Moments after this photo was taken, my wife busted through the wall behind her and got like 50 coins. (at High Noon Saloon)
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#YearOfLuigi (at High Noon Saloon)
Wake up (at High Noon Saloon)
Rage Against The Halloween (at High Noon Saloon)
http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=r3n-ivrAaKrTtAKFLvhjeQ&u=/watch?v=B4qkPjzBRNI&feature=share
Overdone, but still got 30 seconds of enjoyment out of this.
That’s better! #plantsvszombies2
Quality game launch, EA. #plantsvszombies2
at one minute and five seconds, the first ever appearance of Admiral Akbar and “Its a trap!”
#osx
More GameFuel?!? Tastes pretty good. #purple #dew
Car in front of me. #nkotb
Superman 75th Anniversary animation.
Epic.
I would prefer a 2 hour version of this 2 minute video jumping from book to book and not just eras.
I’ll be damned if I didn’t tear up a little at animated Reeve though.
I bought CDs! #dismembermentplan #pearljam
Guess who’s back, back again, Game Fuel’s back, tell a friend
S01E03 “The Asset”
Today in the NFL, my home state vs my adopted state. Should be good match up, but I refuse to take sides. #packers #ravens
I like working Sundays. Relax, do a little reading… #CaptainMarvel #Transformers (at Time Warner Cable)
Game Diary: Bioshock Infinite
This review essay contains NO SPOILERS.
Bioshock Infinite represents a crossroads in game development.
If I can make the most basic and crude description of an action game, I’d point to the Super Mario Bros series. Light on story, but depth of gameplay. No experiences alike, many choices to be made every step of the way.
On the other end of that spectrum is a modern action game like Uncharted. A game so visually striking, well directed, and controlled… it is not just like watching a movie, it is a movie. Few if any choices. Cut scene followed by action scene with only one outcome. A few puzzles scattered around, but the entire game is on rails.
Bioshock Infinite represents a crossroads in the genre of the action game.
In the opening moments of the game you’re introduced to the floating city of Columbia. You’re free to walk around and see the world of 1912 hoisted above the clouds too far for peasants to see. I think this is one of the best moments in the game. It isn’t the only one like it, thankfully. I could see city and listen to the people and play little carnival games for cash.
This ends after the raffle scene and the police are turned on you. Then we have an action game. You’ll get a gun, and you’ll start shooting people before they shoot you. In between these moments, you’ll have wonderful times exploring the world. You’ll rescue Elizabeth and she’ll become your companion for the rest of the game.
I joke about how many people I kill in Uncharted or Tomb Raider, but really the survivalist thing has worn out. I can forgive Master Chief for killing the aliens, I can’t forgive Booker for killing probably 500 men and women by the end of Infinite. This might have been forgivable except the gun play is terrible. Too many weapons behave the same and unless you run out of ammo you could realistically just carry the pistol for the entire game.
The other half of the action is ‘vigors’ which are basically just magic spells. Shoot crows at a bad guy. Or lightening. or make him levitate helplessly for a few moments.
See I felt the combat and all the killing didn’t work with the game. I could forgive Booker for acting in self defense, and I understand these guys want to kill me, but really this got out of hand with the world they so lovingly created. And it was a huge distraction from the exploration part of the game. If they took out ALL THE GUN FIGHTS and just kept the exploring and finding letters and recordings… Oh boy this would still be just as fun. It would be half as long, but a meaningful experience.
I wish the pistol had been there for emergencies, but rarely used. Think of Mirror’s Edge, where the game forces you to run and keep moving because the gun sucks.
I think a lot of the game could be greatly improved by simply making those enemy encounters, where the citizens rise up and recognize you as the enemy of the prophet, into enemy escapes. Not spending 5-10 minutes eliminating these guys while fumbling for ammo. Turn them into puzzles where you use vigors and maybe the pistol to cover fire. Use the vigors to stun them or trap them or send them away so you can get to the next exploring part.
Ultimately I was really impressed with the world in Bioshock Infinite, I’m just surprised that the action in an action game was the worst part.
Of course given the mind fuck twists outside the action, it would be hard to stay interested in just shooting random guys.
Looking forward to Burial At Sea anyway. Hopefully it grants more exposition and less tedious combat.
Presented without comment.
Great.
“I still love her” scratched out. #graffiti #playground (at 88th Street School)
Apparently every job I’ve had for the past 7 years I’ve been able to watch Football on Sunday. #packers
Well, Bart, the eighteen-hundred-pound bear who co-stars with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin in the movie “The Edge,” reportedly earns a whopping ten thousand dollars per day as a Hollywood actor. A small amount of the grizzly’s income goes toward the preservation of bears’ natural habitat. Bart spends the remaining money on bear whores and cocaine.
SNL Weekend Update
Destiny
I don’t think I can wait until I can afford a next generation system to place this game.
More positive playground graffiti. #graffiti #iloveyouverymuch (at Alcott Park Playground)
There may be zombies in the snack vending machine. #zombies #chips
Unexpectedly positive playground graffiti. #feelgood #graffiti (at Hart Park Playground)
Episode Twenty Five: Sex, Drugs, Awkward Silences
Zac and Adam welcome Colin for discussion on intruders, music, Helen Mirren, and public restrooms.
Say No To Drugs.
What Kirk saw when Spock did the Mind Meld in Star Trek 2009
Hell yeah I’m making chili!
Amazingly, Rob Paulson still knows the entire Animaniacs “Nations” song (at 20:18)
Meat Puppets – Scum
Episode Twenty Four: Bad Advice
Adam and Zac return for discussion on air travel, stealing from work, moms in yoga pants, GATV, and getting ahead in your career (disregard the portion about stealing from work for this segment).
Emergency shopping. #bandaids #buttwipes
Having a drink, watching Travel Channel. #hotelimpossible #leinenkugels
“That damn helicopter has been following me all day!” #henryhill #goodfellas
Light reading.
Choose your caption: “some of these apples have gone bad!” Or “what is wrong with this potato?”
Episode Twenty Three: m2m2m
Zac, Adam, and returning guest Will West (he was on #6!) explore the pop hits of the Pokemon movies, talk some more about video games, talk some more about Pokemon, Adam tells a story about a stripper (of COURSE he does), and using electricity to torture your friends.
This fish doesn’t post, just reads.
Yo, Imma sleep on the floor.
The GE ad with Hugo Weaving was a little bit better. This would’ve been perfect if they used a snippet of the BTTF score.
No Topic Required: Episode Twenty Two: Hybrid Moments
No Topic Required: Episode Twenty Two: Hybrid Moments
<p><br /></p><p>Adam, Zac, and guest Jim Chadman talk Fast Food, challenge our heterosexuality, car trips, must see TV, Batman, and Ariel Castro.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href=”http://castmate.fm/play.mp3?u=zacshipley&amp;i=5138”…
Ha, someone got busted in front of my house.
Destiny looks like the game I’ve been waiting to play for the last 9 years.
I don’t know if I can see “Gravity” since even the trailers are terrifying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries
Well now I gotta buy this Mickey Mouse game.