W Is For...Wild West C.O.W.-Boys Of Moo Mesa!

So I'm coming towards the end of the A-Z series and for W I have chosen an old cartoon I used to watch which stars cows as cowboys! Clever? Of course the cartoon is Wild West C.O.W.-Boys Of Moo Mesa. 

I had forgotten about this cartoon until I came across the video game on my modded Xbox and the memories came flooding back!

Although those memories are still a bit fuzzy.

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

D....K....Donkey Kong!

I love this game series and for many years I never owned my own copy of a Donkey Kong game. The first time I played it was over my friend's house as I didn't own a Snes. I had a Nes however. 

But now I have my Wii U of course! I played Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii and that was an awesome game!

So I was clearly going to purchase Tropical Freeze with my Wii U.

Grim Fandango

Whilst playing The Curse Of Monkey Island you come across a skeleton with a bread knife embedded into his back. From his hat falls a button that says, 'ask me about Grim Fandango.' Well the guy's dead so you can't ask him anything.

Full of in-jokes, this was one about an upcoming point & click adventure game featuring a cast of skeletons and demons. Not very scary ones though.  Also the gameplay involved you using the arrow keys to move Manuel 'Manny' Calavera instead of clicking the mouse about the screen.

Getting My Nintendo On!

I recently said that after I was finished with Far Cry 4 that I would go out and buy a Wii U which is exactly what I've done! Man of my word see ;)

I bought the Mario Kart 8 premium bundle and also Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and Smash Bros. I also bought Link and DK amiibos to go with it. 

Not even a week old I've finished the main levels in DK Tropical Freeze and played a fair bit of the other games too. Donkey Kong has always been a favourite of mine ever since playing it over my friend's house on the snes all those years ago.

When Do Games Become Too Big?

I'm currently playing Far Cry 4 which is a fantastic game and it's taking up a great deal of my free time. I received the game at Christmas along with a few others to add to my ever growing pile of 'to play' games. However, Far Cry 4 is that huge that my other games aren't getting any attention apart from the weekly high score challenges I participate in.

Ok, so I could take a break and play some others but once I start a game I now try and play it until it's complete as in the past I've taken a break from games and rarely or never returned to them. 

V Is For...Voltron! Defender Of The Universe!

If Power Rangers was an anime then this would be it. I knew little of this old one from the 80's until my friend in work told me about it and lent me the first season to try. It's good but not my favourite anime.

The similarities to Power Rangers are undeniable though. The Voltron Force consists of five pilots sent to protect planet Arus from alien forces. They each command a robot lion which then combine together to create a giant robot known as Voltron. Didn't guess that did you? The Japanese love their robots after all. Each pilot also wears a different colour uniform just like the Power Rangers costumes.

Marine Boy Live Action Fan Film Facebook Page!

Greetings all! You remember my interview with Rick Idak a few months ago concerning his career and upcoming Marine Boy fan film? Well the Facebook page is up so please head over and drop it a 'like'.

I'm also happy to announce that I'm now part of Rick's team and I'm involved in aspects of the story and some design. As I'm based in the UK and Rick in Australia I'm his UK President which sounds pretty cool.