Nostalgia High

Okay, so being here at my dad's hasn't been as bad as I thought it might be. Since I've been here last, he's put both of the cats outside(which I wasn't too thrilled about at first), so there's not as much hair in here, therefore my allergies aren't kicking in very much. I just wish it wasn't at the cost of the cats.

Anyway, one of the first things I did here was go look for all of my PS1 games and see if any of them would work on my PS3, and to my complete surprise, out of the thirteen that I found, six of them actually worked(Spyro 3, Casper: Friends Around the World*, The Grinch, Digimon: Digimon World 2, Ape Escape**, and Crash Bandicoot 2; The ones that didn't work were Spyro 2, Crash Bandicoot WARPED, Crash Team Racing***, Croc 2, some PlayStation Demo Disc, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Rugrats: Search for Reptar). The reason this was so amazing is because these games, for one, are nearly ten years old, and I didn't actually take very good care of my stuff back then.

We're (hopefully) going to Movie Gallery tonight, because apparently, they clean discs, so maybe if we get them cleaned, they'll be more apt to work.

*Terrible, terrible game.
**This one worked despite having a HUGE gash it it big enough for my fingernail to get stuck in.
***I was so PISSED when this one didn't work.

Post-Script: Spyro 3 is my real favorite Spyro game. I had most of it confused with Spyro 2, hence why I said Spyro 2 was my favorite.

I'm Tired

I'm tired. I didn't fall asleep until, like, 3:30 AM last night, and I had to get up early today(like, 10:30 or something) because I went to my dad's house. In Kentucky. Two. Hours. Away. I also took both my 360 and my PS3 because my brother wanted to see them, and they are very, VERY heavy(I read that the PS3(with it's original packaging) is something like 18 lbs). Yeah, so I'm tired. Anyway, point is, I may not make blog posts very regularly(what the hell am I saying? Just because I'm at my dad's doesn't mean I have a life.), but I'll try. I don't know when I'm going back to my mom's, but it will probably be next weekend sometime. Okay, so I guess there was no real point to this post, but I did say I wanted to post at least once a day.

OHCRAP I JUST REMEMBERED MY DAD'S INTERNET IS NOT AS FAST AS MY MOM'S CRAPCRAPCRAP HELP ME JESUS

Videogames Are Not Art. What?

Okay, it really pisses me off when people say that videogames are not a form of art. Why not? I would love to hear the reasoning behind this way of thinking. 2D images are art. 3D/Computer generated images are art. 3D/Computer generated movies are considered an art form, too, as far as I know(I consider just about every Pixar movie a work of art). Why aren't videogames considered art? I have no clue. I consider several games works of art, like Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Bioshock, Metal Gear Solid 4 and many others, in my opinion, are absolute masterpieces. Every one of those games are so cinematic, more so than most movies I've ever seen.

Maybe in the future videogames will be considered art. I don't think movies were considered art right away, but videogames have been around for what, 36 years(I think they've only been mainstream since '85, though)? Don't you think that's long enough? I just don't see how someone can actually have the gall sit there and look at something so fantastic such as MGS4 and not call that both a technical masterpiece and a brilliant work of art.

My one semi-semi-loyal reader(and anyone else who was unfortunate enough to find this blog) can discuss in the comment section.

What the Hell

Ok, I was just watching last night's Attack of the Show, and they had this clip in the Around the Net segment:



Also, what the hell?

Note: I do not support either McCain or Obama, this video was just really funny.

Weird Dream

I had such a strange series of dreams last night. I don't remember all of them, but the main one I remember was where I didn't have a shirt on and my nipples were like, six inches in diameter. It was pretty cool.

My Top 10 Favorite Videogame Series Pt. 2

Okay, so yesterday's post turned out to be pretty long, so I figured I'd break it up into two posts, one, just so it won't be so long, and two, so I don't have to post anything else today. I might anyway, but at least I don't have to. Anyway, here's 5-1.


5. Guitar Hero

I don't have a lot to say about this one, because I don't know a single person who hasn't at least TRIED to play a GH game. Hell, even my grandmother has played it. I don't know how they do it, but they almost always have such a strong track list(except for GH2, not even Trogdor could save it, IMHO). The GH games are also so intuitive, what with a freaking guitar controller. I always have a blast when I play a GH game, even the one on the DS. I don't know why people gave that one so much crap, I liked it quite a bit.

Best in series: Guitar Hero 3

4. Rock Band

OHMYGOD PUSA WILL BE IN RB2! As good as the original Rock Band is, I think RB2 will be about as awesome as it gets, what with a Presidents of the United States of America(my absolute FAVORITE band EVAR) track, and being able to import all of RB1's tracks. I forgot how big the track list will be, over 500 or something. It's unreal. When I found out that PUSA will be in RB2, I was ecstatic the whole day, and that was on an E3 day, so I was even more happy when I found out all of the other cool stuff coming out(Fallout 3, Little Big Planet, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars(maybe, I'm rather skeptical), Wii Motion Plus(Oh, you mean the thing that the Wii was supposed to come PACKAGED with?) and all that other crap).

