About a week ago, a co-worker of mine told me to go out and rent this game called Dante's Inferno. He said it was fantastic, both in game-play, storyline, and graphics. So, of course, I went out and rented it. (Yay for the Family Video discount card! :D) I had heard about the hype for this game and how there was even an animated movie made with it as well. I went home, sat down, and put the game into the 360 and started playing. A few days later, the game was played through and beaten already. After trying to figure out how I actually finally beat a game (I never finish them all the way through), I went out to Family Video yet again and rented the movie. The game was that good. Dante's Inferno is set years and years back. The main premise of the game is that you fight through the 9 circles of hell (the inferno) to save your beloved's soul. It is actually quite epic.
(As a side note, the movie was terrible compared to the game. The game is a lot better, in my opinion.)
So, when it comes to Dante's Inferno, I give it a B+. Some spots in the game were tricky to get past and this is one of those games where you really need to sit and think before you can move forward. If you aren't afraid of the dead or hell in general, this is the game for you. When I figured out the concept behind the game, I almost decided to put it down and not play anymore. But in all honesty, I'm glad I played through it.
That's all from me for now.
Until next time...
Play on!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Sharing is caring!
After three long and painful weeks, today is the day I'm going out and getting Jeremy his very own Nintendo DS. (Yay for working lots of extra hours for a surprise present!) Having to share a game system is not an easy thing to do, and since Pokemon Heart-Gold and Soul-Silver came out I've been itching to play on my DS more than I have lately. Jeremy was never into Nintendo systems, especially the handhelds. But I got him the Heart-Gold version of the new Pokemon game and he's been glued to it.
In Kindergarten, they teach you all about sharing. Now all I hear is 'Sharing is Caring!' but...it's so hard to share! I feel like I sound like a whining little kid. But today it will all be over! Is that bad of me to say? I'll miss having to share, I think, but at the same time I think it'll be a lot better that we have our own handhelds to play on. We can finally play together! Yay, an up-side! :)
Until next time,
Play on!
In Kindergarten, they teach you all about sharing. Now all I hear is 'Sharing is Caring!' but...it's so hard to share! I feel like I sound like a whining little kid. But today it will all be over! Is that bad of me to say? I'll miss having to share, I think, but at the same time I think it'll be a lot better that we have our own handhelds to play on. We can finally play together! Yay, an up-side! :)
Until next time,
Play on!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Top 3
Going along with my English 102 assignment, I'd like to make a list of my top 3 favorite Pokemon games. If you aren't aware, the Pokemon games come out in versions to fit with the generation of Pokemon they're in.
The first generation games are Red, Blue, and Yellow.
The second ones are Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
The third ones are Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
The fourth ones are Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
And the fifth haven't been released.
The Pokemon creators have made other games to fit along with the pokemon series, and the list continues on with games that don't follow the "raising pokemon, getting gym badges, and becoming a Pokemon master" scheme of things like the ones I listed above. Anyway, let's get down to business!
Number 3: Pokemon Red
Pokemon Red is one of my favorites simply because I grew up playing it. It was the first Pokemon game I ever owned, and I spent hours upon hours of my childhood playing it. Sure, the game quality isn't the best...but does that really matter? Definitely not! I picked up my copy of Red and my Game Boy Color and turned it on to see where I left off with my Pokemon. I was actually impressed. It's nice to have a blast from the past sometimes.
Number 2: Pokemon Diamond
Pokemon Diamond is a semi-new Pokemon release. It has been out for a couple of years, but not many Pokemon games have been released after that. Why? Because it's so easy to get entranced and continue playing this one version. They make getting hooked so easy! Not only do you follow the Pokemon plot line, but they introduce so many more new concepts to the game. After you defeat the Elite Four and become Pokemon Master, you can continue the game with going to an island to continue to level your Pokemon, pamper them, or just walk around. After you become Pokemon Master and see all the Pokemon in that region, you can also gain the entire pokedex...first generation the the fourth, instead of just the fourth generation pokedex. That is a big plus in my book! Also, the fourth generation series are the first to be introduced to wi-fi, making the game fun to play with friends and even strangers! It makes the whole thing very competitive. If you were to look at my copy of Diamond, you'll see it has almost 200 hours put into it. 200 hours! That's more than a weeks worth of hours...I think about that now and it's unbelievable how much time I put into a game...and I'm not even done with it yet!
