Chapter 5: Finding Hyrule

Chapter 5: Volleyball

Short Excerpt:

The pair finally arrived at school, with Travis scoffing down his chips while dropping some all over the place.

“Why didn’t you just wait until later to eat them?” asked Nathan.

Travis quickly finished off the chips he had in his mouth and replied, “Couldn’t wait.”

“Yeah, but now you only have about a minute to finish them off!” Travis only shrugged off his question as he went back to eat more chips. Nathan sighed and the two walked through the front door of the school.

New Section – Upcoming Events

I’ve added a brand new section on the site called ‘Events’. I want to make events so I can become more involved in the online community.

The latest event will be a game night for Burnout Paradise on the Xbox 360. Go to the Events section now for more info. I don’t expect a lot of people to show up but if you read this post, please try and make it.

I might use the section to organise times for BlogTV shows in the future. It just depends. Later!

Inside the Mind of Dr Freeman

Yesterday, I stumbled across a YouTube series named ‘Freeman’s Mind’. It takes a humorous look at what Gordon Freeman is thinking during the events of Half-Life. Below the first episode:

Here are some of my favourite quotes from the series:

- Oh cool! A robot! Robots are the only friends I need!
- NO! I don’t want to be a schizophrenic!!!
- It’s an Etch-a-Sketch from hell!
- Follow the dead body road! Follow the dead body road!

Criticism in a Sentence

I decided to make a regular ‘feature’ on this blog to make sure that I write more often. Basically this is how it works. Every now and then, I’ll pick some movies or games (more often games) and I’ll quickly criticise it in a short sentence. Let’s begin! For my first one, I’ll choose five.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – Timer plus stealth plus repetition equals the worst level imaginable!
2. Half-Life 2 – I hate headcrabs. I know thats not really criticising it and this is a second sentence but I really f%&*ing hate headcrabs!
3. Burnout Paradise – Crashing hurts.
4. Final Fantasy IV – The Active Time Battle system is a bad idea and has always been bad!
5. Die Hard 4.0 – It’s just a smidge over the top!

Nintendo Patents Self-Playing Games

Link – Here is the link to the official application but be warned, it’s long and very technical. Instead I’ll just give you a brief rundown.

On June 30, 2008, Shigeru Miyamoto applied for a patent on a new gameplay mechanic. The mechanic goes simply like this:

- There is a scene select screen where you can replay previous parts of the game.
- There is a hint button which will give you hints if you are stuck.
- There is an option to make the game play itself. This means that the game will take over and solve difficult puzzles for you.

On a final note, according to the diagrams for this application, the first game that this gameplay mechanic will be used for will be the upcoming The Legend of Zelda title on the Wii.

An Update as Such

Don’t yell at me for not updating often. It’s just been hard to find stuff to write about. Since many things have built up of the Christmas holidays, let’s just talk about what has happened over the last month or so.

Firstly, I got a laptop of Christmas. I also got the ability to put my Xbox 360 in my room.

Speaking of Xbox 360, I bought The Orange Box and I’ve been playing a lot of Half-Life 2 at the moment. I’ve almost finished it so soon I’ll move onto Episode 1 and later on Episode 2.

I’ve been trying to come up with ideas for a live show on BlogTV. I can’t think of anything so if you want to suggest a few things, go ahead.

I’ve made 5 new videos on my YouTube account. I’ll post links to them in the videos section of my blog.

Nothing else has been happening other than the previous things. I guess I can talk about what I’m going right now. I’m listening to this. It’s an internet radio station that plays music from the Zelda games. Have a look if you have the time!

Well, that’s about it for me. I promise that I will try to update more often! Later!