tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38088290576157570312024-03-21T16:49:11.602-06:00Game GymThe place to strengthen your gaming muscle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-27000192540520755862011-01-22T13:24:00.003-06:002011-01-22T13:40:15.836-06:002011 Gaming Predictions<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><p>I did it for <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-predictions-right-or-wrong.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); ">2008</a>, <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-predictions-right-or-wrong.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); ">2009</a>, and <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/search?q=2010+predictions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); ">2010</a> so why not do it again. Below you will see five predictions I have made for the gaming world in 2011.<br /><br /><b>1) Wii 2 will not be shown until 2012</b><br /><br />E3 will come and leave us this year with only a mention of a new Wii system. Iwata, or Reggie, will likely make mention of it at E3 but nothing will be shown or talked about. This is the year of the 3DS.<br /><br /><b>2) Legend of Zelda: Sky Sword won't release until holiday 2011</b><br /><br />Even though it was initially thought, and hinted at, to be a 2010 title, it was pushed back. Then it was assumed to be a March release. But with the 3DS set to release in March, there's no way they would double up with a major 3D Zelda title too. There's not much to look forward to for the Wii currently, so this will be pushed to November.</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><br /><b>3) LA Noire will make it into the top 10 all-time list on GameRankings</b><br /><br />Rockstar knows how to take it's time with a game. They also know how to make some really well designed and massive adventures. LA Noire will be no different. It will be incredible...that is if it makes it out in 2011.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><br /><b>4) PSP 2 and new iPod devices will both have 3D (glasses free) screens, but with no depth slider</b><br /><br />3D is all the rage right now, and the 3DS has begun a major shift: no need to wear glasses. Well this year both Sony and Apple will release devices with screens similar to the Nintendo 3DS, the only difference will be there won't be a 3D slider to alter the strength of the effect.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><br /><b>5) Vitality Sensor will be a 3DS add-on, not Wii</b><br /><br />This 5th prediction is always reserved for my most outlandish and less likely to happen. Well, this is it. Nintendo will have something quite a bit different for the new Wii to announce. And besides, the only example they've really given for this device, aside from more enemies the more scared you get, is helping you calm down before bed. And I think we all know that falling asleep watching TV does no good because you always wake back up again on the walk to bed. Why not do your relaxation games right in your bed with the 3DS.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-61185650666249428962011-01-22T13:12:00.002-06:002011-01-22T13:24:15.006-06:002010 Games Played<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 13px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">I managed to fully complete 16 games this year (same as last year) plus a lot of games I didn't get to finish. I was very surprised to see that I spent more time playing a downloadable DSi game more than any other game this year. And even though I didn't "complete" it, I definitely played it more than Super Mario Galaxy 2. Odd.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Completed Game Played Most: </b>Super Mario Galaxy 2</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Not Completed Game Played Most:</b> AlphaBounce</span></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Games Completed:</span></span></b></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Contra: ReBirth (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">New Super Mario Bros (Wii) - 5 Sparkling Stars</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">GTA: Chinatown Wars (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Oregon Trail</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Super Metroid (SNES Virtual Console)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dark Void Zero (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Touch Solitaire (DSiWare) – Beat each mode on each difficulty</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Photo Dojo (DSiWare) – Beat 100 enemies</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">GoldenEye 007 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Super Scribblenauts (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Metroid Other M (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Shantae: Risky’s Revenge (DSiWare)</span></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Games Played (Not Completed):</span></span></b></p><ol start="17" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mass Effect (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Boy and His Blob (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Scribblenauts (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">DroidFart (Android)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Sports Resort (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Bit Trip: Beat (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">FFCC: My Life as Darkloard (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Aliens vs Predator (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mario and Sonic: Winter Olympics (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Monster Hunter Tri (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Halo 3 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Halo Reach Beta (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">AlphaBounce (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mario Kart DS (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mighty Flip Champs (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead Space (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sin and Punishment (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Picross 3D (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Angry Birds (Android)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Ultimate Spider Man (iPhone)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Abduction! (Android)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Angry Birds Holiday (Android)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Vanquish (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Enslaved (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Red Steel 2 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Newton</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> (Android)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Fluidity (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Thruspace (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Picross 3D (DS)</span></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Games Played at E3:</span></span></b></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Killzone 3 3D (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">MotorStorm 3D (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Playstation Home E3 Edition (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead Nation (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Gran Turismo (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Marvel vs Capcom (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">EA Sports Active 2.0 (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tiger Woods 2011 - Move (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sports Champions - Move (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Medal of Honor (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Conduit 2 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sonic Colors (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mario Sports Mix (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Party (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Donkey Kong Returns (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Kirby Epic Yarn (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">NBA Jam (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">GoldenEye 007 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Metroid: Other M (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Zelda: Skyward Swords (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Epic Mickey (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Professor Layton 4 (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Super Scribblenauts (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Okamiden (DS)<b><span style="font-weight: bold; "></span></b></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Grinder (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Vanquish (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dance Central - Kinect (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Game Party: In Motion - Kinect (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Driver: San Francisco (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Pilotwings Resort (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">StarFox 64 (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">3D Target – Augmented Reality (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Ridge Racer (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">DJ Hero (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dynasty Warriors (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Metal Gear Solid: Naked Sample (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Nintendogs + Cats (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sims 3 (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Steel Diver (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Animal Crossing (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead or Alive (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Paper Mario 3DS (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mario Kart (3DS Video)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">3D Camera (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Xevious (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">NES Tennis (3DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tournament of Legends (Wii)</span></span></li></ol></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-13757042153830961182010-01-28T16:03:00.001-06:002010-01-28T16:06:15.257-06:00Conduit 2: Things to Change<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">After playing through The Conduit extensively I have come to the realization that this game’s sequel needs a few things to change for the game to be “truly awesome” instead of just “very good.” Below are the features The Conduit 2 needs to have:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Single Player</span></span></b></p><ul type="circle" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Online co-op with at least 2 players, using Wii Speak, through the whole campaign.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Make the difficulties more than just harder enemies with better aim and more health. Look to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark to know what I’m talking about. This greatly adds to the replay value of a game because there’s a reason to play the campaign more than once.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let us buy upgrades for weapons (ala Resident Evil 4) so we can customize our arsenal to fit our tastes.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Make achievements unlock something gameplay related (i.e. artwork doesn’t count)</span></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Example: if you unlock the Shotgun Achievement you should have the option to start any level with the Shotgun and have unlimited ammo.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Example: if you unlock the Scarab Achievement (the invisible Space Pirate looking enemy) you should be able to play any level invisible.</span></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Also, let me compare/share my Achievements with friends. It would really add to the incentive if others could see what I accomplished.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Design the levels in single-player to be more open and less guided. See the Frigate and Library levels in GoldenEye as good examples.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let us destroy parts of environments. I don’t need walls or ceilings I just want to shoot a TV or light bulb and have them show damage.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Add a little stealth to the levels. Let me equip a silencer and take out a few enemies before they even know I’m there.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let us transfer our customized control scheme from The Conduit to The Conduit 2 through the save file on the Wii.</span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Multiplayer</span></span></b></span></span></span></p><ul type="circle" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Make the game more like Guitar Hero World Tour where you are always online (or at least have the option). So if you’re playing single player and a friend wants to join you in co-op or invite you to join their multiplayer match you will be able to.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let me unlock skills with my higher rank.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let us buy upgrades for weapons (ala Resident Evil 4) so we can customize our arsenal to fit our tastes.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Allow us to save our custom control configurations to the Wiimote’s internal memory. So when I go to a friend’s house for some split-screen I can just bring my Wiimote rather than configure all my controls again.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let us see who fragged us and where they did it from. See Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to know what I’m talking about.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Make grenades more powerful in multiplayer. A direct shot should get you a frag.</span></span></li></ul></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-48409196147498477552010-01-20T20:18:00.004-06:002010-01-20T20:30:47.002-06:00Luigi's Mansion Trademark Renewed (Vitality Sensor Related)<center><img src="http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/934/934078/reboot-luigis-mansion-for-wii-ds-20081126015750532-000.jpg" /><br /><br /><font size="2em;">AND</font><br /><br /><img src="http://site.video-game-central.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wii_vitality_sensor.jpg" style="border:1px" /></center><br /><br />It appears one of <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2010/01/gaming-predictions-2010.html">my predictions</a>, the most far-fetched in fact, has already got some potential weight behind it. If you'll recall I predicted this year the Wii Vitality Sensor would be used in a new Luigi's Mansion game on the Wii. Well look who just <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/new-trademark-for-luigi-s-mansion-gets-my-hopes-up-161045.phtml">renewed their trademark</a> for Luigi's Mansion... Nintendo.<br /><br />That's right, let the Vitality Sensor mansion hunting commence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-40240372549929160012010-01-09T14:08:00.005-06:002010-01-09T14:22:15.343-06:002010 Gaming PredictionsI did it for <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-predictions-right-or-wrong.html">2008</a> and <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-predictions-right-or-wrong.html">2009</a> and figured I had to do it for 2010 as well. Below you will see five predictions I have made for the gaming world in 2010.<br /><br />The fourth year of each generation is usually when you start hearing about the "next gen." This year, with the boom of motion controls, you will see more of a re-branding than any truly new systems. Either way, it should be a pretty good year for gaming, assuming you don't mind a little movement in your games.