ZӘӘ Gaming

Get Fit!

2010-11-12T14:50:00.000-08:00

First of all: Wii Fit. That's what the biggest part of my gaming has gone to since I've been back. Wii Fit is pretty cool, and it gives you a pretty decent workout if you commit to it, especially when you start unlocking more reps per exercise (20 REPS for Push-ups and Side Planks??? Are you kidding me!?). I enjoy working out, but it's hard for me to find the motivation, so this is perfect. I've actually got somewhat of a program going and I enjoy it. The only problem is next week...I start working. My shift starts at 6am, and I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up if it isn't in the morning before I start doing anything...oh well, I'm sure I'll get a workout at work, since it'll involve a lot of moving stuff in a warehouse...anyway, we'll see. My Mom's planning on getting Wii Fit Plus so I'll at least be trying that out for sure.

Besides that...not a lot...I played Pikmin 2 a little because once on my mission we poisoned a beehive and they ended up all over the floor, then a bunch of giant ants came in and took all the bodies away, so ever since I've wanted to play it. I got to the third level I think within a couple days...didn't continue though.

Oh, I have actually played Wii Sports Resort quite a bit! That Wii MotionPlus thing is awesome! Especially (of course) for sword fighting!!! I can't wait to see what companies do with it in adventure/rpg/etc. games! This could make for some amazing games...anyways, Wii Sports Resort does a great job showing off what the MotionPlus can do, and does it in a really fun way. Plus there are things is earn everywhere, so it has that appeal to the RPG gamers inside of me. :)

On the DS...well, in prep for the third Golden Sun, I thought it would be a good idea to play through the first two, since I don't remember much from the first and next to nothing from the second, and Dark Dawn (the next Golden Sun) is one of the few games I'm expecting to get. But...I didn't get too far before other stuff got in the way....I do still plan on doing it though, and this time getting *all* the Djinn so I can get those special summons in the second one...who knows when though. Maybe on the way to work or something if I ride the bus.

Speaking of games to get - I'm also hoping to get Super Mario Galaxy 2! Those two are pretty much my only plans so far. I keep hearing amazing things about Galaxy 2, and if it's actually better than the first the way people are saying, it must be incredible because the first one was one of my favorite games. So I'm looking forward to that. :)

Umm........that's all I can think of for now! :D I might be playing Brawl soon since my brother finally got it back from his friend...so maybe there will be updates there. Ingat!

(It's Tagalog! Look it up!)

The New Me

2010-11-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Well, two years of being on a mission does a lot for you.

It helps you understand the gospel better, it helps you be better at talking to people, you learn a new language if you go on a mission like mine, you get to feel the joy of helping others in the best way possible, and it gives you a much better perspective on life...

And that perspective is what this post is about.

Gamers tend to be put into two categories..."hardcore gamers" or "casual gamers". Before my mission I was definitely a hardcore gamer. No doubt about it. And I was proud to be so called.

But now...if you had to put me into one of the two, I would probably still fit in "hardcore gamer" more than "casual gamer", but the distinction isn't so clear anymore. I will still play video games, but in a more casual way. I get that games really aren't that important, and am going to strive to not put too much time and effort into them. But don't worry, faithful readers of my blog (not that reader should be pluralized.....actually, a "faithful reader" to this blog likely doesn't exist......:P....anyway....)! I'm still going to be gaming and updating this! At least until school starts in January. Then I have a goal to not game...but during breaks I will and I'll do my best to update here when I do.

But this post will just be a thinking post...I should be posting what gaming I've done since getting home sometime next week.

I'M BACK!

2010-11-06T20:33:00.000-07:00

HEY! I'm back! From the Philippines!!! :D But I won't post much about that here, except maybe to comment on the gaming situation in the Philippines. :P See my other/main blog to learn more, I'll eventually be writing stories from my mission. :) In the meantime...I need to update this blog. On to the next post!

A long, long time ago...

2008-08-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

...I made my last post. So obviously I have a lot of catching up to do...I might even have to break the promise I made in my first post...hopefully not tho, we'll see.

Let's see...OK, first of all, I got all 120 stars on Galaxy and unlocked Luigi! I didn't realize that I would have to do the *whole game* with him tho...so even tho that's awesome, I just don't have time to do it again right now, so it's on hold for a little while. I do have 10 stars with him tho.

