Smash Bros. for Wii U has a "World Status" mode, which lets you watch a ticker of random statistics collected from players. These include total number of hours played, total number of Kos people have gotten, and the total distance the Sandbag has been launched in home run contest. All of this is show on a nice global map with lights for all currently connected players. Here are some stats I saw just this morning.
Things get pretty hilarious when you stop trying to be a master assassin in Unity.
Track: La Femme Fatale | Artist: Osamu Shoji | Album: Digital Trip - Adieu Galaxy Express 999 Synthesizer Fantasy
I'm not one to get into mobile gaming but every few months something comes along and enough friends and peers tweet about it that I feel compelled to join them, if only for a day.
Crossy Road , a sort of isometric, voxel-y, infinite take on Frogger, is the latest title to join my iPhone library due to peer pressure. The fact that it's free to play (or should I say, "free to get") made it hard to turn down. Here, you tap or swipe to hop, and once a car flattens you, or a train sends you flying, or you miss landing on a log and drown in a river, it's back to the beginning.
Except the beginning is ever changing. Crossy Road is a high score game, and to earn one, you'll need to learn which vehicles move at which speeds and know your limitations. I try to move in short, rapid bursts -- several jumps forward at a time -- but often become too aggressive for my own good. There are tempting, dangerously-placed coins to collect, too. Damn those coins.
You can spend them on a gashapon machine that dispenses new characters at random. I unlocked animals like a horse and a turtle, but what I really want is the cool robot. I could buy him with real money (I won't) or watch ads to earn extra coins (I won't). Which is fine. It's easy to play Crossy Road without spending anything or feeling pressured to do so. Sorry, robot.
In my struggle to reach a three-digit score, I began to wonder why our streets aren't permanently lined with roadkill. Even from a high-up viewpoint, weaving in and out of traffic is tricky business. Poor critters. After seeing some great runs like this, I've decided to retire early.
To say that all is not well in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's pro scene would be a massive understatement. Multiple pros have been caught cheating by Valve's official anti-cheat software, and even more are suspected.
It's official folks: in China, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be operated by the same conglomerate, Shanghai Media Group. How's that for friendly rivals?
This weekend, while watching my middle son play soccer, my oldest son said, "Dad, I bought some pizza-flavored chocolate." Of course, I replied with "That sounds disgusting." He then asked if I wanted to try it. Oh yes, I said. Oh yes.
