Currently Playing- 01/16/2010

This week I am focusing on finishing up old adventures and perhaps starting new ones!

 

WII

If you were to look in my Wii right now you would see Monster Hunter Tri. I am currently in the process of NOTHING! I have this game pretty much complete! I am Hunter Rank 69 with awesome weapons and armors. I might go back and work on an equipment set here or there but for now I just hang out with my sister online and do random quests.

I plan to start playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess very soon. Yes, I know, I am very late to that party. Hopefully it is as good as the reviews claim it is!

 

PLAYSTATION 3

Fallout New Vegas is in my PS3 at this very moment! However, if you read my last blog you would know that I am currently stuck in a casino thanks to a freezing problem my game seems to have. (Thanks Bethesda, patch please.)  I have been rocking out on Rock Band 3 for some time now.  Great addition to the Rock Band series, though it would be better with more keyboard supported songs and if you could play guitar, bass and keyboard online with friends all at the same time. (Big fail there! Fix it!) Also, waiting 30 days longer than the 360 crowd to get the new Freezepop DLC is not cool. I have mastered “keys” (NOT pro keys) up to hard and I can still play guitar/bass on expert. Nothing has stopped me…yet. Singing and drums I save for my band mates!

I plan to start playing Last Rebellion very soon, especially since I may not be able to go back to Fallout New Vegas. LB has gotten HORRIBLE reviews, but I am still curious about it. Expect a future review of my own for this game.

 

XBOX 360

Fable! Fable! Fable! That is all the action my 360 has gotten lately. WAIT! Not true, I did play Geometry Wars a bit last night. I love that friggen’ game and I still have hopes on getting a high score of a million some day. I am currently stuck at about 550k!

As I mentioned above I have been cracking down on Fable: The Lost Chapters and I am getting damn close to the end , which is good because then I can finish up Fable II, which will lead to me starting Fable III! I have so many unfinished games on my 360 that I can hardly justify starting another one…which is why I am making myself beat 2 games before I start another one. That is progress…

…right?

 

NINTENDO DS

Though my DS has not been played in a very long time, if you were to look in it you would see Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. Why did I stop playing this game!? Just writing about it makes me want to go back in finish it. MY ARMY SHALL RISE AGAIN! Aww, cute little moogles.

On the topic of the DS, I was in Toys R Us this past weekend and they had Phantasy Star Ø for only $20! Talk about tempting. I am STILL thinking I might go pick it up. Why didn’t I!? GAH! It was the last copy! What if it is gone now!? Crap.

 

PSP

Metal Gear Solid: PeaceWalker has been in my PSP for some time now. I have watched the intro and have “kinda” started it but not yet. Why? Simple, I think of PeaceWalker, then I get to thinking about how it has a whole Monster Hunter side quest or something in it. Then I get to thinking of Monster Hunter. …then I start playing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. It is quite the vicious cycle.

 

THE END

So there you have it. The games I have been playing. I plan to go into more depth on a few of these games in future blogs throughout the week. Until then, thanks for reading!

**Since this is my very first Currently Playing please let me know what you thought of it and if I should make this a weekly type thing. I am trying to come up with a better, less boring title, LOL! Also feel free to let me know what games you have been playing, and any other comments/suggestions below!**

Please Stand By

I have been playing Fallout: New Vegas for some time now. It is the has the same great addicting game play that Fallout 3 had however…

I saw on FaceBook and in a few reviews that it had technical issues, glitches, freezing and all the other random issues we have come to expect from Bethesda game. I figured I just got lucky as I have had very few problems. Sure there were a few quests I could not finish because of some glitch but nothing completely game breaking. Then I decided to start gambling, I got kicked out of multiple casinos for winning too much! Hahaha, my luck stat is at 8, which pretty much means I win the jack pot within 10-20 turns of the slot machines. (Finally got enough money to get all the implants!)  I was running out of casinos when I decided to hit up the Ultra-Luxe and the freaky White Glove Society.

