The Iceman's Game Journal

After seeing Tim's Game Diary, I started this blog to give me some incentive to actually finish some of the 461+ video games I have (of which I have finished 41.) Hope it works.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Been meaning to post this for a while, just haven't. So, while watching the 2010 Tour De France I figured now would be a good time to announce this.

I am planning on re-doing the site. The background will stay the same, since I think it works well for the gaming theme of the site and because I like it. The basic lay out will mostly stay as well, but with a few changes.

1.) Sidebar
The sidebar is going to be changed around a bit. the Now playing section will list the games that I am actually playing, like Transformers: War For Cybertron (360) Chrono Trigger (DS) and Final Fantasy 6 (GBA) There might be other ones that I am playing , like Frogger or Pac-Man on Live Arcade, but for the most part only the ones I am actively playing are here

Free Play will be back, with a list of games I am playing when I go online and want some multi player action, as well as ones I play when I just want to play (This is where Frogger and Pac-Man will be)

the Community sites and Gamer Tags sections will be combined with the current goals section and be joined by a new section, achievements.

Long Term Goals will no contain ones that just take a long time to complete, like side quests that I have started, but haven't completed yet. Stuff that is currently on there, which is mostly tough challenges that I will get to eventually, will be moved to their own page.


2.) Posts
I haven't stopped writing posts, I just haven't been posting them. There are several that I just saved as drafts because I didn't want to stop and write a post. I wanted to keep playing. So I typed up the important stuff and kept playing, but never went back to them. Others I have typed up in a file I have on my computer as full posts, but never posted them.

obviously I have to get those done. Plus there are some things that aren't really worthy of posts, but are smaller parts of something that is. For example, a post about beating stage 1-1 of Super Mario Bros 3 is stupid, but including it as part of a "Completed World 1 of SMB3" challenge is worth a post. so some of the posts will be condensed into one. I will also be adding tags to all posts and spell check them all. I will keep typing posts on the computer, and when I get caught up, I will upload all of them. The ones I saved as drafts, I will probably just replay them, using the drafts to list anything (like achievements unlocked) that I can't get or do on a replay. I will also (finally) try to type up reviews of games I have beaten. I have been meaning to do that since the start, just haven't. I also might start posting reviews of demos I play, simply to give my impressions of the demo and whether or not people should buy the games based on the demos. Basically I will play the demos so you don't have to.

3.) Achievements
When I say achievements, I don't mean just achievements unlocked on the 360 (or trophies if I ever get a PS3. or achievements in other games that have them now.) I also mean completed goals. Those, as well as a list of all achievements I have so far of 360, as well as the gamer tags that are currently on the sidebar will be found here.

YAY!!!!

I just found out that I'm not missing Super Mario Sunshine!!!!

Long story short, I'm missing about 15 Gamecube games, as well as the wallet that I had them in. When I moved last, I had them in a box that broke open. My dad and brother (Who were carrying the box) thought they picked up everything, but the wallet was round and may have rolled away with out them knowing about it (plus there was a sewer drain near there, so it might have landed in there.)

I've looked in most of the boxes I might have put it in other then that one, as well as a few others since, but no luck so far, so I'm planning on replacing them. I only need the disk, but if I get the rest, bonus. I figure if I replace them and find them later, I can always toss them back on EBay or sell them at Gamestop. Especially for games like the Legend Of Zelda Collector's Edition, which had the first to Zelda Games and the two on the N64 as ell. If I find the discs, I'm selling that one to Gamestop. Not going to get what they are asking for it (about $23) but I might get more then on Ebay