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2009-08-20T20:59:00.000-07:00

Go visit my blog.

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Done.

Quick Pick Flash Game! Ep. 1

2009-07-03T20:03:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!

UPGRADE COMPLETE!

Check it out on armorgames.com.

Now.

Go.

Play it.

~Yeah568

Now that was quick!

Amazon aStore!

2009-06-06T22:12:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!

Just wanted to let you guys know, we have an aStore! Buy the things we review, and get it for less! Guaranteed! Wait, what? That's Wal-Mart's slogan?

Anyways, here's the link. A portion of all purchases goes towards a needy charity (aka the writers of the blog)

We're also using LinkBucks. That also goes towards the same needy charity. :D (Hey, it's hard to complete projects with no cash) So just be patient, and wait like 15 seconds on the links. Thanks!

EVE Online Review

2009-05-31T13:53:00.000-07:00

Hello, this is Roosterton with our first post in a while. (I know this is getting repetitive, but what am I supposed to say, "Sorry, I've been addicted to EVE and Cybernations so I haven't made any new posts?" Oh, wait...)

Anyways, recently, once an EVE addiction sweep took over Cybernations, I decided to join in the fun and set myself up with an EVE account. It was definitely a good choice. Now that I've had EVE for 14 days, I think I'll get on with the review.

Story: There are 4 empires in this far, far away universe. Basically, you pick a race, fly around in an uber-cool looking ship, and do missions for people within your empire, while having to deal with other players. This may not sound interesting at first, but it's actually pretty cool. You can team up with other players to do missions, join your Empire's militia and fight other empires, join a player controlled corporation, and help out other players like yourself, or even hang around in isolated areas and shoot people. No matter how you choose to play the game, it's pretty sweet no matter what.

Story: 9/10

Gameplay: Gameplay that's UBER-EPIC for an MMORPG. Control your ship with simple commands, fit it with modules and guns, lock on to and blast other people... Once you've started in the EVE universe, tons of fun will follow, for sure. Some things that I really like about the gameplay:

Pretty much hundreds of different solar systems to fly to and do missions in
The PvP system is actually good, and there's lots of it.
Each solar system has a different security level, which means, the higher the security level, the more NPC justice-bringers there are to attack you if you cause havoc. Basically, it gives newbs a chance to be in safe areas, while at the same time, in low security space letting Pirates and advanced players kill each other.
The Missions are usually interesting enough

One thing I dislike, though, are some of the glitches that pop up here and there, like being stuck in some weird spacey vacuum area where you must log out then back in to save yourself.

Gameplay: 9/10

Graphics and Music: It is likely inferred from the screenshot at the top of this post that the graphics are awesome, going into extreme detail and great colour. The Music, though, can be quite drab and repetitive at times.

Graphics and Music: 8/10

Overall score: 9/10

Download and buy an EVE Online account: Click here

Rant on Internet Security

2009-03-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Hey! It's R2D2 with his first rant (and first post) in a long while.

This is my rant on Internet Security. And I don't mean Malware or Viruses, but I mean the whole "OMG! Someone in a foreign country knows where you live!!" And "Chatrooms are teh EVIL!!" Yes, I'm here to do a rant on people protecting their privacy on the internet - What you can say, and when you've gone too far.

I was inspired to write this when I told what city I live in to someone on Nations States. How do my parents react? "Don't say anything that could spoil who you are." Er... So, he knows that I live in the city I live in. GREAT. What's the big deal?
For my rant, I'm going to define three things: Underprotection, Logical Protection, and Overprotection.

First, Underprotection. Underprotected people have NO idea how to handle being in contact with people from around the world. They are quick to think and will post personal information without considering it first. Basically, underprotected people haven't been taught by their parents anything about handling sensitive information - so, to them, it doesn't matter if someone knows everything about them.

An underprotected person would react in an IRC channel like this if they are every asked to meet on some dusty sidestreet:

lets meet at 123 fake street. i have something to show you

okay see you tomorrow

Then, in two days time, it turns out he/she was the victim of a crime that took place on 123 Fake Street.

Now: Overprotected people.

Overprotection. Mainly, I will discuss the people overprotecting their kids, rather than the overprotected people.

Overprotective people will sometimes even not allow their children on IRC, or Internet forums. Is this fear really necessary?

No. While people of 20 years ago first thought things like IRC were dangerous, now they are expanding to be a larger part of our world. Example: I couldn't have survived Cybernations without my alliance's IRC channel. If I was banned from using IRC, how would I have ever taken the IRC alliance interview? Not to mention other stuff Cybernations and Nationstates use IRC for. Forums can be set up by anyone so that any group of people can get together and discuss whatever - It is not only used by child predators.

My ultimate theory is that this "Oh noes - someone knows your city!" Fear was back when the world wasn't connected by technology - when it was considered a luxury to talk to someone across the World. Back when it would be odd for someone from Scandinavia to what city someone from India lived in. Now? People post Youtube Videos with their addresses in them. Anyone can see people making themselves look like idiots on the World Wide Web. Heck, when you're filling out your blogger profile you can choose to say what city you're from. This is normal. GET WITH THE PROGRAM. Hey, why should I invite any friends over to my house? Then they'll learn my address and tell it to their parents who'll tell it to their friend who *Could* be a child predator. Oh, they don't even need to come over - It's in the ADDRESS BOOK. Burn the address books!

*Note that the last few lines were done sarcastically.

Anyway, Logical protection is the balance between these two. Don't meet people at sidestreets at night, (no duh) but don't be a closed up person who won't say anything about themselves either - will anyone like you if you're like that?

So, the choice is yours. You can stay in your little safety bubble world where address books are banned, or you can venture out and explore the vast world of the 21st century.

Anyway, that sums up my rant on Internet Security.

I'm sure Yeah568 will have about a million more reasons supporting my argument. So, I'll leave that to the comments section. Enjoy the show!

GTA: CW and Pokemon Platinum Reviews are coming!

2009-03-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

Hey all!

I managed to get myself a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and Pokemon Platinum. What?!?! Pokemon Platinum isn't even out yet! Yeah, yeah. I know. But seriously, people who work at game stores who are your friends FTW.

Anyways, be sure to expect reviews for both games coming soon. GTA is most likely to come first.

~Yeah568

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

2009-03-11T07:58:00.000-07:00

The_Roosterton here, with a pre-review of Nintendo's newest (and first) Fire Emblem game for the Nintendo DS - Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon! (Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku to Hikari No Tsurugi) This game is a remake of the very first NES Fire Emblem game. Anyways, on with the pre-review!

Story: The Story looks decent so far. Original, considering it came from a NES game.

Gameplay: Impressive gameplay, very challenging, but it lacks some of the features that other games in the series like Radiant Dawn had.

Graphics & Music: Not bad graphics, for a Nintendo DS. The music is good, but it gets repetitive.

That's just a taste of the game so far. Expect a full review once I've finished it!

P.s: Over 1000 page views! Thanks to all our readers!

2009-02-26T21:48:00.000-08:00

I arez awesomez. Note: We're still in middle school. I am not an adult. This is real. Not Photoshopped or anything(except for the red text that you can see).

Mac OS X > Windows

2009-02-25T18:12:00.001-08:00

Nothing to say, besides Mac OS X > Windows.

Sid Meier's Grand Review

2009-02-07T09:51:00.000-08:00

R2D2 Here!

*Warning - This will take a long time, if you will read all of it.*

Today, I will be reviewing three games in one post, all of them by the epic game-maker, Sid Meier.

We will review Alpha Centauri, Civilization 3, and Civilization 4, which are all turn-based empire running games. (though not MMOG's, like Cyber Nations or Nation States 2. Also unlike those 2 online games, these have graphics engines and go into way more detail. Unfair to compare them, though.) Anyway, on with the reviews.

ALPHA CENTAURI

One of the older games in the series.

STORY: Earth has been completely ruined by anarchists and such, and some sort of WWIII breaks out. Before everyone is killed, the most important UN figures go on a high-tech space ship to inhabit the far away planet, known as planet. (?) On the way there, a reactor engine melts down, and the political figures must get to planet via these weird pods, ending up getting split up from one another. Choose one of these figures to play as (An environmentalist, mad scientist, religous person, Military commander, communist, or an industrialist) and lead your colony on planet. You will encounter various challenges, evil worms trying to take over your colony, and more. Enjoy.

STORY: 9/10

GAMEPLAY: At first, I despised the game because of hard to learn controls, but soon got the hang of it. You send colony pods out to build bases on planet (Which function like cities) that will grow over time, depending on how much resources they have. You can choose to build certain things from these bases. (Military units, scouts, recycling tanks) How fast you build these depends on your nations mineral income. Lastly, energy. Energy acts like a revenue source, and is used to hurry production of things, bribe rival colonies, and do other stuff like that. Each base may gain you or lose you energy, depending on how wisely you use it. Customize your government as you research new technologies, declare war on other colonies, map out each and every part of planet, what you want to do is really up to you. The game ends when your colony gets wiped out, or someone wins a certain victory, (Like destroying everyone, or becomeing the UN's supreme leader) or when time runs out, in which case whoever has the most points will win. This game's gameplay = win, despite being hard to learn at first.

GAMEPLAY: 9/10

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: The game has a top-down graphics engine. As for detail, well, it was released for Windows in 1999, so you can't expect too much.

As for music, I have to say it sounds identical to the Command and Destroy Sci-fi stuff. Only this time, its understandable due to the game's age.

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: 7/10

ALPHA CENTAURI OVERALL: A great game for Sid Meier n00bs and series veterans alike.

OVERALL: 8.3/10 (Great game.)

CIVILIZATION III:

The fourth game in the Civ Series (if you count Alpha Centauri as the Civilization series.)

STORY: You are the leader of a real-life Civilization. Choose one of many leaders and dominate. Start with a wimpy settler and grow into an empire.

STORY: 8/10

GAMEPLAY: Gameplay engine identical to that of Alpha Centauri, with added features, more units & buildings, Cities rather than bases, and other minor improvements. The instructions for this one is much more clear than Alpha Centauri's instructions. The game starts in the ancient time, where there were weak soldiers, tiny buildings, and overall less to do, and end in the future. One complaint is less customization - in Alpha Centauri, you could basically create your own military unit through alloys and guns that you have researched, while you can't in Civ 3, making some aspects of Alpha Centauri more enjoyable.

GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: Music is epic. There are lots of original tracks, from tribal things to massive orchestras. The graphics are a lot better than Alpha Centauri's, with more detail and colour. Same top-down engine.

