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
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Star Wars - The Force Unleashed (Wii) Full Review
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...
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...
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) Pre-Review
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!
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!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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.*
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.*
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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!
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!
Monday, November 10, 2008
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.
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.
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