The ways of LBP! (timing and the chicken suit)(and a sad note)

Ah LittleBIGPlanet. The game that's so addicting, yet so frustrating. Just played about a solid hour of it, all of which fareo spent editing his mysterious level. Alas I have unlocked the chicken suit, which is amazing I might add, as I coupled it with the stained white cotton sack material. Yes, yes, yes so addicting. Going through "The Temples" without dieing a single time was fairly simple, a feat about a week ago I would've told you was impossible. A couple of days ago I shelled out 3 bucks to get the LocoRoco (a game of which I haven't played) costumes (the costumes of which are awesome). This is gonna get ridiculous with the amount of money I'm gonna spend on this game's DLC! Again with a reference to fareo, but as he says "It's starting to become like Pokémon, you gotta collect 'em all."

And on a sad note, one of my closest friends was admitted to the hospital today. They moved him to the E.R. and he is currently in the ICU, after recieving surgery. That's the story as I know it, but I'm so concerned. My thoughts and prayers go to him.

I love my local Gamestop. (well kinda sorta?)

No, it's not because I like the "great" trade in values. It's because the employee's at this specific Gamestop rule all. They are great people, for reals, no foolies I swear. Went in to see if they had recieved Chrono Trigger DS yet, but alas they did not. Knowing the store I work at wouldn't likely be getting it I shamelessly pre-ordered the day before it comes out. :C I feel dirty, but I get my game tomorrow and I get a pre-order soundtrack. WOOT! And on my way out one of the clerks (shout out to her) gave me a couple of gifts. So if said employee ever reads this post on this blog, my thanks to you miss, I owe you 2.

My first "official" post. (about my systems)

Well now... so it starts. My technical first blog gig if you will. So I want to tell you lil' bit 'bout my consoles and gaming interests. This should be filed under random. So to start I own 8 different gaming units. From Sony: PSOne, PS2, PSP, and PS3 and from Nintendo: GBA (both original and SP), DS, Gamecube, and a Wii. The only one(s) I don't own are the Microsoft consoles, but we'll get into that later.

As far as software goes I own a bunch of it. To much for my own good, as I rarly give myself time enough to finish the games I buy. Speaking of that, can't wait to get Chrono Trigger DS this week! See what I mean. Currently I am backtracking a lil' bit in Final Fantasy XII, trying to get at least the main story finished up. Hopefully I'll start playing some of my older games I need to finish, but I think my recently purchased Tomb Raider: Underworld is next up on my list.

The genres of games I play varies, RPG's and Action games mostly. But recently my friends and fellow posters (fareo, Lego Maniac, and james) got me into the platforming mood for LittleBIGPlanet. Also I blame fareo for my new found love of Rock Band 2, of which he lent me his copy of 1 to get all the songs. Thanks for that ;D Anyway getting kind of late, so I think that'll be it for me tonight. Peace and g'night all.

Speaking of...

The new "members" is here. In all seriousness, I'm glad to join my friends on this blog and hope to post my views on games, the industry, and pretty much anything else on my mind. As the previous post says stay tuned for further posts, and hopefully a podcast.

REBOOT!

its been about a year since yfvgs was sorta abandon for reasons that... well it was a lil bit of mix match schedules and laziness either way the blog is now getting a reboot with NEW! members! stay tuned for yfvgs 2 : with a vengance! ;)

Fuck you digital distribution

so as of a few minutes ago Warhawk became available to download via the PSN for a cool $39.99. the more i look at it the more i realize that, i dont really have to pay for it. all i have to do is hit a couple buttons and bam! im flying the unfriendly skys. its really that simple, so simple that im hovering over the send button right now... and now im starting to figure out what Satan's real plan is.

the whole digital cash flow thing started with credit cards, debt cards, check cards, target cards, club cards, and so forth it became easier to buy things. no more do you have to actually see the money go away! it was as easy as sliding a card, and bam thats yours... want a new 50'' TV? all you gotta do is just slide a card though this machine and its yours. who wouldnt do that??

over time sliding a card became the standard and now people see it as money. so your less likely to buy something if you have to actually physically hand "something" to someone. then online shopping started and it became even easier, you just punch in your numbers once and you can hit the "buy" button all day, the items are delivered to your door step and you never have to leave your dark damp cave you call a home.

