PixlBit

     Every Tuesday it's release day for retailers in N.A., so I look up what's new in various forms of media: games, music, comics, and books. Here's a rundown of what I'm interested in this week.

This is BaD. I'm just going to list today's events. No time.

    This is my weekly recap but think about it meshed with the Genesis game DecapAttack. It’s like I’m removing my head and throwing at you. All you have to do is catch it and look inside. Then, please, please, throw it back. A man without a head is like… you know… never mind. I think that might be a good thing. Keep it.

          Kicking off BaD this year a day early ('cause I'll be actually gaming tomorrow), I decided to revisit a series I did at 1UP way back in 2011. It was on an old profile that I erased so I couldn't just link to it. I did have the files on my computer though, so I thought this would be the perfect time to rewrite it and add all sorts of nice multimedia for Pixlbit. So here goes the epic journey of The Video Games of My Life.

    First it was Halo now Gears. What other game franchises does Microsoft own now? Well, a lot. Just to name a few are: Age of Empires, Crackdown, Fable (‘cause they own Lionhead), and all the games by Rare and Twisted Pixel (‘cause they own them too). Microsoft has partnered with many developers as well including formerly Sony exclusive Insomniac Games who are now going to release Sunset Overdrive later this year for Xbox One.

     I think what I like most about games in the environment art. I got a 360 for Oblivion based mainly on the wonderful vistas. I got a Vita because that system really shows off well the Japanese ink style of games like Muramasa: Rebirth and Sumioni: Demon Arts. I loved the environments in Halo: CE that got me into an Xbox and the space scenes in Star Wars: Rogue Leader - Rogue Squadron 2 that sold me a Gamecube, and on and on and on. Gameplay is great, and the feel of the controls is essential to my enjoyment of a game, but the environment is what really excites me.

    I played a bunch of Borderlands 2 yesterday with MADKRAMMER, picked up Tales of Vesperia, and preordered Fable Anniversay this morning.  

   A week of mild activity gaming wise: I spent some obsessive late nights filling up my backloggery page; I picked up the latest Halo novel and started reading it; played some Borderlands 2 as Zer0 The Assassin; and beat the first island in Advance Wars: Dual Strike on my awesome DSi XL.

    I got to scanning in my comics covers today and found a few ads that looked interesting relating to games. I also shot the music CD I got with a suitably creepy light effect that by chance appeared on my iPod. I love capturing chance moments like that. 

    Wednesday was comics day, but I had several other forms of media to pick up as well such as a book and a CD.