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Hello 1UP/Pixlbit! As I type this I’m watching the footage of the Pope (no readers I’m not getting into a religious debate) and I decided that my final BaD should be, well, a clip show. Yes you know, those episodes of your favorite show that just cut and pastes scenes from throughout the season, when the writers got lazy. Yep that’s what I’m doing. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane…but we need some mood music

 

 

 

Now we got that going let’s take that stroll, shall we

 

 

Goodbye 1Up

 

 

Yes for many of us we saw the end of 1Up. I think I started blogging there around 2005 and it was nothing big. No pictures, just a quick blurb here and there

 

 

I like to think that blogging on MySpace of all places, started my video game blogging. Writing about pickups, what I thought about various games, thoughts about the Playstation Message Board, and other randoms. I met tons of good people on 1Up (and a couple of folks I really don’t care for), but overall the experience was positive. I’m disappointed they are shutting down, but I’m excited that I am part of a new site, with many of the same faces, and being able to read tons of new blogs

 

 

Took Two Games Off The Backlog

 

During BaD, I took down a couple of games from Mount Backlog.

 

Lego LotR

Even though at first I really didn’t care for the subject, and how the game was setup, it slowly grew on me, and I enjoyed it. Currently I’m playing the Lego Batman game on the Vita, and I AM ENJOYING this game!

 

Uncharted Golden Abyss

This game I really enjoyed. It was different from the console versions, it was still a lot of fun. I found that it was the prequel to the original game, which is a bonus especially since I’m currently playing it for the first time. The one thing I didn’t care for was that Sony shoehorned in using all the features of the Vita in the game, when really only a couple of things added to the gameplay, while the swipe fighting mechanics were just dumb (compared to how awesome the light portion is). Good game, worth a play, and it is a lot of fun.

 

Also while taking in game screen shots I stumbled upon this, which is odd considering other games I took screen shots of didn’t have it.

 

Collections

 

I asked the question of what kind of hobbies, do you some of you have, and I found some very interesting answers. Good to see that some of the folks who took time to answer have similar interests as myself.

I wished I would have wrote about my other hobbies, but I did touch on a couple including one I briefly mentioned when I showed what I wanted for my holiday setup

 

 

Lego

 

When I first started BaD, I had it all planned out to do 20 days of Lego, but after taking pics for a couple of potential blogs, I scrapped the idea (there is a lot of things to cover). I decided that I will do something similar but maybe spread it out, or at least after I get what’s left to organize, and build, to be set up and picture worthy.

 

During this past month there has been quite a few Lego purchases including the crazy K-Mart 50% off sale. One of the few perks of living in a sleepy small town is that there not many resellers around so I had my choice of what I wanted to add to the collection

 

 

I made a couple of trips and this was my haul. The most recent trip, happened last night before dinner

 

Yeah the wallet isn’t happy, and most likely I won’t be buying any more Lego, until the summer, but I think I picked up some pretty cool sets

 

 

Oh in case you’re wondering why I have four Tie Fighters. Well I’m debating on sitting on them for a couple of years, or giving them away as gifts. I’m actually currently debating if I should open another one. Such an awesome set!

 

 

The Missing Blog on Pixlbit

 

Yesterday I did my dual update for BaD and well on Pixlbit for some reason didn’t upload it. No biggie especially since some folks here are still on 1Up so you got to read my ramblings about the differences between the Android and iOS versions of Simpsons Tapped Out.

 

 

I do enjoy both games, and I find the Android game feels like a slower pace because there isn’t any connection to other Tapped Out users.

 

And there you have it, the last of the Blog a Day series. I did enjoy it, and it’s a shame the first one I tried was at the very end of 1Up, but hey hopefully this little 1Up tradition continues here. I’ll be back to my one blog a week pace, which is a nice break from thinking about what to write about.

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris