You Can't Save Everyone All of the Time

I have pulled and dusted off my Deadrising game. Yeah....I heard some of you squeak a gasp of horror as in "What would you want to do THAT for?"

When was this game first out? 2005? Anyhoo....I don't remember and too lazy to Google-it...what I do remember is that I surrendered on it. It frustrated the hell out of me and to me - games are suppose to be fun not set me on the path of a heart attack or cause me so much anxiety and pent up anger that I didn't need caffeine to vibrate. I don't know what made me return to the scene of my desertion and defeat...I think its because I don't like any game beating me. Oh sure, I can quit a game because its boring or stooopid but this game...I confess, it beat me. At first I was brave, I would restart because you get to keep your lvl and stats from the old game going into the new game. Sweet. But after that - the limited saves, awkward controls, failures - drove me nuts. I have never had a game that infuriates me or threatens my sanity as thoroughly as Deadrising.

So...what have I learned between then and now? Well....you can't save everyone all of the time. Some of the time....maybe...but all of the time? Good God, NO! I like to be the good guy, the honourable guy, the hero guy (okay, I am a girl but you get my headset, right?) I had to save everyone. Escort them, hold their hand, give them a piggyback for FRIG SAKE!!!! What a putz. Time and again....victims made me want to kill them. Oh...they daddled along, whimped out, wanted to hold hands just to move, hurt their ankles, browse like tourists....what in the name of all that is holy do they think "GO!!!" means???....oh, it was horrible. C'mon. If you played this game - you KNOW what I am talking about. Escort the vic - lose the case - lose the case - oh dammit! You can't lose the cases.

I went back. Back to the game of my shame. I think I half growled, half groaned popping it into the console. BUT....I had a new mindset. I was going to pay attention to the watch and concentrate on the cases. Victims be damned. If you can't take care of your own ass - you just don't deserve to live - weakens the geneset of mankind. I can be a cold bitch in gameworld. Yeah. I went back and was - holy crap - having fun with the game I once hated. People died. Left behind, eaten alive. But dang, I did ALL the caseloads. W00T!!!

However...

A funny thing happened on the flyout from Wilamette, Colorado - the helicopter crashed. Which means, Frank is still in the Mall and...I am in an overtime mode. GRRR!!! Is this EVER over? Just when I was doing good...it leaps out of the water like a flying great white shark and sinks its ugly razor teeth right into my ass cheeks. Ye-ouch!!!

Deadrising 2 is on the horizon. Do I really want to go through all this again...?

There are so many sequel games coming out I am a bit disappointed. If we keep "re-visiting" where we've already been - where is the "Wow!!!" that I crave? I am uncertain what I want to play - what I don't want to play. Tough decisions. Its hard sometimes when its sequels. I don't mean to sound like I am bitchin', even though I am kinda bitchin' - its just for awhile we seemed to be on a gaming roll with graphics and just having developers embrace the next gen and knock'n our gamer socks off. Now its like Hollywood for sequel money grabbing. A trilogy is one thing...but...are some going too far just for the sake of it? I was actually thrilled to be back on the streets of Liberty City in "Liberty City Episodes" and liked the little cameos so...I am guilty. But it gets confusing. I'll take my time and hopefully pick wisely. In the meantime...while waiting....its a great opportunity for me to re-visit the games I already own and like. Like "Indigo Prophecy" and "Bard's Tale", "Knights of the Old Republic" on my Xbox and maybe...."Stranglehold", "Fallout 3" and "Elder Scrolls" on my 360. We'll see.

If...I ever get Frank out of the Willamette Mall, of course....lol

That is basically what I've been up to. I know I have been a bit absent. Summer is short here in the Great White North...and chores and work are long. I think that kinda sums it up.

