Carja

Jul 062016
 

Hey hey! It’s Wednesday and time for a mash-up. Let’s go!

Mega Man was one of my favorite video game franchises on the NES. The first game in the series was tough. It took a while before I was able to play through it. I remember playing through at least four sequels that were all much easier. We were able to play through each of them in one rental (one weekend). I didn’t play any of the Mega Man X games on the Super Nintendo, mainly because I didn’t have one, but also because the esthetic changed and I didn’t really like the new look. Many years later, a new Mega Man game came out on the Playstation Network that reproduced the old 8-Bit style. It was harder than the original. I wasn’t able to complete a single level.

Here’s Red Blue Rich as Mega Man. Not much to say about this piece other than there’s a lot of blue in it. I considered doing different colour schemes to represent the various power-ups Mega Man gets from defeating the various Wily Robots, but didn’t think it added much for all the work it involved so I just stuck to the classic colour scheme.

Mega Man

That’s all for this week. Which video game franchise will appear next Wednesday? Come back next week to find out!

Jul 042016
 

Hello and how are ya? It’s Monday and that means it’s time for me to yammer for a bit. Let’s get to it.

This week’s lyric title comes courtesy of the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers. I was never a big fan of Jacques and Raymond, but man was their entrance music catchy. Beyond that, there’s just something a propos about this song today. I wonder why.

I’ve started my three day work weeks. It feels nice being home on a Monday without being sick, especially knowing that I’ll be home again on Friday. Woo!

There may or may not be a postal strike on Wednesday. Keep this in mind when ordering stuff. I’m hoping my order from Board Game Bliss gets here tomorrow so I won’t have to worry about how long it’ll take to get to me (it’s too late for it to get to me today).

I’m already almost finished the video game mash-up theme. I have one more piece to go and I’m saving my favorite franchise for last. Any guesses?

I bought Valkyria Chronicles on Steam last week. It was one of my favorite PS3 titles and it was on deep discount so I thought I’d give the PC version a try. It’s a good port but there’s nothing to really set it apart from the original. The DLC is included though so that’s a plus.

That’s all for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.

 

Jun 292016
 

It’s still Wednesday so I’m not late! Let’s get to the mash-up!

I like foxes. This is a pretty big factor on why I like the Starfox franchise. I enjoyed the original game but largely left the series until Star Fox Adventures came out for the Game Cube. I really liked that one. Is this the only game in the series to actually step out of the cockpit? I believe so and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s my favorite.

Who could play Fox McCloud? It was a pretty tough choice. Okay, really it was a foregone conclusion that Todrick would take on this one. I took elements from different Fox McCloud’s outfits from the various games to cobble this piece together.

Star Fox

That’s all for this week. A new video game will be tackled next time. Find out which next Wednesday.

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