<br /><br /><b>1) Gears of War 3 will release in Holiday 2010 but as a prequel to explain Marcus' history</b><br /><br />From the first fifteen minutes of the first Gears of War I have thought this to be true. There would be two Gears games in the typical fashion with the third being a prequel to explain what Marcus has done in his past battles.<br /><br /><b>2) A new Pilot Wings will be released by the end of 2010</b><br /><br />Boy oh boy I hope this prediction is right. Ever since playing the airplane demo on the Wii at E3 2006 I have been reminded of this sweet series. My only real hope is that the game has some form of online leaderboards with friends. I think that would really add to this game.<br /><br /><b>3) Nintendo will release a Virtual Console for the DSi with Gameboy-type games</b><br /><br />This is an idea that really should have been acted on at the launch of the DSi but, again, Nintendo is a weird bunch. They innovate in so many ways and are so stubborn in others. I fear this feature is being held for the true successor for the DS but I hope I'm wrong there. This feature needs to be released now, or at least by the end of 2010.<br /><br /><b>4) This will be the last year for the PS2, ie major retailers will stop supporting it by the end</b><br /><br />This little beast has been selling like mad for years but I am thinking that the PS3's success in 2010 will push Sony, and mostly retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, etc., to move away from the PS2 system. This is mainly because customer's will finally start seeing the PS3 as the obvious choice for their gaming buck over the 9-10 year old console.<br /><br /><b>5) Wii Vitality Sensor will be used in a new Luigi's Mansion Wii game</b><br /><br />My fifth prediction is always the most outlandish, it doesn't help my prediction score that's for sure, and this one is no exception. Hate all you want about Luigi's Mansion (or don't if you actually enjoyed it) but someone at Nintendo loved the first game and is currently making the sequel for the Wii. It will use the Wii Vitality Sensor, announced at E3 2009, in some pretty cool ways to alter the environments that Luigi explores. If you like the Vitality Sensor I hope you like Luigi's Mansion because I don't foresee too many "core" games using it this year.<br /><br />Now let's see if I can do a little better than 2009's predictions. It shouldn't be hard considering I only got one right.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-85150073901202240182010-01-07T23:21:00.002-06:002010-01-07T23:31:11.645-06:002009 Games Completed<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;">I managed to fully complete 16 games this year with a lot of games I didn't get to finish. Some of them were because they were far too difficult (Henry Hatsworth), I just wanted to try it with no real intention of beating it (Devilish, Incredible Hulk, or any iPhone game), or the game doesn't ever seem to end (Okami, Boom Blox: BP, Scribblenauts). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b>Completed Game Played Most: </b>Peggle: Dual Shot</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b>Not Completed Game Played Most:</b> GTA: Chinatown Wars</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b>Complete Game Most Enjoyed: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">New Super Mario Bros Wii</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b>Not Completed Game Most Enjoyed: </b>Wii Sports Resort</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Completed:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Madworld (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">New Super Mario Bros. (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wario Ware: Snapped! (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Sports (Wii) – Got All Pro Levels</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Conduit (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">deBlob (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mixed Messages (DSiWare) – Had an awesome time</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Assassin’s Creed (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Lost Winds: Winter of Melodias (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Peggle: Dual Shot (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Flipnote Studios (DSiWare) – Made multiple animations</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">New Super Mario Bros. (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS) – Cooked multiple meals</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Oregon Trail</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Partially Completed:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><ol start="17" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tetris Party Wii (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Picross (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Boom Blox (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Boom Blox: Bash Party (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Spiderman 3 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Incredible Hulk (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">GTA: Chinatown Wars (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Okami (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Star Wars: Force Unleashed (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Fit (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">LEGO Batman (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">LEGO Indiana Jones (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Enigmo (iPhone)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Pocket God (iPhone)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Flight Control (iPhone)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Warioland: Shake It (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Clubhouse Games (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Drawn to Life (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Henry Hatsworth: Puzzling Adventure (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">World of Goo (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Sports Resort (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">GTA IV (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Scribblenauts (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Brutal Legend (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">WET (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mighty Flip Champs (DSiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Devilish (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Contra ReBirth (WiiWare)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Boy and His Blob (Wii)</span></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Played at E3</span></span></b></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">New Super Mario Bros (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Fit Plus (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Red Steel 2 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Scribblenauts (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Red Faction (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Conduit (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Wii Sports Resort (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Uncharted 2 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Batman: Dark Asylum (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Icarian: Kindred Spirits (Wiiware)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Line Fighters (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Muramasa: Demon Blade (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Silent Hill (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead Space: Extraction (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">COP: The Recruit (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dead to Rights (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Army of Two: 40<sup>th</sup> Day (PSP)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dark Siders (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Punch Out!! (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Sin and Punishment (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Golden Sun 3 (DS)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Dark Void (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">PSP GO Device (PSP)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Gran Turismo (PSP)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Soul Caliber (PSP)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">TMNT: Smash Up (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">EA Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tiger Woods 10 (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">InFamous (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Tekken 6 (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Socom (PSP)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Beatles Rock Band (PS3)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">SAW (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Halo ODST (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Shadow Complex (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Twisted Towers (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Blur (Xbox 360)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Raving Rabbids: Go Home (Wii)</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Drawn to Life: Next Chapter (Wii)</span></span></li></ol></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-2315726744193000852009-12-30T19:12:00.000-06:002009-12-30T19:14:00.009-06:002009 Predictions: Right or Wrong<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Seeing as how 2009 is nearing it's end I thought I would check back on some of my gaming predictions. See the actual predictions plus descriptions right here. Below you will see 5 things that I thought were likely to happen in 2009.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">In the end I shot a 1/5. Compared to my 3.5/5 last year I pretty much sucked it up this year. That'll teach me to try and predict Nintendo's choices. They make so many decisions out of left field it's near impossible to tell what they're going to do.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">1) PSP2 will be released this Holiday and will not have a UMD drive <span style="color:red;"><span style="color: red; ">Right!</span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">For the most part I nailed this one on the head. The system is not officially the PSP2, it's called the PSPGo, but it is certainly the next version of the PSP system. The system was also released a little bit before the "Holiday" window but October 1 (in America and Europe) is close enough to "Holiday" for me to count it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">2) A new Zelda for Wii will release in the holiday of 2008 <span style="color:red;"><span style="color: red; ">Wrong!</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:red;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Boy was I wrong on this one. Had I not specified Wii I would have gotten it right, but alas, I didn't. As it turns out there was a new DS Zelda game released and we now know the new Zelda might be shown at E3 in 2010. So the chances of it actually releasing in 2010 aren't necessarily too great.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">3) Voice chat will be standard on all online-enabled Wii games released in November and December <span style="color:red;"><span style="color: red; ">Wrong!</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:red;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">I specified that all Nintendo-released games with online would have voice chat but there weren't any games at all released by Nintendo on the Wii with online modes at all. So in that way I was right. But I think we can all agree that this would never have been true even if they did release any online games. I hate to say it but this is the biggest reason I now own an Xbox 360 now.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">4) Again we will see a price drop for PS3 and Xbox 360 but not for Wii <span style="color:red;"><span style="color: red; ">Wrong!</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:red;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Nintendo was the last one of the three to drop the price but in the end, I was wrong. I also said there would be new Wii colors and bundles and there weren't (at least not in America).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">5) A new Resident Evil and GTA will be released for the Wii in 2009 <span style="color:red;"><span style="color: red; ">Wrong!</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:red;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">I said this was my least likely to actually happen and sure enough, I was right about that. There was not a traditional Resident Evil title or GTA games released for the Wii in 2009. And after the sales of GTA: Chinatown Wars on the DS I seriously doubt we'll see one ever on another Nintendo system.</span></span></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-82759750422553392472009-08-22T11:52:00.004-06:002009-08-22T11:57:24.650-06:00My Flipnote Studios CreationsThis is definitely my best of the three I have made so far. I only uploaded this one to <a href="http://ugomemo.hatena.ne.jp/52B31F6031D0D76F@DSi/">Flipnote Hatena</a> (click for my profile) but I will make a few more or post my other ones later and update this post.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; "><center><object data="http://ugomemo.hatena.ne.jp/js/ugoplayer_s.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="279" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://ugomemo.hatena.ne.jp/js/ugoplayer_s.swf"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="did=52B31F6031D0D76F&file=D0D76F_0909422ACBD56_001"></param></object></center></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-5149561025243107192009-07-12T11:40:00.004-06:002009-07-12T14:52:49.310-06:00Zelda Wii on Wuhu Island?Not sure if I'm the only one who caught this or if I just missed all the news and prediction threads about it but I found this very interesting. In the newest <a href="http://uk.wii.com/wii/en_GB/software/iwata_asks_wii_sports_resort_2200.html">Iwata Aks interview</a> Miyamoto has some very interesting things to say about the island in which Wii Sports Resort (and Wii Fit for that matter) takes place on.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miyamoto:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It’s called </span><a title="Wuhu Island" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); "><span style="color:#34beed;"><span style="color: rgb(52, 190, 237); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img border="0" width="15" height="11" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b2c1b42e34&view=att&th=1226652c8aeb3210&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wuhu Island</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, but the concept is more or less the same. We really polished up the island, turned it into a resort and actually made the location into a kind of character. This will then lead to a range of island series…</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Iwata:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So you’ll be releasing a range of series?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miyamoto:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You could have adventure games</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, role-playing games, city-building simulation games... It will be fun to see all the ideas that we can come up with, won’t it?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Iwata:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So the idea is basically to use the same island as the location and</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> then afterwards develop games covering all sorts of genres</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Shimamura-san, how did you react when you first heard about the “Island Concept"? Did you have any reservations about it?