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Time to review something but, err, what?
Guest Post By Jamie
I want to do a review on something, but don’t have a clue what to do it on. If you have any requests, leave them in the comments. I’ll take a look at all of them and have one up by Sunday
Jamie
legoless: Don’t forget to check out my Poptropica and Chicken Smoothie Halloween posts in the meantime!
WarioWare: Snapped! Review
Guest Post By Jamie
What should the next review be?
Looks like the DSi Browser! It should be up by Monday 17th. Oh, I’ve already decided the review for the week after. FlipNote Studio.
Since Woof has betrayed the awesomeness that is Nintendo (I’ve only ever owned Nintendo Stuff: GBC, GBA, N64, GameCube, DSPhat, DSLite, Wii and DSi), someone needs to restore dignity to the web. So, for the next 6-7 Weeks, I’ll be reviewing 6 or 7 (That’s 1 a week, OMG) DSiWare games. Everything from WarioWare: Snapped! to Paper Plane Chase. If you’ve seen a DSiWare game somewhere, or you want to know more about one, comment on this – or any other – of my DSiWare review posts.
Wario Ware: Snapped!
This first review is of WarioWare snapped. The game, like every other WarioWare game, has no particular purpose or storyline. It’s just a way to have fun. Which i can say this game does relatively well, keeping with the WarioWare family. It costs 500 Points on the DSiShop. That’s (At The Time of Posting) £3.50, $5.85 and €4.10. Considering you get 1,000 points for free, I’d definitely make this one of the games you get with those points.
Before you play this game, make sure you’re sat in front of a dull coloured wall, becauseof the way the camera works, if the wall is too bright or cluttered, it wont pick you up. <I don’t recommend playing outside, since
a) It doesn’t work
b) Your DSi Might get stolen
On the home screen, there are 6 Options
- Wario – I’d start off on this Roller-coaster. Basics are always good, and it’s probably the most fun.
- Mona – She has some fun games, but the end result isn’t quite as good. I’ll go into more detail on each Coster in a minute.
- Jimmy T – This is my favourite. Not for the games, but purely for the Comic-Strip at the end
- Kat & Ana – This is the multi player mode. Can’t say much about this one, since I haven’t played it yet.
- Help – This is more or less useless, since the game is self-explanatory
- Credits – The most awesome credits mini game ever – you control the roller-coaster and try to get as many points as possible. WOW
Now for a much more in-depth look. If you can’t be bothered to read this, then just walk away. Well, you can’t actually walk away. Just don’t click the More Link
Chrome Experiments
Guest Post By Jamie
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from my 3 years on the internet, it’s that things grow fast. Take YouTube for example. It has a massive community, but I bet you wouldn’t guess it was founded in 2004. Just 5 years and look how big it is. And then look at Twitter. It’s user base expanded by 500% last year. That’s like doubling it, doubling it again, and adding what they already had to that. And the next great thing has just come along. And it’s name: Chrome Experiments
It’s developed with the new Web Browser, Google Chrome, in mind, taking advantage of it’s huge Javascript abilities. But it seems to work fine in most browsers. It’s basically a vast collection of Mini JavaScript apps, that run in your browser. Let’s take a closer look at a few of my favourites……
Starfield is one of those things that’s always fun. The direction that the stars move is determined by where you mouse is on the screen, meaning they can go anywhere. You can also blur them, so that they have a comet like tail, by holding down your left mouse button.
This is one of the more unique apps. It starts off as a very simple cube, but changes rapidly as you use the given controls. You can stretch the X, Y, and Z values, make it curve more, create protrusions inside it, and change the background colour. This could be one of the greatest JavaScript creations ever. If there was a little bit more customization involved.
This was the first Chrome Experiment I ever tried, and probably the reason I checked out more. You create balls by clicking and dragging the cursor, and then you move them, shake them and get rid of them. By double clicking the background, you can also change the colour of the balls and background.
All you need to make this app work is a Microphone connected to your computer. You then choose you microphone, choose a character, and you’re off! As you talk, the mouth on the person will open and close accordingly, making it seem as if they are talking. I absolutely love this Experiment, and can’t wait for some more character’s to come
Ball Droppings is really quite unique. A hole drops balls continuously (at a rate you can change), and you can then direct the balls by drawing lines. As a ball hits a line, it makes a noise. The further down the screen a ball gets, the lower the noise. You can also change how gravity affects them, and, if you like, make them travel up instead of down! If you really wanted too, I suppose you could even make a song using lines and editing the gravity with this…….
That conclude’s my review of Chrome Experiments, which you can find at http://chromeexperiments.com
Also, check out Woof’s Post below
Fancy Pants Adventures Review – Part 1
Guest Post By Jamie
Hey! Legoless added me to this blog in return for something (no, it wasn’t some Lego) and because I’m a good friend of his, and he asked me to post a review. Hope y’all enjoy it.
-Jamie
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And, to make a change from the usual PS2 and Wii reviews and the usual faces of Legoless, Guinea and Woof, it’s all fresh today. Today’s review is on a game that’s been out for a few years now, and has gained a total of 8,614,023 plays over it’s two ‘Worlds ‘ alone. Yep, it’s the Fancy Pants Adventures! As normal in a review, I’ll post Graphics, Game play, Content, etc. ratings in the post at the end.
