Who’s kceee, you ask? She’s a POOP resident of Canaderp who I met during one of the GaminForCharity marathons (August 2009 – that’s also where I met PSquid). Anyway, PSquid and I recently made her a site (mostly PSquid – I just made the header image). The completion of her site means that all three members of the cult (PSquid, kceee, and myself) have our own blogs. Boom.
Also, I’m currently making this post via Windows Live Writer, which was shown to me by PSquid. It’s a pretty nifty piece of software (and it’s free), so I suggest all of you Windows users check it out (that is, if you have a blog with which to use it).
Limbo is an XBLA game which will be released this summer. It’s a puzzle platformer from Playdead Games, and I think it looks absolutely amazing. It appears to be a very eerie game. There is no background music at all. The only thing you hear is noises from the area around you (whether it be wind, twigs snapping, etc.). The trailer also shows some near-death situations, and I get the impression that happens a lot in the game. Something tells me this game is gonna be worthy of a day one purchase, and I’m looking forward to its release.
What is The Impossible Game? It’s an indie game on the Xbox Live Arcade available for a mere 80 Microsoft Points. You play as the orange square seen in the picture above. All you have to do is jump over the spikes and jump on blocks in order to reach the end of the level (there’s only one level, mind you). Sounds pretty easy, right?
WRONG. The name of the game is pretty damn accurate. Although it’s not impossible, it’s very challenging. I played for at least two hours today, and I still haven’t been able to beat it. You have to time every jump perfectly, and one mistimed jump sends you back to the beginning. Each time you fail, the attempt number changes (see above image). As I was playing, I watched the attempt number get past 370 in practice mode. When you factor in the other sessions of playing, I probably messed up over 600 times today. As I said, it’s a very challenging game.
Even though this game makes me rage, I’m addicted to it right now. I’ve decided that it would be in my best interest to take a break from it for the rest of the night, but I can assure you I’ll be trying again tomorrow.
There’s certainly a fair amount of argument surrounding the Halo franchise. “It’s innovative!” – “No, it’s just like every other FPS but worse!” No matter what you may think of the franchise, I think we can all agree that Halo 2 revolutionized online multiplayer (for consoles). From what I can remember, it was the first good Xbox Live game available. It was one of the first games to introduce game lobbies and matchmaking, and it did a damn good job. Halo 2 is the best-selling first-generation Xbox game; Halo 2 was the reason to buy an Xbox.
I got Halo 2 when I was ten years old, and I immediately fell in love. I was a huge fan of Halo: Combat Evolved, and Halo 2 really seemed like a big step up (although some people seem to disagree). However, it wasn’t until I was eleven years old that I got an Xbox Live account. That was when I really began to love the game. I never got very good at the game, but that really didn’t matter to me. I was able to find friends who were just as bad as I was, and we all helped each other abuse glitches in matchmaking and piss off other players who were taking the game seriously. Was it “nubbish?” Well, of course, but it was a ton of fun. Does anyone else remember playing Zombies on Foundation? How about Tower of Power on Ascension? And, my favorite, glitches. Overshields + energy sword + rocket launcher = extreme glitch abuse. It was amazing.
Now, why is this post titled “The End of an Era?” On April 15, 2010, Microsoft is going to discontinue Xbox Live service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Halo 2. I’m surprised at how sad I am to see it go. I mean, I haven’t played Halo 2 since before the release of Halo 3. I guess this is just one of those “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” situations. Either way, I know I’m going to be getting my share of Halo 2 playing time for the next few days.
You may have seen the Psychedelic Squid link in my blogroll, and I’m sure you asked yourself, “Now what could that possibly mean?” The aforementioned site is a blog run by my good friend Psychedelic Squid, or, PSquid for short. We met during the GaminForCharity marathons, which I know have been mentioned on here before.
Anyway, his site is similar to mine in the sense that it’s filled with all sorts of random posts. It features a terrifying wonderful Silhouette Squid whose eyes see into your soul. Just recently he did a “Spring Break 7k” challenge. His goal was to post 500 words a day for fourteen days. He broke the rules a few times (scandal), but he was able to get it done. The subject of each post varied from Pokémon to Science! to toasters. Now that the challenge is over, PSquid is going to continue to post, so I recommend you get on over there and check for some new posts. You won’t regret it.
P.S. I swear, Silhouette Squid didn’t make me do this.
