May 4th

Well today I have to finish my Research Paper which means a small bit of reading and watching a two hour movie of the 1985 tv production of Death of a Salesmen. This is my last assignment for any classes and all I have left is a History final on the 12th.

In Bully I hit 50% completion, achievements don’t gush anymore and I feel I’ll be lucky if I get any today. I’m still not doing a lot of missions, but I did beat all Bullworth and New Covenant Bike Races, as well I collected every rubberband and G&G card I could in the unlocked areas.

May 3rd

(Forgive me for any errors I’m completely drained mentally.)

I spent last night preparing my speech making sure it was in the coveted 4 mins and 30 seconds required, to cite sources, use visual aids correctly and do everything so my Public Speaking teacher wouldn’t freak out and i’d get a B or an A.

So I get done at midnight, speech is ready, outline is ready and I feel pumped. Unfortunately I can’t sleep till 3pm, have to get up at 7Am so I get 4 hours of sleep. I go to catch my bus to the college, it doesn’t show… or the next one. Great!

So I call a Taxi and spend $10 :/. I get there run into someone else from my class, an older spanish woman who is panicking she chose the same topic as me. I guess I should clarify that after saying we could choose our topics at the last second last week she switched it to 5 topics she wanted.

I went with Teen Drivers in NJ having to have a decal on their car, unfortunately this topic is severly flawed not from the idea perspective but the factual one. For a year long commission NJ really dropped the ball, HOW DO YOU SUGGEST DECAL USE AND DON’T EVEN DESIGN ONE? and how is a lame sticker your best idea among the 47 you list? good lord.

So I get there and my teacher decides, she is tired of hearing speeches and has decided this last speech is optional. If you don’t want to do your speech just turn in your outline. I was happy and pissed at the same time. So this concludes my Public Speaking course a week early than it was supposed too.

Bully-wise I’m 42.94% done the game on Chapter 3 with 580/1000 achievement points!

What Has my Interest in May Releases

Nintendo DS
Drone Tactics:To me this Strategy game seems worth at least trying, I don’t have great hopes for it. I never really do for this genre but I am occasionally suprised (FF Tactics, Omnimusha Tactics, Fire Emblem).

Super Dodgeball Brawlers:This is the meat of the DS releases, the third game in a series. The first being with the NES, the second launching with the GBA and the third coming now. This series must have the most space in between sequels. What it is…it really is just a simple whacky dodgeball title.

Playstation 2
Chaos Wars:Not critically reviewed in Japan but any game that can be a mashed potato of video game series in a strategy rpg has to at least be tried.

Xbox 360
Iron Man:On Multi platform releases I try to go 360 as I’m an achievement whore, aside from that the game looks to be the first decent Iron Man game ever released.

Bionic Commando Rearmed:I’m still more excited for this title than the big 3d one Capcom is making, what this is a remake of the original NES game.

If I had a Wii…
Boom Blox:This game has caught my eye for a while, and that really is all it will as the above line says it all. Steven Speilberg’s first game should actually get positive reviews.

If I had a PS3...I’d have nothing to look forward too!

If I had a PSP…
R Type Command:I’ll be honest I have 0% interest in the game but have you seen the preorder bonus?!

May 1st

Let me figure out where I am here. I have a speech saturday on teen drivers having to have a decal on their cars in NJ, a research paper due monday, a take home final exam for Lit due the 12th of may and a final on the 12th for World History II. That should be my only remaining objectives for the college semester.

Gamingwise I have ballooned up 3 games to 105 in my backlog. I hit out 13% in Bully and 265 points out of 1000 in a few hours sooo It shouldn’t last long on my list. On May 12th around one in the afternoon my summer begins and I gotta attack this backlog with all my might, that being said I’m still going to end up buying GTAIV so uh…>_>

http://www.geocities.com/survivormegamanx/detailog.txt The backlog in question

I also gotta share my favorite achievement in Bully, tripping people with marbles. I took my bag, headed to the boys dorm threw one at the end of each hallway towards the exit of the building and pulled the fire alarm. Everyone rushed out fell down and I got all 25 trips in a few seconds.

