Nintendo released its the Nintendo Channel on the Wii yesterday! It has all sorts of stuff that I don't care to elaborate on, but the most important thing is the ability to download DS demos! This is what I've been waiting for for a long time, as far as channels go. So far I've downloaded the Jam Sessions and Brain Age 2 demos (and I previously downloaded the Flash Focus demo, so I'll be skipping that one). Jam Sessions is actually pretty neat. The limited chords were cruel, but it was still fun to just...."jam" I guess...I hear that the price has dropped to $19.99, so it's actually considerable for purchase...I doubt I will though. I have enough games on that sidebar. :P Brain Age 2 looks like a pretty nice update to the first one, but I won't be buying it unless someone else in the family is interested in it (Mom and Dad have expressed interest in them a couple times, but since I have the DS with me or somewhere in my room most of the time, they can't exactly play a lot...).
Suddenly remembered - I never beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. That makes me sad. :(
Well, hopefully they'll update the demos pretty regularly (especially hopefully with some that aren't out yet...). I need to watch some videos...if anything in particular catched my eye, I'll post about it, but don't count on it.
Oh, and a quick note - I've added the Twitter widget to the side (I wanted to add it to the bottom, but I don't know how...). I don't know if I'll keep it up, but it's there for now.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Of Farms, Cards, and Pinball
I realized there was another game I didn't mention that I played some kind of recently: Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. I haven't done much and don't really know how to measure the progress, so unless I play it again (which I doubt I will for a long time), I probably won't be putting it in the sidebar for a while. I went through the first season, got 3 hearts with the brunette girl, got a horse, and a fishing rod. I've only made one recipe - the (fish, radish, milk?) one. I've done the dig several times, but only found one item that he thinks is important. I bought a pond, and planned on buying a chicken and the seed mixer next.
Updates: I got an Insect Queen by trading Insect Imitation to Weevil, so I now have 922 cards. I played a game of pinball before school today and got 4,100,000,000 plus some amount in the hundred thousand and lower slots. I didn't have time to write it down because someone else wanted to play. I think I could have gotten more, but someone came in and started watching and talking about it around 3.5 billion, and I can't play with people watching, and especially not with them talking to me or even just talking about it.
Updates: I got an Insect Queen by trading Insect Imitation to Weevil, so I now have 922 cards. I played a game of pinball before school today and got 4,100,000,000 plus some amount in the hundred thousand and lower slots. I didn't have time to write it down because someone else wanted to play. I think I could have gotten more, but someone came in and started watching and talking about it around 3.5 billion, and I can't play with people watching, and especially not with them talking to me or even just talking about it.
Friday, May 2, 2008
The Forgotten
(Great movie, by the way)
I thought of a couple games I forgot last time.
First, The Hobbit. I would probably be long finished with this, but I want to read the book before I play the game, so I only went as far as I am in the book. I'm about....4 or 5 levels in. I don't really remember much about it.
Second is Psychonauts, for the PC (using GameTap. Free! :D). I've beaten the story and now am just working on ranking up and the other collectibles. I'm not actively playing it though, so this probably will get very few updates.
Update: I beat another intermediate puzzle on Yu-Gi-Oh!. Only one left now!
I thought of a couple games I forgot last time.
First, The Hobbit. I would probably be long finished with this, but I want to read the book before I play the game, so I only went as far as I am in the book. I'm about....4 or 5 levels in. I don't really remember much about it.
Second is Psychonauts, for the PC (using GameTap. Free! :D). I've beaten the story and now am just working on ranking up and the other collectibles. I'm not actively playing it though, so this probably will get very few updates.
Update: I beat another intermediate puzzle on Yu-Gi-Oh!. Only one left now!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Oregon Trail
My friend gave me his Oregon Trail to copy, so I played it (while watching the Chelsea vs. Liverpool football/soccer game) and saved my log. I need to find somewhere to put this so that it doesn't take up all the space in the post area, but for now I'll just put it here.
