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| The game that solidified Mario's presence. |
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Final Fantasy III
It's that weird crunch time when kids are finishing school and college finals are taking everyone's time and you're counting down the days to relative freedom unless you have a job that doesn't revolve around the typical 9 month school schedule, in which care you're S.O.L. and can enjoy the free time you have to yourself. It's also that time when I just want movies to come out, yet I know I won't even see 75% of them in theatres because I'm a mixture of lazy and cheap; plus I know the movies I go to theaters for, which are summer blockbusters, the occasional Disney flick and certain franchises. Movie-wise, I'm in a state of hype and hurry-up-and-get-on-disc-so-I-can-borrow-and-watch-them.
Game-wise, I'm currently running through five series is preparation for new installments in each. Final Fantasy got held up on VI due to other franchises and the final DLC releases of XIII-2 (which I heavily enjoyed) but I'm now reliving why I loved VI so much as a kid. Replaying through Kingdom Hearts for 3D's July release and because I convinced a friend to finally delve into all six games so someone else can be hyped for it. In my handheld Zelda run I've recently started Oracle of Seasons for the first time in what has to be a decade; the Oracle games are the two Zelda games I'm definitely most fuzzy on besides Spirit Tracks, which I've still yet to actually play despite owning. Playing through Metal Gear Solid 2 in the HD collection for Revengeance's eventual release, and I gotta say Platinuming MGS2 is a test in endurance - lookin' at you, VR Missions and Extreme Boss Battles. Playing the post-game in Pokemon White and going through the main story in Pokemon Black, cuz they finally revealed an anime trailer for Black and White 2 (!!!) and color me hyped; returning Gym Leaders, connected continuity to all other generations, continued focus on a story - these are all things that make me want to move to Unova until Gen VI is announced.
So yeah. Super-important stuff goin' on (yeah right). Once I kick Monday's Final I'm free to indulge in my pastimes in overdrive. Then I'll finally be able to focus on drawing decently again. It's been too long...
And so has this pointless opening. Onto the Retro Review!
Game-wise, I'm currently running through five series is preparation for new installments in each. Final Fantasy got held up on VI due to other franchises and the final DLC releases of XIII-2 (which I heavily enjoyed) but I'm now reliving why I loved VI so much as a kid. Replaying through Kingdom Hearts for 3D's July release and because I convinced a friend to finally delve into all six games so someone else can be hyped for it. In my handheld Zelda run I've recently started Oracle of Seasons for the first time in what has to be a decade; the Oracle games are the two Zelda games I'm definitely most fuzzy on besides Spirit Tracks, which I've still yet to actually play despite owning. Playing through Metal Gear Solid 2 in the HD collection for Revengeance's eventual release, and I gotta say Platinuming MGS2 is a test in endurance - lookin' at you, VR Missions and Extreme Boss Battles. Playing the post-game in Pokemon White and going through the main story in Pokemon Black, cuz they finally revealed an anime trailer for Black and White 2 (!!!) and color me hyped; returning Gym Leaders, connected continuity to all other generations, continued focus on a story - these are all things that make me want to move to Unova until Gen VI is announced.
So yeah. Super-important stuff goin' on (yeah right). Once I kick Monday's Final I'm free to indulge in my pastimes in overdrive. Then I'll finally be able to focus on drawing decently again. It's been too long...
And so has this pointless opening. Onto the Retro Review!
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| All hail the nameless protag with the awesome swords! |
Friday, May 11, 2012
Dr. Mario
So, The Avengers is worth all the hype the five films built up. Super fun, love Joss Whedon, great start to Summer '12. Glad that Brave looks fun, Prometheus looks phenomenal, and The Dark Knight Rises will obviously be fantastic.
On the drawing side of things, I'm slowly getting my sketches to be presentable. Helps that I'm running through Avatar: The Last Airbender again so I can appreciate The Legend of Korra (and move beyond the two episodes I've seen, which were good) and have more inspiration to actually draw stuff. Nothing like American/Korean animation, right? That reminds me: Nintendo needs to get on announcing Golden Sun: Mourning Moon for 3DS already. I needs me a new old-fashioned RPG!
Now for one of my favorite puzzle series:
On the drawing side of things, I'm slowly getting my sketches to be presentable. Helps that I'm running through Avatar: The Last Airbender again so I can appreciate The Legend of Korra (and move beyond the two episodes I've seen, which were good) and have more inspiration to actually draw stuff. Nothing like American/Korean animation, right? That reminds me: Nintendo needs to get on announcing Golden Sun: Mourning Moon for 3DS already. I needs me a new old-fashioned RPG!
Now for one of my favorite puzzle series:
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| Heh, medical humor. |
Friday, May 4, 2012
Super Mario Land
Finally caught up on all the Marvel films leading up to today's US premiere of The Avengers, the first bona fide hit of the summer. Gotta say, being a fan of continuity and cameos, this is one of my favorite moments in cinema. Granted, most of my knowledge comes from the various television shows and films and the rest comes from asking my more American comic-inclined friends.
These 'modern' version of comic book adaptations, beginning with Bryan Singer's X-Men, allowed the non-comics-reading audience such as myself to recognize and connect with these decades-old established characters in a more mainstream way. The production values are usually pleasing to my eye (always a fan of the bombastic-looking films, am I) and they get a surprising amount of actors fitting their characters like gloves. I do admit this view is due to my limited knowledge on the various lores.
Point is, I'm now officially excited to see The Avengers. Not to mention Joss Whedon directed it. Man, do I love that man. Man.
I love you, man.
STOP IT
Moving on to one of my earliest gaming memories:
These 'modern' version of comic book adaptations, beginning with Bryan Singer's X-Men, allowed the non-comics-reading audience such as myself to recognize and connect with these decades-old established characters in a more mainstream way. The production values are usually pleasing to my eye (always a fan of the bombastic-looking films, am I) and they get a surprising amount of actors fitting their characters like gloves. I do admit this view is due to my limited knowledge on the various lores.
Point is, I'm now officially excited to see The Avengers. Not to mention Joss Whedon directed it. Man, do I love that man. Man.
I love you, man.
Moving on to one of my earliest gaming memories:
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| Look at that old font! I miss the Game Boy. |
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