World 1 – Original
In the original Fancy Pants Adventures, there were only 3 levels, cleverly named ‘Level 1′, ‘Level 2′, and ‘Level 3′.
Level 1
In Level 1, the point is basically to remember the controls, so there is bit of everything in there. There are jumps, rolls, platforms, springboards, moving boxes and enemies. The controls work like this:
- ← Moves you left
- → Moves you right
- ↓ makes you crouch
- ‘S’ makes you jump
And no, I don’t know why ‘S’ is jump either.
To kill an enemy, simply jump on it, then jump on it again.
Video Guide: -coming soon-
Level 2
Level 2 brings a bit more complexity to the game. With some backwards jumps required, it’s certainly harder. Also, another enemy is introduced. He is, in essence, a ‘Mini-Boss’. It’s a rat thing, who has a ‘Bazooka’ style weapon. Dodge out of the path of his bullets or face some damage. The up-side is he only needs one hit to kill him.
Video Guide: -coming soon-
Level 3
The final level of Fancy Pants 1. Kinda disappointing that there’s only 3 levels, but you’ll realize why I got over it later. 
The level in itself is quite short, but at the end is your real challenge – The Angry Penguin Guy Dude Thing-A-Majig. To beat him, wait till he charges at the wall, jump out of the way, and then jump on him. Three or four of these should kill him!
Video Guide: -coming soon-
World 2 – The Better One.
Last year, Fancy Pants 2 was released. A massive improvement of it’s predecessor, it gained very high praise. So, what’s all the fuss about?!
Level 1
Level one of Fancy Pants Adventures 2 is much easier than Level 1 of the original. It starts off with you playing a simple game of Golf. A man thinks you are brilliant and gives you and Ice Cream (probably chocolate flavored… maybe nut). Anyway, a rabbit steals your chocolate, and basically this game revolves around getting the Ice Cream back. The first level is set in a kind of ‘Rubbish Dump’. Easily completed though, seen and there is only really one way to go.
Review:
Graphics
9/10
Music/Sound FX
9.5/10
Things To Do
10/10
Length
9/10
TOTAL: 37.5/40!
Part 2 of the review will be probably on December 27th or 28th.
Merry Christmas!!!
Spurs – The new guy.
Arcanists
Guest Post By Woof
Ok, so I’m kinda abandoning the Nintendo with Woof for now, its too restricting.
(Logo Copyrighted by Jagex)
(Click here to go to the game.)
The reason I’m reviewing an online game is because its free to play and also highly addictive.
The controls are very easy to remember:
Move Left: Z
Move Right: X
Jump High: BackSpace
Jump Sideways: Enter
Switch Control: C/N
Skip Turn: Q
Menu:Esc
The gameplay resembles “Worms” in many ways. The aim is to attack your opponents with a range of spells (which I’ll come to later) and lower their health to zero. Falling into the water isn’t lethal but you lose some health.
Now, Most spells require membership (£2 a month, $4 a month appx.) but free players get two free spellbooks (22 Spells) to choose from.
Another cool thing is that if you have a Runescape account, you can use it to play because the owners of Runescape also make this game!
The game doesn’t have any 1 player so it’s all multiplayer, which could be a problem some, but you can easily turn off the chat feature if your parents are concerned.
And finally, I thought I’d go into detail about the free spells;
Book Of Arcane
Arcane Arrow: Fires 3 homing arrows, select the target and then launch.
Arcane Bomb:Very similar to the Arcane Arrow except you don’t launch it you throw it as a bomb first.
Arcane Tower: A tower that gives you added health. Can be charged up with arcane to have more health.
Arcane Energiser: Powers up Arcane attacks for 5 turns
Arcane Gate: Teleports you anywhere on the map.
Arcane Portal: Creates 2 portals, 1 above you and 1 anywhere you like.
Summon Imps: Creates 3 imps which are powered up by Arcane energy.
Imp Destruction: All imps explode into Arcane Arrows.
Arcane Glyph: Creates a shield that damages if touched.
Arcane Sigil: Creates 3 glyphs, often used to block paths.
Arcane Flash: Makes a flash that knocks enemies far.
Arcane Zero Shield:Prevents damaging spells from being used on the first turn. Users often criticised for being noobs.
Book of Flame
Fire Ball: Basic attack, Aim, Fire, Burn.
Fire Arrow: Like Arcane arrow but with more fire.
Lava Bomb: Again like Arcane Bomb, but with no Arcane.
Magma Bomb: Like Lava bomb except it releases more powerful mini-bombs.
Flame Shield: Deflects a lot of different attacks. Moves with you.
Flame Wall: Like flame shield, except its placed on the ground and if touched with damage you.
Napalm: Fires napalm that lays on the ground for 5 turns and will damage and confuse if touched. (Confused means you can’t move)
Napalm Bomb: Like lava bomb, but it releases napalm.
Rain of Fire: Fire balls are dropped Air-Strike style.
Rain of Arrows: Like Rain of Fire but more accurate and more powerful.
Remember if you want more info, just comment! If you want to arrange a game, I’m called dmccol6!
Review’d,
Woof
legoless: Also, don’t forget to read the Advent News and the Powder Game Review below this if you haven’t already! 
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