• 5May 08

  Mario Kart Wii Online...it works great!

  So I bought Mario Kart Wii on Saturday, would have gotten it last week when it came out but I didn't have enough cash, so during the week, I cashed in my coins and got $66 from the coins alone and went on Saturday to go buy.

  Speaking of when I went to go buy the game, the guy that was in front of me traded in a game, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2. The employees asked him why they were selling it, because the game is really hard to find, when they put it on the shelf to sell it the price tag was 79.99...wow...Good thing I still have my original copy.

  But getting back on track, I got home and after I had dinner, (a nice burger from Wendy's), I tried out Mario Kart Wii. Put the Wii Remote in the Wii Wheel and started racing, and it worked great, there was no problem with the motion controls at all, and so after I got use to the controls I tried it out online, the connection was fast and easy.

  And then it got into the actual race, and I got no lag once so ever, it was flawless. I ended up loosing though and lost alot that night though, just to show you how much I lost, you start the game with 5,000 VR points and I went all the way down to 4,400 points.

  The VR system adds replay value to it, something that Brawl really needed, in Brawl there is no way to tell how good the person you were playing against was, the VR system in Mario Kart Wii does just that.

  Overall, I'm having a pretty good experience with it.

  My VR Standings:

  5,304

  Started today at around 4,880.

  • Posted May 5, 2008 7:30 pm GMT
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• 2Mar 08

  The Ralph Wiggum Book of Wisdom

  I went shopping on Saturday, and went to all of my favorite places, including Barnes and Noble. I must have spent probably 45 minutes just browsing around trying to find something that I would like, I looked through the computer books, did you know you can make a living from blogging? Appearntly so, according to Blogging for Dummies

  Then I finally remembered about the humor section of the store it has compilations of Garfield and Simpsons Comics and a whole bunch more, and eventually I decided what book I should get, The Ralph Wiggum Book of Wisdom. There is actually a whole series of books like that.

  

  And well I'm a big Simpsons fan, there is a corner in my room that is pretty much a shrine to the simpsons.

  I went to Toys R Us, sometimes they have good deals for board games, although they didn't have a big sale for them I managed to find the special gem I was looking for,

  

  Something to else to add to my Simpsons collection, The Game of Life: The Simpsons Edition. The strange thing about it is that it was only 11 dollars, while the regular version of Life was 16 dollars, I just found that weird. I haven't gotten around to playing it just yet, maybe in a weekend or two, I don't have any friends to play with.

  
  And speaking of weird the "For Dummies" brand doesn't just cover books, now they have puzzles, well atleast one, and I was tempted to get it, but I knew I wouldn't ever get around to building it. They made it a whole lot easier, They pretty much tell you where the pieces are suppose to go, there are codes on the back and those are suppose to tell you where they are suppose to go.

  My parents also told me that if I broke a 400 series in bowling (for those that don't know, a series is the scores of the games you bowled added up) that they would get me an HD-DVD drive for the 360, I was so close, 397, but they let me get it anyways, but then I decided not to. When I went to Target, I looked at their section of HD-DVD's and I didnt' think it was worth it, they had less movies than when the format first came out.

  I tried looking for a new game for the DS, I was looking for Tetris DS, and I wen't looking at 8 places and I could not find it, so I decided to get another game, Super Mairo 64 DS, which I think is pretty good, although the controls aren't as good as the original version.

  And for Lunch I went to Islands, a restranut and got a burger and ordered a big platter of Cheddar Fries topped with bacon and a side of Ranch Dipping Sauce.

  Speaking of food be sure to check out Food Wars my ucb thanks to Fasttruck to lending me his, it's a board about food, there is just so much to talk about, for example at KFC do you think that the Crispy Chicken is overated?

  • Posted Mar 2, 2008 6:27 pm GMT
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• 28Jan 08

  Sneak King?

  Yeah, so I was at GameStop and I saw Sneak King and Pocket Bike Racer for sale, used of course and decided to buy them, a week later I also found Big Bumpin', infact the past 3 weeks I bought 13 games, including Burnout Paradise for the 360, and Undertow...meaning that I am connected to Xbox Live...

  Anyways, I already wrote a review for Sneak King, here it is

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  During the holiday season of 2006, Burger King released 3 games for the Xbox 360, Big Bumpin', Pocket Bike Racer, and Sneak King. Although each of these games also includes the original Xbox version, I wouldn't recommend getting them specifically for it however because the games won't stay fun for very long and the achievements are where most of the replay value comes from, which will be talked about later on in the review.

  Sneak King has a rather good, well funny premise in that you play as the King, the Burger King (BK) mascot, sneaking around different areas to feed hungry people food from the BK menu.

  
  
  Watch Out!

  The game sort of plays like the original Metal Gear on the NES except in 3D, you sneak around people trying not to get their attention which is only caused by making noise (running) or if they happen to see you. Trying not be seen is rather simple because there are blue lights on the ground which tells you where then can see. If you do manage to let them see you, they will get an exclamation point (!) above their head, it sounds familiar...
  
  Sneak King has the graphics of an average original Xbox game, they aren't anything special. The camera is also a bit clunky at times, and can sometimes cause awkward situations in where you are stuck inside the king or a person walking around. For the price they were better than you would think, but that isn't saying much.
  
  The sound is also very repetitive; in fact there is no variation in the sound effects at all. Once you do the first couple of missions you hear and as well see all of the effects the game has to offer.
  
  The only sort of replay value with Sneak King comes with the achievements as a lot of them are rather simple but sadly many players will probably not be able to unlock them because they won't be able to simply stand the game anymore. Unlocking them is pretty much a hard test of your patience.
  
  Sneak King is just an average game, although for 5 dollars and now a day around 2-3, what would you expect, and another point to go with that is that it was developed by Burger King game. If you happen to see this game at GameStop or anywhere else that sells used games get it, as there as there are a few easy achievements and you can go around bragging that you have a Burger King game.

  My final score:

  6.0 out of 10

  • Posted Jan 28, 2008 6:33 pm GMT
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