Showing posts with label SEGA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SEGA. Show all posts

Thursday, July 12, 2012

RAGING NERDGASM NO QUARTER ARCADE - Lee-Lee's Quest and Lee-Lee's Quest 2 from Adult Swim games



FLASH GAME FUN- RAGING NERDGASM NO QUARTER ARCADE!



Lee-Lee's quest is a jump back to the classic side scrolling 2D platformer us 20 to 30 something year old folks grew up on. You play as the title character Lee-Lee; a blue, ball shaped and surprisingly male voiced "adventurer" with what looks like a hood ornament stuck to your forehead. Your goal, journey through several stages full of foul-mouthed, insult slinging geometrical people (cylinders, upside down pyramids, cubes and other shapes) and other pitfalls to save your girlfriend Luu-Luu (a baritone voiced "female") ! All while listening to repetitive music, trading insults with a surly folk of shape world, picking up what amounts to "power ups" and watching very similar backdrops.



In the end; your girlfriend isn't your girlfriend and not even a girl in the first place (and I'm fairly sure she's/ he's not even your friend and the protagonist may actually be a sociopath), you senselessly murder every living thing in your path and collect, of all things, shovels along the way. It's a great, nonsensical game that entertains the player with hilarious banter and the constant belly-aching of the main character during his misguided quest. Achievements are unlocked along the way and unless you look at an online guide, you don't know what they are unless you aimlessly achieve them in the first place. The game designer delights the player with all the crazy side scrolling 2D platformer quirks you loved and questioned as a kid.



Part Two picks up where the last one left off. Actually, it pretty much starts the same way the first one did except Luu-Luu is pregnant (confusing drama bomb) with the boss character's child! And now, you are off again, chasing after the he/she you love though some fun and colorful levels that take the same formula as the previous game and multiply the awesome factor. You get all the same fun character banter along with a couple of random appearances of the game's creator, Marcus Richert, that get cut short by the main character's sense of being upstaged. More "power ups" show up this time and if you neglect to pick them up repeatedly, they will chase you down and force you to use them. Also, some throwbacks to classic gaming show up in game play so look out for them.


Main point I want to make about these games is while they may seem incredibly easy to beat, take your time. The most entertaining thing about both games is the banter between characters. Also, all the characters from both games are voiced by Joshua Tomar.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Television Series: Code Monkeys

DVD blog from my wife Ana Bruja-Khayos

Every so often my husband and I wonder in the the magical world called "Movie Stop".  Once inside we roam the isle for some time looking for something unique you wouldn't normally see on mainstream TV, internet, or in this country.  Other times we, simply looking for short, films and TV series that have fallen out of most peoples minds.  One these gems is the show "Code Monkeys".  For only $4 and we simply could not resist.

Code Monkeys aired for two seasons on G4 back in 2007-2008, and was mainly seen by their main demographic, Nerdy Gaming 20 somethings. The show has an 8-bit look that will remind you of youtube's "8-bit theater", and will literally sucks you in if you grew up during the 1980's playing games on the Atari, Nintendo NES, and SEGA systems to mention a few. The shows fallows a pair of game coders in the early 1980's at a company called "Game-O-Vision".  The company has a colorful crew of characters that are everything but ethical, and creating cocky games like Hobo Killer,  Nacho Time, Cracker Barrel (where you shoot Crackers in a Barrel),  Red Ronda (teaching girls about their period),  Ninja Pirate Robots, Big Ass Dolphin to compete against their two highest competitors Bellecovision (main competitor) and the Pretendo Corporation.  During the show you will see awesome guest stars appearances from the film, music, and gaming industry.  Hidden innuendos and crude humor is what makes this show just totally awesome, whether you are sober, drunk, and for some influence by recreational substances.

The only negative is that only one season was release on DVD out of two.  There's where rumors that season two was going to be released in early 2011 through the SHOUT exclusive website, but so far no Season 2 to be seen. Each season holds a total of thirteen episodes, and you will recognize voice actors such as Dana Snyder also known as Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.  In the end Code Monkeys, is truly a great buy to have in your personal collection.   I give this series 5 out of 5