Thursday, December 29, 2011

Update to the List

I have added the following 3 games to the List page:

Diablo PC
Diablo II PC
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction PC

The joys of eBay

I know I have been a little off topic in terms of writing about video games on the list, but I promise this is my last planned post that will be that way.

I have started to sell things around our place and things that my mother has on the internet to help raise some funds for my comp build.  It is soo damn addicting.  I sold two old blackberries that my mother had for just under 180 total for two separate phones.  I then have my old blackberry that I have up for around 40 bucks.

My hopes are that I can raise about 120-130 by this method in the next week or so.  Splitting the proceeds with my mother on her stuff has helped me get past halfway, however I still need to get more things sold.  With $130 I can get a motherboard or a PSU.

My amazing mother helped me greatly with the CPU and Santa came by and dropped off the case as well.  This will allow me to actually have a place to store things as I do the build.  The remaining total though that I need for the parts minus s/h is around $830.  I think that if the wife and I can agree on a little bit of our budget could go to the build and some discounts on the internetz I might be able to get this done hopefully by April if all goes well.

With a new computer on my mind and my old desktop now working I have decided to go through games that I might like.  This also sends me back to the games that I need to complete.  I have a few for the PC that need to be done so I am going to update the list to reflect those as well.

Will this ever end?????

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Building a system

I have decided that I am going to build a PC.

I have no formal training in this act, and I only have so much knowledge from reading things online. From all of this though I believe that I could build something that will compete with other builds people make for 1000's of dollars.

I just need a good computer for myself, but also for ffxi and other games. Here's hoping it won't take long.

Friday, December 16, 2011

List Update

I updated The List page today.  I added numbers to the side to give a firm number.

I also added the following games to the list:

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii
Assassin's Creed: Revelations PS3
Assassin's Creed PS3


I learned how to swim (Spoiler Alert!!)

Let me tell you something.

My damn shoulder is killing me.  Even though I be chopping things left and right in Zelda, it has taken its toll.

Since I got back from my honeymoon on Sunday, I have been playing Zelda every night trying to make some progress.  Don't get me wrong.  I love it.

Let me rephrase that.  I LOVE IT.  To me there is nothing like a good Zelda story to warm the cackles of a gamer's heart.  Its a classic.  Yes it might be a retold story over and over again, yet Nintendo has a way of coming up with ways to make it exciting.  However I got FFXI working on my old beat up PC and I want to start fiddling with that some.  I also got AC:Revelations too.  Sooooo I need to get to work on my lists.  You might be thinking "what about FFV dumbass???"  Don't worry, I have not forgotten about it.  I have been slowly working on that game as well.  There will be updates soon.  I swear

SPOILER!!!!!

I just got through the first 3 dungeons and I am now working on making the Goddess Sword better.  I just ran around in some spiritual plane (which I will give a tip of my hat to Nintendo.  I liked this aspect of running around without weapons and dodging things.  Luckily I did not have to bust out my mad Metal Gear Solid skills to get past it) to gather orbs.

Now I have one of the best and most important items in any Zelda game besides the Boomerang (if you want to debate on whether the bomb is more important I will have a post about that).

I have the Dragon Scale which allows me to swim under water.  YAY!!!!!!!!!

Its just swimming right?  No.  Its more than that.  You start off only barely crossing substances that have a liquid consistency.  Can't dive, can't even swim that fast.  Just mosey dog paddle across a small puddle.  Then you get the Dragon Scale and life is much better. You can swim better.  You can dive underwater and explore.  And that open up so much of the new world as well as the parts that you have already explored.



Now that I think about it, that means that I have to go back and re-explore those areas???

FUUUCK   I can't deal with that.   FFXI is looking a little better now.