Hello to you all. As you can probably notice, there has been a major overhaul of the site since my last posting. This is a change that will hopefully open a doorway to more new posts in the near future.
The best thing I could think of to come back to posting with is a celebration of nostalgia. What better way to celebrate nostalgia than by playing our oldest and most favorite games on consoles so old that your mom remembers you playing them in elementary school. Wait a second?! Where is my Super Nintendo!?! You say you can't find yours either?!?! Well I guess we can't play our oldest games anymore...or can we?
Enter the emulator. These programs that function on your computer and even some smart phones and most tablets are a wonderful invention. They aim to function like a virtual console on your hi-tech device. To work, they require a ROM, or an ISO file. The distribution of these files and the legality of such things is not the focus of this posting. A ROM file is simply the same information that is contained within the game's chip, extracted and put into a file that is stored on your computer. An ISO is more complicated and used to emulate disc drive consoles. An ISO is a digital image of the information stored on the CD (Compact Disc) game. Then you must mount this image artificially onto a disc drive in your computer.
By now you are throwing your hands up in the air in frustration at all this technical crap. I am here to tell you that it is no more complicated than placing a file in the right place on your computer to deal with ROM files. Emulation of disc drive systems is much more complicated and I recommend you simply keep your PS2 around for that.
Now you must be wondering how you hook up your old school controller up to your computer. That's where things get tricky, however I have an easier solution to your PC emulation needs. Get yourself a wired Xbox 360 controller equivalent. Download the relevant software for this so that your computer will recognize the controller as a controller (Link to be at the base of this post). Now simply go into the config/key mapping of your emulator and start applying the relevant keys to where you would like them to go.
For tablets, this is much different. Since there are no files for the Xbox 360 controller to be recognized on the tablet or even smart phone, there is another option. Hear me out on this one, as it sounds outlandish. A Wii remote can be hooked into just about any tablet or smart phone that has Bluetooth communication. It does require a fair few applications and can get tricky to pull off but once it's done, your Wii Mote can be used as a controller for your emulator, if it supports the communication.
I can tell you the applications I use. Wiicontroller with Droid EMU lite. You will also need a Bluetooth mac address finder to find the address of your Wii mote. These are all free applications. Once you have your applications, make sure your Bluetooth is on for your device, and then access the mac address finder.
Once inside the address finder pres the "1" and "2" buttons on the Wii mote simultaneously, and then tap the address that appears on the screen right after that. Copy the address to the clipboard and then go into the Wii mote controller app. Click the menu and find the connection setting. Go inside to manual discovery and paste the copied mac address to the 1st controller address.
Once this is complete, go to the main menu, press the "1" and "2" buttons simultaneously once more, and then the "Init and connect" button on the tablet screen. Press the "Yes" button on the prompt and your controller should appear on the screen as connected.
Once the controller is connected press the "Select Wiicontroller IME" button and select Wiicontroller IME as the input method. Note! You will not be able to type while this input method is selected, so remember to switch back to your preferred keyboard after you disconnect the controller.
Now that your Wii mote is connected to your tablet, you can go into Droid EMU lite and begin to set key bindings for the different systems it supports.
Have fun playing your old games anywhere you can bring your tablet/smartphone/laptop!
Links for the Controller software:
Xbox 360
Edit: I was browsing different game site today (4/18) and I came across this - An awesome browser-based Gameboy Color emulator! You don't have to download anything. Just pick the game you want to play from a fair-sized selection and play!
From Atari to next gen and back on the pixels of blazing glory!
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April 15, 2012
June 01, 2011
Thief Deadly Shadows
Where Video Games and Gaming are concerned there is such an enormous selection of game types, systems and players that even those who do not yet play may get enticed with the strangely unusual sorts of games like Thief Deadly Shadows by EIDOS played on the old Xbox system. The game play and controls of Thief Deadly Shadows are very similar to other Xbox games, but the play style is very creative with movie quality clips set in old European style homes, towns, and villages. A rated M for mature (over the age of 17) has been established for violence, graphic colors, and language to some extent I presume and the over all nature of theft in general.
The game play and controls of Thief Deadly Shadows are very similar to other Xbox games, but the play style is very creative with movie quality clips set in old European style homes, towns, and villages. A rated M for mature (over the age of 17) has been established for violence, graphic colors, and language to some extent I presume and the over all nature of theft in general.
"Cry Brethren for the Betrayer has come. Your hands will be crippled and you will perish as the wretched outcast in the bleak unwritten and you will know the face of the Destroyer" a recovered text from the Propheticus missing for 132 years in Thief Deadly Shadows.
To begin the game you enter the first mission briefing. Set your difficulty level to easy, normal, hard, or expert modes and view your main objectives in the mission area. Check these objectives often as they will change as your game play advances.
The Gear area shows your arrows, tools, loot, quest items, and maps to keep you informed of your supplies and location. You will need to keep track of the arrows you have on hand mainly but checking in with your available tools and map locations will help throughout the game.
Your first mission is a training tutorial that will gain you extreme navigation and sneak skills. Following the blue footprints along the path will bring you through this quest. Don't try to attack anyone randomly on this mission, wait for the tutorial to direct you. Taking as many water arrows as you can carry will assist you greatly not only in this mission but in the next. The water arrows that you use on the first quest will replenish for the next. As long as you have around 25 arrows when you pick them up, you will have 25 arrows when you leave the first area even if you spend them all in training.
Upstairs in this first mission, as soon as you enter the side room the guard will not even see you anymore. No longer having the threat from a guard will get you extra loot, some are throwing items.
After training, game play begins with Garrett (you, the thief) walking through corridors, homes, city streets with a rather old London feel of dark, dingy, and a creepy sort of "Jack the Ripper" days ambiance. As you sneak around as the story unfolds, Garrett is just a thief as far as the player is aware. Later in the game, Garrett's stealing for the sake of stealing morphs into an investigation of sorts. Your curiosity as a player peaks as the Keepers fill you in on the prophecy (Garrett already knows this information and through narration, together, the Keepers and Garret let us as players in on it all).
Keepers are a magical society obsessed with books, writing, pages, and glyphs. These Keepers are central to the story line and involve Garrett in some interesting travels beginning in Garrett's home town of the South Quarter, a poor region of the realm.
Your second mission brings you into the South Quarter. Shooting a torch holding guard with a water arrow will put him on higher alert, but gives you the added bonus of more shadow and more stealth. Thumping guards with your black jack weapon will also help you get through this mission. Hit them from behind, then pick up and hide the bodies in the shadows. Use a water arrow to wash away the blood stains, this keeps the other NPC's (non player characters) at bay and does not send them into alert frenzies.
Retrieving your killing arrows that miss and stick into any wooden object will keep your arrow counts higher. Being a thief, you will need to hone your lock picking skills at your home. You begin with two practice locks and can purchase others later in the game in certain shops. Becoming adept at the lock picking skill and actually memorizing the positions of some of the easier locks will help you progress much faster.
Waiting and listening are two more of a thief's greatest asset skills. Tips that flash on the loading screens, conversations between NPC's, and added hints left unsaid by NPC's to Garret will assist you greatly in knowing things before Garrett acknowledges that you, as a player, know them. Locating secret passages and cubbies along your path is well worth your time, though you may not come by these very frequently.
Where does a thief go to sell his ill gotten gains? Why a "fence" of course! A dealer who knows how to sell your stolen swag. You will become friendly with a few of these people along the way but some fences only deal with certain types of goods. Generally, each will direct you to another if they do not bother with your particular item at the time, sending you on to meet a new fence.
The feature to change the difficulty for each mission selected is quite the useful assistant. Missions can actually last in real time up to and over 16 hours and saving "in mission" is another great feature to this incredible game and leaving an area does not necessarily mean that the enemies will respawn, a mission has many areas.
A very dark, both dimly lit and Medieval feel game full of information fed as a story style narrated by you, Garrett the Thief of Deadly Shadows. Keep your ears alive as in the narrative lies clues to help you gain your way to the truth of the game. "In the years, the seven great families have become neither great nor families".
Stealth, surprise, strategy, and trickery are the plan in Thief Deadly Shadows. If you master lock picking, sneaking in the shadows, patience, and aim, your video games and gaming Xbox experience will be great fun and an awesome challenge.
The game play and controls of Thief Deadly Shadows are very similar to other Xbox games, but the play style is very creative with movie quality clips set in old European style homes, towns, and villages. A rated M for mature (over the age of 17) has been established for violence, graphic colors, and language to some extent I presume and the over all nature of theft in general.
"Cry Brethren for the Betrayer has come. Your hands will be crippled and you will perish as the wretched outcast in the bleak unwritten and you will know the face of the Destroyer" a recovered text from the Propheticus missing for 132 years in Thief Deadly Shadows.
To begin the game you enter the first mission briefing. Set your difficulty level to easy, normal, hard, or expert modes and view your main objectives in the mission area. Check these objectives often as they will change as your game play advances.
The Gear area shows your arrows, tools, loot, quest items, and maps to keep you informed of your supplies and location. You will need to keep track of the arrows you have on hand mainly but checking in with your available tools and map locations will help throughout the game.
Your first mission is a training tutorial that will gain you extreme navigation and sneak skills. Following the blue footprints along the path will bring you through this quest. Don't try to attack anyone randomly on this mission, wait for the tutorial to direct you. Taking as many water arrows as you can carry will assist you greatly not only in this mission but in the next. The water arrows that you use on the first quest will replenish for the next. As long as you have around 25 arrows when you pick them up, you will have 25 arrows when you leave the first area even if you spend them all in training.
Upstairs in this first mission, as soon as you enter the side room the guard will not even see you anymore. No longer having the threat from a guard will get you extra loot, some are throwing items.
After training, game play begins with Garrett (you, the thief) walking through corridors, homes, city streets with a rather old London feel of dark, dingy, and a creepy sort of "Jack the Ripper" days ambiance. As you sneak around as the story unfolds, Garrett is just a thief as far as the player is aware. Later in the game, Garrett's stealing for the sake of stealing morphs into an investigation of sorts. Your curiosity as a player peaks as the Keepers fill you in on the prophecy (Garrett already knows this information and through narration, together, the Keepers and Garret let us as players in on it all).
Keepers are a magical society obsessed with books, writing, pages, and glyphs. These Keepers are central to the story line and involve Garrett in some interesting travels beginning in Garrett's home town of the South Quarter, a poor region of the realm.
Your second mission brings you into the South Quarter. Shooting a torch holding guard with a water arrow will put him on higher alert, but gives you the added bonus of more shadow and more stealth. Thumping guards with your black jack weapon will also help you get through this mission. Hit them from behind, then pick up and hide the bodies in the shadows. Use a water arrow to wash away the blood stains, this keeps the other NPC's (non player characters) at bay and does not send them into alert frenzies.
Retrieving your killing arrows that miss and stick into any wooden object will keep your arrow counts higher. Being a thief, you will need to hone your lock picking skills at your home. You begin with two practice locks and can purchase others later in the game in certain shops. Becoming adept at the lock picking skill and actually memorizing the positions of some of the easier locks will help you progress much faster.
Waiting and listening are two more of a thief's greatest asset skills. Tips that flash on the loading screens, conversations between NPC's, and added hints left unsaid by NPC's to Garret will assist you greatly in knowing things before Garrett acknowledges that you, as a player, know them. Locating secret passages and cubbies along your path is well worth your time, though you may not come by these very frequently.
Where does a thief go to sell his ill gotten gains? Why a "fence" of course! A dealer who knows how to sell your stolen swag. You will become friendly with a few of these people along the way but some fences only deal with certain types of goods. Generally, each will direct you to another if they do not bother with your particular item at the time, sending you on to meet a new fence.
The feature to change the difficulty for each mission selected is quite the useful assistant. Missions can actually last in real time up to and over 16 hours and saving "in mission" is another great feature to this incredible game and leaving an area does not necessarily mean that the enemies will respawn, a mission has many areas.
A very dark, both dimly lit and Medieval feel game full of information fed as a story style narrated by you, Garrett the Thief of Deadly Shadows. Keep your ears alive as in the narrative lies clues to help you gain your way to the truth of the game. "In the years, the seven great families have become neither great nor families".
Stealth, surprise, strategy, and trickery are the plan in Thief Deadly Shadows. If you master lock picking, sneaking in the shadows, patience, and aim, your video games and gaming Xbox experience will be great fun and an awesome challenge.
The Bards Tale - The Game, The Story, The Song
The Bards Tale is set in an old European land with castles, damsels, beasties, sorcerers, and song taking you on your quest for coin and cleavage. A one player, teen rated, top view, story based, high graphic video game full of snarky, campy humor.
The greatest of innuendo, alliteration, and jovial jostling is laid throughout the tale. The Bard and narrator banter back and forth between each other or there is the option of choice to be pleasant or a bit more pointed which is directed towards other NPC's (non player characters) you happen to encounter in the regions.
Begin your adventure with The Bard in a tavern called The Drunken Rat with a buxom barmaid who enlists your help in her cellar slaying rats! "All Hail The Bard, rodent bane and rat killer!" The tutorial downstairs will help get your entirely comfortable with the controls and is recommended highly.
Winning The Bards Tale without the very public cheats found at many of the Game Faqs style sites on the net can be a bit tricky, especially at the beginning if you take the wrong choices in your chosen sequence of events. Screaming "What is the combo cheat for the one hit kills?" and succumbing to the temptation may allow the enjoyment of a game, but it will leave you with the bitter knowledge that you did not actually win.
Your starting stats begin differently at each difficulty level and if you have never played without the use of even one cheat, I suggest going easy mode your first time out. There are normal and "olde school" modes as well. Concentrate on adding your given stat points to the strength, vitality, and rhythm sections first, these should be set in a higher priority to level than your other choices. Each stat like strength has a beginning setting to then build from; easy mode starts at 8, normal at 6, and olde school at 4. A stat is hardly even noticeable until is up around and over 10, so you can see what is so difficult beginning at olde school. With the stat levels to build on, you gain 12 additional stat points that you choose to place as you wish before the start of the game and get 2 each time you gain a level. The remaining stats are Luck, Dexterity, and Charisma. You will find tokens in game to help boost your levels in the areas you do not focus on.
Before you leave the Drunken Rat, be sure to talk to the band, it is a joy to be had, but don't linger too long as you have a friend awaiting your exit. The friend is an old man who bestows upon you a special amulet and a few adder stones which power said amulet which will heal and protect you in these early levels especially, but much needed later when you encounter some powerful bosses. Adder stones are replenished in certain enemy drops, found in chests, and you are given some by special NPC's. The majority of chests in The Bards Tale are actually tree stumps so keep your eyes pealed for the shorter ones.
Before the commencement of your campaign in search of coin and cleavage coursing the community of Houton, it would be in your felicitous future to first frolic off to the forest, the Houton Forest, to frighten and finish the free-lancing, formidable, and not so furry Trow. Getting used to the alliteration yet? Strewn randomly among the narratives, you will come to quite enjoy it.
Taking a swing by the Houton Jail in the Houton Forest to see what the Kunal Trow have to say is always entertaining, provided you get here before going to the Fairy Haunt Woods and speak to Bannafeet. Don't just talk to the guard once, it gets funnier as you converse with him, a real game treat. The end result of visiting these areas in a certain order will gain you much needed added experience accompanied by a little extra enjoyment.
