I've decided that Aaron Heilman is just the complete opposite of Lloyd Christmas(Jim Carey's character in Dumb & Dumber) where as Lloyd pissed off Harry with bad things only to completely make up for it with something good. See Heilman will do something good for a little bit and then completely blow it by sucking just like usual. Uggghhhh. Oh well, let's hope the Mets win the next two to take the series. Let's hope. Hey, at least we have Pedro coming back on Tuesday. Lets hope he can make it 4 innings before getting injured.
So, Rob sent me the list for the Nintendo 64 and I wrote him back I told him I was glad about #1 and if this game wasn't #1 I was going to send the list back and make him redo it. Good thing he got it right.
Nintendo 64
Before you read this list – if you want to know how awesome the Nintendo 64 was, just watch this video (make sure you have sound) http://youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU. As you’ll see from this list, Nintendo 64’s main accomplishment was that it faithfully updated all of the core Nintendo franchises from two-dimensional to three. It also holds the dubious distinction of being the last (and greatest) cartridge-based console – a format that was probably already outdated when N64 was launched in 1996. Still, this console accomplished some great things at an affordable launch price of $199.
1: Goldeneye (Sequel: Perfect Dark)
The difference between numbers 1 and 2 on this list is very slim. Goldeneye gets the edge for a few reasons. Goldeneye was the first FPS (First Person Shooter) that really succeeded on a console – and one of the only movie-based videogames that has ever been well-received. There was a good variety in levels, weapons, and tactics. Goldeneye had a cool statistics system that tracked things like where your bullets were striking your enemies. Finally, Goldeneye’s multiplayer is simply legendary and is ultimately what pushed this game into the top spot.
2: Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time (Sequel: Legend of Zelda - Majoras Mask)
Some consider the Ocarina of Time the best videogame of all time, and a legitimate argument can be made. If you’ve noticed the pattern, Zelda games have ranked extremely high on both previous Nintendo lists, and it’s hard to describe the feeling that I had when a game that used to be strictly bird’s eye view transformed into a beautiful three dimensional environment. This game was just a perfectly executed action-RPG, with an updated take on a classic world.
3: Mario 64 (also, Mario Kart 64)
Another Nintendo franchise that was extremely well received on Nintendo 64. Like Zelda, some believe that Mario 64 was the best videogame of all time. And also like Zelda, this game was so well received because it transformed a beloved character from two dimensions to three. There were so many worlds to explore, stars to collect, puzzles to solve. To me, this game ranks below Zelda because of my personal preferences in games, but I’m sure many would consider this game more fun. This launch title was the best selling of any Nintendo 64 game with 11.6 million copies sold.
Mario Kart 64 isn’t a sequel or even the same type of game, but since it’s a Mario game I figured I’d lump it in. Though the number of tracks was lacking, the multiplayer was just incredible.
4: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (also, Shadows of the Empire)
In Rogue squadron, you played Luke Skywalker between Star Wars Episodes IV and V. You could fly almost the full complement of Rebel starfighters (as well as the snowspeeder) and fought against the full range of Imperial fighters and ground units. The game took advantage of the Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak and its enhanced graphics.
Shadows of the Empire was a launch title highlighted by a killer rendition of the Battle of Hoth, but also brought you to a diverse collection of locales in the Star Wars expanded universe and had several difficulty levels, making it a great game for just about anyone.
5: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
This game is a personal favorite of mine. This was an epic strategy-RPG, on a cartridge system no less! This game was released late in the life cycle of the N64 so was pretty overlooked, and it was far from a mainstream game. It featured a class system for characters to advance, an in-depth combat system, and the ability to have more than one parties of your own characters traveling to different places in the game world at the same time. The Nintendo 64 wasn’t the system of the RPG – but in this genre dominated by the Playstation, this N64 exclusive game was a rare success.
