PixlBit

again with the numbers in the margin. oh well - details!!!

Nick!

1. What made you decide to start PixlBit? What do you hope to gain from its existence?

2. Would you ever consider getting some PixlBit bumper/window stickers made? If so, I'd fully rock one on my car, right next to the Portal "falling" sticker.

3. What do you enjoy about video games? Is it the playing of video games itself, or the culture, or all of it? Just curious.

4. Would you consider requirements for your site giveaways? More often than not the people who entered @ 1Up weren't anything close to regular contributors....they'd create contest entries in hopes of recieving swag, with no regard whatsoever to what they've contributed.

"Ask NOT what PixlBit can do for you....rather, ask what YOU CAN DO for PixlBit."

I like free shit as much as the next guy (I won about 100 bucks worth of free stuff over the summer @ 1Up in contests), but I also put my time in there. It sucks when someone snakes a prize package and never blogs or contributes to the site again. I'm of the mind that winning a prize would KEEP me at the site, hungry for more. Sadly, that's really not the case at 1Up - just go take a look at the plethora of Sonic blogs that abound currently. Lots have a single, shitty, unthoughtful paragraph.

I'm betting the standards here are higher. Either way, I think it's really cool that you folks jumped into the giveaway and contest facet quickly. Shows me that you appreciate the readers/writers, and sincerely want to give something back to us.

And an observation: your staff here ROCKS.

Tellus Blade....I knew you'd make your way here. Welcome!!!!

thanks for the shout Big Cuevas!!! Even though I'm not on staff here, it's REALLY REALLY fun being a pioneer in the community at PixlBit. I like all the editors and staff here....they're informative, witty, and fully devoid of snarky bastardry that's become so commonplace among gane writers. Case in point: IGN. Those guys take shots at all sorts of people, and think they're sooooooooo cool. Greg Miller: with that haircut, you're about as cool as Donald Trump THINKS he is.

Looking forward to blogging here...if I can do anything to drum up a larger cast of users, let me know!

And on the kidney stones - I once listened to a speech about them in my comm class when I was still in college. I hope I never experience that kind of pain...hope you feel better. The ER in the States is a shithole, regardless where you go, so my hat's off to you for enduring all of this crap. Feel better, and drink H2O!!!!

just want to comment on motion controls....HATE THEM. It's why the Wii never got much play in my household.

the pending localized release of Xenoblade, however, has me rethinking. More than likely I'll be buying a used Wii....to play Xenoblade, as well as Luigi's Mansion. Vaccuuming ghosts looks like a fun time I can share with my wife and kid!!!

i personally played very few video games during this era...I took a sabbatical, as it were, from video games during this time....I was more interested in skateboarding, and finding my place amongst high school society. I should've chosen the gaming road. I missed out on so much!!! and it just isn't the same, I think, trying to play Xenogears on a ps3. I've been so spoiled by excellent graphics in this current gen, and shittier graphics from the NES/Genesis era, that the in-between sorta leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I'll still end up playing Xenogears, Secret of Mana, and the original MGS on ps3 though....the stories are worthy of sitting through pixelated displays.

On another note....I never played FF 7. I stopped at FF4 forthe SNES....that was an awesome game.

Do you remember holographic baseball cards? You'd turn the card one way and it'd look like Wade Boggs was in the process of hitting a homer? I wonder why they never really did that for the old carts...would've been a badass way to market a collectors edition. I remember back in those days that the cover art helped determine what games I'd be renting for my Genesis.

Ahhh, the good ol days.

TrpOpt - I've never played Uncharted mp. Is it worth purchasing Uncharted 3 for?

Also....I'm probably the only user @ PixlBit who really doesn't get down with Zelda games. Even my wife likes them. Meh.

those fat lil characters are perfect for wrangling a little guy into gaming...I'm thinking that LEGO Batman may mark my toddler's entry into console gaming next year.. hell, he already plays the Angry Birds mini on my ps3....this'll be a good change of pace for him.

And Superman looks absolutely dashing as a LEGO brick guy!

Vic Roman - if you're reading this, I need tips and help with the PvP. Just read that rarer drops incread while you are ni human form....tired of dying at the hands of black phantoms. How did you handle this facet of the game?