Scoring and Explanation

And here is the reference for what I think when I review a game - usually; 

Reference Chart for Scoring
1.0 - 1.9 Catastrophy
2.0 - 2.9 Horrible
3.0 - 3.9 Pretty Bad
4.0 - 4.9 Bad
5.0 - 5.9 Mediocre
6.0 - 6.9 Not bad
7.0 - 7.9 Good
8.0 - 8.9 Great
9.0 - 9.9 Amazing
10 - Mindblowing

I'm not that great at this, am I?

I don't update here enough. Oh well. Expect a Little Big Planet Vita review soon along side a review for my favourite game of all time. Which game you ask (or didn't  ask, whatever)? I'm not telling you yet (tee-hee)

PS Vita TV Thoughts

Hey Guys?

Unless you haven't heard, there is a new model of the PS Vita! Along with that, there is the PS Vita TV!

           The PS Vita TV alongside a DS4

The PS Vita TV is a set top box that can play select Vita games. It can also be used as a PS4 remote play set top box so you can do a pseudo Wii U 2nd screen thing. The PS Vita TV Will have Ethernet, HDMI, USB and can play games if Phsyical games or Memory cards.

      The inputs on the newly announced box

The little guy can also play PSP and PS1 Games, making the PS Vita TV a nice little device. I will most likely be picking one up to use for my youtube channel (I have one, and have had it for about 2 years, but never got around to making something proper, everything I did is scraped or pointless by now) and for fun. Because. Anyway, KXM would be awesome with a DS3 so I think I might be able to see that little box of joy on my TV organizer in the future.

- Michael

Are you going to pick one up? 

Comment Below!

Retro City Rampage Review (PS Vita)

Hey Guys!

I just picked up Limbo and RCR in the PAX prime sale and have some impressions. I've had RCR for longer (by about 2/3 days) so RCR comes first. Expect a Limbo review in the next week or so. Retro city rampage is an ambitious and beautiful demake (shout out to Eric Ruth!) of what seems to be closes to GTA III, but this game is even crazier than that, so I really don't know what to compare it to. You can drive, play cabbie, gamble, hunt for cheats and loot bags and, most important of all, "Blow Sh*t up". RCR was the first indie to be stuck in development hell, but with good reason. RCR is mainly a parody of GTA III, but parodies pretty much everything it can while fitting it all in nice and tidy at the same time. As you can now imagine, the game is open world, with world mechanics akin to its reverse spiritual successor???(kind of) and Skyrim(also kind of), leaving you to venture off into the tall grass and chase butterfly's. The glorious pixels of RCR look like a New 'n Tasty (Yes, pun intended) NES game (with shadows cuz #YOLOSWAG)

It looks great on the large OLED Screen of the PS Vita. They could do with some salt, however. The soundtrack of RCR is extremely well done. The chip-tune ballads of Norrin Radd, Virt and Freaky DNA. They sound just like those good days where there aint no static and ma beeper keeps beepin' (Today was a good day, G). The soundtrack make the purchase worth it by itself.

OVERALL

8.5/10

Today was a good day(RCR was 66% off), nothing more, nothing less.

-Michael

GNS: Breaking bad

Hello, sorry i haven't posted for a long time now, I've been very busy with a lot of family outings etc. and will be maintaining this blog much more. Anyway, this is a General Nerd Stuff post, which are articles about pretty much anything you can find in a a place like Comic-Con or Fan Expo Canada (Fan expo Canada FTW!!!).

Just as of recent, I have started watching the AMC hit "Breaking Bad". I watch "The Walking Dead", so the greatness of this show was no surprise to me. I started streaming it from my Blu-ray and the show has blown my mind. Just season 1 has me more entertained than I ever was with Walking Dead. The whole idea of the drug business is so interesting, and the fact that the protagonist and our favorite cook, Walter White (Wonderfully portrayed by Bryan Cranston), is just a normal chemistry teacher with a low income and a baby on the way adds to the journey through getting used to the violent and cold world of drug dealing and addiction (And that goes for all drug variants too, kids!). I find that the cast is one of the best parts of the show, as well. Dean Norris is quickly working up the list of favorite actors for me, with Breaking Bad and Under The Dome under his belt. RJ Mitte also does a great job with the character of Walter White Jr. RJ Mitte actually has Cerebral palsy in real life, and has slowed treatments just for his part.

Before i start rambling to the point where i can't stop, Breaking Bad is easily the best show on television right now and for me, in history.

A straight 10/10, hands down.

Thanks for reading,

Michael

Mortal Kombat (2011) PS Vita Review

Mortal Kombat is a great game and franchise and has been brought to PS Vita. But is it worth your time? In short, Abso-friken-loutely. MK 9 has a great story, good controls and an amazing replay value. First up, the Fight mode. This mode is essentially "get into a fight right now" mode and is great for bus or train rides. You can choose from the "Test your..." games, Tag-team and one-on-one fights. Next, The Story mode. Wow. The story was so detailed, had some good twists and left me with my jaw dropped at the end, wondering what will happen in MK10. To summarize it, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Khan, like the rest of the Earthrealm warriors. He, right before he is killed, sends a vision to his past self. We now go back to MK1. Raiden gets this vision and sees this future, yada yada yada. I dont feel like spoiling so you can use a wiki for that, guys. Anyway, the story mode is about 5-7 hours long, i think. Then there are the challenge towers. You have the OG challenge tower and then the Bonus challenge tower, which has vita specific/new challenges. Then training and versus modes. I havent really played Versus and Training is pretty much basic challenge mode.
The gameplay and graphics are great and the game as a whole, will last somewhere between The last of us and any Call of duty game, including multiplayer.

SUB-SCORES
Graphics - 8 - Great for a portable, but the textures arent as high caliber as, say, Uncharted.
Gameplay - 9.5 - Amazingly fun and addictive with all the different controls of the vita, but some of the challenges can be a bit hard.
Story - 10 - "FLAWLESS VICTORY" for the story mode, Netherrealm.
Value - 8 - Huge amount of replay value for a pocket sized (kinda) title.

OVERALL SCORE
9.7 - 10
Amazing

Reference Chart for Scoring
1.0 - 1.9 Catastrophy
2.0 - 2.9 Horrible
3.0 - 3.9 Pretty Bad
4.0 - 4.9 Bad
5.0 - 5.9 Mediocre
6.0 - 6.9 Not bad
7.0 - 7.9 Good
8.0 - 8.9 Great
9.0 - 9.9 Amazing
10 - Mindblowing

- Michael

Salutations!

Wow. I finally got around to making my own blog. I'm Michael. Your typical nerd. I like doctor who(watching nightmare in silver as I'm typing this) and Xbox 360 and Nerf guns. Well I will be posting about gaming news, I will put up reviews and little tv/movie/Nerf tidbits here and there. Umm. Yeah. Bon Voyage

-Michael