Note on names: I thought ZEe was going to be the name of the company, not my name. It also should have been ZӘӘ, but I didn't want to bother figuring out how to put the schwa in, plus doubted it was allowed. ZAD-Man is my name. Angela is a combination of the name I replace being "Charity" and her name was the closest friend's name to that I had as well as just wanting to put her name. For Sarah, the name was originally Sara, so I just added the "h" to make it her. The last name was originally some old name that I don't remember, so I just did one of the names I use in Worms games - Zyborg 3.0.
Here it is:
May 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
15 oxen
15 sets of clothing
1000 bullets
3 wagon wheels
3 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
2000 pounds of food
May 3, 1848
A severe storm caused a delay of 1 day.
May 5, 1848
Broken wagon axle.
We fixed the broken wagon axle.
May 9, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.
May 10, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
May 11, 1848
We shot 852 pounds of meat but we were able to fit only 150 pounds of meat in our wagon.
We lost 15 pounds of food due to spoilage.
May 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has a broken leg.
May 15, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.
May 17, 1848
We have arrived at the Big Blue River Crossing.
May 18, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
An ox is sick.
We decided to rest for 2 days.
May 21, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.
May 24, 1848
ZAD-Man has a fever.
May 25, 1848
We lost the trail for 4 days.
May 29, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
June 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
June 5, 1848
We have reached Fort Kearney.
We decided to rest for 2 days.
June 8, 1848
We will now travel at a more strenuous pace.
June 10, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
June 11, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
June 12, 1848
We shot 965 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
June 13, 1848
Bad water.
We lost 18 pounds of food due to spoilage.
June 15, 1848
No water.
June 16, 1848
Angela has a broken leg.
We lost 12 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 4 days.
June 21, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
Bad water.
We lost 6 pounds of food due to spoilage.
June 23, 1848
We have reached Chimney Rock.
June 24, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
Angela was near death, but the doctor was able to help.
June 25, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
A thief stole 8 sets of clothing.
June 27, 1848
We have reached Fort Laramie.
We visited the store and bought:
8 sets of clothing
2 wagon wheels
June 30, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
July 2, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
July 3, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 8, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We fixed the broken wagon wheel.
We will now travel at a steady pace.
ZAD-Man has the measles.
July 9, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
July 13, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 15, 1848
Angela is well again.
July 18, 1848
Bad water.
July 19, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
No water.
Zyborg3.0 has a broken arm.
July 22, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
July 24, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
July 26, 1848
We have reached Independence Rock.
We decided to rest for 4 days.
August 3, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
August 7, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
August 9, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
August 10, 1848
We have arrived at the South Pass.
August 14, 1848
Bad water.
August 15, 1848
Bad water.
August 16, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
August 17, 1848
Bad water.
August 18, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
August 20, 1848
We have arrived at the Green River Crossing.
August 24, 1848
The ferry got our party and wagon safely across.
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
ZAD-Man is sick with typhoid fever.
August 25, 1848
Angela has dysentery.
August 26, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
September 1, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
September 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
September 4, 1848
Angela is well again.
We found some wild fruit.
No grass for the oxen.
September 6, 1848
Bad water.
September 8, 1848
We have reached Soda Springs.
ZAD-Man has the measles.
September 12, 1848
We have reached Fort Hall.
We decided to rest for a day.
September 14, 1848
We visited the store and bought:
12 pounds of food
September 16, 1848
We shot 587 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Sarah has a broken arm.
September 17, 1848
We took the wrong trail and lost 5 days.
September 18, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
September 19, 1848
A fire in our wagon destroyed:
968 bullets
2 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
81 pounds of food
September 23, 1848
We shot 259 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
The trail is impassable. Lost 9 days.
October 5, 1848
Rough trail.
October 7, 1848
We shot 48 pounds of meat.
October 8, 1848
We shot 1 pound of meat.
October 9, 1848
An ox died.
October 13, 1848
We shot 29 pounds of meat.
We traded 1 wagon wheel for 100 bullets.
Bad water.
October 16, 1848
We shot 318 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We lost 20 pounds of food due to spoilage.
