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Video Games are like…

Steve Napierski — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +0000

Sorry for the delay in updating. I think I got con flu at Intervention Con over the weekend and I’m not running at 100% at the moment. In fact, it wasn’t until someone emailed me today that I forgot that I didn’t upload this comic yesterday. As I said, not running at 100% at the moment.

Really hoping to start feeling better so I can get the chance to post about the con before it’s no longer a relevant topic. Until then…

Video Games are like…

Steve Napierski — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Judging by the nature of the comic what I am about to say is going to be a weird direction to take the post in, but I wanted to start by discussing something completely unrelated to the comic or gaming. On April 1, someone set fire to the Fun Forest playground at Chesapeake City Park that my daughters play at. It was a lot of fun for the girls and my wife and I really enjoyed taking them there. Well, you see, Sears is running a contest on www.MoreGreenAcrossAmerica.com where the winning park receives a $30,000 makeover. And $30,000 would go very far towards helping rebuild this place we love. All I’m asking you to do is go there and vote for “Fun Forest, Chesapeake, VA.” It’s free to vote, you can vote once everyday and it would mean a lot to me and my family if you did. I truly do appreciate it.

Next off, something relating to the comic is the Dueling Analogs Book 1 pledge drive. It’s still going on and I want to make sure that it keeps going strong. I also want to note that everyone who pledges at least $1 will receive access to behind-the-scenes blog posts about the book’s development. This includes pictures, samples of updates to the comics and I also be announcing the name of the actual book itself in said section next week. That alone should be worth the $1 admission fee. Help a brother out.

If you want to discuss the comic further in the comment section, please do. But those are really the only things I have on my mind right now. If I don’t hear from you below, I will see you guys on Monday…

Video Games are like…

Steve Napierski — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Man, am I exhausted. Between the fourth of July and my daughter’s birthday, this weekend has been anything but relaxing. Nonetheless, the weekend is over and I’m back to the comic.

You know what game I’ve been playing recently? Mega Man 64 (Legends). And you know what? Nintendo 64 games look horrible on HD TVs. The game is still fun, but the pixelation takes a little getting used to again. You get so used to crisp 3D graphics that you forget there was a time that they weren’t so… crisp. Also, the voice audio on this game is bad. Not so much the acting, the original Resident Evil prepared me for level of quality that Capcom voice acting would be at that time, but the way it’s delivered. You play the game with your audio at a certain level, but then someone starts talking and you have to turn the volume to the max just to hear it. All the while hoping to be able to turn it back down before it returns to normal levels and blow your speakers out. Regardless, it is a fun game.

I need to find a copy of Mega Man Legends 2 for the PSOne. I see them on eBay starting around $50 USD, but I might try to find it cheaper somewhere else.

I wonder if they will ever make a Mega Man Legends 3. I found an article on 1UP.com from June of 2007 where God Keiji Inafune said, “If I was able to make a sequel without having to worry about money in any shape or form, I think it probably would be Mega Man Legends 3. And that’s not just me — a lot of the original team members would also love to make a sequel. They talk about it. I talk about it sometimes. I know they love that series and so do I. If I were to say right now, I have a tiny, tiny, tiny dream that I wish I could realize, but I don’t know if it’s possible, it would be to do a sequel in the Legends series.” While that is nice and disheartening at the same time I also think there are other options that Capcom might not be exploring. The development costs for Mega Man Legends 3 could be cut drastically by releasing it on the Nintendo Wii or maybe for the PSN or XBLA. And maybe make it episodic as well. It worked well for Telltale Games and Penny Arcade. Who knows…

Ooooo… maybe someone made a good modded/hacked version of one of the Mega Man Legends games with a new story and levels. I should really look into that.

Until next time…