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• 19Jun 09

  Yay, I'm past level 20 :D

  I heard it would be hard but it was actually pretty easy . Also the strangest thing has happened... I had stopped playing Pokemon completely because I thought I was to old for it and I never planned to play it again. Then a few days ago I watched a Pokemon Yellow walkthough because the person who made the walkthrough usually has good commentary and is funny and then in my house I came across Pokemon Pearl in my room. After I beat the game it got boring and I eventually turned to an Action Replay(which actually makes a game less fun so I don't support its use) and used it to get Darkrai, Arceus, Shaymin which I would have never been able to get otherwise. I figured that I might play it because Pokemon Yellow in those videos reminded me of how fun Pokemon could be. Anyways, I was playing it today and I suddenly thought "I want to train a caterpie into the ultimate champion." Why did I think this? Well, I'm not sure... Then I looked into the pokedex to find out where I could find one and I was disappointed to see that caterpies could not be caught in Pokemon Pearl. I then came to the conclusion that I must use the AR Max to get... A caterpie. I honestly didn't think anyone could truly hate me for getting a caterpie but if you want to hate me then go right ahead . So now I'm training my caterpie(actually it's a butterfree now) to level 100... It's taking quite a while but I'm determined to succeed. Also it may or may not be a shiny butterfree . I had the cheat there so i thought I would use it. Also I don't have Wi-fi hooked up on my DS and I would never cheat against someone. The only cheats I use are to get a certain Pokemon... And possibly to make it shiny... I wonder if I'll be moderated for mentioning an AR Max... I hope not... Also I played Animal Crossing: City Folk today and cataloged the Punch-Out headgear DLC from someone because it was only released to the Europeans. It kind of seems like American DLC is always the worst DLC. They get punch-Out headgear, we Americans get a flag design with the mayors face on it. Does this look like something anyone would truly want?
  
  
  
  Also a while back we got a bag that contained 1,000 bells for Tax Day which was a joke. I could easily gocatch a few fish and sell them to croo- I mean... Um...Nook for a few thousand bells. Anyways, bye and have a nice day.

  • Posted Jun 19, 2009 9:57 pm PT
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• 17Jun 09

  Please join the Nintendo Designers Union + Cool Punch-Out song

  Well, it's time for obligatory recruitment blog that occurs whenever I join a promising union that isn't already overflowed with members . The Nintendo Designers Unionwas created a few days ago and it only has a eleven members at this moment . If you like designing or you like Nintendo you should check it out.
  
  In other news I found this awesome Punch-Out song made by the band Game Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMeVpArQCfM
  
  Hmm, I don't have much to say so bye and have a nice day .

  • Posted Jun 17, 2009 5:17 pm PT
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• 15Jun 09

  Controversy in video games: Violence

  If your a serious gamer there is a very good chance that you know about a lot of the controversy that is caused by violent video games. People heads exploding, fatalities, etc. have turned a lot of people into video game hating zombies that believe violent video games cause people to become more aggressive. Some even believe that these games will make people commit the crimes that happen in the games. One notable person is Jack Thompson, he has talked about many games such as Halo that, in his opinion, cause violence in schools.

  I believe graphics play a major role in all of this. As games have become more advanced players have gone from seeing a small group of pixels separating to seeing someone's body explode.It's still the same amount of violence but most wouldn't think it was since it can't be seen as well.

  The action game genre is basically where most, if not all, of the violent video games are grouped so it will be broken down into a few sub-genres in order to explain them better.
  
  First-person shooter games are one of the major violent video game sub-genres. In these games the player has a gun and the player sees through the characters eyes. In a nutshell the objective is to go through levels and defeat your opponents until you get to the end of the game. What makes these games a prime target for the media is that the player is seeing through the characters eyes so it's almost like you're really in that situation killing whatever is deemed as an enemy.
  
  
  This looks pretty realistic, eh?

  Another type of violent game is the fighter sub-genre. These games focus on beating your opponents into submission. When one of the characters life bars hits zero they are knocked out. A wide variety of moves are at the players disposal that vary depending on what character is chosen. Some fighter games are more violent than others. One such series of games is the Mortal Kombat franchise, these games have a lot of blood and fatalities which are finishing moves. It has also been said that the this series partially led to the creation of the ESRB(Entertainment Software Rating Board).

  Action-adventure games can also be violent. These games throw puzzle elements in with physical elements. One example is Assassin's Creed where your character, Altair, carries out assassinations. It's under the action-adventure category due to the things the character has to do to get information such as eavesdropping. Even though they have puzzle elements, they can still be violent.
  
  
  An epic duel to the death.

  The ratings on these violent games are important. When it is said that the video game companies should be blamed completely for their violent games falling into the hands of teens and children I die a little inside. The parents should be the ones being blamed. If they don't care to the point that they'll buy their 11 year old child a M-rated game then it is their own fault. The ESRB puts those ratings there for a reason yet many people apparently don't notice them. The rating are put there so that parents don't buy a game that will hurt the impressionable psyche of their child. However, it is kind of pointless when the parents don't even consider checking the rating.
  
  
  What do they think the "M" stands for... Marvelous?
  
  

  Actually it's kind of sad and funny that apparently all of the blame should go to video games and not TV, normal aggression, bullies, neglectful or inconsiderate parents, drugs, etc. None of that has anything to do with it right?(sarcasm) It might actually be better that people have violent games. The games are useful when someone is angry and they want to let off some steam. Not getting rid of that anger could, in turn, cause the person to get angry at the next individual who decides to give them a hard time and possibly might make him/her do something they might regret.

  So how do you feel about violence in video games? Do you feel like these games should be left alone, banned, etc.? Please leave a comment with your thoughts on the subject. Bye and have a nice day.

  • Posted Jun 15, 2009 10:41 am PT
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