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So in my second play through Im changing up my play strategy

So in my second play through I'm changing up my play strategy a bit. Putting the sunflowers ahead of my peashooters as a natural defense in the beginning.

So in the first back 2 rows pea shooters, 2 two rows next sunflowers. Then(because it's still early game) mines and walnuts. I just unlocked the flytrap which is always fun :)

PvZ 2? Yes please.

I downloaded the free version from iTunes because I saw it

I downloaded the free version from iTunes because I saw it in the top 10 free section on the App Store. I saw Disney as the creator and almost didn't buy it because, lately, I don't really identify with Disney games or movies.

First off the game feels like a Disney cartoon. They really bring a strong Animation effort to the table on this game in the direction of Swampy the Aligator main character. The gist of the game is that Swampy likes to take baths and you need to allow the water to fill his tub. Totally down with the premise and its actually fun to help him out!

Just beat the main "meet swampy" intro thingy and I was impressed that the puzzles were so varied. When Swampy was able to take a bath I found myself happy he was so happy.

Somehow, the animation and art REALLY remind me of "The Rescuers" the ol' Disney cartoon I loved as a wee pup.

Recently I beat Borderlands. What an amazing game! What a

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Recently I beat Borderlands. What an amazing game! What a really anti-climactic ending. Haven't torn into the DLC on the PS3 yet, but I will soon.

Played through as the Siren. Focused on phasewalk damage and early on the game found a very over powered shotgun. I think I prefer playing the game with pistols or maybe I was just lucky and found a lot that dont have a lot of bullets but hit very very hard.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 04:49am

This is another of my top games this gen. I played through the whole thing, and still haven't managed to play co-op.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 04:59am

Co-op is great. I've played split screen with my friends and online with my cousin. It's basically harder with more people, which is awesome :)

The only thing is how to divide the loot.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:00am

I guess the only fair way to do it is with lots, like MMO's handle it.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:01am

Also, I chose the siren too. I actually haven't touched the other three. The fact that you haven't *really* completed the game fully until you've played it 8 times is impressive, but I can't imagine myself doing that.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 06:17am

So if you beat it 8 times is the ending different?

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:07pm

I doubt it. Though that would be awesome.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 02:08pm

What I mean is that each character can do a new game + so you haven't exhausted all the content until you've gone through twice with all 4.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 03:06pm

Ok that makes sense.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:40pm

Co-op is really where this game shines. I don't know if this happens in other missions, but in one of the early quests there was an extra mini-boss character that showed up once we added a 3rd person. Very hard to fight (especially how early the quest was, so our weapons sucked) but it was very fun to take him down. :)

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 06:24pm

Everyone I know who has this game has it on PS3, and I'm not a big fan of playing co-op with people I don't know. I got it for 360 thinking more people I know would get it there, but I was way wrong.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 07:40pm

I <3 mini bosses we need more games where you take down a mini boss and then they become who you fight a bunch.

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Today someone randomly found my town and gave me some coins.

Today someone randomly found my town and gave me some coins. Thank you stranger, I couldnt find your town to reciprocate though.

Bummer.

Cave Story Is Very Fun

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I got this game as part of The Humble Bundle 4. In fact, I got the bundle just for Cave Story and Gratuitous Space Battles. If you loved old NES or SNES side scrollers you need to check out Cave Story. Playing through it with a USB SNES style controller is the way to go.

I technically have Cave Story+ but turned the settings to only show me the old graphics, those seem better to my eye.

I haven't beat it yet, just put a few hours into it here and there. So far, really really fun.

Awesome New Minecraft Mod: Hyrulecraft!

From the Hyrulecraft website:

Hyrulecraft is a 1:1 scale replica of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, in Minecraft! With the alpha map already available as a download, the project has now entered stage 2. The HC team hopes to have a completed server ready later this year which will include a unique Minecraft MMO experience including quests, NPCs, dungeons, free build zones, guilds, and more of the classic Minecraft stuff you know and love.

http://gengame.net/2012/01/hyrulecraft-goes-public-limited-time-sneak-peak/

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/23/2012 at 10:11pm

I saw this on Joystiq the other day. It looks seriously cool!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 12:58am

Yeah it does look cool.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2012 at 04:50am

This is... just insane. How long this must have taken baffles the mind.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:00am

It's extremely impressive!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/24/2012 at 05:43am

This is kind of impressive. What's extemely impressive is Minecraft Middle Earth.
http://youtu.be/QhksNvUwaRc
This video is 45 minutes long but here are the highlights: 27:15 is Rivendale, 30:30 is the Mines of Moria

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/24/2014 at 01:53am

Whoa! I thought I saw something about Zelda looking like Minecraft, maybe this was it, although that was before I played Minecraft. I have not yet messed with any Minecraft Mods, my son's told me of a few he wants, but I (so far) have refused to mess with them. I looked at one and it just looked too complicated (unzip this .jar and replace files, etc..). Maybe I'll get into it sometime, I don't know. There aren't very many games at all that I've messed with Mods. Is this a Mod or is it a stand-alone clone?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2014 at 02:19am

