tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24926621364585458302012-02-16T01:56:28.672-07:00I love video games. I can talk about them for hours, so I gave myself a place to do just that. So here we have Yet Another Site of Mine, a blog filled with thoughts, opinions, essays, tips, reviews, critisisms, and praise about games and gaming, and occasionally other aspects of pop culture that I dig (movies, manga/anime, gadgets, etc...), but mostly games. Just a seperate gaming-centric blog, so my ususal blog can remain about everything else, and I don't bore those not interested in gaming.Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-52846061427642752342009-01-08T23:48:00.004-07:002009-01-09T00:02:07.977-07:00

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Having finished the year off strong - in my opinion - with both Cue Sports & MaBoShi's Arcade, I thought that Nintendo was going to roar outta the gates to start the new year off on WiiWare, VC too, but instead it begins with a whimper. I was really expecting Evasive Space on Monday, the neat sci-fi infrared shooter-thingy from High Voltage Software, which is listed as Jan/09, or even Snowboard

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I've been totally loving WiiWare lately. I gotta admit, that after an OK start, things looked pretty bad for the service, with junk like Major League Eating, Protothea (not BAD, but no WiiWare game, that's for sure), SPOGS Racing, Pirates, and Beer Pong somehow getting released on the service. It was starting to look like a bit of a haven for shovelware, and that sucked since things started off

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Yep, I'm pressing the big start button on this blog and taking it outta the "paused' state it has been in for far too long. I've been kept pretty busy the last couple months, and any free time that could've been going to writing about games has been going to actually, you know, playing them. And, I have had a lot to play the last few months, with so many great games keeping me busy, and of course

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-9706129086845003052008-08-03T23:50:00.004-06:002008-08-04T05:58:47.558-06:00

Hello world, its been a while since I posted here. Two months, to be exact. Summer is always a busy time around my place - I have a huge yard to keep up with - plus I was waiting to write about all the cool stuff I didn't know about yet until after e3. Wow, what a huge disappointment that show was. The only really 'big' announcements from the big three were; Final Fantasy XIII and Mii's, er, '

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I have been absolutely loving/cursing this game to bits since it released a couple weeks back. This game totally pwns me right now, I don't do much else when I have free time other than try to beat my high score in the 2-min mode. Currently I'm 5th in Canada, 17th in North America, and 474th in the World with my score of 1,010,700, using the name KiMO. Even with that score, which I know is pretty

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It's been awhile since I posted anything on here, but this is my kind of news, and I just needed to have somewhere to yell YESSSSSSSS! Iron Chef is coming to Wii!! Well, Iron Chef America that is, but still, count me in. Ever since the Wii came out, me and my wife have thought about how awesome (potentially...) an Iron Chef Wii game would be, but I didn't really ever think there'd be a chance one

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That, apparently, is $18,000 worth of Rock Band Special Edition for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, or it will be if it is all sold at Canadian retailer Play Me, in West Edmonton Mall. You may have heard that the Canadian shipments of Rock Band have been deleayed until the 20th at the earliest (some stores say that the date is the 28th), but you can buy 'em here in Edmonton, if you don't mind

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Possibly, as I don't know what purpose this will serve other than crappy last-minute christmas present. Can you imagine how fast you'd go from "oh, cool" to "ahh, I see" upon opening this on X-mas morning? And for the same price as an amazing game like Zack & Wiki or Geometry Wars? Wow, what a rip-off. "Compatible with all Wii games", except, that is, all those Wii games that use IR at all, which

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-52390515110560093292007-12-16T17:41:00.000-07:002007-12-16T18:00:25.224-07:00

There has been no time for me to have anything to do with the internets lately, but it seems that I'm not going to be having as much time problems in the future as I have been the last few months, and I can begin updating this blog regularly, finally. Yeah, that makes sense. Anyways, 'tis the season as they say, and while getting prepared for the holidays has certainly been a big part of the

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-79367726827438169502007-11-09T10:42:00.000-07:002007-12-20T05:42:57.720-07:00

