PixlBit

Ok Pixlbit I am back for Part 2 of my Quick Hits Chris Is Back Form Hawai’i blog. Now last time I went over how I started my trip (Thanks United) and some of the things I did on the islands. Today I thought I’d mention some of the actual gaming that went on. I mean c’mon this is a gaming blog I should mention the handful of times I whipped out the Vita, 3DS XL, and the tablets right? I also have some other pickups I’d like to mention as well so let’s get started before I force myself to eat Oatmeal.

So in the days leading up to my trip I started adding games among other things because I like to digitally over pack when I go on trips. I don’t want to be bored on trips. Anyways before I go into the games I’d like to mention the TV Shows and movie I added to the iPad Air.

 

 

I had Season 2 and 3 of 2 Broke Girls. I was doing a bit of catching up on this show and I figured a good binge watch would help me out

 

 

I also started rewatching one of the seasons I bought. Sunny in Philadelphia is pure comedy

 

And for my one movie

 

How do you not take The Godfather. The movie is long, its so good, and c’mon it’s The Godfather.

 

As for the games, I found a deal on Slick Deals where it was buy iTunes $15 gift card for $10 which turned into a couple of console to tablet games. The first being Grand Theft Auto Vice City and the second being

 

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. This is the game I spent the most time playing. At first the simple controls feel a bit odd, but over a couple of missions I got the swing of things. The funny thing was that while on the flight/delays I spent a lot of time building up my character. I’m still in San Andreas and having unlocked the bridge that leads you out to the country and San Francisco but it should happen soon. I can’t wait to be able to buy and customize low riders.

 

Since I was also stranded at LAX (thanks for the free WiFi), I played a bunch of this

 

Sorry to the folks who’s bases I leveled during this time. I wasn’t a happy camper, but I built up my in game street cred.

 

I also took part in the timed campaigns towards the end of my stay on the islands. I want to save enough of the special credits to unlock the rocket shooting storm troopers because they do a lot of damage.

 

I occasionally checked on my Simpsons Tapped Out game, and I unlocked some new stuff

 

There were a couple of moments of “Hey I remember___” when these were unlocked.

 

For actual handhelds there wasn’t much. I think I took out the Vita and 3DS XL maybe once or twice. The final day of my trip I took my 3DS out with me when I went into full Tourist Mode to catch some Mii’s. There was a hipster in the airport with me who had his 3DS out so I’m assuming I got his Mii (it also looked Hipster-ish).

 

On the Vita I actually made some progress in Spy Hunter. I couldn’t pass this one level and it was frustrating me, so I put it away and haven’t touched it for over a year. I decided to give it a shot again, and boom, first try. I’m not going to lie, Spy Hunter isn’t a good game, but I paid good money, and I want to finish the damn thing. This will be my goal for this month. I want to knock Spy Hunter off Mount Backlog!

I tried playing baseball but I am completely rusty when it comes to playing on the Vita. When I play on the console I hit like Tony Gwynn/Barry Bonds, when I’m on the Vita, I hit like a pitcher. I don’t think I will sync the three games I did play to my console.

 

Pickups!

 

Games

 

While on the island I saw this on Slick Deals for free

 

Normally the game is $5 but since it’s free I’m going to try it out. From the description the game sounds similar to the Metal Gear card game on the PSP, where you could only move a couple of spots at a time. I didn’t like that game but since this was free I’ll try it before I hate it.

 

Another freebie shmup. I added it to the iPad the day before my flight in case I could sleep on the plane.

 

I’m building up that Angry Birds collection. I guess this is the new one, but I’m still waiting for the Angry Birds/ Gen 1 Transformers mashup.

 

This dropped to $1.99 so I grabbed it for the plane ride.

 

While on the plane I started it…and then I fell asleep. I’ll let you guys know if its any good.

 

 

So I forgot I preordered this game until a trip to the GameStop where an employee was talking to me about it. I picked it up yesterday afternoon and I was going to play it until I remembered that Sons of Anarchy was back. This will be played later on today.

 

Some 360 games I picked up while browsing through their table of cheap stuff. My family in Hawai’i loves Karaoke, so I decided to add Lips to the library so I can make a fool of myself in private.

 

Music

 

Target Clearance find

 

I’m not a fan of old school Country (actual Country music, and not the twangy pop stuff), but it was $2 and who knows, I might find one or two songs I like.

 

This came out yesterday, and I was bummed that the Target Deluxe Edition was sold out

 

Good thing is that I found the two songs that are missing on iTunes. Overall the album is ok. I like her voice but it seemed like every song sounded the same. I’ll give it another listen before I make up my mind if I hate it or like it.

 

Some music freebies

 

U2 released their new album for free on iTunes. If you already have an iTunes account, check the store, and your purchased music and it should be sitting there waiting to be downloaded. If you don’t have an account, go sign up and get your free album!

 

 

On Google Play Store they’re giving away Demi Lovato’s album for free. It’s a typical pop album, and again can’t complain when its free!

 

So during my San Francisco trip I ripped the ear cushions on my V-Moda’s. It turns out that they sell replacements and the best part is, they have new cups that are bigger than the stock cups

 

I placed my order yesterday, and this morning I checked on the status and they are sitting at the local post office waiting to be delivered. Talk about fast shipping!

 

Randoms

 

These are back in stores!

 

Sneaky Target and their impulse buys at the register. These candies are what I like to call crack for kids. They’re so good, and super sweet.

 

 

I finished my online course! My friend joked that I should get a Stanford Alumni sweater now. The class was fun, and I learned some things about coding. 

 

Reddit makes me laugh

 

 

Ok Pixlbit, I think I’m caught up with the goings on over the past week. I have a lot of reading because there are some cool blogs I missed here and that’s what I will be doing the rest of the week.

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris