It has been quite a while since I have posted anything here on my blog. I'm putting a quick post here to let everyone know I am still gaming.

Recently I've been playing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and Kingdom of Loathing. I'm sure Morrowind needs no explanation as it was GoTY a few years back, but Kingdom of Loathing is an online browser based RPG made entirely of stick figures. It's a funny game that takes every chance it gets to make fun of practically everything. It's really worth looking at, I've been playing every day for about 4 months, though my account has been around for 7. My characters are DrWee, DoctorDisco, and DiscoWee for anyone who is interested.

Anyways, I'm tired, and should probably get off the computer now. Good luck.

-hiitzme

Happy New Years!

Merry Late Christmas, as well.

This Christmas was a great one for me. I got The Orange Box, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Crysis, Dungeon Siege, and a 20'' Widescreen Monitor. I never knew how great widescreens were! Anyways, I'm not on here for long, but I will rate each game, and give a little bit about it.

Orange Box - 9.5

The Orange Box is a great deal. 5 games for the price of one...wow. Anyways Ep1, and 2 are the best in my opinion. Portal is cool as well, I have played through it twice. Quite an interesting little game. We need more innovative games like this (I am aware it is based off Narbacular Drop). TF2 isn't as cool as I thought it would be, but supporting my team by healing is fun.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - 9

This game is amazing. I felt like I was there. Great atmosphere, and gameplay. Boy, is it buggy, but it is worth it (besides I think the patch fixes the worst problems). The beginning can be discouraging due to the difficulty (this is not Quake, you need to use stealth a bit), but it is overall worth however long I spent playing it. I plan to play this one again using the 1.4 patch, and ABC Inferno mod. One of the only complaints I have is that only about 30% of the ingame text matches it's voiced dialog, and as I like to read along with the voice acting, it was difficult to keep up with the voiced dialogue.

Crysis - 9.8

This game is amazing. Grenades blow houses to bits, vehicles can be blow up to cause major damage, weapons sometimes damage the environment, the story is cool, it is fully voiced, and the characters have plenty of personality. This was the first game I played this year. As I said earlier, the environment can be blow apart. In one instance, I was supposed to get to the top of a mountain, which was guarded by a town of koreans. They had a garage, and a few houses. Outside the garage was a truck. I entered the town by jumping out of my vehicle at high speed, and having it crash into the truck parked outside of the garage. Of course, they both exploded, but unlike most games, their explosions tore half of the garage off.

Dungeon Siege - 8

Cool game. It reminds me a lot of IceWind Dale. I've heard that the multiplayer is fun in this, so I should try that sometime. So far, I haven't played much of this, and can't really say much about it.

That's all from me for now. Good gaming, everyone.

-Hiitzme

It's been a while...But what can you expect? You're on MY blog.

Anyway, Christmas is coming and I figured I could put up my wishlist to fill up some space.

The Orange Box (PC) -This one looks great. I get to see what happens next in the well-known Half-Life series, I get to teleport around in Portal, and I can play TF2 online and get some achievements.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Shadow of Chernobyl (PC) - This one looks great as well. This is above Crysis only because it is part RPG, and thus probably longer. I would love to explore Chernobyl in a free roam game.

Crysis (PC) -Do I even need to say anything about Crysis? Innovative 'suit' system, great graphics, great attention to detail, and what looks to be a great story.

Gears of War (PC) -Yeah. I know that many people complain about the bugs in this game, but I am going to be an optimist and assume it will run stable on my rig.

Dungeon Seige (PC) -This one looks to be a great RPG, and I have some people who tell me that the multiplayer is "FUN". If the demo is a good indicator of this game's quality, I am sure this will be a great experience.

That's about all. If I don't get Orange Box, Stalker, or Crysis, I will probably buy them anyways.

For the sake of keeping this blog short, I'll cut it off now. Merry Early Christmas (since if my memory serves, I have never been here on holidays.)

Again, it has been quite a while since my last update here on gamespot. I have played quite a few games lately, and in an elaborate series of events I have recently begun enjoying Adventure games.Every once in a while I still get an itch for a fast paced shootout, however, so I'm not completely an Adventure Gamer.

Anyway, I have finished 36 standalone Adventure games, began playing 49 (but haven't finished them), and have 7 currently unplayed. In addition I used a program to make my own. You can find it at http://members.cox.net/rshostage/sticksadventures.html

Some of my favorite games (of the 85 have played) are 5 Days A Stranger, 7 Days A Skeptic, Trilby's Notes, 6 Days A Sacrifice, and the 1213 series. These games are very immersive in my opinion. I played 7 Days A Skeptic from about 11 A.M.until 3:30 A.M., then rushed back the next day to find out what happens next.

