Kendrick Kerwin Chua
2024-06-23 23:06:07 UTC
Very tired. Much travel.
Play:
--=--
RangerStop and Pop Convention (RL) - For my kid's very first aeroplane
ride, we decided to take a short hop to a completely random genre
convention. The main attraction was the Power Rangers brand, but this
particular show also featured a few other properties, chiefly Ninja
Turtles and a few unrelated anime properties. It was a lot bigger and
more organised than I expected, and one of the big surprises was a
well-constructed area for young children where they actually got some
real martial arts and acrobatics instruction from some of the old Power
Rangers actors and stunt performers. So the show was a hit, and along
the way the kid also got to play some new games...
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (N64) - There might
have been a Playstation disc too, but I ain't buying either one. My kid
got nearly an uninterrupted hour in the game, which alternates between a
poor man's Gauntlet clone and some kind of infinite-scrolling vehicle
collection thing. It's thoroughly terrible and only barely merits its
status as a tie-in video game for the series, but now my kid knows how
to read an RPG minimap.
Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (PS4) -
Another game set up for the convention, which was much too difficult for
the targeted age group in that part of the hall. Weirdly it cribs from
the King of Fighters series where you get to construct your own
three-person team in what it generously calls 'Arcade' mode. It's not a
bad fighting game engine at work, but a bit like King of Fighters you
have to have at least a little affection for your favourites out of
their original media to be able to appreciate any of the movesets or the
fidelity of the character designs. The other way it's like KOF is that
the CPU is intensely aggressive, which means that the pre-teens and
small children attempting to play the game properly were met with piles
and piles of frustration and tears.
Want:
--=--
Tomb Raider Collection and that other one (EVC) - Oh is it time for the
two Evercade cartridges to finally hit the market? I didn't know for you
see I have not paid attention to the weekly e-mails reminding me of this
imminent occurrence.
Bin:
-==-
Nothing game-related.
Expenditure:
-----=-----
Balance forward - $1,515
-KKC, who has too much laundry to do for two days out of town.
Play:
--=--
RangerStop and Pop Convention (RL) - For my kid's very first aeroplane
ride, we decided to take a short hop to a completely random genre
convention. The main attraction was the Power Rangers brand, but this
particular show also featured a few other properties, chiefly Ninja
Turtles and a few unrelated anime properties. It was a lot bigger and
more organised than I expected, and one of the big surprises was a
well-constructed area for young children where they actually got some
real martial arts and acrobatics instruction from some of the old Power
Rangers actors and stunt performers. So the show was a hit, and along
the way the kid also got to play some new games...
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (N64) - There might
have been a Playstation disc too, but I ain't buying either one. My kid
got nearly an uninterrupted hour in the game, which alternates between a
poor man's Gauntlet clone and some kind of infinite-scrolling vehicle
collection thing. It's thoroughly terrible and only barely merits its
status as a tie-in video game for the series, but now my kid knows how
to read an RPG minimap.
Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (PS4) -
Another game set up for the convention, which was much too difficult for
the targeted age group in that part of the hall. Weirdly it cribs from
the King of Fighters series where you get to construct your own
three-person team in what it generously calls 'Arcade' mode. It's not a
bad fighting game engine at work, but a bit like King of Fighters you
have to have at least a little affection for your favourites out of
their original media to be able to appreciate any of the movesets or the
fidelity of the character designs. The other way it's like KOF is that
the CPU is intensely aggressive, which means that the pre-teens and
small children attempting to play the game properly were met with piles
and piles of frustration and tears.
Want:
--=--
Tomb Raider Collection and that other one (EVC) - Oh is it time for the
two Evercade cartridges to finally hit the market? I didn't know for you
see I have not paid attention to the weekly e-mails reminding me of this
imminent occurrence.
Bin:
-==-
Nothing game-related.
Expenditure:
-----=-----
Balance forward - $1,515
-KKC, who has too much laundry to do for two days out of town.