THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!
When they first announced Tales of Monkey Island, I about exploded from overload of awesomness. When I heard that Telltale games was giving away the 1st episode for free to celebrate international talk like a pirate day, I thought I was in heaven. Considering how excited I was, it would talk a lot for the game to live up to my expectations.
…it did!
Launch of the screaming Narwhal sets the story for the upcoming games. In his latest battle with LeChuck, Guybrush somehow messes things up and turns Lechuck into a human, while placing a curse on his right hand that makes it an evil hand! He then finds himself trapped on Flotsom island, where the mysterious winds prevent traveler’s from leaving.
As Guybrush tries to escape flotsom island, he runs into all kinds of halarious characters. The signature humor from the old games is back and spot-on. The new 3d design and control’s has a diffrent feel, but its works well. Basicly, if you enjoyed the 1st three games, you will love this one as well.
Nintendo has recently revamed the Nintendo Channel on the Wii, one of the big changes is a new weekely show called “Nintendo Week.” This 10 min show consits of its two hosts, Gary and Allison, promoting new games for the Wii and DS. If it sounds like propaganda, its because it is. And its campy too…really campy…I think that it is brainwashing me.
But overall, it provides a good format for the propaganda. It’s campyness makes it funny, and its a great way to learn about new games. And since it is only 10 mins, it does not have enough time to send me into a coma! They announce some good games, but it always seems like they stick allison with some “dress up” game. (and by always, I mean in the 2 episodes I have watched) This week’s feature was all about Mario. They had tons of gameplay footage of New Super Mario Brother’s Wii, and there even was a special guest appearance by Nintendo Legend Sigaru Miyamoto!
If you have a wii connected to the internet, this is definetly worth checking out. Its an amusing little way to get your weekly dose of Nintendo Propaganda. But if your wii won’t connect, your still not missing a lot.
- Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing
- Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it. ~Author Unknown
- As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. ~Author Unknown
- I went to a general store but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific. ~Steven Wright
- Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. ~Author Unknown
30
Oct
09
Happy October the 30th!
Well, tommorow is Hallowenn! I am volunteering at the local coffe shop’s halloween thing they are throwing for the children. Its going to be great.
But it already feels like Halloween! I came onto campus today, and all the leaves had fallen off the trees, leaving them bare. (it would not be freaky, but I swear they were all there on wensday) The sky is dark and cloudy, and the library is having a halloween thing. I just finished visiting all the sections and collecting all my candy…boy, I love candy.
Haloween Eve (or Hallow’s Eve…Eve) everybody!
29
Oct
09
Ducks Make for Good Theme Songs!
Great duck shows, great duck songs.
LETS GET DANGEROUS!
Well, it finally looks like sega decided to follow my advice. Ok, I am sure I am not the only one who gave this advice to Sega, but I am glad that they have started to listen to reason.
Back in Febuary, I wrote an artilce entitled “Sonic Should go Megaman 9;” It was all about why sonic should go back to being a 2d platformer. As I was writing that article, Sega was already working on making my dream a reality. Last month, they announced it. They call it “Project Needlemouse” and it shall be a 2d platformer. According to Wikipedia, “”The game will be a two-dimensional side-scrolling platformer reminiscent of the original Sonic games, with an emphasis on speed.”
An exact release date has not been announced yet, but we know its is going to come out sometime in 2010. Sega has yet to name any consoles, but I think we can assume that Wii is one of them. My guess is that it will come out for all the consoles.
This seems to good to be true….seriously, whats the catch? Lets hope that this time its for real and not another “Werehog” or something like that.
Below is a teaser trailer, courtesy of Machinima:
Good news to all college students who are wanting to get into computer-related fields. (like me) Microsoft is giving you free stuff!!! Microsoft DreamSpark wants to help aspiring computer pro’s a head start by providing them with free software such as: Visual Studio 2008 (professional edition), Server 2008 (standard), XNA Game Studio 3.1 (which lets you make games for windows and x-box), and much much more.
To get the free software, you must sign up and verify you are a student (not sure how yet, but I think you give your university email address), and download away!
https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx
Oh, and thanks for the tip Mr. Brewer
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