College

Gets in the way of posting.

-Scribblenauts -
Haven't heard of it? Short summary: It's a DS puzzle game, in which the goal is sometimes to reach/acquire a star that you can see on the map. You have to use your environment and any objects you make available to yourself to get to said star. You spawn objects by typing them in with the stylus, they then appear and do whatever they're scripted to do.

I haven't played it yet, but I've seen a shitton of demos and have made the conclusion that this game is going to be amazing as long as the library of objects is as expansive as it seems. Release date: 9/15/09.

-The Dreamcast-
Yeah, I'm talking about that amazing system that died off. Yeah, that one that I sold all my SNES, Sega, AND NES games/systems just to get my grungy, 12 year old hands on. I loved it, still love it, and it still died. It's coming up on its TEN year anniversary, and damn do I feel old. There are real talks about porting some of the good 'ole gems to current gen consoles, and there's only one way you can say 'I want to fucking play Power Stone on my 360'.

-Battlefield: Heroes-
-Has 1.5 million players, and the average amount of money spent in game is $20. Cah-ching.

Slew of Madness

I normally taste a lot and swallow a little, meaning there will be a lot of news to give but I won't spend any ridiculous amount of time with any of the topics.

I also have a terrible musical background. I love music but it just wasn't in my childhood, so now I'm making up for lost time. During this time, you will be force-fed the current artist(s) that I'm listening to.

I waste horrible amounts of money trying out any and all forms of available tech, nothing specific. My recent 'money pit': Buying a PSP (1000) and hacking it, mostly just so I could see how it works (wonderfully). Prior to that: An iPod touch, just because I wanted to A) Hack it, B) Try out all the fun apps.

Regardless of what games release and how amazing they are, we all have a couple games we consistently return to. It's like our favorite beer, or movie. It's our comfort zone, and it's always there for backup when your fantabulous new game (or whatever) fails to please.

I have a couple, in no particular order:

-Super Mario Bros. 3-

I know this game like the back of my hand, and have done speed runs before. It's a major part of my childhood. Hell, it's a major part of a lot childhoods.

-Day of Defeat (Source and 1.3)-

I'm sure you're thinking 'wtf'. Yeah, me too. This game has been pulling me in, constantly, since it's beta stages on the HL1 engine. I always loved Counterstrike, just like mostly every other PC games, but I always liked DoD a little more. I've played it for years, know everything about it, and even did CAL for a short time.

-Star Wars-

No, no specific game. I'm a sucker for anything and everything Star Wars. Be it books, mods, fan films, or official releases I'll be there on release day waiting like a fat, giddy kid wanting some cold ice cream and cake after being forced by mom to get out on the playground.

There will, most likely, be a good bit of news relating to mods. I'm a huge fan of mods, for many reasons. Modders, and other indie game devs, do it for the love of the game (and for knowledge/experience). I respect them all, and they deserve any attention they can get.

Now that we have that out of the way, I'll go back to doing what I do. Stay frosty, world.

Hello and Welcome!

This will be my third attempt at making a blog. It's going to be a conglomeration of edutainment and factoids, technological lessons learned, and important news (yanked from the gaming and tech news circuits).

Think of the internet as unfiltered, disease ridden water from a poor 3rd world country. I'm your Brita water filter. Come here for the good, virus free facts and links.