My Top Gaming Sites - Egg2

Sorry I haven't been able to post much lately. I've just been wrestling with a bug on Wordpress, for CSSBytes, and generally haven't had much time to write this post. But anyway, it's here now, so enjoy:


Egg2, is the next featured gaming site. It does have quite a large variety of games, some of them my favourites. What's more, you don't have to click millions of links just to find one game, like you do on most other sites. On the other hand, the layout (especially the homepage) is pretty messy, and split up by adverts. Also, the site doesn't particularly inform you about whether they have added new games or not. So overall, it is a good site, but probably the worst out of these featured sites. Here are two games that particularly stand out for me:


Tanks:
Tanks. As you'd expect, it involves tanks. Basically, you can set up rounds with 2-5 Tanks, all armed with weapons, that are basically supposed to blow each other to bits. The Tanks are named by you, and given a colour by you. You can also decide whether any of the players are computer controlled or not. This game is really fun, and quite retro too. I have no violence, or anything like that to warn you about, except for animated explosions. This is a link to it. There is actually a second version of this game, but to be honest, all it has really done is add some nicer graphics.


Bug On a Wire
Here is another retro game, that is still fun to play. The idea is, that you play a bug, running across the wires on those communication pole things, somewhere very hot. You need to avoid crows, and anything that might try and eat you. This is a great game to consume some spare time that you have. And for some reason, it never seems to become tedious. Usually, I can only survive for up to a minute and a half or so, but others can survive for over and hour! Click here to try and beat my score. Have fun playing on Egg2!

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POTC - At World's End

Yep, I saw it. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End, the third film in the saga. To be honest though, I wasn't particularly impressed. Don't worry, I'm not going to give you the full review, because you probably don't want one, due to the spoilers I might give away and all. Anyway, the film really wasn't that good. I'll admit that the actors who acted in it were good, and I did enjoy some parts of the plot, but not others. My favourite part of the film was probably when Captain Jack Sparrow had a battle with Davey Jones (I think that is what he's called, I mean the guy with the tentacle beard). So basically, I'll some it up like this:

• Too long


• Too cheesey

I have nothing more to say, except that the end of the film did hint that a forth Pirates of the Caribbean film would be coming out, but after this one, I don't know if I would really want to see it. Anyway, goodbye, and enjoy the film if you do choose to watch it!

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INCREDIBLY Funny Video

Yeah, err... sorry I haven't been posting for a while, despite the fact that it is now the holidays (yay!). I've just been quite busy. Anyway, just now, I have found an incredibly funny video off YouTube. It is about Star Wars but it doesn't matter if you have seen the films before or not, really. It is just soooo funny. The film is suitable for all, the rudest part of it being the title: Darth Vader Being a Smartass.

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My Top Gaming Sites - FreeOnlineGames

Hey, it's that time again. My next top gaming site is a place called FreeOnlineGames.com. It has a large variety of games, and also allows you to have videos and pictures on it, if you are a member (I am not, so I will not say anymore about it). By the way, don't ask why I'm angry...


My favourite bit about FreeOnlineGames.com, is the fact that it actually gives you the code, for putting their games on your website (or in this case - my blog). This is quite rare on websites, and usually when it is there, it is only on a minimal about of games. Alternatively, the website also gives you the code for linking to it, which is still good. Because of the game option, I have actually put a game on the blog, called: Ninja Rampage. (Warning: Does contain violence, blood, gore and death.)





These are the controls:
- Left arrow key to move left
- Right arrow key to move right
- Up arrow key to jump, as well as jumping onto walls to climb or jump off of them.


The point of the game, basically is to advance through the levels, killing your enemies (any other person) on the lesson. If they see you, you lose points, and they might kill you. Just a warning: watch out for traps. Good luck, and have fun playing!

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CSSBytes...

Alright then. CSSBytes, I'll admit that sounds a bit random, maybe a bit puzzling and/or crazy, but nevertheless, it is the name of my new blog. Don't worry though, the log here is still here to stay. CSSBytes is something completely different. Basically, it is a blog which will give you advice and tips on CSS every post. It has only just started, so if you want to know about CSS (and a little about HTML), the things that make webpages, like my blog, then keep checking back at it! Here is the link to it: cssbytes.wordpress.com/. Remember to bookmark it, as well as this blog, and keep visiting both!

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Just One Away...

Yes, I am just one Pokémon away from completing my Pokémon Sapphire Pokédex. I am just so tantalizingly close, it's horrible! I desperately want the Diploma (a prize you receive for completing the Pokédex. There is only one thing that stands in my way - a Cradilly. I got Lileep traded to me, but then I gave it back. Oh, how I wish I didn't do that... Anyway, I'll tell you if (hopefully when) I complete it.