Your next area to peruse should be the Fairy Haunt Woods. As you enter this woodsy sector, there will be a random hunter standing in the sunshine, speak to him. After you visit the shop in Houton and obtain your bow, hunt a few grouse and speak to this same hunter again, a secret area gets opened for you to rack up even more early experience (which, frankly, is when you need it most). After completion of both wooded areas, searching well for treasure filled stumps laden with goods, explore the town of Houton.
Visit the Blackhammer Smithy Shop to secure your ranged weapon and if a friendly dog crosses your path, be certain to reply in a friendly sort of way, you may have a friend for life and the Bard needs as many allies as he can get. Checking out the brochs (little homes) for swag and side quests will not only benefit you in experience points, but accumulate special tokens that while in your possession, add to your stat levels like increasing your luck or strength. There are a possible 25 different tokens to secure along the way, so keep a sharp eye for situations that could end with a token. Common sense will get you far in this realm, being pleasant where it is the social norm is advised, but feel free to take on the Bards endearing nature when you reply to many of your interactive toons in your travels. The choices are actually reversed when you encounter your "love" in Kirkwall, so be ready for that.
Talents are also quite the added help as you level. The Bard has the choice of one talent at the start of the game. Treasure Hunter will dramatically assist your requirement to fund your expedition. Choosing Critical Strike or another weapon specific Talent as your second pick like Dual Wield. Some of the other Talents to accrue are Dog Training, Two Handed Weapons, Flail, Shield Bash, and Power Shot, receiving one selection per four levels up.
Becoming adept at blocking, especially when you encounter the raging boar creatures, will keep your adder stones in your pocket longer playing without cheat combination codes. Saving often is always a "given", but certainly worth repeating here as you will be sorry to have forgotten this golden rule.
Taking multiple trips to the Blackhammer Smithy for new weapons and armor (and the must have treasure map) as you go in and out of the two forest areas to acquire more coin and experience will prepare you for the other towns you will venture off to. Some of these towns include Kirkwall, Finstown, Dounby, Neversdale, The Furlbolg Mines, Stromness, and Highland Park. Somewhere between the purchase of your armor and the acquisition of the treasure map is when you want to take on the Bugbear Cairn. You will not need to invest in an upgraded sword if you take a right upon first entering the Bugbear Cairn and locate an actual chest.
The Kirkwall meeting with Bodb is a journey in itself. React accordingly and you will reach your destination much more quickly. The Velvet Hammer is the shop in Kirkwall with a snooty sort of shop keeper who has a higher price tag on his goods than the Blackhammer Smithy did. If you only have coin for one item, let it be the Harp. This musical instrument let's you summon two assistants instead of having just one available and ready to help in a fight.
Each new tune you acquire summons a new personality type ally. Some assist in your battles, others replenish the Bards health or light your way. Experiment with having different tune personalities out in different areas, they seem to occasionally interact with other NPC's. In Kirwall, be sure to have the Mercenary out as you pass by any women, he can be a hilarious addition to the already humorous narrative.
Take the time to chat with and listen to any and all NPC's, it will fill you in on some of the happenings in and around town, opens up new quests for the Bard, and helps you on your way to becoming the Chosen One for Princess Caleigh.
On your trek through Highland Park, keep on the watch for a helper as he is a bit hidden in the trees. His name is Mel and can be a tad skiddish around the Trow. Stay focused and check his fear meter to be aware of the time limits. Encountering dead Chosen Ones as you course through your trails will benefit the Bard incredibly as they drop items of great worth and value to the completion of the game and remember that the save points are there for a reason, save often.
The Bard has a reward waiting in Finstown, be sure to converse with everyone in Kirkwall to open up this exciting and much needed area. You will come into Finns Farm and is your entry into main city of Finstown so be sure to rush right over there to gain what the Bard has coming to him. Essential coin and cleavage await the Bard here in Finstown.
Revisit any underground sectors when you have secured the upgraded Trap Finder. He will locate secret doors to treasure rooms curiously concealed crammed with copious counts of cache. All alliterations aside, the tips for defeating the tower guardians and navigating the towns are basic. Each tower needs a healer ally out and a strongman of sorts like the Body Guard or the Mercenary. If you can acquire the added instrument before entering the first tower, take out the Light Bee as well, he has an incredible amount of health and stuns the opponents for easy targeting.
As to not spoil the quest, the Bard is now on his own to complete his adventure with stat settings enough to do so in this aforementioned knowledge gained. With allies not much more helpful than his foes, you can begrudge the Bard his ill mannered ways and with the three selections to the finish, The Bards Tale has many jubilant hours of game play.
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Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me:)
The greatest of innuendo, alliteration, and jovial jostling is laid throughout the tale. The Bard and narrator banter back and forth between each other or there is the option of choice to be pleasant or a bit more pointed which is directed towards other NPC's (non player characters) you happen to encounter in the regions.
Begin your adventure with The Bard in a tavern called The Drunken Rat with a buxom barmaid who enlists your help in her cellar slaying rats! "All Hail The Bard, rodent bane and rat killer!" The tutorial downstairs will help get your entirely comfortable with the controls and is recommended highly.
