PixlBit

Hopefully you guys have checked out my latest feature, and if you have then you might know that I'm pretty stoked for Pokemon X and Y. One thing I didn't really get into was my history with the Anime. I grew up watching it, and stayed with it much longer than I should have. While I have great memories, the show was pretty sub par in the long run. I always wished for a Pokemon anime that represented the games properly. Less miraculous victories, stupid decisions, and I don't know, maybe a protagoinst who actually grows as a character? 

Let me tell you guys something about myself that I'm not sure I've been too vocal about here: Like some of you on here, I one day wish to work in the Gaming Industry as a Creative Director. That's my dream, one that I've been chasing for a while. I haven't always known the exact path to get there, but over the past few years of refining what I wanted to do in the games industry, I've found what suits me best.

For those who don't know, I work part time at Toys R Us. Every now and then I get the chance to work in the Electronics Dept and while I enjoy selling games, it can be frustrating. This is because many consumers have no idea what they want, and you have to explain everything to them so they can make a smart purchace.

I'm sure most of you don't know this, but I have a brief history with making videos for Youtube. I actually had quite a following before I got too wrapped up in other things to make videos anymore. I still have had the bug to make videos, and I feel like the best way for me to do that nowadays is through live streaming.

Though the latest edition of Backloggers has been about System Shock 2 - a game I opted to pass on playing - I've been going through my personal backlog clearing out games that have been on my ever growing list of stored titles. Just wanted to shed some opinions on a few, first of which is Vanquish which I got for free due to PS+.

I'd like to consider myself a well rounded gamer. This cycle, I've been lucky enough to own all three major consoles - and I've played a great amount of each. In some odd way - and I say odd because I didn't expect this - I think I spent the majority of my time on the Xbox 360. Maybe its because I didn't get my Playstation 3 until mid 2010, or maybe its because it just had games that I was interested in, but the 360 is by far the system I came away playing the most. It's my go to regarding most 3rd party games, fighting games and the Mass Effect series (cuz of save importing). That said, going into this next cycle, I think I'm starting to condier passing on the Xbox One - at least until I see something interesting on the box.

I don't normally blog about things other than gaming, but this current situation has summoned up a lot of feelings within me that I wanted to get out. For those who don't follow my twitter, or know me personally, you know that I'm a huge fan of super hero animated series. I've been watching them since I was young, but the ones that have come out over the past 6 or 7 years have been outstanding. However, despite the overall quality of these shows, they end up getting cancelled due to outside factors like toy sales, and merch. 

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a HUGE Tales of Series fan. Last years Tales of Graces f on PS3 was pretty good, though it wasn't my favorite by any means. One of the things I wasn't too impressed with was the localization. Some of the voices were fine, but for the most part I felt a disconnect between the characters. A lot of them seemed over acted, and a bit too corny for my liking. Not to mention, it came off as cheap and not well translated. On the contrast, I really enjoyed the localizations for Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia. I found the characters to be a lot more believable and likable in those.

So I saw this trailer a few minutes ago, and I was left with a huge grin.