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!

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!
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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.