Oh...I checked out a public, no subscription game site on MaidMarion.com. Sherwood Dungeon. Was it good? Well...it sort of reminded me of WoW in a very mini-WoW kinda way. It didn't hold my attention for long but not because of anything horrible. Just got repeatitive. Its easy to lvl up as much as you want though, particularly handy is the dungeon. This game is not on the grand WoW scale. Its easy to avoid ganking - every doo-doo-head that pulled it on me I deliberately and quickly switched my clothing colour to the same as theirs...hahahaha...what buttholes, slashing away at me, confused why it did no harm. Dumdums. Ummmm...sorry if that was you. Ahem. Yeah. I loved that duels didn't gain you pp. Ooo, that sounds weird. PP like in experience, not peepee (like you were so scared you wet yourself) This wouldn't work in WoW BUT it was nice not to have to worry about having your ass beaten over and over and over and over and over again by a lvl 75 when you are a lvl 15 because....well, simply because they can and they get Exp for it so your easy pickin's. Accept it, live it, move on. Yeah - that really made my WoW experience a happy one. *sniffle* And I really loved it when they camped on my corpse in WoW. Just to be annoying I used to repeatively jump my mutant ostrich over their heads until it pissed the crap out of them...uh...ummm...sorry if that was you.

I also have to confess that I've been checking out Big Fish Games. Whaaat? Don't give me any grief cause it'll just be wasting your air. I liked the Myst series...I liked Siberia...and I liked The Longest Journey (and wish they'd finish it!). Big Fish Games has an assortment of hidden object and puzzle games that are not on such a grand scale as those games but they're fun and easy to play when you just wanna pass some mindless time. Like...watching TV and gaming...or....pretending your paying attention to a mundane conversation while gaming, talking on the phone while gaming. Oh, you know. The big disappointment for me - they only have iPhone games thus far. They don't mention if they are Android compatible - I suspect not - otherwise putting them under iPhone alone seems - I dunno - silly? I have a Dext. I am not sure if we like each other yet. What I haven't found - is a really decent game for it. I like at least one or two games on my cell phone to pass time in waiting rooms. It came with a demo for "You Want to Be a Millionaire". Its not much fun. Trivia. Easy trivia. Must be for Everyone. Anywayyyyy. I downloaded a car racing game. So cute, uses tilt to control it. What? I am a girl, I can call a game a cute.

A recent self-realization: Playing Sherwood Dungeon I was accosted by a character asking me to join his clan. He seemed pretty cool so I promptly went over to the clan's room to check out the clan before I joined up. I'd been nailed a few times in WoW with poor fits at the beginning and finally rewarded with a good guild. Back to Sherwood: I was a lowly lvl 17 still new to it all and Mr Clan-Solicitor promised that I would receive "training". Cool. I get to the room and there are about 10 people there. Awright. Telling farting jokes. WTF? Soooo, I kinda introduce myself and one of them immediately wants to beat my ass. I tell him I came on the promise of training so if the ass whupping is just for the sake of it...pass...if its gonna be instructional...I am "in". Well...it was for the sake of it. When I kept switchin' colours to match him so he could do "no harm" he starts whining. Whining? So...I opened my big mouth...okay, my big "text" mouth and asked him how old he was...he replies: 19. He says. The guy next to him pipes in he is 11. 11? He ain't suppose to be playing at all. Ha-ha. So, I said "Dude, you must have lied to get on here if your 11". That was about when Mr. 19 announced he was "The Leader" of the clan and I realized the 11 year old made better sense and The Leader demanded to know if I was going to join the clan or not. Hang on, hang on. No rush. I was in a snotty mood after his trying to beat on me and I said that so far I wasn't impressed and if I was going to join a clan I wanted to see something as an incentive to joining up. I am selfish. I wasn't expecting cash or first-borns...just something that made it worthy for me to join. So The Leader says "Who are you to come here to judge us?" Huh? I pointed out that I was invited to come on by to evaluate the clan. Liiiike, if I thought that I wanted to join the clan...which means...I have to judge if I want to, if I think they are a good fit for me and if I am a good fit for them kinda stuff? Doesn't it? Anyway, the 11 year old promptly says "She is smart, she should join us" Anyway....I think I am a grouch and am not cut out for clans. I want to save the world and they want....to talk about farting and how goofy they can dance and...ahhh crap....I am old. My moment of truth.