Number 1!: Pokemon Yellow
Pokemon Yellow is at the top of my list because, obviously, it's my favorite Pokemon game of all time. It comes from the first generation games, and the first generation Pokemon are my favorite out of the 500 Pokemon that have been created. 1 to 151 will always be the best kind of Pokemon to me! Anyway, Yellow is a great version. In this version of the series, not only do you start off with a Pikachu (the best Pokemon ever!) but you also gain the starters from the red and blue versions. And unlike Red and Blue, Yellow lets you have all of the starters (Fire, Grass, and Water; Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle) plus Pikachu instead of having to choose just one.
And there you have it! My top 3 favorite Pokemon games! Now I think I should stop typing, because seeing the word Pokemon so many times is making my head spin!
Until next time,
Play on!
The first generation games are Red, Blue, and Yellow.
The second ones are Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
The third ones are Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
The fourth ones are Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
And the fifth haven't been released.
The Pokemon creators have made other games to fit along with the pokemon series, and the list continues on with games that don't follow the "raising pokemon, getting gym badges, and becoming a Pokemon master" scheme of things like the ones I listed above. Anyway, let's get down to business!
Number 3: Pokemon Red
Pokemon Red is one of my favorites simply because I grew up playing it. It was the first Pokemon game I ever owned, and I spent hours upon hours of my childhood playing it. Sure, the game quality isn't the best...but does that really matter? Definitely not! I picked up my copy of Red and my Game Boy Color and turned it on to see where I left off with my Pokemon. I was actually impressed. It's nice to have a blast from the past sometimes.
Number 2: Pokemon Diamond
Pokemon Diamond is a semi-new Pokemon release. It has been out for a couple of years, but not many Pokemon games have been released after that. Why? Because it's so easy to get entranced and continue playing this one version. They make getting hooked so easy! Not only do you follow the Pokemon plot line, but they introduce so many more new concepts to the game. After you defeat the Elite Four and become Pokemon Master, you can continue the game with going to an island to continue to level your Pokemon, pamper them, or just walk around. After you become Pokemon Master and see all the Pokemon in that region, you can also gain the entire pokedex...first generation the the fourth, instead of just the fourth generation pokedex. That is a big plus in my book! Also, the fourth generation series are the first to be introduced to wi-fi, making the game fun to play with friends and even strangers! It makes the whole thing very competitive. If you were to look at my copy of Diamond, you'll see it has almost 200 hours put into it. 200 hours! That's more than a weeks worth of hours...I think about that now and it's unbelievable how much time I put into a game...and I'm not even done with it yet!
Number 1!: Pokemon Yellow
Pokemon Yellow is at the top of my list because, obviously, it's my favorite Pokemon game of all time. It comes from the first generation games, and the first generation Pokemon are my favorite out of the 500 Pokemon that have been created. 1 to 151 will always be the best kind of Pokemon to me! Anyway, Yellow is a great version. In this version of the series, not only do you start off with a Pikachu (the best Pokemon ever!) but you also gain the starters from the red and blue versions. And unlike Red and Blue, Yellow lets you have all of the starters (Fire, Grass, and Water; Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle) plus Pikachu instead of having to choose just one.
And there you have it! My top 3 favorite Pokemon games! Now I think I should stop typing, because seeing the word Pokemon so many times is making my head spin!
Until next time,
Play on!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The best spring break ever!
Wow...I can't believe that spring break went by so fast. Aside from working all week, I spent my spring break staying up until dawn and sleeping for a few hours each day. Why, you may ask? Well, the Sunday right before spring break officially started, a game came out that I couldn't wait for...Pokemon SoulSilver. I pre-ordered it quite a while back and finally, it came out. So I spent most of my break playing this game and sitting online talking to my friends who were up playing it as well.
