Scary Dolls & Rehashed Games

Intro

     B talks about his trip to Carvel. When the hell did the price of flying saucers go up to $8.99 or am I just getting to be that guy? As a result he went to Dunkin Donuts and found a real tasty treat.

Movie Talk

The Conjuring:

     Bought this movie off the Google Play store at the recommendation of a gentleman who frequents the office I work at. He's really into horror movies and if he says one is worth seeing I trust his judgment enough to make the purchase.

     I was not disappointed, I don't scare easily when it comes to horror flicks, most are just cheap thrills and unnecessary violence, but this one hits all the right feelings at just the right times. Besides what is more creepier than ugly looking dolls that leave love letters? The Conjuring is "based on a true story" of a family that moves into a house that is cursed and has an evil spirit that latches onto the family causing chaos. With nowhere else to turn the family enlists the help of The Warrens, a famous couple known for handling situations like these.                                     

Tv Talk

Teen Wolf (MTV)

     Recently got back into this show and am really enjoying it. I probably talked about it a while back but just to recap this is nothing like the movie from the 80's(which I actually enjoyed as a kid). This show has a far more darker tone, with the occasional humor thrown in. I just finished season three the other day for instance and within the last two episodes a main character was brutally murdered, and a bunch of innocent people at a hospital were murdered by Samurai spirit looking things. 

                                                   

Video Games Talk

Rogue Legacy(PS4/Vita)

      Now this game has been out for a while on the pc, I myself bought a copy during last years Steam 2013 Summer sale, but now this game is available on PS4/Vits/PS3, and it's a cross buy title. Cross buy means if you buy it for one of these systems you get it for all. I own both a PS4 and a Vita so for the price of one I now have it available on both systems and this the type of game that plays well as both a quick portable title or as something you can spend hours in front of a tv playing.

     Rogue Legacy is what they call a Rogue Lite title, now Rogue likes are games where when you die death is permanent and you have to start over, but in this Rogue Lite death is permanent but you come back as a decendent and each time a bit more powerful through upgrades you can purchase. The game plays similar to titles like Castlevania and is a 2D plat-former with many ways to die. Even when you die countless times though, there is still lots of joy coming back and trying to get just a bit further. In addition every time you come back the castle has a different layout so this adds to the replay as well. 

                                                                  

Live Recording 07-24-14 "The Nut Jobs"

 I decided to try and finally do a live show where callers could phone in and talk about TV shows, video games, movies etc.. instead the only call I get comes from a paranoid guy with a link to a youtube video and talks about how our Tv's  have camera's in them and are watching us. When I try egging him on a bit asking about Microsofts Kinect camera he starts talking aboutSteve Jobs, lol. 

Destiny and Strife

Intro Talk

PC Update - Still having that noise issue but as of yet did not take in to be looked at. Microcenter is about 20+ miles away and been kind of busy. Anyway other than the noise the computer is running so for now your stuck with me still putting these out.

Gaming Talk 

Strife - This game fall under the category of MOBA which stands for multiplayer online battle arena, games like this include League of Legends and DOTA 2. Strife plays like the games I just mentioned as it has the typical three lanes and towers that must be taken out, although the map is slightly smaller. I've been enjoying this one allot more lately as it's style is more suited to the casual player and they do more things to alleviate you own teammates turning on you. Last hitting isn't really an issue in this one where as in the other games gold was only awarded to the teammate who got the last hit on an enemy this one lets even a player in a support role such as healer share in the reward. Currently the game is in closed beta on the pc but do a google search for the game Strife sign up for the beta, I received my invite withing a couple of days and even in this beta build I like it more than League of Legends at the very least.

                                                   

Destiny Beta - About a month ago I had a chance to play the Alpha version of Bungies upcoming shooter Destiny on the PS4, well this past weekend I was given a key to play the beta version and I put quite a number of hours into it. Initially with the Alpaha version I wasn't terribly impressed, certainly not enough to pre-order the game, but this current build is very strongly pushing in me in that direction. One of the key differences is actual story has been added in between missions, this may sound like a minor thing but having a reason to actually go shoot things rather than doing so mindlessly makes a big difference. Graphically I can't complain, the game looks and runs really well also, and I don't know if it's just me but seem like it loads a bit better in this current build.

      During my time playing I had a chance to do just about everything you can within the beta, I did all of the mission including the dungeon like map where you team up with other players to take on boss fights. The mission was allot of fun and hectic, I played with a friend and some random player and it took us multiple attempts to take town a mini-boss walking tank as we came close several times only to have us all die before being able to re-spawn. When this boss did fall and we found out we still had more in this mission to go we were like "Holy Crap" if this was just a mini-boss what is the final guy going to be like? Turns out the final boss wasn't as difficult though we did almost all wipe one time but I was able to spawn with half a second to go. In addition to all the story missions I also played a few rounds of the Player vs player maps, but only one game type was available in this version and it features players trying to capture and hold three positions. This is not exactly my favorite game type in these shooters I would much rather prefer capture the flag or just good old fashioned team death match, but my preferences aside the mode played well enough and those other game types will more than likely be included in the final release. 

     In closing playing these few hours with this build has certainly swayed my decision and I can really see myself buying this game day one when it is released, which I believe is in September. Lord knows my PS4 library could certainly use the boost, other than free Indie games and Battlefield 4 I really don't have much to play on this system and hopefully that will all change within the next few months.                      

                                                     

Movies Talk

     Few things opening this week, we have Hercules coming out starring "The Rock". I'm slightly curious but not sure if I'll go see it or not. The trailer looks cool enough, but unless they change things up a bit it's kind of redundant. How many times do we need to see the same Hercules story?   

                                               

     Another interesting movie out this week is Lucy and stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman and is being done by Luc Besson who brought us The Professional and The Fifth Element. In this movie Johansson plays Lucy who from the description I read turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic, in other words she gets some kind of power that makes her totally bad ass and leads to lots of violence.

                                  

The Dying PC & Monkey Talk

This week B salutes his PC on its last days, talks some 24, The Raid 2, and Dawn of The Planet of The Apes.