Alas...Freddy is Dead...or is he?
A weekend without a wife and child, while lonely, can be extremely productive on the video game front. After just a taste on my first night, I played on and off throughout the football games on Saturday and Sunday. This game should have taken about two hours to beat, but with casual interruptions and minimal attention given to detailed game play, it took a couple days.
I definitely feel better about myself after killing Freddy! Now I've got some confidence heading into Halloween and taking on dozens of masked hoodlums and cute toddlers (I'm not sure which is more scary). Last I heard, Sophia has four costumes to choose from. I can't keep up, but I'm sure she'll strike fear into the demons that claim Halloween as their time to haunt and frighten the innocent.
The game play for Freddy was standard: jump, duck, shoot. A few characters to choose from kept the level of interest up. Each had slightly different characteristics. The regular character could punch; there was a jump-kicker who could throw stars; a sommersaulter who could throw daggers; and a Luigi-like jumper who threw some sort of magic burst. The jump-kicker was the most effective against the bosses but was aggravating to play with. He just bothered me for some reason.
If patient, the game is very simple. Bosses are very pattern oriented and get slightly more difficult as you go on. The final stage is pretty difficult, but only because of its length. The final boss is a progression of all bosses and fighting Freddy at the end who is a pansy. He is without a doubt the easiest boss I'll face in the next year of video game play.
With the high school football season nearly over, I will hopefully get to more games before the holidays, but being a dad is very time consuming and enjoyable. For those of you youngsters who might read this blog, get your video games in before you have children. You'll find it is more enjoyable to spend time with your kids than it is to play video games. You might be able to sneak in an hour here or there, but not like you can in high school and in college. I can't wait for the day when Sophia wants to come play video games with me. That was something my siblings and I always enjoyed doing with my dad. Of course we were 5-10 years old when NES came out and we were in desperate need of entertainment. All-nighters were common with my dad and the Legend of Zelda and games like that; how awesome were those days!
Take care and enjoy the tricks that come along with the treats this week!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Halloween-Horror Games
Frustration! Absurdity! Anger! Impossible! Disappointing!
Getting close to the Halloween holiday, I've been catching up on my Friday the 13th pretty heavy lately. It was not my intention to get wrapped up in the holiday this year, but sometimes it just happens.
I was a little under the weather and having trouble sleeping so I watched some late night cable television. I found Friday the 13th part 2 on, so I watched that. Then, the original was on after that, so what if it was 1:00 a.m., you can't miss a classic. Since then, there has been a Jason movie on every time I turn on the t.v. I figured, I might as well catch up on my slasher movies.
So the wife and kid went to San Fransisco on vacation (I made sure they watched "The Rock" before they went. I hope they go see Alcatraz) and I'm alone here by myself. I figured I should rent the latest Jason movie (not Freddy vs. Jason, but the 2008 one) and it was standard awesome Jason. After getting in the mood watching him carve up Camp Crystal Lake, I was looking forward to getting some revenge on his mentally challenged, deceptively fast butt and playing some old fashioned "Friday the 13th". After the movie finished, I went to the "F" section in my collection and...nothing; the "J" section and ...nothing. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! I checked my database and I don't even seem to own a copy. Isaiah must have it. I know I used to have a copy somewhere, but it's gone now. AAAAHHHHHH!
By the way, the music in Jason, you know "chew, chew, chew, chew, ah, ah, ah, ah" actually stemmed from "Kill Mother". Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma,...Ki, Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma.....Don't be scared
I guess I'll have to play "A Nightmare on Elm Street" with the remaining time I have tonight. Boo (pun intended)
Getting close to the Halloween holiday, I've been catching up on my Friday the 13th pretty heavy lately. It was not my intention to get wrapped up in the holiday this year, but sometimes it just happens.
I was a little under the weather and having trouble sleeping so I watched some late night cable television. I found Friday the 13th part 2 on, so I watched that. Then, the original was on after that, so what if it was 1:00 a.m., you can't miss a classic. Since then, there has been a Jason movie on every time I turn on the t.v. I figured, I might as well catch up on my slasher movies.
So the wife and kid went to San Fransisco on vacation (I made sure they watched "The Rock" before they went. I hope they go see Alcatraz) and I'm alone here by myself. I figured I should rent the latest Jason movie (not Freddy vs. Jason, but the 2008 one) and it was standard awesome Jason. After getting in the mood watching him carve up Camp Crystal Lake, I was looking forward to getting some revenge on his mentally challenged, deceptively fast butt and playing some old fashioned "Friday the 13th". After the movie finished, I went to the "F" section in my collection and...nothing; the "J" section and ...nothing. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! I checked my database and I don't even seem to own a copy. Isaiah must have it. I know I used to have a copy somewhere, but it's gone now. AAAAHHHHHH!
By the way, the music in Jason, you know "chew, chew, chew, chew, ah, ah, ah, ah" actually stemmed from "Kill Mother". Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma,...Ki, Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma.....Don't be scared
I guess I'll have to play "A Nightmare on Elm Street" with the remaining time I have tonight. Boo (pun intended)
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