Winning The Bards Tale without the very public cheats found at many of the Game Faqs style sites on the net can be a bit tricky, especially at the beginning if you take the wrong choices in your chosen sequence of events. Screaming "What is the combo cheat for the one hit kills?" and succumbing to the temptation may allow the enjoyment of a game, but it will leave you with the bitter knowledge that you did not actually win.
Your starting stats begin differently at each difficulty level and if you have never played without the use of even one cheat, I suggest going easy mode your first time out. There are normal and "olde school" modes as well. Concentrate on adding your given stat points to the strength, vitality, and rhythm sections first, these should be set in a higher priority to level than your other choices. Each stat like strength has a beginning setting to then build from; easy mode starts at 8, normal at 6, and olde school at 4. A stat is hardly even noticeable until is up around and over 10, so you can see what is so difficult beginning at olde school. With the stat levels to build on, you gain 12 additional stat points that you choose to place as you wish before the start of the game and get 2 each time you gain a level. The remaining stats are Luck, Dexterity, and Charisma. You will find tokens in game to help boost your levels in the areas you do not focus on.
Before you leave the Drunken Rat, be sure to talk to the band, it is a joy to be had, but don't linger too long as you have a friend awaiting your exit. The friend is an old man who bestows upon you a special amulet and a few adder stones which power said amulet which will heal and protect you in these early levels especially, but much needed later when you encounter some powerful bosses. Adder stones are replenished in certain enemy drops, found in chests, and you are given some by special NPC's. The majority of chests in The Bards Tale are actually tree stumps so keep your eyes pealed for the shorter ones.
Before the commencement of your campaign in search of coin and cleavage coursing the community of Houton, it would be in your felicitous future to first frolic off to the forest, the Houton Forest, to frighten and finish the free-lancing, formidable, and not so furry Trow. Getting used to the alliteration yet? Strewn randomly among the narratives, you will come to quite enjoy it.
Taking a swing by the Houton Jail in the Houton Forest to see what the Kunal Trow have to say is always entertaining, provided you get here before going to the Fairy Haunt Woods and speak to Bannafeet. Don't just talk to the guard once, it gets funnier as you converse with him, a real game treat. The end result of visiting these areas in a certain order will gain you much needed added experience accompanied by a little extra enjoyment.
Your next area to peruse should be the Fairy Haunt Woods. As you enter this woodsy sector, there will be a random hunter standing in the sunshine, speak to him. After you visit the shop in Houton and obtain your bow, hunt a few grouse and speak to this same hunter again, a secret area gets opened for you to rack up even more early experience (which, frankly, is when you need it most). After completion of both wooded areas, searching well for treasure filled stumps laden with goods, explore the town of Houton.
Visit the Blackhammer Smithy Shop to secure your ranged weapon and if a friendly dog crosses your path, be certain to reply in a friendly sort of way, you may have a friend for life and the Bard needs as many allies as he can get. Checking out the brochs (little homes) for swag and side quests will not only benefit you in experience points, but accumulate special tokens that while in your possession, add to your stat levels like increasing your luck or strength. There are a possible 25 different tokens to secure along the way, so keep a sharp eye for situations that could end with a token. Common sense will get you far in this realm, being pleasant where it is the social norm is advised, but feel free to take on the Bards endearing nature when you reply to many of your interactive toons in your travels. The choices are actually reversed when you encounter your "love" in Kirkwall, so be ready for that.
Talents are also quite the added help as you level. The Bard has the choice of one talent at the start of the game. Treasure Hunter will dramatically assist your requirement to fund your expedition. Choosing Critical Strike or another weapon specific Talent as your second pick like Dual Wield. Some of the other Talents to accrue are Dog Training, Two Handed Weapons, Flail, Shield Bash, and Power Shot, receiving one selection per four levels up.
Becoming adept at blocking, especially when you encounter the raging boar creatures, will keep your adder stones in your pocket longer playing without cheat combination codes. Saving often is always a "given", but certainly worth repeating here as you will be sorry to have forgotten this golden rule.
Taking multiple trips to the Blackhammer Smithy for new weapons and armor (and the must have treasure map) as you go in and out of the two forest areas to acquire more coin and experience will prepare you for the other towns you will venture off to. Some of these towns include Kirkwall, Finstown, Dounby, Neversdale, The Furlbolg Mines, Stromness, and Highland Park. Somewhere between the purchase of your armor and the acquisition of the treasure map is when you want to take on the Bugbear Cairn. You will not need to invest in an upgraded sword if you take a right upon first entering the Bugbear Cairn and locate an actual chest.
The Kirkwall meeting with Bodb is a journey in itself. React accordingly and you will reach your destination much more quickly. The Velvet Hammer is the shop in Kirkwall with a snooty sort of shop keeper who has a higher price tag on his goods than the Blackhammer Smithy did. If you only have coin for one item, let it be the Harp. This musical instrument let's you summon two assistants instead of having just one available and ready to help in a fight.
Each new tune you acquire summons a new personality type ally. Some assist in your battles, others replenish the Bards health or light your way. Experiment with having different tune personalities out in different areas, they seem to occasionally interact with other NPC's. In Kirwall, be sure to have the Mercenary out as you pass by any women, he can be a hilarious addition to the already humorous narrative.