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: 9/10

CIVILIZATION III OVERALL: Another hit by Sid Meier.

OVERALL: 8/10

CIVILIZATION IV:

The newest Civ game that I've played.

STORY: Same as Civ 3, only with much more Civilizations to choose from, and multiple leaders for each Civ. Also, each leader has more of a unique personality, (i.e Ghandi is very peaceful, while Stalin will come to war over one measly thing.)

STORY: 8.5/10

GAMEPLAY: More units, more buildings, more improvements... One major addition is religion. Religion can spread in your cities, (whether it be Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Islam, or Confucianism) and converting to that religion will bring +1 happiness in all the cities that have that religion. Or, have free religion and make everyone happy, though that's only available once you have enough technology. Something else good about Civ 4 is, more rivers. In Civ 3, you needed rivers to provide irrigation to adjacent farms. Rivers were very scarce, and, as a result, you could end up with a lot of starving people on your hands. In Civ 4, you still need irrigation, but there are lots more rivers. Also, there are more barbarians, (people who randomly try to take over your Civilization) and there is even a mode where you can play as the barbarians. Unlike other Civ games, Civ 4 focuses less on Getting more of the same, and more on getting more new. Civ 4's gameplay definitely isn't disappointing in any way.

GAMEPLAY: 9/10

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: Big step up for graphics, going into the best of details. One minor Graphics problem is that in the later stages of the game, when there is lots of everything, the game can get a bit laggy.
The music is pretty good. They kept a few tracks from Civ 3, and got a bunch of new ones as well.

GRAPHICS & MUSIC: 8.5/10

CIVILIZATION IV OVERALL: Epic.

OVERALL: 8.6/10

OVERALL FOR ALL 3: In all, the games manage to keep the charm of the last one, while adding many new features for each one.

OVERALL FOR ALL 3: 8.3/10

YourFonts.com Review

2009-02-04T16:46:00.000-08:00

Yeah568 here with another review, but this time not of a game, but of a service. It lets you create your own font, with your own writing/symbols. I have to admit - it's dead simple to use. Took me about, say, 5 minutes to set everything up, and then about 10 minutes to write everything in. Just print out the template, fill it in, scan it, and download. Told you it was simple. You can see my crappy writing which is my new font below.

Yeah yeah, I already know that my writing sucks. But hey, the quality, I have to admit, is pure awesome. No smudges or anything. But seriously. Doesn't it look so awesome? This is going right up there with my Super Mario Bros font.

Anyways, this is Yeah568, signing off.

Cyber Nations

2009-02-01T12:23:00.000-08:00

Hello! This is R2D2, here to tell everyone about another Nation-Running game, this one called Cyber Nations. (And I learned about it from a guy who played Nation States 2.)

Same concept, to run a nation. However, it goes into a LOT more detail, and they already have a working war feature. Each day, collect taxes, pay bills, expand your military, buy infrastructure, technology, land, and get better!

Also, there are alliances, but unlike NS2, you can only be in one alliance at a time, and these alliances are hosted at off-site forums.

Website adress located at www.cybernations.net.

My nation is called Roosterton. Everyone is in the same world, so we don't need to worry about that.

~R2D2

Nation States 2 Review

2009-02-01T12:03:00.000-08:00

Hello! This is R2-D2 with our long-awaited review of the MMOG, Nation States 2!

STORY: You are a world leader. Do as you wish.

STORY: 0/0.

GAMEPLAY: The gameplay is text based, you run a nation, make friends (or enemies) with other nations, blockade people, trade with people, Answer issues (that will mould your nation) join alliances, and more, all with the mouse. There are very little restrictions as to what your nation can do, but there are a few annoying things that I'd like to note:

-The website (http://www.nationstates2.com/) is very slow, and often just STOPS for no apparent reason. I guess that's to be expected with 30,000+ nations.

-If, say, you are in a big alliance, and an alliance law demands that you trade with everyone in that alliance, you cannot set to trade wth everyone in the alliance. You HAVE to go nation by nation, setting status with each one.

-LOTS of inactive nations. (cough cough Yeah568) In some worlds, literally almost half of the nations are inactive and haven't logged in for a few weeks.

Other than those issues, the gameplay is good.

GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

GRAPHICS: Text based. (N/A)

MUSIC: Browser-based games don't have music. (N/A)

OVERALL: A good game to pass the time. Just don't expect to be on it for hours on end.

OVERALL: 7.5/10

Gotta Love Glitches. Episode 2.

2009-01-29T17:10:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

I'm finally here with another episode of Gotta Love Glitches. I'm now attempting to try to get a new post up two or three days, but I don't promise anything. Anyways, on to the post!

This time, the glitch is from Game Giveaway of the Day, a site which gives away games for a day, for free.

As you can see, the thumbs up or thumbs down percentage equals, well, 101%. One hundred and one percent. 100+0+1%. Not the usual 100%, but 101%. Weird, huh? GGotD has some explaining to do......

So, that about wraps up this episode of Gotta Love Glitches. 'Till next time, this is Yeah568, signing off.

Send it in!

2009-01-28T21:20:00.000-08:00

Just a little tip to you loyal fans out there that there's a new e-mail for the Mario Blog team - roosterton.blog(at)gmail(dot)com . Send us your questions, concerns, recommendations, whatever to that email there. And BTW - we're accepting positions to help us with our blogging. Send us a simple resume to the address above.

Yeah568, signing off.

One-man Orchestra plays Wind Waker Music

2009-01-06T17:11:00.000-08:00

Hey! Yeah568 here with another awesome find, which is just awesome. Also, sorry about the long period of time when I wasn't posting. I was on vacation, and nowhere was there free Wi-Fi! Grr....

Anyways, a guy named Fredrik Larsson created this jawdropping piece of music. All by himself. No help. 19 parts. Over and over and over. Amazing, isn't it?

Watch the video on YouTube here.

So, I have to go do other stuff now, so see ya guys later!!

~Yeah568

Star Wars - The Force Unleashed (Wii) Full Review

2009-01-02T21:26:00.000-08:00

Hello! This is teh R2D2, with the full SWTFU review.

I finished the game a LOT sooner than I expected, if anyone's wondering why the pre and full reviews are so close together. Anyway, on with the review!

STORY:

The main character is the un-named apprentice of Darth Vader between episodes 3 and 4. While he starts out serving Vader, he slowly betrays him and eventually fights with him. With an original story and a tragic-but-heroic ending, the story is pretty damn good. However, it loses a few marks for one reason... I beat it in SEVEN HOURS and 20 minutes, split among three days. :0! Way too short.

STORY: 7/10

GAMEPLAY:

The gameplay seems good at first. The Wii-remote is used as your lightsaber and the Nunchuck is used to control your force powers. And throwing Wookies of high bridges with the force never gets old :). However, it sometimes gets irritating as you start to feel that the Wii-remote is a bit undersensitive, and the Nunchuck is a bit too sensitive. Also, the creators need to draw the line between "a Large Variety" of Force Powers and "An Excessively insane" amount of Force Powers. You seem to have so many, yet I probably used only half of them more than once or twice. The enemies and landscapes don't really change much throughout the game, and they get boring after a while.

GAMEPLAY: 7/10

MUSIC:

The music is taken pretty much directly from the movies. While it isn't bad, you'd think that they could be a BIT more original.

MUSIC: 8/10

GRAPHICS:

While the Graphics to a good job of animating flinging Storm-Troopers and Force Lighting Storms, the character detail is like that of a PS-2 game. Literally. Its detail is about as good as Star Wars BattleFront 2, for the PS2. They could be more detailed, me thinks.

GRAPHICS: 7/10

OVERALL:

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a C+ Game, nice if you want some mindless lightsaber-swinging action. However, don't expect it to be a 24-hour Epic, or a challenging game.

OVERALL: 7.25/10 - meh...

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) Pre-Review

2009-01-01T11:00:00.001-08:00

Hello! R2D2 here!

I recently got Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Nintendo Wii. So far the game is okay. Here are my draft - rough copy thoughts on the game so far.

Story - The story looks good so far. A bit corny at times, but good. (I will say what the story actually is in the full review :))

Gameplay - Good gameplay at first, but it gets a bit drab. Also, the Wii Remote (Used as your lightsaber) is somewhat unresponsive at times. Force powers are cool, though.

Music - Music taken straight from the movies, so I can`t really complain.

Graphics - Meh. Could be better.

That`s the quick idea of it. Much more detail in the full review, coming soon!

Gotta Love Glitches. Episode 1.

2008-12-10T16:11:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, it's Yeah568 here. I know I have been here for a while, but us bloggers have to go to something that starts with S-C-H and ends with O-O-L. So yeah, on with the post!

I just started a (hopefully) weekly post on random bugs/glitches that I happen to see on my old computer. Tip: If you want to see glitches, ditch that uber fast gaming computer, and go back to an Intel Celeron with 512 MB of RAM. It's easier that way.

So, today's glitch is in the one OS that I personally hate the most, Windows!

(Like my uber awesome desktop? Yeah. And no, I do not actually use pirate to pirate things off the internet. Just to get Ubuntu and that offline Wikipedia thing. Just sayin'.)

As you can all probably see, the pop-up balloon used by Windows to tell you "Updates are available, download them already!!!!! I'll keep nagging you If you don't." is in the totally wrong place. And that black box thing in the lower-right hand corner, that's Launchy. It's actually quite useful (in my opinion).

That wraps up this week's post on Gotta Love Glitches. Till next week, I'll see you later.

~Yeah568

Did anyone actually read all that? If you did, then you should know by now that Macs are superior. Let the flame wars begin.

Nation States

2008-12-03T13:28:00.000-08:00

Hello! This is R2D2 with your latest post.

Today I am going to tell you about a Massively Multiplayer (free) Online Game known as Nation States/Nation States 2.

In both Nation States 1 and 2, the objective is to simply create and manage your own nation. While this seems boring on the surface, it can get pretty nice and interesting. I encourage you all to take a look.

Nation States 1 link: http://www.nationstates.net/

Nation States 2 link: http://nationstates2.com/

In both games, you start by taking a political survey. Your nation will be formed based on what you answer in the survey. Then, every day, you will be given issues to address. You can choose how to deal with the issue, or, just dismiss the issue if non of the arguments apply to you. Based on how you answer to these issues, your Nation will grow and develope. While they are both fun, Nation States 2 offers more in terms of trade, economy, military and player/player relations, as in Nation States 2 you can form alliances, and blockade or trade with other players. Soon they even claim to add warfare to the game. Anyway, that wraps up this post telling you the gist of Nation States and Nation States 2. I will be sure to write a review once I have gotten into it more.