So, lastly I decided to start my 24 watching a couple days early. Instead of doing season 1, I decided to go with season 3 because it's my favorite season. So, here's episode 1, from 1pm til 2pm. The season starts off with a bang. There's a dead body dropped off at a research clinic that is infected with a serious biological desease that will kill the person infected with it within 24 hours. Now there's a terrorist cell that has it in LA and they've threatened to release it. We've found out that it is 3 years after season 2 ended and David Palmer is still president, Jack got back from a covert mission where he infultrated a terrorist leader named Salizar. Well, Salizar is in jail and now his brother is in charge. Jack has a partner named Chase who happens to be dating his daughter(Elisha Cuthbert - want to touch the hiney). And, Tony and Michelle are married and Tony has been offered a new job out of CTU, but there's no job for Michelle. Can you pack enough drama in one episode? How about we end it by finding out that Jack is addicted to Heroin. Too bad Heroin doesn't stand a chance.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Next
Well, we couldn't really get a definitive answer on the defensive position. How about this for toughest defensive position, the old hockey goalies. You know, back when they barely wore pads and didn't wear masks. You had pucks flying at your face and there was nothing to protect it. Even when they wore the Jason hockey masks those things weren't as good as protecting as the new masks. I remember hearing Brett Hull talk about his dad and he said that if a goalie was on fire to shoot a shot at his head and he'll think twice about making a save on you. I think the old school hockey goalies were nuts.
Well, it was nice that the Mets took 2 of 3 from the Marlins. Now we've go to play the Dodgers. We need to take at least 2 of 3 from them. Mike and Perrotti, sorry about Mr. Ian Kennedy, Kennedy going on the DL but at least Joba the Hutt can now go into the starting rotation. We'll see how that goes. Pedro had a nice first rehab start and hopefully he can go with that when he gets back! We'll see.
So, I was at the gym today and I was listening to a cd that I hadn't listened to in a while. It was a band that I first started listening to in college. Sooooo, of course that gets me thinking so I decided to list my 10 favorite cd's from my college era. In no particular order:
1. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails: Ahhhhh, Jimmy Eat World. I didn't know too much about them until my sophmore year. I love this album because it was pretty punky and I was all about the punk music back then(well, not like that's really changed) and pretty emo at the same time(that hasn't changed either). Not sure which song is my favorite off of this album. Maybe Rockstar or Claire.
2. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity: This is probably the album that started to put Jimmy Eat World on the map. I love Lucky Denver Mint. This album got me into music that had an electronic influence to it. This album is probably over produced, but I love it none the less.
3. The Juliana Theory - Understand This is a Dream: This was one of the albums that started me down my emo ways, ha ha. Mike, I think Kate would love that comment. Just an all around great album. One of my favorite songs of all time is on this album(The Closest Thing).
4. The Juliana Theory - Emotion is Dead: This was the album that I was listening to in the gym. This album started to get me interested in hardcore music(yes, it's not a hardcore album but there was some screaming on a few songs and I liked it.) Too bad I hate the rest of their albums. They just all pretty much suck. Oh well, wasted talent. I put these four albums first because they remind me of the end of my sophmore year when my sister graduated and my roommate and I were listening to these cd's all the time. I was living on the fourth floor of Witmer and a lot of us had the same taste in music. Just an all around great year. Ha ha.
5. The Get Up Kids - 4 Minute Mile: This was really my first introduction into emo music. By far my favorite GUK's album even though their second album is almost as good. Mike, do you remember when we went and saw the Get Up Kids and At The Drive-In? At least I think you were there. I think it was like Kyle, Greg, Justin Witmer, Me, You, Laura, Dave and Jeff Glaussup. But I could be wrong. It was freshman year after all(sadly that was 10 years ago. Jeez we're old).
6. Paul Van Dyk - Out There and Back: Yeah, I didn't really know too much about Techno growing up. I had bought one techno cd(Daft Punk's first cd) but didn't really know what to call it. Then, sophmore year I lived across the hall from two DJ's and they introduced me to this german DJ. His name, Paul Van Dyk. And this was the CD that I started to listen too. He's been putting out amazing music since(and actually way before) and he's been voted the best DJ in the World.
7. Last Tuesday - Dear Jessica: For all of the readers from CT I'll let you know something about my buddy Mike, he used to play drums for this a couple bands in college. The first band I remember is Caligo(at least I think it was. Was it Mike? Also, any chance of you having any of those cd's left?) Well, unfortunately they decided to disband during my sophmore year so, as a free agent, Mike decided to sign a 2 year contract with a punk band at school that would go through the end of school(and that summer, I believe). That band, Last Tuesday. This was my favorite cd by them(one of 3 cd's and the only one with Mike in it). Sadly, I lost my first press of the cd that had the bonus track on it. Bummer.
8. Less Than Jake - Borders and Boundaries: During my freshman year LTJ released Hello Rockview, which was a very solid album but kinda too popish for my taste. It was a different kind of album for LTJ. Then, in 2000 they came out with B&B, which just rocked from the first track to the last track. LTJ will probably be my favorite band of all time. They just keep on coming out with amazing albums. Plus, they ended up adding the sax player from my favorite local band, Spring Heeled Jack.
