Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion 2 for the 3DS are definite must haves! I hope the latter doesn't have stupid controls. Stupid controls is what drove me away from Kid Icarus Uprising.
I've got a free game coming to me as well in the 3DS XL promotional thing that Nintendo of Europe are offering generously.
I'm also quietly hoping that Dragon Quest VII will come out in Europe for the 3DS.
That's it so far. There's also downloadable stuff of course like Mega Man 2 for the 3DS VC that'll inevitably arrive at some point over the next few months. I'm keeping an eye on the Wii U of course, which should have a couple of big things happening to it this year. Watch this space for other games I can't think of right now.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Coping with YouTube layout changes
Remember YouTube in 2005? No ads, video buffer continued to fill when you pressed pause.... those were the days. Over the past few weeks YouTube did something that threw me off completely.
They got rid of page numbers.
I watch lots of video game videos from YouTubers whom I very much enjoy. These people are often very prolific and have hundreds upon hundreds of videos which used to be easily found as long as you had the page number of the list they were on.
That's all gone out the window and is now replaced with a "Load more" button. All this does is load more of the list of videos on the same page. If I were to do that, going through hundreds of videos, my poor computer would slow to a crawl and lock up. Anyone's would.
Thankfully, and after much swearing I found they added a touch to their playlist feature, which is displayed to the right of the video when you play it. I can pinpoint the url of any video and keep a record of the last one I watched, which I usually do in chronological order. I turn autoplay off and press the previous button to watch the newer video in the sequence. That's how I'm coping and surviving with YouTube right now.
That's the way it'll be, at least until they go and fuck it up again with another update.
They got rid of page numbers.
I watch lots of video game videos from YouTubers whom I very much enjoy. These people are often very prolific and have hundreds upon hundreds of videos which used to be easily found as long as you had the page number of the list they were on.
That's all gone out the window and is now replaced with a "Load more" button. All this does is load more of the list of videos on the same page. If I were to do that, going through hundreds of videos, my poor computer would slow to a crawl and lock up. Anyone's would.
Thankfully, and after much swearing I found they added a touch to their playlist feature, which is displayed to the right of the video when you play it. I can pinpoint the url of any video and keep a record of the last one I watched, which I usually do in chronological order. I turn autoplay off and press the previous button to watch the newer video in the sequence. That's how I'm coping and surviving with YouTube right now.
That's the way it'll be, at least until they go and fuck it up again with another update.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Paper Mario 3D proves that 3D technology is extremely primitive
Paper Mario 3D is done the best way it could possibly be done with regards to the 3D effect. The experience still sucks because if you move the screen any bit from dead centre — something which happens naturally with a handheld — it all goes into a blurry mess. Same old story then!
This highlights more than ever that we need better technology in order to execute 3D more successfully but it's just not being sold to us. The empty fucking promise is sold to us though.
3DS is yes, all experimental and the best argument for 3D yet and also the best example yet of 3D in execution, but it's still at a very primitive stage.
This highlights more than ever that we need better technology in order to execute 3D more successfully but it's just not being sold to us. The empty fucking promise is sold to us though.
3DS is yes, all experimental and the best argument for 3D yet and also the best example yet of 3D in execution, but it's still at a very primitive stage.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Paper Mario 3D's motion control sticker effect
I love this little touch! Just like real collectable glittery stickers, when you move the 3DS, the glittery stickers in your inventory move their shine around. Very clever!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Watching SirRonLionHeart play Majora's Mask
I realy like this Let's Player! He takes getting used to but becomes very watchable with his jokes and voices. I watched his SMW Cookie Crisis and Mario 64 plays and now I'm watching his Majora's Mask one.
My favourite moment so far is when he was fighting the boss from the Great Bay dungeon. Before it appeared he said "This better not be some giant fish- OH WHAT THE" and this giant fish leaps right out of the water. Made me laugh out loud so it did! That cute conversation about taking pictures of the Gerudo was fun too. "Such a guy" Tatl kept saying.
Anyway I was sick after eating so much Christmas food and watching Ron helped get me through all that. I'll continue to watch! Thanks for being so FANTASTIC and ULTRA!
My favourite moment so far is when he was fighting the boss from the Great Bay dungeon. Before it appeared he said "This better not be some giant fish- OH WHAT THE" and this giant fish leaps right out of the water. Made me laugh out loud so it did! That cute conversation about taking pictures of the Gerudo was fun too. "Such a guy" Tatl kept saying.
Anyway I was sick after eating so much Christmas food and watching Ron helped get me through all that. I'll continue to watch! Thanks for being so FANTASTIC and ULTRA!
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Explaining the 3DS to someone who unwrapped theirs on Christmas Day
Yesterday I was showing a family member how to do StreetPass and about play coins. It took a long time to explain it all to them. They were taken by the initial novelty value of the whole concept though and spent the day after Christmas Dinner walking around the house trying to build up their 10 play coins a day. That was pretty interesting!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Effing arcade is going to be late
Well, Rab Florence's new show is going to be late.
The blog says it, and to me the tone of that statement seems to be same as the one Nintendo have when fans ask about the next Zelda.
Let's wait some more I suppose.
The blog says it, and to me the tone of that statement seems to be same as the one Nintendo have when fans ask about the next Zelda.
Let's wait some more I suppose.
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