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My Top Gaming Sites - Neopets

Yep, it's a new feature on the blog, although it won't take as long as my top ten Pokémon one, don't worry. This one is just a little help for anybody who is looking for an online gaming site. If you have any good ones, tell me and I might post them on the blog. Anyway, here's the first one:



Neopets:



Yes, it's Neopets, that great site which you really should make an account on. There are quite a few good games on here, all of them with instructions to help you out. The game range is a bit limited, seeing as all of the games are Neopets related, or a sponsor submitted game, but they seem to manage to get enough. I will now walk you through a few...

Hasee Bounce This is quite a clever game, that involves two Hasees (petpets) jumping up and down on a seesaw to collect donutfruits. Collecting donutfruits gets you points, and the better the donutfruit, the larger amount of points you'll get from it. There is a sixty-second time-limit, but by collecting special letter-shaped fruits, to spell the word Hasee, you gain back twenty seconds of that time. You have to avoid anything other than fruit though, or you will become incapable of retrieving fruits for a few seconds of your precious time. It is a fun and easy game, once you get the hang of it, well worth you trying it out.
	Wingoball This is basically a puzzle game, where you have to throw your wingoball (it's just an ordinary, small red ball really), avoiding all of the obstacles, to get past the finish line on the other side. Many gnomes try to get in your way. Green-hatted ones will deflect your ball away, usually pushing it out of play. Red-hatted ones take control of your ball, minimizing it and almost certainly forcing you to throw again. There are also natural obstacles, which your ball just bounces off of, which you usually have to use to your advantage. There is a thirty-second time limit for each level, but usually you complete each level with buckets of time to spare. I have completed it once, and I believe there are about 22 levels. If you get good at it, it can be a high-scoring game.
	Mynci Beach Volleyball This game is great for having a bit of fun. Basically, it is a game of beach volleyball, where you have to knock the ball over the net, trying to make sure that your opponent can't send it back to you. There are so many rounds, and you win them by getting twelve points before your opponent. Obviously, as you progress through the game, your opponents get tougher. I may be rubbish at this game, but it still really fun, the only thing letting it down is the fact that it is side-on, reducing the games 3D look, but that is to make it easier. The best thing about it, is that it can be played by two players.

Actually, now that I think about it, I want to go and play some of these games, to earn myself quite a few neopoints in the end. Keep checking out the blog, because new game sites will be coming up. Goodbye!

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Software & Eragon

Firstly, yes I know, that was probably the worst possible blog post title ever done, or at least the most random one, but still, basically this post is exactly what it says on the title.

So, for the software. I found this piece of software called CSSEdit. As you might think, it well, edits CSS. I have basically been messing about with it for a while, and, I guess that's it for the software.

As for Eragon, I watched Eragon on DVD, just to see what it is like, because I never got a chance to see it when it was out. To be honest, I'm not impressed. I haven't read the book, but I still think that the film was.... rubbish. I sure hope the book is better. -___-

As yuo can tell, I've been having such an exciting week...

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A Good Online Game

Yeah, so I've found this good online game on the internet (duh), which is called Electric Man 2. Basically, the idea is that you play this person, who is entered in the tournament of Voltagen. It is like an arcade fighting game, where you fight off against multiple enemies at once. Also, I have completed easy mode!!! (Yay)? Don't worry, there is a tutorial at the start, which teaches you everything, including how to do some amazing moves. Click the link below to have a go!

Electric Man 2

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Another Good Tutorial

Well, not much has been going on, except for the restart of school... oh the joy. So I guess this means that I am not exactly in the best mood today. So anyway, I found this great guide for making Neopets User Lookups that look fantastic. The secret is actually using divs, and absolute positioning. You do need a basic understanding of HTML, but you can find guides and tutorials everywhere. Also, the page gives you the basic codes. (Obviously you'll probably need to alter them a little bit). It can be found here.


I only really have one problem, which I stumble upon on making my dream lookup, and unfortunately, the guide doesn't help you with that. It's the graphics. I just... can't draw (or get) the pictures I need for my lookup, so... yeah. Maybe my standards are too high, I don't know, but anyway, that is what has put me in a bad mood also. Bye for now.

***Also:*** Woohoo! Fiftieth blog post!

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Yes!!!