9. Rancid - Rancid(2000): Well, just before I went to college Rancid released Life Won't Wait, which still had some really kickin' punk songs but also had a bunch of more melo songs on it and kinda threw me off. I wasn't that big of a fan of it and was kinda disappointed by it. Well, in 2000 Ranicd released a second self titled album that went back to their roots and just frackin' rocked! It was just one great punk song after another. My favorite song is Dead Bodies.
10. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance & The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most: Yeah, so there's two cd's. Sue me. I ran out of room and I like them both the same. I remember seeing DC when it was just Chris Carraba by himself, on a stool, with just an accoustic guitar. It was probably the best show that I've ever been too. It was at an abandoned church at the University of Maryland. DC was the first band that played. Now, there's no way he'll ever be the first band playing. It's just pretty cool to know that you saw someone right before they took off. These two albums are just two amazing emo albums. I could always understand where he was coming from(you know, since he did grow up in a nice suburban town in Ct) and I think this made it easy to enjoy his music.
Well, thanks for this trip down memory lane. I hope you enjoyed it. Ha ha.
Well, it was nice that the Mets took 2 of 3 from the Marlins. Now we've go to play the Dodgers. We need to take at least 2 of 3 from them. Mike and Perrotti, sorry about Mr. Ian Kennedy, Kennedy going on the DL but at least Joba the Hutt can now go into the starting rotation. We'll see how that goes. Pedro had a nice first rehab start and hopefully he can go with that when he gets back! We'll see.
So, I was at the gym today and I was listening to a cd that I hadn't listened to in a while. It was a band that I first started listening to in college. Sooooo, of course that gets me thinking so I decided to list my 10 favorite cd's from my college era. In no particular order:
1. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails: Ahhhhh, Jimmy Eat World. I didn't know too much about them until my sophmore year. I love this album because it was pretty punky and I was all about the punk music back then(well, not like that's really changed) and pretty emo at the same time(that hasn't changed either). Not sure which song is my favorite off of this album. Maybe Rockstar or Claire.
2. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity: This is probably the album that started to put Jimmy Eat World on the map. I love Lucky Denver Mint. This album got me into music that had an electronic influence to it. This album is probably over produced, but I love it none the less.
3. The Juliana Theory - Understand This is a Dream: This was one of the albums that started me down my emo ways, ha ha. Mike, I think Kate would love that comment. Just an all around great album. One of my favorite songs of all time is on this album(The Closest Thing).
4. The Juliana Theory - Emotion is Dead: This was the album that I was listening to in the gym. This album started to get me interested in hardcore music(yes, it's not a hardcore album but there was some screaming on a few songs and I liked it.) Too bad I hate the rest of their albums. They just all pretty much suck. Oh well, wasted talent. I put these four albums first because they remind me of the end of my sophmore year when my sister graduated and my roommate and I were listening to these cd's all the time. I was living on the fourth floor of Witmer and a lot of us had the same taste in music. Just an all around great year. Ha ha.
5. The Get Up Kids - 4 Minute Mile: This was really my first introduction into emo music. By far my favorite GUK's album even though their second album is almost as good. Mike, do you remember when we went and saw the Get Up Kids and At The Drive-In? At least I think you were there. I think it was like Kyle, Greg, Justin Witmer, Me, You, Laura, Dave and Jeff Glaussup. But I could be wrong. It was freshman year after all(sadly that was 10 years ago. Jeez we're old).
6. Paul Van Dyk - Out There and Back: Yeah, I didn't really know too much about Techno growing up. I had bought one techno cd(Daft Punk's first cd) but didn't really know what to call it. Then, sophmore year I lived across the hall from two DJ's and they introduced me to this german DJ. His name, Paul Van Dyk. And this was the CD that I started to listen too. He's been putting out amazing music since(and actually way before) and he's been voted the best DJ in the World.
7. Last Tuesday - Dear Jessica: For all of the readers from CT I'll let you know something about my buddy Mike, he used to play drums for this a couple bands in college. The first band I remember is Caligo(at least I think it was. Was it Mike? Also, any chance of you having any of those cd's left?) Well, unfortunately they decided to disband during my sophmore year so, as a free agent, Mike decided to sign a 2 year contract with a punk band at school that would go through the end of school(and that summer, I believe). That band, Last Tuesday. This was my favorite cd by them(one of 3 cd's and the only one with Mike in it). Sadly, I lost my first press of the cd that had the bonus track on it. Bummer.
