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I hate to put up another blog entry within half an hour of the last one but.... SHOULD I BUY LEFT 4 DEAD 2 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, OR SEVEN?!* *No, this was not shopped, I have witnesses. Also I'm not actually gonna buy the game. d= <End Track>
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LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga just came out on Steam today for the PC at $19.99! If it weren't for the fact that I already own 1 and 2 for XBox, I'd totally grab this! $20 just for a few new and/or redesigned levels just isn't quite worth it to me though. Still, if you don't have both of the first games already, you should totally get this. <End Track>
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After playing a sufficient amount of Super Smash Bros Brawl on my new Wii, I concede to you, o' newly promoted Dlakii. Ike is a freakin' beast. ... Does this merit reinstatement of your blog approval? <End Track>
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So, I got to thinking, especially regarding Bade Titan's talking about gaming systems and Lady Kopaka's remark about holiday sales coming soon.. I'm thinking perhaps I'd postpone getting the Zune HD and maybe use the money on something the whole family can enjoy as a Christmas present. A Wii. Especially if it DOES go on a holiday sale. This is something I'm strongly considering... Anyone have suggestions for particularly good family games besides Mario Kart and Brawl? If I decide to go with this idea, I'd like to be prepared. <End Track>
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So, I think that coming up here I may have saved up just enough money to buy me that Zune HD 32 GB from Zune Originals. I'm thinking about getting the blue one, but if one of you like a different color more, feel free to tell me. The real thing I want you for though is suggestions. As you'll notice, I can have up to three lines of text inscribed on the back for free. WHAT SHOULD IT BE? For this, I'm thinking something not (ZOMG) Bionicle-related. But if you come up with one good enough I just may choose it anyways. <End Track>
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Read This Nnnnnnoooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww!
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
1. Just imagine the title is all captials. 2. Just recovered from the flu. Ugh. 3. AUDIOSURF IS ONLY $4.99 (50% OFF) ON STEAM THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING NEW AWESOME UPDATES (THAT I'M TOO FREAKIN' BLOGGIN' ABOUT TO GO CHECK OUT). GO GET IT NOW. GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO....... you get the idea <End Track> -
Super Awesome Tf2 Skin I'm Using For The Spy
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
I found this awesome skin set for the spy on a website I'm really beginning to like. Look familiar at all? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « How about now? <End Track> -
This week on AudioSurf radio there's music by a "TheDarkGiganotosaur" (NOT Gigantosaur as AudioSurf says) and there's even an interview along with it. I'd like to point out one particular quote: I surfed this "Galactic Adventure" song (and subsequently downloaded it since he offers it for free) and it is by far one of the most EPIC feeling songs ever. The fact that it (as well as some other music of his) was inspired by SPORE is win. Seriously, look him up. Unfortunately I can't link directly to the place where he has all of his music up for download because it's a forum. If I have time today, I'll record myself surfing this song and put up a video so that you may all listen to it. <End Track>
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If only I could upload these videos faster I'd have it all done tonight. Unfortunately, I won't. Well, what better to (probably) end it all on than the music of Bionicle itself? After all, this IS a BZPower contest. I don't know about you, but I absolutely love the music in MNOLG. Heck, for me, MNOLG is pretty much Bionicle and vice versa. If there was a MNOLG for every year of the 01-08 story, I'd die of happiness. This time around, I decided to just have the music that plays at the end. It's obviously the most epic part. AND IT DOESN'T GET CUT OFF AT THE END YAYZORZ!!! May the best blog win! (Which I most certainly intend to. ) Realistically though, win or lose, I intend to finish making all these entries even if it's after the contest winner has been announced. <End Track>
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"...if there's one thing we could all use more of, it's time to just ... play." "...a technological triumph..." "...video game history in the making" "one of the most ambitious video games ever conceived." "This isn't the game of evolution, it's the evolution of games." "[censored], the scale of this thing!" "Awe-Inspiring!" Anyways, game critic reviews aside, I'd like to mention that I've started that BZPower Sporecast I said I was going to do. I'll go through the creatures made by any members of BZPower who make themselves known to me and pick out all the good creations to add to the Sporecast. Then, anyone who wishes to can subscribe to the Sporecast and get the best creations for BZPower members by BZPower members! All you have to do is post a comment in this blog entry with your Spore account name and I'll start adding your stuff to the Sporecast. Also, those who only have the Creature Creator can also post here to have their stuff added, even if they might not be able to view the actual Sporecast. I can't remember. Anyways, just go to "Share" and click on "Find Sporecast". Then just search for "BZPower" and voilà, you should find my Sporecast. Or you can just search for my member name which can be found below. Also, below I'll include a list of any BZPower members with their matching Spore account names as an easy reference for everybody. Notice: As of 10/06/08 I seem to be having trouble adding creations by Xaeraz. However, when I was trying to add his stuff this morning I was experiencing some internet server difficulties so that might explain why. I'll have to look into that. Thanks to a helpful tutorial video and the online Sporepedia, I now no longer have any trouble with adding creations to the SporeCast! 