Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I feel extreme!

I just thought I'd share something....I MADE IT 1/4 of my way through exterme time attack mode on Soul Calibur 2!!!!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Video games can be bad for you, but not for the reasons you might think. They're not bad for you because they'll make you violent — because they won't. However they can be bad for you for other reasons.

Here's a look at the top 5 reasons why video games can be bad for you.

1. Video Games Can Be AddictiveAddiction is defined as "The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something."† Anyone who has really been into video games has experienced this. Kids and adults alike think about getting home and playing games. They also spend a great deal of time reading gaming magazines, participating in online gaming forums, looking for future game releases, and of course, spending countless hours playing games. When they aren't doing any of these things, they're wishing they were.

2. Video Games Can Be ExpensiveIt cost a lot of money to stay current with the latest video games and hardware (console and/or computer). Many gamers spend all of their money on gaming. For example, it's not uncommon for a gamer to have 50-100 games that cost $40-$50 each. They also often have at least 2 different game consoles and 1 high-end PC. This can easily add up to thousands of dollars a year to maintain a typical gamer's habits.

3. Video Games Can Hurt RelationshipsThere's often a direct correlation with the amount of time spent playing video games, and the amount of time spent engaging in a quality relationship. In the most extreme example I could find, there was a couple that was so consumed with playing video games that they ended up neglecting their 3 children — to the point that they were malnourished, naked, and covered in their own feces. Although that's an extreme case, I still think there's something to be said about people who spend the majority of their free time playing video games. My guess is that they're probably not dating or pursuing a meaningful relationship in their free time.

Update: A reader brought to my attention an online group dedicated to loved ones who have been affected by their partner's addiction to World of WarCraft (WoW). Their description includes the following

Do you have a loved one that plays World of Warcraft so much that you feel like you are a widow? This group isn't just for wives, but for anyone, husbands, girl or boyfriends, mothers, fathers, sons or daughters, or anyone that has had a relationship effected by this addictive game.

4. Video Games Can Be DistractingAvid gamers are similar to people who smoke a lot of marijuana — in that they don't get much done. Reading a good book, taking care of bills, writing an article, inventing something, mowing the lawn, etc... are simply not a priority when it comes to getting to the next level or finishing a game. Many gamers have things they would like to do in life, but they never get around to it, because they spend so much of their time playing games. Then, when they do have time to work on one of their projects, they're too tired to do it, because they stayed up till 3am playing a game.

5. Video Games Can Rob You Of Real Life ExperiencesInstead of taking a trip, mountain biking, or hanging out with friends at a cafe, gamer's spend their time in a virtual reality. Whereas real life experiences bear long lasting friendships and memories, videos games do not. The only pictures that come from video games are screenshots, and the memories that are created from playing those games are ultimately meaningless. Living means interacting, growing, learning, teaching, and loving — none of which can be accomplished in the virtual wasteland of video games.

Seriously? This is pathetic!!! This article is the biggest banquet of stereotypes and extremism I've ever seen in my gaming career!!! I understand there's a diffrence between hobby and addiction but this is obviously an attempt to say "You should be ashamed of yourself for gaming because you have no social life, eat leftover pizza, are frying your brain, and you need to reform.
I have a very strong social life that is centered around gaming. Most of my friends are gamers. We play together and have dicussions about recent games. We talk about other things too but gaming is our passion. I do many other things in my free time. I love to draw and blog(obviously)and yes I have dated and are currently dating gamers. Gamers are NOTHING like potheads!!! I get alot done other beating a 3 levels a week. I have to do homework, shower, take care of my cat and I do it all!!! I'm on AB Honor Roll at school for all that is holy!!!!! There's a little thing called priorities and having a life!!!!! As for the memories part, most of my good memories involve playing SC2 and Tekken Tag with my father!!! Or trading Pokemon with my kid brother. I suppose that at the arcade/bowling alley with 3 of my friends drinking soda, bowling and taking turns playing Tokyo Police was completley pointless as that one time where we had an ice storm and had to go to a hotel because we had no power and playing in their built in arcade to take our mind off of not being in the comfort of our home was too. Guess what??? It wasn't!!!! Part of life is having hobbies and fun. That's the way it always was and will be.

Heh, I also found this
FREEHOLD IOWA- Landover Baptist Pastor, Deacon Fred used a blowtorch and a sword Sunday morning to demonstrate that Pokemon games and toys are only sugar-coated instruments of the occult and evil.
Earlier this week at Landover's Wednesday evening service, children's pastor Marty Richards told 714 kids ages 2 through 10 that Pokemon is evil and was sent to this planet under direct orders from Satan himself.