I love Penny Arcade‘s comics Love them. So funny, so well done, and ever-topical, I try to never miss a strip. If you consider yourself a gamer, their site is weekly required reading. So good. After reading their latest comic, I always read their posts that accompany each one, and after reading their latest , I thought I’d let Gabe know that EB sucks up here in Canada too, as I had almost the

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….or so it would seem, as I had just posted a rant questioning Nintendo’s lack of Super Mario Galaxy hype, when they go and, first -and more subtly - release Super Mario Bros. 3 for Virtual Console in honour of Galaxy’s impending arrival, then they finally unload the long-awaited (by me anyways) commercial for it upon the airwaves and interwebs. ‘Bout time Nintendo, what took so long? As I

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Every once in a while here I like to offer my 2 cents on whether or not I think a game is worth your hard-earned dollars, and ever-valuable time. Now, its not like there’s a shortage of video game reviews out there, but I honestly feel there’s many that aren’t very good, and quite often I wish to yell many inventive and colourful expletives in the general direction of whomever authors these “

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-73722191071221680192007-11-07T09:12:00.000-07:002007-11-07T15:02:45.815-07:00

I don’t know about any of you, but I intend on picking up the Nintendo Zapper- the plastic shell-cum-light gun cradle thingy that holds your Wiimote and nunchuk Tommy-Gun style - when its released later this month, even if only for the freebie Zelda-themed Crossbow shooting game that’s packaged with it. I was kinda iffy about it (I loved - and miss - the original design from E3 2006) until they

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-15603292990448551472007-11-03T13:31:00.000-06:002007-11-08T08:37:22.898-07:00

Man, I’m so totally stoked for Super Mario Galaxy. I can’t wait. Even my wife, traditionally a rather casual gamer, is really looking forward to it, having finally seen it in motion and instantly having the urge to play it. But this wasn’t because she saw a commercial for it while watching TV. Oh no, for her to even know about it, I had to tell her, and then show her the Japanese commercial on

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It was basically just for kicks. Seriously, I didn’t think it would ever get that high of a view count, or that much attention. What the hell am I talking about you say? Well, back when the Wii was first announced, and really digging at the time where Nintendo was going with gaming this generation, I came up with this little parody of Queen’s We Will Rock You, and called it - wait for it - Wii

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-10479417192711638812007-10-30T05:39:00.000-06:002007-11-08T08:42:13.938-07:00

Why, oh why, must there be so much video gaming goodness coming out this holiday season? Just how in the hell am I supposed to afford all of these choice titles I’m interested in, let alone find the time to play them?!? Yes, much has been said on these internets about the glut of AAA games being released so close to each other, but c’mon, this is nuts. Its unprecedented! Even if you leave out all

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Look who’s back on teh muthalovin’ internets!! Our other computer has apparently passed on, and after much deliberation and delay, we finally have our replacement in the form of this spiffy new laptop. Yes, it’s good to be back online, if only because I have somewhere to post all this stuff I was writing and thinking about writing in my spare time offline. Damn has there ever been a lot of gaming

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-36959850232625816042007-08-22T11:27:00.000-06:002007-10-28T08:45:17.098-06:00

Best. Pac-Man. Ever. Yes, I know its pretty darn clichéd to declare things the Best_____Ever these days, but this is simply how I feel about Pac-Man Championship Edition; this game is Pac-Man, perfected. Now let me tell you, I love Pac-Man. When I was a kid, I dumped untold amounts of quarters into that game, and its brethren Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Jr., Super Pac-Man, the hacks, all of 'em. Yes, as

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The ticket, pre-scratch.Saw this at 7-11 last night, and just had to buy it. Sure, it's not nearly as cool as that other Pac-Man Scratch & Win from Texas, where you could win an actual Pac-Man cocktail cabinet (drool....), but hey, there's still a $25,000 grand prize! The rules are pretty simple, scratch off each row and hope to find 5 Pac-Man's in a row w/o any ghosts, and win the corresponding

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You may have noticed the complete lack of activity 'round here the last couple weeks. Well, for starters, the good 'ol VC crystal ball rolled off its platform and smashed. I've ordered a replacement ball, and it should be here in time for the long-delayed site re-design/reboot I've desperately been trying to get around to. There have been other issues to deal with, like time, for example.