but no, that wasnt enough. now all you have to do is punch in you card once when you start your acount, as before, then you just click on what you want and there is no waiting for it to arive on your door step... oh no... it just downloads onto you harddrive, no box to open, no disc to put in, you dont even have to get up off your lazy ass... you just click the icon and your playing.

its evil i tell you... i have to keep yelling in my head "ITS REALLY GONNA TAKE $40 (OF REAL MONEY) OUT OF YOUR ACOUNT AND YOU DONT HAVE THAT MUCH TO SPEND... DONT BE STUPID!!!!" to keep my self from making the mistake ive made with smaller purchases, like Super Mario Bros (Wii)... which was really dumb considering i have a cartrage and NES over there and a ROM of it right here, and now a Wii version of it to my right.....

so i advise you to buy games in person with cash, dont get caught up in the digital world.. becasue it only has one ending and that ending is debt... and there aint no cheat codes to save you from debt :(

The Myspace is up

we have a myspace page up as well, for promoting and keeping track of our friends

check it out here

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=214561859

peace

In your face flea market vendor guy!

so Moth, Lego Maniac and i all decided to go to our local flea market today. you never know what kinda of treasures you may find in a wasteland like that... a used 1974 makita power drill? $4? yes! thank the heavens my search is over!.. ehm .. but seriously sometimes this is a good place to dig up rare and classic games.

theres a regular videogame vender out there who has a pretty vast selection of quality wares, but unfortunitly he knows what there worth, so its almost point less to buy from this guy... you might as well get that one on ebay thats "only been played once!" for the same price.

so i was was checking out his ps1 games and bam! Bushido Blade 2, man oh man, it has been years since ive played this game but damned if i didnt love it back in the day. it was one of thoughs games that you rented like 11 times but never bought, even though you should have.

so with that said i asked the (what seem to be tge 15yr son of the owner) to check it out, quickly i noticed the $15 asking price and promply denied, knowing that i could get a better quailty copy of that from anywhere else for that price. sadly we had to move on and leave my dreams of reliving the sword swinging wonder that is Bushido Blade...

so we crusied the entry slew of Foakelys, Mighty Super Stong Rangers, Corndogs and Beer. we were about to leave, but deiced to take one last look... at the 2nd to last stop there was some old asian guy that barly spoke english that had 5 PS1's on a table and a box with about 10 games in it... i figured it would be 9 copys of madden 1998 and 1 spyro.. but sure as shit, Bushido Blade 2!?!

"sweet" i said with excitment and then i proply changed my attitude to a "meh whatever" as i asked (and expected to haggle) the price... "$3" ... SOLD! ... its got no box or booklet, but did i really wanna pay $12 more dollars for booklet? fuck that who reads those anyways? the disc looked fine it was in a clear case to carry it home in, as long as it plays im happy.*

long story short, patience is a virtue... not jumping on the first sighting of a game that ive been looking for saved me $12. also i dont think there is any other PS1 game that can still hold my interest like this one does 10 years later. if you have never played Bushido Blade 2 and you see it at a garage sale, flea market, local game shop for $5, get it!... it will be $5 well spent.

*plays fantastic, no skips glitches or anything. the disc looks like it could be resurfaced to new condition.

A Thank you is in order.

So in my brief skim over ign this evening i found something that actually caught my eye the trailer for the new hitman movie coming out. A thanks is in order to the people making this almost decent looking game movie. That thanks is for not casting hunky mchunk vin diesel... that would have been too easy if you ask me. Giving this new guy a chance seems like it's going to make a better picture, focus more on the movie instead of the actor.

holla.

Smash is getting my game of the year nod.

Take a glimpse over at the dojo for one of the best hype video i've seen for awhile. It is making my wiisports box finally get it's hopes up that someday i will touch it again. :[

(unless they release Super mario RPG: Legend of the seven stars, then it will get touched quite frequently)

Hal is doing it right once more which makes me think has Hal ever screwed up? Maybe Ghostbusters II but i'll let it slide just cause i'm assuming it sucked and never took time to really "understand" Ghostbusters II.


Holla, by the way sorry for all the wiki links just want people to know what i'm talking about!