October 17, 1848
Sarah is well again.
October 18, 1848
No water.
We have arrived at the Snake River Crossing.
We decided to ration the food in meager portions.
October 19, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
October 20, 1848
We shot 281 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Bad water.
October 21, 1848
No water.
October 22, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 1 day.
October 24, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
October 26, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
October 27, 1848
Bad water.
October 28, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 23 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We have reached Fort Boise.
October 29, 1848
Sarah is suffering from exhaustion.
October 30, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has cholera.
November 2, 1848
We shot 23 pounds of meat.
November 3, 1848
Sarah died of measles.
We lost 17 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 7, 1848
We shot 246 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Angela was bitten by a snake.
November 8, 1848
Angela got sick and died.
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
November 10, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 11, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.
November 16, 1848
An ox wandered off for 2 days.
November 19, 1848
We have arrived at the Grande Ronde in the Blue Mountains.
November 20, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.
We lost 22 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 23, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
December 1, 1848
Zyborg3.0 got sick and died.
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.
December 4, 1848
We shot 264 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We have reached The Dalles.
Sorry Angela, sorry Sarah. :/ I think Zyborg 3.0 wins the "sickest" award though. Measles 3 times, and one time he recovered from them and got sick with them again on the same day! Plus a broken leg, a broken arm at the same time as his second case of measles, and cholera...yikes.
Note on names: I thought ZEe was going to be the name of the company, not my name. It also should have been ZӘӘ, but I didn't want to bother figuring out how to put the schwa in, plus doubted it was allowed. ZAD-Man is my name. Angela is a combination of the name I replace being "Charity" and her name was the closest friend's name to that I had as well as just wanting to put her name. For Sarah, the name was originally Sara, so I just added the "h" to make it her. The last name was originally some old name that I don't remember, so I just did one of the names I use in Worms games - Zyborg 3.0.
Here it is:
May 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
15 oxen
15 sets of clothing
1000 bullets
3 wagon wheels
3 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
2000 pounds of food
May 3, 1848
A severe storm caused a delay of 1 day.
May 5, 1848
Broken wagon axle.
We fixed the broken wagon axle.
May 9, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.
May 10, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
May 11, 1848
We shot 852 pounds of meat but we were able to fit only 150 pounds of meat in our wagon.
We lost 15 pounds of food due to spoilage.
May 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has a broken leg.
May 15, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.
May 17, 1848
We have arrived at the Big Blue River Crossing.
May 18, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
An ox is sick.
We decided to rest for 2 days.
May 21, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.
May 24, 1848
ZAD-Man has a fever.
May 25, 1848
We lost the trail for 4 days.
May 29, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
June 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
June 5, 1848
We have reached Fort Kearney.
We decided to rest for 2 days.
June 8, 1848
We will now travel at a more strenuous pace.
June 10, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
June 11, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
June 12, 1848
We shot 965 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
June 13, 1848
Bad water.
We lost 18 pounds of food due to spoilage.
June 15, 1848
No water.
June 16, 1848
Angela has a broken leg.
We lost 12 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 4 days.
June 21, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
Bad water.
We lost 6 pounds of food due to spoilage.
June 23, 1848
We have reached Chimney Rock.
June 24, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
Angela was near death, but the doctor was able to help.
June 25, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
A thief stole 8 sets of clothing.
June 27, 1848
We have reached Fort Laramie.
We visited the store and bought:
8 sets of clothing
2 wagon wheels
June 30, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
July 2, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
July 3, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 8, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We fixed the broken wagon wheel.
We will now travel at a steady pace.
ZAD-Man has the measles.
July 9, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 12, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
July 13, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
July 15, 1848
Angela is well again.
July 18, 1848
Bad water.
July 19, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
No water.
Zyborg3.0 has a broken arm.
July 22, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
July 24, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
July 26, 1848
We have reached Independence Rock.
We decided to rest for 4 days.
August 3, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
August 7, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
August 9, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
August 10, 1848
We have arrived at the South Pass.
August 14, 1848
Bad water.
August 15, 1848
Bad water.