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shimamura:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, I was really taken aback. In fact, I was at a loss for words! (laughs)</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Iwata:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, that's not surprising considering you’d just heard someone suggest turning an island into a character and then licensing it out! (laughs) Having just heard the explanation, I understand the concept but under normal circumstances, I think anyone would find themselves thinking: ”What on earth is this person talking about?”</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shimamura:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Absolutely! (laughs) Using an island as the setting for a game is very common, but the idea of turning it into a franchise...</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Iwata:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So how did you end up coming round to the idea?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shimamura:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, I heard an explanation that really made everything fall into place. If you see a street on TV that you’ve been to before, even if it was just the once, you’ll always say: “Hey! I know that place!”</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Miyamoto:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 19.2pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We thought it would be a fun idea to have a location that everyone knows and then have all sorts of stuff going on there.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> It would mean that players would already know the town like the back of their hands by the time they came to buy the next adventure game.</span></b> </span></span></p></span><div><br /></div><div>See that in the bolded sentences above? Aren't those all a little telling about the next adventure game (i.e. Zelda) that Nintendo is going to be making? Unless they have some brand new adventure game in the works that none of us know about it seems to me like they may be making Wuhu Island the new setting for Hyrule.</div><div><br /></div><div>And let's not forget this very obvious addition to the Wuhu Island.</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDjEzjUueO0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDjEzjUueO0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>Do you think Nintendo would use Wuhu Island as the location for the new Wii Zelda or do you think they have a new adventure game in the works that will use Wuhu Island?</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-38069533997875138162009-05-23T09:24:00.003-06:002009-05-23T09:34:02.142-06:00Scribblenauts Has a Level EditorIf you couldn't tell by my previous post, I absolutely love in-game editors. If the game concept is fun, ala Boom Blox, then creating your own levels extends the life of a game immensely. <a href="http://kotaku.com/5265732/scribblenauts-has-a-little-bit-of-lbp">Kotaku just announced</a> that Scibblenauts will also have a level editor and a way for you to share your level creations with other DS owning friends.<br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/SN_DS_Screen08_Wave1.jpg" /><br /></center><br /><br />To top it off, as if this news isn't already awesome enough, you can actually customize the relationship between items in the game. So if you were to build a level with a large body of water you could make all fish afraid of water. And for some odd reason, you could make a tiger your only option to get across the ocean. Not sure why you'd want to do that, maybe it was a bad example, but the limitations are endless.<br /><br />Trust me when I tell you I will be playing this game at E3 and giving you some hands-on impressions. It might be the only game I write anything about specifically.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-60852549594386136832009-05-18T16:46:00.003-06:002009-05-18T16:50:37.422-06:00Boom Blox BraveheartIn honor of the new Boom Blox game coming out this week (Boom Blox Bash Party) I thought I would make one last creation to get myself excited for the game. You may remember another great Boom Blox piece of mine posted over at <a href="http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/2008/12/8-bit-games-recreated-using-boom-blox.html">VGPC.com</a> a few months ago making 8-Bit Games in Boom Blox. Well this one is recreating a movie instead.<br /><br />Below you will see my recreation of the Battle of Stirling from the movie Braveheart.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GFvPR5DYi_4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GFvPR5DYi_4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-1892184503021098312009-03-02T18:22:00.002-06:002009-03-02T18:31:19.513-06:00Scribblenauts: Elephants and Bazooka FunFor those of you who may have missed it <a href="http://www.joysiq.com">Joystiq</a> recently <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/20/joystiq-interview-scribblenauts-jeremiah-slaczka/">had an interview</a> with Jeremiah Slaczka. If you aren't sure who he is he's the Creative Director at 5th Cell, the company behind the new DS game Scribblenauts.<br /><br />Well enough of an introduction, it's time to talk about the point of this post, the awesomeness that will be Scribblenauts. If you don't remember skip to the bottom of this post to see the embedded trailer of the game. <br /><br />In his interview with Joystiq Jerimiah answered a question about emergent experiences they've found so far in development of the game. Below is his answer:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight:bold;">Have any items turned out to have emergent uses in-game that you didn't expect?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Oh, all the time. Last week someone gave a bazooka to an elephant, who picked it up with its trunk, and then Maxwell threw a rock at the elephant to see what would happen. Of course the elephant got upset and started shooting randomly to defend itself. It wasn't very accurate - it's an elephant using its trunk to shoot a bazooka after all. But after all those explosions Maxwell didn't survive the ordeal. Still it was pretty funny though.</span></blockquote><br />Here is the trailer in case you forgot.<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=14304256&downloadURL=http://dsmovies.ign.com/ds/video/article/936/936258/Scribblenauts_new2_120508_flvlow.flv&allownetworking="all"' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360' ></embed><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-85745731161953206582009-02-23T13:22:00.005-06:002009-02-23T17:33:42.201-06:00Nintendo DSi Info Video, P.S. I've Got Mine ReservedAs you can tell by my Twitter post (in the upper right of the page) I have now successfully pre-ordered my Nintendo DSi system. If you aren't aware of all the really cool features that the new handheld has then be sure and watch this video.<br /><br /><object width="580" height="365"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwjZyqJRgtM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwjZyqJRgtM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="365"></embed></object><br /><br />April can't get here soon enough.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[Update:]</span><br />I also found this video that proves to everyone that a DSi is a necessity.<br /><br /><center><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSy9hCjJbEg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSy9hCjJbEg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-72480444084582533062009-01-07T14:35:00.004-06:002009-02-02T22:38:49.990-06:002009 Gaming PredictionsSeeing as how it's 2009 now and <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/01/2008-gaming-predictions.html">I did this last year</a> I thought I would make some gaming predictions. Below you will see 5 things that are likely to happen this year. Please feel free to argue with me on any of these predictions. Think I'm wrong? Well we'll just have to wait and see.