I don't think any of these would run properly on my phone, but Fiz looks like fun. Actually, that one might run ok if I had enough space. If I don't add too much other crap before I get to it, I might see about getting it.
Thanks for the suggestions!
I remember liking Batman TAS, but not loving the series to the extent a lot of other people who grew up with it do. I did love a particular VHS with one or a few episodes of it we rented once, though. It was so dark and kind of eerie that I couldn't help but be drawn to it. That was especially true for Batman Returns when I was a kid. I'll say this for it: Kevin Conroy's Batman is definitely the best Batman, in my opinion, so I'm glad his voice is in the game. Mark Hamill is a great Joker as well, so that helps, too.
I think I'll definitely review it if and when I finish it, since it'll literally be the first game I complete a single player campaign for from after the Gamecube generation of consoles.
I'd be very interested to see that full list of games and maybe some reviews of them, perhaps in the context of what they each say about the era they came from. I'd read that blog if you wrote it, for sure. I wonder if I'd feel the same way about Toy Story for SNES as you might about Toy Story 2. I definitely remember playing the SNES game a lot, but I also remember that RC Car level being the devil of alternate control hell. I share your disinterest for CoD, though; to the point I'm not sure I can enjoy it even on the "dumb fun" level that you claim to enjoy it on. Maybe that comes from boring, music-less multiplayer matches, though. I have a feeling I'd like these games more if I experienced the single player campaigns.
I actually pride myself with keeping up with movies, and last year I may as well have been a professional critic. But, aside from seeing Catching Fire today, I barely caught much of anything released this year. I'm not upset about it, though, aside from missing out on seeing Gravity in theaters. I have money in my pocket that I didn't spend going to movies with friends while I was still taking Graduate classes, and plenty of time over this winter break for my family to take me to the Hobbit, Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, or whatever else I may want to see.
I have been awful with keeping up with video games the past few years though, because I simply can't justify the expense of them. Luckily, now I have a good laptop, so Steam and its sales should help me play more than just online Tetris and other free, streaming retro games. Hopefully, I can find at least a few gems, as you have these past few years.
Six actually sounds like a high number to me as far as games finished in a year. I've certainly rented more than that some years, but I tend to only finish short rentals or games I own, and I don't own too many games to begin with.
I know what you mean about playing review scores against your own interests. I asked for Golden Sun one year for Christmas on the basis of its amazing review scores, completely ignoring that I really dislike turn-based combat JRPGs for the most part. I figured "well, I liked Paper Mario, Super Mario RPG and Pokemon at least ok, and this looks real pretty and has great reviews, so it must be so amazing that even I'll love it."
I actually used to have way more fun with games EGM gave 7.0s or similar to, like Sly Cooper, etc., and at one point started regarding games they gave 7.0s to higher than those they gave 8.0s when making my rental decisions. I think they might have docked points for something not having enough replay value or being meaty enough, but since I was just renting for the mostpart, that didn't bother me.
I've since learned to see reviews as the subjective texts they really are, and pay more attention to why a certain Metacritic or Rottentomatoes score is given than what that score is, if I'm interested in whatever is being reviewed. For the most part, anyway. There are definitely instances where I say to myself, "I'll go see or play this only if it gets a high rating." I'm usually right to do that though, so it works for me, I guess.
Some girls I know have touch screen laptops with Windows 8, and they love it. That's what it's designed for.
My main issue is that my track pad is set up so that sometimes when I swipe to the right or left, I go from one view to another, which gets frustrating if, say, I'm trying to read an article for school. I just figured out I can change my track pad's settings, though, so I think I will.
The only other major inconvenience is the lack of a Start button, but apparently the update fixes that, so after I make those two changes, I'll probably find 8 pointless, but maybe it won't be so awful.
It depends on your system specs. If you have a newer laptop, especially one intended for gaming, you should be fine. The problem isn't Windows 8 itself, it's the fact publishers may have chosen not to update some of their older games to be compatible with Windows 8. That's what I'm running in to.
I can only play somewhat older games according to my laptop's specs, but while they should be able to run, it's not a guarantee because they haven't been updated for Windows 8 in some cases.
So I've heard. Which is why I got all giddy when I saw my laptop could run it. Now that I've purchased it after a smooth-running demo, I just hope 8 doesn't screw me out of the full experience. Like I told Aaron, this is not a risk I'd be willing to take above the $5 limit.
Yeah, I'm only taking a risk on this at all because it's so cheap.
As for the start button, I don't have one right now either, but I keep being prompted to download 8.1, so I guess that has it. I've managed just fine without it, but it is inconvenient.
It did, in fact. My only complaints were that my trackpad isn't great for looking around easily, but there are plenty of mouses around this house, so it should be better if I just plug one of those in. And I haven't made my Christmas list yet, so maybe I could just ask for an XBOX controller.
Anyway, as of an hour or so ago, I own Arkham Asylum, I just need to install it. Wish me luck that the full version runs as well as the demo!
Actually, wait, there's a demo. So I'm downloading that, and if that works fine, I'll likely buy the game.
LBW sounds fun, but man do I hate having to slow down and aim at something in the midst of combat. That really takes me out of a game.
I'm already not a strategy game fan, so no way would I like Fire Emblem, but Dragon's Crown looks cool.