This is a mod to my knowledge and since we posted about it 2 years ago, I bet it may have been updated since.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/24/2014 at 02:22am

Cool. I might have to check it out some time. Yeah, I'm obviously going through old posts that I missed. =)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/24/2014 at 02:23am

Yeah totally. Many of these old posts don't even have titles because the system didn't support them then. Adding them back where I can but there are a ton of these older posts.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/24/2014 at 03:09am

Way to necro, Greg! I forget that we were around two years ago.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/24/2014 at 03:13am

Hehehe, Travis. Yeah, I recently noticed the old post about FFXII-2 that I commented on about 2 years ago. I don't even remember commenting on that post, heck I hardly remember playing that game, it kind of seems like so long ago. Wow, time flies!

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A Few Thoughts On Plants Vs. Zombies

A bit ago I heard about Plants VS Zombies and downloaded the demo. After playing the game for 2 hours I went to the store and bought the box copy. It was $20 and I could install it on my Mac and PC. A few weeks later I picked it up on the iPhone for $2.99 and proceeded to beat it on the iPhone. Plants VS Zombies is awesome on mobile. Recently installed it on my 4S and started playing it again.

PvZ is an awesome game. My only real complaints about the are a few fold.

1. I find it a bit too easy. I wish there was a hardness setting so it was more challenging. Occasionally you have to change up the strategy a bit but for the most part, its too easy. Hopefully in 2.0 they can make it a bit more difficult.

2. It sucked when they took out the dancing thriller zombie. Since I got the box copy no update took that away from me :)

3. Can't wait for 2.0

After I picked up my iPhone 4S one of my friends let me know

After I picked up my iPhone 4S one of my friends let me know about a game he played called My Town 2. Its kind of like Zinga's Cityville except to my eye less annoying.

My city is "Mos Eisley" and I am currently level 14. Its pretty fun to have a game on your phone where you can sink a few minutes a day on. I mostly spend my time collecting rent from buildings and do a few of the quests from time to time.

Saw another of my friends towns today and her town is WAY more elaborate than mine. She has a Casino and the Playboy Mansion. Its pretty cool to know you can at least keep it going to a certain point. She did mention that she hit the level cap I think it was 50.

Rage Multiplayer is Great

A friend and I have been really enjoying the Rage co-op "Legends of the Wasteland." I want to write a longer post sometime about all my thoughts on Rage's single player campaign.

Until then, if you have the game I seriously recommend playing through "Legends of the Wasteland" with a friend. Its pretty fun and varied as far as levels go. We hit a point where the levels really ramp up in normal mode. I forget the level name, but its essentially the Mutant Bash TV level backwards. Very hard and we will have to adapt our gameplay quite a bit to beat it.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/23/2012 at 04:54am

I played the Rage demo and it kinda fell flat for me. I think I should probably try it again after I'm out of Elder Scrolls mode, though.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/23/2012 at 04:55am

Yeah, the single player isn't the greatest. It has some fun moments but I wasn't thrilled with it after paying the $60 pre-order. <3 iD a ton though. I LOVED Doom 3.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/23/2012 at 05:03am

So did I, and people love to make fun of it for the flashlight (and really, yeah it kinda deserves that) but the game was a blast. I felt the same about Quake 4, which while they didn't develop it in-house, was very true to Quake.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/23/2012 at 05:06am

I loved Quake 4 too. I think often times in games people like to bandwagon around certain games as bad or whatever. Doom 3 scared the junk out of me because I played it with the lights off. Which, honestly is the right way to play that.

And the flashlight thing, its a game mechanic for the horror value. You can either shoot or see. Freaked me out more than once. I can see where people might find it annoying but I thought it was a cool mechanic id hadn't seen before.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/23/2012 at 07:10pm

Oh yeah, I agree with your point on the flashlight. It is terrifying, scared me on a few occasions. But it annoyed the crap out of me due to a few implementation issues. There were some "mazes" that required the flashlight, but the spread of the light wasn't enough to reasonably pull it off without aimless wandering until you saw something unfamiliar. I guess that was the point, but light from flashlights spreads way more IRL.

I guess that was the point though... it is way scarier but not as realistic.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/23/2012 at 07:52pm

Right, I think so.

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So in my second play through Im changing up my play strategy

I downloaded the free version from iTunes because I saw it

Recently I beat Borderlands. What an amazing game! What a

Today someone randomly found my town and gave me some coins.

Cave Story Is Very Fun

Awesome New Minecraft Mod: Hyrulecraft!

A Few Thoughts On Plants Vs. Zombies

After I picked up my iPhone 4S one of my friends let me know

Rage Multiplayer is Great