Games and other Tids

I want to thank you for your helpful input on my last journal.  I love talking with you and hearing your opinions.


News~

New Zealand had an earthquake Tuesday-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsiKi…

Over 100 people are dead and 230 missing.

I'm not from New Zealand, but I feel a special kinship with it.  It happened during the day, so big office buildings and schools were where most the casualties happened.



Slightly better news, if you haven't been watching it, TESV Skyrim is scheduled to come out 11-11-11.  I found this out in January reading the new issue of IGN.  It will include a new game engine, dual wield, lots n lotsa dragons, and better AI.  Who's lookin forward to it? : D

The 3DS is also scheduled to come out this Spring.  I was set on it, but now I think I might wait.  Are you gonna buy it?

Diablo III was supposed to come out this year; embarrassingly they released calendars for the 2011 year but it really looks like it will be pushed to 2012.  If you haven't played Diablo II, Diablo III has been in the making since 2001 or 2002.  So, the players have been waiting a really long time..  I think by the time we get to it, it will be a whine fest because DII is very hard to top; plus I think I simply prefer the snappy movements and attacks of the 2.5D isometric view as apposed to the pillow walking of the 3D game engine.  Everything's so slow!  But, we will have to wait and see.  People say it's taking longer because the team is editing out the rainbows and bright colors of the dark game.

Another Spyro the Dragon is coming out.  It doesn't look promising, as the designs have changed more so his face looks more crumpled and smooshed like a frogs', and it seems the game will be tied to stuffed animals, using them as a form of memory card.

This year also marks the 20th Anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog; a line of retro toys is being released by JazWares.

Note: They file Sonic the Hedgehog under Boys.
The new toys aren't shown yet, but the prototypes have been seen at a European toy convention.

I also helped raid a local game store that closed down; it was such a shame!  It was just like Funcoland of the days of old: it had NES, Atari, Saturn, Genesis, you name it.  But the first day I visit it- what do you know!  Everything's in boxes and the place is shutting down.  So, me and my friends made a couple of purchases of our own.  One bought the infamous "Shaq-fu", voted 2nd and first place in numerous tallies for worst game ever, and also purchased Jekyll and Hyde, another flop.  I couldn't find anything I was looking for, but was slathering for and at the amount of game memorabilia in this store.  I felt like the crying Indian, this store was so good.  Anyway, for $25 I walked away with one of the coolest things ever:



It's about 3 feet long, for reference

And here is a look at my pimped out wall above my bed. :



All images I have accrued in the past year.  : )
Thank you Landy, Khaosdog, and GameXChange.

A last bit of news, I found out recently my guild at Neopets, of which I have long since stopped frequenting, is still the top two Dinosaur guilds, along with 's.  We powerhoused the scene then with awesome dinosaur news and roleplay, and apparently in our stead we are still.  the only. ones. there.
Do people like dinosaurs anymore?