Seventh hour stretch

Hello Gamers!

Have you ever played a game for so long, that you decided that you would move onto another game for a couple of days, weeks, or months? Well, if you have, you’re probably not alone. In fact I’ve had this sensation many times before, especially with MMO’s.

I find that if you immerse yourself in one game too much, it can ruin your mood in and out of game. It could lead to you not feeling that happy in real life, but that seems a bit extreme, still. I’ve found that there is one great solution to this: Biking. A little fresh air never hurt when clearing your head of all the problems you have, and with nice sunlight and fresh air, how could you not come back with a better mood?

Sure, you could just buy more games, and alternate. This is another great choice, but me- I’m in love with the outside. When I get groggy with a game, and it’s still sunny out, I’ll go explore far away neighborhoods. I usually start with going to my school, which is around 1.5-2 miles away from my house, and can get there in about a half an hour. Then I move onto another school about three miles away, which takes me about an hour, and return home. This equates to about five miles. After about two hours of biking and breathing fresh air, pumping blood faster- I’m ready to get back to gaming.

Another solution, one that works better for the nighttime, is to go on a stretch break, go to your living space, or any space where you are comfortable and won’t knock anything down. All you need is about a fifteen minute stretch break. I’m not talking full on yoga, unless you’d prefer that, knock yourself out. Just stretch your legs, pull out of your hips, make yourself as tall as possible, do neck rolls, trunk twists, toe touches, anything your heart desires. The point of this is to also get your heart pumping and blood flowing. This will help, and some water or tea wouldn't hurt after this either.

I hope these tips have helped you for the next time you want to marathon a game for hours on end.

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End of Week Blog/ Catch up

Hello Gamers

Today’s blog will be a little bit short, but it’s because I’ve run out of content for the week so far, so I’d like to just have a relaxing chat at you. I promise soon I shall have a gaming controller, so I can start playing more console oriented games like the Lego series I haven’t played in a while, including Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. I will also be looking for new internet games that I find noteworthy.  After my vacation I’ve discovered that I may be relying on bad days for blogging, as I like to bike in nicer whether. If blogs seem to not be coming at their usual unusual time, it’s because I think that the week will be too good to be cooped up in my office staring at a computer screen.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my other blogs this week, and we’ll see ya soon
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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Hello Gamers!

Today I’ll talk about Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes.

In this game you return as billionaire Bruce Wayne, and alongside Robin and Superman you thwart the Jokers schemes and Luthor’s plots to overthrow Gotham. You play through stunning levels and great plot devices while achieving more and more characters, usually through gold bricks laid throughout Gotham. This game has a couple great features about it, first off- it’s big, I mean really big, I mean if you were to guide off of Wayne Towers towards the other edge of the map, Amusement mile it would take a good ten minutes, and that’s going pretty fast. Flying will get you there in about five minutes, if you’re quick. Another nice detail to the game is the villain unlock system, what happens when you want to unlock a villain, find a villain, fight him or her, and if you come out on top, you’ve earned the right to play as that character. This is a very nice way of unlocking them, apart from getting them from a level (which is moot because none of them are in many levels).

This game left a lot to be desired though, I found the other superheroes disappointing by just joining the game for the final three levels, and only having minor roles in the story. All you need the heroes for is to solve puzzles in the level. The game was big, but there didn’t seem like lots of story opportunities namely involving Gotham besides a building being exploded, and a climax chase in the streets. Nothing of that was spoiling anything if you haven’t played the game. Another point I’d like to raise is that I didn’t like how the villains were not used, or explained in the story. How did they appear in Gotham? Why they are there, and why stay? Was it Joker or Lex who brought them into Gotham like some Arkham City excuse? Whatever the answers, they aren’t in the game and I count that against them.

Quite honestly though, this game was very enjoyable, between its open world driving, flying, boating. And it’s ability to let your person fly, whether it be Superman or Sinestro, this game is worth the buy. The game is a very adequate follow up to the classic Lego Batman, and reflects the awesomeness of the producers of all Lego Games

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Tips for Saving $$$

Hello Gamers!

