• 15Nov 09

  The Wii is finally starting to grow on me now that I'm finding the right titles.

  I've had this console almost since it was first released and now I'm discovering the video games that take advantage of the Wii's usual controls in ways I actually like. Games like Super Mario Galaxy and No More Heroes have a lot of depth and I can easily see why so many other people like them, but what I'm finding myself getting into are third-person shooting games that actually make me want to use the remote and nunchuk rather than a GCN or Classic Controller. Games like Code Lyoko, Ghostbusters, Battalian Wars 2, and Sin & Punishment 2 are much more along the lines of what I want, though I do enjoy the motion-control-heavy Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort once in a while. I'm also having a blast (no pun intended) with gun games like Carnival King and Ghost Squad and even some of the first-person shooters like Metroid Prime 3 and The Conduit. That's not to say I don't like any of the other types of games. I almost bought Mad World (I still might) and I sometimes use the remote and nunchuk in some of the games on SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1, namely Shock Troopers.
  I've had my frustrations with Wii in the past and I'll likely have frustrations with it in the future, but for now, I'm gonna stop focusing on what I don't like about the system and start focusing on what I do like about it.

  My attention span is notoriously short, so don't be too surprised if you find another Wii-hating rant in the next ten minutes. It's not likely, but I can't make any promises right now.

  • Posted Nov 15, 2009 11:14 pm PT
  • Category: Games
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• 24Sep 09

  I think violent people just happen to like violent video games.

  No, I'm not saying you have to be a violent person to enjoy violent video games. I may have stated this in an earlier blog, but I think the there's more to the link between violent people and violent video games than is being explored. People noticed that many school shooters happened to own shooting video games. While it's possible that these video games inspired them to go on shooting rampages, I believe it was more likely their violent tendancies that caused the shootings and happened to attract them to these games in the first place.

  My advice to parents (and I'm not saying it's all your fault): If your kids are into these types of games, talk to them, make sure they're not having issues outside of the virtual world, and that their interest in such games does not stem from social issues that could lead to something worse. Violent video games can actually be a good warning system. Take away the games and you're probably just taking away the alert as a side-effect.

  • Posted Sep 24, 2009 7:52 am PT
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• 14Sep 09

  Another point on abortion rights.

  As I may have stated in my earlier blog post, I am both pro-life and pro-choice, which puts me somewhere on the fence. Sometimes I decide for a short while that I am completely pro-abortion because I get mad at how many new babies are being born when we're already overpopulated, especially after hearing someone say it's okay to kill an animal because they overpopulate. Then I realize I'm not thinking rationally. I always think "population control" is a poor excuse to kill an animal, but aborting more fetuses isn't going to help either. But this is not why I decided to make this post.

  Now for the main point ... and why this is under Pets and Animals rather than Rant:

  I don't know if this is ever practiced anywhere, but the act of forcing anyone to have an abortion, whether human or any other kind of animal, is something I consider one of the lowest acts possible, especially for personal gain! I don't care if it's because an aborted animal fetus is considered a delicacy for some people or if it's for stem-cell research! I support stem cell research as long as no one is actually making or convincing people to have abortions for it, but that's getting off-topic. I am so adamantly against forcing an animal to have an abortion for personal gain that I would refuse to save the life of anyone who I know practices it. That's right, if I know you force abortions on humans or other animals for exploitive perposes, I might not kill you, but I will do nothing to save you if you're in the street bleeding to death and you need immediate medical assistance, or if you're drowning, or getting attacked by thugs or wild tigers, or any of the countless other scenarios. With the coldest look in my eyes, I will simply stand there and watch you die with no compassion because you are dead to me already.

  • Posted Sep 14, 2009 11:44 pm PT
  • Category: Pets and Animals
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