Dumb ICandee vs 100 Smarty Pants

Well the beta of 1 vs 100 is upon us and hello, free game to play! I didn't get in the first night but RuFfNeCk did so I just watched him play and was a little disappointed actually. He was getting questions like, "1 + 1 = what?" and "What color is red?" I swear it was right out of Will Ferrell's Jeopardy or something!

So needless to say when I got into the beta the second night, I may have been slightly over confident in my high school education and memory there of. I got questions like, "What is 1958746246fnj4692 divided by 7456393i769302j?" and "Describe, in 5,000 words or more, three improvements to transportation in early 19th century America and how each benefited farms and factories?"

Okay, there may be a slight exaggeration there but come on! I thought myself quite the intelligent person until 1 vs 100 quickly kicked me off my high horse and ran me over with it.

I cannot be the only one that's been sitting on my couch the past couple of nights with a puzzled look on my face, wishing I had a skip...am I???

Lawsuits Are So Brutal

Modern Warfare 2...okay

Halo ODST...sure

God of War 3...um, why not

Double Fine's new game "Brutal Legend" finally clawing it's way to the surface despite the fact that it has nothing to do with Raz or Psychonauts in general??? Yeah baby!



What? I know how to prioritize the important games...

E3 and The Second Coming of Katamari

E3 is upon us once again and since I am not lucky enough to be a part of the masses currently playing the latest and (hopefully) greatest or watching Steve Wiebe go for Mitchell's DK record, I decided to watch G4's E3 "coverage" and crochet Ichigo from Katamari Damacy:


I won't give you the boring details of E3, you can find that anywhere and everywhere but I will say that Microsoft had a pretty good showing (me want Beatles Rock Band!), Nintendo's conference was the saddest thing I've seen in a long long time (Vitality? ... seriously?) and I can only imagine that Sony's will be 15 minutes long since I'm assuming they'll be done once they discuss the new PSP and God of War III.

E3 is go!

My Prince Has Returned...In Crochet Form

Well, I bought this pattern off of Etsy and was finally successful at crocheting my very own Katamari Prince! I figure if I can't play video games I can at least crochet them:

He's not perfect but he's finished and looks fine to me!

ICandee's Fables

I finally got some Fable 2 in the other night and tried out a little of the new DLC. I have to say that I've been very impressed with the add-ons for Fable 2 so far. They have added to the story and fleshed out the general mythos of the series for me. With this new DLC you can change your dog's breed and end up in a very familiar place for those that played the first game.

Can I just say that I love the little hints of the previous game you find in this one. From books about a "hero" (your character in the first game) to Theresa and other characters and places that make an appearance or at least get a mention. I love when developers incorporate people, places, things from previous games into the next without it feeling like an exact copy of the first game.

I finally convinced RuFfNeCk to get this game on the PC (which better come to the Live Arcade, you listening PopCap?!):

I Heart The Big Lebowski...and Japan

So I've either been too busy or too bored to play anything lately...Bah! At least Sean80 and his "F#$@%ing Lady Friend" are coming in to see us this weekend so hopefully some gaming will ensue then.

In the meantime, the Japanese have a much better sense of humor than we do (and You Tube will let me make the player pink now!) so here's an oldie but goodie:



This just in: I found out that I won of copy of the PC version of Final Fantasy XI from Text Adventure! Oh snap! Gaming is go!

"I've Been So Happy Playing You..."

In the immortal words of Uncle Jesse, "If every game I played, could make you roll, I'd play forever..."

Or something like that anyway. I'm speaking of course of Katamari Forever coming soon to a PS3 near you! So quit playing those Blu-rays because there's a game coming out for the PS3! Yeah, yeah I get it...a Katamari game is a Katamari game is a Katamari game but I am not even exaggerating here when I say that I couldn't care less. They could literally put out the same game with the same title every year and I would buy it every time (at full price and on the PS3 *gasp*). I am the perfect target audience...You're welcome Bandai Namco!