I walked into the casino and instantly looked for the slot machines…which I could not find. So instead I wandered the hotel. I came across a few quests and figured I should give them a go while I was there. I don’t want to spoil anything but one of these quests really caught my attention. I was running from hotel, to casino, to restaurant, and back, all over the place to get more information for this quest. I was getting close to the end of the quest and I needed to decide if I was going to side with the “good” side or the “bad” side. The final confrontation was approaching!!!

…then my game froze.

It wasn’t that big of a deal. Luckily the game had auto-saved not to far before that. I restarted the game and accidentally messed up by attacking someone I was trying to save, without me noticing the game auto-saved.

…then my game froze.

I restarted my game to find myself being attacked by the person I was trying to save. Insta-death or at least it would have been instead…

…my game froze.

I had to go back to my save from about an hour ago and try the quest over. So I did that, back to all the running around and gathering information. I was kinda happy I restarted the quest because I was talking to more people and getting even more information. Finally I got to the final confrontation again!

…then my game froze.

I tried maybe switching my armor. Thinking somehow that might help.

…my game froze.

I tried changing my weapon.

…my game froze.

I tried going into 3rd person.

…my game froze.

I tried walking very slowly, not bringing up any menus and taking my time.

…my game froze.

I tried to fast travel away, unfortunately I was in a building so I had to make my way out of it first.

…my game froze.

I tried blowing on my game disc and restarting.

…my game froze.

Finally I came to a solution. I turned off my PS3, turned on my 360 and played some Fable!

I must say I am disappointed and I want a fix NOW. Why must Bethesda release broken games!? I am hooked on Fallout NV yet I cannot play it. I tried to get past that quest again this morning and all I got was a frozen game so I am stuck. Unless anyone out there has any ideas on how to get out of the Ultra-Luxe? I will come back and finish the quest when they release a patch or something…

 

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Right now if you looked in my PS3 you would see Fallout: New Vegas. Excellent game. Should I be good or bad? Should I join this faction? Should I kill my partner to finish the quest or kill the quest giver? Should I get those implants? (LOL)

In my 360 right now is the original Fable. Should I be good or evil? Should I just focus on the main story or check out the side quests? Do I want to get married or buy a house?

Decisions, decisions, decisions! I love these games but I have one problem with them. Open world RPGs STRESS ME OUT! What if I make the wrong decision? What if I piss some game character off and miss out on something completely awesome!? What if I accidentally kill someone who I was not supposed to kill? Or, like I did in Fallout 3, what if I explore too much and miss a giant chunk of the story?  I get so overwhelmed with “What Ifs” that I get to a point where I do not want to continue because I have this fear I might do the wrong thing.

Why do I care so much!? Most often I tell myself I will play the game a second time, be evil, and explore all the “What ifs” but that is only if I make it through the first time! THE STRESS IS SO INTENSE. It makes the games addicting, but I hate laying in bed, falling asleep and wondering….Should I trust this faction, I mean I might be able to use them in the future. I may want to just kill them though in case they turn against me for some reason, that way they are already dead. Maybe I should just ignore them all together? What if I leveled up and got my speech as high as possible, could I get everyone to get along? Screw that, I will just kill them all. Holy balls, I am insane.

I will blame all my mental agony on excellent writing and the game developers creating worlds I actually care about. I don’t want to see my characters or allies die! I don’t want to see the world destroyed! (…at least on my first play through.)  I want to do everything right, but it is not black and white (Well,  Fable kinda is…) it is grey! How do I know what the “right” thing to do is!?

So now, I am stressing about all my stressing, LOL! Anyone else feel the same? Have you ever stopped playing a game just because you did not want to make the wrong decision? Am I just crazy and take it all to seriously!?

