A short day for me. Fell asleep around 10, slept till 1800 when Mom
brought home Arby's dinner, then I made it up for a few more hours
before crashing for a handful more. Got a little in though!
Metroid:
Other M (Wii): Okay, now I see what people are talking about. I made
it to the second cutscene, and Samus was suddenly robbed of her humanity
by being saddled with a personality that amounts to nothing more than
adolescent cliché and stereotype. Urk.
Gameplay is fun
enough at least, made it past the first boss. It's still a pain
transitioning from third to first person, both the jarring switch in
perspectives as well as having to drop one hand from the controller and
change grips with the other, and 3D gameplay using a digital pad is
still awkward.
I'm dreading this storyline, especially
reading up some reviews, but I may still beat the game eventually, it
apparently only clocks in around twelve hours, with a good two of them
being cutscenes.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
May 17th, 2012
Going to try and get back into this, as well as adjust things a bit. From here out, I'm going to start with a journal-like opening describing the day, maybe even including screenshots and pictures once my equipment is set up, and follow it with a traditional game by game list!
Big day today! Inspired by recently playing Wii Punch-Out!! and a couple impulse Nintendo purchases from MicroCenter (Metroid: Other M and a BOSS: Big Oversized Super Shell controller shell that turns a Wiimote into something reminiscent of an SNES controller), I finally got my Wii up to date. I had done the system software fairly recently, but I downloaded all the available channels, as well as quite a few Virtual Console/WiiWare games.
This lead to a hard nostalgia trip that turned into some single-level playthroughs of a few of my very favorites. Before I managed to get everything updated, I had quite a scare: my SNES VC games were launching to a black screen, causing some initial heartbreak! I was trying everything, including switching to an interlaced mode that turned out to be a PAL solution only, before learning that, when using component cables, I needed to manually set the console to output to an HDTV. Oops!
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Wii - Virtual Console): Last on memory lane, just the first level. Another beautiful game, I have so many fond memories of DKC2, and this and SMW are, to me, the pinnacle of 2D platformers. Just did the first level, enjoyed the soundtrack and the graphics, got all the secrets, and called it a night.
Kyotokei (Wii - WiiWare): An impulse buy, and an interesting little shooter. You can swap polarities between red and blue, with each immune to bullets of their respective color. It reminds me a bit of Gundemonium, with quite a few scantily clad anime females as enemies that are a tragedy to kill! Still, the gameplay is fun, and it'll satiate any schmup urges I have while playing the Wii!
Punch-Out!! (Wii): First in the day, I practiced in Exhibition, then managed to beat Mr. Sandman! Really awesome feeling. I haven't played a game that required such quick reflexes in a while. Looking forward to getting knocked out by Glass Joe in the rematches.
Rift (PC): Just checked to see if I had sold any artifacts on the Auction House. I made a few plat, nothing too big.
Super Mario 64 (Wii - Virtual Console): This was the first step in my nostalgia kick, and very time I boot this game up, I feel like I'm thirteen or fourteen and gazing up this beautiful, amazing title for the first time in a kiosk in Target. I played it for a few minutes, and was simply blown away, enraptured and amazed at the future of gaming. This time, I only played up through the first star, but back in the day, this was the pinnacle of my gaming world, and I'd eventually go on to capture every single star and perform every secret in the game.
Super Mario World (Wii - Virtual Console): Second on the list, this playthrough was held up by some issues getting past the black screen. Once it was, yet again, those hard feelings of nostalgia kicking in as I played through the first stage (on the right, the first one with Yoshi!). I can remember playing it for the first time at my friend Clinton's back in the day, and just being enthralled. The game has held up, and although I flew through the first level after dying at the first Chargin' Chuck (just like back during my original plays!), I'm really feeling like I need to do a real playthrough sometime.
Big day today! Inspired by recently playing Wii Punch-Out!! and a couple impulse Nintendo purchases from MicroCenter (Metroid: Other M and a BOSS: Big Oversized Super Shell controller shell that turns a Wiimote into something reminiscent of an SNES controller), I finally got my Wii up to date. I had done the system software fairly recently, but I downloaded all the available channels, as well as quite a few Virtual Console/WiiWare games.
