I hope everyone in the US had a nice holiday weekend. I sat around with my MP3 players listening to a lot of good music. But now that's over and it's time to get ready to head back to the day-to-day grind. I definitely need to get back to watching more jdoramas but there are a bunch of game reviews I have for you as well. I hope you're looking forward to it!
Favorite Friday
Happy Independence Day!
Game review: The Clumsys
My daughter asked to play a hidden object game with me. I picked The Clumsys based solely on the fact that it looked like The Scruffs, which she enjoyed. I am sad to say that the two games aren't alike at all, except for the fact that they are both hidden object games. In The Clumsys, you travel through time trying to find and clean up after some wayward children. However, the first puzzles in each era are "Find what doesn't belong" games. That means you have to have enough knowledge to know that there weren't motor vehicles in ancient Greece or that man hadn't walked on the Moon during Charles Lindbergh's time. It really requires too much historical knowledge for the average person to really enjoy playing this. It is an interesting idea - it just doesn't work very well.
Music review: Alanis Morissette - You Learn
Artist: Alanis Morissette
Album: Jagged Little Pill
Release date: 6/13/95
Video link: Via YouTube
Lyrics: I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone, yeah I recommend walking around naked in your living room, yeah
Swallow it down ( what a jagged little pill ) It feels so good ( swimming in your stomach ) Wait until the dust settles
You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn
I recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone I certainly do I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time Feel free
Throw it down ( the caution blocks you from the wind ) Hold it up ( to the rays ) You wait and see when the smoke clear
You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn
Wear it out ( the way a three-year-old would do ) Melt it down ( you're gonna have to eventually anyway ) The fire trucks are coming up around the bend
You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn
You grieve you learn You choke you learn You laugh you learn You choose you learn You pray you learn You ask you learn You live you learn About the song: When most people think of Alanis Morissette, the think of the angst-ridden song You Oughta Know. Amazingly, You Learn is on the same album. This song is about taking a chance in life, learning from your mistakes and growing as a person. It's a wonderful inspirational song and it's just one of the reasons I love this entire album.
Game Review: Virtual Villagers: The Secret City
I absolutely love the Virtual Villagers series. The Sims has always been a guilty pleasure of mine and, just the previous two, the third game in the series plays a lot like it. Instead of playing one or two characters, you control approximately six characters in the beginning. These people are stranded on a deserted island and it is your job to get them the things they need to live - food, water, shelter, etc. In each version of the game, there is a secondary goal beyond just keeping everyone alive. This one has you uncovering a lost city. The villagers are surrounded by ruins and you need to get them leveled up to the point where they can start rebuilding it. I haven't gotten very far in the game. Mostly because I keep forgetting that this is a real time game that keeps running even after you quit. So if you don't pause the game before quitting, it is pretty likely that all of your villagers will be dead when you return. I will beat the game though! This is my favorite downloadable game ever!
Bigger, faster, stronger
I really love using my computer. I love it a lot. Of course, I want to have all of the best stuff in it. Huge hard drives, tons of computer memory, all that jazz. Luckily, my husband custom builds our systems so I can have pretty much whatever I want as long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I just got a new system fairly recently....and I still want a better one ^_^
Don't fall for it!
Due to being sick for the past couple of weeks, I haven't been able to play my Wii Fit. I'm hoping that I'll be well enough to pick it back up this weekend. In my weight-loss misery, I wallow in commercials for diet pills or other "This will make you thin now!" crap. I know better than to actually consume any of these products but somewhere in the back of my head, a little voice goes "Hey! This might actually work!" before I have to beat it down. I really wonder how many people fall for the appetite suppressant shots or the other insane products. There has to be someone buying it, right? Why?
Favorite Friday
I've been hooked on VH1's "I Love The New Millenium." Yes, the decade isn't even over yet but I can't help it. This stuff is addicting. Anyway, here is one of the videos they talked about in the show.
Game review: Money Tree
Money Tree is a weird time management-sort of game. You are a gardener trying to win the love of a girl. In order to do this, you need to raise trees that will bear fruit that will make you money to win the girl. Yeah, it's a little confusing. I didn't like the gameplay in this very much. You start out collecting falling leaves that somehow makes the tree mature. Then the tree starts to bear fruit and you need to pick/catch the fruit before it falls on the ground. If it falls on the ground, you don't get as much money for it. You also need to keep an eye on the water and sun levels your tree is getting otherwise it will die. Playing it isn't difficult - it's just annoying.
I can't really say I'd recommend this game. It's interesting for the first few minutes but then the tedium sets in. There are a ton of other time management games that are a lot more interesting.