<br /><br /><b>1) PSP2 will be released this Holiday and will not have a UMD drive</b><br /><blockquote>This one is a little bit out there but I think Sony will announce their next handheld device at either this year's E3 event or some event soon after. The system will have the ability, much like the DSi or the iPhone, to download games directly to them using a wireless signal. Also, the UMD drive will be gone since it drains batteries like a mother.<br /></blockquote><br /><b>2) A new Zelda for Wii will release in the holiday of 2008</b><br /><blockquote>With Nintendo's new concept of holding onto game information much longer than in the past there is a good chance this prediction will not be proven true until after E3. And I don't mean we will hear about it at E3, I mean we will seriously not hear anything about it until maybe August for a November or December release.</blockquote><br /><b>3) Voice chat will be standard on all online-enabled Wii games released in November and December</b><br /><blockquote>As a new owner of the Wii Speak peripheral this could be more of a hope than a prediction. Sometimes it's hard to determine if my predictions aren't being driven by lust and the desire that they may become true. The only real way for this to be determined "Right" or "Wrong" later is if I give more details. For this prediction I mean that every Wii game released in the November and December months that has an online mode (simultaneous play with or against other humans over a network) will have voice chat available using either Wii Speak or a third party peripheral.<br /></blockquote><br /><b>4) Again we will see a price drop for PS3 and Xbox 360 but not for Wii</b><br /><blockquote>We will, sometime before the end of 2009, see new Wii SKUs but not in the sense that you may think. The system will continue to sell well but a slight drop in sales during the summer will lead to a few different color options for the Wii. One will most certainly be black and I will be extremely tempted to buy one. I hate you Nintendo.<br /></blockquote><b>5) A new Resident Evil and GTA will be released for the Wii in 2009</b><br /><blockquote>This is my grand prediction that has the highest percentage of being wrong. Like last year's stupid prediction of Saints Row getting higher reviews on average than GTA IV this is my "out on a limb" prediction. I personally think 2009 will be the year that will start seeing some serious "hardcore" games released on the system. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition sold over a million copies so it's obvious there's a market for it on Wii. As for a GTA game being made, I see it being made by the same team at Rockstar that made the PSP Grand Theft Auto games. Let's see how close I am on that one.<br /></blockquote><br />Let the games of 2009 begin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-31136283049576609942009-01-07T14:14:00.002-06:002009-01-07T14:34:45.269-06:00Games Played/Beaten in 2008<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I did this <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/01/completed-games-of-year.html">last year</a> and it seemed to work out pretty well. I simply keep a tab on every game I played throughout the year so I can look back on it later and see what all I enjoyed. I successfully completed 14 games this year (compared to 20 last year) and played a total of 45 this year (compared to 43 last year).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">All in all it seems like I managed to beat fewer games this year but played more. I think the fact that <a href="http://gamegym.blogspot.com/2008/05/wedding-invitations.html">I got married</a> in the middle of the year may have put a small hindrance on my ability to beat more games. I think you all know why.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">So without further ado, here is the list of games I played throughout the entirety of 2008. And later I will post my predictions for 2009 as well as my prediction score for 2008.<br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Completed (No Order):</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>1)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Halo 3 (Xbox 360)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>2)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Mario Galaxy – Luigi and all 242 Stars (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>3)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Contra 4 (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>4)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>5)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Smash Bros. Melee (Gamecube)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>6)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>7)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>8)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Lost Winds (WiiWare)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>9)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Mario Kart Wii (Wii)</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>10)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">No More Heroes (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>11)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">LOL – Completed by having an awesome time (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>12)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Picross (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>13)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Boom Blox (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>14)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Lost Winds (Wii)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p> <p><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Partially Completed:</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>15)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Bomberman Wii (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>16)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Tetris DS (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>17)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Tetris Party (WiiWare)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>18)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Star Wars: Force Unleashed (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>19)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We Ski (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>20)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Gears of War 2 (Xbox360)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>21)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rock Band (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>22)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Zack and Wiki (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>23)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rock Band (Xbox 360)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>24)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Carnival Games (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>25)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>26)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Art Style: Orbient (WiiWare)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>27)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Locks’ Quest (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>28)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dancing with the Stars (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>29)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Call of Duty 4 (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>30)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Spore Creatures (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>31)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Endless Ocean (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>32)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>33)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">NHL ’08 (Xbox 360)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>34)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">WiiFit (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>35)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Resident Evil 4: No Kills Run (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>36)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Star Wars: Rogue Leader 3 (Gamecube)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>37)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Mario Strikers: Charged (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>38)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Geist (Gamecube)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>39)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>40)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Metroid (SNES)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>41)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels (NES) </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>42)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>43)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Guitar Hero III (Wii)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>44)<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (Wii)</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">45) Wii Sports (Wii)<br /></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-26024541701657390142008-12-31T20:10:00.003-06:002008-12-31T20:21:51.271-06:00Club Nintendo DS Case ReceivedSo I successfully managed to hit Platinum Status on my Club Nintendo account and decided to take advantage of the prize options. What did I go with as my choice? Well, see below.<br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/000_0017.jpg" width="320" height="240" /><br />Here is the DS Case in it's clear plastic protective cover.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/000_0018.jpg" width="320" height="240" /><br />This shows the neat little tag with the Club Nintendo logo. The back of the tag says, "Since 2003." Yeah, not in America.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/000_0020.jpg" width="320" height="240" /><br />This shows the DS with my DS sticking out the side.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/000_0021.jpg" width="320" height="240" /><br />This shows the inside. Perhaps the best part, it has a slot for you to carry two extra games in the pouch. So you aren't stuck with just the one in the system.<br /></center><br /><br /><br />All around, considering this is really just a gift on Nintendo's part, I would have to say I am quite pleased. If you guys have yet to sign up for Club Nintendo I highly recommend you do. It has some neat perks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-51243584375872422252008-12-28T18:58:00.007-06:002009-01-20T18:44:24.763-06:002008 Predictions: Right or Wrong<p> At the beginning of 2008 I laid down some predictions for the year. Below you will see how accurate my predictions were. Without spoiling too much, I think I did fairly well.<br /></p><p>And stay tuned for this year's predictions in the coming week.<br /><br /><b>1) Wii Play w/ Remote will be best selling Wii game (not counting Wii Sports of course) <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Right!!!</span><br /></b></p><blockquote>According to <a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/20/the-real-top-5-selling-games-of-2008/">this link</a> it is apparent, and to some very sad, that Nintendo's brilliant marketing creation that is Wii Play has managed to be the best selling Wii game of 2008. But what is that you hear; the game actually outsold GTA IV that launched on not just the Xbox 360 and PS3 but also the PC? That is correct.<br /><br />Some would say it is brilliant. Some would say it's a disaster.<br /></blockquote><b>2) Gears of War 2 will be release in the Fall of '08</b> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Right!!!</span><br /><blockquote>As I stated in my prediction, this wasn't too big of a gamble on my part especially since there was no new Halo game this year and the first Gears was a huge seller the previous holiday season it came out. But just remember, back in January the release date for Gears 2 was not common knowledge.<br /></blockquote><b>3) Still no headset for the Wii, at least not by Nintendo</b> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Right and Wrong!!!</span><br /><blockquote>When it comes to voice-chat us Nintendo gamers have been a little left in the dust. My prediction was that Nintendo would complete the 2008 year without releasing a voice-chat enabled headset. Well they released Wii Speak, a voice-chat enabled device for the entire room, but not a headset. So if my prediction was "no voice-chat" I would be fully wrong but since I worded it differently, I'm gonna give myself a little credit.<br /></blockquote><b>4) Price Drop for Xbox 360 and PS3 but not Wii before '09</b> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Right!!!</span><br /><blockquote>This is a prediction that makes you wonder if it was even a question that this would happen. Well, back in January it was still unsure if the Wii was going to be able to last and the PS3 and 36o were still doing fairly well in the hardware race. Well my guess was that both Sony and Microsoft would drop the price of their systems but Nintendo would hold strong. <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5055323/40gb-playstation-3-price-drop-coming-on-sunday">Both the PS3</a> and <a href="http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/206317/source-xbox-360-price-drop-to-199-299-in-september/">Xbox 360 dropped its price</a> a few times throughout the year and changed SKU options. The Nintendo Wii remains in the exact same packaging and price we got back in 2006 (aside from a few Wiimote condoms and package designs of course).<br /></blockquote><b>5) Saints Row 2 will have a higher GameRankings score than GTA IV</b> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Terribly Wrong!!!</span><br /><blockquote>I went out on a limb on this one far before we knew much of anything about GTA IV or Saints Row 2. All I can say about this one is "why?"Why would I ever think that a series like GTA that has always garnered great reviews ever be beaten by a newcomer that only has one game in the series and it wasn't rated very high? Looking back on it now, I have no answer.<br /><br />Well <a href="http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp">according to GameRankings</a> these are the average scores and rank for each game:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Theft Auto IV</span><br />Review Score: 96.6%<br />Overall Rank: 1<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saints Row 2</span><br />Review Score: 83.3%<br />Overall Rank: 67<br /></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-28570204485574982332008-12-05T20:47:00.002-06:002008-12-05T20:49:43.963-06:00Scribblenauts: Simply Awesome PotentialI think this video says it all. Well, all but this one statement that I am about to make, "This is the type of game the DS was made for."<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=14304256&downloadURL=http://dsmovies.ign.com/ds/video/article/936/936258/Scribblenauts_new2_120508_flvlow.flv&allownetworking="all"' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360' ></embed><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-87957836674782400372008-12-01T15:38:00.004-06:002008-12-01T16:06:27.417-06:00How Things Haven't ChangedBlack Friday was a success yet again (<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLqPiB6k_l6U&refer=home">considering all things</a>) but it appears certain companies fared better than others. In this time of economic turmoil it appears people would rather snatch up a single $250 purchase the entire family can enjoy (one gift for five) rather than a bunch of individual $250 gifts that only one person can enjoy. In this time of money crunching, people seem to be cutting back and buying up Nintendo Wii systems left and right. Those other more graphically superior systems (read: more expensive) are not fairing quite as well.