I'm out...

My real summer holiday starts tomorrow when I'm going to Singapore and Malasyia. I've actually never been outside of Europe, so I'm very excited.For the first time in my life, I actually have over 700 NOK (115$) to spend on a holiday too. Awesome.

The thing I'm not used to is sitting on a plane for 15 hours...but I've packed:

-two(long) books

-My DSlite with 10games(The games are so small so why not take 2/3 of my DS games)

-My Game Boy Micro with 2 games (Astro Boy:Omega Factor and FF Tactics Advance)

-3 long Audiobooks (and my Discman)

-My Creative Zen Vision:M (with 2000 songs, 30 new, unheard podcasts, 10 movies and season five of Family Guy)

so I'm well prepared to tackle any sense of boredom.

Since I got some money from a job I did (read last blog post) I've been buyin alot of DVDs.

Here's the list:

-Death Race 2000 ( After seeing and loving Death Proof, I had to see this one too)

-Grand Theft Auto (It was bundled with DeathRace)

-The Fast And the Furious: Tokyo Drift ( Donkey Kong?)

-Snakes on a Plane (Last years greatest comedy...You heard me)

-The Sentinel (Kiefer is rad, dude)

-Romance & Cigarettes (Tony Sopranos is in it, that's all I have to say)

-Blood Diamond (I don't see how you can give The Departed 4 Oscars and this one 0. That's probably why I'm not in the Jury...)

-Little Miss Sunshine ( Steve Carell deserves Alan Arkin's Oscar)

-Scrubs: The Complete first season (Shut Up, It's way awesome)

I'll try to find time to blog when I'm in the far east ,Until then you can enjoy all the awesome Gamespot E3 coverage. I'm sure you Haven't seen it all. Please check out the Rock Band Stage Show, It's so badass

Over the weekend I finally decided to take a look at the latest game in the Need For Speed series, NFS: Carbon. I've really enjoyed the Underground and Most Wanted game, so I had relatively high hopes for Carbon, despite the "meh" reviews. I was disapointed. The racing in the game is great, the cutscenes are still dumb in an awesome, awesome way and the game got the NFS-feelgood thing to it, And even though I know that this game is kinda dumb, I enjoy. Don't ask me why.

The thing with Carbon that made me so bummed, was the length of the game. The day a racer takes 6 hours to finish, I'm emmigrating to Mars. Well guess what, that day is now. I played the game in two sittings and when I beat the Razor-wannabe in a fast-paced journey on the Carbon Canyon, the message I got was something like: Congratulations on finishing Need For Speed: Carbon. There's still plenty to do in game. Try the career mode with another car class..."

It's the 21th century, EA. When Gran Turismo easily offers 100 hours of career, surely you can try to fill at least 10% of that time...

Anyway, I checked Gamespot videos for the trailer of the next game in the franchise, Need For Speed: ProStreet. I totally hate myself for being excited for that game, but what the hell. That game looks freakin' awesome. The trailer is just 45 seconds of some cars lining up for a race, so I totally shouldn't get excited. The sad thing is probably that I'm going to buy a 360 to play this game.

In other news, I'm starting my summerjob. basically I'm just going to go around in the mountain and look after some cottages for a week, and that will get me about 2800 NOK which is about 466$. I'm saving up for that 360...A week without a single game, movie, podcast or song. Ah, Well

I almost dropped writing this post for Puzzle Quest, but since all were probably eagerly waiting for a new blog entry, I would have felt bad.

So the DS Lite has been teasing me with its awesome design and improved screen ever since it came out, but since I already owned a fully functional DS, I decided not to buy one. When my old DS broke, I was already saving up for a Wii. Therefore, I've been DSless for about 9 months. On Friday, I was in one of my local electronic-retailers, when I suddenly noticed that they had slashed the price of the DS Lite with 200 NOK (30$). Five minutes later, I was the happy owner of a black DS Lite. It was pretty much an impulse buy, but probably the only impulse buy I never will regret. The DS Lite is the perfect version of what's probably the greatest handheld system out there.

Finally, the Nintendo family is gathered in my collection. I have a DS Lite, a Wii and GameBoy Micro. The Micro I just bought because it was marked down 50% at a sale earlier this year. As I said in an earlier post, I would really like them to interact.

