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Blake's Gaming/Life Update


On 05/23/2013 at 05:11 PM by Blake Turner

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 I went to the Doctor's yesterday, and it turns out I have a respiratory infection. Yay. So I'm on roughly $66 worth of inhalers, antibiotics and steroids. Which confused me. The doctor didn't tell me she was giving me steroids! Or maybe she did. I wasn't really coherent during that visit. She told me I shouldn't use my brain too much and that I should rest. This confused me greatly, seeing how I HAVE A FUCKING RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, NOT A BRAIN TUMOR! Anyway, I didn't question this at the time, but I did ask if video games were considered too taxing. She looked at me oddly with a weird sort of grin, and sort of laughed and said: That should be ok, you don't really have to think when you play games. I almost punched her. Fighting my temptation to immitate commander shepherd and PUNCH WOMEN IN THE FACE, I kept my mouth shit. She kept talking, and eventually she mutated into some weird, demonic form and tried to eat me. Ok, maybe I was a little out of it at that stage.

 Anyway, this is all happening during the end of my semester, when I have two assignments due, and then exams - all within quite a short amount of time. Suffice to say it isn't the best time to be dying. However, Plus10Damage are gracious enough to let me have a break... well sort of. I just put out content when I can manage it at the moment. My MMOnthly should still be up on June 1st, and I'll be reviewing Defiance. If you guys have any preferences towards f2p MMO's that I can play next, let me know. Next week it might be either Age of Wushu, or Ragnarok Online 2, as I am actually trying to stay current. I am having troubles with the servers though, so I might jump into Secret World, or maybe even Second Life as a back up. Again, any preferences would be taken into consideration.

 Since I'm on break though, I'll probably blog here a bit more, as less thought generally goes into these, and it's essentially just me rambling. So you lovely individuals will have to put up with me. Horrible I know. I need to blog more on here though, so this is a good oppurtunity I guess.

 Ok, so enough about my life. This is a gaming forum! What have I been playing?

Resident Evil: Revelations

 This game is finally on PC, and it is wonderous. You can barely tell this was a game on the 3DS, because it looks absolutely gorgeous. I started it up, and the first thing I noticed was the atmosphere - the game is dripping with it! It reminds me a lot of Code Veronica in terms of atmosphere. I don't quite know why though. The second thing you notice is the dialogue. It's awesome, in that terribly Resident Evil manner. At one stage you walk up to an elevator that's cables have snapped and looks like Princess Diana's car, and Jill tries to operate it! She then stares vacantly at it and says "I guess it's out of order." That is comedy gold right there.

 When I finally got to the enemies, I was surprised. You can hold a maximum of 40 bullets as Jill, and you soak through them pretty fast, because even a single enemy is a serious threat. There's a moment where you have all of your guns taken away from you, and you have to dodge and bypass your enemies, and I tell you what, it was actually scary. I was tensing up, I was praying that I'd make it. This is resident evil. It almost makes up for resident evil 5 and 6.

PsychoNauts

This game is terrible. The worst, most unimaginative pile of shit I've ever played. I hope whoever made this game goes bankrupt and - Just kidding, this game is amazing. I love it! It's so original! This is the first time I've ever played it, and it evokes memories of games like Banjo Kazooie, and other 3D platformers that we just don't get anymore! Add to that the fact that the game still looks good on pc thanks to the art style, and you have a game you must play NOW!

 I picked it up in the double fine bundle, and it was one of the only games in the package I hadn't played! I have no idea why I didn't play it either, as this game is funny as hell! Seriously, if you haven't played it, go in fresh. Don't have ANYTHING spoiled. If you have played this game, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

 I've been playing other games too, but I can't really be bothered talking about them, as I am getting a headache writing this up. Anyway, I hope everyone else is fine, and have a great day/night/afternoon/breakfast. I'm about to make breakfast. By the way, it's 7:11 am here. Bye!


 

Comments

mothman

05/23/2013 at 05:18 PM

Yeah Psychonauts is hilarious and an overall great game to boot. So is RE: Revelations and it looks pretty damn good even on the 3DS.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/23/2013 at 05:42 PM

I haven't seen it on 3DS, but seeing as this is just a HD Port, I'm guessing that game looked amazing on the 3DS.

asrealasitgets

05/23/2013 at 05:39 PM

As for MMOs, I play StarWars, Lord of the Rings and Star Trek off and on. I read good things about Never Winter so I might try that. 

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/23/2013 at 05:41 PM

From what I played I really wasn't impressed with the combat. The character creation is great though, very D&D

leeradical42

05/23/2013 at 05:46 PM

When non gamers try to figure out gaming they think its mindless button pushing whith very little thought and anybody can do it and it waste your time well i could go on but i wont, the funny thing if she only knew ha ha ha let her put in Dark Souls and what gaming us really about and i would pay to see that lol!!!!

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/23/2013 at 05:49 PM

I was going to tell her to play portal. Hopefully that would knock her off her high horse. I do agree with you, but I think anybody who looks in on anything they don't understand is really quick to criticise. Whether they're saying Anime is mindless junk for children, or that heavy metal is only for satan worshippers, the hate isn't just directed at us. Still, it's annoying.

leeradical42

05/23/2013 at 05:54 PM

Yea your right, theres people that were raised to beleive these things man they wiuld really hate me i play video games, listen to heavy metal, and i like anime im soscrewed lmao!!!!

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/23/2013 at 06:37 PM

Same here lol. I used to think gun ownership was stupid here because I didn't properly look into it, so I've been guilty of it too. I think we all do it at some point.

Cary Woodham

05/23/2013 at 06:54 PM

Psychonauts was my game of the year for 2005.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/23/2013 at 07:10 PM

I wasn't as big a gamer back then as I was now unfortunately, so I missed out on this amazing gem.

Homelessrook

05/23/2013 at 07:24 PM

I am glad it translated well to the PC.  I heard the controls are a little iffy on the 360. I want to get it for the PS3. I have it for the 3DS and it was awesome there. Thanks for posting that up.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/24/2013 at 03:18 AM

 Yeah, I've heard it doesn't translate to a controller amazingly well, which is kind of bizarre. The aiming is fine with a mouse, although the stupid lock on mechanic is really annoying and I wish I could disable it.

Super Step Contributing Writer

05/23/2013 at 07:42 PM

I was so pissed when Psychonauts came out and wasn't for Gamecube.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/24/2013 at 06:15 PM

Ah, I wish I actually had a Gamecube...

V4Viewtiful

05/24/2013 at 05:44 PM

Haven't played Psychonauts yet but it's on the list... my very, very lone list.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/24/2013 at 06:16 PM

It is a must own... so very unique.

Alex-C25

05/25/2013 at 12:14 AM

I actually gasped when at the first words of the Psychonauts paragraph. That is, untill you  kid about that.

Seriously, I haven't finished Psychonauts and i'm already loving the game. It's just so imaginative and I like the different reactions people and things do when you try the powers on them.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

05/25/2013 at 08:21 AM

Setting the burger chef on fire is one of lifes great pleasures :)

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