Woah! You will not believe this:



It's absolutely brilliant, isn't it! And, I got the Avatar too! This is from the Alien Aisha Nerkmid Machine (I think it's called that). Basically, you need something called a Nerkmid, which you put into the machine, and well... there you go. I believe I was quite lucky though, getting a Paint Brush. You get the avatar anyway. So, here is the new funnything205:

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Spriting & Graphics

Yeah, so I've been doing a little Pokémon spriting, and other fun stuff. In case you don't know, a sprite is the Pokémon you see in the gameboy games. There are also trainer sprites, item sprites, and lots more. Therefore spriting is tinkering with sprites, which is what I've been doing basically. This is what I've done:




I guess this is pretty self-explanatory. It's a trainer sprite (a Camper boy, with his arm erased off), sitting on a Tropius. He is supposed to be crouching, but he does kind of look like he's sitting.




This is a merge between two Pokémon. Can't guess which ones? It's Golbat and Skarmory! I name it... Skarbat! The other option was Golmory, which doesn't sound as good. The trouble is, I've run into a dilemma with this Pokémon. What types is it? Poison and Steel? Poison and Flying? Steel and Flying? Or all three!?



This is a bit of a random one I suppose. I've jammed at least a hundred Magnemites into the small space of eighty by eighty pixels. Still, it is quite funny (and random), and I call this picture Magnemite Overload!




This one's my least favourite. It is basically just a recolouring of a Gardevoir to gold. So I call it Golden Gardevoir. At least I can give it two definite types - Psychic and Steel.




This is probably my favourite one, either that or Magnemite Overload! It is a Team Magma Trainer about to suck her Pokémon back into its pokeball. Can you guess which Pokémon it is? Here's a hint. It's from Kanto and the sprite is an Emerald one (not animated).


After this I hope to move onto making little random (and hopefully funny) animations, not just about Pokémon, anything I can think about. But until then, bye for now, and don't forget my challenge to you all at Monkey Kick-Off!

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Monkey Kick-Off Continued

Still, nobody has beaten my score? Wow, I'm not that good. I challenge the world! Try and beat my high score! If it is not beaten within a week, I shall claim world domination (Monkey Kick-Off wise, at least)! Really though, I didn't think it was that good...

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Monkey Kick-Off

Okay, hello. Sorry, but I am in a bit of a rush for time at the moment. Anyway, I found a good game on the internet, called Monkey Kick-Off. Basically, just click the mouse when you want the monkey to kick the ball. It's quite funny actually. Click here to challenge me! My high score is 3217 metres. Can you beat it? I don't know if it's that good, but when I last checked, I think it was only about 1000 metres off the top scores, so anyway, notify me if you do beat me (which you won't :-P). Bye!

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Neopets Banners

Well, firstly, it's nearly Easter now - whoo! And I don't have much Homework either - whoo! But, anyway, now on to what I was really going to tell you about. In case you haven't noticed, on most Neopets pages, there is always a little banner at the top. I wanted to make these, and I found a really useful Tutorial for making them on the internet. It has one for Photoshop, Paint, and Paint Shop Pro. You must have at least one of those and your computer (I used Photoshop). It can be accessed here. This is one I made:





Note: You probably shouldn't use these on your own website, unless it is maybe a Neopets fan, or graphics site, because of copyright and stuff. Read the Neopets Terms & Conditions for more information. Also, if you put a Neopets image in it, then put it on the internet, you will need to put a little copyright message somewhere on the page, like the ones on my blog posts (see below).

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Catch-Up

Seeing as I haven't been able to post on the blog for a while, for reasons which I don't know, here is a brief summary of what I have been doing when not posting on the blog - i.e: a catch-up:


• Finally, I was able to code my own User Lookup. I am really proud of it, seeing as I did everything on it, even the background graphics. It might need a little more fine tweaking, but still, I'm happy with it. Click here to see it.


• I resigned as manager on itsagoal.com. :( I still have an account, and can get a new club any time I want, but not now. Unfortunately, it just lost its appeal to me after two seasons. I might be be back on it someday though...


• Hopefully, I can start up some petpages on Neopets soon. I am currently doing some coding on Dreamweaver. When it's finished, you'll see what it's all about.


• And last of all, I created a Flickr account. Flickr, in my opinion is a great sight, which is not just a image hosting site. It has much more, so click here to sign up. Here is some of my art which I have put on it:







Yes, I know it is a bit of a dodgy name, but still. I just like it. If you don't know what it is, then I will tell you. it is a Pokémon Trainer's Card. I think that they are really neat. A great tutorial for making them is here. (All sprites on the image from: www.pokemonelite2000.com/). Well, g'bye for now, I'll try to post more often now.

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The Overdue Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Review

Sorry I haven't been posting for a while, but at least now I am back with this - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - the Review. Seeing as I only have Blue Mystery Dungeon (for the DS), this review is not about Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue team (GBA).