~R2d2

*In Nation States 2 I am in world 88, and my Nation is called Roosterton, if anyone wants to play alongside me.*

New Head tracking Wii based technology

2008-11-13T17:38:00.000-08:00

Hello! It's R2d2!

Today I would like to tell you about a cool, new 3-d Wii based technology, that uses the Wii remote's infared cameras, and the sensor bar's infared lights, to create a 3-d effect if the sensor bar is mounted on your head. The sensor bar will give the location of your head to the computer, when the Wii remote sees the infared light from the sensor bar. Here is a video that is likely to better explain it:

See it on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

Thanks to jcl5m for uploading the video. His Youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/jcl5m

So, is that not cool enough?

Create some games already, Nintendo!

Video game addiction rant

2008-11-10T18:49:00.000-08:00

Okay, first, sorry for not posting for a while. Nothing worthy of note to talk about, but I think I've come up with something for this post.

Video game addiction. First of all, when someone says video game addiction, people think of ordinary computer nerds playing for at most 3 hours a day. Then, when they say that someone had a heartattack playing World Of Warcraft, the listener paints these ordinary computer nerds as people becoming messed up and getting heartattacks because those "Darn electro widgets" are "Bad for their health.

Okay: There is a difference between what I call "Addicted Gamers" and "Casual Gamers."

Casual Gamers (Like myself and some of the other bloggers(*ahem* Me! I've invaded the post! ~Yeah568)) DO NOT get heartattacks from playing video games.Casual gamers are the NORMAL computer nerds who play usually for 3 hours a day at most. (With some exceptions, like when Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out :))

Addicted gamers are, in my opinion, complete freaks who play for A LOT more than 3 hours a day. Here's one good example: an undisclosed South Korean gamer died of a heart failure after playing Starcraft for 50 hours straight. FIFTY HOURS. And in a book I read, the author was blaming the video game. RIGHT. And absolutely no blame goes to his parents, or other factors, right? WRONG! How bad does a parent have to be, to not teach his/her child that it is NOT a good idea to do a single activity for 50 hours straight. That's basic stuff, and if you parents of that gamer, or any other parents whose kids have died from playing too long, are reading, then I say shame on you. And you can't say that any other activity would have been okay, because any other activity ISN'T. JOGGING for 50 hours will likely leave you as a dead man also. I know that when this gamer was a child, there were no addictive games, so the parents couldn't have specifically taught him about not playing for 50 hours straight, but, come on - If he plays for 50 hours straight, then the parents obviously didn't do something right, because, if it was the video games' fault, then everyone who was born before games were around, and are gamers now, would also be playing for 50 hours straight.

So now you know the difference between addicted gamers and casual gamers. And if any parents are reading this, and your kid has been playing something for 10 hours each day, please pull it together, and tell them to take a BREAK.

Final Fantasy 4 DS - Review

2008-10-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

Yay! It's finally ready after a long, long, delay.

Now that I'm ready, I can finally decide exactly how good the Final Fantasy 4 DS remake is.

STORY:

The story is quite nice and original. You are the dark knight of the nation of Baron, named Cecil. You have carried out various missions for the king of Baron, when Cecil starts to get an impression that the king is somewhat evil, after he is ordered to take a sacred crystal from another nation, called Mysidia. You, as Cecil, then set out to redeem yourself from your past sins, and find out about the evil that is influencing the king. Excellent story, no complaints here.

STORY: 10/10 (Extremely epic)

GAMEPLAY:

The gameplay is pretty much like any other Final Fantasy game, or, for that matter, any other RPG. Turn based battles (Though with something of a real-time element), instanced battles in wild and monster filled areas (Meaning that monsters will jump out and attack you in the wild, like Pokemon), and everything else that makes a good RPG. The controls are really simple. Sometimes I feel that they overdid it with the amount of instanced battles, and sometimes the bosses take many, many attempts to defeat, due to the difficulty of the game.

GAMEPLAY: 9/10 (Quite epic)

MUSIC:

Really, this is the best music I've ever heard from a Nintendo DS.

MUSIC: 10/10 (Epic)

GRAPHICS:

When I watched the opening video, I was thinking "GRAPHICS: 100/10", but the actual in game graphics aren't as good as that. They are still epically good as long as you don't expect them to be anything like the opening sequence.

GRAPHICS: 9.5/10 (Really epic)

OVERALL:

The first thing I thought after completing this game was "THIS IS TEH MOST EPIC THING EVA!!!!"...

It is.

OVERALL: 9.75/10 (Very, very epic)

Ace Attorney: Apollo justice review

2008-10-09T17:48:00.000-07:00

Hello!

This is a review on the 2008 Nintendo DS game made by Capcom.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Okay, this was another reason why it was taking so long to do the final fantasy 4 review. Now that I have beaten this game, I shall go back to full speed on Final Fantasy 4.*

STORY:

The story is REALLY interesting, weird, plot-twist-ish, and COMPLICATED!!! Not to mention original and really good. Phoenix Wright's had to turn in his badge, so you are playing as Apollo Justice, a newly hired defense attorney. There are four different cases to play through, and, will all tie together in the end. Although the story is worthy of a 10/10, I felt the game was too short, so the story loses marks.

STORY: 9/10

GAMEPLAY:

The gameplay is unique, I can't say how it compares to other games in the series since this is my first Ace Attorney game. For me it was good,though very text-based.

GAMEPLAY: 9/10

MUSIC:

The music is very good, though sometimes the background music can get irritating.

MUSIC: 8/10

GRAPHICS:

The text-font is good, if that's what you mean by graphics, since that's really the only graphics that matter. Okay, seriously, the actual graphics aren't bad.

GRAPHICS: 8/10

OVERALL:

Overall, the game is really good. Maybe the reason I felt it was too short was because I played it so much.

OVERALL: 8.5/10

:) ~ R2D2

Wii Play Co-review

2008-10-01T16:52:00.000-07:00

Hello! This is Yeah568 and R2D2 presenting you this site's very first Co-review, which is our review of one of the first Wii games around, Wii Play!

R2D2's thoughts on Gameplay:

The Gameplay is simple, but fun-ish. The Wii Remote controls most things. There are nine (I think) games to play, ranging from "The Shooting range" to "Laser Hockey". Although the concept of it seems nice, these games can get boring somewhat quickly. The only one I truly and wholly like is "Tanks", which is the only one that I feel like I can play over and over again in one sitting.

R2D2's Gameplay score: 6/10

Yeah568's thoughts on Gameplay:

Nine mini-games, all pretty fun for the first month, then it gets boring. Honestly, there are only three that I kind of like. Shooting Range (Duck Hunt, anyone?), Charge! and Tanks. It's very easy to just pick up and play. It actually feels like doing the activity.

Yeah568's Gameplay score: 7/10

R2D2's thoughts on Graphics:

The graphics are similar in many ways to those of Wii Sports, colourful, simple, and un-detailed.

Okay, nothing special.

R2D2's Graphics Score: 6.5/10

Yeah568's thoughts on Graphics:

Decent, same as the other Wii series games. Next!

Yeah568's Graphics score: 7/10

R2D2's thoughts on Music:

The music is very plain and not really standing-out. I can't give it TOO bad of a score, since it isn't particularly bad.

R2D2's Music score: 6.5/10

Yeah568's thoughts on Music:

Decent music, kinda has that basic MIDI effect. It's in the background though, so you can't really hear it.

Yeah568's Music score: 7.5/10

R2D2's Overall score: 6.5/10 - Nothing special here.

Yeah568's Overall score: 7/10 - Decent

OVERALL SCORE: 6.75/10 - Passable

w00t!

2008-09-30T15:09:00.000-07:00

Jack Thompson, AKA the video game hating lawyer, has been disbarred! In other words, he has been "fired" from being a lawyer and can no longer appear in court.

~BWP

Guitar Hero Aerosmith review

2008-09-25T16:53:00.001-07:00

Hello! This is R2D2 with a Guitar Hero Aerosmith review! How will it compare to the normal Guitar Hero 3? Good or bad? Find out here!

STORY:

N/A

GAMEPLAY:

Okay, first of all, the main Gameplay rules are more or less the same as the normal GH3. 5 colours, 4 difficulty levels, star power, etc. However there are some differences, most of them negative. First of all, you can easily get 100% on most EXPERT songs if you tried. Yeah, it's a BIT too easy. Secondly, although not as much on expert as on medium or easy, some of the note annotations are noticeably off. The song would sound like one thing, but the notes would either come at you at the wrong time, or what you are playing just wouldn't resemble what you are hearing.

GAMEPLAY: 6/10

GRAPHICS:

The graphics are more or less exactly the same as the normal GH3 graphics. They DO have nice animations for the Aerosmith members, though.

GRAPHICS: 9/10

MUSIC:

The game offers a nice selection of songs to play, though not as many as the original GH3. However is this selection good or bad? Meh, kind of in the middle. They have some pretty crappy songs, like "Love in an Elevatior",(Though somehow considered a hit) and "Uncle Salty". They DO have some really nice Aerosmith songs, like "Dream On", and "Kings and Queens". I'd say the Music is around average.

MUSIC: 6/10

OVERALL:

An O.K. game, not bad. But to genuinely and holly love it, you've got to like every single Aerosmith song ever made, and ignore the minor gameplay issues. But for most people? Good if you don't have much else to do, I guess.

OVERALL: 7/10

Command & Destroy (DS) review

2008-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:00

Hello! Today I will be reviewing the Nintendo DS game called "Command and destroy", made by Cypron studios. It is a top-down real time war game. This game is probably un-heard of by you... But is it good or bad?

*Note: I only played through the first level of this game. I then got extremely frustrated, and thought that for my own health I should stop.*

STORY:

Me thinks they were not feeling like coming up with anything intelligent. The story is effectively this: Aliens attack humans. Wow, impressive story line... NOT! You can side with either the aliens or the humans, not that it makes much difference.

STORY: 2/10

GAMEPLAY:

The gameplay? Ehhhhh.... Well, first things first. They managed to somehow make it impossible to scroll the map, which should be the simplest thing in the world. What little in game instructions they have barely tell you anything. controls are sometimes unresponsive, and you'll probably spend more time trying to get one of your soldiers to move than actually solving the mission. Also, they didn't make a decent save system like most games have, but instead, they have a "Password" system, where you are given the code to the next level after you beat a level. I mean that's what the first metroid game EVER used. THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY!!! Yeah, that sums that up.