I beat the Bosses on Brawl on Very Hard!! Now there's just Intense....*shudder* I also got 500 trophies and some other things, so I only have 7 challenges to go! Let's see if I remember them...get all stickers, play 100 hours of Brawls, beat Bosses on Intense, beat Bosses with 20 people, beat Bosses with everyone, endure a 15-min Brawl (ugh), beat 100-man Brawl with everyone. Woot! But ugh...hard stuf...

Hmm...I bought a bunch of cards on Yu-Gi-Oh!, so now I have 90.?% of the cards.

Oh, about that last post...I beat Lego Star Wars II and got a ton of the golden bricks...at least 80% collected, probably closer to 90%. I don't have it anymore tho, nor do I have a lappy to play it on (tho it might work on this comp. Oh well, don't care enough to find out). Anyway, it's going off the sidebar, along with Psychonauts, which I almost definitely will never play again (once again, lappy gone). Also, about King's Quest...I don't think I ever even got my lappy to recognize that I disc was in there. Which was horrible, since I was really looking forward to them...

Ah, GHIII! I am...about 75% done with Hard Career, but...I am stuck...really badly...I do think I'll be able to pass Before I Forget with enough practice, but a couple of the others.....blugh, scary.

Oh, and though I won't be playing Star Trek Pinball any time soon, I'm going to keep the score up there just so that if I ever have a chance to, I'll remember my score.

Alrighty, new stuff...well, the biggest one is FINAL FANTASY VI!!! I love this game...I'm nearing what appears to be either the end or very close to the end of the game...I'm about to fight Kefka (main enemy, I believe) in this big tower, but I keep dying before finding a save spot and having to start over...the first few times it was *extremely* frustrating because I hadn't saved all the equips and relics and espers and everything that I had to do to prepare to enter the tower, so I went through those preparations at least 4 or 5 times...finally I got smart enough to back track a little and *save* after I'd done all that prep...so hopefully I'll be done with that soon, because my friend said he would let me borrow Kingdom Hearts whenever I wanted, and I wanted to beat FFVI first.

I believe there may be others I wanted to add, but that's all I can think of for now, and all I want to think of for now for that matter. Until next time!

Two Quests (Or Eight)

2008-05-27T16:23:00.000-07:00

Quest 1: Lego Star Wars II

I loved the first one (Played it on GCN), but when my brother rented this I didn't really care about it...I guess I just played it out with the first and that was good enough for a while...anyway, I got this from the library and am playing it. I've completed all the story of Eps. IV, and either 3 or 4 chapters in the other two. I also got the first one from the library, but I'm going to wait to play that until I beat the second. As far as the actual percentage...I think it's 34 or 36 or so. I've bought quite a few of the characters, mostly the "named" people, plus all the ships. I've only found...four, I believe, red bricks. I haven't done any free plays yet (tho I was doing one but it froze on me), and I haven't gotten more than 6 pieces of any minikit.

Quest(s) 2(-8): King's Quest Collection

For Christmas two years ago, I got a game called King's Quest V. I was worried I would have to have played the others first, but luckily I was fine. It was a great game, but unfortunately it only came with the CD (and the case), but there was a part that asked you to translate something using the instruction booklet. Also, there were two parts where the game would freeze or glitch out. I was able to track which file was messed up, but there wasn't anything I could do about it. So I never finished it. I looked up everything about it, and found out that these games are very popular, and chances of getting any of them at a worthwhile price are next to impossible. So I resigned that I just wouldn't be able to play them...but then I was scanning the Library's games the other day, and saw "King's Quest Collection"! I was happily surprised and quickly put it on hold, and I just barely got it. I haven't played it yet, but I already know at least one of the will be good (there are 7).

Interesting...I just looked in the manual, and it uses DOSBox...I guess these will be exactly in their old format and everything, not even made to work with 2000/XP. Wow.

Also, Rock Band rocks. Not that that's news or anything. Awesome game.

Galaxia

2008-05-20T15:54:00.001-07:00

[I intended to post this yesterday...which means that when I say "I was going to post this yesterday" I actually mean the day before yesterday.....ehe....]

Hmm...I was going to post this yesterday[5/19], but my lappy decided to go to sleep before I could finish it...anyway, last night I played Galaxy for a while, and I now know for sure I have 90 stars (I think it was....79 before). I rediscovered how awesome this game is, especially some of the later levels. It's pretty easy to beat off the story mode, but once you start past that it does a really good job of balancing the difficulty, meaning even when it's hard, it's fun. If you have a Wii, you should definitely check it out!