10/20/08: Having difficulty adding Captain Kothra Streamdriver's creations. His account name isn't yielding any search results in-game or online. 11/08/08: Checked Kothra's stuff again and this time I actually found TWO things. Hopefully more will start showing up. Until then, I've added both creations I could find to the Sporecast. Spore Players List BZP: Takuma Nuva | Spore: takumalight BZP: Xaeraz: The Final Toa | Spore: Xaeraz BZP: Avohkah Tamer | Spore: TurahkTamer BZP: The Orb | Spore: The_Orb BZP: Ynot: Makuta Anima of Iron | Spore: MakutaYnot BZP: Toa Tanma | Spore: ToaTanma BZP: ~Reoki~ | Spore: mazemasta23 BZP: Codrex_Builder | Spore: deep42 BZP: Captain Kothra Streamdriver | Spore: Kothra BZP: Repicheep | Spore: Repicheep BZP: That Vezon Nuva Guy | Spore: BioBuilderJ BZP: Scythrax-Toa of cheese | Spore: 3125838 BZP: Ferhago the Zealot | Spore: zealot122 BZP: Freezo | Spore: FreezDude BZP: Skorp | Spore: 96Bionicle BZP: ~Laughin'Man~ | Spore: LaughinManBZP <brk>
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Meant to have this up a while ago. Okay, so this time we're showcasing some music from my all-time favorite PC game ever: Rayman 2 The Great Escape. One of the things I love most about this game is the music. I'll often start whistling the theme at work when I'm in a particularly good mood. In this video, I attempt to show off my skills using the Vegas character. Unfortunately though, recording with XFire creates a slight lag so my normal performance is far better than what you see here. Though, for some reason, the video doesn't show the lag. This applies to all videos I display. LINK TO VIDEO (which gets the end cut off once again. ) I only wish that Rayman 2 worked on Vista. :angry: I've got a power-house laptop and it can't even play a game that was released in 1999. <End Track>
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Gordon Freeman Übercharges Companion Cubes
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
I get the feeling I won't be able to roll out every entry I originally intended to before the third comes up... As I said before, one of the best things about AudioSurf is the fact that the entire soundtrack for the Orange Box comes with it and most of it in .mp3 format. As far as the actual games are concerned, I only own Team Fortress 2 and Portal. The Half-Life series just doesn't look like my cup of tea. It does have some amazing music though. Team Fortress 2 doesn't actually have much in the way of music except for the random song that plays when you first start the game. And here's an interesting tidbit: The TF2 track titled "Rocket Jump Waltz" technically isn't a waltz since it's in 4/4 time instead of 3/4 time (or was it the other way around?). Portal, well, it's kinda obvious. Other than the awesomesauce background music that you get to listen to while playing, there's the award-winning song "Still Alive". For this video, I decided to go back to my ol' Ninja Mono ways. One last note. Not an official Portal song but still something you should listen to if you're at all a fan of the game is "The Device Has Been Modified" by Victims of Science. I didn't include it in the video since it's technically not part of the album/soundtrack. <End Track> -
I've got approximately two weeks left to do all this shtuff for the contest before I leave for vacation so I might as well stop dawdling and start working. Today I'm going to give all you AudioSurf illiterates a little run-down on how this (awesome) game works. This game lets you ride down a track that's shaped to music while you try to grab at different colored blocks to score big. But wait, what music can you use? I'll tell you. You can use just about any music you have. You can choose any audio file that's straight from a CD or a file off your hard drive including .mp3, .wma, .ogg, .flac, as well as music from iTunes (Note that if they're not "Deluxe" you have to burn the music to a disc first due to DRM. Also, I have no iTunes so I don't know what "Deluxe" means. Where I come from, a "Deluxe" is a double cheeseburger with mayo, pickle, onion, lettuce, and tomato.) So, even though it's the whole point, you don't even have to do music. ANY audio file in the above formats work. You could even ride a track of just listening to Captain saying "FALCON PAWNCH!" Granted the track will only be about a second and a half long, but you can do it. (I also tied the global high score for this. A whole freakin' point it was.) Also, AudioSurf comes with some music of it's own. There's the "AudioSurf Overture" and every Friday 3-5 songs are featured on "Radio" that you can play. However, the song from the last week are lost so you have seven days to play each to your heart's content. Lastly and probably the best part is that it has THE ENTIRE ORANGE BOX SOUNDTRACK! Nearly every song in .mp3 format too! This means