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XboxONE + Halo TV series!

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Television, Video Games May 21 2013 · 0 views

Xbox, Microsoft

Aside from being just about the worst name ever, I was pretty excited for the console reveal.

Until people started attacking it and insisting Sony's better in the three other places I was talking about it during the reveal. Even though I never tried to bring up any of that console war idiocy. Then of course they get mad at me for trying to defend things or tell them to take it elsewhere or whatever... but yeah, oh well.

Don't care about the EA sports games (at all) or Forza 5. Quantum Break sounded pretty cool, and getting 8 new franchises next year has me excited. And I hate to admit it, but the CoD: Ghosts talk actually had me somewhat interested, with the new engine touted and emphasis on campaign.

And the hardware sounds pretty decent. It sounded like they mentioned built-in video recording, which I'm very much looking forward to.

Oh, they did spend way too much time talking about using your gaming console to watch television, though... Too many features, not enough focus.

I'm definitely looking forward to E3 for bigger game reveals. ~~But also for them to hopefully address the always-online rumor, which was not even alluded to here.~~ (Current reports are saying after the conference, Microsoft confirmed the rumor false.) And of course the new no-used game rumor started today alongside the reveal... It doesn't affect me any since I only buy new games, but of course I understand why many would be concerned. Especially since the rumor says it ties games to an account, not even a single system.

EDIT:

And how did I forget this?! (Thanks Valenti :3) THERE'S GOING TO BE A LIVE ACTION HALO TV SERIES BY STEVEN SPIELBERG. EEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!

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Bioshock Infinite - Infuriating Already

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Video Games May 11 2013 · 0 views

Bioshock

Just finally bought Bioshock Infinite yesterday... and already it has me raging.

I keep getting reset really far back every time I load the game and hit continue. Like, hours of gameplay lost. After dealing with this twice, I did some Internet digging and found you can go to "Load Chapter" to find more recent ones... but dear lord, my most recent checkpoint is still not that close to where I left off. They are way too far apart.

It doesn't help that the autosave animation plays often, but seemingly doesn't actually do anything except lure you into a false sense of security.

So yeah. This is a massive, massive turnoff from the game. Legitimately frustrating to lose hours of gameplay for no reason. It really makes me want to not keep playing even.

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Why USPS is Bankrupt

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Collecting May 09 2013 · 0 views

USPS

Because of service like this:

The boxes were worse; was even more caved when my sister picked it up from outside. Where it had been sitting who knows how long, because they never even tried ringing the door bell or notifying us anything was here. ~~My sister had been up since 7 AM and had no clue it was here.~~ A small correction: Apparently she did know, but forgot about it for a few hours. >_< Nonetheless, we didn't have to sign for it or anything. It was just dropped off.

The contents of the box being fine are the only thing keeping me from punching walls... or driving to the post office and saying some choice words I don't think I'd regret.

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Mewtwo x Karzahni - April Haul

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Collecting Apr 30 2013 · 0 views

Pokemon, Mewtwo, Bionicle and 2 more...

So this month was pretty awesome. And that includes some of my haul.

First of all, thank you very, very much TheFMAlchemist63 for Karzahni & co. and Radiak. They're all sets I've wanted for quite a long time and I'm very happy to have them.

And Mewtwo? Wow. If the D-Arts line had started with Pokémon, I think it'd be an even bigger success right now.

Although, my Mewtwo is a little defective. :/ Came out of the package with a messed up right bicep; it popped off and shredded some of the peg when I first tried to turn it. Looks like the hole in the lower arm was misshapen. It went back on and stays, but posing is a nightmare because it just pulls on that connection instead of moving the arm at the shoulder like I want it to. And I sometimes need to "push" it in a little bit to look flush... But it's ultimately a collector's piece so will stay posed on the shelf most of the time, so I'm not too concerned.

I do wish I had some Transformers loot to show off too. I don't know whether it's laziness or I genuinely just couldn't find the time/justification to catch a bus and go out hoping to find something. And reports from other fans in my area saying there's nothing here didn't help. But once I'm home next week, I plan to finally go buy Bioshock Infinite, so that'll be a perfect opportunity to check out Wal-Mart too.

And D-arts Charizard is on his way. And I just ordered figma Pit and am awaiting confirmation on that... So next month should be pretty big heh.

Also... Gotta love Mewtwo's Shadow Ball effect part:

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Best Game! :D (and Six Semesters Down!)

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Video Games, School Apr 27 2013 · 57 views

Pac-Man, Clyde, Master Chief and 1 more...

So our game was voted best in the class!

For those wanting to check it out, here it is again.

And HERE is a link to (most of) the other games made by the class. I'm quite a fan of Neuro, Leecher, and Gravity Assist myself.

Overall the last day of classes for my sixth semester of college ended on quite the high note. Had a pizza party in one class and won a Pizza Hut gift card in another. And had a ton of fun gaming with my club last night.

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Team Game - Final Release

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Video Games, School Apr 23 2013 · 328 views

Pac-Man, Halo, Tetris, Clyde

Well, it was for a school project, so time was limited. Otherwise I'd love to keep working on this. But here's what we managed to get together.