8. Less Than Jake - Borders and Boundaries: During my freshman year LTJ released Hello Rockview, which was a very solid album but kinda too popish for my taste. It was a different kind of album for LTJ. Then, in 2000 they came out with B&B, which just rocked from the first track to the last track. LTJ will probably be my favorite band of all time. They just keep on coming out with amazing albums. Plus, they ended up adding the sax player from my favorite local band, Spring Heeled Jack.
9. Rancid - Rancid(2000): Well, just before I went to college Rancid released Life Won't Wait, which still had some really kickin' punk songs but also had a bunch of more melo songs on it and kinda threw me off. I wasn't that big of a fan of it and was kinda disappointed by it. Well, in 2000 Ranicd released a second self titled album that went back to their roots and just frackin' rocked! It was just one great punk song after another. My favorite song is Dead Bodies.
10. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance & The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most: Yeah, so there's two cd's. Sue me. I ran out of room and I like them both the same. I remember seeing DC when it was just Chris Carraba by himself, on a stool, with just an accoustic guitar. It was probably the best show that I've ever been too. It was at an abandoned church at the University of Maryland. DC was the first band that played. Now, there's no way he'll ever be the first band playing. It's just pretty cool to know that you saw someone right before they took off. These two albums are just two amazing emo albums. I could always understand where he was coming from(you know, since he did grow up in a nice suburban town in Ct) and I think this made it easy to enjoy his music.
Well, thanks for this trip down memory lane. I hope you enjoyed it. Ha ha.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Uggggghhhhhh
So, here's a quick post before I head off to work. First off, I think there's no doubt that Mike is right in the who's under more pressure debate as Willie had the talk with the bosses about his job. And then we go out and lose to the Marlins. Good job. I like Willie also but I don't think he needs to go just yet. I think he might need to change something, though.
Next, Malone sent me an email and asked to have this quote be put up. So, here it is, "The toughest defensive position to play in all of sports is the lacrosse goalie." Now, he didn't give me anything to back this up so he'll have to post his reasons. I'll have to think about this for a little bit before I say which position I think is the hardest to play. Maybe a DB in Arena football, the guy who has to defend the WR who's running before they hike the ball. What does everyone else think?
Next, Malone sent me an email and asked to have this quote be put up. So, here it is, "The toughest defensive position to play in all of sports is the lacrosse goalie." Now, he didn't give me anything to back this up so he'll have to post his reasons. I'll have to think about this for a little bit before I say which position I think is the hardest to play. Maybe a DB in Arena football, the guy who has to defend the WR who's running before they hike the ball. What does everyone else think?
Monday, May 26, 2008
SNES
Well, as I sit here watching Ace Ventura on TBS(I love the deleted scenes) I got the first email from Rob for the SNES. Before I give you the list I thought I'd just write about some stuff. We got to watch the Indy 500 yesterday at work. Now, I normally don't really care about this stuff but I had finished reading my book at work so I was stuck watching it. I thought it was pretty cool when Danica Patrick was knocked out of the race and then started walking over to the driver who knocked her out. It was pretty funny and I have to give her some respect for not really caring about anything and wanting to give the other driver a piece of her mind. I liked that. Lets hope the Mets can break out of the funk that their in. It's nice that we have the Marlins at home now so hopefully we can game some games on them. A nice sweep would be good. I saw the Indiana Jones movie. Most of the movie was really good. It was just like any other Indiana Jones movie. The action was good and there were a bunch of funny moments in the movie. I really liked Shai Lebluef's character in the movie and of course they set it up for him to take over. Now, with all of the Indiana movies the endings are always kinda strange. Raiders of the Lost Ark they had the Ark melt everyone away, Temple of Doom they had the whole riping out of the hearts and the Last Crusades they had the one Knight Templar there. Well, this one was probably the weirdest of them all. I won't say what happened at the end, but it was pretty strange. I liked it though. I would give the movie a B. Anywho here is the list for SNES:
1. Super Mario WorldThis is likely the first snes game most people played, and I think itholds up as the best. At the beginning of the SNESs life Miyamoto tookthe iconic genre of the previous console generation, the 2Dplatformer, and perfected it. With great depth and flawless controlsthis game is excellent all around and can essentially be picked up andplayed at anytime, or beaten in an afternoon (or a half hour if youknow the shortcuts).
2. Legend of Zelda Once again Miyamoto took a classic from the previous generation andperfected it. A Link to the Past was one of the earliest console gamesthat felt truly epic. The world feels smaller now that you have themap memorized and know where all the secrets are, but the first timeyou played Zelda you felt there was always some secret ability or toolhidden just on the next screen over. Also controls, sound, graphics,all excellent for the time and still more than passable today.