August 16, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
August 17, 1848
Bad water.
August 18, 1848
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
August 20, 1848
We have arrived at the Green River Crossing.
August 24, 1848
The ferry got our party and wagon safely across.
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
ZAD-Man is sick with typhoid fever.
August 25, 1848
Angela has dysentery.
August 26, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.
September 1, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
September 2, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
September 4, 1848
Angela is well again.
We found some wild fruit.
No grass for the oxen.
September 6, 1848
Bad water.
September 8, 1848
We have reached Soda Springs.
ZAD-Man has the measles.
September 12, 1848
We have reached Fort Hall.
We decided to rest for a day.
September 14, 1848
We visited the store and bought:
12 pounds of food
September 16, 1848
We shot 587 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Sarah has a broken arm.
September 17, 1848
We took the wrong trail and lost 5 days.
September 18, 1848
ZAD-Man is well again.
September 19, 1848
A fire in our wagon destroyed:
968 bullets
2 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
81 pounds of food
September 23, 1848
We shot 259 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
The trail is impassable. Lost 9 days.
October 5, 1848
Rough trail.
October 7, 1848
We shot 48 pounds of meat.
October 8, 1848
We shot 1 pound of meat.
October 9, 1848
An ox died.
October 13, 1848
We shot 29 pounds of meat.
We traded 1 wagon wheel for 100 bullets.
Bad water.
October 16, 1848
We shot 318 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We lost 20 pounds of food due to spoilage.
October 17, 1848
Sarah is well again.
October 18, 1848
No water.
We have arrived at the Snake River Crossing.
We decided to ration the food in meager portions.
October 19, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
October 20, 1848
We shot 281 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Bad water.
October 21, 1848
No water.
October 22, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We took the wrong trail and lost 1 day.
October 24, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
October 26, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
October 27, 1848
Bad water.
October 28, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 23 pounds of food due to spoilage.
We have reached Fort Boise.
October 29, 1848
Sarah is suffering from exhaustion.
October 30, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has cholera.
November 2, 1848
We shot 23 pounds of meat.
November 3, 1848
Sarah died of measles.
We lost 17 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 7, 1848
We shot 246 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Angela was bitten by a snake.
November 8, 1848
Angela got sick and died.
Zyborg3.0 is well again.
November 10, 1848
We lost 31 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 11, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.
November 16, 1848
An ox wandered off for 2 days.
November 19, 1848
We have arrived at the Grande Ronde in the Blue Mountains.
November 20, 1848
The trail is impassable. Lost 4 days.
We lost 22 pounds of food due to spoilage.
November 23, 1848
Zyborg3.0 has the measles.
December 1, 1848
Zyborg3.0 got sick and died.
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.
December 4, 1848
We shot 264 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We have reached The Dalles.
Sorry Angela, sorry Sarah. :/ I think Zyborg 3.0 wins the "sickest" award though. Measles 3 times, and one time he recovered from them and got sick with them again on the same day! Plus a broken leg, a broken arm at the same time as his second case of measles, and cholera...yikes.
First Progress Report!
Guitar Hero III: This is my most recent acquisition. I've cleared all the songs on the medium career and 1 on hard. I haven't had a chance to play after I did that one though. I've earned all the normal songs and bought all of the bonus songs. I bought the Robot and the toy looking style for him. I also bought that guitar I unlocked after clearing medium. I think that's it...only played a few on quickplay, since I'm focusing on the career for now.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Definitely one of the best games ever. :D I've unlocked all characters, all stages, 1?? songs, and 6?? stickers. ('?'s will be filled in when I get the info) I have about 20 challenges left. Once it gets to a lower number I'll write out what I have to do. Generally the difficult/long stuff, plus the swimming 300m and Brawling for 50 and 100 hours ones. I've cleared Classic with everyone, completed 99% of Subspace Emissary (2 levels left...gah...), cleared All-Star with around half to 3/4 of everyone, and done the Boss Battles with maybe 1/4 of everyone.