NRNRP

Parents are dorks. Ok maybe that is a bit of a generalization. MY parents are dorks. Let’s start with my Mother. She recently bought a Shake Weight. Yep. She also received a “fake” butt for Christmas, and has, over the past year, become completely obsessed with dogs and cats. Her house is filled with motivational sayings and plaques. Her front yard is filled with a very random assortment of lawn ornaments. I bought them all for her. It’s this streak in me that knows my Mom will feel like she HAS to put the lawn ornaments out  no matter how incredibly horrible they are. She would feel bad if I came over and they were not there. I admittedly use that knowledge to my advantage and find the most hideous lawn ornaments possible. I do believe she is starting to catch on…

I have talked about my mom and our somewhat complicated relationship in the past. However, I have rarely mentioned my Dad. So what about him?

He makes my mom look AWESOME, LOL! See, I love my Dad. He is a total goofball. If you are my friend on Facebook, you may have seen his posts. No, he cannot spell. Yes, he types in all capital letters, not because he is yelling but because he cannot see. “LEAVEING MONDAY DEER NEXT EAT MY ARROW” is a typical status of his. (Yes, I did just copy and paste that.) He breeds chihuahuas. He has a chihuahua named Bear and a Chihuahua named Peanut. They had a puppy. It’s name is Beanut. That is just how my Dad rolls. Oh and he gives his chihuahuas mo-hawks.

You might be picturing in your head a typical stereotype father. Well replace that with a little Mexican man, in snake boots, a cowboy hat and a DENIM EXPLOSION! (Yes, that is denim jeans, denim shirt, and denim jacket.) …that’s my dad!

So those are my parents, I got to thinking about them and wondering if I would ever be like…that. It happened while I was looking for something to wear in my dresser and instead I found 3 big boxes of candy. My secret stash! I have no idea when I got this candy or why I hid it. It is just something I do.  It is something my Dad does. He hides candy everywhere! Under the couch cushion, in the bathroom, in the car, in the freezer, everywhere! He used to go to the store just to get more “N-R-N-R-P.” What the hell is N-R-N-R-P? Yeah, I used to wonder that as well. N-R-N-R-P is code for candy. He couldn’t just say “I am going to go to the store to get some candy.” because then he would have 4 kids begging to come with and get some for themselves.  I remember him saying N-R-N-R-P and me trying to figure out what the heck he was spelling or what each letter stood for. I eventually realized it meant candy but that took years!

As an adult I don’t really view my parents the same way I did when I was younger. My parents are just people, very odd people, but people just the same. I do not think I will follow in their footsteps and live they way they live, however, I do believe that over time I will pick up some of their “dorkyness.” (That is, if I already haven’t…) My parents can still teach me things despite the fact that I am 25. My dad goes hunting and uses a bow. How cool is that!? I would love to learn how to do that. My mom, umm, well I honestly can’t think of anything could could teach me. I suppose you could say she has made a lot of mistakes in her life and I have defiantly learned from them. I know what I do not want to become and that is thanks to her. That sounds harsh, but I believe even she would agree.

So I ask you, are your parents dorks? They say we turn into our parents, do you see that happening to you? Are you already a dorky parent?

*looks at her hidden candy and her awesome lawn gnome*

…oh crap.

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,500 times in 2010. That’s about 8 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 4 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 39 posts. There were 8 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 4mb.

The busiest day of the year was June 2nd with 156 views. The most popular post that day was Dagger’s Moving! No, It’s Not Deja Vu!.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were astardly.wordpress.com, jane1981.wordpress.com, 1jmac.wordpress.com, facebook.com, and niac.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for monster hunter tattoo, monster hunter, monster hunter tattoos, monster hunter cosplay, and c++ is awesome.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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Dagger’s Moving! No, It’s Not Deja Vu! June 2010
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2

Monster Hunter Tattoos! July 2009
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3

C++ is Awesome! October 2009
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4

Plastic Stars February 2010
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5

Home Sweet Home July 2010
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