Old School:
Where It's At:
Boo-ya!
Intellectual!
Dessert.
Think Pink!
Chatty!
Nerds!
I can't talk.
THE SIMS ONLINE IS HERE!
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
I had to give Kingdom Hearts back to the rental store today.
*sigh*
After kicking the bejesus out of Ursula, too. She is just as evil as I remember, her and that big head of hers.
Oh, well. Zeus seems so anti-climatic after learning how to swim.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
News #1:My Sims Online Disk has SHIPPED, WHOO HOOO!
News #2: Kingdom Hearts is pretty cool. I love Disney, and this is really like interacting with all my beloved Disney friends. I just LOVE the 100 Acres adventures.
I HATED, HATED, HATED being in that giant whale. Blech!
Question: So...what do YOU think the difference is between Caesar III, Pharoah, and Zeus is? Besides locale/pantheon, that is.
Sunday, October 20, 2002
Oh man.
Guess who's getting to beta-test The Sims Online? Yup. ME!
I am SO excited about it. Muah ha ha. Only problem is that I can't share it.
Kingdom Hearts
Okay, so the game play is a bit cumbersome. I really hate chasing my munny around the ground. Whackin' bad guys is a lot like smackin' a pinata. You beat on them, then they burst, spilling out green health bubbles, munny bubbles (in various sizes), and magic (I think) bubbles.
I'm a Disney FREAK, so this game had a soft spot in my --heart--to exploit, and it did.
Great features:
Disney characters (like you remember them...even the voices sound good.)
Squaresoft characters (it's like a homecoming, I swear)
Donald is still as bad-tempered as ever, and you can hear him squawk when he's hit.
Eventually, you get used to the vines in the Deep Jungle.
Hades is STILL the man.
Bad features:
Limited magic field.
Game control not intuitive, and can cost you precious moments as you remember to move with the analog, switch menus with the joystick.
Too many ridiculous arcade-style minigames, which are really NOT fun and impede the story. I still can't figure out where some of my items are.
So, yeah...I'll probably buy this one...if only to save the Dalmations and visit Pooh.
Monday, October 14, 2002
Hey there, glitter toes.
I didn't update the code, and I didn't notice that someone had indeed written to me.
I'm a little behind the times...either that, or I was putting this off.
I saw the trailer for Kingdom Hearts. When it opens, I'm always a little stunned at how *beautiful* the graphics are. I watch as the show me the characters, and I'm thinking that I might possibly NEED this for Christmas...
...and they show me Donald and Goofy.
Goofy? In a Squaresoft game?
Oh, this just smells like suck.
I see the rest of the Disney gang, (even the less successful characters *cough, cough* TARZAN, *cough, cough*) and I wonder why the Emporer isn't there (loved that movie) and I'm wondering just how many Disney characters they can squeeze into one game.
I didn't know that the Nightmare Before Christmas was Disney, though.
I could be hasty, but I have the feeling that this game will be $9.95 in NO time.