GAMEPLAY: 1/10

GRAPHICS:

The graphics, to be honest, could have been MUCH better. The soldiers are VERY tiny on screen, leaving you squinting to see your own troops, and the graphics look almost pixelated. I know this is a Nintendo DS, not a PS3, but still...

GRAPHICS: 2/10

MUSIC:

Music? Weird, bland, annoying. Do I have to say anymore? At least you can hardly notice it.

MUSIC: 1.5/10

OVERALL:

Probably the worst game I've ever played. This shall be the first game on this site's upcoming "Condemned" list, which is a list of games you SHOULDN'T buy. The only reason I bought this game was because, I was looking for "Fire Emblem, The Sacred Stones", couldn't find it, and bought this game instead.

OVERALL: 1.5/10 - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. PERIOD.

*Other note: About the Final Fantasy 4 DS review, I know I said I "WILL have it done soon" around a month ago. No, I have not ditched that project, it's just that the final area is taking much longer than I expected. It shouldn't be long now, though.*

Guitar Hero 3 review (Wii Version)

2008-09-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

Guitar Hero 3 is a Guitar-playing Game (GPG) (I made that up) for the Wii, Xbox 360,
PS3, and PS2. This review is for the Wii version, not that it makes much difference.

STORY:

N/A

GAMEPLAY:

The Gameplay is nice and smooth, the objective being to "Play" the coloured notes as they pass by, with your plastic wireless guitar, by strumming and pushing the correct combination of colours. The game has four different difficulty settings, all of which I will explain:

EASY- The easiest difficulty setting, with only three colours to play, and with each song having VERY simple to play notes.

MEDIUM- Slightly harder than medium, with more complex note combinations and the addition of a blue note, forcing you to make use of your pinky as well.

HARD-Starting to get quite difficult, featuring faster tunes and the addition of an orange note, and, since your thumb isn't playing, will force you to slide your hand over to play the orange notes.

EXPERT-The hardest difficulty setting, and, although it doesn't add another note, it does just "Turn it up a notch" and make everything harder.

The game also has a multiplier which goes up with your streak, increasing the amount of points you get for each note. There is also a star power feature, which, once you have hit enough "SP Phrases", can be used to double the multiplier. The note annotations are also pretty good, unlike Guitar Hero AEROSIMTH...

GAMEPLAY: 9.5/10

GRAPHICS:

The graphics are impressive and flashy, even though they don't really matter in this type of game. The PS3 version of the game supposedly has better graphics than the Wii, though.

GRAPHICS 9/10

MUSIC:
The game features songs like "Slow Ride" (By Foghat) All the way to "Raining blood"
(By Slayer). Although there are some bad songs, there aren't too many of them.

MUSIC: 8.5/10

OVERALL: 9/10

Overall, Guitar Hero 3 is a pretty darn good game, if you have quick fingers, and like musical games and GPG's. Discuss your Guitar Hero 3 opinion in the comments.

Legend of Zelda: The Phantom hourglass review

2008-08-31T10:03:00.001-07:00

It's the long awaited (And long delayed) Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (DS) review! By R2D2:

STORY:

The story begins with you, link, a member of a pirate group led by Tetra (revealed as Princess Zelda in the previous game) Getting attacked by a massive "Ghost ship" that kidnaps Tetra, Link finds himself washed up on the shore of Mercay island, where he meets a fairy called Ciela. Link tells Ciela about Tetra, and they embark on a quest to find the Ghost Ship and rescue Tetra.

STORY: 8/10

GRAPHICS:

The graphics will strike you as quite bad at first, but you will get used to them and will soon be admiring the simple art of each of the characters in the game.

GRAPHICS: 8/10

MUSIC:

Nice music, I never really got bored of it.

MUSIC: 8.5/10

GAMEPLAY:

95% Of the game's controls are with the Stylus, giving you a more unique control system than other games, doing things like slashing and moving with the stylus. However, because of this, it can sometimes be frustrating getting the game to do what you want with the stylus, for example, it can be hard sometimes to get Link to roll, for the touch screen might mistake your stylus actions for a sword slash instead. Good gameplay everywhere else, though.

Gameplay: 7.5/10

Overall: 8/10 - Great game!

Discuss your opinion with others in the comments.

-R2D2

RPG maker VX review

2008-08-31T09:34:00.000-07:00

Hello! This is R2D2!

Like I said about 23 days ago, I had gotten the RPG making software known as RPG maker VX for the PC. I will now write my review about it. Note that this may be an unusual review, for there isn't a story to review, and how good it is may depend on how well I have used it.

GRAPHICS SELECTION:

The game allows you four pages (Each with about 40-50 tiles) to make your own cool-looking landscapes. I have hardly ever felt that there is no tile just perfect for what I need. Also, the game comes with a wide variety of character and enemy graphics. You can also upload your own character or enemy graphics.

GRAPPHICS SELECTION: 9/10

MUSIC SELECTION:

The game comes with about 25 different looping BGM's, around 10 ME's, hundreds of SE's, and about 10 Background looping sound effects, giving you quite a selecion of music and sound effects. You can also upload your own BGM's, ME's, SE's And Background Sounds. That being said, some of the BGM's sound almost exactly like each other.

MUSIC SELECTION: 7.5/10

DATABASE CREATION:

RPG Maker VX also has a "database", where you can manage the stats of your characters, create enemies, create weapons and classes, and...
You get the idea...
It is very simple to use, with, as I said, lots of graphics (Like a green-haired man character graphic, for example) to be used with allies, enemies, or miscellaneous events. This may seem complicated to first-time users, but will be easy once you get the hang of it.

DATABASE CREATION: 9/10

USER FRIENDLINESS:

RPG maker VX is quite complicated to first time users, and it may take a while to get to know the full extent of it's abilities. There is a help function, but, I personally don't find it too useful. However, there is a quick event creation button that will let you create treasure chests, doors, or transfer points. Creating other events, however, may be overwhelming and hard at first. Once you get used to it, though, you can be creating many tricky events with relative ease.

USER FRIENDLINESS:8/10

OVERALL SCORE: 8.5/10 - Great game!

Discuss your opinion with others in the comments!

Final Fantasy 4 DS Pre-Review

2008-08-31T09:26:00.000-07:00

Hello! This is R2D2!

I have recently gotten the DS remake of Final Fantasy 4, (So I can now REALLY call myself an RPG junkie, for getting my first Final Fantasy game) and it is so far REALLY GOOD. I haven't completed it yet, but I will be sure to write a review about it in the near future. I will right now tell you in general what are my thoughts of the game:

Story: Good, pretty original
Graphics: Excellent, given that it's on a Nintendo DS.
Gameplay: Good, Easy controls, may be a bit complicated to play for Final Fantasy
n00bs. (Like myself)
Music: Good music, one of the only games that my brother barely ever complains about the music in.

Full review coming soon!

-R2D2

DS vs. PSP

2008-08-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

Sure, it's been done a million and one times, but you can never pit the two handheld gaming systems against each other enough. Here's my point of view on the two. Please keep in mind this review is opinion, and you have the right to disagree with it.
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Screen

DS: The Nintendo DS sports two screens, a touch screen and normal screen. The touch screen opens up huge possibilites for game makers, allowing them to make more original games. The touch screen also adds to the fun. On the original DS "Brick", the brightness isn't too bright, but it gets the job done. The DS Lite's screen, however, is very bright and even gives you different settings to either maximize battery life or view the screen better.

PSP: The Sony PSP has a beautiful widescreen screen that puts all other handheld screens to shame. The screen is perfect for no matter what you're viewing, whether it be games, pictures, or movies. The major downfall of the PSP's screen is battery life. The PSP gives you three settings for brightness. I usually keep my PSP on the lowest setting for maximum battery life, but even then, my battery only lasts 6-8 hours. I'd hate to see how short the battery lasts on the middle or brightest setting.

Winner: Tie. The PSP's screen is wonderful, but I can never utilize it to the fullest with it's battery eating brightness. The DS's two screens are also far more useful. Because of this, it's a tie.

Battery Life

DS: The DS's battery life lasts a very long time, usually more than 12 hours, even up to 18! Really, that's all I need to say.

PSP: Ugh. 4-8 hours is not good enough Sony. I may not play a game for more than two hours usually, but I don't want to have to recharge my PSP after two or three uses.

Winner: DS. Clearly the Nintendo DS wins this round. Even with the impressive specs of the PSP, I'm sure it wouldn't have been that hard for Sony to improve battery life.

Controls

DS: The DS's control scheme is simple, yet effective. You have a D-Pad for movement, A/B/X/Y buttons, L and R triggers, and Start/Select. Most games also utililize the touch screen for various uses. The buttons are all crisp and responsive. The DS may lack an analog stick, but the d-pad actually works fine for most games.

PSP: The PSP also has a D-Pad, but most games use the analog stick (or pad thingy, whatever you want to call it) for control. I suppose the analog stick is better than nothing, but it is slippery and difficult to use. The PSP also sports four buttons with shapes, cross, circle, triangle, and square. Near the bottom, there is a huge cluster of buttons, which I find to be rather annoying. It just seems like Sony thought "Oh, we need someway to configure these options... why don't we just throw all the buttons near the bottom?". It looks messy and just thrown together at the last second.

Winner: DS. The PSP's buttons are sometimes unresponsive and difficult to push. Unlike the DS, the buttons feel squishy instead of crisp. The whole control scheme feels sloppy and thrown together quickly.

Load Times

I don't even need to do a comparison for this. DS is fast, PSP is slow. On some PSP games you spend more time waiting than playing.

Winner: DS, duh.

Portability

DS: The DS "Brick" isn't the smallest thing out there, but it will fit into most pockets. The DS Lite, however, is quite a bit smaller and really improves on the original design. The DS Brick is very durable, I should know, I've dropped mine quite a few times. The DS Lite is also durable, albeit not as much as the Brick.

PSP: The PSP is friggin' huge. When compared to other handhelds, it's like hauling around a desktop computer instead of a laptop. Sure, they made it a bit smaller when they released the PSP Slim, but 15% smaller or whatever doesn't make me wanna spend another 200 and something dollars to buy it. Also, drop your PSP from more than a couple feet up and you can kiss goodbye to it.