And that's what I was going to write yesterday[5/20]. Today I'm writing about yesterday. I played it some more, and I now have 97 stars and have unlocked all of the galaxies. Only 23 more!

Also, I played Brawl some too, and I made a point to count how many challenges I have left. I've got 12 to go. Also, after playing today, the only Final Smash Trophies I don't have are Diddy's, King Dedede's, Bowser's, and Falco's.

Some sad news as well. The Pinball machine is broken. :( It's not an electronic problem or anything, it just can't sense that all the balls are in there, so it won't start...oh well, at least it means that other guy can't practice either....I should find a machine somewhere to practice on....:P Only problem is the "not free" part...heh, ah well...

TAKE THAT!!!

2008-05-19T08:59:00.000-07:00

I finally beat it! Minesweeper on expert! The curse has been lifted!!! :D

My current times:
Beginner - 13s
Intermediate - 91s
Expert - 398s

I've started up Metroid Prime again. I beat the first boss and got the Varia Suit. Not sure on the percentage right now, but I've scanned everything so far as far as I know.

I also completed one more challenge on Brawl. Still didn't get the actual number left tho...

There were a bunch of new demos last time I got on the Nintendo Channel, but they expired yesterday and I didn't get to play any of them (I downloaded one, but on my brother's DS and he took it back before I could). I need to see if there's anything good this time...

I also played an RTS on GameTap, but I'm not in the mood for RTSs right now...I may come back some other time, but while it's awesome, it's not the "SUPERAMAZING" type of game that an RTS has to be to get my attention...ah well. Also am playing Mr. Robot on GameTap, but don't know my progress and I'm not actively playing it.

EDIT: My Beginner and Intermediate times are now 9 and 81 seconds, respectively.

Nintendo Channel

2008-05-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

Nintendo released its the Nintendo Channel on the Wii yesterday! It has all sorts of stuff that I don't care to elaborate on, but the most important thing is the ability to download DS demos! This is what I've been waiting for for a long time, as far as channels go. So far I've downloaded the Jam Sessions and Brain Age 2 demos (and I previously downloaded the Flash Focus demo, so I'll be skipping that one). Jam Sessions is actually pretty neat. The limited chords were cruel, but it was still fun to just...."jam" I guess...I hear that the price has dropped to $19.99, so it's actually considerable for purchase...I doubt I will though. I have enough games on that sidebar. :P Brain Age 2 looks like a pretty nice update to the first one, but I won't be buying it unless someone else in the family is interested in it (Mom and Dad have expressed interest in them a couple times, but since I have the DS with me or somewhere in my room most of the time, they can't exactly play a lot...).

Suddenly remembered - I never beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. That makes me sad. :(

Well, hopefully they'll update the demos pretty regularly (especially hopefully with some that aren't out yet...). I need to watch some videos...if anything in particular catched my eye, I'll post about it, but don't count on it.

Oh, and a quick note - I've added the Twitter widget to the side (I wanted to add it to the bottom, but I don't know how...). I don't know if I'll keep it up, but it's there for now.

Of Farms, Cards, and Pinball

2008-05-07T07:18:00.000-07:00

I realized there was another game I didn't mention that I played some kind of recently: Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. I haven't done much and don't really know how to measure the progress, so unless I play it again (which I doubt I will for a long time), I probably won't be putting it in the sidebar for a while. I went through the first season, got 3 hearts with the brunette girl, got a horse, and a fishing rod. I've only made one recipe - the (fish, radish, milk?) one. I've done the dig several times, but only found one item that he thinks is important. I bought a pond, and planned on buying a chicken and the seed mixer next.

Updates: I got an Insect Queen by trading Insect Imitation to Weevil, so I now have 922 cards. I played a game of pinball before school today and got 4,100,000,000 plus some amount in the hundred thousand and lower slots. I didn't have time to write it down because someone else wanted to play. I think I could have gotten more, but someone came in and started watching and talking about it around 3.5 billion, and I can't play with people watching, and especially not with them talking to me or even just talking about it.

The Forgotten

2008-05-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

(Great movie, by the way)

I thought of a couple games I forgot last time.

First, The Hobbit. I would probably be long finished with this, but I want to read the book before I play the game, so I only went as far as I am in the book. I'm about....4 or 5 levels in. I don't really remember much about it.

Second is Psychonauts, for the PC (using GameTap. Free! :D). I've beaten the story and now am just working on ranking up and the other collectibles. I'm not actively playing it though, so this probably will get very few updates.

