Tag: Switch

How to Become a Master Sushi Striker

It has been said that the best Nintendo is weird Nintendo. This is epitomized by Sushi Striker: Way of the Sushido, a recently released puzzle/Pokemon/fighting game hybrid centered around eating mass quantities of sushi. Over the course of about 20 hours and 150 levels, I fell in love with the absurd, yet surprisingly deep and challenging anime adventure the game took me on. Instead of spending a post singing its many  over-the-top praises, I thought I'd provide tips on maximizing your sushi striking abilities for anyone seeking to start their own sushi revolution.

Yoku’s Island Express: The Metroidvania You Never Knew You Needed

The other day, I received a message out of the blue from a friend whose taste in games I trust. He was extolling the virtues of an unconventional new 2D adventure that's a "fusion of pinball and Metroidvania games". Instantly, that mind-blowing and heretofore unprecedented combo had my attention, and I knew I had to at least see how that even works. Plus, when else would I get a chance to play as a dung beetle postal worker in a video game?

Braving the World of Online Gaming with Rocket League

Traditionally, I have always been heavy into single player games. Sure I had many weekends blissfully spent absorbed in Goldeneye as a kid, but for the most part, I'm a loner in the gaming world. Perhaps it's an underlying fear of being found out to be a n00b or uncertainty about my ping, but I haven't really taken to the shift in the gaming industry toward the online games as a service model. After a wonderful evening at work a few weeks back sending off a coworker with a night of Rocket League, I decided it was time to overcome my trepidation about online domination and put myself out into the fierce world of Rocket League multiplayer. To help ease the transition, I chose 3 vs 3 Soccar style which I had recently mastered against AI using my shiny new Switch Pro Controller.

A Year in the Life of My Nintendo Switch

Today marks the one year anniversary of finally achieving my life's dream of being able to play some of the greatest games around from the comfort of my bed. I truly have come a long way from being forced to sit 3 feet away from a giant cathode ray tube TV to enjoy video games. There are a lot of people to thank for helping me get here. First, I'd like to thank my mom for taking me to Toys"R"Us endless times as a kid to blow my allowance. I'd like to take my dad for realizing at a young age that I would never achieve success in the sports world. Perhaps it was my blindness or my complete lack of coordination, but, whatever it was, you saw it in me. Lastly, I'd also like to thank my beautiful wife for never giving up on me no matter how many hours I spent playing video games and how many times the blue light from my Switch has disrupted her REM cycle.

Celeste

I have died 2333 2569 times so far in Celeste. While, I don't know how many times my virtual self has perished in any other game, I'm fairly certain this would lie on the high end of the spectrum. Despite causing me to frequently meet my doom, Celeste is an unbelievably welcoming game and an unexpected gem that is on the fast track to my Best of 2018.

The Never-ending Joy of Stardew Valley

Despite my rough and tough city ways, I am actually a farmer at heart. I spent the first four years of my life on my grandparents' orange farm and often helped with picking/packaging during the busy winter orange season. Sure I never managed to actually succeed at anything remotely agriculture related on my own.  Every grow your own potato experiment in school and ill-advised basil plant purchase in adulthood met an untimely end, but dammit I know it has just been in my genes this whole time waiting to be unleashed. Thanks to Stardew Valley on the Nintendo Switch, at least my digital self can live out its true life's calling and make my kinfolk proud.

Photos from my Trip to Skyrim

Thanks to a delightfully lazy snow-filled week here in Charleston, I finally had the time to hunker down and beat Skyrim on Switch (well, as much as you can beat Skyrim proper along with the Dragonborn and Dawnguard expansions). In approximately 50 hours of gameplay, I "accomplished" a lot. I killed 20+ dragons, was cheered on by orphans after taking out their evil headmaster, avenged my beloved horse, became the head wizard at a magic college, accidentally killed my companion with a stray magic spell and had to reload 20+ times, bought a house, married a local girl who only noticed me because she needed a mammoth tusk, adopted a street urchin, shot several thousand fireballs from my left hand, became a werewolf, killed a whole lot of vampires, and saved the world of Skyrim 10 times or so.