It's nice to want things.

Speaking of being burnt , I ordered Puzzle Quest for the DS earlier this week on amazon, and I was really hoping that it would show up on Saturday, so I could actually play something on my new DS. When I checked the mailbox on Saturday, there was no Puzzle Quest there. I was really disappointed, and in my despair, I went to a game store and bought the DS version of Need for Speed: Carbon at a sale. Yeah, I know.

But here's the tragic part: When I came home, I grabbed my DS and popped in the NFS cartridge. The same second I was turning my DS on, my dad came in to my room and threw a package from amazon at my bed. "This came for you in the mail today".

I will say though, Puzzle Quest is just great fun and will probably help me kill the time before Planet Puzzle League and Elite Beat Agents comes out.

If you're looking at it with doubt, you can try a demo of the PC version. You'll find it at Gamespot's page for the game.

I've been thinking of writing a "Week in Review" feature every Sunday, but we'll see how I feel about it tomorrow (Which is technically today). If you think this is a good idea, or if you have another comment on this post or my blog in general, leave a comment. Every comment makes me a little happier:D

If you have read my blog earlier, you know that I have a Wii. And if you have a Wii, you also have access to the retro treasure chest that is the Virual Console. When I first bought my console in the beginning of Desember ( In fact, I got it the day it launched)¸ I saw my future self spending 1000s and 1000s of points on old Nintendo classics. Well, now it's June, and I haven't bought a single Virual Console game since December.
Here's why: The games are appealing to me, will cost me ass much as a marked down or pre-owned PS2, Gamecube or PC game. Instead of playing Streets of Rage 2 or Star Fox 64 in my living room, I'll much rather sit the exactly same place and play RE 4, Shadow of the Colossus, Spellforce 2 or Wind Waker. That's my huge problem with the Virtual Console service.

So, what could Nintendo do get me to buy some games from their huge and tremendous library. Here's a suggestion, make it so I can play them on my DS! How hard could it be? You'll sell me an emulator in a DS-cartridge and an SD-card reader in a GBA cartridge. Then I could just transfer my VC games from the Wii to the SD-card, pop it into my DS and there you go!

Speaking about the DS, I'm seriously considering buying a DS Lite for the holiday. You see, my old DS Fat broke back in September, and if I now want to play one of my 11 DS games, I have to use my brother's DS (Fat). So I felt it was time to conquer the areas of dual screened gaming once again. I was surfing several game stores on the hunt for a game to get with my new DS, because you will need a new game if you buy a need system. Suddenly it sroke me that all the games I wanted to play, was unavailable to me. Puzzle Planet is not out before the end of the month, Elite Beat Agents isn't out before mid-July and Jam Session ( a weird guitar game that looks freakin' amazing) isn't out until September!. Also, the only Wii games I want to play right now, being Super Paper Mario and Trauma Center isn't out either! Living in the richest country on earth doesn't actually give me the right to be angry, but who really cares. JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN GAMES! WII WANT TO PLAY! That is about all I have to say.

Do you agree or disagree or do you even have an opinion? Leave a comment!

BTW, I bought Puzzle Quest, 'cause it was cheap and people are raving so much about it.
Again, sorry for all the grammatical errors, Keep in mind that I'm just a kid from Norway.

 

Because of this pretty hectic period, I haven't had the time to write as much as I want. That is from this day going to change. After about a month of not playing Guitar Hero avidly, I went back to it yesterday. And after endless failing, I finally beat "Bark at The Moon" on HARD. When I was done with the song and I actually realized that "I rocked", I got the most amazing feeling. I've never gotten this feeling before, the feeling of everything being absolutely perfect.

Have you ever gotten this feeling before? Let me know!



