It has its own Chapter in the President’s Book of Secrets
My favorite fighting series is definitely the Smash Bros. series, mainly thanks to the great multiplayer, fun levels, and so much more. I am thankful for it for keeping me entertained for 6 years, and for all the great times. Even after 6 years, this game is still not old.
(4.75/10.00) Yes, My Name is Earl and I have a review of the not-yet-released Rock Band. How did I do it? Well, I’ll just keep that a secret. Let’s get down to the review. Rock Band is a potential “Guitar Hero Killer”, but to casual fans of this genre like myself and not to hardcore eat, sleep, breathe, can-beat-free-bird-expert, this attempt falls flat on its face. I got a chance to play the drums and guitar portion of this game, but I’ve played SIngstar, I think I could figure out how that works. You play as whoever’s playing your instrument, which can make a lot of difference. First off, the controller setup is a little awkward. Whenever playing “Dead or Alive” on EASY I found the experience difficult if not frustrating. This is mainly due to two things. 1. The keys on Guitar Hero 3 are way easier to hit than the anorexic pathetic excuses of notes. I would hit the note on what would propel me to Star Power on Guitar Hero 3 on Rock Band, and it would say I missed it. But don’t worry, I was too busy trying to hit the overly difficult for easy note repetition to complain. 2. The drum system is messed up! While playing Guitar I can feel my notes to hit them. On Drums, I just have to throw the drumstick down and hope I hit the right pad to hit the note. Half the time I was hitting the plastic between the pads! The character models are nice, and so are the backgrounds, however they don’t really match the graphical power of Guitar Hero 3. You’ll notice I’m referring to Guitar Hero 3 a lot. Well, when you’re imitating the same system used on Guitar Hero 3, except you’re doing it worse, you can’t help not mention the better. I would personally have a stroke if I spent $200 on Rock Band to find out it was this dissapointing. The main redeeming qualities of this game would be the fun character models, extended party aspect not found in GH3, and good tracklist. I personally would rather stick with the neater, smoother system of Guitar Hero 3. I would only recommend this game to pure experts of Guitar Hero that want a harder experience to try out, however I wouldn’t recommend spending $200 on it. Just drop by Best Buy and see what I mean. If you love Guitar Hero 3 and think it’s the best Rhythmn game out there, just stick with it overlook this narrow title.
My favorite racing series ever has got to be the Burnout series, thanks to its fast-paced action, sleek cars, and replayable slo-mo wrecks. I am so thankful for this series for teaching me the dangers of road rage, that car wrecks aren’t all bad, and how to drive. Thank you Burnout, thank you.
This past week was one of the two most collosal weeks in video gaming ever!!! Assassin’s Creed fell into its hay bale of success, Need for Speed: Prostreet raced in mediocrity, UIncharted: Drake’s Fortune was a hit, and many more arrived on our shores. But only one stood tall over the already huge crowd. Usually I would give a tie between such great games, but since most of these games will be competing for the best of 07, the Game of the Week is Super Mario Galaxy. Yes, it’s biased, yes, this game is awesome, yes, I’m a nintendo fanboy. IT wins.
(9.5/10.00) I was dissapointed when I found out that Ratchet and Clank 5 was going to be a PS3 exclusive. However, playing the game, I realize next-gen is it’s new home. Goodbye PS2. The game takes place, of course, in he future. Ratchet is the only living Lombax in the universe, thanks to a mad man, leader of the Cragmites, Emperor Percivile Tachyon. He claims revenge on the Lombaxes, including Ratchet, and there is soon a race to find the weapon that the Lombaxes used to wipe out the Cragmites in the first place. The story finally comes down to a climactic Boss Battle, and a cliffhanger ending, involving Clank. The characters and dialogue, in the story, as always, are hillarious. From the Plumber “not recognizingRatchet and Clank in HD”, Tachyon not being able to crank start his doomsday helmet and having to resay his final threat, or anything Captain Quark says, this game is hillarious, even to rival that of the humor in Up Your Arsenal. The graphics in the game are gorgeous, each character having a shiny look not seen in previous games. The voice acting is also great, as it has always been. The weapons, are solid, however, Insomniac has done better. The Groovitron is a classic that even made Tachyon dance, leaving him vulnerable to attacks. The new upgrade system using Raratanium is a welcome addition I hope is in future installments. The game just has an overall cinematic feel in its boss battles, grind segments, and overall combat. I feel as if I’m too picky with this title since Up Your Arsenal was my favorite. The microscopic nitpicky faults are there though. My major would be the fact that I couldn’t really hear most of the dialogue from other characters during firefights, which I really wish I could have. Second, there are a couple of glitches in the game that could have been smoothed out, providing a neater package. Some of the vendor’s lines can seem repetitive. Overall, Tools of Destruction is a great game for the PS3 that any PS3 owner should have in their collection. And besides some minor nitpicky flaws that keep it from perfection that was acheived in Up Your Arsenal, this is a hillarious, epic title that noone should miss.
I know, this one is coming in above Super Mario Bros., but I’m more thankful for what the game did, not the game itself. Unlike this title. You play as Crypto Sporinium, an alien on an adventure to find out what happened to his brother in the 1950s. One reason I love this game is because of the humor. Very few games have made me laugh as much as this one. Pure hllarity. That and the great free roam system. I CAN PICK UP CARS AND THROW THEM AT PEOPLE!!!! WITH MY MIND!!!!! Overall, DAH is a game noone should miss.
Yes, they are finally going to make a video game based on the classic comedy series, Ghostbusters. The game will be a sequel to the first two movies, written by the same guy. Dan Ankroyd, Bill Murray, and the rest of the gang will reprise their roles. I really hope there’s a Stay-Puff MArshmallow MAn Boss Fight. It is said to be in a grittier, Gears-of-War-style combat, which sounds really cool. The game will hit the 360, PS2, PS3, PC…………And the Wii sometime in 2008. Looks like I need to drop by my local movie retailer and watch the first two, because I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!!!!
