Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A SCRIBBLENAUTICAL blog post! (Random Randomness 1/31/2013)


If any of you have read my latest deviantART journal, you would know that I received a Wii U for Christmas.  You can read about my initial thoughts on the system and the game Nintendoland in the aforementioned journal entry.

Relating to the title, I bought Scribblenauts Unlimited two weeks ago, and it has quickly become my latest video game addiction.  One thing I have to mention is that Wii U games are quite spendy!  My wallet was $60 lighter after I bought Scribblenauts.  I understand why they’re so expensive, but good grief, I’m not at all wealthy!  So not looking forward to that inevitable moment when I have to choose between two games that come out within the same time frame…
Back to the point, Scribblenauts Unlimited is basically a game where you use a magical notebook to spawn virtually whatever you want to help people and solve puzzles.  I fell in love after spawning a “Kind Giant Fast Flying Fire-Breathing Purple Dragon”.  Yeah, you can add adjectives, too.  Some of the cool features of the Wii U version of the game (it’s also for Nintendo 3DS and PC) are object editor, in which you can make your own objects, co-op multiplayer mode, backpack storage for your favorite items, AND, there are Mario and Zelda cameos!  I must have tried every word in the Zelda dictionary to see what I could spawn. So far I’ve found Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Ganon, rupee, Goron, Tingle, Triforce, Master Sword, Hylian Shield, ocarina…it was very amusing to me how Link would fight with Ganondorf, Zelda dissappears when you spawn Sheik or vice versa, and such.
Another cool feature is a location in the game called “Punctuation Plaza”, where players can search for items via WiFi, download their favorites, and upload their own creations to share with others.  I recently got Slenderman and have been having some fun with him. Mwahahaha.
           All and all, it’s a super fun and addicting game. After you have gone through the game one time, you have the option to reset levels or reset your whole game for even more fun.  I think I still have one or two more levels to complete.


I have to admit that one of the driving forces to me buying the game was watching videos of people playing it on YouTube.  Despite his sometimes frequent anatomical jokes, Pewdiepie's videos were the most compelling.  He just looked like he was having way too much fun!
That being said, I have been watching a lot of gaming YouTubers lately.  Well, YouTubers in general.  So, I thought I’d share some of my favorites with all of you.  I’ve chosen 4 categories: Music, Vlog, Gaming, and Other.
Most of my time on YouTube is spent listening to music or watching lyric videos.  But there are also a few cover artists who I really enjoy listening to/watching, namely Peter Hollens (who happens to live in my city, just btw), Tanner Patrick, Christina Grimmie and the amazing Lindsey Stirling.  My favorite though?  Definitely Boyce Avenue.  Alejandro’s voice melts my heart.


Take a listen:

[Boyce Avenue’s cover of Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way]

 
I’ve watched a few vloggers here and there, and generally, I find them boring, awkward, repetitive, annoying, or all of the above.  The only vloggers I watch regularly are Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and his friend Phil Lester (AmazingPhil).  Both of them are ridiculously funny, and we were born in the same time frame so I feel like we have a lot in common.
 

Here’s a video featuring both of them:

[Phil Is Not On Fire 4 (just look at those faces...d'aww)]

 
I watch a lot of gaming videos.  Mostly because watching people flip out when they see Slenderman for the first time is freaking hilarious.  I’ve watched craploads of Pewdiepie, Smosh Games, Captain Sparklez, The Syndicate Project, and others.  Some I liked, others, not so much. And I have yet to find a female gamer that I enjoy watching.  Any suggestions?  I kind of had a difficult time deciding which YouTube gamer I like best, because I am very partial to both Markiplier and Yamimash.  Two things that really annoy me about gamers, though, is that they are constantly making inappropriate jokes and swearing, and I am in no way promoting any that.  These two, however, I’ve come to love so much that I still enjoy watching their videos.  I’ve learned to just tune out all the swearing. LIKE A BOSS. 
I just wish that people like Mark and Aaron would play Nintendo games, which is something I really like about Smosh's gaming channel.
 

Yamimash’s first Slender reaction is quite possibly the funniest I've seen:

[Scary Games - Slender Game w/Reactions & Facecam]

 
            I nearly forgot the “Other” category.  I just kind of tacked that on there because there is one other channel that I await weekly episodes from, and that is the FineBroschannel.  The Fine Bros’ videos feature Kids, Teens, Elders, or YouTubers reacting to various subjects such as viral videos, memes, and more.  Very entertaining stuff.

 
Check it out:
 
[Teens React to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]

 
…aaaand, that’s all, folks!  I hope you enjoyed this loooong bit of randomness.  I’ll try my hardest to post more often!
 
‘Til then!