Song of the Moment:Nobou Uematsu – Lost Odyssey – Neverending Journey

April 30th

No I’m not playing Chrono Trigger, I have been listening to the soundtrack and the memories came flooding back. How come this series hasn’t recieved a third, or how come the original (or psx version due to Nintendo’s claim) hasn’t been ported over to the DS or XBLA or PSN (ew at last one).

Also that image is from the unofficial fan remake of Chrono Trigger that Squeenix stomped their foot on. You can see what they did here: http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/

Song of the Moment:Augustana – Boston

April 29th

Oh wordpress you card! I write an entry this morning and it somehow has never existed by your count! So I’ll write something else!

So what did I do today? Well I spent 4 hours trapped in hell. Hell you ask? Well aside from the fact I am in New Jersey I spent 4 hours doing co-op mode in N+. While it was fun some levels like this one that looks like a medicine bottle are probably some of the most evil gaming levels ever. I still don’t understand why 4 player cooperative has the host do a whole part of the level himself, and the other 3 players do the other half. Wouldn’t 2 and 2 make a lot more sense?

Spider-Man 3 has collectables, any game with collectables becomes absoulete torture when you reach the last few to find. Even if its like this game’s case where you need of each kind of token. I spent a lot of my day swinging around looking for skyscraper tokens to reach a days end of 27 having searched every spot they are supposed to be in.

Yes I used maps and still couldn’t get them all. They aren’t hidden simply on top of the building they are supposed to be at but in little crevices. They also blend in and if you use spider-sense (2 words or 1?) they faintly have a glow but its hardly noticeable.

I also spent my time swinging around New York and doing a few photograph missions. They are decent enough in comparsion to the broken combat tours with gang members carrying Thor’s hammer or at least they might as well.

April 28th

Ok I played for an hour on each game I got today and here are my impressions.

Spider-Man 3
-Combat reminds me of Devil May Cry on speed
-The challenges are as frustrating and horrid as ever, sky diving is the new addition and its atrocious
-Voice acting is fine, Bruce Campbell is a genius again
-Mary Jane Thriller missions involve swinging low/high/fast and collecting hearts while getting to random markers

Verdict:So far the game seems a lot weaker than the 2nd in everything except graphics. If you just want to swing around the city which I eventually just gave in and only did your set as its fun and the game is beautiful

Lego Star Wars 2
-Something calming to it smashing the levels apart
-Beating each level without dying is horrible
-Focuses a lot on replaying levels

Verdict:If you just want to play through it, its fun silly and easy. If you want to collect everything it won’t be that bad as the game is enjoyable. If you want those don’t die achievements find some rabbit feet or something.

April 27th

Things I Learned from Banjo Kazooie

Crapping eggs seems to fix every problem I’ve come into contact with. Flowers need to grow? No problem! Bucket has a hole? FIXED!

3pm Mad Monster Mansion cleared, bonus retarded Banjo?

3:40Pm Rusty Bucket Bay, I am told I will loathe this level and want to quit the game here. Sounds fun.

April 26th

Who likes achievements? I DO I DO!!! I went back to the scrapyard in Half Life 2’s Black Mesa East chapter for this achievement.

Blast from the Past 10G
Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli’s scrapyard.

I love the gravity gun, seriously its easily my favorite weapon aside from the colt six action army, or at least I think thats what its called thanks to Revolver Ocelot.

That.

Other than that I’ve been dabbing in more Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour.

#806 The World Ends With You NDS

#806 The World Ends With You [NDS]
91st NDS game finished
38th game finished in 2008

Square-Enix can make good original games without having to stick Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest on it. World easily has the deepest story of any game in recent memory, and with a really addictive battle system its pretty much an unbeatable game.
That being said there is very little I can say about that great story since I can’t even imagine attempting to explain it without massive spoilers.
So let’s move on. The Controls are pretty much spot on, running takes some getting used to but by mid game I forgot I struggled early on. The music is perfect and so is the art style. Yeah you get a Kingdom Hearts vibe from it, but who says thats a bad thing?
Its one horrible feature is a mini game called Tin Pin Slammer. It doesn’t subtract from the game really at all as you move on every time you are forced to play it.
The World Ends with You may turn off some people for looking like a hip hop rpg, well those people are missing out on something gamers will look back to when we move onto the next portable machine.

I give it a 98.3%