30 Days of Videogames Day 15

Post a screenshot from a game you're playing right now.

I could do this for a lot of games.  CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Game One: Team Fortress 2 -

I love TF2, but that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone reading this.

Game Two: Osmos -

A still screenshot does not do this game justice.



Osmos is a really neat game that came with my Humble Indie Bundle.  It's a really neat (and occasionally frustrating) time-waster.

Game Three: Spiral Knights -

Spiral Knights seems like a free MMO-Lite.  You get set up in a party with three other people you don't know (unless you actually have friends) and kill monsters for greater wealth and therefore, weapons.  Even when I think I'm not going to play, though, I use all my energy (think along the lines of a Facebook or Twitter-based game that only allows a certain number of actions a day) to post weapons on the auction house.  I'm rich, beyotch!

Game Four: Tropico 3 - 

It's kind of like a politically-twisted Sim City.  You're a small island in the Caribbean in the middle of the Cold War.  Both superpowers want your alliances, and give you financial aid.  The main objective is to stay in power and accomplish any objectives you may have in that time frame.  The key is balancing development with the environment, and capitalism with communism.  You also have to make sure your army can take on any rebels that might rise against you.

Game Five: Amnesia: The Dark Descent -

Goddammit this game is scary.  This game is freaking scary.  I have made so little progress into this game because the atmosphere is so damn scary.  Easily one of the best videogame gifts I have ever been given, maybe the best.

Seriously, it's so freaking scary.

30 Days of Video Games Day 6

Most Annoying Character

Before I go into the real answer, I have to give a shout out to Larry Butz from Phoenix Wright. It's fun that he's a recurring character and that none of the other characters really like him, but damn it, he can even make Phoenix want to beat the crap out of him.

But no, this award goes to someone who really deserves it.  I've been playing a lot of Tropico 3 lately, and it really is a wonderfully fun game.  It's kind of a messed-up Sim City, where you're a small island nation in the Caribbean in the middle of the Cold War.  The events are just as wrong in the campaign mode, too; I've had to choose between people's lives and taking money out of the treasury for my own personal gain.  It's a hilarious game.  But even in the first mission, you get to meet Betty Boom, the revolutionary DJ on every damn island you go to.  Her entire job is to complain about everything you do.  I have played a mode easy enough where I could just govern like a nice guy, giving tax breaks and generally keeping the peace.  She complains about EVERYTHING.

The world as seen by Betty Boom

This is a true story: in one of my games, my island was so prosperous that I issued a tax cut and I gave the islanders free housing.  I was trying to please the capitalists and the communists.  Betty Boom complained about BOTH EDICTS.  How the hell can you complain about free housing?  And whenever I build an army to defend myself from rebels (I've lost because the destroyed my palace), she condemns my trying to protect myself and my citizens.