To drive home his point, Richards burned Pokemon trading cards and video games with a blowtorch and skewered 14 plastic Pokemon action figures with a 40 inch broad sword. Richards then held the sword with all 14 pierced Pokemon figures over a charcoal grill. Richards' 5-year-old son tore the limbs and head off a Pokemon doll and spit on the dismembered carcass.

During the demonstration, the children chanted: "Burn it. Burn it,'' and "Chop it up. Chop it up.'' "Kill them All!"

Manufacturers of the hugely popular Pokemon products, including Nintendo and Hasbro Inc., lied openly about Pokemon's association with the occult.

The national Christian Coalition told The Press on Friday that it fully agrees with Landover Baptist's stand against the ungodly toy industry. "Toy manufacturers are being guided by Satan's minions." One source stated, "Demons are instructing the Nintendo and Hasbro companies on how to corrupt a child's innocence and create a future army of junior Satanists that will one day rule the world!"

"We agree with Pastor Deacon Fred, and The Landover Baptist Corporation,'' said William Barnes, a spokesman for the national Christian Coalition based in Virginia. "It's a policy issue, a church issue, and a national security issue. We know all about it. We currently fund over 15 campaigns against the Pokemon menace.''

Pokemon, (pronounced POH-kaymahn), is short for pocket demons. The Devil loving phenomenon began in Japan over 20 years ago. A young boy summoned an evil demon to kill his entire family because they wouldn't buy him a stick of chewing gum at the supermarket. The demon came, and brought with it, other pokemons who jumped into the parents mouths while they were sleeping, and lodged themselves in their tracheas, suffocating an entire family, and setting the boy free to steal their money and buy gum.

"The whole idea behind Pokemon is to show a child that they can become a "powerful evil force, and they don't have to listen to their parents.'' Landover occult expert, Jonathan Edwards said. "Kids look for different Pokemon demons, find them and utilize their specific powers to create chaos in the home. It can be extremely violent, and the liberal media does not want anyone to know how many families have been torn apart since this menace began. The ultimate goal for a child is to collect them, and once they've collected all of them, they can have anything they wish for. In most cases, the child wishes for complete control over his entire family. The pokemons approach in the still of night, entering the parents mouths and lodging themselves in their tracheas until they suffocate. They then scurry off quietly and return to their masters bed. When authorities arrive, they are shocked to see no evidence of foul play. They observe only a smiling child, fast asleep, surrounded by stuffed animals and 'innocent little' Pokemons."

Deacon Fred, one of 37 co-pastors of the 125,000-member, fundamentalist-baptist church, said that his "antenna went up" over a year ago. While driving with his kids, he heard them in the back seat talking about "Abra'' and "Cadabra,'' "A chill went down my spine, and a trickle of perspiration dribbled slowly down to the small of my back!" He pulled the car over, took the Pokemon action figures from his children, placed them on the road, got back into the car and backed over them "100 times, until there was nothing left but shards of plastic." The teary eyed children watched from the roadside.

Pastor Deacon Fred said that he doesn't see why more unsaved folks don't see the Devil's hand in this. "Three of the Pokeman characters sprouts horns!" Another concern, he said, is that children exploring a Pokemon Web site can click to other games, including "Magic: the Gathering,'' a Satanic game similar to Dungeons and Dragons.

"It's got fancy sugar coating on it, but, underneath, it's Hell's poison,'' Pastor Deacon Fred said.

Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs-based Christian organization whose messages reach as many as 5 million people weekly via radio broadcasts, has researched Pokemon, said David Wright , project coordinator the Youth Culture Department. "What we found, is so horrifying, and so schocking, it would drive an unsaved person to the brink of insanity! Godly Christians are the only ones who can see this Satanic attack, we don't expect sinners to understand our ongoing battle with principalities that are not of this world. We do however, expect them to take us very seriously, and to submit to our (God's) authority in destroying these little beasts before they make junior Satanists out of every child on the planet!"

