Super Happeh Phun Tyme!
Back and still alive! Now with some new material!
A couple of weeks ago, I started a series called Super Happeh Phun Tyme which consists of me and my friends playing really horrible games (most of the time) and the occasional classic game. My channel on youtube can be seen HERE.
Please feel welcome to comment on the videos and add any games that you think we should play in the future of this silly series.
PS: There will be a new episode every Tuesday and Friday!
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Pixels
If you’ve been a gamer since the 1980′s, back where the Atari, NES, Genesis etc. this video is for you. Not only is it reminiscing, it’s very well done. The CGI is extremely high quality, the story…well let’s say that’s how things should end…
Just watch the video
Serious Sam HD: The First Supermercial!
With Serious Sam HD coming around the corner, advertisements are the first to come out. MAKE MY SERIOUS SAM HD!!
First person shooter disease
This is a serious problem that people need to be aware of. Im afraid this will be the next swine flu…
Mario in the real world
I came across this while posting a video on the frustration of playing the hardest level on Mario. It already has over 15 million views, perhaps you may have already seen it, but then theirs a chance you haven’t. At any rate, their are many Mario parodies out there, good and bad. This one is pretty good. Good enough to win the “Best Comedy of 2007″ on Youtube.
The parodyis about Mario and Peach wanted to move away from the world of Mario and start anew in the real world.
Breaking my ballz!
We have all met a time where we are frustrated, end of story.
Serious Sam Returns
You probably have never heard of this game, but that will change soon enough. Serious Sam is a classic first person shooter that defines the word insane. The series follows the adventures of hero Sam “Serious” Stone and his fight against the forces of the extraterrestrial overlord Notorious Mental who seeks to destroy humanity. This game is a three part series; The First Encounter, The Second Encounter, and Serious Sam II. Serious Sam II is actually the third game in the series, the first two games are widely considered to be two halves to one larger game, similar to Doom and Doom II.
The awards Serious Sam was given:
This game is not be taken seriously as Croteam purposely made it to make fun of games such as Doom and Duke Nukem. I’d say that’s about right. The lame jokes and a story that was thought up from a article that can be found in Weekly World News obviously appears to be done on purpose.
Croteam is widely known for making good looking games as well as making them fun, for cheap. The First Encounter was the first game in the series which had been in the making since 1996 and had a video showing its early game play in 2000. Developed by Croteam, The First Encounter was a demonstrator for their engine and this is the reason why some countries saw its initial release priced at less than half the value of other games in the genre.
This unfamiliar game made it to a bigger audience by bringing Serious Sam to the console. They weren’t on par with the PC version due to poor control schemes, but it did help make a profit.
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Now to the point, they officially announced the remaking of Serious Sam: The First Encounter with up to date graphics using the new Serious Engine 3 called Serious Sam HD. Majesco Entertainment will bring Serious Sam HD to the Xbox Live Arcade in late summer of 2009, with a PC release in the fall. The game will retail for 1200 Microsoft Points or $15USD and support 4 player online co-op.
The game looks very familiar to The First Encounter.
They didn’t mention any new game play, but I am curious if anything else has been done to the game besides new engine.
You can do better…
Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Rockband are games that require a vast sense of focusing on many colorful objects scrolling from one direction to the other. It can be diffcult, but it’s not impossible. When you play at an extremely hard level, song or whatever on the hardest difficulty just to see how ridiculous it can get, you say to yourself “wow how is that possible?” Well we have videos to prove it. Enjoy
Pangya!
Ever have a game that was so much fun it was ridiculous? How about if that game happened to be a really bad reviewed game and considerably “under-rated” in your eyes? Im sure you have. It happens to me all the time. Perhaps because I actually try out the badly reviewed games.
