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Let’s Play Minecraft Episode 3: Adjusting to the Snapshot
Posted in Video Games, tagged let's play, Minecraft, snapshot on January 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
League of Casuals: Haunted Maokai Jungle
Posted in Video Games, tagged jungle, League of Legends, maokai, Season 4 on January 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Maokai is definitely one of my favorite junglers. If they only fixed his mana issue, he would be more picked. I usually only try to pick him if my mid lane isn’t mana dependent.
Katawa Shoujo 1: Translation = Cripple Girls…Wtf.
Posted in Video Games, tagged anime, katawa shoujo, visual novel on January 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Okay, this is something that’s a little weird, I admit. But let me give you some background on this incredibly fascinating game.
The majority of the story takes place at the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located in an unnamed city somewhere in modern, northern Japan.[4] Hisao Nakai, a normal boy, has his life changed when a long-dormant cardiac dysrhythmia forces him to transfer to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao has the opportunity to find friends and love.
from Wikipedia
Katawa Shoujou is a visual novel game type that is very popular in Japan. For non-informed peoples, visual novels are text and image based games where an image of a character is displayed on a screen while their dialogue is presented below them.
I’ve found Katawa Shoujou to be an incredibly fascinating game. The main character Hisao Nakai gets transferred to a school for ‘disabled children’ [the concept of a school being only dedicated to disabled children is one that I’m not entirely behind, but it brings up an interested premise], where he meets primarily five girls who each have a disability. These disabilities range from blindness to amputees to burn victims. The visual novel aspects essentially turns into a dating game, where these girls become complex characters that you begin to care for and understand.
Now the most fascinating aspect of this game was how it was created. Essentially birthed from the minds of 4Chan, an internet forum board infamous for hacking, posting lewd pictures, and essentially scarring your childhood, the game has been praised for incredibly high emotional depth and an shocking look into the disabilities it covers. More importantly, it respects the disabilities and treatment of the controversial material.
So I’ve decided to take a stab at the free game, released for PC, Mac, and Linux to see what all the controversy is. I agree that this is one of the more radical things I’ve done and it’s even weirder that I’m sharing it with you all, but I’m hoping I learn a thing or to as well as find out what exactly person I truly am…
Watch the Let’s Play to possibly take a look at who I really am.
Let’s Play Minecraft Episode 2: Wither Farm Planning
Posted in Video Games, tagged let's play, Minecraft, skeleton, wither on January 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In this episode, we take a look at planning the wither farm to get skulls for our first wither battle.
Bladecraft Orianna Speed Draw
Posted in Video Games, tagged Art, Drawing, League of Legends, orianna, speed on January 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Here’s a speed drawing of my Orianna drawing that I shared with you guys yesterday!
Bladecraft Orianna Fan Art
Posted in Fig Art, Video Games, tagged Art, bladecraft, Drawing, fan art, League of Legends, orianna on January 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Bladecraft Orianna
I’ve been meaning to draw some fan art for League of Legends, and so I started with one of my favorite champs!
Speed art video uploaded later tonight! I’ll remind you all tomorrow of course haha.
League of Casuals: Annie Mid Lane
Posted in Video Games, tagged Annie, League of Legends, mid, tibbers on January 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The two parts that are really worth watching:
25:00 – PENTA! Almost…
33:00 – Denying a Darius Dunk with 130 HP
Let’s Play Starbound Episode 2: The Penguin Descenders
Posted in Video Games, tagged chucklefish, let's play, starbound on January 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Part 2 of the Starbound Series!
We fight some foreign invaders and move to the Beta sector. Things are tough, but not too tough for ‘ol Rusty the Barbarian!
Let’s Play Minecraft Episode 1: Introduction & Planning
Posted in Video Games, tagged let's play, Minecraft on January 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I’ve tried to the Minecraft Let’s Play thing before, but I’m approaching this one with a little different angle. This first episode is primarily an introduction and tour, but the future episodes I already have cooked up will include more direction and objective completion.
League of Casuals: Zyra Mid Lane
Posted in Video Games, tagged League of Legends, mid, Video Games, zyra on December 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Laning as Zyra in the mid lane in Silver V Ranked Solo Queue. I’ll be improving the quality for future videos, this first one was a bit of a test run. Enjoy!
Let’s Play Starbound Episode 1: Rusty the Barbarian
Posted in Video Games, tagged chucklefish, let's play, starbound, TV, Video Games on December 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Decided to create a Let’s Play Series on the new game in Beta, Starbound! Follow me as I play Rusty the Barbarian, the soon to be ruler of the Galaxy!
Wow, so My Five Favorite Champions in League of Legends have Drastically Changed
Posted in Video Games, tagged champions, games, League of Legends, lulu, mid, nami, orianna, RIOT, support, Video Games on December 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It has been a while since I’ve posted anything League related, but in May of 2013, I posted my five favorite champions that I like to take on Summoners Rift. Times change, you get better, and patches change EVERYTHING. Which means new champs are fitting the bill in order to successfully getting to that enemy Nexus. So I’m here to tell you the new favorites I like picking in champion select these days and as you’ll be able to tell, it’s become quite different from what it used to be.
If you’re curious of where I’m at the ladder these days, as of late, I’ve been dancing around Silver IV & Silver V.
So What’s My 2013 Game of the Year?
Posted in Video Games, tagged best of, bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, games, Grand Theft Auto games, ps3, ps4, starbound, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Video Games on December 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
To put it lightly, I think I nearly doubled my game library this year. I had a well paying job that allowed me to splurge for myself in ways I really haven’t in the past. With all this new disposable income [insert ‘Thanks Obama’ meme here], I managed to purchase a number of games I’ve never played before in addition to the many incredible releases that came out this year. And as a year ends, it’s pretty obvious that every blogger in the world is going to be coming up with the “Best of 2013” lists. So naturally I’m just doing my duty as another blogger, who doesn’t have the time or wit to come up with something more original.