The Final Game!

(And for those of you that get frustrated, here's the final level )

I would have loved to have gotten in 10 more levels, but compared to other games in the class, 15 is a lot. And it seemed to get a pretty warm reception during yesterday's demo, too. Looking forward to tomorrow's now, although I'll probably be playing more of the others than watching people play mine.

It's also missing a "ghost vision" feature we tossed around quite a lot during development, but never quite got around to implementing. The hope was phasing would build into it, but alas that never came to be.

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Re:BZPC #15

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Video Games, BZPower Apr 21 2013 · 71 views

Minecraft

Well, came in last in yet another BZPC. But I did thoroughly enjoy the change of pace this one presented. And of course, the post-game shenanigans were as fun as always.

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Team Game So Far [Updated]

Posted by Electric Turahk , in School, Video Games Apr 17 2013 · 440 views

Clyde, Tetris, PacMan, Halo

I want to blog and didn't really know what to do.

EDIT: We've added 5 more levels and tweaked the player controls some.

So here's my game so far!

As of this post, there's only 5 workable levels. I'd especially appreciate some feedback on level 5... Whether it's too hard or anything else you think should be changed.

Oh! And the title screen is horrible, so here are some instructions. xP

Left/Right or A/D to move left and right.
Up/W/Space to jump
P activate phase mode. You can walk through walls 'n stuff.

Enjoy.

~|ET|~

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Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Television Apr 07 2013 · 145 views

Firefly

Finally sat down and watched the first episode of Firefly last night with some friends.

I have to say... I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The only thing that seemed odd to me was that both in pacing and aesthetics it seemed very much more film-like than an episode of a TV show. That's not to its detriment at all, but was just a curios observation.

Don't know when I'll find time for the rest, but I have no doubt I'd like to watch it.

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So Sick

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Personal Apr 04 2013 · 99 views

Flu outta nowhere. It is not fun.

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Re: Prank

Posted by Electric Turahk , in School Apr 01 2013 · 137 views

April Fools Day, Prank

So my angry mood was spoiled by being intercepted by more people than I thought would be there before the meeting.

Instead, I played up the sadness. I acted very morose. Immediately had them asking if I was alright; that I seemed depressed. Played that out for the next half hour; stayed distant, outside the room, like I couldn't be around anyone. Then gave my speech about deciding to disband the club, apparently quite convincingly. They were pretty much speechless. As I closed the door, one of the girls pointed out it was April Fool's Day and they erupted in laughter. All went well if you ask me.

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My Prank Idea for the Day

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Misc, School Apr 01 2013 · 71 views

So for those of you that don't know, I run a video game club. Tonight we are set to elect a new vice president, as our current vp will be graduating at the end of the semester.

It's somewhat known within the club that I've been frustrated by our current vp because of her recent shenanigans, but that's a story for another time and place. The point is it might be understandable that I could be a little angry.

And I'm counting on that.

I plan on announcing an alternative solution to our vice presidential problem - disbanding the club in a rage and just walking out.

The sad thing is it might be believable coming from me heh... but hey, that should make it a good one. We'll see.

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Magical Mystery - March Haul

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Collecting Mar 31 2013 · 43 views

Figuarts, Wizard, Kamen Rider

Well, only one thing arrived in time for this month's haul pic. But I've got plenty more on the way already.

This is the figure I alluded to in an earlier blog post about a purchase being disappointing. Allow me, please, to explain that. It's an import figure and rather than buying from a Japanese outlet, I chose to support the US distributor in this instance. However, it took a little longer than usual for their stock to get in, which was rather frustrating when nothing was being said on it. When it does finally ship, I get it just two days later - gotta love Amazon prime. But the box it arrived in? Take a look at this beauty:

This didn't contribute to it being disappointing, I just found it hilarious that they sent my one small item in this massive box.

But what Amazon did screw up - and this goes for everybody who got this figure from them - is forgetting a first run bonus effects part. I'm firmly in the camp that believes this part should've just been packed in with the figure to begin with rather than packed separately (and also excluded from future production runs... but still). So it being forgotten is most annoying. Fortunately, I've contacted Bluefin and should have a replacement on its way to me shortly.

But that was the main cause of the frustration. Oh, and the figure's waist connection designed so his torso pops off far, far too easily. While it's cool we can change his robes (...which of course the missing part is an alternate robe...), it's upsetting that it came essentially at the cost of waist articulation.

Anywho, enough ranting and rambling! That's all I've got for this month. But next month will have some BIONICLE goodies.

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Just Spent Way Too Much

Posted by Electric Turahk , in Collecting Mar 28 2013 · 113 views

Gotta just love it when several preorders fall very close together and you find other stuff you really want for sale...

I hope I'm happy with the rest of the stuff I'm getting, because the first in the lot (and possibly the only one that'll get here in time for this month's haul) is somewhat disappointing..

But yeah, I need to watch my spending. :x Luckily I've only got one thing preordered next month and don't think I'll be buying much else, at least not anything too expensive.

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