Super Swing Golf is the perfect example. It was rated average to poor, but through my eyes I see it was a perfect 9.6. Ever since I got the hang of this game, I cannot stop playing it. It has it’s moments of frustration, but that’s easily dissapated overtime. Not much else to say other than it’s great gameplay and semi-realistic golfing style makes it worthwhile. I’ll admit that most Wii games are REALLY bad, but this one should be given at least a try.
Their also appears to be a free MMO called “Pangya”. I tried it out and it’s pretty much the same other than the fact that you level up and play online with other people. Note: I’m really good at this game, but when I played my first match online, I got pwned. Everyone was at their 13th hole and I was still at hole 7. I had a score of -4, first place had -13. I deleted the game and went back to playing the Wii version (as seen below).
Vanguard Princess
Im not a huge fan of fighting games, but when you add “free” and “anime chicks” then it’s a whole different story. Vanguard Princess is the perfect fighting game for those who enjoy un-natural boob bouncing and hot babes battling it out for some reason. The sprites are smooth, easy on the eyes and after watching a video I had to downloaded it myself to give it a whirl. So I recorded myself losing on normal difficulty. I still don’t know the buttons because everything is in Japanese. After toying with most of the characters, my all time favorite will have to be the girl with the two guns.
Download it HERE and click the blue button it should download after you accept the ActivX panel.
After you have downloaded the file and extracted, their steps to be made in order for this to work:
1. Path to game must contain only Latin chars.
2. Rename folder ヴァンガードプリンセス to anything else (”vanpri” for example)
3. Rename ヴァンガードプリンセス.exe to vanpri.exe
4. Rename ヴァンガードプリンセス.kgt to vanpri.kgt
Then you must have AppLocale open the vanpri.exe file, which can be found HERE, then you should be able to start the game!
World of Warcraft… on crack
Ever since World of Warcraft was released in 2004, I have loathed it. Partly because its so popular, but mostly because I despised the art style and graphics. Also, the gameplay style didn’t spark my interest either. It’s not just because of the type of game it is, I like the concept behind MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing games). In fact, some of my friends and I have been patiently waiting for an MMORPG that appealed to us. We think we may have finally found that game in Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Aion, the biggest MMO launch of 2009, is a new game by NCsoft; the same publisher who brought us Guild Wars, the only other MMO that my friends and I have sunk our metaphoric teeth into. This game has many of the features that I feel WOW was lacking, and will therefore be the first pay-2-play MMO that I purchase. I could write a giant wall of text talking about why I think Aion will be better than its competitors, but I’ve decided I’d rather just state the top five reasons instead; creating a somewhat smaller wall of text. So with out further adieu I present to you,
The Top 5 reasons to play Aion over WOW:
1: It Doesn’t Look Like Ass
The game uses a modified version of the Crytek engine that was used in FarCry. This allows for very long draw distances along with highly detailed textures and character models. 
All of this comes with system requirements that don’t need the latest hardware to run it smoothly. A single core CPU and a graphics card that is relatively ancient are all that’s needed.
2: Fun and Engaging Combat
While high-level combat in WOW is certainly engaging, from what I’ve seen, it doesn’t have the style or flair of Aion. Awesome animations and effects make even low level combat in Aion interesting. Progression seems better than WOW as well. You get to specialize your class at level 10, ability changing stigmas at level 20 and so on up to the current level cap of 50. Also at level 10 you receive your first wings, giving you the ability to fly. There aren’t any mounts, you are the mount. This opens up options like mid-air combat. When you do reach higher-level combat, the effects and animations going on can only be described as epic.
3: Character Customization
The ability to customize your character in Aion is unmatched. You can chose from dozens of hairstyles, facial features and tattoos. You also have the ability to change your characters’ face and body shape through numerous sliders. In-game you can dye armor and even apply a previous armor’s look to a new armor with better stats. After level 20 you gain access to stigmas which are basically like enchantments to further make your character look and feel unique.