3. Chrono Trigger One of the few non nintendo offerings to make full use of the supernintendo's potential, Chrono Trigger is my pick for the best japanesestyle rpg on the system. It had cool characters and an uniquequasi-realtime battle system with fairly deep combo possibilities.This third slot could just as easily go to Final Fantasy 6 for all ofits unique characters or Super Mario RPG for its unique style andtiming based subgames.
4. Mariokart Mariokart set the standard for the kart racing game, later to beblatantly copied by Diddy Kong Racing and a Crash Bandicoot kart game.There's still nothing like timing the perfect turtle shell to sealyour victory, or leaping across a ghost level jump with a feather.Also, the earliest car battle mode I can remember, the basis for latergames like twisted metal.
5. Donkey Kong Country 2 I think this is the best of the donkey kong games, Dixie added a newgameplay element that seperated it from other side scrollers at thetime. Also the game introduced a wide variety of gameplay elementsthroughout its many levels that kept things fresh. Finally thegraphics were untouched on the super nintendo and were cleaner than any game that followed it until possibly the release of the ps2.
1. Super Mario WorldThis is likely the first snes game most people played, and I think itholds up as the best. At the beginning of the SNESs life Miyamoto tookthe iconic genre of the previous console generation, the 2Dplatformer, and perfected it. With great depth and flawless controlsthis game is excellent all around and can essentially be picked up andplayed at anytime, or beaten in an afternoon (or a half hour if youknow the shortcuts).
2. Legend of Zelda Once again Miyamoto took a classic from the previous generation andperfected it. A Link to the Past was one of the earliest console gamesthat felt truly epic. The world feels smaller now that you have themap memorized and know where all the secrets are, but the first timeyou played Zelda you felt there was always some secret ability or toolhidden just on the next screen over. Also controls, sound, graphics,all excellent for the time and still more than passable today.
3. Chrono Trigger One of the few non nintendo offerings to make full use of the supernintendo's potential, Chrono Trigger is my pick for the best japanesestyle rpg on the system. It had cool characters and an uniquequasi-realtime battle system with fairly deep combo possibilities.This third slot could just as easily go to Final Fantasy 6 for all ofits unique characters or Super Mario RPG for its unique style andtiming based subgames.
4. Mariokart Mariokart set the standard for the kart racing game, later to beblatantly copied by Diddy Kong Racing and a Crash Bandicoot kart game.There's still nothing like timing the perfect turtle shell to sealyour victory, or leaping across a ghost level jump with a feather.Also, the earliest car battle mode I can remember, the basis for latergames like twisted metal.
5. Donkey Kong Country 2 I think this is the best of the donkey kong games, Dixie added a newgameplay element that seperated it from other side scrollers at thetime. Also the game introduced a wide variety of gameplay elementsthroughout its many levels that kept things fresh. Finally thegraphics were untouched on the super nintendo and were cleaner than any game that followed it until possibly the release of the ps2.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
The Next One
Well, if Perrotti wants me to talk about the Hills, Real World and Deal or No Deal, he's got it. Sadly I've watched a couple episodes of the Hills. It seems like a really stupid show. Actually, a worse show than that one is the spin off show about another area of Southern California and I can't remember the name of it. I just remember watching an episode where the girl was in college now, her bf is in high school, she started hanging out with some guy and then dumped said bf for new guy. It was great. I thought I lost 10% of my iq in 30 minutes! This season of Real World is actually pretty interesting b/c there's a guy who really doesn't care what people think of him. It's actually pretty funny to see everyone get pissed off at him. Also, there was one guy who's the craziest guy I've ever seen and now he's in rehad with Dr. Drew. Very fun. I don't really watch deal or no deal anymore but when I do I always root against the person because once the bank offer gets up to over $200,000 you take the money. We know you're just going to blow it.
Now, here is my list of my favorite PS2 games so I hope this makes everyone happy. Especially Malone b/c I want him to finally accept my frackin' trade! So, here we go:
#1. NCAA College Football - There isn't one year that stands out more than any other but I love this game more than I really should. What I love the most about this game is the offseason stuff that you do. I love the recruiting process and strangely enough it has helped me understand "real" college football more. Plus, the game play is amazing. I also like the fact that you can change your schedule each season and that at the end of the season you can get an offer to join another conference. Of course I play as Notre Dame and we don't need a conference!(actually I always get invited to the MAC or some weak conference like that. I never got invited to the Big Ten or ACC or Big East. What, they got no love for the ND?) It was also fun to win as many trophies as possible. You know, they always give you that option to create yourself and then play through college but I always hated it b/c you couldn't do the Franchise stuff like recruit and after the 4 years you're done. Why can't they combine it so that after the 4 years they automatically move forward like 15 years and then I'll become a coach or something? Is that too hard to ask?
