2009 in Review

Christmas has come and gone, and the New Year (and a new decade) is upon us. Panzer posted up his 2009 look back already so I figured I better get mine up before it gets too late.

A Christmas Casualty

Overall, we had a great Christmas this year, everything went pretty smooth (Santa did have to put out Christmas presents by flashlight and candlelight due to a blackout). Kids were happy, Mom and Dad weren't too stressed. However, it didn't go all that well for one individual...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! May your Christmas be filled with as much joy as these kids...

PSP-4000 more than just a rumor?

Looks like the PSP-4000 is turning into more than just a rumor. Check out this lovely print add from the MCV digital edition.

PixelJunk Monsters: Hard-core!

Recently I have taken to playing through PixelJunk Monsters on the Hard-core difficulty. Why? I don't know, probably because I'm a masochist. I love tower defense games and one of the very first ones I ever played was in the Warcraft III expansion pack (remember that one?). I fell in love with that level and I've loved tower defense games ever since.

I've posted up a video of me doing a perfect run (Gold Rainbow Get!) on the Special 1 map on Hard-core. Enjoy

Spike VGAs

It's roughly 3:15 am. I finally finished watching the Spike VGAs. Overall, I was pleased with the results, but there was some that I thought were off the mark. So here's the breakdown, I'm not commenting on every award so I've put all the ones with comments first with a summary of the other wins following that.

FFXIII PS3 and 360 differences

Over on FinalFantasy-XIII.net, they've got the skinny on the differences between the PS3 and 360 versions of the game. Square, speaking with Famitsu, said that they would be identical way back when but I don't think anyone really believed them.

Mega Man returns

Looks like Capcom will to recapture the success of Mega Man 9, which, in turn was attempting to recapture the early success (frustration, anger and difficulty?) of the NES Mega Man games. The latest issue of Nintendo Power reveals a new Mega Man game, Mega Man 10.

This version will be a bit more user friendly than 9 as it has an Easy Mode (which is assume will be similar to the Easy Modes available on the Mega Man Collections on the Xbox, PS2, and GC.

Obviously it will be on the Wii, via WiiWare, but there's no other word on the other platforms. One would assume that since Mega Man 9 was available on all three major consoles, 10 will be as well, unless, of course, Nintendo worked in conjunction with Capcom to 'bring the series home.' That would a nice move assuming that Nintendo actually pulls that off.

Regardless, it's nice to see Mega Man returning once again.

The Tetris God

If you've ever played Tetris, you will totally get this video.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

"Reverse squiggly!"

Gaming has really gone mainstream

Wow, video games have really gone mainstream.

We've seen ads for video game, tie-ins with fast food, and soft drinks but now we must have hit that all too critical mass.