Video game withdrawal

My ONLY salvation through this terrible time in my life - Music from Video Games!

So obviously I didn't post last week. This is because I had nothing to post about (and I had no way to get to a computer)! The reason I haven't had anything to post about is because of the fact that I HAVE NOTHING TO PLAY! I am currently in withdrawal - video game withdrawal, that is. I am always bored, am always looking for something to do! So I go to my awesome cabinet and looked at all of my games. THERE IS NOTHING TO PLAY!

I was in the mood for something exciting and awesome and out of this world (not the game Out of This World: that game is creepy)! I could find nothing. I haven't played anything at all in the last two weeks of my life. Those weeks have been very very dark weeks. I get home from practice and I have nothing to do, so I actually do something productive! I miss spending hours playing games, trying to figure out where to go and the perfect strategy!

When I finally decided on a game that I wanted to play I couldn't even find it! It turns out that my sister took it with her when she moved! That was my game! Now I am sitting here writing this and am thoroughly depressed because I do not have anything exciting to say about my Nintendo adventures . . . I feel as if I have failed.

If you have any ideas of games I might be able to play, do tell! I own a Super NES, GameCube, PlayStation, DS, and Nintendo 64! Please help me!!

My first (and last) impressions of BIT.TRIP COMPLETE

I can't really say that I hated Bit.Trip Complete for Wii...okay, yes I can. I just didn't catch the drift, I guess. But seriously, take my opinion with a grain of salt, because I only played three of the six games. This is how it went:

I played a lot of Bit.Trip Beat, which has the player use motion to control a vertical paddle on the left side of the screen to deflect oncoming pixels. It was okay, but I just didn't ever connect with it. I like a game that you have to invest yourself in. Beat was challenging, yet it was almost like it was too simple or something. I found myself simply staring at the screen with a dazed expression on more than one occasion.

Next I gave Bit.Trip Core a shot. In it, the player controls a plus-shaped laser that can fire in four directions in order to shoot pixels coming in from all directions. I got a headache trying to follow what was going on, so my time with this one was quite short.

Finally I played Bit.Trip Runner. I thought this one would appeal to me the most, so I skipped I think two others to see if it would redeem the game in my eyes. It did to a certain extent. Runner has some great platforming gameplay. The fact that I got frustrated towards it was actually a good sign. It means I was invested. As fun as Runner was, however, it didn't make up for what I saw to be a lackluster experience otherwise.

Like I said, however, I didn't actually play all of the games in this collection. Give it a chance, and maybe you'll find this game suits you better than it suited me.

Mutant Mudds: First Impressions

A little game called Mutant Mudds is the eShop game of the week. I spent a good portion of the morning playing it, so let's dig into my first impressions!

Mutant Mudds is a seemingly simple platformer that actually offers more depth than meets the eye. I mean that quite literally in at least one way: the levels feature 3 layers of 3-D depth that the player will find himself changing amongst throughout the game. This turns into a brilliant way to show off the Nintendo 3DS system's stereoscopic 3-D. It's a great-looking game.

The gameplay is pretty slick as well. Our character can jump and hover for a few short moments, as well as wield a simple gun to take out the game's primary enemies: mud blobs. The game starts out relatively easy, but soon the difficulty ramps up, providing a very satisfying challenge.

If there's one problem I can already identify in this game, it's a very minor one: sometimes the screen doesn't show enough to prevent the player from getting a cheap hit to the face or taking a few blind jumps once in a while. As far as I can tell, however, this doesn't take much fun away from the game at all. It's just a blast to play.

Expect a full review soon!

The many game series I have little to no experience with: Part Two

Part two of my awesome montage! Thanks Lindsay!

In continuation of Monday's post, here are some more video game series that I have little to no experience with:

It seems relevant at this time to mention that I never did play through the first Luigi's Mansion game. Why is it relevant? I should think it's obvious! A second entry is headed to the Nintendo 3DS this year! I think I did play Luigi's Mansion a tiny bit once, many years ago. Well, I don't remember a dang thing about it! Therefore, I'm afraid I have little excitement about number two. Perhaps that will change someday soon!

In a similar vein, Kid Icarus was an NES game that never made it into the family collection, yet has a highly-anticipated return to glory slated for this year as well. I've never been tempted to get the original on Virtual Console because of its reported difficulty. A short fuse like me must take care in her video game choices!

You could call Mega Man another important series that I have missed out on, couldn't you? It's also another series that I don't know much about, despite all of the things I've read. So you control Mega Man? And you fight your way through a bunch of levels? And then you fight bosses and obtain their powers permanently? And...well, I got nothin' else. What I need to know is which title is a good entry point into the series *hint hint*.

Well, I've run out of time and room, but I'll leave you with a few other series that I haven't played: Contra, Ninja Gaiden, and Castlevania. And with that, this short blog series has come to an end! Have I listed some more that you believe I need to play as soon as humanly possible? Let's hear it!

The many game series I have little to no experience with: Part One

Awesome montage courtesy of my buddy Lindsay!

I was looking at my label distribution for this blog, and here are some interesting stats: "legend of zelda" has been attached to 49 posts, "gameboy" only 1, "super mario" a little better at 29, "sonic" only at 2.

This led me to the topic of today's post: that there are many great game series I have yet to play, or have played very little of. Final Fantasy is a great example. The "final fantasy" label belongs to only 2 posts, both of which are Mary's. I can't help but be bothered by the fact that Square Enix publishes most of today's Final Fantasy games on PlayStation, but that doesn't mean I should ignore the early titles on NES and SNES! Someday I'll play them for myself.

Next up we have the Dragon Quest series. I don't know much about this series, nor do I have a single post with it as a label (until now). Funnily enough, this is another big Square Enix series. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I imagine it's somewhat like Pokemon. Other than that...I got nothin'.

Professor Layton earns a spot on this post as well. I think I know the premise behind this series. The player steps into the role of Professor Layton, solving a variety of puzzles to unlock the story...or something like that. I've never had much of a desire to step into this series, so convince me otherwise, by all means.

F-Zero is the big Nintendo one I haven't really had a lot to do with. Well, I did attempt to play F-Zero: Maximum Velocity because it was one of the ten free GameBoy Advance games for Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors, but...I hated it, really. I know I didn't give it much of a chance, but there was nothing accessible about it for a newcomer like me.

Wow, I can still think of a lot more series, and this post is pretty packed already. It's settled then: this will have to be a two-parter! Look forward to part two this Wednesday!

Are there any game series on this list you think I should play ASAP? Let me know in the comments!