PJ's Halloween 2k10 - Dead Rising 2 review

PJ’s Halloween 2k10
Rise of the Dead

Dead Rising 2, a PS3 review

The year is 2006. Yoshinori Kawano helmed a game that was produced by Keiji Inafune. This game would go on to become a legend within the Xbox 360 library as it didn’t just offer a great game, but it also gave the world one of the most recognized game characters, Frank West.
Dead Rising was a sandbox game that gave the player a vast amount of restrictions during playtime that could be completely and utterly neglected if you wanted to, giving the player a great experience throughout every playthrough.
Frank West is a photojournalist who willingly goes to a small town called Willamette to see just what exactly was going on. There he found that the streets weren’t peaceful at all as zombies roamed the streets freely. Frank, who knows what he’s doing because he has covered wars you know, orders his helicopter pilot to lower the choppah to the roof of a nearby mall. After telling the pilot to return in three days, Frank heads in to the mall to try and find out as much as he can. Through his adventure he discovers what exactly created these zombies and why there was an outbreak.

2010. The team that brought us Dead Rising returns with another entry in the franchise that this time spread across a couple more platforms, including the PS3. Dead Rising 2, like it’s predecessor, is a survival horror game with a comedic twist to it. Whilst many people seem to agree that this game is more of a 1.5, I am here to tell you what I thought of the game. I myself have only seen a playthrough of a perfect run of the first game so it isn’t exactly a perception of someone who hasn’t played the first game. Still, let’s do this!

PJ's Halloween 2k10 - Heebie-Jeebie-Hullabaloo

Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror
Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo

The Treehouse of Horror started in a Simpsons episode dedicated to Halloween. Homer went to check on the Simpson kids who were up in their treehouse. Once he made his way up to there, he discovered they were peacefully coming along, telling each other ghost stories.  Later on, the episodes moved out of the treehouse and in to other places, eventually even dropping the storytelling mechanic. All the while it still retained the Treehouse of Horror name.

Matt Groening’s Bongo Comic’s Group began to release comic books based on the happy family, meaning that they too received a Treehouse of Horrors comic every Halloween. Once the Bart Simpson comics started to roll along, he too received a ToH which was then, as usual, bundled. Three issues were bundled in to one and thus came the first Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror bundle entitled: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo.

PJ's Halloween 2k10 - So far

Hey everyone

It's that time of the year again. One of the most memorable holidays of the year is rapidly approaching. It's the time of year when everyone comes out to be spooky or to be spooked. I've been giving you a small taste of this whilst there are so many people out there that are willing to spread the joy as well. That's what this blog is all about! I'm here to plug a few Halloween experiences that are even going on still. Check all of them out!

PJ's Halloween 2k10 - Alan Wake

An outside look of Alan Wake

I don’t have an XBOX 360 for the simple fact that I honestly have enough having just the PS3. Yes,  I am missing out on a lot of great titles, but I have been able to experience them none the less by means of watching playthroughs on the internet. And because I don’t have a 360 doesn’t mean that I don’t understand it or anything about it. One thing I do regret is that I’m not able to play these great titles. What I wouldn’t do to be able to play through the Halo games or the Gears of War games. They look like a lot of fun with a nifty story and a great universe.
That seems to be their target demographic, eh. The people who are after a fun time with a blockbuster feel to their game. Like previous titles that I mentioned, there’s also Splinter Cell Conviction and many others. Granted, I’m really peeved that Conviction is a 360 exclusive, but it fits that console perfectly never the less. One game though seems to be sticking out like a sore thumb. And I do hope that instead of fixing it by not doing anything with it again or multi-platforming it, I am hoping that they make more games like it for the 360.

That game is Alan Wake.

PJ's Halloween 2k10 - The X-files

Whilst the characters from CSI aren’t all that interesting, other investigative shows really put in an extra effort to make the protagonists an interesting bunch of people that you really connect with. This day and age we have Rick Castle, Patrick Jane and Charlie Crews. Whilst in the past we had Jessica Fletcher and Columbo. Columbo being my number one favorite investigator of all time.
However, there is one genre of investigative shows that has one pinnacles of awesomeness. One TV series that has influenced countless of other shows, movies, directors, screenwriters, actors and more.

PJ's Halloween 2k10 - TPS Wallpaper

Hello everyone,

welcome to yet another Halloween month. Last year's was pretty damn memorable as almost every site produced some good content. This year, I want to do my part and do a few things too! First thing is a wallpaper that I made, enjoy!

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/275/5/5/tps_halloween_wallpaper_by_greyarch-d2zwebh.png

(Follow the URL. Thing is flippin' huge)