#2. Madden Football - Once again, it's pretty tough to choose a certain year to be the best. I think maybe 2004 when Vick was unstoppable and it didn't seem like you could lose a game with him. I always do the same thing with Madden each year. I play the Franchise mode with the fantasy draft and I always end up like $40 mil under the salary cap. The first year that I bought Madden I didn't understand the salary cap hits and at the end of the first season I was suppose to cut like $50 mil off my salary. Let's just say that some teams(like the Raiders and Redskins) wish they could hit the reset button(or erase button) and start over like I did!
#3. Tekken Tag - I never played a Tekken game before this one. And actually, I hadn't played a fighting game since Mortal Kombat. But, I got this game right after I got my ps2 and we had soooo much fun in college playing this game. What was great about this was that I had the adapter to the ps3 where you could have 8 guys play. Well, with Tekken Tag you could play 4 guys. It was a lot of fun. What I like about Tekken is that they base their fighters off of real people(or some of them are based off of them). There's the Jackie Chan fighter, the Jet Li fighter, the Bruce Lee fighter. It was just great learning how to fight with them. My two favorites were the Jackie Chan and Let Li characters. Probably Jackie Chan #1 overall and I loved being able to get into the different stances. Just an amazing game all around. Plus, there was Tekken Bowling!
#4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - I liked this one the best out of these games because it was just sooo much fun to go around and kill people. Plus, Ray Liota(yeah, I can't spell, sue me) was the voice of the main character. I think my favorite part was getting the Samarai sword and chopping people's heads off. This game was just all around fun and I loved it.
#5. SSX Tricky - This was by far my favorite snowboarding game and I think the best of all time. And, the whole family could enjoy it even though the older folks didn't do as well. It was just a lot of fun and the tricks were pretty cool. Unfortunately my little sister got better at me in it and that sucked. ha ha. Oh well.
Now, here is my list of my favorite PS2 games so I hope this makes everyone happy. Especially Malone b/c I want him to finally accept my frackin' trade! So, here we go:
#1. NCAA College Football - There isn't one year that stands out more than any other but I love this game more than I really should. What I love the most about this game is the offseason stuff that you do. I love the recruiting process and strangely enough it has helped me understand "real" college football more. Plus, the game play is amazing. I also like the fact that you can change your schedule each season and that at the end of the season you can get an offer to join another conference. Of course I play as Notre Dame and we don't need a conference!(actually I always get invited to the MAC or some weak conference like that. I never got invited to the Big Ten or ACC or Big East. What, they got no love for the ND?) It was also fun to win as many trophies as possible. You know, they always give you that option to create yourself and then play through college but I always hated it b/c you couldn't do the Franchise stuff like recruit and after the 4 years you're done. Why can't they combine it so that after the 4 years they automatically move forward like 15 years and then I'll become a coach or something? Is that too hard to ask?
#2. Madden Football - Once again, it's pretty tough to choose a certain year to be the best. I think maybe 2004 when Vick was unstoppable and it didn't seem like you could lose a game with him. I always do the same thing with Madden each year. I play the Franchise mode with the fantasy draft and I always end up like $40 mil under the salary cap. The first year that I bought Madden I didn't understand the salary cap hits and at the end of the first season I was suppose to cut like $50 mil off my salary. Let's just say that some teams(like the Raiders and Redskins) wish they could hit the reset button(or erase button) and start over like I did!
#3. Tekken Tag - I never played a Tekken game before this one. And actually, I hadn't played a fighting game since Mortal Kombat. But, I got this game right after I got my ps2 and we had soooo much fun in college playing this game. What was great about this was that I had the adapter to the ps3 where you could have 8 guys play. Well, with Tekken Tag you could play 4 guys. It was a lot of fun. What I like about Tekken is that they base their fighters off of real people(or some of them are based off of them). There's the Jackie Chan fighter, the Jet Li fighter, the Bruce Lee fighter. It was just great learning how to fight with them. My two favorites were the Jackie Chan and Let Li characters. Probably Jackie Chan #1 overall and I loved being able to get into the different stances. Just an amazing game all around. Plus, there was Tekken Bowling!
