I haven’t written anything for almost a year.
That is all.
Too Many Games
After a bit of a lull in which I played Knytt Stories and that was about it, I am back in the all-too-usual predicament of having too many games to play. But what games are they? In no particular order and off the top of my head, they are:
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Team Fortress 2
- Portal
- Half-Life 2: Episode 2: Freeman Strikes Back
- Some Xbox Tetris game
I am also finishing up my video game website, but it doesn’t help that I don’t have enough time to play these games let alone write anything about them. The only solution, it seems, would be to sleep less.
Knytt Stories
If you’ve got a computer then you can use it to play games! Sometimes these games are free and awesome, like Knytt Stories. Exploration is the name of the game, with simply designed but nevertheless beautiful and atmospheric areas to navigate. You may want to give the equally wonderful Knytt a try as well.
Jumping on the Beadwagon
Perler beads and video games sprites: the perfect combination. A quick search of Ye Olde Flickr will confirm this. Well, I’m going to throw my hat into the ring with some of my Perler creations. I’ve taken some license with the colors, but not the design. Still, they won’t look exactly like their NES counterparts.
I Got Hit By a Mink Car
As I was ripping CDs to my iPod, I came across a signed copy of Mink Car by They Might Be Giants.
Hey, pretty neat. One problem: where did I get a signed copy of this CD? I can’t remember! And who is John Sid? The signature obscured by the sticker is definitely John Flansburgh’s, consisting of a bespectacled smiley face in place of the “o.” I can only assume that the top signature is one of John Linnel’s pseudonyms; he has been know to sign things “J.Lo Linnel” among others. This does not solve the problem of where this CD came from, however. Anybody have any ideas?
From Russia With Love
I have a review of Tetris DS in my stack of unpublished blog posts, but this is far better. The country that brought us Sputnik and vodka can now claim one more world altering breakthrough: Tetris magnets!
They come in sets of seven (of course) and are available for preorder for the low, low price of 198 rubles! That’s, like, seven bucks! Great for sticking on your refrigerator, car, metallic knee, or ferrous satellite hull!