Monday, September 16, 2013

Can't wait for the next Smash Bros? Well look no further!


Smash Bros. There are not that many series that are like it. It's kinda one of those games where some games try to copy it, but they don't come that far. Cartoon Network Punch time Explosion is an example of this.


A game that fares better off is Playstation Allstars but that game is very different than Smash Bros and is an other post entirely.


Well if you like Smash Bros. in any way, shape, or form, and can't possibly wait for the new one (Don't know what it's called) than you should check out Super Smash Flash 2.


Super Smash Flash 2 is a fan made flash game that is somewhat of a tribute of to Smash Bros. and it is very epic.


It is made by Cleod9 and hand full of developers. I've been watching the development of this game for I think about five years now, since it's original versions.


Now a cool thing about this game is there are not only Nintendo, Sega, SquareEnix, and Capcom characters in it (yes there is Mega man in this game), there are also anime characters.


Everything is well balanced and fun, and can make for very interesting gameplay.


The game is still in the demo stage, but is very close to completion (maybe a year left in development) So you guys should go check it out. http://www.mcleodgaming.com/games.php


I will be reviewing the final version when it comes out, so look for that some time.

Have Fun

Monday, August 19, 2013

Children. Children! (Night of the Hunter review)


So what does a movie title like this put in your head? Not really good things, I know. But there is a kind of mystery about this "Hunter." Who is he and what does he do?

I can tell you right now it's not pretty.


Night of the Hunter stars Robert Mitchum as a preacher who travels the countryside, preaching the lord's words, collecting money, and leaving a trail of dead women in his wake. One day the father of a small family steels almost ten hundred dollars, and hides it before he is arrested. Now all that stands in the way of preacher Harry Powell and the money, is the children who know where it is hidden.


This movie is terrifying, and it's only made worse by the spot on performance of Robert Mitchum, who can even make singing and calling for the children scary. Even if you haven't see the beginning of the movie and come in around the thirty minute mark, you can still tell this guy is messed up. He even tells a story about love and hate, he even acts it out with his hands that love and hate tattooed on his hands. If you look back up at the cover you can see that he covers up love often.


The music is eerie, and at points can put your on the edge of your seat.

All in all this movie is really good, it's made it on a list of the top ten movies you should see by fourteen, and has been parodied by many things including The Simpsons.


I will be giving this movie 9 out of 10 stars, it is a "Must watch" movie.

Have Fun!

Wow it's been more than a month, and Big news!

So it's been a little more than a month since I've posted anything, I don't know why. But I can tell you some of the games I'm going to be reviewing soon!

First off we have Fire emblem one of my favorite video game series of all time!


Next I'll review Minecraft because, I don't know it's Minecraft. It's kind of a big thing.


I'm not really sure how to review something as huge as Minecraft, but I'm up for the challenge.

And finally I will be reviewing one of the last major games on the Wii...

... The Last Story


By the way, this doesn't mean I won't be reviewing anything else in between, I just don't know about it yet.

Anyway hope your going to enjoy the things to come.


Have fun.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Pacific Rim review (or Godzilla on steroids)

I just watched this movie last night and thought I should review it.


So Pacific Rim, I'm a little torn about this movie. On the one hand this movie is pretty awesome, I mean giant Mechs fighting giant monsters, that's pretty cool. On the other hand once your done watching it you say: "Hey, that movie was the best." But then after thinking about it for hours you say, "It was fun to watch but its not the best I've ever seen, it's just a summer blockbuster." That pretty much sums up this whole movie.


Now I could just give you a score and end here, but that would be boring. So I guess I'm going to continue this review. *sigh.* Okay.

The story is somewhat simple, but it works. Beneath the Pacific ocean there is a portal to another dimension that giant monsters live in. Around the year 2013 a giant monster comes out and blows up some major cities. After a few years and four or five giant monster attacks later, the governments of the world decide to do something about it. They decide to play Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots with the monsters.

I want to just stop briefly here tell what I think of this story line... Sadly this is hardly an original story, you can see this story replayed over and over in a five or six year old's room. But it still fun to watch so I guess it's okay.

Anyway...

After several years have passed, and several pilots of these Mechs have died the world decides to STOP MAKING THE ROBOTS!

What the heck!? What's wrong with these people!? When giant monsters attack you don't dismantle your first line of defense!

Anyway, they then decide to build these walls around the beaches to keep the monsters out, which I must add doesn't work. So they then send their last Mechs on a suicide mission to blow up the portal.

Now that that's over with lets talk about acting or something, please?


The acting is only okay, this is not a movie made to go to the Oscars. The only really stand out performances are probably both the scientists and Ron Perlman.

I really like the way the Mechs and Monsters look, I think their two of the things with the most detail in this movie. I think they look so good that I'm going to show a few of pictures now.



I like this movie a lot, but it's not the best. I was very fun to watch, and I will want to see it again. So I'm going to give it seven out of ten stars, it is "Fun to watch once or twice."

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Summer Wars review

Well, I think it's time to start reviewing movies. So I'm going to start with an award winner: Summer wars.


Summer wars is Japanese anime film released in 2009. The film focuses on the family reunion of the Jinnouchi family, and of the online world of OZ.


Kenji is a super math-wiz who works for in the tech support branch of OZ. OZ is basically the internet, only you have to have an account. Almost everything is connected to OZ, Almost all of the companies in the world have OZ branches, and all of your real life data is stored in your OZ account. If it were to ever to get stolen, the thief would have all of the authority that your job gives.

