“My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.”
This post was originally titled “Christmas Nostalgia”, but then I realized that the subject matter I was addressing could not be that narrow. I could not specifically stay on the subject of Christmas or the holidays, not with this.
The quote in this first line is from one of the heroes Brad and I both share, Jim Henson. As much as I’d hate to think that people have never heard of Jim Henson (I cannot refer to him by just one name, he’s too epic), I’m sure in this day and age . . . there are those who probably haven’t. Jim Henson was the master mind and creator behind the Muppets, his company worked on many projects including Star Wars and Alien. He was the driving force behind The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, and the many muppet movies that came out. He voiced that lovable green frog, Kermit.
Recently, his company released a youtube video that quickly went viral, The Muppets “Bohemian Rhapsody”
I chose that quote because I know it’s one of Brad’s favorites and it’s certainly one of mine. It’s something that we both hope to accomplish before we have to leave this world.
If anyone wants to get an idea of how Brad is inspired, this is the place to look.
Continue reading ‘Nostalgia . . .’
Is it bad that whenever I start to say “Professor Layton and the Curious Village” a part of me wants to say “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”? No, I have never seen the movie, something about that title just has a rhythm to it, I guess.
In this review, you will get two in one. “The Curious Village” and “Diabolical Box” (such a diabolical box!) I’m still trying to figure out if maybe this game is just more streamlined towards chicks . . . (I was speaking to “educkface”, apparently he hasn’t beaten the first one but his younger sister has beaten both of them) Maybe it is just part of my personal eternal quest to prove that I do have a brain, considering the game is purely brain teasers.
Actually, I loved this game because it did remind me a lot of sitting around the dinner table, post-dinner, listening to my dad reading brain teasers out of a book. Since I think I was around 10 when this was happening, I wasn’t able to inject much into the conversation, but it was definitely interesting to listen to my whole family reasoning their way through them.
For those who may think this game is PURELY brain teasers, which I must admit . . . I was a bit worried that was the case, the game does have a amazing (and brain teasing) plot. Both games have a twist at the end and, while I was able to guess the end to the “Curious Village” PARTIALLY, I was completely lost on the “Diabolical Box. It was very nice to have an unpredictable ending, games can be so friggin predictable these days. No imagination or anything, just END CREDITS.
Continue reading ‘Professor Layton’
Yes we’re silly Americans that love to celebrate a holiday that involves stuffing ourselves silly and then slowly falling into a food coma, ah so lovely!
That and it means the lovely holiday season of Christmas is comin soon!
I will attempt to nudge a new post out of Brad, if not I will post a few reviews and also talk about some of the Christmas staples that Brad and I both grew up with! If anyone cares, maybe I’m just being narcissistic.
I shall have some extra turkey in honor of all of you, that probably means I will be doing some hardcore sit ups in honor of all of you as well!
*Disclaimer: I have not played the two Mario RPGs before this one. That is why there is no comparison to those, just a general overview*
Hey guys, sorry I’ve taken so long to update. I’m actually working on another website that’s going to launch in January (not game related) so they’ve got deadlines and the like. Kept me on my toes . . . Anyway, I’m going to give myself a schedule and try to update this weekly. I think Brad is going to have some new stuff too, soon. He’s been working hard!!
Anyway, Bowser’s Inside Story, DS game, meant to kind of give you an insight to Bowser.
Thank GOD it wasn’t what I was afraid it was going to be.
I was afraid it was going to be some mushy, let’s turn Bowser into a bleeding heart that’s just misunderstood and blah blah blah. I HATE it when people do that with back stories or when they are trying to show “insight” into a character. I was so happy when I left this game with my ORIGINAL perception of Bowser intact.
Continue reading ‘Bowser’s Inside Story’
Where the Wild Things Are, midnight showing, Brad and I were there, of course. This is not something either one of us would miss. I’m breaking from my usual game review because Where the Wild Things Are is a classic book that pretty much every person that is mine and Brad’s age has read.
If you’ve read the book you know the basic story, the magic is in the presentation and its simplicity. Boy gets in trouble, boy gets sent to bed, boy runs away to island, boy becomes king, parties with the Wild Things, and then goes home. That’s it!
So how did they stretch it into an hour and a half long movie?
Pure genius.
Continue reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Hey guys,
I figured I should update about . . . not updating? Recently . . . maybe . . .
The past two weeks Brad and I have dealt with two wedding weekends, one that was one of his childhood friends, the other which was one of MY childhood friends. Not only that but we’ve both been swapping sickness back and forth, and I actually had a potentially bad infection I had to take care of. So yeah, it’s been an interesting three weeks or so . . . Continue reading ‘Crazy Times . . .’
Yes! It’s a DS game that was finally released in the U.S., delayed only because Nintendo thought it MIGHT be too Japanese.
TOO Japanese? Come on guys, what’s so Japanese about this?
Continue reading ‘Starfy Review =P’
Update: 9.3.09
http://www.capcom.co.jp/tgs2009/theater/index.html
Check out Theater 4
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HMMMM
“Well look at that…it looks like that ‘Okamiden’ trademark was for Okami on the DS! We aren’t sure if it’s a remake or a sequel, but I’m sure more details will come in very soon. Thanks to all that sent this in!”
The scene definitely doesn’t look familiar to me and the overall graphic is completely different so I’m GUESSING it’s a sequel.
If this turns out to be a hoax, I will curl up into a corner and cry.
BUT!!!! For now!
*happy dance*
Ah, my true heart, the reason I play video games, the apple of my eye . . . no, not Brad, Okami!
Buy.This.Game.
Continue reading ‘Okami!!’
Published on
08/06/2009 in
World 2.
So this isn’t technically a review, yet. I just finished Okami for the Wii.
Guys, I have never had a game make me feel this absolutely emotionally involved before.
I cried. The friggin game made me cry, it was that beautiful.
I don’t even know how I am going to go about writing this review, it will come soon. Tune in for it guys because I want this review to reflect exactly how I feel about this game.
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