The inspiration from pizza sure had his fair share of games. Some of them are hit and miss, but hey still love the guy anyway. He certainly had a better run than Sonic. Anyway, let's get this over with: PAC MAN The original arcade is pretty basic. Guide a mouth that can't stop eating against different colored ghosts. I sucked at this arcade mainly because the controls were a little stiff. We owned Atari game and it was confusing to me as a kid because it wasn't totally like the arcade. You would think the Atari2600 would get this arcade right, at least. Later they had remixes and stuff and we can go on all day how many incarnations this game had. MS. PAC MAN Put a ribbon on his head and call him Ms. Pac Man. This one was unique because they actually have cutscenes and the mazes actually change! What a concept! Some consider this one to be the the better of Pac Man and poor Pac Man has to watch as she's kicking his ass. JR. PAC MAN As a kid I loved this game. You see you play as Pac Man Jr. and you have this beanie cap on. It's a cap with a propeller on it. For some reason, my stupid ass wanted one of those and even begged my parents to buy me one. Thank God they didn't. I would get beat up. PAC LAND An arcade, NES, and Turbo game. I played the Turbo game more. My advice is to choose lever controls or you will not like this game.... as much. You see Pac Man has a tendency not to stop when you want him to which will result in death. This one is a side scroller that would have been done right if they waited for Nintendo to get it right with Super Mario Bros. I still like it. Others hate it. PAC MAN 2: THE NEW ADVENTURE I can't understand this game. I guess its the day and the life of Pac Man. It plays like a point and click adventure and you can see different Pac Man animations. What they got right was Ms. Pac Man yelling at him. Honestly, this shouldn't even have a number in the title. PAC MAN WORLD This one was pretty decent. It's a top down perspective and you go through the game as if the maze was a living world. It's a cool concept and its a lot of fun to play. Too bad not many people played it. PAC MAN WORLD 2 This is a very fun game where you go across the map and hop along in a 3D environment eating ghosts. It gets crazy and frustrating after a while but its still a fun game. PAC MAN WORLD 3 This one is like one big world and Pac Man goes Solid Snake or something. He even talks to someone on some communicator thing. Some consider this the best out of the Pac Man World games, but I was more partial to the second installment myself. PAC MAN WORLD RALLY You gotta have a kart racing Pac Man. Heck, that was the craze. Everyone had to be Super Mario Kart. This one is pretty fun but I guarantee you will long to play Super Mario Kart (any of them) after playing a couple races. PAC MAN AND THE GHOSTLY ADVENTURES There are two of these and I doubt there will be any more of them. I owned the second one but never played it but from what I gather after playing the first one, it's another Pac Man World only Pac Man sounds like a girl and it has cutscenes. It's not a bad game, and its certainly fun, and I hear that its based on some show I never bothered with. There are other Pac Man games like a bowling one and mini golf for cell phone. The list goes on and on but hey I love Pac Man. In fact I need a pizza party and some Pac Man!
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Where to begin with this one? This is my most anticipated movie of the summer and I waited two years to see this thing when it was first announced. Now that I saw it.... well... it sucked. A lot of people, and I mean a lot of people, said this movie was awesome and it looked awesome in the previews. Here's the thing: like a Zach Snyder film, it's a mess. Heck, even Batman v Superman was less of a mess than this film and that was atrocious. The problem that I had with this movie was the script. It was all over the place. I blame a lot on the editing. A lot of times I had a hard time keeping up. It was like they had deleted scenes that they didn't want to take it out, so they had to put them somewhere. You also can't get emotionally involved with any of these characters because the movie just keeps on moving along. The plot sucks too. I was wondering why they would call out a bunch of super villains for a job but apparently there's this witch who revives her brother and then he goes all crazy and tries to destroy the world. So the government dispatches these villains to stop them because, I guess, so they don't look bad. I don't know. I don't get it. It gets really cheesy at times too. The dialogue, especially. It's almost cringe-worthy. Will Smith is about the only person who can make that dialogue sound good. Like there was this line where he says, "You are EVIL!" and only Will Smith can make that sound good. Then we have the Joker. I know Jared Leto has tough shoes to fill after the stellar performance from Heath Ledger but not only is Joker underused, he also didn't feel necessary. Him and Batman. Oh yeah, Batman is in this too. Anyway, I always hated the look they gave Joker here with that light green hair, those sharp teeth, and luckily his tattoos are covered. I don't know. I didn't pay much attention. The ending was very dumb. They kept sprouting off cheesy lines and it was all over the place and the action was mediocre at best. They try to make them all great friends at the end but it was more believable in Guardians of the Galaxy than this one. I have a couple positive things to say: I love the cast. Will Smith stole every scene that he is in. True, he's an egoistical asshole in real life, but