RGP # 18 - You gotta do what?

Random Gaming Post # 18

I gotta believe! Kick! Punch! It's all in the mind! If you wanna test me I'm sure you'll find that the things I teach ya is sure to beat ya but nevertheless you get a lesson from teacher now KICK!

A blast down nostalgia lane. PaRappa the Rapper was my first ever music game and the 2nd game that I ever played on my original PlayStation. One the most bizarre video games I have ever played and no doubt one that I will forever cherish.

Its bizarre gameplay and scoring system lets you play the songs, win or fail all the songs get burned in you mind forever but somehow you never get tired of hearing it over and over again.

PaRappa the Rapper got rereleased on the PSP with some added songs in multiplayer mode. If you missed this gem of a game and you own a PSP then there is no reason for you not to pick this game up.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZcV1UuUzI?rel=0&w=425&h=349]

Weekend, what are you playing?

We are half way though May, new game releases are afoot but I'm sure most of you have a game or two to beat. So what are you playing?

Migoy: My Duodecim save got corrupted. My cousins were playing multiplayer and one of em had my PSP, the battery died right after a fight (where the game auto saves) so fuck it, gonna fully import my old Dissidia game keeping my old characters at maxed out at level 100. Aside from Dissidia Duodecim despair I feel a strong urge to play Final Fantasy Tactics (PSP) from square one. Also I've got an eye on another SquareEnix Game, Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection. Lotsa RPGs on my list. Gonna be a long day.

Quash: This weekend is still Mass Effect 2 for me. Working on my save file in my PS3 so that I can use that save for Mass Effect 3. In the main story I'm suppose to get the IFF but I'm focusing on all possible loyalty missions at this point and side quests before continuing. My goal is no one dead on the Suicide Mission, Max Paragon and mostly all important side quests done.  Oh! i also played some Diablo 2 co-op with a friend last friday. Currently on Act 2 with a level 18 Sorceress. This has to be my 4th Sorceress in that game, favorite class? yep. I've already decided to be a Wizard for Diablo 3.

Arlie: I've been exploring the Province of Cyrodiil this weekend. Yes, I'm playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for PC using my Female Nord Knight named "Arya Stark" (from Game of Thrones). I already finished the faction quests for the Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guild, Knights of the Nine and I am already halfway on the Dark Brotherhood quests (I already have my loyal steed, Shadowmere). As some of you might know, I've been streaming my TES IV: Oblivion gaming session live on our JTV channel. You can watch my previous game sessions archived there so please feel free to visit anytime, you might catch me or anyone of us play live and chat with us while we do fucked up shit like the video shown below.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m86TG4RCBk]

I also played Brink, but I haven't tried multiplayer yet and the AI is just plain suck (could literally go around an AI enemy, clueless mofos). I already finished the Resistance campaign and already started with Security campaign. Overall, I like the game (it reminded me of Team Fortress 2) with better gameplay (PARKOUR BABYYYY!) and I might enjoy playing it online. You can also watch my Brink gaming sessions on our JTV channel.

Weekend, what are you playing?

Here we are the at first weekend of May. PSN is still down but that can't keep a good gamer down. So what are you playing this weekend?

Migoy: Dissidia Duodecim is still hogging my PSP but I have been able to touch some other games. Started Cave Story again and I forgot how good that game was so I'll definitely be playing some more of that. I bought a Gun accessory for the Wii and it works suprisingly well, better than I expected at least so that made me revisit some of my older Wii shooting games such as Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles. I also just got Thor: God of Thunder on the Wii and with that, by Odin's might I say thee NAY!

Quash: Saturday i joined a Super Street Fighter 2v2 tournament and had a blast. Won my first 2 matches, hit the winner's bracket and went downhill from there. After my team got eliminated I stayed to watch the Grand Finals and watching the best the Philippines has to offer was a treat. I played Chun Li and my partner played Honda, I didn't know my partner before the tournament since we teamed up in their forums but we both did well.

The tournament was a success so congratulations to pinoy2dfighters for a job well done, will make a post about it soon with pictures from the event. Since that tournament is over, i think ill continue my 4th Mass Effect 2 play through and get it over with.

Portable GameCubes

To good to be true? Well here it is. In 2009, a person with the username 'Hailrazer' made a portable version of that adorable little cube shaped Nintendo game console which he called the NCube. It was a 90 hour project. It even has a memory card slot for saving your progress in games. The over all design in my opinion resembles a Dreamcast. You can see the specs and details of the build here.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A76rFWBmug&w=480&h=390]

Fast forward to 2011. A man named Jonathan Shine has made a portable GameCube of his own, it derives power from an external power source which defeats the purpose of portablility but hey, something as awesome as the GameCube in the palm of your hands without slowdown? That is still very impressive.

Called the Ccube (Compact Cube), the case is made out of a cheap answering machine, plastic cement and many coats o paint. It was supposed to be a 2 week project but ended up taking 15 months to complete.

These are in no way practical but seeing bizarre mods by people around the world is one of the reasons why I love the internet.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZ5O3ifid8&w=640&h=390]

Phats' new wallpaper

"You will call me... Betty!"

If you are following me on twitter then maybe you've already seen this but if not then here it is. Phats is the name of my PSP 1000, cause well... its the PSP fat, simple as that.

I've recently rewatched Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (which is still hilarious btw) and wanted the evil Master Pain, who is evil because he is evil, to be my wallpaper.

As for my Desktop's wallpaper....

but I'll save this for another time. :D