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Childish Things II: Revenge of the Man Child!

Posted by James on May 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM

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6 Comments

Reply jashykins

05:44 PM on May 22, 2012

I need to play the second Force Unleashed (may be a future LP) some day.

Reply Les

05:32 PM on May 21, 2012

Hi James. Excellent video, my friend. I really like what you had to say about the evolution of all art forms and how video games fits into this lexicon of human expression. There's no doubt in my mind that video games are art after watching Lotus Prince play Alice: The Return of Madness, and Asura's Wrath. The stories are riveting and deep, the characters are interesting and alive and the artistry is gorgeous.

I had to chuckle a bit about your early days being the Nintendo.....As you described the birth of video games....I was there at the beginning. I remember Arcades back when it was pinball machines and air hockey.....then came Pong, and Sea Wolf.....followed by Space Invaders, Asteroids, Missile Command......Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Brothers, Dragon's Lair, etc. My home system was the Atari 2600 LOL! 8-bit games with 2 or 3 colors and lousy sounds-and they were fun as hell to play

When I was growing out of video games, the Colecovision, Intellevision and the very first Nintendo was just coming around. Thanks for bringing up these memories, my friend. Great video. Peace.

Reply Jim Bevan

04:21 PM on May 21, 2012

BigBlackHatMan says...
I enjoy video games as well and am currently working my way through Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It is the one franchise I have followed faithfully for years and I think the changes it say a lot about video games. Good video

You're a (Big Black Hat) man of good taste. The Zelda series has always remained a solid franchise in my opinion. It keeps many of the core concepts throughout the games, yet introduces new mechanics and themes to keep them fresh. Not to mention the mechanics from the series have inspired other great games (Okami, Beyond Good & Evil, ect.). Hell, Majora's Mask is my second favorite game of all time because of how impressed I was with the way the developers really pushed the envelope, taking the series away from its standard elements and creating an eerie, yet moving atmosphere. It was a truly incredible experience.

Skyward Sword is also a very good entry in the franchise - the motion controls are quite responsive, and I love all the new tricks put in like the timeshift stones and item crafting. I definitely rank it in my top 5 zelda games, probably in the #3 spot (above Wind Waker and below Twilight Princess).

Reply TheDVDGrouch

03:37 PM on May 21, 2012

Great video James.
I just beat Max Payne 3 the other day & besides being easily the best shooter of the year. It was the first game I have seen to truly capture the feel & rhythm of a Tony Scoot film (Man On Fire).

Reply BigBlackHatMan

01:20 PM on May 21, 2012

I enjoy video games as well and am currently working my way through Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It is the one franchise I have followed faithfully for years and I think the changes it say a lot about video games. Good video

Reply Infamous Jak

12:42 PM on May 21, 2012

Great video once again. i agree with all of your points and i have actually brought up the same points with some people i know. I have and love all of the games that you brought up here.

BTW, since you mentioned you liked games where your get to chose how the world sees your character, you may want to check out the infamous games. great series with a comic book feel to it and your choses effect the storyline.

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