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Hello there Mortals. This is actually just Archaen, but I'm on the Admin Account, which also happens to be the blog email address... yes, it does exist, and yes, someone does monitor it, so feel free to drop a question our way via email...

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Halo 2 Review

Hey, its Thor here again, and I know I said I would post more regularly, and i haven't been doing that due to lots of work, and other things(Okay, I was Watching Stargate and Flashpoint). i have finished a new logo for (null) and will get it up soon (well, not really...) but now into what game i will be reviewing today.

Halo 2, the Sequel to the game featured in my first review, Halo: Combat Evolved {which is being re-released in remastered HD with Xbox Live, available November 15, 2011, w00t[And now that is last year :P]} I never got to play the Xbox live online feature before the servers went down last year, probably my only video game related regret, as I hear it was very fun.

Anyways, on to the review. The graphics have obviously advanced, with environments that are even more seamless than the original. the campaign story line is short, but good, continued on from the last game. I'd like to tell you a play by play of the first level, since that seemed to be my thing based on my one review, but I haven't played it recently, and completely forget what happens.

Some new features and weapons were introduced in this game. The original magnum pistol was replaced with an insanely crappy new one... and Duel Wielding was added! (and or course the Assault Rifle was removed and replaced with the 3 round burst Battle Rifle, and the 60 round full auto, dual wield-able SMG) Dual wielding basically made it possible to carry two weapons, one in each hand, as well as a back up. when you switch weapons though, you drop one of the guns. One gun is fired with the left trigger, the other with the right, making grenade throwing while dual wielding impossible.

Story-line wise though, It continued the story just slightly after you destroy Installation 04 in Halo: CE, and John117 is back on earth (more accurately, above it). Oh, and completely on topic, I just remembered the first level! ya!

You are standing in the armory of the Earth Defense Station 'Cairo', basically a giant MAC (Magnetic Accelerator Cannon) Platform that float in orbit above Earth. the MAC Platforms are placed 3 in one area, in a all in a giant grid; with the Cairo's Sister Platforms, the 'Athens' and the 'Malta'. you are talking to the Master Sargent who is working in the armory (Okay, you are standing there, and he is talking to you). he is complaining about the amount of damage that you did to your MJOLNIR MK5 armor. Lucky for you, he just got the MK6 model for you, so you have to do the Standard Inversion "Better this way, or This Way" test again. Right after you finish the test, Sargent Johnson comes out of an elevator to pick you up for an awards ceremony aboard the 'Cairo'. you follow him and the elevator goes down and sideways, while Johnson gives you a brief history of the MAC Platforms. As they get out of the elevator Johnson says to you "You told me you were gonna wear something nice." As you two walk over to the next set of doors a floating Press camera follows you. Chief looks at, and then replies "You told me there weren't going to be any cameras..." Blah blah blah, more story stuff you'll have to find out about yourself, Some bits with The Arbiter, being branded and what not. Back on the MAC platform, you are receiving a medal, and Miranda Keyes (Captain Jacob Keyes Daughter) is receiving a medal for her father. The Covenant attack, laying waste to one of the MAC platforms using a bomb. You know there is a bomb somewhere aboard 'Cairo', and you set out to find it, killing everything that isn't human on your way. you get to the bomb, Cortana stops the detonation... but then you decided to use the Covenants own bomb against them. You open the airlock doors and jump out, pushing the bomb out with you. You fly through a hole in a Covenant Battle Cruiser that was opened up by a Longsword, and set the bomb in the power core of the ship, and then push of, hurtling away where you are picked up by the Frigate In Amber Clad. 


That's basically a not so quick synopses of the first level...

Overall I'd have to give this game a 85/100. I had a lot of fun with this game, and I hear the online multi-player was very fun, but I only got to play the offline multi-player (still, really fun), but they replaced the Magnum and the Assault Rifle. I do like the Battle Rifle and SMG, but I really liked the 60 round MA5b. They also added the dual wielding capability, so that is a plus.

Cave Story Three-Dee

I celebrate Christmas, as I'm sure some of you do, so It is logical to assume that I got something for Christmas. And, in doing so, you would be correct. I got 200$ from my uncle, who lives in Montreal. 100$ was for Christmas, and the other half was from my birthday, which was in October (the 9th, to be exact). I decided I would go out and get a 3DS game. At the time, I didn't really know what I wanted, but when I saw that Gamestop only had one copy of Cave Story 3D left, I decided to buy it.

Anyhow, this is my review of the game.

The game has a nice classic feel to it, while adding the new effects nicely. You have two options for graphics. You can choose to play with the new 3D characters and objects (such as Life Capsules and Save Points), or you could play with a 3D world, but with the original 2D sprites, and thankfully, both are amazing.

The gameplay is just what I had expected it to be. The characters have exactly the same lines, and unfortunately, Balrog doesn't say "HUZZAH!!!" when he appears in the shack. Other than that let down, the game is a good amuser, at least until I feel like hauling my lazy ass out to buy another iTunes gift card.

