OMG!!! Bot Still Plays Vidja Games? Duh.

Well, it's been a while since I have done my video game pick of the moment and I thought I would resurrect it for old times sake. So, without further ado, my number 1 game of all time... for this moment is...



.... What? You're not surprised?

Anyway, I love me some Rock Band and put a 4 behind it and I love it even more. Just kidding about the adding numbers part. Look, Harmonix knows how to make rhythm games and now that they are back to being their own company, not owned by anyway, they got back to fundamentals. No more keyboard, no more pro guitar and no more figurines of your characters that you can buy for way too much money.

It's back to being Rock Band and when I say Rock Band I mean Rock Band 1. The one that got me addicted. Now, don't get me wrong, it's not the same game and there are some things that I do miss (Ion, I'm looking in your direction) and one of them is the amazing character creator from Rock Band 3, but is the game really about making your character look awesome?! Well, yes and no. It was fun spending time looking through all the crap stuff to find that one accessory that made your character AMAZING, but we (as DBS) spent hours playing RB4 on the first night I got it over to Mr. Wire's house.

RB4 is not a step back either, by any means. Putting it on the current Gen (I got mine on XBOX -719) gave them the ability to put some amazing things on it that I don't think they could've done on the legacy gen. The vocal freestyle mode is so much fun. The game gives you lines on the vocal track that are pitches that are in the key of the song and if you can sing on those lines then you get adlib bonuses and can keep your multiplier alive with it. It's fun to just bust out and try new things on songs that are my favorites.

Plus, guitar (wait for it.........) freestyle solos!!!! Yep, they give you guides during all the solos for the guitar tracks and you can follow along with them to keep your multiplier up or you can just freak out and play amazing guitar solos of your own. Nuff said.

Anyway, if you get a chance to try this game out, DO IT!!!! NOW!!!!

That is all, Bot out... again.

P.S. Ion, I'm not looking in your direction as much now. I got a mod off the interwebs that allowed me to use the crappy starter drum set as my drum brain for the Drum Rockers and it's wireless now. So, you're not going to acknowledge the owners of the Drum Rockers, then I'm just going behind your back. Thanks anyway. :-D

Bot's Early Morning Video Game Pick's of the Moment (Classic Version)

Okay, so neither is this in the early morning or a game I am playing at the moment. But since I am still occupied with Rock Band 2 and Spore and I have the time, I thought that I would reminisce rather than go on and on about Rock Band 2 and Spore......... which are awesome........... still....

Anyway!!! Here we go. Imagine, if you will, a beautiful summer in Northern California. Hot weather outside, but the cooler keeps the house nice and cool. The Sevy house has just bought an Atari 2600 and one of the first games we got was Yars Revenge.



For the time, this game was amazing and it probably still is! I just haven't played it forever. For those of you who don't know (and most of you probably don't) the object of this game was to take your flying mechanical insect (a Yar) and destroy the enemy base that was protected by a thick layer of shield that the Yar could eat away.


The static in the middle of the screen is not a glitch, it is the safe zone where the enemies missile could not kill you. Aww the memories..... For more information on this and other wonderful games go to wikipedia and look them up.

Bot's Early Morning Video Game Pick's of the Moment

Well, I thought since Salvaggio had his movie picks of the week that I would start to post my games of the moment... and I say "of the moment" because I suffer (or enjoy every moment of it) from ADD and have the ability to change video games at the blink of an eye. So without further ado.... LOOK!!! SOMETHING SHINY!!!....... on with the show.




Not just the Creator Creature that we talked about a while ago, but the whole darn thing. It may be short, but it leaves you saying "oh man Spore 2 is going to be freakin' awesome." (Kind of the same thing I did with Fable.) The premise is simple. Take your creature from a single cell organism to a space faring being. That is also where the fun lies. It's an amazingly addictive game that can be played quickly (it took me two night to get to the Space Stage) but you can enjoy every moment of it. The down side is it does cost $50! Which for some people (namely college students, the generally poor and family people whose names are not Salvaggio) can be a little steep. I give this game a score of "try it, you'll like it!" And that's with none of the fizzy alka seltzer after taste.

Now on to number 2!!! Which is my number 1!!!





OMG!!! (G = Gosh) I never really got into the whole rhythm game thing until Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii which was fun but didn't keep my interest, and then I played the first Rock Band with some friends (Omally, Kadaj and PRP to be exact) needless to say, that was the game that finally made me get the XBox 360. Not Halo, not.... umm.... is there anything else out there for the 360???...... Oh well! Anyway, I heart this game! I played it every day for the the almost 6 months I owned it and when I had the chance to pre order Rock Band 2 I had it paid off lickity split. I got Rock Band 2 over the weekend (I won't say on Friday) on Sunday and it is better then the first. All the songs that I had downloaded for the first one work perfectly on the second. 55 out of the 58 songs on the first disc transferred nicely to the 360 HDD and now work great on 2. PLUS Rock Band 2 has 84 songs on disc! I have over 200 songs now and it's just going to get worse!!! Harmonix puts out 3 - 5 new downloadable songs every week and you know I am going to be getting more. (I got Duran Duran's Rio for Heavens sake!) This game gets an "ACTIVATE OVERDRIVE!!!"

Anyway, try these two games whenever you can. They are fun and well worth it.