Let me tell you about the New Super Mario Bros. Wii: do not play it with other people. This is not because multiplayer is flawed. It is not anywhere close to being flawed. The multiplayer is so very excellent. The reason not to play with people is because you will want to kill the people you play with. You will want to kill them dead with a brick. Do you love your significant other? You won’t after you play this game. It’s a surefire way to end a relationship. I think the reason this game creates such bloodlust can be attributed to two facts.
Fact 1: It’s really easy to screw over your teammates. You can throw them into enemies and other things that will take their life. You can take all the shrooms that pop out of a box for yourself. Sometimes, normal shrooms and a special shroom (e.g., the penguin suit) pop out of a box. Guess what that means? It’s a fight to get that special shroom. You don’t even have to try and be a jerk. You might accidentally pick up someone instead of the ice block they’re near, and subsequently chuck them into the nearest goomba as if they were an ice block. Someone can accidentally move into your jumping path, causing you to bounce off their head and probably down a hole. All this will want you take a Wiimote to someone’s neck.
Fact 2: There isn’t a compelling enough reason to work together. In Team Fortress 2, you can’t achieve victory by yourself. Sure, you can be credit to team, but you really can’t get the V without your teammates. In Left 4 Dead, while you can shoot your teammates, it’s a horrible idea. Dead teammates = dead you. In many games, the difficulty scales up since you’re doing co-op. This is not true in NSMB Wii. I didn’t notice additional goombas roaming about. Platforms didn’t get smaller. In fact, I was in a situation where I was the only person left alive. I finished the level like a boss. It was 10 times easier to get the job done without people than it was with people. Sure, it’s convenient to have multiple people on occasion (not everyone needs the mini-shroom), but occasional convenience isn’t good enough.
I’m not saying it’s a bad game, because it isn’t. I’m just saying it will cause you to choke someone out with the remote strap. Choke them dead.
André//12:12 AM//Someone felt like leaving a commentSo I know a couple of guys from work that play guitar and drums. We came to the logical conclusion that we needed to play together, and that’s what we did Friday. We decided to try and play some songs: “Killing in the Name of”, “Aerials”, “Cochise”, “More than a Feeling”, and “Joker and the Theif”. 60% of the songs I already knew how to play: I’ll let you guess which ones. Most of them didn’t so well for various reasons, and I wasn’t feeling too good about the logical conclusion. Then we jammed and I wondered why we even bothered playing other people’s songs. We even recorded it. Afterwards, I noticed certain fingers on my bass playing hand weren’t feeling great. A certain spot on my thumb kinda hurt and there were tiny, light cuts/grooves on the top layer of skin on my pointer finger. Two things were clear: a) I haven’t played bass for that long for quite some time, and b) entire hand is babies. I clearly need to toughen up my dainty girl-hand.
The new TF2 update makes me glad I’m no longer in school. I haven’t jumped into the fray yet, but I will enjoy not constantly being aimed for when I roll Medic. As soon as I put the final nail in Mass Effect’s coffin, I’m all over this. However, it will be hard to enjoy the update starting Friday/Saturday, since I will have to make the trip over to St. Louis for my Christmas vacation (I miss 3 week Christmas breaks). I will be far away from my awesome compy, and I’ll have to reply on my lappy for gaming. Lappy isn’t very strong in that respect compared to my awesome compy. I’m also tempted to buy an acoustic guitar; it’s sad not having an instrument to play and I don’t feel like bringing all of my gear for a week long trip. Traveling with just an acoustic guitar is easier than having to travel with an instrument, amp, cables, etc. I might go for an acoustic bass, but an acoustic guitar makes a bit more sense. I think I’ll go watch some Law and Order (best show on TV).
André//11:15 PM//Someone felt like leaving a commentThe Thanksgiving season is over, and all the ham I ate (I had so much ham) has been digested. I think now is a good time to reflect on all the things I have to be thankful for:
That’s all I got.
André//12:08 AM//Someone felt like leaving a comment