This lead to a hard nostalgia trip that turned into some single-level playthroughs of a few of my very favorites. Before I managed to get everything updated, I had quite a scare: my SNES VC games were launching to a black screen, causing some initial heartbreak! I was trying everything, including switching to an interlaced mode that turned out to be a PAL solution only, before learning that, when using component cables, I needed to manually set the console to output to an HDTV. Oops!
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Wii - Virtual Console): Last on memory lane, just the first level. Another beautiful game, I have so many fond memories of DKC2, and this and SMW are, to me, the pinnacle of 2D platformers. Just did the first level, enjoyed the soundtrack and the graphics, got all the secrets, and called it a night.
Kyotokei (Wii - WiiWare): An impulse buy, and an interesting little shooter. You can swap polarities between red and blue, with each immune to bullets of their respective color. It reminds me a bit of Gundemonium, with quite a few scantily clad anime females as enemies that are a tragedy to kill! Still, the gameplay is fun, and it'll satiate any schmup urges I have while playing the Wii!
Punch-Out!! (Wii): First in the day, I practiced in Exhibition, then managed to beat Mr. Sandman! Really awesome feeling. I haven't played a game that required such quick reflexes in a while. Looking forward to getting knocked out by Glass Joe in the rematches.
Rift (PC): Just checked to see if I had sold any artifacts on the Auction House. I made a few plat, nothing too big.
Super Mario 64 (Wii - Virtual Console): This was the first step in my nostalgia kick, and very time I boot this game up, I feel like I'm thirteen or fourteen and gazing up this beautiful, amazing title for the first time in a kiosk in Target. I played it for a few minutes, and was simply blown away, enraptured and amazed at the future of gaming. This time, I only played up through the first star, but back in the day, this was the pinnacle of my gaming world, and I'd eventually go on to capture every single star and perform every secret in the game.
Super Mario World (Wii - Virtual Console): Second on the list, this playthrough was held up by some issues getting past the black screen. Once it was, yet again, those hard feelings of nostalgia kicking in as I played through the first stage (on the right, the first one with Yoshi!). I can remember playing it for the first time at my friend Clinton's back in the day, and just being enthralled. The game has held up, and although I flew through the first level after dying at the first Chargin' Chuck (just like back during my original plays!), I'm really feeling like I need to do a real playthrough sometime.
Friday, April 15, 2011
April 15th, 2011
Halo Reach (360): Some decent progress. It's a little repetitive, and it seems like it takes a bit longer to unlock stuff than it should. Then again, there doesn't seem to be as much to unlock as in other games. Still, I'm enjoying it - Tab mentioned playing online with her and her friends, so I might give it a go sometimes.
Halo Waypoint (360): Browsing!
Magic the Gathering - Duel of the Planeswalkers (360): No progress today, just a couple failed matches against Garrok or something. The green guy, like third match in!
World of Warcraft (PC): Grinded Dyne close to 78, then finished later with Teeva in Sholazar Basin. Did all my dailies... still bumming about the Cinnaris situation, but so it goes! Grooming Dyne to be #1, I guess!
Halo Waypoint (360): Browsing!
Magic the Gathering - Duel of the Planeswalkers (360): No progress today, just a couple failed matches against Garrok or something. The green guy, like third match in!
World of Warcraft (PC): Grinded Dyne close to 78, then finished later with Teeva in Sholazar Basin. Did all my dailies... still bumming about the Cinnaris situation, but so it goes! Grooming Dyne to be #1, I guess!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
April 6th, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Unlocked Pang Tong and Cai Wenji, as well as some quick random stages. That's about it!
World of Warcraft (PC): Wasn't feeling very MMO-ey, so just did some dailies across some alts! Knocked out a few quests on Dyne as well. Weird, you can attack non-aggressive Frost Nymphs, even after helping them out!
World of Warcraft (PC): Wasn't feeling very MMO-ey, so just did some dailies across some alts! Knocked out a few quests on Dyne as well. Weird, you can attack non-aggressive Frost Nymphs, even after helping them out!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5th, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some good progress today! Various random battles to the point where I can access almost every square on the map. Unlocked Lu Bu as well, although his main weapon is currently at the Blacksmith's - d'oh!
