Wow from around the Net: Videogames

For so long I considered myself to be a gamer, a true gamer not one of these call of duty only gamers. As time went on I found that I had less and less time to sit with controller in hand beating bosses and completing levels. In the last couple months however I have witnessed my gaming time diminish down to a state of nonexistence.

This makes me sad because there are so many games that I still want to sit down and give a good run through. Every gamer out there can tell you he or she has a genre of game that they prefer to play above all others. As for me, my favorite genre was the Action RPG’s or platformers that existed in fantastic fantasy worlds.

Even with all my gaming time diminished I like to keep an eye on the new games that are up and coming in hopes that I will one day be able to play them once again. So the following are some trailers for the video games that I would really like a chance to play.

The Unfinished Swan

This is a new game that looks like it could be like Caroline in concept with a splash of American Magee’s Alice for game play. I will say this for sure it looks very appealing and the concept of it being inside the imagination of a child seems like it could be fun as always.

Avengers Battle For Earth

With all the movies done by marvel as of late it is no surprise to me that they are releasing a game to go along with it. With the looks of this trailer I am hoping that it is a beat-em-up and not a fighting game, there are enough Street Fighters if you want to play a fighting game.

Tokyo Jungle

Off the top of my head I can’t really think of any other games like this, well at least none that I have ever had a chance to play. An animal survival game platformer seems new and exciting and is on my list of games that I need to give a shot.

Finally the one that looks like a blast

Deadpool the Game

Deadpool is one of my favorite characters that until recently has been severely under recognized. This game looks like it will be a blast to play and I may be laughing so hard I have to pause the game to clean the pee outta my pants. Best of all is how this game was announced at the San Diago Comic Convention, check out the video it is a little long but so worth it.

There are others that look interesting but these are the ones as of recently that I want to give a go.

Sincerely Urban Yeti

9 Days left and look at the Table Toppers

9 days left till my big shin-dig goes down there is still a lot to do and it is getting to be down to the wire. After so many years of being together and talking about doing it, finally tying the knot is kind of a big relief and is super exciting. Tensions are high, nerves are going at full tilt and the sense of excitement resides in the air being in crunch time we are now fretting and sweating over the little details that are left to do.

All and all my bride to be is a super planner and this does not leave me with a lot of responsibilities to do. Trust me I am really ok not having a whole ton of stuff to do, this is her dog and pony show and I am happy enough to step aside at let her go to town organizing everything. That being said it is not like I didn’t step up to the plate and leave everything to her, she did actually give me the privilege to do some things.

One of my talents resides in the graphic arts and therefore I got the task of making some of the visual elements of the wedding. The biggest thing that was assigned to me was that I got to make was the table toppers. Most of the time people go with basic numbers to make it easy on their guests, but I don’t think it is fair to assume that the people I have invited are stupid so we made it a little more challenging. My Wify and Me are big geeks for film, comics and literature so we thought we would incorporate those interests into the wedding by making them the toppers. I tend to be a little bit obsessive compulsive and like things to be uniform in set up so I took it one step further.

The theme for our toppers is….

ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR FAVORITE FICTION

I sat down with my beautiful bride and came up with a list of our favorite movies, comics and books to come up with a list that include both of our favorite organizations within them. It was fun, at first we had a large list and it was easy to cut it down because we had a couple of specifications for the group to make the final list.

1.  Has to be an organization
2. Has to have a logo…this was challenging for some of the novels
3. The logo has to work with the feel of the wedding

After we came up with our list I set out making all of the table toppers.

The final list of tables is as follows

1. The Empire (Head Table)
2. Aperture Science
3. Blue Sun
4. Umbrella Corporation 
5. Camp Half-Blood
6. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
7. Cherub
8. State Alchemists
9. S.H.I.E.L.D.
10. Wayne Enterprises
11. The Mandalorians
12. The Xavier Institute
13. The Fellowship
14. The BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence)
15. Weyland Corp
16. Corvinus Clan  

I have a couple more cool things that I made for the wedding but more on that as we grow closer to the date.

What if Wednesday: Avengers Assemble

Tomorrow is the midnight release of The Avengers movie, a film I have been waiting for since Joss Whedon graced the stage and announced it was being created. Now I myself would not dare to brave such an event but I do know of a few brave souls who will be. I however figured to make the event of a spectacular geek film such as this happening, especially the week after the grandest gathering of geeks in the Calgary area, should do a question pertaining to such an event.

The Question Is:

If I was a super ( basic strength and durability ) which avenger would I want to fight?

I am an actual comic reader albeit that the Avengers is not my favorite series I have read for this topic I will be listing off according to the comics not just the new movie.

1. The Hulk


In the comics any battle with the Hulk is fantastic multiple comic battle that is sure to level an entire city. To be apart of a brawl of that magnitude would be fun I believe. My brawn being put to the ultimate test to the death against a pair of giant green meat mitts, it would be the kind of battle that would be told of for generations to come, children would be told of the epic with the moral of the story being... "don't bite off more then you can chew".

2. Thor


Combat against a God, not just any god mind you but the master of thunder. To try to match my hand and might against Thor and his powerful companion Mjolnir would be a battle that long afterwards I could say "it was awesome", even if I lost. The son of Odin himself faced off against a puny mortal such as myself in an all out battle for honor.

3. The Ant-Man


What happens when an experiment goes wrong and changes the scientist forever into a super being, but the scientist isn't evil, you get The Ant-Man ( and the hulk, mr fantastic, and many many more). His ability to change size and the control he has over giant ants would make him a worthy advisory.

4. Hawk-Eye


My good friend Mr. Devo has an affinity for heroes who wield bows and Hawk-eye is no exception. The challenge here is to be quick and dodge his swift arrows but none the less a strength vs speed battle is always intense. Hawk-Eye may not be a super but he is still quite the match for any one with powers, his cunning and speed makes him able to deal blows to even the most powerful of foes.

5. Captain America


I hate CA so much and the only reason he makes this list is because I want to beat his "patriotic" face in. Sorry normally I have good reasons for my lists but I just always want to throttle this little pricks throat. Seriously who thinks this jack ass is cool and how does he continue to have comics about him, he is the type of hero who needs to fade away. Don't get me wrong Chris Evens does a fantastic job portraying him in the movie and it is the first time I have ever said wow about anything involving captain America but I really hate the character.

So here's to watching The Avengers and enjoying the geekdom made main stream.