Update: I beat another intermediate puzzle on Yu-Gi-Oh!. Only one left now!

Oregon Trail

2008-04-30T23:16:00.000-07:00

My friend gave me his Oregon Trail to copy, so I played it (while watching the Chelsea vs. Liverpool football/soccer game) and saved my log. I need to find somewhere to put this so that it doesn't take up all the space in the post area, but for now I'll just put it here.

Note on names: I thought ZEe was going to be the name of the company, not my name. It also should have been ZӘӘ, but I didn't want to bother figuring out how to put the schwa in, plus doubted it was allowed. ZAD-Man is my name. Angela is a combination of the name I replace being "Charity" and her name was the closest friend's name to that I had as well as just wanting to put her name. For Sarah, the name was originally Sara, so I just added the "h" to make it her. The last name was originally some old name that I don't remember, so I just did one of the names I use in Worms games - Zyborg 3.0.

Here it is:

May 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
15 oxen
15 sets of clothing
1000 bullets
3 wagon wheels
3 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
2000 pounds of food

May 3, 1848
A severe storm caused a delay of 1 day.

May 5, 1848
Broken wagon axle.
We fixed the broken wagon axle.

May 9, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.

May 10, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.

May 11, 1848
We shot 852 pounds of meat but we were able to fit only 150 pounds of meat in our wagon.
We lost 15 pounds of food due to spoilage.

May 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has a broken leg.

May 15, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.

May 17, 1848
We have arrived at the Big Blue River Crossing.

May 18, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
An ox is sick.
We decided to rest for 2 days.

May 21, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.

May 24, 1848
ZAD-Man has a fever.

May 25, 1848
We lost the trail for 4 days.

May 29, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

June 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.

June 5, 1848
We have reached Fort Kearney.
We decided to rest for 2 days.

June 8, 1848
We will now travel at a more strenuous pace.

June 10, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

June 11, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.

June 12, 1848
We shot 965 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

June 13, 1848
Bad water.
We lost 18 pounds of food due to spoilage.

June 15, 1848
No water.

June 16, 1848
Angela has a broken leg.
We lost 12 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 4 days.

June 21, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
Bad water.
We lost 6 pounds of food due to spoilage.

June 23, 1848
We have reached Chimney Rock.

June 24, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
Angela was near death, but the doctor was able to help.

June 25, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
A thief stole 8 sets of clothing.

June 27, 1848
We have reached Fort Laramie.
We visited the store and bought:
8 sets of clothing
2 wagon wheels

June 30, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

July 2, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.

July 3, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

July 8, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We fixed the broken wagon wheel.
We will now travel at a steady pace.
ZAD-Man has the measles.

July 9, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

July 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.

July 13, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

July 15, 1848
Angela is well again.

July 18, 1848
Bad water.

July 19, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
No water.
Zyborg3.0 has a broken arm.

July 22, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

July 24, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

July 26, 1848
We have reached Independence Rock.
We decided to rest for 4 days.

August 3, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

August 7, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

August 9, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.

August 10, 1848
We have arrived at the South Pass.

August 14, 1848
Bad water.

August 15, 1848
Bad water.

August 16, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

August 17, 1848
Bad water.

August 18, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.

August 20, 1848
We have arrived at the Green River Crossing.

August 24, 1848
The ferry got our party and wagon safely across.
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
ZAD-Man is sick with typhoid fever.

August 25, 1848
Angela has dysentery.

August 26, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

September 1, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

September 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.

September 4, 1848
Angela is well again.
We found some wild fruit.
No grass for the oxen.

September 6, 1848
Bad water.

September 8, 1848
We have reached Soda Springs.
ZAD-Man has the measles.

September 12, 1848
We have reached Fort Hall.
We decided to rest for a day.

September 14, 1848
We visited the store and bought:
12 pounds of food

September 16, 1848
We shot 587 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Sarah has a broken arm.

September 17, 1848
We took the wrong trail and lost 5 days.

September 18, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.

September 19, 1848
A fire in our wagon destroyed:
968 bullets
2 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
81 pounds of food

September 23, 1848
We shot 259 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
The trail is impassable. Lost 9 days.

October 5, 1848
Rough trail.

October 7, 1848
We shot 48 pounds of meat.

October 8, 1848
We shot 1 pound of meat.

October 9, 1848
An ox died.