Thanks to this classic NES game back in the 80s, the video game revolution and the availability of game sale numbers in the millions was born. Thank Mario, Peach, Bowser, for all of your work in lighting the firework that is the video game phenomenon. I am thankful for you.
One of my favorite war games, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat pits you on both sides ofa global war between Kazahstan and NATO. You eventually are trying to stop a mad man from blowing up the world. You know, regular stuff. What makes me thankful for this title is its great replay value. I’ve playeda mission where I have blown up a helicopter of my dudes so many times I lost count. It’s a variative, fun, and hillarious game that any shooter fan shoot try out.
Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14, I will be doing a Top 7 Games I’m Most Thankful For, stating the top 7 games……..I’m most thankful for. No, I will not run through this Thursday until the next because there’s no way I’m getting on here on Thanksgiving.
Happy Holidays Everybody.
Sweet, it’s finally late enough to say Happy Holidays!
Yes, Heroes filled in the gaps of our knowledge this episode with letting us know what exactly happened between the bomb and the pickup Four Months Later.
It started with Nathan flying Peter into the air to save everyone else. As Nathan is continually being radiated and scarred, Peter forces him to drop him. The force propels Nathan back, and Peter then flys back up, catches Nathan, and takes him to a hospital. There, as he’s leaving he is knocked out by Elle and Bob. He wakes up in the facility where Bob promises him that if he stays, they’ll “cure” him. 3 Months Later, after meeting and being convinced the Company’s evil by Adam, his fellow cellmate, they decide to escape. They go to Nathan and heal him with Adam’s blood. Meanwhile, over that time period Angela repeatedly talked to Heidi, convincing her Nathan was crazy. As they’re escaping, Elle catches up with them. Adam tells Peter to meet him in Montreal where he found the note in Present Day, but Peter gets caught by The Haitian who works with The Company at that time, a couple of weeks before the premiere of Season 2. He handcuffs Peter in the storage container, and erases his memory, but doesn’t kill him as ordered. At the end, Nathan was een about to go in to meet Peter again.
Niki’s storyline was the huge counterpart here. She, D.L., and Micah went to the hospital for D.L. where he survived. Bob payed for the insurance and told her he could take care of her if she left her family. She refused. She then got a job at a used car place, and D.L. seemed stable as a firefighter. Niki then showed a new personality, Jena, which reflected her younger self from when she ran off to L.A.. D.L. came to save the day, but was shot and killed by some clubbie. So, this led to Niki going to the company to save her family.
Maya and Alejandro also had a nice back story. Alejandro was getting married, but Maya suspected that the bride would cheat. She did, and Maya flipped out and killed several people. Several weeks later, she’s a nun and she flips out again while being arrested. She is then affirmative on something being wrong with her, so she and Alejandro set of to find Suresh.
OK, I have ound the way into the Primatech website. Go to www.primatechpaper.com, about us, and roll your cursor over the P. Click the red helix and then type in bennet as your username and claire as your password. You’ll then be able to access the files C001, C002, C003, and C004. Click on each and you’ll need the following passwords:
C001-HGghx11a
C002-MPggtn75x
C003-TSntz14b
C004-GGeh81zu
If you guys don’t hear from me again, you know what happened.
I was browsing on the Heroes Wiki, when I found the page on the explosion during the Season Finale of Season 1 where Peter blows up after being flown into the sky by Nathan. Now, they had 4 pictures of it in the sequence of events, supposedly being able to see the following in each of the pictures:
Picture #1-Peter and Nathan flying above the city.
Picture #2-The explosion, and a supposed falling figure.
Picture #3-The figure falling, and another flying to catch him.
Picture #4-The flying figure flying off with the body. Now, can you actually see that? I think I can see the object in the first two, but the last two are practically duplicates to me. DM, James, Steven, do you see anything?
If these are real/correct, they could reveal the answer to one of my dying questions!
Since James has started, I guess I should too. I will have the 1st Annual Earl Awards (or that’s what it will be called until or if I get a better name) soon. There will be 4 nominees, and then one you guys get to pick. The categories will be:
Video Games-
Best Action Game of 2007
Best RPG of 2007
Best Shooter of 2007
Best Strategy Game of 2007
Best Racing Game of 2007
Best Sports Game 2007
Best Platformer 2007
Best Puzzle Game 2007
Best Rhythmn Game 2007
Game You Most Want to Bring Your Friends Over To Play 2007
Most Addictive Game 2007
Best New Series 2007
Best Platform/Console 2007
Best Game for Wii, 360, PS3, DS, or PC 2007
Top 10 Most Honorable Mentions of 2007
Game of the Year 2007
Top 20 Games of 2007
Monday, November 12, will showcase a brand new episode of Heroes, where it fills in the mystery-filled four month span between the bomb avoidance at the end of Season 1 and where we picked up about 2 months ago. Man, time flies when you’re watching Heroes. This kinda just makes me want the Heroes to sit around a table and answer these one by one.
10. Who is Elle, who’s her dad, and what relation does she have with Peter/The Company? (These are all related).
9. Where did Sylar go after the bomb?
8. Who’s paying the mortgage with Matt and Mohinder living together?
7. (Insert question here)
6. When did D.L. die?
5. How does Dwight fit in with all of this?
4. What is the deal with the mutilated face of Nathan sometimes in the mirror, and who’s face was that in the promo with the yellow eye?
3. Why does Peter have amnesia, and how did he end up in the container?
2. How did Adam Monroe and Peter meet?
1. How did Nathan survive the bomb and where did Peter go after it?