Winner: DS, yet again. The DS isn't exactly the definition of portable, but it sure kicks the PSP's butt in this round.

Graphics

DS: The DS's 68-bit graphics are a large improvement over the 32-bit GBA graphics. It's pretty easy to see that the graphics are better than the Nintendo 64's graphics (4 bits better to be exact), which is impressive for a handheld.

PSP: The PSP's graphics are very similar to the PS2. I don't really need to say much more than the graphics are the most impressive graphics on a handheld to date.

Winner: PSP. The DS's decent graphics are outshined by the PSP's console worthy graphics. The PSP finally wins a round!

Game Choice

DS: The DS has almost any kind of game you can imagine, from platformer to RPG to puzzle. Although it has such a large collection, it doesn't really specialize in any kind of game, so if you only like one type of game, you may only be able to find a few games of that type.

PSP: The PSP's variety is seriously lacking in choice, but what it does have, it has a lot of! If you like racing, shooting, and sports, you're in luck, the PSP is for you.

Winner: DS. It all really comes done to choice, and it turns out the DS has more games that I like than the PSP, and therefore is the winner.

Media

DS: The DS does games, that's it. Media can be expanded by third party add-ons, but nothing much actually comes with the DS in terms of media.

PSP: The PSP does so much more than games. Music, Videos, Pictures, Internet, and Games. PSPs are almost like mini-laptops, storing and viewing practically anything you want. Sure, you have to buy a decent memory card to store anything large, but it's worth it to be able to take movies and other media with you on the go. The PSP is also getting more media features with firmware updates coming out all the time.

Winner: PSP. The PSP has a huge amount of media options and beats out the DS by a long shot this round.

Conclusion

Tie: 1
DS: 5
PSP: 2

The DS wins by a long shot! The PSP isn't bad, and does what it does really well (media and graphics), but the DS does well in so many other areas. Some people may rate the PSP higher than the DS solely for the graphics and media, but I believe that you need more than just that for a good handheld. I find myself playing my DS far my often than my PSP.

~Burnt Waffle

Whaddya think? Good, bad? Discuss in the comments, if you wish.

Super Mario Kart-Retro Game Review

2008-08-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hi there, I'm Burnt Waffle Productions. Yeah568 introduced me in the last article. As he said I'm a neighbour and friend of his, so anyways, on with my first article!
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No, not Mario Kart Wii, or DS, or Double Dash. Think back further, all the way back to Super Mario Kart, the game that started one of the most popular gaming series of all time.

Story:

Well, simply put, there is no story. Mario and his friends (and enemies) decide they want to beat each other in racing. I could be mean and give Mario Kart a low rating for having no story, but I suppose I can't criticize the story if the game doesn't have one.

N/A

Gameplay:

The gameplay is simple, yet addictive. The premise of the game is to race against other Mario characters and complete five laps around the track before anyone else does. To prevent other racers from placing ahead of you, you need to run over item panels and throw the items you recieve at enemies. Each track has a theme, msot of them based on levels from Super Mario World. I kind of wish they had included tracks based on worlds from Super Mario Bros. 3. It can get kind of boring playing tracks based on Donut Plains or Bowser's Castle four times. In one player mode, you can choose either Time Trials or Grand Prix. Time Trials give you a chance to get the best time on tracks. Grand Prix allows you to play through four cups, each with five tracks. The controls are simple, but effective. D-Pad moves, B excelerates, A throws items, and R drifts.

8.5/10

Graphics:

The graphics in Super Mario Kart use a feature of the Super Nintendo called Mode 7. Mode 7 scales other objects away from you to give the appearance of 3-d (although it's not actually 3-d). Pretty much anything that's not right in front of you is pixelated. I feel that while Nintendo could not have done much to make the Mode 7 graphics better, they could have improved the sprite (image) of your player. Looking at a game like Super Mario All Stars and then looking at the back sprites of your players, Super Mario All Stars looks highly superior. I'm not going to be stupid and rate the graphics of this game by today's standards, because that would be unfair. I'll finish off with this: The graphics were decent for the time, but not great.

7/10

Sound:

Most of the music is fairly catchy and suits each level well. None of the music really stands out as being fantastic, but the Koopa Beach theme is one of my favourites. Some of the other music is good too, like Bowser Castle and the Battle Music. While there aren't many sound effects, the ones that they have aren't bad. Super Mario Kart has a solid music line-up, but nothing amazing.

8/10

Conclusion:

Super Mario Kart was a fantastic game for it's time, and is still fun today. But if you're looking for a serious racing game, this game is not for you, nor is any other game in the series. Also, if you've played some of the newer Mario Kart games and then go back and play the original, you may find it dissapointing. Despite this, Super Mario Kart is still a solid game that's lots of fun and chocked full of retro charm.

Overall: 8/10 (not an average)

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.

~Burnt Waffle Productions

Our Newest Member...... Burnt Waffle Productions!!

2008-08-19T20:21:00.000-07:00

Mario Blog is pleased to announce that we have a new blogger on our team, Burnt Waffle Productions! BWP is the creator of the Bob the Blob series, and neighbor of mine. So, lets all give him a warm hand!!

Blob 3 Review

2008-08-18T19:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

Sorry about the recent period of inactivity, but I've been busy with uther things (*cough*Algebra 1*cough*). Anyways, this is a review on a game no, not by Nintendo, but by Burnt Waffle Productions, a local game devoloper, creator of the Bob the Blob series. I have a review on his latest game, Blob 3.

Story: Bob was out exploring one day, and got dragged into a cave by two giant Ovils. Bob's mother got worried, formed a search party, and basically goes the 4 worlds/30 levels and tries to find Bob. Nice storyline, pretty original.

STORY: 9/10

Gameplay: Simple gameplay. Arrow keys. That's about it. There's also space for invincibility for Blobetta, but that's only her. There's a nice replay value, because there's three charecters, each with their own abilities. Flame is super fast, Blobetta can turn invisible and invincible, and Blobia can take two hits.

GAMEPLAY: 9/10

Graphics: The graphics were apparently made in Paint.NET and Game Maker's painting utility. Looks good for something that came from that. Of course, nothing earth shattering, but good for his third game.

GRAPHICS: 7.5/10

Music: All original music, made in Anvil Studio. Catchy, nothing groundbreaking.

MUSIC: 9/10

OVERALL RATING: 8.265/10 - Impressive

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.

P.S. Burnt Waffle Productions site is burntwaffle.net
P.S.S. Burnt Waffle Productions recycles! He told me to say that!

My Weekly Video Game controversy rant: Jack Thompson

2008-08-18T10:36:00.000-07:00

As I said a week ago, I would do this weeks rant about a man who's battle cry is

OBJECTION!

When it comes to annoyinng, he's more annoying than Mr. Game & Watch in SSBB.

When it comes to evil, he's Ganondorf.

His name is Jack Thompson.

*Ahem*

Sorry about that. I really had to get that out. Now to the serious part of the post.
Jack Thompson, as everyone who reads my blog should know by now, is an attorney who is constantly pestering and attempting to sue the video game industry. The following is a list of games which he has forged a personal vendetta against:

*Please wait while I get the long list*

Okay. Here goes:

Bully (Rockstar Games)
Grand Theft Auto series (Rockstar Games)
Killer 7 (Capcom)
The Sims 2 (EA) *Lol*
25 to life (Avalanche software (Stil in development))
Manhunt (Rockstar Games)
The Warriors *Movie Based* (Rockstar Games)

My take on Bully:

Bully is a game where you take on the role of a troublesome schoolboy and stand up to bullies and mean teachers, and play various pranks. Jack Thompson... OBJECTS!!

He says that it will be used by school children to rehearse varying degrees of violence. Oh, yeah, he also sent something of a threat to Bill Gates regarding it,
saying that Bill had 54 days to stop the release of Bully, and also told himself to "Govern himself accordingly"

Anyway, how is Bully going to be used to rehearse varying degrees of violence?
From what I've read, it isn't violent. In fact, if we are going to extremes, then I could say that it teaches kids to stand up to bullies. Of course, the kids ARE going to be violent if they have BAD PARENTING!!!

My Take on the GTA series:

(See my "Video Game Violence" rant)

My take on Killer 7:

In Killer 7, the player takes on the role of an assassin who is required to eliminate some warlord who has unleashed evil zombies upon the world.

The Game is rated M.

Jack Thompson... OBJECTS

Jack Thompson says that he has "evidence" that the game should be rated AO (Adult-only) He blamed the ESRB for conspiring with the video game companies in an agenda to distribute sexual content to minors through video gaming.

I am NOT kidding!

Also, the evidence that the game should be rated AO is a review of the game saying that it had sexual themes and violence. The reviewer also said that "this time, the M rating means something".

IF THE M RATING MEANS SOMETHING, THEN WHY SHOULD IT BE RATED AO???????????

Jeez, how stupid are these people?

My take on The Sims 2:

(See my Sims 2 rant)

My take on 25 to life:

25 to life is a gang violence game where you can play as an evil gang leader or the cops trying to arrest him. Jack Thompson says that it can be used as a cop killing simulator. As I have said before 100% of shooting games are no way realistic enough to be used as simulators, and how will it corrupt people if you can play as gangs OR cops?

My take on Manhunt:

Similar to what I said for 25 to life. This game was blamed for the murder of some real life policemen.

My take on The Warriors:

Jack Thompson says that the level of violence could be.... Offensive to some people?

HOW WILL VIOLENCE ALONE BE OFFENSIVE?

Oh yeah, did I mention that my 13 - year old brother (According to JT, too young to be playing these games) bought this game, and from what both of us saw, nothing was excessively violent or offensive.

Conclusion:

VIDEO GAMES: INNOCENT
JACK THOMPSON: WHAT THE HELL??

RPG maker VX

2008-08-13T20:40:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Today I am going to talk to you about an awesome PC game which I have recently downloaded the free trial of.

ARR-PEE-GEE-MAKER - VEE EX!!!!
*RPG maker VX*

RPG Maker VX is a PC program made by Enterbrain that, well, allows you to create your very own RPGs!!

(Yes, I am an RPG junkie)

So far the game is awesome, and I will likely buy the full version of it. I'll also be sure to write a review about it.

This... Eccentric Youtube PR video is how I discovered the game

I know... He's... Loud, isn't he?

The Sims 2 video game "controversy"

2008-08-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

Hello! Due to my 1 week vacation (and other stuff) I have not lived up to the promise of weekly video game "controversy" rants, so I will do one now.