you can burn all your Portal music to a CD and listen to it cruising down the road or you can put it on your iPod! (More on the Orange Box soundtrack in a later entry). So you can use your own music. That's cool. But is the game any fun to play or would I be better off just using my media player to listen to them? This game is loads of fun. And to keep things fresh, you can use any one of several "characters" at three different difficulties: Casual, Pro, and Elite. The "Mono" characters are for the more laid back gamer who doesn't want to do to much thinking. The goal here is simple: As you ride down the track try to catch as many colored blocks (referred to as "cars") as you can while avoiding the grey blocks. Note that this is the only mode in which all the cars are all the same color. They actually change color with the track. The Elite Mono is the character you saw me using in the video. Also, this is the only mode where no power-ups are present. The "Pointer" character has two special abilities. First, they can queue blocks (as well as power-ups) in order to use them later on in the song where they could prove more valuable. Second, as you travel down the track you will see arrows pointing at specific blocks you should try for depending on what you have on your board at the moment. This may sound like it would make the game too easy, but trust me, it's harder than you'd think. The "Double Vision" character lets you control two .... things ... at once. Or, you can control one and let your buddy take the other for some fun multiplayer action! (As well as constantly yelling at the other person for missing all the red blocks in their lanes.) "Eraser" is a character that allows you to remove blocks from your board. When you see a block coming down the track that's the same color as what you want to remove, you simply hold down the appropriate button when running into it. This can be used to set up high-scoring combos or just clearing some room if your board is too cluttered and close to overloading. Note that this character is not available at the "Casual" level. Also only available at the "Pro" and "Elite" levels is the "Pusher" character. This character allows you to move the block you're capturing to the lane on either side of the one it's in. Finally, there's the "Vegas" character that's only available at the "Pro" level. The Vegas character can generate power ups at random times (in addition to the ones found on the track) and hold it until you decide to use it. In addition, riding on the shoulder of the track for a few seconds will cause any and all blocks on your board to randomly shuffle, hopefully forming powerful combos. In addition to all these characters and levels there's the "Ironmode" option. Basically, this just makes the game harder. It's often possible to score higher in this mode though it doesn't give an actual bonus. Mostly it's just for the bragging rights. Ironmode does not allow even ONE overload (overfilling a lane on you board with cars) and also removes the shoulders on the track (with the obvious exception of "Vegas") Er, I guess it does remove 'em. My bad. By creating an account, you can keep track of your scores and see how you rack up against other people who played the same song as you. This also allows you to add people to your friends list as see how you do against them specifically. Unlike a lot of games though, being added to a friend list doesn't require approval by the other party. Nor does it send them a notification that they've been added. You could add every freakin' person you come across if you very well pleased. Screenshot o' Shame Here's some random tips 'n' tricks. You can play the game using either the Mouse, Keyboard, or an XBox 360 controller. I myself prefer the controller. In Double Vision you can control either/both cars with the controller depending on which stick you use. Otherwise the second player can use the mouse. I've never seen anyone play DV with the keyboard so I can't really say which keys to use for which character though I'm pretty sure both can be controlled with it Disproved by Swertle The Turtle. When playing by yourself, both sticks on the controller can be used to move the car. Also, depending on which you use the ... thing navigates differently. With the mouse you simply move back and forth and can stop right between two tracks if you please to catch all the blocks from both. With the keyboard you press a key and it will move to the center of the lane you direct it to. There's no stopping between lanes. With the controller, pushing left will put you in the middle of the left lane. But as soon as the stick returns to the middle, so does your ... thing ... return to the middle lane. Same goes for the right. If you want to sit between two lanes, you merely push the stick half-way in that direction. If you want to get on a shoulder though, you must push BOTH sticks that direction. Pushing both sticks in opposite directions leaves you in the middle. Duh. Also, the left and right triggers/bumpers function as the left and right buttons would on a mouse. Not sure what to use on the keyboard though. When I use the controller, I actually use both sticks. I push the left stick for going left and I push the right stick for going right. Sounds a bit wacky, but that's just what works for me. Now the final word. How much is this game? It's a steal at $9.99. I'd pay just that to have the Orange Box soundtrack probably. No periodic fees are required for the Radio songs either which is also cool. So, if you don't have a Steam account, get one. If you do, download the demo and try it. After that, buy the game. The next entries will focus on the soundtracks for some of my favorite games accompanied by more videos of me riding the songs with various characters. <End Track>