Truth be told, the number 1 shouldn’t surprise you, it’s pretty much one of the greatest games I’ve ever played, but it might be interesting to see the other games I’ve taken a hand at this past year. If you’re doubting my nerd cred, these games do not take into account the older games that were released in other times that I’ve picked up [These titles include Minecraft, League of Legends, and Shadow the Colossus, Sly Cooper, etc].
Start a fire in the comments section!
Keep that Hair Short…Finishing Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 1
Posted in Video Games, tagged clementine, lee, season 1, season 2, telltale, The Walking Dead, the wolf among us, Video Games on November 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
For a while now, The Walking Dead franchise has been buzzing like a fly around manure. The cult comic book got a television adaptation that brought the names Rick Grimes & Daryl Dixon to becoming a household name. Unfortunately, the original creator of the characters, Robert Kirkman, still isn’t so much a household name, nor is his glorious comic book. A year ago, two games carrying the franchise name were inevitably released. One revolved around the television show’s original creations, The Dixon brothers, and was critically panned. The other one, which was created by Telltale Games, was more based on the universe created from Kirkman’s comic book and generated an enormous amount of buzz, even gathering several Game of the Year rewards.
So what made the comic book adaptation game better than the television adaptation game? It must be better zombie killing weapons or better graphics right? Wrong. Telltale’s The Walking Dead is much different from any other game I’ve ever played, and it’s one game that I won’t long forget for a long time.
Minor spoilers from the game, none that will ruin your experience.
You’re put into the body of Lee Everett, who is a college professor on his way to prison after murdering the man who his wife cheated on with. The zombie apocalypse gives him a second chance when he runs into a young girl, Clementine. Amongst thousands of zombies, untrusting allies, and brutal mercenaries, Lee finds himself doing whatever it takes to protect Clementine.
Zaspara
Posted in Fig Art, Video Games, tagged adobe, Art, bamboo, cintiq, Drawing, Illustration, illustrator, lizard, man, photoshop, wacom on September 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Zaspara
More original drawings for my Black Carnival graphic novel, more to come.
As always, visit Fig-TV for more art!
Life on the Lawn
Posted in Fig Art, Video Games, tagged game, ios, iPhone, plants, plants vs. zombies, popcap, Review, Zombies on September 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Some Plants Vs. Zombies Fan Art
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My Five Favorite Plants from Plants Vs. Zombies 2
Posted in Lists, Video Games, tagged ea, plants vs. zombies, popcap on August 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
So Popcap/EA released the long awaited for Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time and I’ve been crushing it ever since. I have already earned 51 of the 116 available stars, which means I have a long way to go still. One of the drawbacks of the previous game was the fairly monotonous gameplay as you progressed and the lack of challenge besides the ones you gave yourself. This sequel has certainly ramped up the difficulty and introduced a plethora of new and exciting plants. I’ve compiled a list below of my favorite plants that I try to use in every game type.
Joel and Ellie
Posted in Fig Art, Video Games, tagged adobe, Art, clickers, digital, Drawing, ellie, illustrator, infected, joel, naughty dog, photoshop, The Last of Us on August 1, 2013| 2 Comments »
Here’s a piece of artwork I’ve done in honor of The Last of Us. It’s currently my background. I absolutely love the game. Feel free to leave me feedback! And read my review on the Last of Us when you get the chance!
3 Great Things, 3 Off Things, and the Best Thing about The Last of Us
Posted in Lists, Reviews, Video Games, tagged ellie, exclusive, joel, naughty dog, ps3, Review, The Last of Us on July 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
All images are owned by Naughty Dog
If you follow video games at all, you must have heard about Naughty Dog’s most recent title, The Last of Us, which is shattering records in both the critical acclaim and sales aspects. The Last of Us is a hyper realistic survival game set in an post-apocalyptic world, following an unlikely pair, Joel, an old and grizzled man, and Ellie, a young girl. Together they go on a journey across country trying to find the key to humanity, or at least survive it.
This game is definitely one of the top contenders for the title, ‘Game of the Year’. As ambiguous and generic as giving that title to any game may seem, The Last of Us had it all. Great story, compelling action, beautiful graphics, and emotional depth. We’re not going to go into story too much here as a matter of fact, we’re not going to talk much about any spoilers at all. This is simply a review of the amazing things that happen in the game and some of the not so great [but kinda negligible] things worth commenting on.
I haven’t tried the multiplayer yet, so if you have any comments on that, let me know in the comments below in addition to any other comments you might have about the game in general.
My Five Favorite Champions in League of Legends
Posted in Lists, Video Games, tagged champions, favorite, gank, League of Legends, overpowered, pc, Riot Games, summoners, Video Games on May 13, 2013| 4 Comments »
League of Legends has essentially consumed my life these past days. Of all the free time I have, it’s usually spent either drawing, Minecraft, or League of Legends. I’m still a rising Summoner, only about level 20 or so, but I’m learning fast. Of course, I have my favorite Champions to use that I feel most effective with. I’ve decided to compile my favorite Champs that I’ve used in the past could of weeks I’ve been grinding the game with. And whether it’s a crushing victory of a blowing defeat, I always have fun playing these 5 champs. Here they are in no particular order.
As of late, I have a knack and tendency to pick up not very used champs and trying to make hem work. I try to stay away from the heavily favored champs that professionals use like Kha’zix, Rengar, Draven, Jayce, etc. If it’s mainstream, then it’s not my jam.
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