#4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - I liked this one the best out of these games because it was just sooo much fun to go around and kill people. Plus, Ray Liota(yeah, I can't spell, sue me) was the voice of the main character. I think my favorite part was getting the Samarai sword and chopping people's heads off. This game was just all around fun and I loved it.
#5. SSX Tricky - This was by far my favorite snowboarding game and I think the best of all time. And, the whole family could enjoy it even though the older folks didn't do as well. It was just a lot of fun and the tricks were pretty cool. Unfortunately my little sister got better at me in it and that sucked. ha ha. Oh well.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday
Yeah, it's Friday. Things aren't looking too well right now in the Mets camp. I'd like to point out all the mistakes that Omar made but I just don't have it in me. So, too make myself feel better I'm going to watch the super bowl again. Ahhhhh, that'll make me feel better. I also like that more and more information is coming out about how the Patriots were cheating. Nothing better than the tarnishing of the evil hated enemy. He he. I've decided that next Monday I'm going to do something a little different. See, one of my favorite shows of all time is 24. I've got the first 4 seasons on dvd and last night I decided that what I'm going to do is rewatch one of the seasons, probably #1 and do a write up about each episode. So, that'll give me 24 posts at least for next month. Now, I'm also going to write other stuff during those posts but I've always wanted to do something like this so there we go. It'll be an all time record for posts in a month for me. My plan is to watch at least one episode each day. On some days there will be more so hopefully I'll have all of it done by June 24th or earlier! This month I'm going to continue with my top video games for each platform that I've own(ed). Of course that means just two more left plus I think I might do one for computer games even though I've owned all of 7 video games. Then I'll put up my top 20 video games for all platforms. Also, if any of you would like to put up a guest post feel free to. You can email me it (most of you know my email address but just in case it's futureinmotion@yahoo.com) and what I'll do is put it up and probably write a forward or something like that. Lastly, Mike, what was wrong with Prince Caspian? I haven't seen it yet but it seemed pretty good. Well, just the previews. Sadly I haven't read that book yet even though I've meant to.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Playstation
Well, unpacking is soooo much fun. I couldn't unpack my stuff the past few days because of work so I unpacked a little today while the guy from TimeWarner reinstalled my cable/internet. Now I'm watching the Man U vs. Chelsea game. My questions is why are two English clubs playing in Russia? Anyone? Anyone? I'm worried about Ryan Church's injury. He had a mild concussion during Spring Training and I'm hoping this new one doesn't hurt him too much. We'll see. He's been amazing for the Mets this season so hopefully he'll be fine and be able to go back to his regular form. I was thinking of getting a Mets black Church jersey. I'll have to wait now. I like Oliver Perez but he is incrediblely frustrating. He's got nasty, nasty stuff but he can get distracted and then he's nothing. Like Kevin Costner said in Bull Durham, "Million dollar arm, ten cent head." I think that describes him perfectly.
So, here is my list of my favorite PS games. Now, I never had a gamecube but I, just like everyone else, loved Goldeneye. If I could do a list of my favorite games from this period, I would rank Goldeneye #2. But, I'm not. Ha ha.
#1. Final Fantasy 7 - Honestly, this could be my favorite game of all time. And I'm not kidding. I've never really gotten into a RPG before and this was my first introduction to it. And what a game it was. It had a great story behind it and the action was good. The graphics were amazing also. It was the first time that I saw what programmers could do with the playstation. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Also, the side stories were great. There were extra things that you could do, like raise Chocobos and then race them for prizes. There were miny games that were just a lot of fun. I remember really enjoying the snowboarding minigame and how much fun it was. And the best part was you had a flying ship to take you around to different areas. I think this is the best overall game in the FF series.
#2. Resident Evil - The first three games in this series were all really good but the first one was the best of the three. It was the first game that I played that actually scared me. I can remember playing the game at night with the lights out and no one home and getting to the scene were the dogs first came out and I nearly soiled myself. It was just great. The whole everyone turns into a zombie because some evil corporation was playing around with human genetics story line was great. It was cool also to choose if you wanted to play the game as a boy or a girl. And then they made some good movies, ha ha.
#3. Tony Hawk Pro Skater - I'm not sure which one I liked better, #1 or #2 but the games were just awesome. I skated a little bit and I was never any good so it was cool to be able to play a game where I could skate as one of my favorite skaters. I can't remember which one had it but you could also skate as spiderman. That was a lot of fun. Going around and doing different tricks was a lot of fun and learning new ones was great. I think my favorite part was skating against someone else. Sadly I haven't played any of the games after #2. Oh well.
