Geekdom Crossover: Star Wars Princesses

I am sorry that I have not been posting as frequently as I had promised that I would this last little while. Life has become significantly more involved than it has been before with the purchase of a house and my job becoming busier I am not finding the time to write as much as I would like. Here is a quick post just to prove that even with all the new found stress I am still thinking about this blog and it has not been forgotten. Part of the problem lies in the fact that I have packed up two of my home computers and am now down to being only able to use my Wifey’s laptop.

For those who have spent the last few weeks living under a rock of some sort, the big thing in geek news is that Disney bought Lucas Films. This means that the famous Mickey Ears now encompass the sci-fi film master piece of Star Wars. With the new purchase Disney also announced plans for a new sequel trilogy that is set to take place after episode 6.

This new confirmation of the long talked about sequels brings mixed emotions in the geek community. For starters after the abomination that appeared in the first movies by the name of Jar Jar Binks, fans are worried that the franchise may decline further. Between Jar Jar and the annoying character from the new clone wars series by the name of Asoka, both of whom are characters created to make kids connect with the franchise, we can only hypothesize how Disney will do on this front.

On that front however the internet is abuzz with images combining the two universes of the colourful Disney characters with the more adult characters of Star Wars. One idea that most people have seemed to latch on to is that with this there is now a new Disney Princess. It seems that the strong willed and rebel leader, Princess Leia, has joined the ranks of Arial, Snow White, Belle and Cinderella.

The Princesses have received her into the fold quite well, or at least as according to this user made musical. It seems to me like the princesses are going to have their hands full making this strong female icon into a dainty princess.

There also seems to be tons of fan art about this new princess that is making its way out of the woodwork. Since the announcement it seems like the internet has exploded with fans who are showing how they like the idea of a new Disney princess.

  

 Well that is all for now and I apologize for my absence as of lately, hopefully after I am moved in I will be able to post more. Also once I get settled into my new digs I will have the space needed to work on some of the projects that I have been holding off on. 

Sincerely Urban Yeti

Gaming on the Go: Where's My Perry

I use to be a hardcore gamer and I have always enjoyed playing puzzle style games because no matter how frustrating a puzzle is when I finally get it I feel a sense of accomplishment. We live in a time where short puzzle based games are readily available because of the existence of smart phones. Before the phone became a gaming console there weren’t a whole lot of puzzle games aside from Tetris in the market place.

The first game to really make the phone gaming market take off was of course the world’s number one played game Angry Birds. This game becoming so wildly popular made gaming developers sit up and realize there is money to be made in an un-tapped market. Now almost every major game developer has some sort of game available in the App store for a very low price. Every gaming developer has ther fingers in the proverbial pie including the infamously evil Disney Corporation.

I find that children’s cartoons have taken a serious nose dive in the awesome department since I was a kid. Maybe that feeling is nostalgia fueled or maybe it is because I always preferred action based cartoons over silly ones but since Sponge-Bob Squarepants hit the scene it seems like all the kids cartoons are trying to outdo each other for ridiculous. The shows are almost painful to watch they are so mindless, but every once and a while there is a jewel that shines through and is actually funny. That new diamond in the rough is a show a show about two step brothers who are geniuses and their pet platypus who is a secret agent, the show is called "Phineas and Ferb".

The Perry the platypus is by far the best part of that show in my opinion he is constantly running around in the background of the brothers’ adventures while he is on a separate mission. Now I am going to bring my point together and tell you that Disney has released a iPhone puzzle game called “Where’s my Perry?” revolving about the secret agent platypus.

I thoroughly enjoyed this game and beat it in two days while logging a total of 6 hours but still totally worth the 99 cents I paid for it. Check it out seriously

Sincerely Urban Yeti

DS Gaming on the Go: 358/2 days

This is something new I am going to try to blog about what I am playing on my DS. As a gamer with a life I find sitting down to play through console games to be a fair bit of a challenge. This leaves me with a dilemma of how to be a gamer and continue to play games whilst having to move about the city. See I tried at first to set aside time to show my controllers some loving but this was also cumbersome and felt more like a chore then fun.
Then I remembered how I use to love road trips because it meant that I would have many hours of almost zero interruption quality time with my gameboy. To me it was the best part of traveling anywhere because unlike at home where my mom would tell me to go outside and play in a car I am stuck. It dawned on me gameboy I how I shall continue to carry my gamer title. So I picked through my collection of games and picked one that I had always wanted to play but never found the time.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days

I am going to pull the most cliche thing that anyone who rates anything does... I give this game 4 out of 5 Keyblades. To keep this fair I played through the game on a medium challenge level not to easy not to hard but just the right amount to keep it interesting. In total the game took me 40 hrs spread out across three weeks I put a good chunk of effort into making sure I completed the game.
My favorite part of the role playing kinds of games is the extensive story that goes into them. Story is where Square Enix games shine an stand heads above the rest of gaming companies the characters are alway very interesting, even if they tend to be super anime characters.
The actual cut scenes that broke up the game were amazing and made it feel like it was a real console game. However the talking scenes in between every mission seemed to be endless with walls of very frivolous text that I had to force myself to read through and not just mash the A button. While playing Brudar and myself began to read them aloud and give the characters ridiculous voices. Also to keep ourselves amused any time Axel or Roxas conversed we played the fortune cookie game and added "in bed" after every sentence.

( I picked this photo cause my lucky number is in the upper left hand corner)

The controls were pretty straight forward and made the gameplay like that of a console game. I however found the "panels" system to be frustrating and interesting at the same time and I found myself having to use long dormant Tetris skills to squeeze in every ability that I wanted.
In the end it is a great game and really bridges the gap between Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. You don't really need to play the console games to enjoy this in fact of anything you should play 1 then this so things don't get too spoiled for yourself. Give it a shot yourself and see.

WTF Hollywood: LOL

The world has seen Disney princess star after star rise and fall, and to be quite honest I don't know if I speak for the rest of the world but all I can say is please for the sake of cinema stop. This is aimed at the newest Disney heiress breaking out of her Mickey Mouse restraints little miss Miley Cyrus. We get it you think you are a serous actress, but please stop and take a look around you.
The "feature" film that you are releasing looks just like every single teen drama ever released. Also naming the flick LOL seems like a desperate attempt to make it seem like the movie industry is actually "hip" and "cool". This film appears to be a very uncreative attempt to recreate a Hilary Duff film that was so bad it went straight to DVD.
Sorry Miley but your daddy is done with you Disney is done with you and all the rest of us were hoping your fifteen minutes were up 30 minutes ago. So please don't destroy the movie industry and just bow out of the spot light gracefully.
Check it out here: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1592873/

If you dare