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I got all VALVE-Rolled. <brk>
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That's what American Idol would be without Adam Lambert and that new judge Kara-what's-'er-face. He looks incredibly disgusting. She is incredibly annoying. 'Nuff said. <brk>
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So, I just finished watching the debut of Daughtry's new single, "No Surprise", on American Idol. It's the first single from their album "Leave This Town" set to be released on July 14. All I gotta say is, that song rocks. And I was already planning on getting the new album, but now I just can't wait. <brk>
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EDIT: C'mon, people! Haven't you heard of SPOILER TAGS? So last night I went to the midnight showing of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Since I see that nobody has yet put together a review, figure I'll do so. First off, let me say that, according to rumor, there are two different endings to the movie that were being showed in different theaters (or perhaps just on different screens), so my review may differ from one with an alternate ending. Also, obviously this review will have spoilers, though I'll put them in tags mostly towards the bottom. Secondly, I didn't really see this movie for Wolverine. I saw it because it had Gambit and DEADPOOL in it. More on this later. Before we get to the nitty-gritty of the movie though, allow me say "Five-dollar footlong tickets FOR THE WIN!" Now then, "Wolverine" is rated PG-13 for "intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity". Normally, I wouldn't even consider seeing a movie due to the second rating, but since I already had a pretty good idea of exactly what it was referring to and I knew it wasn't female-related, I decided to give it a go. Well, let's just say they showed a little more than I was expecting; therefore, I wouldn't recommend this movie to any girl. Violence, well, this section kinda goes without saying. I was curious about how the rating didn't mention language. I figured maybe it was just too brief to not bother mentioning or maybe even (GASP!) curse-free. Well, I was wrong. I wouldn't say there was a heavy or extreme amount of language, but likely moderate. But it's nothing too hard to edit out along with other shtuff should I actually decide to get the movie when it comes out. The plot was okay, but certain elements deviated too far from the canon story for my taste. I was particularly disappointed in this as far as Deadpool is concerned. On this note, if there really is two different ending to this movie, I hope that one sucks, one rocks, and that the one I saw was the one that sucked, because although the movie was decent the ending was quite unsatisfying. Well, thanks to Wikipedia, I just found out that the alternate ending were merely the parts shown after the credits are over, of which there are three, and ours was the worst of the three. It also brings a certain relief about how Deadpool's character turned out. Obviously, movie endings are spoilers so you'd best not look 'em up. I should really learn to stop listening to all the hype. There was all this stuff about various characters making a debut in the movie, but then it turns out many of them had little more than cameos, particularly in the area of The Blob, Scott Summers, Emma Frost and even Deadpool wasn't in the movie quite as much as I would've liked, though that's probably just because I like Deadpool so much. The visual effects of the movie were all quite impressive with one exception where I was thinking "THIS LOOKS SHOPPED" as Wolverine was taking apart a metal ladder/staircase-thing-that-you-find-on-the-outside-of-apartment-buildings-type-thing. Moving on, there's something I'd like to point out because you'll likely not understand this in the beginning unless you already know. As the opening credits roll, we see scenes of Logan and Victor in various battles. This is supposed to be showing how the two fought side-by-side through three major wars: The Civil War, WW1, and WW2. Um, yeah, that's all the non-spoiler related stuff I can think of right now, so I guess this is the part where I rant about Deadpool (and Gambit a little). » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «I'm glad Gambit showed up in the movie, but it seemed that there were missing things from his character. I mean, where's the strong Cajun accent? And his eyes are supposed to glow a bright red, which they didn't. That right thar is fail. Deadpool only shows up in the beginning and end of the movie, which is less than I was hoping for. Whether he got more or less screen time than Gambit, I don't recall. Unfortunately, we don't get to see Deadpool in his costume in the movie, but I was kinda expecting that. Actually, he's almost never even called by that name, particularly because his character didn't follow canon story the slightest bit. Pretty much the only thing that stayed the same was the fact that he was part of the Weapon X program (which actually refers to something and not the organization in the movie). Most of the time, he goes by his name of Wade Wilson. Deadpool doesn't disappoint (well, at least not much) in staying true to his nickname "Merc with a Mouth" with his witty, smart-alec cracks and jokes. As I mentioned before, Deadpool's role in the plot was entirely different that what one would expect, one that, while it was kinda cool the way they used him, it, for me, ruined his character. But such details are major spoilers as he actually plays a significant role and should ONLY be read if one does not intend on ever seeing the movie. