Thursday, November 10, 2011
Traffic
This is just a quickie and I need to get this point across. People at school DO NOT know how to WALK. It's so simple, just WALK FORWARD. Like, I have to go to class or go somewhere and mind you, some people are going at a reasonable speed but others are taking their sweet ass time and there's no way to get past them because the halls are so jam packed full of people. But they're not the worst, there are some that just decided to stop DEAD right in front of you, causing you to come to a screeching halt and somehow find a way to move around them. On one incident, I had 3 different groups of people stop dead in front of me in the SAME hallway. Geeze, we need to fix this or something.
Animals, Animals Everywhere.
For a school trip, we went to the Zoo yesterday. Why? Well, why not?
We left school at about 8:30 and arrived at about 10:00. There were about 5 classes from our school going and I could see other schools there but even with all these people, the zoo was DESERTED. At some points, I felt like I had snuck in or I was in areas that were restricted, it was that empty. Me and my friend decided not to go to the Canadian section for it was too far away or the Eurasia section (Camels and what not) for it was too big for only a handful of animals. So besides those two, we checked out everything else. One of the high points for me was where the penguins where only because there was one swimming underwater and we would tap on the glass and move our hands around, and it would follow our hand therefore resulting in excellent pictures. The other highpoint was the Australia section. KANGAROOS EVERYWHERE, ENOUGH SAID. Oh and there were JELLYFISH and WALLABIES and KOMODO DRAGONS and ECHIDNAS. AUSTRALIA! AWWWW YEEEEEAAAAHHH!
We left school at about 8:30 and arrived at about 10:00. There were about 5 classes from our school going and I could see other schools there but even with all these people, the zoo was DESERTED. At some points, I felt like I had snuck in or I was in areas that were restricted, it was that empty. Me and my friend decided not to go to the Canadian section for it was too far away or the Eurasia section (Camels and what not) for it was too big for only a handful of animals. So besides those two, we checked out everything else. One of the high points for me was where the penguins where only because there was one swimming underwater and we would tap on the glass and move our hands around, and it would follow our hand therefore resulting in excellent pictures. The other highpoint was the Australia section. KANGAROOS EVERYWHERE, ENOUGH SAID. Oh and there were JELLYFISH and WALLABIES and KOMODO DRAGONS and ECHIDNAS. AUSTRALIA! AWWWW YEEEEEAAAAHHH!
Double the Speed, Double the Fun!
Okay, I've been waiting for this moment for years. It's Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th Anniversary and to celebrate, Sega has released a game titled "Sonic Generations" where "Classic Sonic" and "Modern Sonic" world's collide.
The game features levels derived from 20 years of Sonic history, ranging from the Sega Genesis era, through the Dreamcast era, to the Modern era. There will be a level taken from each Sonic game to represent the different times. Each level can be played with either Classic Sonic or Modern Sonic, each taking their own routes throughout the level. Classic Sonic's levels are strictly two dimensional side scrolling stages, using classic moves like the Spin Attack and the Spin Dash. Modern Sonic's levels, on the other hand, carry on the modern 2D/3D game play of recent titles such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colors, featuring Homing Attacks, Combo Tricks in the air, Drift, the Stomp Attack, Light Speed Dash, and Speed Boosts. As well as classic power-ups such as Invincibility and Speed Shoes, certain levels have unique power-ups, such as skateboards in City Escape and Wisp powers in Planet Wisp. Each zone consists of a main act for each Sonic, as well as several side-missions with various challenges such as beating an opponent to the goal. A Skill Shop allows players to use points earned from high scores to unlock upgrades such as abilities, shields, and even the original Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis game. Completing challenges, as well as finding Red Star Rings hidden in each of the main Acts, unlocks additional skills, as well as bonus artwork and music.
I already own and have beaten the game and I must say that Sega has done a fantastic job. A round of applause for them if you will.
The game features levels derived from 20 years of Sonic history, ranging from the Sega Genesis era, through the Dreamcast era, to the Modern era. There will be a level taken from each Sonic game to represent the different times. Each level can be played with either Classic Sonic or Modern Sonic, each taking their own routes throughout the level. Classic Sonic's levels are strictly two dimensional side scrolling stages, using classic moves like the Spin Attack and the Spin Dash. Modern Sonic's levels, on the other hand, carry on the modern 2D/3D game play of recent titles such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colors, featuring Homing Attacks, Combo Tricks in the air, Drift, the Stomp Attack, Light Speed Dash, and Speed Boosts. As well as classic power-ups such as Invincibility and Speed Shoes, certain levels have unique power-ups, such as skateboards in City Escape and Wisp powers in Planet Wisp. Each zone consists of a main act for each Sonic, as well as several side-missions with various challenges such as beating an opponent to the goal. A Skill Shop allows players to use points earned from high scores to unlock upgrades such as abilities, shields, and even the original Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis game. Completing challenges, as well as finding Red Star Rings hidden in each of the main Acts, unlocks additional skills, as well as bonus artwork and music.
I already own and have beaten the game and I must say that Sega has done a fantastic job. A round of applause for them if you will.
Spooky Scary Skeletons
So two weeks ago was Halloween and it was a pretty fun night for me.
I'm at that age were I can't and don't go trick-or-treating so that night I just decided to walk around the neighborhood to see what was going on. As I expected, there were tons of kids running around knocking on doors for candy. And as all ways my neighbor was in his classic costume, the great pumpkin, a giant inflatable pumpkin suit. I felt obliged as I do every year to go give him a few jabs in his giant inflatable stomach. So after that I decided to head over to my friend's house to see what he was doing. We both suggested that we should check out Nightmare on Elmore Street, a giant annual haunted house. I've never been on the street itself so as we tried to make our way over there we got lost. I knew the where it was generally and we got so close (about one street away). We decided to give up and back home to give out candy. After about an hour or so, we heard a man talking on a megaphone and we instantly knew it was from Elmore street and that we had to try again. So we finally made our way there, but we couldn't go in since the line was all the way down the street. However, it was a fantastic show with people in amazing clown costume walking around and scaring people around the area. Overall, it was a really fun night.
I'm at that age were I can't and don't go trick-or-treating so that night I just decided to walk around the neighborhood to see what was going on. As I expected, there were tons of kids running around knocking on doors for candy. And as all ways my neighbor was in his classic costume, the great pumpkin, a giant inflatable pumpkin suit. I felt obliged as I do every year to go give him a few jabs in his giant inflatable stomach. So after that I decided to head over to my friend's house to see what he was doing. We both suggested that we should check out Nightmare on Elmore Street, a giant annual haunted house. I've never been on the street itself so as we tried to make our way over there we got lost. I knew the where it was generally and we got so close (about one street away). We decided to give up and back home to give out candy. After about an hour or so, we heard a man talking on a megaphone and we instantly knew it was from Elmore street and that we had to try again. So we finally made our way there, but we couldn't go in since the line was all the way down the street. However, it was a fantastic show with people in amazing clown costume walking around and scaring people around the area. Overall, it was a really fun night.
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