As we probably all know, the Sims and the Sims 2 are games released by EA games, and we can probably all agree that they are the most innocent games of all time.

Jack thompson, "Ace" Attorney.... OBJECTS!!!!!

*OBJECTION*

Jack Thompson states that the Sims 2 brings joy to pedafiles around the world and exposes young teens to nudity.

*END OF OBJECTION*

Yeah, I was thinking "WTF??" when I first read that on his excrutiatingly painful to read website.

He claims that it fulfills the above "OBJECTION" because, if you hack the game, you can remove the pixels around their private parts.

If you hack.

IF you hack the game.

WOW! What a concept! If you hack the game, you'll be able to do something that you normally wouldn't be able to do!

Well then, how does the game expose young teens to nudity if they don't hack the game?

And, if people actually wanted to see naked people in their video games, EA would have put it into the game. But people don't want to, so EA didn't put it into the game. That's why it's a HACK.

Verdict on the Sims 2 case:

Hackers: GUILTY

Sims 2: INNOCENT

Next time I'll be doing a rant about Jack Thompson himself, the villian of video gaming.

My "Video Game Controversy" rant.

2008-07-13T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Since it's been a slow past few days in the world of video games, I have decided to go on another one of my legendary video game rants.

Today, I will rant about "Violent Video games".

Video games like "Doom" and "The Warriors" have been accused of containing disturbing and violent and disturbing content.

2 words:

ESRB ratings.

Basically, look at the funny letter in the corner of the packaging before you buy Grand Theft Auto 2 as a Christmas present for your five year old child.

Although I think the ESRB ratings are waaay too high and are a complete joke, (Seriously, who would rate Super Smash Bros. Brawl "T" for teen) they are a good first step for the average technology illiterate "Soccer - mom".

Also, incidents like Columbine have been blamed, by many hippie/helicopter parents, on video games.

What the hell??

Yes, they're blaming Columbine on video games.

May I ask, how does a violent video game like GTA influence kids to do school massacres? Sure, there are (OMG) guns, but a game where your main character can be shot about 20 times and still be alive is no way realistic enough to influence kids to do something like columbine.

The video games are not the cause: the parenting is. The parents don't want to admit that it was their own parenting that wrongly influenced the kids, so they rummage around in their kids' bedrooms, find the first video game with a gun on the cover, and blame it on that.

VERDICT - REAL LIFE VIOLENCE:

Video games: INNOCENT

Bad Parentinng: GUILTY.

Taiko no Tatsujin DS Touch de Dokodon Review

2008-07-09T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

It's Yeah568 here again and I'm here with a review for the Nintendo DS game Taiko no Tatsujin DS Touch de Dokodon (Literally meaning Taiko Drum Master DS Touch and Play!. It was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo.

Story: Well...... Not much of a story here. Much like a puzzle game, where you complete songs and unlock other songs.

STORY: N/A

Gameplay: Nice gameplay, a lot like the arcade version. There's a Taiko drum, and there is an inside part and an outside. Tap them on them according to the directions on the top screen, and score points. Pretty fun! Enough to keep my 22 year old sister entertained for hours on end. But she likes music-rhythm games in general....

GAMEPLAY: 9.5/10

Graphics: Cartoony looks. Nothing special here.

GRAPHICS: 8/10

Music: Depends on what song you are playing. Nice long list of songs available.

MUSIC: 9.5/10

OVERALL RATING: 9/10 - Outstanding

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones review.

2008-07-09T08:47:00.000-07:00

The Following is a review for the 2005 Game-boy Advance game called Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Story: The story is completely unrelated to any of the other Fire Emblem games. The Story goes like this: The continent of Magvel, ruled by the nations of Renais, Grado, Rausten, Jehanna, Frelia, and Carcino, has lived in peace for 800 years. However, in a sudden and unexpected attack, Grado invades Renais for reasons that I will not give away in order to not spoil the plot twist.You must lead Eirika, princess of Renais, to defeat Grado. Of course, at the end you'll have to slay a demon, but that's not until the final boss.

STORY: 8.5/10

Gameplay: The gameplay is the same old, typical Fire Emblem style TWBRPG, similar to Radiant Dawn. However, the game's difficulty, even on Easy mode, makes the game... Different.

GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

Graphics: The graphics... Well, let's just say that they're good enough for a 2005 Gameboy Advance game.

GRAPHICS: 7.5/10

Music: Their is a large variety of music, but most of it is quite repetitive.

MUSIC:7.5/10

OVERALL RATING: 8/10

Mario Party DS Review

2008-07-07T17:28:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

It's Yeah568 here and it's been a LONG time since I made a post (sorry!). Anyways, here's my review of the Nintendo DS game Mario Party DS, developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo.

Story: Pretty simple story. Mario finds a crystal, Bowser wants it, Bowser invites Mario and Friends to his castle for a feast as an apology, and then shrinks them all and takes the crystal. Mario goes on his trek to get back to normal size, and defeat Bowser (again).

STORY:8/10

Gameplay: Same old, same old. Roll dice. Move squares. Mini-game. Repeat. There is a new Puzzle Mode, with classic puzzle games from previous games. The mini-games are hard, but not so hard that you start pulling everybody's hair out from frustration.

GAMEPLAY: 8/10

Graphics: What did you expect from a Mario Party game on the DS? Usual 3D - ish graphics, nothing special. This game doesn't depend on graphics that much. so that's good for boosting that score.

GRAPHICS: 8/10

Music: The music sticks with the Mario Party music theme. Kind of repetitive, not really. I liked the music part of the game, as there are many different soundtracks, and they are pretty catchy.

MUSIC: 9/10

OVERALL RATING: 8.25/10 - Great

What do you think? Good? Bad? Discuss it in the comments.

EA games - New ``Brilliant`` idea

2008-05-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

It`s recently been announced by EA games that they have a new ``Brilliant`` business plan - selling games for free.

Let me explain

Their plan is to sell their games for free - while bombarding you with a string of in-game advertising.

Also, they`re going to charge you for every upgrade you get in-game.

Put it this way - how would you feel if there was a war game, and on the soldier uniforms there were Febreeze advertisements?

Or, How about every time I needed to give my character a +5 attack upgrade, instead of earning it in-game, you had to buy it?

In my opinion this plan SUCKS.

fortunately, it hasn't gotten anywhere yet, and hopefully it never, EVER will.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Review

2008-05-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

Hello Again!!

The Following is a review for Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Story: It would take up more than half of the review if I were to explain the whole story, so I'll just explain how it starts in part 1.
3 years have passed since the nation of Crimea PWNED the nation of Daein in a bloody, midevial war. Since Crimea didn't have the resources to own another country, they turned the nation over to their ally, the mighty Begnion empire, who marched right in, commited war crimes, and took over.
Now, a group of rebellious teenagers (With weapons) are attempting to free their country.
STORY:7.5/10

GAMEPLAY: The games genre is a TWBRPG (Tactical Warfare based Role Playing Game) with simple and easy to learn controls. However, although learning the game is easy, playing it is not. It is pretty hard even on normal difficulty, especially for n00bs to the series like myself. You'll need to be coming up with brilliant and bizarre strategies, making use of close range and long range attacks.
GAMEPLAY: 7.5/10

GRAPHICS: The graphics are nothing special, but for a game where graphics don't matter, the graphics are pretty impressive.
GRAPHICS 7.5/10

MUSIC: The music is pretty good, nothing too repetetive. That's all I have to say about the music.
MUSIC: 8/10

OVERALL RATING: 7.75

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Review

2008-05-20T19:34:00.001-07:00

Hello!!!!

Sorry for the posting inactivity period, but I've finally found something to write about! Yay!

The following is the review for Nintendo & Hal Laboratory's new and supposedly legendary release! But has it lived up to expectations?

Story: Well, if you can call it a story.
This "Story mode" is what people call "The Subspace Emissary." 1 or 2 players can join in this adventure - style sidescrolling mode. What is the story? Well, to sum it up, all you need to know is that evil purple people from subspace have come to take over the world of Brawl. now it's up to your ragtag bunch of fighters to stop them! However, this story mode is'nt without it's flaws: first of all, the story is somewhat uncreative. Secondly, the story mode is somewhat easy and quick to beat
Story: 6.5/10

Gameplay:
for those of you n00bs (No offense) that don't know what smash is, let me explain.
It's a fighting game where the objective is to knock your opponents of the stage. To do that, you need to raise their damage meter by attacking. The higher damage they have, the farther they fly when attacked, making it easier to knock them off. the controls are relatively easy to learn, even for the n00bs to the series. you can play with either the wii-mote turned sideways, the wii-mote connected to the nunchuck, (numchuck, nunchuk, whatever) the Wii Classic controller, or the Nintendo Gamecube controller, letting you use whatever style suits you best.
Gameplay: 10/10.

Graphics: The graphics were overall pretty good, a bit better than Super Smash Bros. Melee's graphics. Nothing "Breathtaking" though.
Graphics:7.75/10

MUSIC: The Music is made up of a variety of songs from different games that NEVER get boring.
MUSIC: 9.5/10

OVERALL RATING: 8.25/10 - Satisfactorily meeting expectations

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-DELAYED!!!

2007-10-12T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hello! I am very sorry to tell everyone that-ahem- SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL HAS BEEN DELAYED-AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! it's old release date was Dec. 3. Now it's Feb. 10!

Maybe there will be riots in the streets...

I think this was a very unwise move by Hal Laboratory because...

1) It infuriates their Smash Bros. fans

and...

2) They won't anymore have, like, over 2 milion parents rushing to get it as a Christmas present for their children.

I just hope the long wait is worth it...

EDIT: Yeah568 here, and I think that the delay is sort of a good move. This way, when it's Feb. 10, then everybody is all excited and even MORE people know and want the game, so that also could be their marketing strategy.
Or they could just be slow at making a new Super Smash Bros. Game....

Snake - Brawl Appearance

2007-09-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

You've been waiting for a long time, but it's finally confirmed - Snake will be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl! This Powerful Mercenary is said to use a variety of different weapons in combat, like these: (can also be seen in photos on http://www.smashbros.com/. )

-Rocket Launcher

-Giant Box

-Anti-Air Missile

-Explosive mine thingy

-Guided Missile (You control the missile yourself )

-Hand Grenade

-Flying reconassiance camera

It amazes me how one man can carry 7 different weapons, each one having probably unlimited uses. Doesn't it amaze you?