4: PvPvE
When you create a character, you choose between Elyos and Asmodian; similar to Alliance and Horde. After level 15 you are able to enter the Abyss. Abyss acts as a gate between the two sides. Here your main objective is to defeat a third AI controlled race called the Balaur. The catch is, the other race is as well. Imagine you and a group of friends are attacking a group of monsters when all of a sudden a group of the enemy race comes in and joins the battle. There are even optional quests that ask you to go into enemy territory, with increased rewards. Awesome.
5. Art Style
Many people say that even though WOW has sub-par graphics, the art style makes up for it. While I actually hate the WOW art style with a passion, I can see why some people might like it. Aion, on the other hand, has great graphics and a great art style. Armor is extremely detailed and is dynamic, growing shoulder spikes or a beautiful aura in battle. There is no shortage of beautiful vistas. Environmental details like giant flying beasts make the world seem alive and give the game a great sense of scale. These are some of the reasons Aion is a fascinating and often times awe-inspiring game.
Well, if you made it through that wall of text I hope you can see why Aion is so promising. It improves upon many of the things that I want in an MMO; good graphics, cool and deep gameplay, etc. The game comes out in the US on September 22nd but if you preorder now you get access to the ongoing beta. Hope to see you in Aion!
Dancing with the Keyboard
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After the whole story with Yogurting, I remembered a time when I had downloaded a free MMORPG called Audition. I had no idea what was in store for me as I installed and started the game. First it starts off with music that only a 13-year-old would listen to and takes you to a ”closet” where you build your character with very limited options of making your unique character. This poorly designed, god awful music soundtrack was enough to have me delete the program without even playing it, but I pulled through with my ears bleeding and one eye gouged out.
This game is, according to the site, “an rhyme-based dancing MMO that draws its inspiration from Dance Dance Revolution. Players score points by timing arrow key combos properly.” I was doing this exact thing, but with 5 other people simultaneously! My character was the only one that wasn’t dancing as everyone else was, doing flips and whatnot, because I couldn’t comprehend exactly what was happening in front of me. Although I’ll admit it was a funny sight to see as it was apparent I was a complete noob with a bunch of people who were level 20′s and 30′s (I was a level 1 dancer!) and finish all the way through the end of the song, last of course. Sadly, I was laughing and enjoying myself enough to play for another half hour and finally decide to uninstall the game and never go back again. I realized that I the free MMO’s that are advertised on sites everywhere are something not worth looking into. Perhaps spending that extra $12 for World of Warcraft is worth something, even though I’m a huge WOW hater and never will play the game because its just too… anyway, Audition was entertaining, but for the wrong reasons.
If you’re so curious as to the actual game play itself, I’m kind enough to give you just that. Ill also save you the trouble by having it play with a decent song. d._.b
Dance of Confusion!
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“Dont judge a book by its cover” is a very common saying. It sums it up when it comes to disliking objects by the way they look. When choosing a video game, a car, or even a cereal box, we determine how “good” and “bad” that certain object is. I’ll admit that I severely depend on the appearance more than I want to, and I’m sure everyone has the same problem. Maybe its just human nature? Now watch this video and guess what kind of game it is.
So what the heck are we looking at? If you guessed it was DDR or Stepmania of some sort then you were WAY off. If you guessed an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) then you obviously cheated. This game is developed by NTIX Soft in South Korea. It was only played in Korea and only a few were able to play it here in America. Now the whole “don’t judge a book by its cover” comes into play. Seriously, this game looks like A LOT of fun! This type of promotional advertisement really made me want to play the game as well as the thousands of people who also viewed the video. Ironically the servers in Korea have already stopped, but it is still being played in Japan.. sorta. So what does this mean? Let me help you. Scott Sharkey from 1UP.com awarded Yogurting for #2 in ‘Worst Games, Best Names’ category. Thats right, this game sucks, but the introduction is a hit among Animated Music Videos (AMV’s). Here’s one of my favorite Yogurting AMV’s. Thanks to my dad for showing me this game.
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