BTW, sorry in advance for my horrible english...;)

After being om the fence on buying Guitar Hero, I know I've should have done it long ago, but it's a very expensive game (The cheapest I've seen is 699 kroner which is 112 dollars). The worst part is that is so worth the money! I've done nothing but playing it for the last week, and I am nearly done with the HARD setting. I'm sure a lot of you've already played the game, and I think I'm right when I say that it is mentally hard on the hardest difficulties. Bark at th moon is harder on medium than most of the other songs on HARD. I must say though, this game would be perfect on the Wii. If you could plug in the Wiimote, you've already have the motionsensing AND a wireless (or wiireless) controller. I also hope that a Wii version of the game will have the possibility for downloadable songs. That would truly be "AWESOME".

 

  

 

 

Nintendo DS & Nintendo Wii Games Scheduled
For Spring 2007

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Dec. 20, 2006 – Having already amassed a worldwide cult following on the internet, inXile entertainment announced today that it has acquired the rights to the hugely addictive ‘toy’ Line Rider™ and that the popular game will soon be available for both the Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo Wii. Since its first appearance on the Web (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/) on September 23, 2006, Line Rider has attracted over 15 million viewers to date and has spawned over 11,000 video posts on YouTube.com. Anticipated to ship in Spring 2007, Line Rider for the Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo Wii from inXile entertainment will retain all the fun and thrills of the addictive Web version, but will also include new added features.

Line Rider has received accolades from media worldwide. Time.com commented, ‘Line Rider is becoming one of the most popular flash games on the web’, and The Wall Street Journal called Line Rider ‘Online gamers’ new addiction’. The Toronto Star noted that Line Rider was ‘a deceptively simple online game’ and stated that it has become “the latest Internet addiction”.

“I have been around the interactive entertainment industry long enough to have seen similar phenomenon like Tetris and Bejeweled become massive international hits, and Line Rider has all the elements to do the same,” said Brian Fargo, chief executive officer of inXile entertainment. “Line Rider is like a fully animated Etch-A-Sketch® and will be perfect for the Nintendo DS and Wii.”

Fargo continued, “The amazing thing is that it has appeal to almost everyone. I’ve watched 6 year-olds and adults play Line Rider and both were thoroughly entertained and captivated. Easy to pick up and play, and highly addictive, we are very pleased to be bringing Line Rider to video game players.”

Described as a ‘toy’ by its creator Bostjan Cadez, Line Rider allows players to construct their own track filled with as many ramps, hills, and jumps as they can imagine utilizing a pencil tool. Once the player is done creating their course, they can send a virtual sledder down the route until he wipes out. The possibilities in Line Rider are only limited by physics and the player’s imagination with an almost endless number of variations and replay.

"Line Rider began its life as a project I did for illustration class," commented Bostjan Cadez, who created Line Rider in his native Slovenia. “As much as people see it as a game I think of it as a toy because there is no score and no one wins or loses while playing Line Rider. I’m looking forward to working with inXile entertainment on the new Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii versions as they will bring added gameplay and features."

Game Of The Year, just saying...

 

Today, the Nintendo Wii were hitting European homes, of at least some of them. there was remarkable lack of consoles, and a lot of people had to walk home, disappointed. I was not one of them.
my Wii is sitting next to our TV and it's shining. I preordered it 4 months ago and I brought it home today, along with a copy of Zelda. There are some things that surprised about my new console.

First:
The remote controller, it's fat.
I've seen plenty of pictures of the Wii-mote, but I never noticed how fat it was. It's comparable to two DVD cases. It's not negative or anything, just surprising.


Second: Boxing.
The Wii sports is a great packing, but in the media, boxing has been critiziced for a real lack of depth. I just say, I doesn't matter! Boxing is so awesome just because it's so simple. You just punch as hard and fast as you can, and it is hilarious. Me and one of my friends had alot of fun with it.

 

Third: Zelda
It's awesome, it's better than I ever imagened I would imagened to be. I have to play it now. Buy the Wii.

 

It's almost here, the Nintendo Wii is hitting the golden coast of Norway in 3 days. Or, at least some Wiis are.
I preordered mine in September and I was assured by the storedude to get. "you're number 17, and we will get at least 30 at day one. If you don't get one, something is seriously wrong."
Apparentely, something WENT seriously wrong, because when I went back a week ago, they said they was going to get 15 or something. They were going to call when they knew the exact number.



I'm gonna be real pissed if I don't one at launch. I just want to play damn Zelda, is that to much to ask for?