he is oozing with charisma. Margot Robbie is a treat and perfect for Harley Quinn. Jai Courtney who usually sucks in everything he is in was surprisingly good in this. Seriously, the cast was great. It also had an excellent soundtrack. All and all, a lot of people liked it and if you are remotely interested in this movie, see it for yourself. This is just one guy's opinion and the movie just didn't cut it for me. I hope the Justice League and Wonder Woman movie is better, but I don't know. I heard Zach Snyder is involved and that's troubling for me. It's a shame they stopped making these. I'm a big fan of this series. Just so happens when I was playing Bioshock, I was looking for a game to give me that same experience. I would play Bioshock at night, and it was like I was jacked into their world. I loved everything about it. After I beat it, I was pretty much searching for that experience like a drug. I picked up Dead Space and it was the closest experience I came across. Let's take a look: DEAD SPACE The very first is also the best in my opinion. You are this engineer named Isaac who is sent out to this ship in space to find out why they lost communication and, well, you don't care about that. Your girlfriend is in there. How else is he going to get some? Turns out the people mutated into these monsters called necromorphs and you have to fight to survive. These necromorphs don't go down easy either. You have to shoot off their limbs. Shooting their heads just doesn't cut it. Oh and it's a long game and believe me, it's tense. It's one of those games where you have to take a break from the intensity of it all. Well, except the scripted moments. Those never bother me. However, you will be walking and you will hear some kind of sound of something dropping, or some creature that moved inside some ventilation shaft or something. You have to keep walking that direction and you know some shit is about to happen. The game doesn't disappoint. Towards the end of the game is where it gets really crazy. There's this part where you have to use telekinesis to move these walls. When you finally get to the end, you see some guy going insane and blows his head off. Then a large creature known as the regenerator comes after you and you have to move quick. Move those walls, avoid that thing, shoot its legs, Then he's chasing you throughout the entire ship and the only way to get rid of it is to use the fire off the shuttle to burn it to a crisp. Tense stuff. The ending is really good too. It could end there but they made a sequel. DEAD SPACE 2 Isaac wakes up in a space station and to my knowledge, this follows after the animated movie than the first game. I think I watched that one. Anyway, necromorphs attack again, and you are haunted by your girlfriend. It happens. This one relies more on action than scares and the game designers give you hubs to rest this time after complaints from the first one that the game never eases off on the player. That sucks. I like feeling like I'm having a heart-attack. Although this one is less memorable than the other ones, to me anyway, I did like the children's room with those crying babies chasing after you. The most memorable part though I think for everyone playing this game is the part where you have to guide this needle in your eye. That's very brave of Isaac, I must say. There's also these creatures that hide and ram into you. There's always a safe spot and since I'm a little bitch I always use it. You also go back to the ship in the first one and that was a huge pain in the ass. I liked how it looks under construction and stuff and great fan service. All and all, it's a decent sequel, but mostly a forgettable experience. DEAD SPACE 3 I hated the first half of this game. I mean HATE the first half. I would love to play this game again but that means going through the first half. Why am I hating on it? You basically have to go to different sections of space, find a way into these ships before your air goes out and blow things up too, and all the while these creatures are trying to kill you. I always have a hard time finding it and I get frustrated. Once inside these ships, its basically the first game all over again. Isaac also butt heads with another member of his team and he also has a love interest. She's really hot too. The main core of the game is this snow planet. Then the game gets good. There's this part I really liked when you go into this kitchen and some creature jumps and you have to go find it. Then you get attacked by these scary shadow creatures which are pretty scary. I hear a lot of people compare this one to the Lost Planet games which I never played. I seen pictures though I see what they're talking about. This game also has a two player mode which I have yet to take advantage of. There's also a villain in this game who is completely forgettable. He reminded me of Elton John and that's all I really remember. What sucks was that I was under the impression that this was the final entry of the series. It should have been because there's still no plans for a Dead Space 4. They need to make one and officially stamp it as the final game. Give us an ending! This is a great series to play on Halloween. I may plow through these games come September and October. Dead Space marathon here I come! NEXT UP: Pac Man 5) Captain Commando... You have to have Captain Commando on the list. He represents awesomeness like Mega Man, Ghosts N' Goblins, Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, the list goes on. Whenever you see Captain Commando, you see Captain Awesome. I wish our mascot was Captain Commando. He can kick Super Lameian's ass!
