Maxine Caulfield - Life Is Strange 8Bit

I haven't played a whole lot of Life is Strange yet. I tried letting Becky play through it because I thought she'd appreciate the character (which I think she does, introverts hold a special place in our hearts) but the controls were too spastic for her so she got pissed and bailed on me.

After the third time someone asked me a question which I was supposed to get wrong so they could tell me the right answer so I could rewind and tell it back to them I got bored of the rewind mechanic. I assume they come up with clever ways of playing with rewinding time in later episodes but it got old super fast for me.

The gravity of decision making is lost when you can change your decision after you see the initial outcome of your actions. This is what made the first season of the Walking Dead game so good. Every decision you made was just adding to the horror, like I was on a rollercoaster ride that I had a button for that was labeled "don't fly off the rails" and all I was doing was pressing that button at every opportunity. It was nerve wracking and enrapturing. I'm just not getting that vibe on Life is Strange yet.

I have it on good information that the game gets quite good. I have a season pass, so I'm gonna have to do it at some point. Just every time I get a notification that I could rewind time if I wanted, I won't.

Serena - Pokemon X & Y 8Bit

Serena makes the last of them! I'm kind of gutted to be finishing the Pokemon girls, they were all super fun and varied to do.

As you'll see from my next post I was kind of at a loss of who I should do next. Anyway, to celebrate finishing all the pokemon girls to date (from Pokemon Crystal to X&Y) I've put them all together for your viewing pleasure.

Any votes on who I should do next? I'm probably going to do a Tales of Borderlands character.

Rosa - Pokemon Black & White 2 8Bit

One more character to go! Unless I want to do the Pokemon Card game protagonists and all the random detritus from the other games. Maybe I should do Misty? She's gotta be the most popular Pokemon girl, except she doesn't exactly do a whole lot in the games.
But then I've opened up a huge can of worms doing every single Gym leader. What do you think?

I watched Supergirl in a totally legitimate fashion last night. The pilot is super rushed trying to squeeze in all the different plot points they want to cover off on. It's kind of ridiculous. She's flying along to deal with a burning building when she gets shot with a krypton dart. She then wakes up in a secret base where the boss of the place promptly tells her that "we're already doing your job, we don't need you, we hate aliens, btw your sister works here. Lol!"

Then the super bad guy must have been set to super easy mode or something because he went and KS'd himself to get it all over with.

I'm sure the story will have a better more measured pace when it actually gets into it, and I've had a mean childhood crush on Supergirl that needs to be nurtured, so I'll watch more when it actually comes out.

What I feel is missing from these shows though is that they rush past the whole origins/beginnings thing. The best part of a superheroes story is when they're still learning. That's why they keep starting Spiderman from scratch. The first bit is always the best.

They need to let Supergirl be a total noob for a season, accidentally killing people she's trying to save, getting outwitted by the purse thief etc. Then when she finally comes across a true threat it'll be a "holy shit" big deal moment.

Then again I guess most audiences would switch off without having the instant high stakes every week thing.

7 Day Roguelike - DUCKSOUP DUNGEON

I like to think of it as a personal community service thing to sometimes point you guys to the 7DRL challenge. A lot of cool shit comes out of there and recently the 2015 competition just finished. Check 'em out. There might be something there for you.

One game that really struck me was this gorgeous original gameboy palette inspired piece DUCKSOUP DUNGEON. It's browser based so there's nothing stopping you from playing it at work right now.
It's so beautiful I'm having a hard time believing something this smooth and awesome could be birthed in a week. Talented people. You inspiring bastards you.

Check it out here.

Hilda - Pokemon Black & White

I'm gonna say that Hilda is the worst name any of the Pokemon Chicks are landed with. No offence to any Hilda's out there, Helga is worse. And no offence to any Helga's out there. Fat Face is worse.

I just went and saw Mad Max: Fury Road and hot damn it was amazing. I hadn't seen the original Mad Max movies so I wasn't aware of who the little girl was. but it was obvious she was someone he regretted not being able to save.

The movie had an amazing world with some great world building. I really can't get over how great it was. It had an old school vibe going for it. Like how night time was obviously filmed during the day and had the colours saturated out to blue. Kristof didn't appreciate it, but I felt like it was a shout out to a simpler time.

If you're a guy, or girl who loves post apocalyptic sci-fi type deals then you're gonna shit your pants watching this movie. And to all the Mens Rights groups moaning about this being a feminist movie. Seriously, your as bad as they are, you make yourselves look like idiots.

Mind: Path to Thalamus

So I quickly dipped into Mind: Path to Thalamus just to see what was going on.

The game seems like an experiment in seeing how pretty a dev can make the Unreal Engine look. It's sort of a portfolio piece really. And then they decided to chuck some puzzle elements in there and call it a game.

Then they stood back, thought about it for a bit. and added in a voice over of a guy whose kind of gutted his daughter died.

It's sort of like playing Sudoku on the Mona Lisa while someone intermittently cries behind you.

All the screenshots have the graphics cranked all the way up.

Lyra - Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver 8Bit

Lyra kind of has a big mix up with Kris whom she shares her character with in Pokemon Adventures. I think she looks pretty rad with her little Mario hat.

It's raining here right now. Good excuse to not do mowing and instead clean up inside and chill out. I bought The Witcher 2 from Humble Bundle for 3 bucks the other day. The code didn't come through immediately so afterwards they sent me a 5 buck voucher as an apology which I thought was awfully nice of them. Used it to buy MIND: Path to Thalamus. Not because I had hear anything about it, but because it looks kind of cool and was 5 bucks.