Take the time to chat with and listen to any and all NPC's, it will fill you in on some of the happenings in and around town, opens up new quests for the Bard, and helps you on your way to becoming the Chosen One for Princess Caleigh.
On your trek through Highland Park, keep on the watch for a helper as he is a bit hidden in the trees. His name is Mel and can be a tad skiddish around the Trow. Stay focused and check his fear meter to be aware of the time limits. Encountering dead Chosen Ones as you course through your trails will benefit the Bard incredibly as they drop items of great worth and value to the completion of the game and remember that the save points are there for a reason, save often.
The Bard has a reward waiting in Finstown, be sure to converse with everyone in Kirkwall to open up this exciting and much needed area. You will come into Finns Farm and is your entry into main city of Finstown so be sure to rush right over there to gain what the Bard has coming to him. Essential coin and cleavage await the Bard here in Finstown.
Revisit any underground sectors when you have secured the upgraded Trap Finder. He will locate secret doors to treasure rooms curiously concealed crammed with copious counts of cache. All alliterations aside, the tips for defeating the tower guardians and navigating the towns are basic. Each tower needs a healer ally out and a strongman of sorts like the Body Guard or the Mercenary. If you can acquire the added instrument before entering the first tower, take out the Light Bee as well, he has an incredible amount of health and stuns the opponents for easy targeting.
As to not spoil the quest, the Bard is now on his own to complete his adventure with stat settings enough to do so in this aforementioned knowledge gained. With allies not much more helpful than his foes, you can begrudge the Bard his ill mannered ways and with the three selections to the finish, The Bards Tale has many jubilant hours of game play.
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Stephanie Haile aka Wavecritter Google Me:)
April 25, 2009
Video Games and Gaming Guess That Video Game
Here are the text answers to our Video Games and Gaming Show Guess That Video Game:
The show is either currently playing on the Utterli Widget here on the site or the direct link to the show :) Or as Wyverex calls it ... You Don't Know Pixel ... Sticks :)
Game 1 for Game Cube and Sega:
1. Zelda Windwaker
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Tales of Symphonia - Dawn of the New World
4. Paper Mario
5. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
6. Phantasy Star Online
7. Resident Evil
Game 2 for the Wii
1. Mario Cart
2. Rune Factory Frontier
3. Zelda Twilight Princess
4. Sonic Black Knight
5. Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga
6. The Conduit
7. Call of Duty World at War
Game 3 for XBox 360
1. Halo 3
2. Street Fighter 3
3. Fable 2
4. Rock Band 2
5. Star Ocean The Last Hope
6. Godfather 2
7. Gears of War 2
Game 4 for the Nintendo DS
1. Pokemon Platinum
2. Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
3. Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume
4. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time
5. Super Robot Taisen K
6. Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
7. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Game 5 for the PS2 and PS3
1. Final Fantasy 10
2. Kingdom Hearts 2
3. Ultimate Ninja 4
4. God of War 4
5. Little Big Planet
6. Metal Gear Solid 4
7. XMen Origins Wolverine
Enjoy the Game :)
Video Games and Gaming
Wyverex and Wavecritter aka Dalton and Stephanie Haile Google Us
February 22, 2009
Thief Deadly Shadows Video Games and Gaming
Video Games and Gaming Thief Deadly Shadows Tips
Find Article #1 at VideoGamesAndGaming.net for an game review and more tips :)
Thief Deadly Shadows rated M for Mature (age 17 and up) played on the XBox and PC.
First and second mission tips and other game tips for Thief Deadly Shadows can be found on our article above but here are some additional tips for easier leveling and game play:
You, no doubt, have noticed how easily enemies lie in the Video Games and Gaming Worlds. The narrative can be exceptionally taunting in Thief Deadly Shadows. Don't listen to the enemies :) They say things like "Come on out, we won't hurt you" lol Yes they will!
Fire arrows are collected in flame pits and other "hot" areas.
It takes 2 arrows to drop an alert guard but only one for a guard just patrolling.
Read all the journal guides on your missions. They give you much needed tips to help on your quests.
Be sure to cover all ground before moving along, completing each step or you will find yourself backtracking into each area multiple times. Although this can gain you additional experience, it gets monotonous :)
Missions can actually last (real time) over 16 hours, so the added save while "in mission" really is useful. Save regularly.
Lockpicking: Rotate your left thumb stick (clockwise or counter) until you feel a vibration (if you have this feature in your controller) or you will hear an audible "click". Keep your position and click the "A" button. Repeat the circular motion and "A" as many times as it takes to open the lock.
All locks of the same shape and color will open the same way so try to memorize the easier early locks, it will save much time. Practice on the lock sets at your home. You can obtain more later in the game from certain shops.
South Quarter is a poor region (also your where your home is) and Auldale is where the nobility live. Stone Market Plaza is the most dangerous of places. It houses many Hammer Guards and Pagans.
Turning off the standing candles can be done just by targeting them, but the wall torches, guard held torches, or fires need to be extinguished by a water arrow.
Pick up water arrows by looking in fountains.
