I actually juat got finished reviewing Grand Kindgom! It'll post on the GamerDad site in a week or so. I actually liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Even though it's a strategy RPG, the battles have some action to them, too, and were a lot of fun. Plus I liked some of the character designs.
I wish I could get a review copy of LEGO Star Wars. I'm not sure it's going to happen this time, unfortunately.
I've noticed records getting more popular again recently. I have a friend who is really into them. He texted me a picture the other day of a new record coming out by Zuntata, Taito's in-house band. Taito being the video game company.
I was just a kid in the 80s, but I remember a lot about it. It was great being a kid back then. I don't think I'd want to be an adult in the 80s, though.
You should try and see Inside Out. The Incredibles is all right. I'd probably like it better if I was more into superheroes and comic books.
I played 20XX at PAX. It's definitely a lot like Mega Man X. You can even choose to be a blue robot with a blaster (X), or a red robot with a sword (Zero). If I was into PC games, I woiuld definitely look into getting that game.
Well as you can guess, I'm not into MK games. But I do have three favorite characters. Reptile, Sonya, and Jade. But only because they wear green and I like green. Sorry for the pointless comment, but you did ask for thoughts. :)
I'm actually working on reviewing Adventures of Mana for GamerDad.com! It's kind of weird, this is the second time Square has remade Final Fantasy Adventure on the Game Boy. The first was Sword of Mana on the GBA. But that was really more of a reimagining as it had two playable characters and a more convoluted storyline, etc. Adventures of Mana is a more direct remake. In fact, you could probably use an old strategy guide for Final Fantasy Adventure and it would work for this game. I do kind of wish it were more like Sword of Mana in some ways. The old sprite-based graphics had more personality.
Speaking of How to Train Your Dragon, I didn't mention it in my blog, but I feel the only DreamWorks CG animated films to come close to Pixar quality are the How to Train Your Dragon movies. They're really good.
Yeah when I first heard of the connection between A Bug's Life and Seven Samurai, I thought that was pretty interesting.
