Haiku of the Day catch-up

Haiku Fail

Seemingly simple
A task of most high import
And yet still I fail

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Metal Gear Rising

A cyborg ninja
An unsheathed blade thirsts for blood
Thirsts for revengeance

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Wicked Witch

Black, scraggily hair
A voice that makes your skin crawl
Shut the fuck up, witch

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R-Rated Haiku

Most haiku are clean
R ratings may be obtained
Simply work in ‘fuck’

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Peter Dinklage

This man has to be
The most accomplished actor
That is short statured

Bayonetta Platinum!

Today I acquired the platinum trophy for Bayonetta on the PS3. What a great freaking game. The combat is amazingly deep, over the top and there are some awesome weapons to find and use. There is so much to do in this game, I have platinumed it and there are still a ton of hidden things for me to unlock and complete.

If you want to platinum this game, your steepest task will be completing it on Non-Stop Climax difficulty. Here’s some advice for anyone attempting this difficulty mode:

• Stock up on green lollipops during your hard playthrough
• Don’t buy Red-Hot Shots, they will just be wasted.
• Make sure you get the Evil Harvest Rosary. It will make Non-Stop Climax mode much easier and is a good strategy in general for many of the bosses, including Jeanne. I primarily used this in comination with the Eternal Testimony.
• If you are having trouble with Jeanne, use the Evil Harvest Rosary with the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa to stop her if she starts to combo on you.
• I wasted a lot of time getting my play-time under 3 hours to get the Bracelet of Time, but I found it to be entirely useless in Non-Stop Climax mode. It simply does not give you enough Witch Time to justify the huge magic cost, you are much better off using the same amount of magic on torture attacks or wicked weave attacks.
• Durga/Durga combo all the way.

Anway, I really enjoyed this game. It has an old-school Devil May Cry vibe but is very unique in it’s own way too. I’m really looking forward to Platinum Games’ next beat-em-up game, Anarchy Reigns.

Bayonetta – Chapter 9 – Remembrance of Time

Here are some gameplay videos of Bayonetta for the Playstation 3. In these vids I am playing through chapter 9 of the game, Remembrance of Time. All Umbran resting places and Alfheim locations for this chapter are shown, as well as the strategy I used to beat them.

X-Men: The Arcade Game (PS3) Review

Play as your favorite classic X-men characters.

I want to say that the X-Men Arcade Game is a timeless classic that has aged well and is a satisfying gaming experience by today’s standards. I really want to, but I just can’t. The truth is that this is a game where only old-school gamers need apply. Gameplay-wise, it plays a lot like the original Turtles in Time (not the HD remake). Attacking, throwing, jump kicks and special attacks all work the same way. Be prepared to walk to the right while fending off waves of enemies until you reach the boss.

Remember playing on this beast?

The graphics are not bad. The sprites look surprisingly very sharp and colorful and look great on an HD screen (there is also a smoothing option which I have not tested). The game is very short. My first time playing with a 6 person team we beat the game in less than 25 minutes. Back in the day, you probably never realized this game was so short because you didn’t have enough quarters to get anywhere near the end. This new release has the convenience of unlimited lives/continues, so you should be able to make it through the game with relative ease. Thankfully, the game is fun enough to warrant multiple playthroughs and even has a trophy for beating the game with all 6 characters. Playing this game online is a fun experience (the more the better) and the game’s trophies/achievements are easy to obtain due to the game’s unlimited lives. There is not much standing between you and a 100% completed game aside from your own attention span.

Welcome to DIE!!

This game is fun for someone like me who used to play the original arcade game almost 10 years ago, but I just don’t picture younger gamers playing this and enjoying it; not when there are newer, better beat-em-ups available like Castle Crashers and Scott Pilgrim, both of which offer much more depth and replayability than this game.

Who will enjoy this game?

• People who remember playing this old-school gem in arcades back in the day.
• People who enjoy playing quick games online with friends.
• People looking for easy trophies/achievements to pad their score.
• Fans of classic X-Men.