PixlBit

Hello Pixbit! So it’s Tuesday, almost time for Halloween, and I thought I’d do a special Quick Hits for the beginning of the week because I have some thoughts about Halloween, and little tidbits about gaming.

 

Chris’ Rules For Halloween

1. -Blackface is never a good idea
2. -If a little kid shows up at your door, compliment their costume, even if it’s 30^th version of Iron Man you’ve seen
3. -Buy candy you like…and do “quality control” (aka eat) tests on random pieces.
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   1. Instagram picture from last year. I was making sure the candy was safe...and tasty
5. -If teens show up at your door, one piece of candy, and make sure they see it. They get an allowance now, they can buy their own candy
6. -If a mom with baby shows up and she wants candy for the kid who has no teeth, one piece and make sure they see it
7. -One kid told me the Cowboys sucked while I was wearing my jersey, I gave his friend two handfuls of candy while he got one piece and saw the whole thing.
8. -Neighbor’s kids show up, regardless of age, hook them up with a lot of candy
9. -If you run out of candy, or don’t participate, turn off the porch light.
10. -A couple of days after Halloween, Target puts the leftover candy at 50-70% off
11. -Did I mention Quality Control of the candy?

 

Things I miss from Halloween

1. Homemade items: I grew up in a rural town where there wasn’t a lot of money. During Halloween the majority of houses had candy, but a few didn’t but they were in the spirit anyways. I would get popcorn balls, Walnuts, and one house gave out Pomegranates ( I had no idea what they were, but 8-10 year old Chris was excited to get it
3. School Parade & Carnival: This was fun because the teachers, students, and other employees at the school would dress up, and do a little parade around playground, and then at night the classrooms would have little booths where candy was given away, you bought tickets to play games and win little trinkets.
5. Trick-Or-Treating With Friends: I remember when I was 10 or 11, my parents let me and my friends go by ourselves (way before crazy folks started ruining this for kids). My friends didn’t want their pomegranates and walnuts so I had extra stuff. Again for my age, this was like GOLD.
7. Candy Trading: Best part of the night, was getting rid of the candy you didn’t want and getting something good. I wasn’t a fan of getting gum so that was a big trade item for me.
9. A later tradition I kind of started in my dorm. When I worked in the dorms, during Halloween, and Valentine’s Day I would leave candy in my residents mailboxes. For Valentine’s Day I would buy those cards elementary school kids give (Crocodile Hunter cards were hilarious “Crikey be my Valentine”). Soon the other staff members started doing the same.  

 

New X-Men Trailer

 

My one gripe is why didn’t Professor X send Wolverine back a little further to tell young X to try and prevent him from getting shot.

 

Digital Hoarding

 

I think I’ve become a Digital Game Hoarder. I have a bunch of games on iOS/Android/and PSN that I’ve downloaded because they’re free…and I have yet to play them.

 

While looking through my iPad yesterday I forgot that I bought this game (most likely it was during a .99 cent sale) and I haven’t tried it until now. When I read some info on it, the game’s timeline takes place between the first and second games. Since I haven’t ventured far into the second game, I’m going to put that on hold and try to play this game through, so I can continue the story.

Going back to the original topic, I’m going to try and play more of the Android/iOS games I have and try to not buy anymore until I take a couple of them down from Mount Backlog. I passed on the recent Humble Bundle sale that offered a bunch of Android games because of this.

 

What I’m Playing

 

Fairway Solitaire

 

I’m still playing this, and I’m surprised that there are ads for in game purchases, especially considering I already spent $3.00 on the HD version and a $1.00 on the iPhone version. This is still one of those casual games I’ll play before I call it a night.

 

Real Racing

 

It’s been awhile since I’ve played this, and when I started it up again, there was an upgrade and now it seems to be easier to upgrade your car and racing level. I’m actually happy that I lost my game save because I don’t have to repeat races to earn cash. There is also a minor change in gameplay in having assistants for every race and each of them has a purpose. One person makes sure you get double the experience, another doubles your prize winnings, and the third person maintains your car. They are all really useful except they require one gold coin per race, and those coins are hard to come by, so I’ll use them sparingly.

 

NFL Runner

 

Well I found another code, and I am one code away from completing the McDonalds freebies. The game is still ok, and I probably play this game once every other day.

 

Marvel Puzzle Quest

 

Another game that updated when I didn’t play it for a couple of days. It’s a lot easier to earn items to upgrade your characters now, and over the past couple of days I’ve started playing it more and more.

 

I really haven’t been upgrading the characters regularly but they’ve been solid during battles. I would like to earn more coins so I can go after Captain America, but I do like having a bunch of those purple crystals.

Lego Marvel Superheroes

I am five missions away from completing the Story Mode and I do like this game. The levels seem really long compared to the previous games but there are save points at different sections. The environments are really nice, and I can't wait to do some exploring around the town. I'll talk more about this game once I play through it.

 

SDSU Baseball

 

This is why I like college sports. One of the fun traditions is that the baseball team plays an inter-squad game in Halloween costumes. Its fun, open to the public, and everyone can enjoy themselves and not be too serious before the season begins.

Well its time for me to go and buy some candy, so we shall end today’s entry here.

 

That’s All For Now, More Later!

-Chris