I am now returned from break, and have great ideas for where this blog will go in the coming months, and I think I will start with something kind of new. I want to talk about my process for purchasing games, equipment, and other things a new gamer might need.

So first off, quite obviously one will need a way of playing the games he or she will be settling the national debt with by buying them. I would personally suggest the PlayStation gaming series, also I would suggest the Wii for our mini gamers, and the Computer to fall back on if your system should break down because you haven’t shut it down for fifty hours strait.

Second, I’d be nice if said gaming system had a way you could interact with it, as if the almighty gamer himself gave us the gift of transmitting what we want our game to do right into the box of some sort…Oh wait! It did! Via the game controller, mouse, or Creator given fingers we use on our Ds’s and Gameboys.

Now comes the hard part, which pertains to both of those above, and likely to those below, as well. This is learning to know what’s worth buying, and what can wait (or go onto your Christmas list for Santa). No matter what, people have different ideas than mine, and I know that but, you are reading my blog, so here we go. When considering buying something now that I’m more money conscience, I think about a couple of factors, one being “Will I use this for enough time to equate to cost, for our math geeks -(time spent on it)x + Initial cost = Yes or no, if the number comes up in the positives, then I move onto whether it will help me play the game I’ve already spent, or vice versa, will it provide another game for me to spend time on controller.

Next we have the “will I buy the game?” question. It really depends, often I won’t buy a game unless I’ve seen many hours of (hopefully) unspoiled gameplay. This I find has saved me more money than I can count sheep at night, just because I knew what it would be like once I bought it. This is not at all unlike visiting a College, you know you want to attend school there, it’s your dream college. You go with your parents, spend a day looking at the shiny campus, and WHAP, you realize you hate it there. If you thought you just wasted a day there, never going to get that time back, think about all of the money you will save by not going to a college you hate! That same college you hated just a minute ago, saved you a bunch of money.

It’s very important that we realize that if we do some simple research behind things BEFORE we buy, we’ll save lots of money.

One last trick before I wrap it up, one thing I will leave you with that pertains to all of this: borrowing. You’ve all passed kindergarten, and I assume you learned that “sharing is caring” and all of that propaganda, but I realize that it’s the type that will inevitably lead you to ask a friend if you can borrow his game, or his controller, or his whatever. Not only can you decide if you want to go make the investment of your money by trying it out for yourself, you may even be able to buy it off of your friend if he or she no longer uses it. If you’re really lucky you might get it for free!

All of these tips I give with my blessing, hopping that you’ll all save a little money out there, and keep on gaming with it.

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Btw: here is a site i've used in the past http://store.valvesoftware.com/

Lego Batman The Videogame

Hello Gamers!

Today let’s talk about Lego Batman- the videogame

Batman as you may know is one of my guilty pleasures in life, and the same goes for Batman video games. This game is spectacular, from the animations to Steve Blum grunting- it’s truly the best you can get from a Lego game (until you can fly in the second one).  IN this game you get to be Batman, along with his many friends and something really special: the villains.

You not only get to play as batman fighting crime, you get to see the villains create the problems in a never before seen villain storyline all of its own. The villains are housed in Arkham Asylum, where you can visit using a terminal in the Batcave, where Batman works out of story mode. Both the Cave and The Asylum have many rooms to explore, and many things to discover, but most of all they’re both really cool to look at and enjoy, as we’ve never gotten a chance to explore inside of it (with the exception of Batman Arkham series). The Batcave isn’t the only place you can explore, however.

 You can also get a look of Stately Wayne Manor, which has its own puzzles and secrets to unlock throughout the game.
As the player, you get a rich and developed look at a unique storyline surrounding the Riddler, Penguin, and of course, the Joker. Each villain has their own gang and storyline or chapter if you will. As Batman, you have many suits at your disposal to help you solve puzzles in the game, each level. Some suits give you the ability to glide, some the ability to blow things in your way up, and others allow you to emit a high frequency pulse to break glass or to move plants out of your way.