I give Cave Story 3D 89 Huzzah's or lacktherof out of 100 Huzzah's or lacktherof.

Club Nintendo 2011 Platinum Reward Unboxing!

So, two reviewers here on Null (Rinzler and myself!) recently got their hands on the latest Club Nintendo elite status reward! Platinum, no less. There's really not much more to say, so check out our unboxing videos down below! Just click a link and have a good four minutes of your life. It's time well wasted, folks.

My Unboxing (Fiftybottles):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNv0FXjXrR0

Rinzler's Unboxing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fzzT5hJwts&context=C3495d3dADOEgsToPDskKwmrk0Br019HwJVOiAOzo6

Sorry for the Last Post

As you can see, the title is what I mean. I have deepest regrets for doing something so childish. I'm just expresses my inner emotions through pictures that I created. Like a poet with his or her poems. Like an artist with paint or an author with words. I am just a follower of these great people. I may have missed some of the great people who express their feelings. If you thought I would make more of those, well too bad. I'll only give you one more though.

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Just Some Stuff...

Okay, so recently a few things have happened... Thor has recently retrieved the password for our YouTube/Gmail/Blogger account, so I took the liberty to upload a video review, which is kind of crappy, for the Club Nintendo Platinum Reward... Which is being uploaded as I type this on my phone.

The other info I had to inform you about, is that our fellow blogger, Chi You has been temporarily demoted to an author for posting a poll asking who was right, me or him. Not to worry, he has been informed and will be fully reinstated as a full admin before the turn of 2012.

Another quick note, I will also be making a video review for Mario Kart 7 as well as Super Mario 3D Land.

Thanks for reading,

~Captain Picard

Minecraft Requests

I am taking Minecraft creation requests if you don't know. It has to be something you won't censor or look like something you will censor. So, I will be able to make a lot of thing. I would prefer if you gave Minecraft city ideas. Sad face.

I have an emergency station, if you don't know, I have a visual tour of it. I have a church, inn, observatory, indoor shooting/bomb range, therapist, a brewer stand, a vendor, a well, a soup kitchen/homeless shelter, hunting store, cafe, a lighting shop and a color wool store.
Well, if you want to tell me a request either e mail me with the e mails at the side or post a comment.

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Lucky Number 7

So over the weekend, my dad was supposed to buy me Mario Kart 7 from the NWS in NY City, but he ran out of money, so I was forced to get it today, after school. Anyhow, I ended getting it on the 6th instead of the 4th, like I was supposed to. I did however, get the 2 pin set from Gamestop (and an Yellow Bird plush) with the game.

Overal, the game has its many ups and downs (literally, with that damn hanglider), and one strong point the game has is something I have admired about Mario Kart since I used to play my N64, which is probably collecting dust somewhere in my basement, was the music used in Rainbow Road. The developers and composers that helped with this game gave it a unique feel, but the classic fanfare kicked in about halfway through the first "section" (longer courses, such as Wuhu Loop, Maka Wuhu and Rainbow Road have you complete three segments of the course, but only one lap). The way the music blended with the graphics almost made me cry myself to the finish line.

The gamplay that Mario Kart 7 has to offer is truly one-of-a-kind, in the sense that is has the virtue that it hasn't been done before. The 3D effects really add depth (pardon the pun) to the game, and the first-person-racer mode allows you to use the gyro controls to race. I still can't forgive Nintendo for putting Mushroom Gorge in this game...

The only area I think that this game lacked in was the characters. The game has some new characters, and the ability to customize your kart, but the characters you'd expect to be there have been replaced by some useless characters from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 64. Otherwise, this game was among the stars (literally, again with the hanglider), and is bound to be like it's predecessor, which has only dropped in price by 5$ in almost 4 years.

I give this game 99.5 hangliders out of 100.

Our opinion on Minecraft

Sorry that no one posted anything about the Minecraft Official release. Well, here it is, we've only been out for about a year now, so we said stuff about Minecraft since Feburary of this year. We continued to say things about Minecraft, me posting lots of things about it. In the month of July, I posted Minecraft Traps for everyday, and currently I'm making a city to show off to you, the viewers. Overall, I have posted the most about Minecraft, I never really stood there and valued it. Yes Fiftybottles posted things that were cool, like a cavestory texture, Minecraft movie, Minecraft videos and stuff no one really cared about. He just improved the Minecraft appearance. Sad face.

I on the other hand will take requests for what you want to see about Minecraft. I will mold Minecraft into whatever, and make this a Minecraft experience. Minecraft is about observing natural structures on you computer and not in real life, it's about bragging about awesome generating bugs, building huge things because you have no life, and just having fun with mods. Sad face.