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-Piano

2007-09-24T18:55:00.000-07:00

Hello there! Sorry I haven't posted for a while, but I have just found a video on http://www.youtube.com/ . Someone really talented played the Super Smash Bros. Brawl main theme on the piano!! This is the video:
Not only did this person play the main theme for a game that hasn't even come out yet, but the person also did so WITHOUT USING NOTES!!! OMG! very talented. Thanks to Mlscelaneo, the person who posted this video on Youtube!

Metroid Prime 3- Full review

2007-09-10T20:47:00.000-07:00

Yay! Lol! I just finished Metroid Prime 3 today. Sorry I haven't posted for a while, but now I'm posting a review for Metroid Prime 3.

STORY:The Story goes something like this: Aurora unit, the galactic federation's network of organic supercomputers, is malfuncioning. Why? Because space pirates, Led by Dark Samus, have sent leviathans to impact each planet that has an Aurora computer on it. Once these leviathans Impact the planet, they start pumping viruses into the aurora unit's system, corrupting the computer with phazon. Your Mission, as Samus Aran, is to destroy the Leviathans. These leviathans are made from Phazon. They are protected by a phazon corrupted creature. (See:"HYPERMODE" ) and every time you destroy one, you get a new Hypermode ability! (also see: "HYPERMODE") Story:7/10

GAMEPLAY: the gameplay is similar to that of a normal Metroid Prime game, other than the "point and aim" aspect. During the game you will collect several suit upgrades, that can let you do a variety of different things. gameplay:9/10

HYPERMODE: during the game, Samus will be corrupted by phazon.(courtesy of Dark Samus.) However, after being corrupted, you will soon receive a Phazon Enhancement Device, which will let you use the phazon inside your body. So, by pressing the Wii-mote's + button, you can go into Hypermode. In Hypermode your attacks are based on pure phazon, like a more-powerful than a normal missile missile called a hyper-missile, that's charged by phazon. also, your beam is stronger in hypermode. Also, during the game, you may meet some phazon corrupted creatures that can also go into Hypermode. Just a warning. Oh, but if you stay in hypermode to long There WILL be consequences! New Hypermode ability:7.5/10

anyway, that's my review for the game!

Metroid Prime 3

2007-08-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

YES! Yesterday I got Metroid Prime 3!!! :> It is sooo fun! I haven't gotten very many major upgrades, though, but i have gotten a few of them - I've also gotten a few new upgrades that have NEVER before been featured in a Maetroid game. These Items include the Command Visor and the Grapple Lasso.

Side-note: For those of you who think that Metroid is all "Boom-Boom" with no story, it's not. In Metroid Fusion there is talking, also what they are saying is just seen in scrolling text. The story is also clear in that game. In Metroid Prime 2 there is also scrolling text with a simple story, and in Metroid Prime 3 there is even Voice acting!!

Anyway, I'm not very far in Metroid Prime 3, But when I've had some more experience, or when i beat the game, I'll be sure to write a review about it. :) That's all for now.

Wii-mote Accidents

2007-08-22T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ever hear that Wii-motes get flung out of hands and smash TVs? Well, guess they were trying to smash their TVs!! On the pictures, it is very clear that the WRIST STRAPS WERE NOT ATTACHED!!!!!! It is stated when the Wii is turned on AND when most games start AND on the Nintendo website AND in the instuction manual to WEAR THE WRIST STRAP!!!!!!!!!!!! So I guess that they all Wii-mote accidents are fake. Probably all Sony/Microsoft workers trying to ruin Nintendo or Nintendo haters. So now you know.

My Super Paper Mario Review

2007-08-16T15:12:00.000-07:00

This Is My review of the Wii game, Super Paper Mario. 10/10, DEFINATELY!!

STORY:Well, first of all, the game is VERY funny. A first sign of that is the fact that the main bad guy is a man named Count Bleck. Anyway, the story is like this: Princess Peach has mysteriously dissapeared, so, the (Paper) Mario Bros. immediately suspect Bowser. The Mario Bros. head off to Bowser's castle, where they find out that Bowser HASN'T kidnapped Peach, but was only just about to start his attack. Then, Count Bleck attacks the castle, and kidnapps everyone - except for Mario.

Mario is greeted by a butterfly Pixl ( a pixelated Thing) named Tippi, who takes Mario to the mysterious town of flipside, a world between dimensions. Mario then meets Merlon, who tells Mario about the light and dark prophecies, and about Count Blecks plot to destroy all worlds - but Merlon also tells Mario how to stop that from happening. To do that, Mario must collect all 8 Pure Hearts, place them in their heart pillars in Flipside, then the way to Bleck Castle will open...

During the game, you'll also meet many other pixls, who each have a unique ability that will aid you on your adventure.

GAMEPLAY: This game is an RPG. although it is a mostly side-scrolling game, you'll get points for each enemy you defeat. When you reach a certain amount of points, you'll level up. Early on in the game Mario will get the ability to flip between 2D and 3D. 3D can be used to sneak past enemies and to find hidden paths and more, but you can only be in 3D for 10 seconds. During your journey, 3 other characters will join you. Here is a list of the charaters and their abilities:

Mario: 3D Flip ability

Princess Peach: Umbrella Float

Bowser: Fire Breath

Luigi: Spring Jump ( Super High Jump.)

GRAPHICS

They REALLY did a good job of the graphics of this game. Everything really is paper. There are 8 worlds; these are how just some of them are:

Chapter 1: Lines, Lines, Lines! Everythings a line!

Chapter 4: everything is pixelated-like and made from confetti-like squares of paper.

Bleck Castle: Everything is just black or white, with some exceptions.

Yup, this post is why I LOVED this game.

My Personal Cooking Mama Cookoff Review

2007-08-09T17:41:00.000-07:00

Hello there! I'm here to talk about my experience with the Wii game called Cooking Mama Cookoff.

STORY: For those of you who think there is a story, well, there is none. Basically you are a chef in the kitchen that will cook to try and impress "The Cooking Mama."after every step of a meal, you'll be awarded points based on how well you did, and Mama will give a comment in her thick German accent about how well you did. She'll either say: I will help you :( (Bad) or Good, keep going! (Average) or Wonderful!! Better than Mama!!!!! (Good) Or, in her jealousy, she'll spaz at you and Shout GREAT!!!!!

GAMEPLAY: The cooking motions all mostly use the wii-mote, but some of them also include buttons. The challenges range all the way from cracking an egg to chopping squids. in 1-p mode, every time you finish a meal that you haven't done before, you'll add a new recipe to your cookbook. There are French, Japanese, Italian, Chinese, American and Spanish recipies, and those are just the ones that I've unlocked!! There is also something called "Challenge Mode" where you don't get a score after every step of the meal; Just your finishing score. also, you won't get instructions for each step of the meal.

GRAPHICS: the graphics are fairly simple, but still nice. The thing I like most about the graphics, though, is that everything is moving. Mama is swinging her head back and forth, the forks and knives are dancing around, and even the text is pulsating.

2-P MODE: Two player mode is nice. the contestants choose on a recipe and and have a competition cooking it. Points are awarded just like they are in 1-p mode. When the meal is completed, whoever has more points is the winner. There's also a "friends and food of the world" mode where the human plays against a CPU.

MY CRITICISMS: My main criticism is that the challenges are too repetitive. There are about 20 different steps that are used for 50 recipies. Other than that, It's quite a good game.

This game would be better suited for a price of probably 40$, not 60$.

Goodbye. :)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii Version)

2007-08-09T12:08:00.000-07:00

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an action-adventure gamee developed by Nintendo Entertainment analysis and developement and published by Nintendo for the Wii and Nintendo GameCube.

The game's story focuses on Link as he tries to rid the world of the Twilight Realm as both a human and a wolf with the help of a mysterious creature named Midna.

Just to let you know, I know almost nothing about the Legend Of Zelda series and I'm getting most of this info from the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess

Anyway, Link transforms into a wolf when entering the Twilight Realm, a void that has ensnared Hyrule. This is not a wholly separate place like the Dark World in A Link to the Past, but a darkened Hyrule. (I'm starting to think that with all this " Light world, Dark world" stuff, that the game is copying Metroid Prime 2's story. Read about Metroid Prime 2 on the Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_2.)

The Wii version uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk's motion sensors and pointers in conjunction with buttons to operate the game. The built-in speaker on the remote is used for sounds like the bowstring of the Hero's Bow being drawn and released, Midna's laugh when using wolf Link to jump from platforms with Midna, and the “Zelda chime” when discovering secrets, though this can be optionally be turned off by turning the Wii remote's volume down to zero, in which case sounds will come through the television like other sounds.

In Twilight Princess, Link shares similar moves between human and wolf. For example, when an enemy is on the ground, Link has the option to finish them off by plunging his sword into their chest; in wolf form, he can do this to poes ( Ghostly Enemies) to rip out their souls.

Link can communicate with animals in wolf form as if they were people. When transformed into a wolf, Link’s sense of smell is greatly improved allowing him to follow trails left by certain characters in the game. With these abilities come some disadvantages. While he is a wolf, Link cannot utilize any of his items, open any doors with handles or climb ladders until he transforms back into a human.

During the game Link gains a number of new sword techniques (called "Hidden Skills") at various points. These techniques are learned by first finding "howling stones" in different areas of Hyrule while in wolf form and howling a song (different for each stone). A golden wolf appears and tells Link to find him in certain places marked on the game map. Once at this marked point and in human form outside the Twilight Realm, the wolf can again be seen and Link is warped to a supernatural area which appears to be on top of clouds. Various Hylian landmarks can be seen jutting up from under the clouds. Here, the wolf transforms into a skeletal ghost form clad in Roman-like armor. The spirit teaches Link up to seven new techniques by allowing Link to try them out on him. After the final technique is learned, the skeletal being makes a claim to being a previous hero who could not pass on these techniques to anyone. The first technique taught by the skeletal warrior must be learned, as the game cannot be completed without it; the other six are optional.

In wolf form, Link automatically has a "sense" ability. Using the sense ability, Link can track down certain characters by following their scents with his enhanced senses. As a wolf, he is also able to find and dig holes to find new passages and uncover buried items such as hearts, Rupees, and treasure chests. The sense ability is also the only way Link is able to hunt for Poes — he can neither see them (except for their lanterns) nor attack them without the ability. In addition, Link can also talk to animals in wolf form, aiding him in gathering useful information.

