Published on
Monday, October 22, 2007 in
Gaming.
Jesus. H. Christ.
I wanted to say that the game is like Lemmings with retards, but I don’t want to speak ill of the mentally handicapped on a level of asininity such as LocoRoco Cocoreccho. The original LocoRoco was a mildly entertaining puzzle game of sorts. Reminiscent of Katamari Damacy, you started off with one little LocoRoco and rotated the world around in order to avoid obstacles and assimilate more LocoRocos, since apparently sometimes when they touch each other they become a bigger one. LocoRoco Cocoreccho on the other hand is a middling mess of a game that shows why the PS3′s “Sixaxis” is a hackneyed piece of shit.
“Playing” involves moving a butterfly around and pressing a button to have it expel some sort of sound/odor/shiney trinket so that the LocoRocos will hop their stupid asses in the direction. The rest of the gameplay as I can manage involves shaking the PS3 controller in various directions to have little creatures move platforms around. Maybe this sounds enthralling, but it wangs chung.
I give this one a big ol’ pass. I want my $6 back
Published on
Sunday, October 21, 2007 in
Japan.
Well, it sure got cold fast.
Everyone told me that “Japan has a a different kind of cold.” Which is an incredibly stupid phrase, because cold is cold. What they’re really referring to is the lack of insulation. Without it, your apartment , of course, is cold than you’d expect.
Really though, I’m just surprised that Gojo got this cold so fast. We’re dipping to about 8º C right now. And the honest truth is I just had to look up the equivalent in Fahrenheit because fuck if I’ve yet to grow accustomed to this metric/centigrade shiznit. About 46.4º F, by the way.
So, another weekend has come and practically gone, and it can’t be anything else but weird that I’ve grown accustomed so fast. The biggest fear of most of the people is that my kind (foreigners living in Japan for an extended period of time) will go into culture shock, which is a deeper topic than I really want to go into on a Sunday morning with hard nipples and an aching shoulder. But as I’ve only been getting happier as of late, we’ll see how it all works out.
Published on
Saturday, October 20, 2007 in
Rants.
Ah, the dating scene. On second thought, I don’t know if I want to talk about this. All I gotta say is “Damnit!”
Published on
Friday, October 19, 2007 in
Japan and Random.
This was the best class I’ve taught so far. Sixth graders even! Getting them to think a bit more, even if they didn’t use a bunch of English at the start, got them using a lot more at the end. Very fun class, and shit, I think we’re all fucked come next week’s weather.
What does it say about Japanese television if I tend to flip in order to watch commercials? I guess I can only watch so many people eat different foods and answer questions about Russian flowers or the deep drama about which old woman can get angrier. I’m not even entirely sure what’s going on in this one.
Then again, the commercials are starting to advertise The Good Shepherd which is apparently coming out here Saturday. Fantastic!
Late edit: This game show is using an instrumental of “Owner of a Lonely Heart” on loop right now! Chock full of Yes Orchestral Hits.
Published on
Sunday, October 14, 2007 in
Rants.
Last night, while I was waiting to enter a club, someone stole my beloved hat.
That’s right, right off my head and gone. Well, not entirely. First it was put on the head of some girl I knew, so I figured I’d get it right back. But then it just disappeared.
I know it’s just a hat, but it was my hat. I loved how it fit, how I looked in it and all that jazz. It may sound silly, but I’m honestly a little bummed right now.
Published on
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in
Gaming.
I bought Halo 3. What was I thinking? To quote the President, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice….Never going to be fooled again.” Alas, I’m not as smart.
I bought Halo back when all you really would do for big games is stop at 4 players, or maybe hook a bunch of Xboxen up together. Not really my dig, and I was still PC gaming at the time. I still bought it at one point on the relatively cheap, but eventually sold it with one of my many sold Xboxen. The sequel came out and I bought that, figuring Live play would be worth it. I sold the game a few weeks later, not exactly thrilled. And let’s face it, I fucking hate the original Xbox.
So why does Halo 3 now grace my collection of games? Well, despite my distaste with some of the technical aspects of the 360, I’m not really displeased with it overall. And now that I’m doing a daily job with a static schedule and all that jazz, I “routinify” my gaming. That sounds bad, but it’s pretty good.
Being able to get my gaming into a routine has let me not feel like playing games is my life, but I get enough out of it to be satisfied. I have time to socialize and I’m knocking away the backlog. Life is good. But why Halo fucking 3?
Well, sometimes a man just wants to blow shit up. In designated, safe ways of course. Duh.
Published on
Monday, October 8, 2007 in
Gaming.
If you’ve played Final Fantasy 7, there’s a good chance you know what happens at the end of Crisis Core. Despite that, they managed to elevate it to quite a powerful level. Taking Zack, a character who was fairly minor in the original game and giving him a game entirely unto himself honestly seemed like it would be a cash in at best. But the game definitely had what it takes. Good game, great presentation, really made you care for the characters. Hell I’ll admit it, I had some wet shit in my eyes at the end.
No idea what that could be. *cough*
The challenge in this game definitely ramped up near the end. While I was able to complete the final boss in one undertaking, I definitely was on edge the whole time. Now that’s how I likes my games. Also, later on in the game you get the ability to craft your own materia. By combining two different ones at first, and later being able to throw in various items, it lets you really make the most out of the limited equipment you can use at once. I had a Mug with +80% MP, so I could attack and steal at once, and also have a sweet ass boost to my MP. Couple all this neatness with the battle system which still remained solid to the end of the game, I have to heartily give this game my blessings.
And now, no reason to use the PSP for a few more months!
Published on
Saturday, October 6, 2007 in
Rants.
So, I went to one of the Sports Days today but cut out a bit early since I was feeling tired. Good thing I did.
I didn’t notice until much, much later, but at the moment I am fried like a motherfucker. Chicken. Fried chicken. Crispy and so delicious and dear god I’d even take fucking KFC right now – I want some fried chicken! Er…anyway…sorry. I’m not here today to talk about fried chicken. No matter how delicious its crispy outer shell of bread and potentially chicken skin can be. But I digress.
The weather as of late has been so chilly and cloudy that I didn’t think anything of just going out today and standing outside for a few hours. Silly me, because now I’m in for a few good days of pain.