This just makes me laugh. It's actually short for POCKET MONSTER!!! The thing about the kid stealing bubble gum is the biggest bunch of hooplah I've ever heard. Aren't Pokemon suppose to be docile and kind creatures according to the Anime? Pokemon has always taught me to be happy, nice, kind, and caring. From what I understand, I've never read the bible or anything but isn't Satan suppose to start the chaos in the world and God is suppose to try and fix it??? I've seen several times in Pokemon movies harm about to be done to the world and Ash stopping it??? I dunno it's just a thought.
Anyhoo, gaming is a fun thing as long as you don't sacrifice your life for it. My readers I trust you guys not to let gaming take over EVERY aspect of your life.
Happy Gaming,
Ace Trainer Sammey.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Holiday Gaming List...sweeettt!!!!!!

Nothing pleases me more than my Nintendo DS Lite. I love that console to the point where in about 2-4 years it'll need a new battery. I have alot of DS games:
1. Kirby Superstar Ultra
2. Cooking Mama
3. Pokemon Platinum
4. My Sims
5. Pokemon Diamond
6. Spore Creatures
7. Brain Age 2
8.Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time
9. Petz Catz Clan
10. Petz Dogz Fashion
11.Nintendogs Lab and Friends
11. Nintendogs Dalmation and Friends
12. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
13.Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
OKAY!!! Maybe it's not alot-alot but luckyducky for me my Christmas shopping budget is $600.00 so I want to share my holiday gaming list with you guys. These are all DS games:
1. Mario Kart DS
2.Super Mario 64
3. Clubhouse Games
4. Nintendogs Chihuahua and Friends
5. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
6. Pokemon Pearl
7. Sonic Rush
8. Hello Kitty Big City Dreams
9. Final Fantasy III
10. Aquarium
11. Petz Horseshoe Ranch
12. Final Fantasy IV
13. Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
14. Star Fox Command
15. Spectrobes Beyond the Portals
16. Legend of Spyro The Eternal Night
17. Space Invanders Extreme 2
18. Space Bust A Move
19. Neopets Puzzle Adventure
20. Mega Man Black Ace
21. Imagine Fashion Designer New York
22. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time
23. Namco Museum
24. My Little Pony Pinkie Pie's Party(Yes I know I'm immature but in the FUN way :)
25. My Sims Kingdom
26. The Lengendary Starfy
27 Not a DS game but another Nintendo DS Lite G-Pak Organizer and Travel Case...I'll need one for all these games.
This list excluding the case will leave me with a shocking 39 games!!!!!!
I've never been so excited in my life. Well that's all I have to say.
Happy Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hannukah/Whatever Holiday You Celebrate/Gaming,
Ace Trainer Sammey.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hey everyone!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Ace Trainer Sammey and I'm here to post about nothing but my hobby...gaming!
I'm suppose you want to know things about me and the games I like right?
Well sorry you are NOT getting my personal info! I apologize but It's called "personal" for a reason.
As for games, I am a long time Pokemon fanatic and have played blue, most of silver, crystal(by far my favorite), Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, half of leaf green(by far the most boring), Diamond, and Platinum.
I love Final Fantasy. I would play Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core for the PSP but sadly my PSP has been malfunctioning. I'm getting Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy XII Revenant wings for the DS for Christmas.
Pet Games are cute and fun. I have Nintendogs Dalmation and Friends as well as Lab and Friends, Catz Clan, Petz Dogz Fashion, I played Petz Monkeyz for the Wii and the other two Nintendogs that I gave away(I regret that, I have to rebuy them GRR!!!), I'm getting more pet games this Christmas.
Online gaming...I have a neopets account but WoW is soooooo overrated!!! I was a Tauren in world of warcraft...I didn't like it for some reason I'm just not part of the whole WoW craze.
I looove PC Gaming like the old heroes of might and magic. Armagaddeon's blade and restoration of Earathia people non of the 3D Heroes 5 JUNK! I also have Dogz 5(I'm sooo addicted to those games)
Sims is a classic. This whole My Sims thing is pretty cool but It looks suspciouslly too much like Animal Crossing.
I love the origional animal crossing for the GC. City folk for the Wii kinda dissapointed me.
I like Tekken and Soul Calibur. Tekken tag for the ps2 and Tekken Dark ressurection for the psp are my favorites. I hated the tekken where they took out anna though. ANNA ROCKS! GET RID OF SOMEONE ELSE JUST NOT ANNA!!!!! For soul calibur 2 i play sophitia(I have a record for fastest time on extra arcade mode with sophitia), Talim, Yungsung, Raphael or Maxi. I hear on SC4 this Tira character is wicked sick. I'll have to put that game on my to play list.
Please note that I am a very open minded gamer and am willing to take suggestions.
Happy Gaming,
Ace Trainer Sammey