MawnDaze 10/05/09
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!MawnDaze!
Me having a migraine all day. I woke up at 1:30pm like an average college student and I had the biggest throbbing headache in the world. But alas this was not a regular headache that Motrin could battle back, this was a full blown migraine. Which if you've never had, it's like if you broke a bone, but the bone is your skull/brain and you can't wrap it up or heal it quickly, you just sit around all day. So here I am at 5:00am typing this out. But enough of that.
Ninja Gaiden
Gaming related I picked up Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, which is a confusing title since it makes it seem like this is the 2nd Special Edition of the first Sigma, as opposed to Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma... It's like if I said Metal Gear Sold Special Edition 3. Uh what? But regardless I purchased that game and here's some bulleted thoughts:
- Still difficult, playing on the Warrior difficulty and I've died a few times already, it's totally Ninja Gaiden
- Not as good as the first NG for a few reasons:
- The color palette isn't distinguished, Ryu is black, the enemies are black, a lot of the time you can't tell who you are on screen since you look so similar, very frustrating
- I think the combat doesn't allow a lot of agility in comparison to the previous one, I liked the L1 button being a roll instead of dash it seems more fluid in the animation and flow of combat as opposed to the dash in NG2
- Doesn't really have the charm of the first game, everything is totally nuts and retarded, a giant stone statue in Tokyo? Wtf? CIA? What the hell.
- Made me buy Ninja Gaiden Sigma for $20 dollars
Ninja Gaiden Sigma has given me a better view on the Ninja Gaiden series again though since it was just better designed on every front, although a few people seem to disagree with me. Which by the way.
TalkGames - "Hurt Me Plenty"
The new TalkGames podcast is out. On this episode we talk about the difficulty of video games in general, as well as talking about what games we've been playing, and news etc. You guys can download the show directly, from the RSS feed, or subscribe on iTunes and the episodes will download automatically. Feel free to leave some feedback about the show in the comments section, we're trying to evolve the show to make it more listenable and interesting, feel free to suggest ideas for segments or Artie Gets Schooled segment. Here are the show notes.
NEWS!!! (42:00) Where are all the next gen games? Are games this generation not improving as much as the previous ones? (45:00) Microsoft says Motion Control is the new Online Multiplayer (55:40) Activision sucks (1:01:10) Why are games $60 dollars? (1:05:30) SF4 Special Edition and RE5 Director's Cut (1:16:30) Show ending notes (1:21:00)
Email us artie --at-- talkxbox --dot-- com. Learn some facts about video games next week when we give you all trivia questions!
I Am Poor
So as many of you know I am in college these days and man if college didn't clear me out quick. I left my house with six hundred dollars in
Anyone got some job suggestions? Maybe there's a brand of store that's awesome to work for that I'm not thinking of. There's this Pizza place called "Dinosaur Pizza" the food sucks, but its the greatest name ever so I was thinking of working there since its literal the same guy every time. There's also another store called "Hot Bagels" they both seem super small and relaxed, which means I won't have to worry about working hard, but not a lot of benefits.
Anyway, that was today's MawnDae. I don't know if I'll write that much every time. But if I do, well, I'll be a hypocrite because I hate reading long blogs. Tell me who read it all. I'll add some pictures to sooth everyone's eyeballs and refrain from a block of text. See you next week.
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