As villains, you get to cause the trouble in Gotham, fighting off the police and Gordon, the police Commissioner. You can also use character creators to create your ultimate villain or hero, and you can test said character (like in all Lego games) in the levels you unlock by playing them. You can also find cheats on the web or in the game through buying them once you find them. This will come in handy for buying those big ticket items Batman and Joker really needs.

You also have a wide range of vehicles, from the Bat- bike to the Batmobile, you can test out your skills behind the wheel on many levels throughout each of the three chapters. You also have Bat- subs, Bat- Boats, Bat- copters, and Bat- Wings, not to mention Joker’s toys. You have an endless amount of potential through the vehicles and infinite choices that suits you, and your playstyle.

I would recommend Batman the Videogame to anyone who wants a nostalgic look at childhood, or simply as a good standalone game of its own. It’s the panicle of its time, and will bring anyone back to the age of childhood where the silly Batman, was the only Batman, thanks for reading.

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Sick Day 2/ Learn to Fly walkthrough

Hello Nerds!

Today’s second installment from my sick ridden computer room will entail my personal strategy for Learn to fly 2.  I realize that some of you don’t like my breakthroughs, and for that I apologize, but it’s really the best I can do while fighting this bug. Here. WE. GO.

My strategy for flight on Learn To Fly 2 is simple – start a game long enough to earn bonus points, these are earned from achieving accolades in the game (such as longest flight, or highest flier) in which I first recommend you spend on your incline for the iceberg from which you thrust yourself off of. Then you can start a new game or continue from where you are it doesn't matter really, I just like to earn the height achievement to have more starting money. After that, I would invest all of my money into making the iceberg higher, then sleds and gliders, then boosts. You don’t have to spend any money on payloads, as you aren't really smashing anything yet.

Try to get as many achievements as you can, they give great money bonuses, which you should buy boosts with (or fuel for boosts). Once you buy a bobsled, then you should invest in your boosts, given that you have the second glider, you don’t need the 800 dollar one. Once you get enough money, and you've bought the bobsled, but the super light weight glider for 7500, and then the boost rocket that cost 9500 that’s also one shot, this combo has proven to get me the most money per turn.

Once you rack up bonus points get the omega designs, and once you have bought those in the bonus store, invest further points in lightweight-ness from the store, also fuel boost, money boost, and gravity.

You will get great results with this match up, especially with the omega gear on your side. I cant type anymore right now, I’ll get back to you later gamers!

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Sick days/ Learn to Fly 2

Hello Nerds!

I apologize for my recent absence, and my lack of updates on where I've been. As some of you will know already that I was on leave due to school activates, one instance of which being finals week, but I assure you that I’m back on the horse.

I also apologize if these blogs aren't as good as they usually are, as I've taken ill, and right before break none the less.

So to start off this week’s blogs I thought I would bring you all up to speed, I've been on my couch for quite some time with a bit of a sore throat and a case of spring allergies. Before that, I was working hard on the beginning of a new trimester at my school, after passing all of my finals.

 I plan to write all of my blogs for the week today, as I am taking vacation starting at eight o’clock this morning and only have today to get the weeks’ work done. I will be departing Cedar Rapids on a charter bound for Florida, a twenty-three hour bus ride with band kids. Let me express my gratitude I am sick, I won’t be forced to talk to anyone. I hope that I regain my strength for Disney, as I think it shall take all of the strength I have.

To satisfy those of you who were expecting a review, I will review briefly a game that I love to play when I’m sick: Learn to Fly 2, a game on Kongregate about a distressed penguin wanting to fly. You slowly gain money through your flights to buy better equipment and slowly soar to the skies, defeating the stereotype that penguins cannot fly for good.

I like playing this game because unlike some other games, this one is very easy to pick up, and you don’t need to micromanage it, you just fly through it. After only a few flights you as the gamer can agree that this game is a nice little cool-down from the hectic norm.

See you later gamers and remember

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