Tenchu Shadow Assault (360): Played for like two seconds. It's kinda weird, not sure if I like it. I wish we'd get a Tenchu Z sequel with a more in-depth create-a-character!
World of Warcraft (PC): A bunch of dailies, a random dungeon on Rube, Baradin Hold dailies as Cinnaris, some farming, some questing in Howling Fjord as Dyne. Not bad at all!
Later, while I was trying to add Crimson Scarlet Crusaders to the WoW Model Viewer, I got my arm twisted in doing a random as Cinnaris, which was fairly successful at least. On the Model Viewer note, it took quite a bit of time and some excursions as Omphale in 3.3.5, but I did finally get them all sorted out and added satisfactorily!
World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (PC): Played around a bit as Omphale. Turns out the Scarlet Oracle Demetria spawns through a Horde quest, and it was slow going as a new Hordie, a Blood Elf DK named Ordellia(DKs don't even get to do the starting DK questline!), so I gave up there. Went to go see the Onslaught in Icecrown later into the night with the hopes of confirming Onslaught for the Model Viewer, and, of course, cold weather flying is 50k, and the mobs didn't spawn except for one lone, non-flying Gryphon Rider. What a bust! I might ditch this server.
Tenchu Shadow Assault (360): Played for like two seconds. It's kinda weird, not sure if I like it. I wish we'd get a Tenchu Z sequel with a more in-depth create-a-character!
World of Warcraft (PC): A bunch of dailies, a random dungeon on Rube, Baradin Hold dailies as Cinnaris, some farming, some questing in Howling Fjord as Dyne. Not bad at all!
Later, while I was trying to add Crimson Scarlet Crusaders to the WoW Model Viewer, I got my arm twisted in doing a random as Cinnaris, which was fairly successful at least. On the Model Viewer note, it took quite a bit of time and some excursions as Omphale in 3.3.5, but I did finally get them all sorted out and added satisfactorily!
World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (PC): Played around a bit as Omphale. Turns out the Scarlet Oracle Demetria spawns through a Horde quest, and it was slow going as a new Hordie, a Blood Elf DK named Ordellia(DKs don't even get to do the starting DK questline!), so I gave up there. Went to go see the Onslaught in Icecrown later into the night with the hopes of confirming Onslaught for the Model Viewer, and, of course, cold weather flying is 50k, and the mobs didn't spawn except for one lone, non-flying Gryphon Rider. What a bust! I might ditch this server.
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 4th, 2011
Short day! Was up late Sunday, slept late today, and then crashed fairly shortly after it all for a bit.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some more progress, including getting some animal guardians and unlocking Lian Shi as a playable character! It took a bit - stupid me, you can equip weapons during battle, so all I needed to do was give her a super upgraded one! Got Wang Yuanji unlocked and set as a Sworn Ally, as well.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some more progress, including getting some animal guardians and unlocking Lian Shi as a playable character! It took a bit - stupid me, you can equip weapons during battle, so all I needed to do was give her a super upgraded one! Got Wang Yuanji unlocked and set as a Sworn Ally, as well.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April 3rd, 2011
Wrestlemania XXVII! ...and a rather lackluster one, at that! Still fun. My match predictions ended up 3-4-1, not very good. The "1" is from the Sheamus/Bryan match that got bumped to a dark match and ended in a No Context, blech.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Really got into it tonight, and rather accidentally! Made a ton of progress in Conquest, got the gorgeous Lian Shi as my "Sworn Ally", and ended up genuinely liking her character. Made quite a bit of progress across the land. It's no Empires, but it is a fun enough mode!
World of Warcraft (PC): Not much at all. A daily or two on Dyne, and that's about it!
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Really got into it tonight, and rather accidentally! Made a ton of progress in Conquest, got the gorgeous Lian Shi as my "Sworn Ally", and ended up genuinely liking her character. Made quite a bit of progress across the land. It's no Empires, but it is a fun enough mode!
World of Warcraft (PC): Not much at all. A daily or two on Dyne, and that's about it!
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