DrCLos

Hello all and welcome to another long overdue edition of The Doctor's Prognosis! I keep putting these off and they get bigger than I really want them to be. Maybe because I'm too lazy to always be finding new cosplayers.

Anyway, still been too busy with my editing c|ass. I don't think I'm as good at it as I'd like to be but it's necessary to know even if it's not my career goal to become an editor. You have to know every aspect of film/television if you want to succeed. At least I think it's important. Plus I can't get my degree without it.

Anyway, moving on to some reviews and game impressions.

Bioshock Beat

Yes you read that correctly. After more than a year, I have finally finished Bioshock and what a game. I decided to give it a 9 out of 10 and here are the pros and cons...

For one, the game can get very easy using only the electric plasmid and the wrench. I am the type that is hesitant to use his ammo because he is afraid he will be low on it soon. I call it "Resident Evil Syndrome." As a result, I played the game almost entirely this way. I only used my other weapons when fighting Big Daddies which weren't as hard once I figured out a cool method that took about 3 hits: plant 3 mines on an explosive canister and use your telekinesis to lob it at the Big Daddy. This does so much damage that you only need like 2 Electric Buck shots from your shotgun to put him down. Yawn.

Anyway, that's kind of my fault since I chose to play that way. So really this game can be as fun as you make it. It's fun setting enemies on fire or sniping them with the crossbow or making them fight each other or making them commit suicide by attacking a Big Daddy. And once I got to the final boss, I got to unload all my awesome powers and weapons and it was a blast.

Bioshock has some graphical and sound glitches but for the most part, it is quite amazing in both aspects. The music and ambience, as well as the art design, are awesome. They really come together to create this whole other world.

Some cons however, are that aiming isn't as easy as some FPS games but this is really more an RPG as you can spec your character with different abilities and plasmid powers help out with this weakness as well. Also, it's kind of annoying to have to hack so many security cameras and such throughout the game. But plasmids help with this too as they can make it easier to hack, though automatic hacking tools make it even easier by skipping the whole minigame altogether. I wish they made it so you could skip the minigame everytime without havig to worry about hacking tools.

Anyway, despite the cons, Bioshock is an amazing game that everyone should give a try. The story is great and I can't wait for the next one. Actually, with all the great games coming out, I CAN wait but you know what I mean. Big thumbs up for Bioshock.

Lego Batman

I bought and finished this game really quickly. Even getting all the achievements.

I found it to be really fun (being a huge Batman fan) being able to play as all the heroes and villains from the comics. I felt they added a nice variety to the game with all the puzzles and vehicle levels. Plus, once you beat a stage, you can go back replay them with your newer unlocked characters so you can find hidden items and such.

So the game is quite a bit of fun but very short. And pretty easy too. So I give it a 7.5 out of 10. I recommend it for Batman fans for a rental maybe. I would say a buy for kids since they could probably get more playtime out of it and such. Not a great game but very good and worth checking out. Just know that multiplayer is offline only.

LittleBigPlanet Impressions

My first real PS3 game, and probably my last! I just don't see much else coming out for it. I have a 360 so any multiplatform games will be bought for that since all my friends have a 360 as well.

LittleBigPlanet is a very fun game. I can see myself playing this off and on for a long time simply because some of the user-created levels out there are brilliant. Seriously, there are some really awesome level designers out there. I played this great Batman level based on Arkham Asylum and it had some cool challenges like solving a riddle by the Riddler. I answered wrong at first and fell to my death.

Anyone with a PS3 should have this game. You just can't escape its charm. It also has an amazing soundtrack that I could listen to for hours.

My only gripe, and this is really just me, is that the creating levels is a great task. Maybe it's because I don't have as much free time as I'd like but I am having trouble making my first level. It's like I don't know where to start even though I know what I want. But I think this isn't because of how the game is designed. I just don't really have the time to figure out how to make the things I want. I wish I could just will it to appear. I am determined to make something eventually thoug. Even if it's a brick at a time.

Anyway, you can have a blast even if you create nothing. You can be lazy and just play what others are making. It's great either way.

Gears of War 2 Impressions

Of course I picked up the sequel to my favorite game on the 360. I got the limited edition with the cool artbook and code for the golden lancer. Eh they're not that great but since I work at Best Buy, the price difference between the regular and limited editions is only 4 bucks. Not bad at all.

I stayed up playing coop with my friend last night for about 4-5 hours. We were having a blast and got near the end of Act 2 on Hardcore. The story so far is great and the graphics have been improved. Which is amazing considering how great the last one looked.