October 13, 1848
We shot 29 pounds of meat.
We traded 1 wagon wheel for 100 bullets.
Bad water.

October 16, 1848
We shot 318 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We lost 20 pounds of food due to spoilage.

October 17, 1848
Sarah is well again.

October 18, 1848
No water.
We have arrived at the Snake River Crossing.
We decided to ration the food in meager portions.

October 19, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.

October 20, 1848
We shot 281 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Bad water.

October 21, 1848
No water.

October 22, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 1 day.

October 24, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.

October 26, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

October 27, 1848
Bad water.

October 28, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 23 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We have reached Fort Boise.

October 29, 1848
Sarah is suffering from exhaustion.

October 30, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has cholera.

November 2, 1848
We shot 23 pounds of meat.

November 3, 1848
Sarah died of measles.
We lost 17 pounds of food due to spoilage.

November 7, 1848
We shot 246 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Angela was bitten by a snake.

November 8, 1848
Angela got sick and died.
Zyborg3.0 is well again.

November 10, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.

November 11, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.

November 16, 1848
An ox wandered off for 2 days.

November 19, 1848
We have arrived at the Grande Ronde in the Blue Mountains.

November 20, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.
We lost 22 pounds of food due to spoilage.

November 23, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.

December 1, 1848
Zyborg3.0 got sick and died.
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.

December 4, 1848
We shot 264 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We have reached The Dalles.

Sorry Angela, sorry Sarah. :/ I think Zyborg 3.0 wins the "sickest" award though. Measles 3 times, and one time he recovered from them and got sick with them again on the same day! Plus a broken leg, a broken arm at the same time as his second case of measles, and cholera...yikes.

First Progress Report!

2008-04-30T14:38:00.000-07:00

Guitar Hero III: This is my most recent acquisition. I've cleared all the songs on the medium career and 1 on hard. I haven't had a chance to play after I did that one though. I've earned all the normal songs and bought all of the bonus songs. I bought the Robot and the toy looking style for him. I also bought that guitar I unlocked after clearing medium. I think that's it...only played a few on quickplay, since I'm focusing on the career for now.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Definitely one of the best games ever. :D I've unlocked all characters, all stages, 1?? songs, and 6?? stickers. ('?'s will be filled in when I get the info) I have about 20 challenges left. Once it gets to a lower number I'll write out what I have to do. Generally the difficult/long stuff, plus the swimming 300m and Brawling for 50 and 100 hours ones. I've cleared Classic with everyone, completed 99% of Subspace Emissary (2 levels left...gah...), cleared All-Star with around half to 3/4 of everyone, and done the Boss Battles with maybe 1/4 of everyone.

Super Mario Galaxy: I've completed the story, now I'm just working on the stars. I've got ?? of them. Been a while since I've played, so I'm not really sure what else I could write about it.

Golden Sun: The Lost Age: I'm at the point where I could go finish the rest of the last level and hopefully beat the end boss if I wanted, but right now I'm trying to find all the teleport locations and use it. I don't think I've hit half of the summons yet, or if I have then it's not much more than half.

Yu-Gi-Oh!:Nightmare Troubadour: I have 87.1% of all the cards. I just recently reached lv. 23. I have over 82% or higher on all the packs, and 100% of "Mechanical Trap Power". I've completely beaten the story and the extra mode on the ship. I'm registered with every duelist I can but a couple, and I have 6 or 7 deck recipes. My God Card of choice is Slypher, but I don't use it. I've made three "real" decks (meaning not including decks I made just to beat a specific person). I've beaten all begginer puzzles, all but 2 intermediate puzzles, and 5 advanced puzzles.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball: The highest score I've reached is something a little over 3 billion. Once I top that I'll write down the exact score. I need something over 7 billion to get on the boards, something over 9 billion to top it...assuming the record-holder doesn't beat his own score again.

OK, it's fianlly done! :P Subsequent posts won't be nearly as long, I promise, unless I neglect posting...but I don't intend for that to be a problem.

ZӘӘ

2008-04-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to have some sort of gaming progress program or something, so I'm making a blog for it now. I'll keep track of how far I am in games I'm playing and maybe post some asides.

ZӘӘ is pronounced like "Zee" by the way. It's just for the look.

Oh, and I won't be posting about Online Games on here. Head over to Kongregate if you want to see that. (Use that link or the one on the side and sign up and I get referral points, so if you play games online, check it out!) I might make an exception if I do something like get an Impossible badge on Kongregate, or some other big accomplishment.