Also, in a first for a 3D Zelda game, Link is not given a magic meter. The Magic Armor drains his Rupees rather than magic, and magic arrows are not available.

Set a few decades after the events of Ocarina of Time, the game begins with Link living and working as a ranch hand in Ordon Village. When monsters suddenly attack the village and kidnap the village children and his close friend Ilia, Link pursues the attackers and a monster pulls him through a strange black wall which transforms him into a large wolf ("blue eyed beast"), seemingly by the power of the Triforce of Courage. The monster drags him off and he wakes, imprisoned, in Hyrule Castle. An imp-like creature named Midna appears and releases him. She guides him to another of the castle's prisoners: Princess Zelda...

Anyway, I don't want to give away the whole story, so let's talk about the music now, shall we?

For this game, the composers decided on using Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu's well-known style of creating a main theme (i.e., the overworld theme), then using it continuously throughout the game in the ways of "Theme and Variations." Indeed, excerpts of the Twilight Princess' main theme can be heard in several parts during the game, such as in the Fishing Hole, Gerudo Desert, Snowpeak and during boss battles (when the boss is disabled and vulnerable). The theme can also be heard during the game's ending credits.

Anyway, that's all I'll say for now. ( remember, you can read the full thing on the Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess.

This is a game trailer I found on http://www.youtube.com/.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

2007-08-01T12:30:00.000-07:00

Hi! Im here to continue my previous post on Super Smash bros. Brawl. The game will feature new and old characters, Like:

Old: Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu, Fox, Samus, Zelda, Bowser, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi.

New: Pit, Wario, Zero suit Samus, and Ike. (fire emblem)

It will also have some new items, like:

Gooey Bomb: The gooey Bomb is a Bomb that sticks to most things. It's an explosive encased in a gummy goo. It's a little different from a Motion Sensing Bomb in the sense that it can attach itself not only to the terrain, but also to opponents. When you hit someone with it, it sticks to them, then explodes. However, it's possible to get a Gooey Bomb that's stuck to you to stick to someone else.Touching someone as you pass by may very well cause it to migrate when you least expect it!

Cracker launcher: This is a shooting item. After you grab this item, it'll rapidly release blast after blast of firecrackers that explode gaudily.You can walk around and jump while holding the launcher.
You can also aim the launcher at different angles by tilting the Control Stick up or down.

Crates and Barrels:When broken, many items tumble out of crates and barrels.Previously, wooden crates and barrels were pretty much your common or garden variety.
This time around, these items change visually to match the mood of the stage.
On sci-fi type stages they take on a futuristic tone.
By the way, this time They've thrown "sliding boxes" into the mix.

Banana peels: You can pick up Banana peels and easily set them as a trap. If anyone goes over them, they'll slip.

Bumper: It’s the Bumper from the Nintendo 64 version of Super Smash Bros.!Back again after a whole nine years... Well, I’ll be.Now you can set them in mid-air as well. This might lend itself to a few new and interesting strategies.

Pitifall: This item appeared in animal crossing. When you throw it in the ground, it vanishes. If anyone goes over it, they'll get temporarily stuck in the ground. If you throw a pitifall at someone, they'll just fall through fall-through floors.

Now I'll tell the new stages and what game they're from:

Battlefield: Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Delfino plaza: Super Mario Sunshine.

Yoshi's island: Yoshi's island.

Bridge of Eldin: Legend of Zelda: Twilight princess.

Smashville: Animal crossing.

Rumble falls: Donkey Kong : Jungle beat.

Skyworld: Kid icarus.

Here is a link to the website where I got this info from:http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/stages/stage08.html

This is a Video of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer from http://www.youtube.com/.

Microsoft wins the "Favorite Video game company poll

2007-08-01T12:15:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has won the "Favorite video game company" Poll with a Grand total of 1 vote.

Metroid Prime 3-Updated again.

2007-07-24T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hello again! I've found out what the story of Metroid Prime 3 is. Enjoy:

Six months have passed since the events on the planet Aether. The Galactic Federation’s network computers, Aurora Units, are suddenly and completely corrupted with something like a virus, and only quick action saves the entire network from going down. The Federation believes Space Pirates may be behind the problem and, beginning with Samus, starts to contact bounty hunters. As it explains the situation to the assembled hunters, the Federation is attacked by the pirates. Samus and the other hunters leap to the defense of the Federation capital, only to find that the enemy the hunters face is the presumed-dead Dark Samus. Dark Samus defeats Samus and the other bounty hunters, corrupting them with Phazon in the process. They are all subsequently outfitted by the Galactic Federation with Phazon Enhancement Devices (PEDs) that can harness their corruption to enhance their powers. After learning to use this enhancement, called Hypermode, Samus sets off after Dark Samus, who has begun to seed other planets with Phazon by launching enormous Phazon seeds called Leviathans into them. As the Phazon begins to slowly corrupt Samus, the final saga in the Metroid Prime trilogy begins.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will be the first game in the Metroid series in which the game's characters will utilize full voice acting (as seen used in the federation ship video in which the GF fleet commander tells Samus to head to the planet's surface, as well as when a federation trooper talks to Samus on the planet), although previous games in the series used limited voice acting to varying degrees. It is currently unspecified whether or not Samus will speak in Metroid Prime 3 (Jennifer Hale voiced grunts and cries for Samus in Prime 1 & 2).

This is the link (again) that will take you to the wikipedia page about this post
(P.S.-I got all my information from it.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_3

Metroid Prime 3 updated

2007-07-18T22:06:00.000-07:00

Hello again! I'm here to follow-up on my previous Metroid Prime 3 post.

I think you would move Samus with the Nunchuck's control stick. Aim the arm cannon with the Wii-remote. Control samus's non-weapon hand by moving the Nunchuck.

Secondly, The graphics look Pwnaging! Waaaaay more impressive than the previous games!

I'm not quite sure yet of what the story is, but I'll try to find out.

Here is the link to a wikipedia page about this game:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_3

:)

Mario Party 8

2007-07-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

1. Background - Mario Party is a series of games developed by Nintendo. It has been going on since the first Mario Party was released in 1999, Japan only.

2. Gameplay In Mario party, the objective is to collect as many Stars as possible. This possible by going around a giant game board and looking for them. Also, in the mario party series you must collect coins to buy the stars. The Stars usually cost 20 coins. you can collect coins by landing on certain spaces on the board. here are all the spaces and what they do.

Originals

Blue space - +3 coins

Red space - 3 coins

? space - Triggers a random event

Bowser space - causes bowser to fall from the sky. Will do something evil.

NEW SPACES

Koopa kid space - causes one of bowser's minions to do something evil

DK space - DK will fall from the sky and do something helpful.

Microphone space - Will trigger a Minigame that has to do with the Gamecube Microphone.

MP8 NEW SPACES

Challenge space - will cause a challenge minigame to take place

Special space - Will trigger a special event. (usually meaning a free star.)

Players will take turns moving around the board. After all players move, a minigame takes place. Minigames are fun-to play games where the winner will get 10 coins. You can set the game to have everyone take between 15 or 50 turns.

3.-story

I have to admit that the story of this game is pretty pathetic. There is a competition at a carnival, where the players are competing on boards to get stars. The winner of the Board-game tournament gets a 1-year supply of candy.

4.-Graphics

The overall graphics of the game are good, despite one thing: The fonts. The fonts look seriously from the 1900's.

Overall, This game was impressive.

Sonic Heroes

2007-07-05T19:15:00.000-07:00

Sonic Heroes is a game for the Nintendo GameCube that features many new and old characters from the Sonic series. When playing, there are four teams you can choose from. instead of controlling single players like in other Sonic games, you'll control a team of three Sonic characters. The teams are: Team Sonic (Sonic,Tails,Knuckles) team Rose(Amy,Cream, Big) team Dark (Shadow,Rogue, Omega) and team Chaotix(Espio, Vector,and Charmie)

Each of the three characters on each team have their own role to play for the team. The three Roles are:

SPEED: Quick and agile, these characters can get around quickly, But lack power. The Speed characters are: Sonic, Espio, Amy, and Shadow.

POWER: These characters may be slow, but their attacks pack a lot of punch. The Power characters are:Knuckles, Vector, Omega, and Big.

FLY: The fly characters are weak, but they can fly. When you enter fly mode, the other two team characters will grab onto your legs, and you can fly around by jumping in Mid-Jump. This will allow you to travel long distances, over absolutely nothing. The Fly characters are:Tails, Cream, Rogue, and Charmie.

Though this game my seem interesting, think again. Like it's predecessors, the main challenge to this game is just: How long can you push the control stick forward?

also, the storyline is HORRIBLE. the story roughly goes like this: Dr. Eggman created an army of Robots and is trying to destroy the Earth, and now all the teams want to defeat Eggman and his army for their own (stupid) reasons. In the meantime, everyone has to collect the seven Chaos Emeralds for some reason. Anyway, after they finally find Eggman, His best Robot, Metal Sonic attacks you. Then he transorms into some giant stupid, unrealistic metal monster that can fly. Of course, Team Sonic has to save the day by jumping in and using the power of the Chaos emeralds to get weird powers, and to float up into the sky to fight Metal Sonic.(Typical Sonic. Metal Sonic literally does go NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! when it gets defeated.)

anyway, this is one of THE WORST video games I've ever played.

Mission Mars

2007-07-05T18:30:00.000-07:00

Speaking of Video Games, This is a cool online game that I think you should try

Mission Mars

For More Games, go to http://www.addictinggames.com/ , or go to http://www.freeonlinegames.com/.

What is your favorite Video Game company?

2007-06-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry! Voting closed!

:)

2007-06-30T19:25:00.001-07:00

The results for the "Wii or Revolution" poll are in!

Wii-5
revolution-3

2007-06-30T19:22:00.000-07:00

The results for the "favorite Mario character" poll are in!

Luigi-2
Toad-1
Bowser-1
Mario-1

Metroid Prime 3

2007-06-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

Mtroid Prime 3: Corruption is a Wii game made by Retro Studios. It is currently set for release on August 20, 2007 in the United States.It has been stated in a Nintendo Power interview with Retro Studios that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may in fact have multiplayer, but "not in the same context as Echoes." The game's delay seems to support this information and has opened up the frequently mentioned possibility for online play.
This game's focus is to maintain non-linearity and the other staples of the Metroid series. According to the game's developers, the more intuitive control will cause Corruption to be less difficult than Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, faster paced, and scanning will become easier to perform. Read more about it at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_3

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