In short, Minecraft is awesome juice straight from a semi awesome fruit. Half the awesomeness is from what you make of it. Whether you build or mod, Minecraft is what you make of it. This is not Null Review's official review of Minecraft but it is close. Sad face.

Voxatron Review

Ohmigod, it's Fiftybottles! (resounding applause) Thank you, thank you. As you obviously noticed, that whole "Freebies and Betas" died a loooong time ago. But anyways, I'm back, and I'm here with another review. It's a bit shorter this time, but let's hope you still enjoy it!

Voxatron was released originally with the "Humble Voxatron Debut", a day before Halloween. It's obviously over now, but I managed to pick it up (on the last day, no less) and I figured, hey, why the hell not? Let's review this mother!

Voxatron is an old-school shoot-em-up with a twist. Sure, you're still blasting away at hordes of demons, monsters, and giant pigs with fists that could break Chuck Norris, but the entire game is made of voxels. Don't know what voxels are? Ever heard of Minecraft? Then you know what voxels are. They are essentially 3D pixels. Minecraft uses a completely voxel-based engine (which is how it achieves the whole "block-building" effect), albeit on a much larger scale than "Voxatron". A.K.A. The voxels in this game are much smaller. This means that you can run around, blasting tiny chunks away from buildings with your pea-shooter, and watching them collapse in a pile of rubble before your very feet and eyes! It's immensely satisfying to shoot the stilts off of a cage containing hundreds of little monsters, and watch them pour out of the remains to tear your face off. There are really no limits to what a voxel-based engine can do, and there's really no better showcase for that than this game.

Voxatron comes with a 27-room sample level, labelled "Adventure Mode". It's very fun to play through, and shows you just what can be achieved in the impressive engine that Lexaloffle has crafted. The real bulk of the game, however, comes from the "BBS Levels" game mode. Every single user-created level is stored in here, an you can play them at your will, save them to your favourites, browse character models, filter which levels you want... it's just great. There's already a tremendous community in this game, with already 441 user-made levels having been uploaded to the BBS (one of which is mine. "Onslaught Arena", look 'er up on the BBS!). That's pretty incredibly considering how long the game has been out.

Voxatron comes with a tremendous, easy-to-learn level editor that will have you blasting baddies in your own stages within no time at all. It's a bit clunky, and I wish there were some more options, but with the promised updates and the sheer amount of customization options, this part of the game is an absolute blast. Design your own dungeon, then litter it with items and power-ups to slay the evil army of tear droplets that approach from the hallway in front of you. Trap the player in a cage and force him to shoot his way out into a post-apocalyptic mad-world that wants nothing more than to see you dead. The possibilities are endless, and you really have the ability to flex your creative muscles and let your talents shine.

In conclusion, Voxatron is an awesome game that is definitely worth the current asking price of $15. Hell, if this game was $30 it would still be an incredible buy. Without hesitation, you should head on over to the website and download this sucker A.S.A.P.!

Voxatron gets 88 "Swords of Fortune" out of 100.

Super Mario 3D Land

SUPER MARIO 3D LAND

Hello peeps. So... a few weeks back I got Super Mario 3D Land, and I must say it is my favourite game of 2011 so far. And we still have December left. So, the bottom line is, that if you have a 3DS and $40, you need this game. You actually NEED it. This game has AMAZING graphics, keeping you in constant awe. The other great thing about SM3DL, is that it is an amazing blend of SMG/SMG2 and SMB3/NSMB. There is that sense of nostalgia you get when you first see the Tanooki Leaf, or when you hear the familiar underground theme, and the sense of adventure when you grab a Boomerang Flower.

Graphics - 100%

Playability - 100%

Music - 100%

StreetPass - 100%

Throwback Factor - 100%

OVERALL - 100%

I should probably do my Business homework now...

If I told you that you looked stupid not visiting this blog, would you believe me?

Hey guys, I'm back, and in case you are wondering who I am, I am 16 Bit, but now I am Captain Picard. Don't know who Captain Picard is? Go watch Star Trek: The Next Generation, you'll find out.

...Anyhow, since we are all busy with school, (I think) the amount of posts has almost completely flat lined, and we hope to solve that...

Because I got Super Mario 3D Land.

Now you will bask in the glory of my epicosity, and you will also wait until whenever-the-hell-I-feel-like-it for a review.

Polls

I made another poll for all of you to know. Only the cool people can click "my fist and break both disc"

Minecraft City

I have lots of time on my hands on certain days so I thought about installing Single Player Commands mod and builtng a city. I have an emergency response team ready and I built their headquarters. Here's a look at the main lobby and counter.
This is the detective's office. He has the best name
This is Detective Poopenstanky Mcpolicemanson's office
This is the doctor's office
The patients go on the bed, put their stuff in the chest and eat cake for instant health.
This is the emergency team sleeping place, bunk beds for space.
The top of the emergency tower, it is a lookout over the city. In the corner is netherrack, light it in emergency like a creeper take over.