Also during the break, if I wasn't playing Pokemon...(or fighting with Jeremy for the DS...We have one Nintendo DS, and two Pokemon games. He got the Heartgold version, opposite of mine.)...I was sitting on the couch playing a game called Crystal Defenders or watching Jeremy play Final Fantasy XIII (13), which also just very recently came out. (The midnight release for FFXIII was pretty awesome!) I also would sit around on my laptop and play on a private server of Ragnarok Online, because that's mostly where I spend my time anyway. Even with all of the awesome games that just came out, I can't forget that I'm a Game Manager (or Game Master, however you'll see the term GM) and taking care of players in the game and the game itself is something that is very important to the server.
All in all, it was a great break. If I didn't have to work through it all, I probably wouldn't have even gotten the little bit of sleep that I did. The three days that I had off in a row, I didn't sleep much. And I love to sleep, so that's saying something. The life of a video game obsessed college student...there's nothing better. :)
I just realized that I summed up my gaming life with what I said above.
Awesome.
Until next time...
Play on!
Also during the break, if I wasn't playing Pokemon...(or fighting with Jeremy for the DS...We have one Nintendo DS, and two Pokemon games. He got the Heartgold version, opposite of mine.)...I was sitting on the couch playing a game called Crystal Defenders or watching Jeremy play Final Fantasy XIII (13), which also just very recently came out. (The midnight release for FFXIII was pretty awesome!) I also would sit around on my laptop and play on a private server of Ragnarok Online, because that's mostly where I spend my time anyway. Even with all of the awesome games that just came out, I can't forget that I'm a Game Manager (or Game Master, however you'll see the term GM) and taking care of players in the game and the game itself is something that is very important to the server.
All in all, it was a great break. If I didn't have to work through it all, I probably wouldn't have even gotten the little bit of sleep that I did. The three days that I had off in a row, I didn't sleep much. And I love to sleep, so that's saying something. The life of a video game obsessed college student...there's nothing better. :)
I just realized that I summed up my gaming life with what I said above.
Awesome.
Until next time...
Play on!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Categories...seriously?
I split my video games up into two categories. One; the games that are nice to look at with a plot line that stinks, but you'll play through it anyway for whatever reason. Two; the games that have terrible graphics (or a look or a feel that you don't like) but they're SO worth playing. There are definitely more categories then that. There's also the types of games that you like and don't like, and that has a big part of it. There's RPG's, shooters, racing, sports, etc etc...the list goes on.
((I'm mainly into RPG's (Role-Playing-Game), so I'll talk about RPG's most of the time.))
One game that fits my first category is a game called Bayonetta. I was SUPER excited for this game to come out. My fiance and I ran down to the video store the day it came out so we could rent it. I let him play it first, and as I was watching it I slowly just...didn't want to play it anymore. The graphics were great to look at, but the storyline was so positively corny that I didn't even want to bother playing because I don't think I would have been able to stand it. A game that fits into my second category is a game called Tales Of Vesperia. Now, at first, Jeremy was absolutely addicted to this game. He played it nonstop and after a while he shifted over to a different game. I didn't like the way the game played, but I decided to try it anyway because I wanted something to do. Needless to say, I fell in love with it! It's a great game and it's actually a lot of fun. :)
Before I go, I want to tell you guys about a game I rented about a week ago. It's actually a really bad game in the sense of language and violence...but it is so totally epic as a game! No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggles is definitely something I would recommend to anyone who can put up with crude language and lots of blood. The game itself will make you laugh yourself silly, but it is definitely worth playing.
That's all from me for now.
Play on!
((I'm mainly into RPG's (Role-Playing-Game), so I'll talk about RPG's most of the time.))