Super Mario Galaxy: I've completed the story, now I'm just working on the stars. I've got ?? of them. Been a while since I've played, so I'm not really sure what else I could write about it.
Golden Sun: The Lost Age: I'm at the point where I could go finish the rest of the last level and hopefully beat the end boss if I wanted, but right now I'm trying to find all the teleport locations and use it. I don't think I've hit half of the summons yet, or if I have then it's not much more than half.
Yu-Gi-Oh!:Nightmare Troubadour: I have 87.1% of all the cards. I just recently reached lv. 23. I have over 82% or higher on all the packs, and 100% of "Mechanical Trap Power". I've completely beaten the story and the extra mode on the ship. I'm registered with every duelist I can but a couple, and I have 6 or 7 deck recipes. My God Card of choice is Slypher, but I don't use it. I've made three "real" decks (meaning not including decks I made just to beat a specific person). I've beaten all begginer puzzles, all but 2 intermediate puzzles, and 5 advanced puzzles.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball: The highest score I've reached is something a little over 3 billion. Once I top that I'll write down the exact score. I need something over 7 billion to get on the boards, something over 9 billion to top it...assuming the record-holder doesn't beat his own score again.
OK, it's fianlly done! :P Subsequent posts won't be nearly as long, I promise, unless I neglect posting...but I don't intend for that to be a problem.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Definitely one of the best games ever. :D I've unlocked all characters, all stages, 1?? songs, and 6?? stickers. ('?'s will be filled in when I get the info) I have about 20 challenges left. Once it gets to a lower number I'll write out what I have to do. Generally the difficult/long stuff, plus the swimming 300m and Brawling for 50 and 100 hours ones. I've cleared Classic with everyone, completed 99% of Subspace Emissary (2 levels left...gah...), cleared All-Star with around half to 3/4 of everyone, and done the Boss Battles with maybe 1/4 of everyone.
Super Mario Galaxy: I've completed the story, now I'm just working on the stars. I've got ?? of them. Been a while since I've played, so I'm not really sure what else I could write about it.
Golden Sun: The Lost Age: I'm at the point where I could go finish the rest of the last level and hopefully beat the end boss if I wanted, but right now I'm trying to find all the teleport locations and use it. I don't think I've hit half of the summons yet, or if I have then it's not much more than half.
Yu-Gi-Oh!:Nightmare Troubadour: I have 87.1% of all the cards. I just recently reached lv. 23. I have over 82% or higher on all the packs, and 100% of "Mechanical Trap Power". I've completely beaten the story and the extra mode on the ship. I'm registered with every duelist I can but a couple, and I have 6 or 7 deck recipes. My God Card of choice is Slypher, but I don't use it. I've made three "real" decks (meaning not including decks I made just to beat a specific person). I've beaten all begginer puzzles, all but 2 intermediate puzzles, and 5 advanced puzzles.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball: The highest score I've reached is something a little over 3 billion. Once I top that I'll write down the exact score. I need something over 7 billion to get on the boards, something over 9 billion to top it...assuming the record-holder doesn't beat his own score again.
OK, it's fianlly done! :P Subsequent posts won't be nearly as long, I promise, unless I neglect posting...but I don't intend for that to be a problem.
ZӘӘ
I've always wanted to have some sort of gaming progress program or something, so I'm making a blog for it now. I'll keep track of how far I am in games I'm playing and maybe post some asides.
ZӘӘ is pronounced like "Zee" by the way. It's just for the look.
Oh, and I won't be posting about Online Games on here. Head over to Kongregate if you want to see that. (Use that link or the one on the side and sign up and I get referral points, so if you play games online, check it out!) I might make an exception if I do something like get an Impossible badge on Kongregate, or some other big accomplishment.
ZӘӘ is pronounced like "Zee" by the way. It's just for the look.
Oh, and I won't be posting about Online Games on here. Head over to Kongregate if you want to see that. (Use that link or the one on the side and sign up and I get referral points, so if you play games online, check it out!) I might make an exception if I do something like get an Impossible badge on Kongregate, or some other big accomplishment.
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