liz is sick
I blogged about Katamari Damacy a while ago.
Here is a conversation I had with my friend Dale (blogged about him earlier too), who is in Korea with his wife doing ESL (we chat over skype with webcams and all, but this is from googletalk)(I am shabam) a few days ago:
shabam: yeah we should play that [Hero's Quest {an old, old dos pc game we played when we were kids}] together for sure.
houser.dale: and of course some singu hikaru
shabam: huh?
houser.dale: that super ball game
shabam: wha?
houser.dale: you know the fucking ball that sticks to everything … rigu teshi
shabam: katamari damacy!
houser.dale: I said two japanes words — close enough.
Needless to say, Katamari Damacy will from this day forward be referred to only as “Rigu Teshi.”
Hooooge
Liz and I had nothing to do last weekend, and we both weren’t feeling that well (didn’t feel like going outside or anything). So, I bought Shadows of the Colossus, which had just gone into the bargain bin (19.99). It is awesome with all the next generation coming out (xbox36 and the wii and ps3 soon) all of the older games are going down in price rapidly (we also got a new DDR game for $15!).
Anyways, this game, Shadows of the Colossus, is friggin amazing. During the game you search for and take down these monstrous things. There isn’t much story. You start off with your girl dead, and you journy to this weird land, a land where the dead can be brought back to life. A voice booms down and tells you that if you destroy the 16 huge creatures, this will be done. So you set off and search for and kill them, one by one.
It’s an extremely selfish quest. And this tone develops with the game. You ride accross vast expanses of this beautiful and desolate landscape, and then a you find a huge creature. The creatures aren’t particularly hostile: they usually ignore you or look at you curiously–until you begin to harm them.
And harming them is no easy task. They tower like 50 feet above you. You have to climb up them, grab onto hair, use pieces of the landscape, and so on. The game is actually more of a puzzle game (figuring out how to take them down) than an action game. When you finally stab them enough in their vital spots (on top of the head or neck or somewhere), they come crashing down. It’s almost sad, each time, to see such a huge beast fall and to hear it moan.
The Colossus’ are all very different. One is like a leviathon swimming in the water, a couple are four legged beasts, another is a worm in the sand, another is a bird in the air,…. And the music orchestrated for the battles is amazing. You feel like you are in the middle of an epic movie while playing. This is the game that makes you ask why more games can’t be made at this high of a quality. Sort of like those great movies that rarely come out.
So, since we both didn’t feel like doing much of anything last Sunday, Liz and I played this game all day long. We took a break only to make a real good dinner (Red Snapper cooked on a bed of onions and red peppers). Which reminds me, I was going to post about how Liz and I are making a new hobby out of finding good recipes and cooking delicious meals … but these huge colossus’ (is Colussi the plural?)seemed more interesting.
been chillin’
I’ve been enjoying RPG Maker 3 way too much. After messing around with it a bunch with some friends, I started my own serious adventure. This is where all my freetime has been going. I bought a keyboard for the ps2 so I can enter in all my dialogue quickly. I’ll update on my project again as it more fully forms.
The weekend before last, Roy, Phil, Liz and I hung around the Encinitas beach. That’s me–the one with the water bottle filled with cranberry&vodka.
And here is Phil, looking extra sexy:
Other than that, we haven’t been doing that much. Still watching a lot of Firefly (watched all the episodes 3-4 times now). Liz has been real busy with her job and trying to figure out whether she wants to stay there or not. The weather is cooling down nicely.
