NC Comiccon Reminder I will be sharing a table with Jess at the NC Comiccon this coming weekend in Morrisville, NC. Hours on Saturday are 10-8 and Sunday from 12-6. I will have copies of The Death of Joseph Wells available at the show. See you there.
Peas 173 is up. It’s Peas pinball time!
Initial thoughts. The tech is there, and its impressive. It really is a pretty amazing camera that can make you the controller. Its also pretty fun watching yourself after the game in the silly photos it takes of you. Right now though, I think Kinect just needs time to get some triple aaa titles. Adventures is fun, but it’s only gonna be fun in short periods. Which is what Im gonna return to right now. :>
Scary Thing Creature now up on Etsy He’s a weird one.
A little more Daft Punk with your tron.
“What up Red?”
Not a thing he says, lifting the red brimmed cap so his eyes barely shine out. They’re cold, and bloodshot, and I retreat from meeting his gaze.
“You good if I go in?”
“Sure thing Jackson, you and me straight.”
I slide past, not wanting or needing to continue the conversation. I can hear the low thumping before I enter the building, and smell the incense burning into my nose. A young blonde lays out on the couch across from me, she’s barely conscious.
A part of me wants to go to the kitchen, grab some water and wake her up, but it’s not why I’m here.
I head down the poster covered hallway, past images of superheroes, dead comedians, and one strange mickey mouse and enter into Rahkim’s lair.
He sits with his back to the door, his large frame holding the room in center, carving out his space with little effort.
“Hey Jackson. You got my money?”
See I like Rahkim. He gets right to the point.
I reach into my pocket, and pull out the green, sweaty, payment.
—–continued.
Gonna spend mine, playing Gears, Bioshock2, Sonic 4. And watching the premier of The Walking Dead tonight on AMC.
Another week, another thing. This time your baking cookies, but theres a dumpster cat in the room. Peas 172
Cool Chinese Space posters from IO9
Pinball Fx 2 came out today for Xbox 360. If you bought the first game and any of the extra tables then buy the main game if nothing else. Its a free download and it offers free importing of your original tables. They all got upgrades and the improvement is noticeable, especially on the Street Fighter 2 table, which before I couldn’t tell what was going on, but now the vision is much better. The only table I feel suffered from the upgrade is Rocky and Bullwinkle as it is now pretty slow. Fx 2 shows how far they have come from their first tables. Speed Machine and Xtreme are pretty bland tables when compared to the new tables on FX2.
Of the new tables Rome is by far the best Pinball experience, where Secrets of the Deep is the most accesible. They are both great tables. Biolab might be fun, but it is overly full of gaudy colors and is hard to play for long. Pasha is decent and has great music, but I think its a table Ill need to master before passing judgement. Don’t know how the online games are as I havent found a match tonight.
All in all a great sequel, worth it for fans of video pinball, and owners of the first game will love this one.