4) Bonk/Air Zonk... The mascot for Turbografx which was way better than Keith Courage. Ugh Keith Courage. Bonk was advertised as having colorful graphics and big characters such as the dinosaur you had to bonk in order to stick his tongue out so you can crawl inside his body. Yeah. Bonk's Revenge was a million times better. It had the perfect level design, great music, and the most fun gameplay you will ever have. It set the bar so high that the only thing the third Bonk had going for it was candy that makes you big or small. Yay. Then someone at NEC thought Bonk wasn't cool enough so they decided to make him Air Zonk instead with those sunglasses and flying and shooting power. His games weren't bad, but for a Bonk game, I was hoping for more. 3) Sonic... The once proud mascot of Sega has been having his ups and downs over the years. This proposed Mario-killer was introduced to having speed and started that whole blast-processing thing that makes no sense. However, with gems like Sonic CD and Sonic Adventure and turds like Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Boom, hopefully the next two games announced for this spiky-haired hedgehog will put him back on track. 2) Pac-Man... So many games, I can't even fathom, Pac-Man was the most popular quarter-muncher in many years. With so many incarnations of the original Pac-Man, Pac-Land, Pac-Man World and the recent Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, it is safe to say he isn't going anywhere. Heck, I even owned Pac-Man Bowling and Mini-Golf for the mobile fun and I loved it! I used to play it all the time. There was even a kart racing game, which isn't a surprise. 1) Mario... Speaking of surprises, this isn't one of them. I can't think of any video game mascot or any mascot more popular than Mario. I tried dressing up like Mario in public. With those red and blue suspenders and that cap with the "M" on it, I sure looked ridiculous. Mario don't seem to mind. He's getting some from the princess. Hats off to you, Mario. You deserve the number one spot. i had heard many good things of this movie, whether it be from friends, coworkers, or even film critics such as the nostalgia critic, so i had high hopes and expectations. i've always been a big fan of john goodman's work, enjoyed jeff bridges, & tolerated steve buscemi. for those who have not seen, a very wealthy man named jeff lebowski is supposed to be the victim of a ransom operation by a group of nihilists. unfortunately, they get the wrong jeff lebowski. this guy is a lazy stoner with no job. he literally refers to himself as 'the dude.' he enjoys bowling. obviously they werent gonna get shit out of him. eventually the 2 lebowski's paths cross and this broke motherfucker becomes a liason between the nihilists & the rich lebowski. unfortunately, i didn't really love this movie. i like the idea...love john goodman's character. but aside from that, there was nothing that really caught my attention enough to remember. no spark or moment that made me go, 'holy fuck, this is good.' maybe i just wasn't paying close enough attention, but this is one that i'll pass on next time. if you've seen the film, what do you think about it?? generally curious. thanks! -BG So the big question is how will the new Nintendo system coming out perform? There's a prediction that it will sell more than the Wii U but less than 3DS. Nintendo always had that handle on the handheld market. Sony tried to dethrone them, but failed.... miserably. Nice try, though. A lot of people are predicting that this will be Nintendo's swan song but after sales from Pokemon Go, they may be okay. However, is Nintendo even updating it or getting anyone excited? It's almost they are relying on people to search for the same Pokemon every single day. I could be wrong. I'm no expert on Pokemon Go or anything. I hear the NX is a hybrid of the console and portable systems. That's interesting. I have no use for portable gaming myself. Heck, I barely play consoles anymore. Now Nintendo wants to get back into cartridge-based games. I'm hoping this is Nintendo being smart and just waiting for Sony and Microsoft to crash and burn before they safely get back into number one in the video game market. All I know is that Nintendo better start learning from their mistakes from the Wii U. Why after a company who has been in the business for a while that needs to learn from their mistakes from a console is beyond me. I swear they looked like amateurs when it came to the Wii U. They didn't announce the pricing for it until a month or two before launch and when they did, it was stupid. They had a basic and deluxe edition. The basic edition was garbage. It was a small amount of memory, no games, and nothing really to come with it while the deluxe had everything and it was like fifty to hundred bucks more. Nintendo, please don't drop the ball again. I'm most likely going to get an NX and it may be the last system that I buy. I like retro games better and the modern market just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I try to support Nintendo as much as I can, no matter how stupid their decisions are. |
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