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…
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 FineBros’ channel. 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!
