Gotta Love Glitches. Episode 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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