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/no.wii.in.stock.jpg" /></p><br />But then again, maybe money crunching isn't the reason for all of this. If you have been following the <a href="http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php">sales of the current generation</a> or happened to walk into a store anytime after December of 2006 (post PS3 launch) then you would probably recognize the images below.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://www.nextechnews.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/PS3salesineuropehavedroppedALOTStoresove_2586/STACKS%5B2%5D.jpg" width="400" height="300" /><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/07/business/07xbox.xlarge1.jpg" width="400" height="200" /></p><br />So my question, when does the Wii selling out (and selling millions) stop becoming news?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-39087565918929720742008-11-06T23:39:00.001-06:002008-11-06T23:41:08.415-06:00I "Voted" StickerWe in the Hendricks Family prefer to due mail-in ballots. But come election day, I felt out not wearing a sticker like everyone else. So I decided to make one instead. What do you think?<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/?action=view¤t=VotedSticker.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/VotedSticker.jpg" border="0" alt="I Voted Sticker"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-71452089115284321602008-11-01T10:04:00.005-06:002008-11-01T10:13:56.635-06:00Dirk Nowitzki Loves Games?I didn't know Germans, sized triple XL, enjoyed playing Guitar Hero. Then again, who doesn't?<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/20081025_Michels_NowitzkiGuitarHero_161.jpg" /></div><br /><br />But when all things are considered, Dirk has some other reasons to like the world of video games too. Recently EA Sports used their most recent sports game, NBA Live '09, to simulate the entirety of this upcoming season. <a href="http://www.nba.com/preview2008/easim.html" target="new">The results</a> show the Dallas Mavericks, Dirk's team, coming in 3rd place in the West. And judging from past years, that's pretty good. The West tends to be a far more dominant force in the league. Aside from one or two good teams in the East it pretty much sucks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-86053207954591420132008-09-04T10:32:00.001-06:002008-09-04T10:34:25.865-06:00Google Receives the Morph Ball UpgradeI think Google may have ripped off one of Nintendo's greatest gaming characters special abilities and put it in logo form. Behold the incredible similarities. <br /><p align="center"><img src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/nintendo/en/images/thumb/f/f7/MorphBall.jpg/180px-MorphBall.jpg" /> <img src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/09/03/amd_googlechrome.jpg" /></p><br />And for those of you that don't recognize the ball on the left, it is from the Metroid series of games starting on the NES and most recently on the Wii. She upgrades her Morph Ball throughout the games to different abilities and colors.<br /> <br />It does make me wonder though, if Google is as powerful a company as it is and it's just now getting the Morph Ball upgrade, what happens when it gets the Power Suit or Varia Suit upgrades? Only time will tell.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-12918692621106072782008-06-18T09:54:00.001-06:002008-06-18T09:56:36.618-06:00Cause of Solid Snake's Increased AgingI typically read a few different video game comics every week and I stumbled upon this one from <a href="http://www.2pstart.com/2008/06/11/now-youre-playing-with-power/">2P Start</a> that had me in stitches. Check it out below and tell me that's not awesome.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://www.2pstart.com/wordpress/comics/2008-06-11.jpg" width="600" height="1828" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-76253018539811605802008-05-26T12:50:00.005-06:002008-05-26T14:35:49.110-06:00Wedding InvitationsAs you may or may not know by now, I am set to be married this August. I made it my responsibility to create the wedding invitations and pitch the idea to the loved one but I knew I had to make sure the initial mock was good enough or she may never go along with the idea. The idea was, of course, adding Mii characters to the invitations. Who doesn't love those cute little guys, gamer or not.<br /><br />After many different alterations to the design itself, and a good chunk of time spent in Photoshop creating the character's outfits, below you will find the final piece.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/100_0600.jpg" width="512" height="384" /></p><br /><p align="center"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/100_0604-1.jpg" width="384" height="512" /></p><br /><p align="center"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/100_0603-1.jpg" width="512" height="384" /></p><br /><br />We mailed them out a few days ago and so far we have had quite the wonderful response. Even grandparents and cousins who don't even know about the Wii thought they were cute. The key to using Miis on the invitations for us was that they still looked classy, hence the gown and tux.<br /><br />So, what do you think?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808829057615757031.post-40490569714826096922008-05-15T15:27:00.004-06:002008-05-26T12:49:59.177-06:00EA Console Announced by 2012Do you think a fourth gaming console could enter the market and have all four survive? Many were surprised with the fact that three could survive after the last generation ended. All were profitable last generation and even now, with the start of a new generation, all three companies are making (or starting to make) profits in their gaming divisions. But how would a fourth entry in the gaming industry compete?<br /><br />If the fourth console was backed by Electronic Arts (EA), that's how.<br /><br />At first thought it would be easy to think that a fourth console would fail in an already crowded market. Microsoft and Sony are dueling with blades it seems, each trying to one-up the other, while Nintendo is trying to create a new audience. Thrown in the mix of things are third-party companies trying to figure out which of their games will succeed on which systems. EA is one of the only third-party companies large enough to structure an entirely new strategy.<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/travis_hendricks7/ea_console.jpg" /></p><br />Electronic Arts, the largest third-party developer in the industry, is about to take things into their own hands. No longer will they be forced to decide which existing console to put their games on. No longer will the decisions of their future be made by other companies. In the very near future, EA will have successfully purchased a company by the name of Take-Two (the makers of the Grand Theft Auto series).<br /><br />In the last few years EA has purchased multiple developers (listed below) putting them in a prime position to call the shots. All they need now is Take-Two. <ul><li>Bioware</li><li>Pandemic Studios</li><li>Black Box Games</li><li>Studio 33</li><li>Mythic</li><li>Criterion</li><li><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/29/ubisoft-president-still-considering-ea-acquisition/">Maybe Ubisoft</a></li></ul><br />There are some smaller game development and networking companies not in the list above but it's plain to see that just in the last few years alone EA has managed to gather up a hefty sized list of developers. Dare I say EA has enough development power to sustain an entire system on it's own. Just imagine the sheer mess it would make for Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo if EA decided to stop producing games for their systems.<br /><br />If you are curious, here is a quick list of games (or series) that would soon be exclusive to the EA PSWiiBox (name copyrighted).<br /><ol><li>Madden Football</li><li>Grand Theft Auto</li><li>FIFA Soccer</li><li>All other sports titles</li><li>Bioshock</li><li>Sims (all versions)</li><li>Spore</li><li>Rock Band</li><li>Burnout</li><li>Battlefield</li><li>Medal of Honor</li><li>Skate!</li><li>SSX</li><li>Black</li><li>Need for Speed</li><li>Command & Conquer</li><li>BOOM BLOX (I had to throw that one in there)</li></ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5