Attacking regular townsfolk is ill advised as they will "story tell" helpful hints.
Wagon signs above shops with a red hand are seller shops for your loot.
Certain "fences" (dealers of your stolen property) will only deal in certain types of goods. Some items they will give premiums for but some items they will send you off to someone else to purchase.
To be able to differentiate between guards and other people look at the tabbards they are wearing (the shirt deals and markings on them).
The Pagans are real tough guys so don't let them hit you if you can help it :)
Throughout the game are some awesome graphical cut scenes of epic movie quality!
With no on screen map, you will need to pay closer attention to your given maps.
A feature to be able to change the difficulty levels from easy, normal, hard and expert modes is available for each individual mission :)
Not all doors with visible locks on them are actually locked.
Noise maker arrows are quite useful to send your enemies away if you get too many in striking distance.
Moss arrows are used to muffle noises like walking across metal or to shoot right at a rather loud or potentially loud guard or towns person.
Listen into the Video Games and Gaming Show on Thief Deadly Shadows and Circus Maximus for more :)
Dalton Haile aka Wyverex Google Me
October 09, 2008
Video Games and Gaming Shenmue 2
Shenmue 2
Shenmue 2 is a one player XBox only game rated T for Teen. A sequel to Shenmue on Sega genesis. Ryo is your main character, Japan goes to China.
The coolest Confucius Style Yoda Tai Chi questions are asked of you as you venture and ask around of certain people.
When speaking to the fortune tellers, don't pay for services right away. Talk first and if they provide useful information, then pay for service if you wish to.
Be careful not to make an excessive amount of money early in the game, at least until after the "situation" happens.
Get the chance to arm wrestle and if you win, you gain some good information and ten dollars.
Spend all (or as much as you can) of your money in the shop with the gotcha boxes by the fountain in the square. These capsule toys can be sold at pawn shops later to acquire money as collections or singles. Each pawn shop has different prices, so shop or sell around. When a shop runs out of merchandise, leave it and come right back, their stocks will be refilled.
Everyone in the first half of the game will know Joy, a girl on a motorcycle you run into (rather, who runs into you).
Look for certain photo opportunities (hit the black button to take photo) and find out more in the snapshots section (shots viewer in main menu) of the video game Shenmue Collection (one of the fun Easter Eggs).
Time is relevant. At 11pm you must return back to your hotel and different things happen at different times of the day in the areas.
Quick action chase sequences come with maneuvers you need to land quickly. Click in a timely fashion. Fight sequences as well require a quick action response time.
When staying at the Come Over Guest House, get a job through Joy to make money in Aberdeen, then head to Wan Chai for pawn shops to get extra money by selling your items purchased in the shop by the fountain in the square. You can stay no, pay later at the Come Over Guest House if you mention Joys name.
Spurts of fast paced action and slower relaxing Movie Style animation.
In your Shenmue Collection, is a holding area of things that you have unlocked during the game. Customize your moves for the battle. It's a place to practice things you have unlocked already but need to practice. You don't get to keep the money you get in the Shenmue Collection area though.
A quick time action button just comes up in some fights and you need to hit buttons in the correct sequence quickly or face the consequences.
Digest Movie will play the Movie feature of the first Shenmue Video Game to learn the history of Shenmue.
Access your journal from the X button. It will list all of the important information you have gathered so far.
The base of the game Shenmue 2 is to find the man who killed your father. Quest throughout Hong Kong and surrounding China area. The completion time for Shenmue 2 is more than nine hours at best. The game doesn't have much in the way of variables, so game play game after game always stays relatively the same.
Gon, Dan, Jin, and Yi. Yi is "Act Without Hesitation and Do What Is Right".
Listen Into Our Blog Talk Radio Show on Shenmue 2 Video Games and Gaming
Check Out This Cool Site Called Shenmue Dojo
For finding links to phone games, virtual reality games, game cheats, strategy games, and the Shenmue Dojo for links to find games.
Wyverex aka Dalton Haile Google Me
Video Games and Gaming
August 18, 2008
Video Games and Gaming The Bards Tale
The Bards Tale The Quest for Coin and Cleavage
Yes, this game is rated "T" for teens :)
inXile Entertainment
On beginning your journey through The Bards Tale, you have access to Houton, Houton Forest, and the Fairy Haunt Woods. The Bugbear Cairn will open up to you after you chat with a man named Darraud. You will find people inside their brochs, roaming around the town of Houton, and you can interact with some of them.
First tip: Save often
In the Houton and Fairy Haunt Woods you will find grouse to hunt if you obtain a bow. Speak to the hunter in Fairy Haunt Woods for more on hunting grouse and a surprise area will open up for you.
Equipment, Tune, Talent, Token, and Song lists are all housed in your log area, so anytime during play click the "back" button.
Killing Trow, Wolves, Tree Ents, Druids, and the like, they drop snowglobes, wanted posters, picnic baskets, clothing, weapons, wolf skins, silver, old bones, herbs, etc. and automatically get converted for you into money! Never get too full or overloaded playing The Bards Tale. Even when you purchase a new weapon at any store in any town, the less damage dealing or less powerful weapon, Armour, or instrument will be converted into money for you as well.