I hope to try out the new Horde Mode and some multiplayer matches soon. But so far, I am just impressed with the campaign. Some really great looking levels and they are bigger too. They don't feel as linear as before either as you can take different branching paths though they lead to the same locations. It's mostly due to it just being bigger stages.

Bigger stages also lend themselves to more epic battles and there are some crazy looking ones in this game. It feels like they put a lot of thought into it and took advantage of the technology they're using in this game.

So far, I am enjoying my time with Gears 2 and I am excited to continue playing throught the campaign. Big thumbs up.

Cosplayer of the Blog

More of the same can't be too bad right? Here is one the more popular cosplayers on my blog now as Princess Peach! Love how she uses props.

Awww... Look at the little Goombas.

The Princess is saved by.... Racoon Mario?

Thanks for making another appointment with The Doctor's Prognosis!

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Hello my peeps! Welcome back to the Doctor's Prognosis! I am your host, Dr. C-LOS.

Been a litte over a month since my last blog and yes I am still alive. I have been really busy with work and school. Especially school. I am taking a film editing course and our first task is to take an unedited film and create a short movie with it. That's right... cutting and splicing film ourselves. Many of us were hesitant to begin cutting. Anyway, whatever we have left after the first film will be used to create another film. So really we have to create two films.

I spent a lot of time in the editing lab doing some hard work making sure the edits were good but in a way it was also fun. I guess the challenge actually kept me interested as I rarely feel challenged in school.

Now that you know why I have been scarce around here, I will get into some stuff I wanted to talk about.....

My Birthday

Yeah so I just turned 28 recently and my mom decided she wanted to take me and my brother (I have a fraternal twin which means we don't look alike) to Medieval Times near her place. I thought it might be boring but it was really fun. They had a bar there so I decided to have a few drinks.

They give you crowns which represent the knight you will be cheering for during the dinner show. What made it so fun was the drunken loud people in my area, the yellow area. Our area was the most vocal and even my grandmother got into it and was waving her flag for our knight. She even had a drink or two.

After the dinner show, the knights gathered around the bar to relax. The rest of us got to go talk to them and take pictures. Not to mention the drinks and they actually had a sort of dance floor along with some music though it was just for a short time.

We all had a lot of fun and now my bro and I are interested in renaissance festivals. Well we were always interested but this just gave us a reminder. Hopefully we will be able to visit one of these festivals soon.

I have a picture I wanted to show you but I need to figure out how to scan it on this computer. Also my bro took it to his girl's house and forgot it. Next time for sure.

I instead leave you with the Knights that put on the show for us instead.

Go Yellow Knight! Or as the drunken guys behind me were yelling... "Yeeeeeeelloooooowww!!!"

Lego Batman

Yes I bought it. And yes I still haven't finished Bioshock after a whole year. I wanted to buy Too Human first but I have little money at the moment and this game is cheaper. With my Best Buy discount it's only slightly above $40.

I am glad I got this game. Very simple gameplay but very fun. Even my bro picked up the other controller and played some two-player with me for awhile.

After you finish the levels in Story Mode, you can return and play in Free Play Mode where you can switch on the fly with any characters you've unlocked. This makes it much easier to get whatever you missed the first time through. I hope Batman: Arkham Asylum is at least as good as this. It's not perfect by any means but fun for Batman fans. That's a thumbs up from me.

Shazam!

Ok so one last thing. I recently bought hardcover graphic novel Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith. Yes... Jeff Smith of Bone fame. I only recently found out about this book and I loved it. It has that great art and simple but engaging story that is suitable for all ages. Just like Bone. It's got magic, humor, and political subtexts. Good stuff.

If you are a Jeff Smith/Bone fan like me then I highly recommend this book. It introduced me to Captain Marvel for the first time in comic form and I really liked it.

I can now see why Captain Marvel was more popular than Superman in the past. I think the character is more relatable as Captain Marvel inhabits a little boy which fulfills many a man's dream as a kid. Makes me wonder why Warner Bros. and DC wouldn't make a film based on this franchise. It appeals to kids and adults. This book certainly made a fan out of me.

Cosplayer of the Blog

Since it's been some time I reward you with more than one pic this time. Some of my readers were very enthusiatic about the cute girl dressed like Samus so I decided for more of her. I found some pics of the same girl.... in Samus' Zero Suit. Very nice.

Thanks for making another appointment with The Doctor's Prgonosis! Hopefully they won't be so far between for the following blogs.

See you next time!