Sooooo yeah I like to draw myself... and got myself a nice little tablet, and figured from time to time I'll do my own little pieces.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Monday, July 13, 2020
New Final Fantasy Artwork from DarkWolf Creative
The latest art-piece I commissioned to DaemonsWolf (https://www.darkwolfcreative.com) is a celebrate the fact that over my time as a Twitch Streamer I've played and finished three Final Fantasy games, IV, VIII and XV. So this pieces features the lead protagonists of those games, Cecil, Squall and Noctis.
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Kirby and Terry Are My Smash Mains?
So among the games I picked up for my Nintendo Switch was Super Mash Bros. Ultimate, because I was always fascinated by the game and after playing Brawhalla in 2019 for a bit, I put it at the top of my list of Switch games to get. And I've basically been playing it off an on, going through classic mode to unlock characters, and a couple of weeks ago I did stream it a bit on a night where I also played Mario Kart 8 to get a feel for the 'Spirits Mode'.
Now I think most people new to Smash end up starting with like Mario... but for me, it seemed right to go with Kirby as the first character I used the most. Not only because Kirby basically is the one character who survives in the big opening segment of the Spirits adventure mode, but when you consider that Kirby's creator Masahiro Sakurai is also the dude who created Smash Brothers, and who for all intent and purposes puts his health on the line developing the game, it made the most sense to use Kirby as my go to for nearly everything. Sure other characters I've gotten a better instant knack for using like Daisy and Zelda, but Kirby seemed like the best the use. The fact he can nearly get back to the platforms when being smashed away with how many float-jumps he can do certainly helped. I also had some familiarity with Kirby's abilities because I have played Kirby's Dreamland a little, so is inhale and copy ability made it an almost much do in every match I've played thus far. In the few online matches I've done, I've basically held my own with Kirby... and when I lost matches for when 'challengers appeared' when clearing Classic Mode, Kirby was my go to in the rematches
But as of a couple of days ago, I've started using Terry from the Fatal Fury series. Now I've never devoted much time to Fatal Fury or its related games, but since Terry was a DLC character I kind of had him available from the start. Figuring out what works with him is a little different than with Kirby because Terry is a fighting game character, so thinking of combos based on what's avaliable is at the forefront of my mind. Anyone that's seen me play Power Rangers Battle for the Grid, Mortal Kombat X, Injustice 2, or various Street Fighter games knows I love to figure out a basic set of combinations for a character. But Smash's controls and inputs are far different than any normal fighting game, so Terry's been a little puzzle. I have figured out out that his up-special certainly can clear folks out if I can hit it two times in a row at just the right angle, and his down special when in the air is a great way to get out of being surrounded because he comes down in an angle. Also noticed his charged attack (kind of like a bit roundhouse kick type thing) really does wonders in smacking folks off screen.
Probably not that most technical ways of describing these things and this probably would've worked better with video, but I didn't feel like recording anything at the time I was writing this.
Twitch Sings Duets July 11 2020
Highlights July 5-11, 2020
Here are highlights from my Twitch stream over the week of July 5 to 11,
2020 which includes Overwatch, Mass Effect Andromeda, The Division 2,
Star Trek Online, Pokemon Shield and Twitch Sings!
Saturday, July 11, 2020
It's Tough To Be Invested In The World Today
This week's commentary is just me venting about how mentally and emotionally drained I am with everything going on in the world today.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Set The Cost of Next Gen Games at $70... We'll Just Wait For Sales
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o not to long ago, the profit over quality publisher known as 2K announced that that Next-Gen (PS5/Xbox X-Series) version of NBA 2K21 is going to have the default price of $70... and quite frankly, a lot of people weren't too thrilled about that with the fact that at the time of this writing COVID-19 is spiking like mad throughout the United States, thanks to people feeling entitled and not doing the right thing (social distancing, wearing masks) combined with all the mass protests regarding issues of equality.
o not to long ago, the profit over quality publisher known as 2K announced that that Next-Gen (PS5/Xbox X-Series) version of NBA 2K21 is going to have the default price of $70... and quite frankly, a lot of people weren't too thrilled about that with the fact that at the time of this writing COVID-19 is spiking like mad throughout the United States, thanks to people feeling entitled and not doing the right thing (social distancing, wearing masks) combined with all the mass protests regarding issues of equality. But the thing is I'm not too mad about 2K announcing they want to charge more for the next generation of games... and to be fair, the last time a price standard was set was 15 years ago at the start of the Xbox 360/PS3 era where things got set at $59.99 and I'll tell you why.
We're already paying more way more than $70 for games at launch. Between the base game often priced at $59.99 and more often than not a season pass at $29.99, we're already at $90 before games are even released. So we've basically been getting priced gouged for years. But that's alright, I got the solution
We're already paying more way more than $70 for games at launch. Between the base game often priced at $59.99 and more often than not a season pass at $29.99, we're already at $90 before games are even released. So we've basically been getting priced gouged for years. But that's alright, I got the solution
Just wait for sales.
One things I've very much noticed since stepping back into console gaming is when it comes to things on the Xbox One side, sales happen every week. Hell I probably could've bought the games I loaded up my digital account with three times over with how often they are on sale, and these are including games released in the past 10 months. Not to mention a lot of the DLC and Season Passes for games also have gone on sale, and so say for example for a major title like say Dragon Ball FighterZ, instead of paying over a $100 for the game, the season pass and any DLC not included in said pass.... I just waited for it all to be on sale, and got it all for less than $70. I know I know, people want to be the first to get the achievements and trophies for games when they are brand new, but you know what, if its easier on your wallet to wait, then that's the best way to go. Any games that come out at launch for the PS5 and Xbox X-Series consoles will be on sale within 60 months. Hell NBA 2K20 is on sale nearly every other week it seems.
Also to remember there's also the the factor of 'Ultimate Editions' of games that end up being released with all the DLC included, now this doesn't happen with Sports Games often, but for every other genre, it makes sense, it's another example of getting everything for less than what the original sales price was for everything. If you think anyone is buying say the Batman Arkham Series at full price with all the related DLC separately these days, you're out of your mind. You can just sit back and wait to add the game to your collection.
So yeah, 2K, EA, Square Enix, Capcom... raise the prices for new release to $70... we the consumer will just wait for things to go on sale. I'm sure someone at IGN or something will argue that hurts the people who actually work on the games... but it's not like those folks who do work on the games will actually see any of that money.
Of course that's just my opinion.
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