When this game out (I shall shorten it's name to "PMD"), it was instantly sold. PMD is unlike any other Pokémon game, ever before. With the exception of the Pokémon Pinball Games (though I'm not 100% sure on this), PMD was the first ever Pokémon game not to feature humans. It is the start of the new generation of Pokémon on the Nintendo DS, as well as Pokémon Ranger, and Pokémon Trozei/Link.

At the start of the game, you are asked a lot of questions, asking what you would do in certain situations. This allows the game to calculate your personality, and assign you a Pokémon form, (gender plays a role in this). I ended up being Charmander - the hardy type. Then, you get to pick a partner, of a different type. I chose a Chikorita.

As the game gets gonig, you notice that you are not in human world anymore. Instead, you are in a land inhabited entirely be Pokémon. You live in Pokémon Square, where you meet lots of people, who generally help you, in different ways. There is a shop, an item storage system, a general shop, a friend area shop (explained later), and finally a place where you can link moves, which I say is pretty self-explanatory.

This world has many groups called Rescue Teams. These Rescue Teams save Pokémon in trouble. Soon, you gain access to a wide variety of zones, or dungeons. The terrain includes forests, mountains, valleys, volcanoes, caves, and much more. Once you complete the main storyline, you gain access to even more dungeons.

The storyline is quite complex, for a Pokémon game, although sometimes it does get a bit repetitive. Nevertheless, it is still one of my favourite Pokémon game storylines. Also, I personally think the game has a brilliant soundtrack, second only to Golden Sun 1 (GBA).

You get to fight many legendary Pokémon, all of them, in fact, except for the fourth generation ones. You do see fourth generation Pokémon, and hear them be mentioned, such as Lucario, Bonsly, Weavile, and Munchlax. Instead of capturing Pokémon, your team befriends them, and the Pokémon will ask to join your team. Some Pokémon are easy to recruit, whereas others (like Mew, for instance), are harder to recruit, or have certain requirements for you to recruit them. Some though, you get for free, such as Smeargle, Latias, and Latios.

To recruit Pokémon though, you usually need a friend area. A friend is basically a place where you can visit your recruited Pokémon, talk to them, give them items, let them go on missions with you, or even make them the leader of the team! Friend Areas can be bought in Pokémon square, but you sometimes get them for free, with legendaries, like Rayquaza for instance.

There are some similarities to the main Pokémon RPG's. Hm's, and TM's still exist, but TM's can now be re-used, if you have a Pokémon with the attack refresh. Virtually, this game is completely different. Evolution has been revamped, now making you have to go into a cave and sometimes attack items to your Pokémon to make them evolve. Frustratingly though, you can only do this after completing the main storyline.

Overall, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is a great game, so I would probably rate it 7 or 8 out of 10. The things letting it down are probably it's slight repetitiveness, and other minor details. If you haven't bought it yet, then go buy it!

***News*** There is going to be a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Sequel coming out soon in Japan. It will feature all of the Pearl and Diamond Pokémon, and will hopefully have improved the original. Seeing as it hasn't even come out in Japan yet, it will be quite a while before it comes out in America, and Europe...

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A New Member for the Family!

Alright! Redeagle205 and Dementedfrog205 both have a new brother. His name is Randombi, and he is a Grundo. But he is not just any Grundo, he is a purple one (even though he has spots). Doesn't he look cool (see below)? I adopted him from here. And, he only costed about 300 np! I'm sure Randombi will be a great addition to my Neopet family. Well, bye for now!

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The Top Ten Pokémon in My Eyes - Number One...

This is it, the number one, top Pokemon (In My Eyes), is, the one, the only....



Name: Quagsire
Nickname: Quag
Type: Water/Ground
My Moveset: Earthquake, Surf, Stength, Body Slam
About: Yes, the number one is Quagsire! Don't ask me why I like it, 'cause I'm going to tell you now. Quagsire is a dumb Pokemon, but it is also funny. It is supposed to bang its head on boat hulls all of the time. This makes it a strong one too. It only really has one big weakness - it is four times weak to grass.

Sprite from: www.pokemonelite2000.com/

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The Top Ten Pokémon in My Eyes - Numero Due

Alright then, we're getting close now, we're on number two (which was written in Italian by the way). Also, if you look at the mood indicator - lol.

Name: Magcargo
Nickname: Flamesnail
Type: Fire/Rock
My Moveset: Body Slam, Flamethrower, Rock Slide, Heat Wave
About: I've always liked Magcargo, a lot, for some reason which not even I understand. I have never been able to raise one fully, although I do have one around level fifty on one of my various Pokémon games. In reality, Magcargo isn't that strong. It has low speed (without EV training), and is four times weak to water. Still, I don't like this Pokémon because of how "strong" it is. I just do.

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