07.30.07

Earl’s Video Game Closeup-Ratchet and Clank

Posted in Game Closeups at 3:13 pm by earl

    

As you probably know, I love the Ratchet and Clank series, and I think it’s only fair I devote a post to it. This series has been known for years with fun and unique weapons, impeccable level design, and tons of extras to keep oldvts like myself coming back for more. The series started all the way back in 2002 with their first adventure where they were destined to stop the evil Chairman Drek from destroying the universe in his real estate project. In the second installment, Going Commando, Ratchet and Clank were hired to retrieve a dangerous science project before it fell in the wrong hands. My favorite, Up Your Arsenal, had the heroes once gain saving the universe from the nefarious……Dr. Nefarious in his plan to rid the world of all organic lifeforms. They then returned in Ratchet’s solo adventure, Deadlocked, in which he was forced to take part in an illegal gladiator tournament and take it down. They went on to the PSP in 2007 with Size Matters, where they had to stop an evil mastermind leader of a long-used robot society trying to turn the tables. This fall they are heading back to the consoles in Ratchet and Clank Future:Tools of Destruction, where Ratchet’s species is being threatened by a man who wants them dead. The series has always been a Sony exclusive, each game appearing on the PS2/Future:PS3, leading myself to force B.K. to buy the game and allow me and him to beat it in one day. The game is also known for its hillarious humor, with such great lines from the Galactic rangers, Al, and even Captain Quark-”Hope you like Custard!”. Overall, if you have never checked out this series, I strongly recommend that you do.

Earl’s Quote Challenge #1

Posted in Quotes at 2:55 pm by earl

Let’s see if you, the reader can guess either who said these quotes or any other crucial piece of information about it, if it’s crucial enough, I’ll give you the credit.

  • This is-Sparta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Luke, I, am your father!
  • Use wrench to break glass break glass to use wrench……Ooooooohhhh, I love mind puzzles!
  • Do’h!
  • The future isn’t written in stone!
  • Do or do not, there is no try!
  • Sherman Sherma Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman!!!!!!!!
  • Benny, get in this car or you’re gonna die!
  • In Spanish, It’s Earlo’s Blogo:Parto Dos!
  • Nobody makes me bleed my own blood……NOBODY!!!!
  • I read it…………In a book!
  • Shaken, not stirred.
  • Feeny!!!!!!
  • You got a dream……you gotta protect it…….Other people that can’t do something want to tell you you can’t either.
  • He said he’d kill the one they loved……….they loved eachother!!!!!
  • Doc!!!!!!!!
  • There are ants all over my head man!!!!!!!!
  • There’s a lot of space in this mall!!! 
  • And that’s all I got to say about that.
  • 106 miles to Chicago…..Half a pack a cigarettes……..full tank of gas, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses
  • There’s an old saying……….Don’t….Change….anything….Ever!
  • You’ll thank me later
  • Hiyata!

Game of the Month-July 2007

Posted in Video Games at 7:55 am by earl

Overall, it’s been a pretty good month for video games, but it’s also been pretty bad with some games like Chicken Shoot, Vampire Rain, and Dead Reefs. But we’ve also had some great titles like NCAA Football 2008 and All-Pro Football 2K8, along with Nascar 08, all annual sports titles. We’ve also received games like Ninja Gaiden Sigma, which prove that an older game can come back on a newer console and still kick some butt…..Ninja style! Along with this we rocked out with Guitar Hero Encore:Rocks the 80s, which brought a whole new decade to rock out with. But there was one title that stood above the others, and its name is Mario Strikers Charged……for the Wii. Yes, in this game that just came out today you can play as your favorite Nintendo characters in order to score a goal, and thanks to some great reviews and some good Wi-Fi capabilities, it is Game of the Month.