Speaking of the stores, be certain to find them early on as soon as you can upon entering any given city. The shopkeepers are a treat, take the time to listen into their explanations and descriptions for their wares :)
Let's venture into the towns and the characters we will meet in some of them. With Kirkwall and the Bobve's (sp?lol), The Extra Maps with the Ruins, Cairns, and Grounds, The Bugbear Cairn and Old Man Vintners in Houghton, Kettleswart in the Fairy Haunt Woods, Bannafeet in Houton Woods, Your Reward in Finstown (be sure to hurry here to get it, it is Great!), Neversdale and the Kunal Trow, and the Furlbolg Mines and the Furlbolgs (they are so pleasant:).
The endings change as you choose, having three possibles to go through the game multiple times. All snarky (short, billergent, smart a## lol), all pleasant, a little of both, all of these choices effect the outcomes in various places throughout the game. I always go with a little of both, this will help in obtaining as many of the "Tokens" as possible throughout the game.
This is a fun, entertaining, challenging (set it to more than "easy":), barrel of laughs sort of RPG and I know we and many fans are looking forward to more series filled with The Bard and his Tales :)
Dalton Haile aka Wyverex Google Me
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May 22, 2008
Video Games and Gaming Tony Hawks Underground 2
Tony Hawks Underground 2 will be a featured game tonight on my Radio Show! http://www.VideoGamesAndGaming.Info
Along with Aggressive Inline and BMX XXX, the "Skater" Games are an awesome style of gaming for competition as well as single player fun.
These games are full of great music and unlockables.
Tune into the show, it is recorded if you can't catch it live, See You There!
Dalton Haile aka Wyverex Google Me :)
April 16, 2008
Baulders Gate 2 Dark Alliance
Baulders Gate 2 Dark Alliance is the sequel to Baulders gate. This game is on XBox and other consoles. A Playstation 2 game. A continuation of the Baulders gate where each character has their own story line. They each are going to the town of Baulders Gate for a different reason, some for fame, some for money, and some for their pasts.
Each character you choose like the Dwarvan Rogue, Moon Elf Necromancer, Human Barbarian, Human Cleric, and a Dark Elf Monk, and 2 Secret characters you can unlock (shhhhhh) when you beat the game on certain difficulty levels.
To find out more on Baulders Gate 2 Dark Alliance Listen in on April 17th 2008 show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/videogamesandgaming
Each character you choose like the Dwarvan Rogue, Moon Elf Necromancer, Human Barbarian, Human Cleric, and a Dark Elf Monk, and 2 Secret characters you can unlock (shhhhhh) when you beat the game on certain difficulty levels.
To find out more on Baulders Gate 2 Dark Alliance Listen in on April 17th 2008 show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/videogamesandgaming
March 20, 2008
BLOG TALK RADIO
Blog Talk Radio is an awesome medium for spreading the word on Video Games and gaming! I am going to start a show...just on that topic on the 27th of March teaming up with Wavecritter on ... You Guessed It! Video Games and Gaming! We will be discussing everything from Atari to XBox360 and back again! The topics will be listed shortly as we are arranging guests for Ogre Island, World Of Warcraft, and more... Stay Tuned!
March 18, 2008
Computer And VideoGames Magazine
Computer and Videogames Magazine is a great info site on all thats computers and video games! PC, Playstation, XBox, Nintendo...You Name it ... Its Here For You! READ MORE: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/
Wyverex
Dalton Haile
March 07, 2008
March 03, 2008
Don't Neglect Your Health
Sometimes we Video Games and Gaming Gamers, forget about the keeping healthy side of things. I have found that the best way to stay healthy is to drink water over other beverages, of course choose veggies over snack food that is toxic, but the best thing are the move it around Video Games! A Wii has many move it around, get off your butt games out there. XBox, GameCube, Playstation, Wii all have get off the couch and go games that will get your heart pumpin'! :)
Give Guitar Hero a try, or Dance Dance Revolution, Boxing, Baseball, American Idol (dance while you sing), Golf...you name it! Get off the couch every once and awhile and move! These games are Uber Fun too!
Here are some other tips:
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Which club do you belong in?
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The Performance program includes a menu plan specifically customized for those intense workouts. A resistance training is also available as well as a full cardio workout. After your exercise, a metabolic rate test is conducted.
This program is designed for those who wants to get started as soon as possible but has no clear and specific idea how. This is clearly the best option for them because all the information on nutrition, resistance training is learned through this program. This is the foundation one needs in order to have results that would last your body a lifetime.
The Components of Fitness
A regular exercise, an intense workout is just part and parcel of your path to health, fitness and well-being. There are other factors that should just as well play a part and which Twenty Four Hour fitness center teaches you.
Food intake is one of them. A menu is provided to those who follow the performance path. This details what you should or should not eat, or at least eat less of, if not completely avoid. Cardio is also one as this enhances your endurance to stress and exercise. Vitamins and supplements are a necessity unless you are sure that you are able to receive the proper amounts of iron, calcium, vitamin C or D or E in a day. If not, it is best to take them in. Resistance training is a feather in your fitness cap and is a necessary tool for being healthy, wealthy and wise.
Dalton Haile aka Wyverex
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