I have again gone to Teen Tech Zone. There are some changes (like the awesome new adviser person Maddie) and then some things never change. Come on down to the library for some teen techy-ness! Teen Tech Zone is held in the computer lab on the second floor.
June 9 through July 9th
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 1-4 p.m.
July 12 through August 18 (No TTZ on July 16th)
Monday-Friday 1-4 p.m.
A lot of the new pokemon games have added wifi but not all have been able to trade wireless.
I’m talking about yellow, red, blue, gold, silver, and crystal. and also fire red, leaf green, ruby, sapphire, and emerald.
the new games that are for all ds/dsi are diamond, pearl, platinum, heart gold, and soul silver.
and also there is pokemon ranger games, mystery dungeon games, and also other pokemon games.
one thing about heart gold and soul silver is that you get a pokewalker accessory with each one. and heres the picture.
plus also it has the infrared game card and infrared bar. plus you can breed pokemon or put them into daycare to gain levels as well.
Yesterday, I picked up a used Gameboy Color at Gamers. It was $10. I am very thrilled to have it because I get to finally play the old Pokemon games again. (Oh, the joy to be young again) As soon as I had played for awhile, I remembered that there is a new Pokemon game coming out tomorrow. I wanted to see the beginning minutes of the game, to see what it was like. Within the first 3 minutes of the game you get talked through so much stuff. The beginning is okay, except for the very very beginning when it asks, “Do you need to know the controls to the game?” The ironic part is that the booklet that comes with the game has the instructions in it. That’s why it is there. Why do you need instructions IN THE GAME, when you could just flip open the booklet, read it BEFORE you play, then just play. I guess I took that for granted in the old days. I often kept the booklet, just in case I ever get stuck. The times have changed I guess, and as technology grows in popularity, so will how the basics are portrayed to the public. So, why don’t companies get rid of booklets that comes with games, if they are just going to program “how to play” guides into their games?
Just yesterday I completed Spyro the Dragon for the first time. If you haven’t heard about Spyro, look him up. This purple dragon is amazing. He can glide, spit fire, and charge his enemies into oblivion. This game was released in 1997. If you have played it, then play it again if you haven’t beaten it in awhile. Pick up the purple dragon and kill some Gnasty Gnorc again. And if you liked the two good sequels, play those again as well.
After you play them, think about ways to make it better, if possible. Are there ways that Spyro could have been made better? Such as adding higher difficulty, or making the amount of treasure higher? Or do you think the game is perfect as it was, and should remain untouched?
The breaks over the years have gotten shorter it seems. I remember the breaks when I was younger when we had 3 weeks for winter break. Has “the man” gotten more strick, or was i just fooled into thinking it seemed longer? The breaks today are still fun, with playing in the snow and playing video games by the nice warm fire.
Some of my favorites this break have been old-school ones actually. Tetris is a fun favorite of mine, and super mario bros. has crept back into my most played. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a unique spin on the old favorite. New suits have been added, as well as bringing back the mini mario mushroom from New super Mario Brothers DS. One of my old-school favorites of all time has recently been added to the Wii’s online catalog of games. That’s right, Super Smash Bros., the original has now been made available for the low price of $10, or in wii speak, 1000 points.
New Years is slowly creeping up. Anyone have any plans that they’ve been dying to tell someone about? Anyone in some far-off exotic gettaway where no one can hear you scream? haha just kidding. Hope you guys enjoy the rest of this year. Enjoy next year as well. Bye from 2009.
Hey, don’t be irate! Instead head over to ICPL this Saturday and compete for prizes in our Super Smash Bros Brawl & Mario Kart tournament.
disclaimer: Irate Gamer gets pretty irate, which makes him jump around and curse a little.
OK, so I don’t know anything about RuneScape, except that everyone in Teen Tech Zone here at ICPL is talking about it all the time. Today some kid was calling his friend a “noob” and they were getting haircuts. . . in RuneScape.
So, I guess what I’m trying to say is that obviously RuneScape is awesome. These are some fun facts I learned while checking out Wikipedia:
Yep, that pretty much exhausts my extensive knowledge of RuneScape. You can play by clicking here, or you can come in to Teen Tech Zone at ICPL on Thursdays from 3-5 and go get RuneScape haircuts with these other guys.
Ok, so, we’re doing a little teen gaming this Saturday, April 25 from 2-4. We’ll be playing Smash Bros. Brawl, Street Fighter 4, and LittleBigPlanet (YES!). There will be beverages and snackies. Good times will be had. If gaming is not your thing, you may still come. I’ll be there, probably looking a little bored, and I’d be up for chatting about Scott Westerfeld books. It’s in Meeting Room A. See you there. Visser, out!