Best in series: Rock Band 2 (unless they SEVERELY screw this one up, there's logically no way for this one to be worse)

3. Super Mario Bros.

How could this NOT be in my Top 10? SMB basically IS videogames. There's no way around that. I know people who have never played a videogame in their life, but have played an SMB game at some point. I actually have an NES that my aunt game me a few years ago, and I have the first 3 original SMB's. Arguably one of the best series ever, much less the best platformer ever, this has to be in everybody's Top 10 list by law, if I have anything to do with it.

Best in series: Super Mario Bros. 3

2. Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid 4. Very VERY yes. The entire reason I got my PS3 in the first place, and a damn good one at that. While I haven't played them all, MGS4 has to be my favorite out of the ones that I have played, with Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the PSP in second.

The series is known for it's deep(albeit lengthy) stories, and even though they're long, it's worth every. Single. Minute. While I don't understand the story fully, it's still so amazing, so deep, much deeper than ANY movie or book I've ever seen or read. I hope they make the MGS movie very, very soon.

Best in series: Metal Gear Solid 4

1. Half-Life (Portal, Gmod, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike included)

Oh, Half-Life, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. This is, in my opinion, the BEST GAME SERIES EVAR. And I mean that. This series is so revolutionary, so intriguing. From the AMAZING graphics for it's time(hey, HL's graphics were awesome for 1998), to the mysterious story, to the oh-so-FRIKKIN' AWESOME gameplay, Half-Life is, without a doubt, my favorite game series.

God, I can't even begin to count the hundreds-upon-hundreds of hours I've invested in this game and it's sequels/spinoffs/addons(e.g. Gmod, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat), and while HL was awesome, Half-Life 2 was awesomer. WAY awesomer. When I first played HL2, one of the very first things I noticed were the physics, which, in this game, are VERY important. The physics are among the best I've ever seen, and I've played a LOT of games.

HL2 is another of my cantidates for games as an art form, in that it's just so immersive and engaging, it almost never seems like a game. From Half-Life, to Half-Life 2, to Counter-Strike, to Team Fortress 2, to Portal and to Gmod, this franchise has probably eaten the most hours of my life thus far, and I'll gladly give it many more.

Best in series: Half-Life 2

Okay, so that's it. I think I'm going to bed pretty soon, seeing as I've just spent about an hour and a half typing all of this up.

My Top 10 Favorite Videogame Series Pt. 1

Ok, I'm kinda hurting for something to post, so I had to delve into the list of things to post in a situation such as this. Anyway, here I go with part 1.

10. Halo

Okay, this is not my favorite game series. That's why it's number 10. I started by playing Halo 3, and I played through it, and hated it. Later on, I decided to give it another chance, so I downloaded the original Halo to my 360, and my brother and I beat it. It made Halo 3 make a little more sense, so it made Halo 3 a little more understandable, but not fully. I still need to play Halo 2. I bought the game several months ago but still haven't played it. I don't know why, but it just seems unbearable. I think they did something with the health system that they(thankfully) changed back in Halo 3. Also, in a fairly unrelated event, I did like the game enough to name my cat Cortana.

Best in series: Halo 3

9. Crash Bandicoot (Naughty Dog)

Ah, Crash Bandicoot. I remember playing these games for literally hours on my PS1 way back when. Especially Crash Team Racing. That game was awesome. I think I may have a somewhat biased opinion on CTR, though, because it was practically the only game my mom would ever play with me, so I really liked it. I was pretty pissed that the later games sucked(Apparently Naughty Dog sold the franchise to Eurocom, and all of the post-ND games sucked pretty hard), but now that I have my PS3, I'm in the process of getting a working copy of CTR. I'm still putting off getting Crash Bandicoot WARPED from the PSN until I can get more cashmoneyz.

Best in series: Crash Team Racing

8. Spyro the Dragon (Insomniac Games)

Spyro...arguably one of the BEST games on PS1. This game was amazing, and I actually did get around to buying it on PSN, so now I play it on my PSP, and I get a nostalgia-high every time. As much as I liked Spyro, in my opinion, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage was my favorite. I seriously wish that Sony would put it out on PSN. I even check periodically for this game. I can't put into words how much I loved this game. I also want to kill whoever decided to sell the franchise to Equinox Digital Entertainment/Check Six Studios. The later Spyro games, just like Crash, sucked MAJOR balls. GAH.

Best in series: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

7. Ratchet and Clank

Now, I haven't played much of this series, but what I haved played, I LOVED. Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destuction is by far one of my favorite PS3 games, and one of my all-time favorite action-platformers. All of the weapons, upgrades to those weapons and RPG-esque levelling just makes this game so amazing. The graphics are among the best I've ever seen, too; this game look beautiful. This game deserves all of the high review scores it's gotten. I absolutely cannot wait until can get my hands on more RaC.

Best in series: Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

6. Grand Theft Auto

GRAND. THEFT. AUTO. IV. IS. ONE. OF. THE. BEST. GAMES. EVAR. I cannot stress that fact enough. GTAIV is such a beautiful game, graphics and story-wise, and anyone who says that videogames are not an art form(I'll save the rest of this argument for a later post) can let Niko Bellic shotgun them up the ass. I've played a few GTA's, but none of them have had such a deep storyline, such awesome controls, or such amazing gameplay. And as far as I know, none of them have had such a flamboyant gay guy. Hilarious.

Best in series: Grand Theft Auto IV


Okay, so that's it for this post. Check the next post for 5-1.