One day, Kenji gets a part time job working for the girl of his dreams Natsuki. All Kenji has to do is come to Natsuki's family reunion celebrating her grandma Sakae's 90th birthday. Kenji quickly discovers that he was brought there in order to be Natsuki's fake fiance.


After a crazy night in the Jinnouchi house, Kenji awakes to a mysterious email on his phone. The message contains a super complex math equation and two words: solve me. Being the math nerd that he is, Kenji spends the rest of the night solving the problem. The next morning Kenji discovers that the problem he solved was the OZ main security lockouts. Kenji now a wanted criminal, discovers that a computer virus has taken over his account, and is using it wreak havoc in OZ.


 Soon after, the virus begins taking over millions of other accounts around the world and using them to control systems in the real world. Now Kenji, the Jinnouchi clan, and the rest of the world must band together in order to stop the apocalypse.


I just going to say right now that I love this movie. It perfectly blends the craziness of family reunions, and the science fiction world of virtual reality.


The characters in this movie really seem like real people, some of whom I know. There are the crazy uncles who have the wackiest stories, The children who run around and cause tons of trouble, and the great grandma who keeps everyone together. Also there is so many of them, so to an outsider it can be hard to keep track of them. It feels like a real family, with real problems. I think that is one of the reasons this movie can be so appealing.


I feel as though this movie is a bit of a cautionary tale, because OZ mirror the real world internet could be headed someday. It's really creepy if you think about it.

The music and voice actors were excellent, and the animation is beautiful.

One of the things I like most about this film is the sense of unity, and that every one of the characters helps out in some way in the end. Some of the most important ones are, Kazuma a thirteen year old boy who's avatar is King Kazma, a fighter and champion of most of the games in OZ. Kazuma helps out by fighting the virus in the virtual world.




Wabisuke who was the creator of the virus, helps by trying to dismantle it.


There is so many more I could mention but then we would be here all day.


Summer wars has won several awards including the "Japan Academy Prize" for best animated feature. I don't think I have to say anything else, but I will. Go out and see this movie, it is amazing. I am giving Summer wars nine out of ten stars! It is a "Must Watch!" movie if you like these kinds of movies.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Awesomenauts review

Today because a friend of mine requested it I'm going to review Awesomenauts.


Awesomenauts is a three vs. three M.O.B.A, or a multiplayer online battle arena. Basically it's like a tower defense game, except the towers are already built and your trying to destroy the other teams base.


In each match of Awesomenauts two teams of three players, lead computer controlled "minions" in an attack against the opposing teams towers in order to achieve their ultimate goal of destroying the opposing team's base. Each player controls a different character with their own unique special abilities.


When a character or a minion gets killed, they will drop these little grey and gold cubes called "solar" the games currency. After collecting enough solar, you can return to your base to buy upgrades to your abilities. This is actually replaces leveling and buying items, however there is still customization. Before each game begins you can pick up to three augmentations for each ability, that affect what bonuses you can get for upgrading.


After each match your experience will rise, and if you level up you will unlock either a new character or augmentation.


Unfortunately with this system of getting characters, I didn't feel like I had a choice of what characters I wanted to have. In other games like this, you can buy any character you want with the in game money, and bypass the ones you don't. I just feel like I don't have any control of what I'm getting, and when I did get the character I wanted I didn't want to play as the other ones.


I like the graphics, as you can see they look like a really good Saturday morning cartoon.


The music is good, I think you just don't notice it all the time with all the explosions, and other sound effects that you hear.


All in all I like Awesomenauts, and my only complaints with it aren't even part of the real game. I going to be giving Awesomenauts eight out of ten stars it is an "Awesome" game. Get it because it's awesome? Never mind.

Have fun.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Slender: the eight pages review

You know, if you ever wanted to freak me out, you could do one of the following:

Show me this picture,


Or this one,


Or you could be truly evil and make me play this game.


Now I going to tell you right now, this thing horrifies me.


Now this probably says some weird things about me, like the fact that I can get scared of a really tall guy. I mean what's scary about this guy anyway? Maybe the fact that he follows you everywhere! I also don't know why it's really easy to get invested in a ten minute game, but I did.


If you don't know already, Slender the eight pages is a game based on an internet rumor, based on a fake monster, that was based on a online horror picture contest.


If you ask me it's all fake, and way up there with Bigfoot footage, and alien sightings. But, I'm getting a little off topic.


In Slender, you play as who I assume is a little kid, who is running around in a gated forest in at night for some reason, trying to collect eight pieces of paper. This kid must be really dumb to be running around at night in a forest, it's like he's begging for trouble. Each page is hidden in various landmarks scattered around the map.


As you begin to collect the pieces of paper the fore-mention Slender man will be start playing a stupid game of cat and mouse, by appearing in front of you and standing there. When this happens your screen you begin to fizz up like a static TV.

So scary!

If you look at Slender for too long he appears directly in front of you and the screen fades to black.


So that's pretty much it. You do have a flash light that goes out after a while, and a sprint that runs out. The sound is just plain creepy and sends chills down my spine just thinking about it. But it's also just a bunch of jump scares, jump scares are fine but only in short bursts. After that they just seem stupid. I can't really tell you that shouldn't play this game because it's free, and it only takes ten minutes. I don't really know what to rate this game so it's going to be undefined for the time being.


Have... Oh my gosh that's creepy!