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «In canon story, Deadpool joins Weapon X in hopes of them curing his cancer and in the end he escapes and runs off to become an antihero. In the movie however, "Weapon X" actually refers to Wolverine (X meaning Roman Numeral 10). Throughout the movie, various mutants are captured/killed with their powers being copied in order to infuse them all into a single mutant: Weapon XI. Turns out this is Deadpool. So, it's cool that they beefed him up and made him this Uber super-mutant, but it's disappointing that he lost his character this way and was completely under mind-control. I mean, he's got his super-healing like normal and teleportation (though, in canon, this is a special belt he wears and not an inherent ability). That stuff's all good. But then they have to take the katana out of his hand and make them like Wolverine's claws in that they emerge from his knuckles, one blade in each hand. Then they really made it over-kill by giving him Cyclop's radioactive vision beams. But the very WORST part? When he had the surgery done to him to give him all these powers, they PERMANENTLY CLOSED HIS MOUTH!! That TOTALLY ruins Deadpool when you can't hear his wise-cracks during the final battle!! Of this, I am angry. A fight just isn't a fight without banter, especially Deadpool's. Another small qualm is that he never breaks the fourth-wall (which he is infamous for) except for one barely noticeable moment in one of the alternate endings (one I didn't see). So there you have it. That's my review of everything I can think of. If you have quesitons feel free to ask as I'm sure I left out some stuff. All in all, it's a pretty solid movie. I might care to see it again, though I'm really not sure that I'll get it when it come out on DVD. If I do though, first thing I do is load it on the computer and do some editing. ... Well, okay, FIRST thing I'd do is watch all the bonus features, THEN I'd edit the movie. d= <brk>
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So, I just recently found out that I wasn't the only BZPer to play the awesome game called "Audiosurf" which I recently acquired through Steam. Turns out Swert plays it too. B) Anyone else out there? And if you don't know what "Audiosurf" is, look it up. One of the best ten bucks I ever spent on a computer game. <brk>
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I Found Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident!
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
I was so desperate to find this game, I did some searching and found the game online. Not sure just how long it will be there though. It appears that it can in fact save progress to some degree, though there seems to be a weird glitch with the credits. But what I'm really looking for is somebody who's got the know-how to make it run off-line. I tried simply downloading the file, but it doesn't load for some reason. It worked before in the old days, but I belive it was a .swf. What I found is a .dcr. Um, help? <brk> -
So, Rascal Flatts' new album Unstoppable comes out April 7th. Yay to the world. Turns out there's going to be a Special Edition (is there any album these days that doesn't?) with a bonus track titled "American Living". As with most SE albums, it's exclusive to one store chain. The problem with all this? This SE CD will be exclusive to JCPenny. Why on earth would any guy like me ever want to go to a JCPenny?! NO WAY am I gonna drive all the way to the nearest JCPenny in Maple Grove for that. I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those stores by myself. I'll just have to wait until somebody else in my family goes out that way, like my mom or my older sister. Then I'll just act like I'm only there because she wanted something and I can't wait to get out (which I won't). Either that or I'll just have them pick it up for me. This is not madness. This is not even Sparta. This. Is. Fail. <brk>
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*Shamelessly exploits similarity in name between Mandalorian and Staffer to get more views.* <brk>
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I is about to play Glatorian Arena! Or I would . . . if it let me. :angry: <brk>
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...by WHACKING DAT PENGUIN! You can make a foolish attempt to beat my record of 323.5, but so long as smacking that over-dressed bird makes you feel better, it's all good. Unfortunately, I don't have photographic evidence of my record. Not that it couldn't be photoshopped anyways. But I did get a screenshot of the next closest thing to my record: 322.9. Enjoy. Most of you have probably already seen this thing somewhere on the net anyways. Records: Torhuki: 320.5 King Lehvak: 323.4 Johnuva: 322.9 <brk>
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You Know You Own At Online First Person Shooters...
Takuma Nuva posted a blog entry in Obligatory Volcano Lair
...when the opposing team keeps accusing you of using chams, aimbots, and other hacks. DANG, Avohkah Tamer and I were good today! B) <brk> -
JUST the DS?! C'MON, PEOPLE! THAT'S NOT FAIR! ... I don't see why LEGO wouldn't make Halo simply because it's a "war toy". They've obviously tossed the whole "non-violence" policy out the window already anyways. The title "Lego Battles" just screams it. <brk>