Thinking about Rayman Origins (part 2)

Rayman Origins has come down in price in the sales...

I'm here trying to research the differences between versions of the game.

So far noone seems to care about saying anything except HD on the HD twin formats.

I want to know more! Like loading times for example!

Zelda 1 gets even better the more confident you get at it

I've been playing this game from start to finish several times over the holidays and I haven't gotten bored yet. It's really intimidating when you don't know what you're doing but when you get good and know what you're doing you look for more rational ways to go around doing things.

Today for example after beating level 2 I went straight to level 8 and sought out the magical key. It was scary to be doing it so early in the game, being equipped as I was.

Most important of all, I am having a ball playing this game!!!

Thinking about New Year's Resolutions and Wii Fit

I hardly ever use Wii Fit. I think it's great and I have improved myself with it before but I never really committed to it on a long term basis. I think if I did it would work really well for me. I'm just thinking about a realistic resolution: Use it every day or if I'm out of town then do some exercise on the quiet.

There's a guy in Skyward Sword who started exercising at night so that he would be able to work during the day with newly gained confidence. That's what happened to him! He got more confidence! I think that's a good thing to work for. It could open doors for me down the road you never know.

Hmm... I'm not sure about Kirby Mass Attack

I finally got a chance to play Kirby Mass Attack for the DS today. I can't say I'm all that sure I like it. Aside from plain stupid and useless things like tutorials and achievements it's just the way it's controlled I'm not sure I like. It's the kind of thing I worried about when I saw trailers for the game and I have to admit my apprehensions are true. I don't like dragging and flicking Kirby around with the stylus and I'm afraid about marking the touch screen.

I think about the only stylus controls I like are the occasional jotting down of things or just plain tapping.

Reflecting on 2011: Ghost Trick

Wow, remember this? This was one of the very first games to come out in 2011 and I devoured it. I love adventure games but this was something special altogether! It's like, say you know those Rube Goldberg machines? Imagine one of them but pretend a ghost is possessing some of the mechanics and making them work.

I love the way adventure games can allow for this kind of flexibility to the gameplay and make you enjoy it on several levels.

It seems like forever ago since this game came out. It's absolutely wonderful though and deserves to be played.

Christmas with Jingle from Animal Crossing

Whenever I meet Jingle from Animal Crossing, it's always during a time when I have to set the clock to meet him. I have to set the clock because I'm always busy on those exact hours when he shows up. It's nice to meet up with him though. This year I got some festive carpet and wallpaper from him in the Wii game so my house is nicely decorated. Happy Christmas everyone!

What is a gamer?

Sounds like a big serious question doesn't it? It's just something I'm wondering about myself and if there can be a definition for it, like say you were explaining it to a space alien or something. I came up with the following sentence so far:

"A video game player is someone who plays games on a screen without having to worry about the mathematics."