12.20.2009

Something I Have Been Meaning To Do

I am going to start reviewing games on here. just games that catch my interest. one of my favorite games sites is ArmorGames.com. I am going to start today with a couple games from that website. I cite a game where I found it, just so you know. it may be on other websites.

I am going to grade 3 things: functionality - meaning how easy was it to navigate, start, and actually play; aesthetic - basically, how pretty it is; and, overall gameplay - self explanatory. this is the whole point of the game, after all. please note that this is my opinion. i am not exactly a die-hard halo gamer. scale is a basic percent/letter grade. Heeeere We Go!!!


Clockwords - Prelude
by tfowers
grade: A-



functionality - compared to some popular games I've tried, this ranks very high because of the ease of starting. it was a *bit* confusing at first, because once i clicked play & skipped the intro, i found myself back at the main screen. I thought I'd skipped the game. The controls were very easy, unless you suck at typing. On many games, especially ones that use only the mouse, you have to do everything just right. well, here you don't huzzah for "almost"

aesthetic - very cool!! i'm such an artsy person, and the game reminds me of felt & construction paper. also, it was very put together. that is to say, the felt wasn't glued onto the paper by a two year old. I love the English steampunk/melodrama look to it as well. and the music is very clean, and blends into the game. if you are making a game and you put in anything that is similar to Lady Gaga or Metallica, take. it. out. Sound effects are cool. Music, not so much. I've got iTunes, thanks.

overall gameplay - I made it to level six before Game Over. Pretty easy, but you definately gotta keep on your toes. It reminds me a lot of Boggle, except you can use letters that you don't have, and you kill robot bugs with your words. Oops, I guess words can break bones. Their bones.

12.13.2009

things i need to do next weekend:

a week from now, it will be the 20th, and nothing will be happening.....

my to-do list:
- organize all my music. MusicRescue my iPod.
- write the note to Elliott's mom.
- finish organizing sissy's recipe album
- clean out my craft room.
- set up a real queue in the craft room for the new year.
- be better at posting!
- print out NaNoWriMo novel writing workbook. start it.

there are so many things i should be doing right now. like english. but so many more things I want to do right now. like not english.

12.08.2009

j'aime becky!

.....There's a little story of explanation that comes first: The summer after eighth grade, me and my friends were obsessed with The Academy Is... , and Zoe Leslie and I were specifically obsessed with William Beckett. Zoe and I saw him at HCT and were about 30 feet from him. He waived at us :D the picture at right is really similar to what he looked like at our show. *scroll down for a pic of him* Wearing a leather jacket, in July, in Texas. Crazy kid. Anyway, we made up this stupid scenario one day that when we met him we'd act like we'd known him forever, and say "Hey there, Becky!" and then he'd slap us, and say "Bitchez, whatchoo say??"...... That never really happened. But Leslie and I, Freshman year, dubbed this sophomore guy 'Becky' because he looked similar to William Beckett. Shortly after that, Mr. Beckett cut his hair. We, being ridiculous as we are, proceeded to call him Becky. We childishly got excited about standing by him in line and said hello to him randomly and giggled uncontrollably. Fast forward through MY sophomore year, because I didn't seen TAI or the guy at my school....

Now, this year I decided I was going to be friends with Becky. That back-fired when I was forced to interact with him at theatre in October, because at that point, I was only saying him to him in the hallway occasionally. And then he was in Arsenic too! Well, the other day, my friend Tara asked him if he liked me. And his reply was "Is it that obvious?" and then yesterday my friend Storm told him "I know something about you. It's cute and it's about a girl." According to her, he got all red and ran off. So I'm pretty sure he likes me and he doesn't know that I know. But yesterday he gave me candy - sour punch straws!!! my favorite, and in my favorite flavor too :D And he gives such good hugs. AND he sat by me at lunch today :D all us theatre geeks were kicked out of mrs cox's room, so now we're forced to actually eat in the cafeteria.... it was nice. hes really funny. and he doesn'y mind talkig about gross stuff. which is nice. marc was such an ass. a stick in the mud. a hufflepuff. speaking of which, Tara and I agree that uhm "Becky" is a Gryffindor.

I don't even know. He's such a cutie patootie aka STUDMUFFIN



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