Below are links to the games. (If you plan on playing 5, 6, 7 Days, or Trilby's notes you should play them in this order: 5 Days A Stranger, 7 Days A Skeptic, Trilby's Notes, 6 Days A Sacrifice.)

http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/ - 5 Days A Stranger. Exciting adventure game set somewhere in the 90's.
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/7days/- 7 Days A Skeptic. Sequel to 5DaS, set in 2385.
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/notes/-Trilby's Notes. Explains more about 5DaS and 7DaS. Uses Text-Parser.
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/ - 6 Days A Sacrifice.It's 2189. You play as a new character.

http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/1213/ -1213. Not exactly an adventure game. More of a sidescroller. 3 Parts.

I should probably leave some kind of warning about the games (even though you have to be 13 to sign up for Gamespot I believe). Most of these games are somewhat gory, and have some language.

Just like with all files, it would be advisable to scan them before installing them. (Though I believe they are virus-free)

These games were made using Adventure Game Studio (by my knowledge). The website is at http://www.bigbluecup.com/

I hope someone reads this, and plays these great games.

-Hiitzme

(P.S.: I'm going to set up a page for my adventure game sometime soon so it is easier to tell what it is before you are asked if you want to download it.)

EDIT: Oh yeah, and happy halloween.

EDIT: I got my webpage up. I changed the link from stickad.zip to sticksadventures.html

Hi, everyone. I posted my Bioshock review yesterday (The 17th), and it got me 40 hits on my blog, so I figured I would post a fixed version of my review here. For some reason my review is one large paragraph, because the HTML coding was removed when I submitted it, but since I know HTML works in here, I will post a copy here. Enjoy.

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Bioshock is a great game. There is a lot to say for it, so I will start off with the visuals.

The graphics in this game are very advanced. The water distorts vision, the ground shines, glass cracks, shadows create a deeper immersion. The list goes on and on. This game will be demanding on even the most upgraded rigs. The graphics deserve a 9/10.

Now onto the actual gameplay. One of the upsides in gameplay is that there a so many ways to kill your enemies, that it would take much effort to find, and execute each individual technique. The downside here is that because of the loads of ways to kill your enemies, you may never get a chance to try all of them.

Another high point in this game is that there are many "optional" areas of sorts. Your objective might tell you to go to point A, then return to point B, but because of the open environments, you can go make a 2 hour visit to point C. This game isn't open-ended by definition, but it gets fairly close. To fully appreciate the game, you must go in the opposite direction of your "objective arrow".

A very important upside in Bioshock is immersion, and this game sure delivers in immersion. Between the angry ramblings of the "splicers" (inhabitants of Rapture, whom have used way too many genetic modifiers, and have lost their minds), the announcements broadcasted across the facility, and the radio messages you periodically receive from numerous characters, I felt like I was actually in Rapture. It will be hard to break away when it's time to leave.

Another upside of the gameplay is numerous audio logs spread across the city of Rapture, which you can listen to, to be filled in on important things. There are well over 200 audio recordings, between the acquirable audio logs, and the archived radio messages. I give gameplay a 10/10.

Audio is a very important factor in a game of this style, however there is not much to say about the audio. It is well recorded, though sometimes difficult to understand among the many noises running simultaneously. There is a small audio bug, in which the tommy gun will not make noise while firing. I give audio a 9/10.

One final thing of which to discuss is replay value. The game is immersive, well plotted, and well though out, however the replay value is on the low side. After playing through the game once, you may want to replay again to finish piecing the elaborate story together, and there are multiple endings, though I find the game is one you play, then save for a time you are in the mood for a great game. I give replay value a 7/10.

I hope my review was helpful. I will now wrap this review up by listing value, and tilt. (Tilt is here to get the average up close enough to 10)

Value: 9/10

Tilt: 10/10

Final Rating 9.9 (I know that is higher than it should be but this is a great game)

Hello again everyone...I recently got Bioshock. I have to say, it is a VERY great game! It is very immersive, as well. From the public announcements broadcasted over the city, to the ramblings of "splicers" (people who have used to many genetic enhancing tools, and have lost their minds), I felt like I was actually in Rapture! The story is not shabby either. As many people who have played the demo might be wondering, "How can a story be told if there are limited face to face interactions with other characters?". The story is told through recorded dialogue (similar to PDAs in Doom 3) where the speaker recalls events, summerizes confrontations, or even rambles on about a problem they have. The story is also told though radio communications with many characters. Though you can't speak to the other people you do pick up important bits of information. There are at LEAST 120 audio recordings spread across the game, and a lot more radio communications.

Without giving too much away, this is an amazing game with a very story driven plot. After I write this, I am going to rate Bioshock a 9.9. Anyone who enjoys a good shooter/rpg, with massive levels and a great plot should give this game a try. (The demo is right here on Gamespot) All I ask is: Would you kindly play this game?

Edit: Why is it that Gamespot squishes my words together when I click "Submit"??