PixlBit

I saw Captain America: Civil War on Friday with Mark. I'm not a huge fan of the Avenger's movies but they're fun. This one was pretty good. I liked Bucky, Winter Soldier, the best. He has the best look and fights very agressively. I liked every fight he was in. Yea, he's troubled, being partially mind controlled and all (not a spoiler if you know the comics) but I actually like him better for it because he's more human than these mostly pristine do-gooders (Iron Man has his flaws, sure, but he basically has good intentions). I didn't like how they left Bucky though. No spoilers, but it was a boring wrap-up. I wanted to see more of him riding motorcyles. 

Then there was like a half hour before work where I set up my Wii and played Metal Slug 1 on SNK's Arcade Classics Volume 1. Boy the graphics on this 2D shooter are nice. There's a touch of humor thrown in here and there too. The animations are actually pretty gruesome. Guys scream and, if you use the flamethrower, the top half of their bodies light on fire but they still walk towards you until they fall down. Eww. Man is it fun though.

I was using the wiimote sideways but I want to switch to classic controler next time, if it's supported. The "B" button for grenade throwning is kind of out of the way. The whole scheme is a little bit uncomfortable and I had to get used to it. I thought it was weird you can't shoot down and I don't like having to shoot and move on the d-pad. I want to use the nunchuck to move and d-pad to aim or something close to dual stick controls. It makes it hard to stick to a position and then aim because you keep moving in the direction you aim. It was very annoying in this one level. But I really loved it and will be playing more on either Sunday after Mother's Day or Monday. I want to get to the end and see everything. The SNK collection has it's own sort of achievements you can go for, so I may try some of those after my first playthrough.

Then it'll be back to Saints Row IV. I have a new friend online, Blackfeather0, who is keen to do some co-op. I played with her in EDF Insect Armageddon and Mark played with her in Minecraft this week. If not, Mark and I will do the co-op missions. 

That's all. Happy Mother's Day, my pixlated people!