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-11555023122775429172007-07-29T22:53:00.000-06:002007-07-29T23:40:12.679-06:00

Ugh! What a week, no time for anything. This is just about the only thing I even get to do online anymore, when I can even make time for it that is (missed it a couple weeks back). Oh well, its fun though, so I'll keep at it, now lets see what happened last week. We got Devil's Crush for TG-16, Shining Force for Genesis, and Kirby's Dream Course for SNES. So, technically I only got 1 outta three

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-52648755084755326072007-07-22T21:55:00.000-06:002007-07-22T23:08:55.918-06:00

Missed the update last week, and its a shame, as I totally called Paper Mario for N64 on Monday, but didn't have the time to update the site (been so incredibly busy the last couple weeks around the house and with work, you have no idea), so, oh well, missed one week, onto this weeks predictions:TurboGrafx-16Devil's Crush - CompileSuper NintendoSuper Turrican - Factor 5Sega GenesisShining in the

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-17556269654582716782007-07-06T23:20:00.000-06:002007-07-09T15:03:48.832-06:00

Wow, what an amazingly good week for the 'ol Ball last week, going 3 for 3, as Dragon Spirit, Ecco 2, and Super Mario Bros. 2 all got released onto the VC last Monday, bringing this site's prediction stats up to 7 out of 9 so far, or 78%. Yay for me! Don't really have too much time for this post (and I'm really tired, so I might ramble and not make much sense), so I'll get right to this weeks

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-73451455708841856622007-07-02T00:01:00.000-06:002007-07-02T13:47:09.294-06:00

Yep, its that time once again to peer into the ol' VC Crystal Ball. First, lets see what happened last week. Looks like the Ball got 2 outta 3 again, as both China Warrior (TG16) and F-Zero X (N64) were released, but instead of Super Turrican for SNES, we got the surprise of SFII:Turbo Hyper Fighting. So, once again 2 for 3, and overall the Crystal Ball now stands at 4 outta 6, or, still at 67%.

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-87244355426763773442007-06-23T23:48:00.000-06:002007-06-24T04:03:26.965-06:00

Another week, another round of predictions for the Wii's VC Monday releases. First a look at what the Crystal Ball saw, vs. what was actually released last week. The prediction was that both World Sports Championship and Bloody Wolf for TG16 would be released, alongside F Zero-X for N64. Well, yippie, I was 2 for 3 last week, as the two Turbo games were released (as we all knew they would be)

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-16316119672705392792007-06-20T01:12:00.000-06:002007-06-24T04:04:03.545-06:00

Yep, on the hinge, near the L Button, I have a lovely new little crack. Nothing more than a minor asthetically displeasing situation really, as this in no way interfere's with the funtionality of my DS at all, but still, it kinda sucks.I mean yeah, I know you don't buy a game system because of how it looks (I may have never owned a Saturn or TG-16 if that were the case, not really the prettiest

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-53985005304255250812007-06-18T04:13:00.000-06:002007-06-24T04:05:33.530-06:00

In just over 5 and a half hours Nintendo will update the Wii Shop Channel with the latest in retro goodness. But, what title(s) will be released this week? This is the first of a new weekly feature for this site; the Virtual Console Crystal Ball. Basically, its just me guessing what's gonna get released, but I feel I pick 'em right most of the time, well, enough that I feel like making it a

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-83993197001328620222007-06-13T05:09:00.000-06:002007-06-24T04:06:31.682-06:00

Wow, its been awhile since I started this blog that I've actually posted anything. Its all in the timing of it really, as I created this blog right in the middle of moving, and that's pretty much consumed all of my time since then (everything is basically still in boxes, even now 13 days after moving in- everything except the gaming systems that is, something that my wife finds 'very interesting'

Kimo Trenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961477945679513322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492662136458545830.post-70189684708397038042007-05-22T01:09:00.000-06:002007-06-18T00:04:46.231-06:00

Well hello and welcome to Yet Another Site of Mine, my gaming-centric blog. Its a title that may not be final, but reflects how I feel about being so spread out across the interweb. Seriously, I daily check or update my Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, various email & web accounts, etc., and now this is just another one of my daily sites I've given myself to try and maintain. But this one may

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