#4. Twisted Metal - Now this game was fun. You got to choose which car you wanted to go around and blow up other stuff. And throughout the levels there were different bonuses for you to get to help you along the way. This game also had a great multiplayer game. I think I ended up getting the second game but I didn't get anymore after that.
#5. Driver - I was introduced to this game by my friend Leif up at my cabin one winter. The local grocery store had this game for rent and he had rented it before I was up there for Christmas break. This was the game to rival GTA and at the time this game was 100 times better than GTA. That's because at this point GTA had the sky view and it was annoying. Now driver's pov was the third person(just like how GTA is now). In this game you played the driver for some mod hitman and you drove around and helped him kill people(or at least this is what I remember. After all, it was 10 years ago that I played it). It was just a lot of fun to drive around and do whatever you wanted. I also remember that it seemed like the first time that you could go into a room and do whatever you wanted like break stuff and it actually broke, like windows and doors. It was just a great all around game. Too bad it took them forever to come out with a second one, if they did at all. I still believe that Driver could have become the game everyone remembers instead of GTA if the makers had come out with more games. Oh well, GTA fixed what sucked about their game and now it's awesome. Ha ha.
Honorable Mentions: Demolition Derby, Syphon Filter, Gran Turismo(I think it was out by now), Resident Evil 2, NHL Hockey(any of them).
So, here is my list of my favorite PS games. Now, I never had a gamecube but I, just like everyone else, loved Goldeneye. If I could do a list of my favorite games from this period, I would rank Goldeneye #2. But, I'm not. Ha ha.
#1. Final Fantasy 7 - Honestly, this could be my favorite game of all time. And I'm not kidding. I've never really gotten into a RPG before and this was my first introduction to it. And what a game it was. It had a great story behind it and the action was good. The graphics were amazing also. It was the first time that I saw what programmers could do with the playstation. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Also, the side stories were great. There were extra things that you could do, like raise Chocobos and then race them for prizes. There were miny games that were just a lot of fun. I remember really enjoying the snowboarding minigame and how much fun it was. And the best part was you had a flying ship to take you around to different areas. I think this is the best overall game in the FF series.
#2. Resident Evil - The first three games in this series were all really good but the first one was the best of the three. It was the first game that I played that actually scared me. I can remember playing the game at night with the lights out and no one home and getting to the scene were the dogs first came out and I nearly soiled myself. It was just great. The whole everyone turns into a zombie because some evil corporation was playing around with human genetics story line was great. It was cool also to choose if you wanted to play the game as a boy or a girl. And then they made some good movies, ha ha.
#3. Tony Hawk Pro Skater - I'm not sure which one I liked better, #1 or #2 but the games were just awesome. I skated a little bit and I was never any good so it was cool to be able to play a game where I could skate as one of my favorite skaters. I can't remember which one had it but you could also skate as spiderman. That was a lot of fun. Going around and doing different tricks was a lot of fun and learning new ones was great. I think my favorite part was skating against someone else. Sadly I haven't played any of the games after #2. Oh well.
#4. Twisted Metal - Now this game was fun. You got to choose which car you wanted to go around and blow up other stuff. And throughout the levels there were different bonuses for you to get to help you along the way. This game also had a great multiplayer game. I think I ended up getting the second game but I didn't get anymore after that.
#5. Driver - I was introduced to this game by my friend Leif up at my cabin one winter. The local grocery store had this game for rent and he had rented it before I was up there for Christmas break. This was the game to rival GTA and at the time this game was 100 times better than GTA. That's because at this point GTA had the sky view and it was annoying. Now driver's pov was the third person(just like how GTA is now). In this game you played the driver for some mod hitman and you drove around and helped him kill people(or at least this is what I remember. After all, it was 10 years ago that I played it). It was just a lot of fun to drive around and do whatever you wanted. I also remember that it seemed like the first time that you could go into a room and do whatever you wanted like break stuff and it actually broke, like windows and doors. It was just a great all around game. Too bad it took them forever to come out with a second one, if they did at all. I still believe that Driver could have become the game everyone remembers instead of GTA if the makers had come out with more games. Oh well, GTA fixed what sucked about their game and now it's awesome. Ha ha.
Honorable Mentions: Demolition Derby, Syphon Filter, Gran Turismo(I think it was out by now), Resident Evil 2, NHL Hockey(any of them).
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