wasn't planning on renewing, but I thought I had more time to get some of the stuff off there that wasn't even on my computer. Problem is... I don't remember my password. Oh well.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that I'm starting from scratch with a new "site". Maybe it will be this, maybe not. Who knows.
As a reference for myself: last review I published was for Wolf Fang on the Sega Saturn.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that I'm starting from scratch with a new "site". Maybe it will be this, maybe not. Who knows.
As a reference for myself: last review I published was for Wolf Fang on the Sega Saturn.
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