One game that fits my first category is a game called Bayonetta. I was SUPER excited for this game to come out. My fiance and I ran down to the video store the day it came out so we could rent it. I let him play it first, and as I was watching it I slowly just...didn't want to play it anymore. The graphics were great to look at, but the storyline was so positively corny that I didn't even want to bother playing because I don't think I would have been able to stand it. A game that fits into my second category is a game called Tales Of Vesperia. Now, at first, Jeremy was absolutely addicted to this game. He played it nonstop and after a while he shifted over to a different game. I didn't like the way the game played, but I decided to try it anyway because I wanted something to do. Needless to say, I fell in love with it! It's a great game and it's actually a lot of fun. :)
Before I go, I want to tell you guys about a game I rented about a week ago. It's actually a really bad game in the sense of language and violence...but it is so totally epic as a game! No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggles is definitely something I would recommend to anyone who can put up with crude language and lots of blood. The game itself will make you laugh yourself silly, but it is definitely worth playing.
That's all from me for now.
Play on!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Chocobos and Controllers
Last night, I was sitting on my couch playing Chocobo Racing for the first time. It is an original Playstation game, but I was playing it on the Playstation 2 (Not like that really makes a difference regardless). For those of you who don't know, Chocobos are basically a character in the Final Fantasy games. They have been in almost every single game one way or another, so I consider them a character. Anyway! The controller I was using to play the game is broken on one side. On each side of a PS2 controller, there's some kind of mechanism that lets either side vibrate on command from the game. Well, on the left side of my controller, the mechanism is out of place so it doesn't vibrate, but it clicks. All you hear is a little click and you can feel something hitting the case of the controller. When you're in the middle of a race and you bump into a wall and you feel that, it kind of throws your off track. Broken electronics really drive me crazy sometimes. Sometimes they're only bothersome, but other times they're just plain annoying and frustrating. But Chocobo Racing is actually a really fun game once you get the hang of it.
Speaking of Chocobos and Final Fantasy...
Another game that I recommend to well...really anyone who likes to play video games, is Final Fantasy Dissidia. I've never played a Final Fantasy game before that one and it got me hooked on the entire series. It's a great fighting game and it has a great story line. I'm about 70 hours into it and I still haven't run out of things to do. If it isn't already, it should definitely be on your list of "I have to play this!" games.
That's all from me for now. Until next time...
Play on!
^ (A spin off from a very talented artist, Mookie. Check out his work!)
Speaking of Chocobos and Final Fantasy...
Another game that I recommend to well...really anyone who likes to play video games, is Final Fantasy Dissidia. I've never played a Final Fantasy game before that one and it got me hooked on the entire series. It's a great fighting game and it has a great story line. I'm about 70 hours into it and I still haven't run out of things to do. If it isn't already, it should definitely be on your list of "I have to play this!" games.
That's all from me for now. Until next time...
Play on!
^ (A spin off from a very talented artist, Mookie. Check out his work!)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Artistic medium
Before I get going on my video game blog, I would like to kick off the start of something new and exciting with a quote I found in the book I'm reading for my English class. I feel it really defines how I feel and how I look at things.
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." -Vincent Van Gogh
I don't remember where I saw that quote before, but to see it again somewhere else really made me think about the meaning. After thinking about it for a night, I realized that Van Gogh is actually right. The way I see it, loving people is something you can't go without doing. Whether it's just people in general or someone specfic, you feel love for someone out there in the great big world. Sometimes it's something you can't describe, sometimes you can describe it. Love is artistic in all of its forms, even if it's indescribable. If you can describe it, great! You'll be expressing yourself and that's what art is. But if you can't, you'll have to find a way to do so and that will create art on its own.
"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." -Vincent Van Gogh
I don't remember where I saw that quote before, but to see it again somewhere else really made me think about the meaning. After thinking about it for a night, I realized that Van Gogh is actually right. The way I see it, loving people is something you can't go without doing. Whether it's just people in general or someone specfic, you feel love for someone out there in the great big world. Sometimes it's something you can't describe, sometimes you can describe it. Love is artistic in all of its forms, even if it's indescribable. If you can describe it, great! You'll be expressing yourself and that's what art is. But if you can't, you'll have to find a way to do so and that will create art on its own.
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