Retiring from Video Gaming (Updated)
It’s been a fun journey over the past 15 years. I’ve completed every video game that I have bought, and I’ve got a lot of praise for video gaming! Unfortunately, I just can’t keep up with video games anymore.
I’m still looking for a part-time job (it’s in this year’s resolutions) so I can save money and head for college. This is why I want/have other things to do things outside of video gaming. I’ve got other things going on that are a better use of my time, so, come June 19, they will be no more.
Hudson Soft, the king of Deca Sports series, Bomberman series, Bloody Roar series, and Adventure Island series, will be headed for the Deadpool next week. It was acquired by Konami in early 2011. Sega already exited the console business in early 2001 to focus on software.
I still haven’t bought the final PS2 game called Taito Legends 2, though it will urinate on Capcom Classics Collection and Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection (or Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection if you live in Europe/South America). On May 5th, I will be shelving my Wii. The final Wii game was Wii Play: Motion. I will be playing video games on the weekends, one spring break, and a few holidays before that date. I will also be deactivating my Xbox Live account.
If you still have a Wii or an Xbox 360, you can add me (Wii number in the About & Contact page, the gamertag is coryroberts) until that time. My time playing video games has been amazing and I’m going to miss it.
Thank you for the great memories!
Also note, CORYROBERTSINTOKYO.net (my portfolio) will be back online soon, this time with HostGator, as well as the new design for this blog and portfolio.
Final drawing for the winter before I go on winter hiatus.
Update: Given the reason that I’m not a big fan of open source software such as GIMP or Paint.NET, they’ll be replaced with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Also note that I will be away from the computer for months as I will be doing productive things (see resolutions post).
Reuploaded because auto-toned in PS.
Nintendo Wii and Desperate Housewives rides off into the sunset (Updated: PS2 will ride off into the sunset as usual)
The Nintendo Wii has been around for five years from its original launch date. The reason why they are discontinuing the Wii is they’re not saying is why. The console dropped 10% of its sales. Wii U will be released on Holiday 2012.
On March 15th, I will discontinue playing (and purchasing) the single-player Wii games. No single-player Wii games will be purchased, including any plans to purchase another Wii game. The UK/PAL version of Mario Party 8 had the word “spastic” in the dialogue, which is an offensive word in the UK. Later changed to “erratic”.
ABC will be pulling the plug on Desperate Housewives on May 2012. Despite an untrue “blatant violations” on all wikis, they said that my old handle was considered inappropriate after I changed to “coryroberts” and “coryrobertsintokyo”. It’s like going to jail, if you violated the sites’ terms of service and its policies. On the other hand, the stars of Desperate Housewives will move on to new ventures.
I’ve finished Super Mario Galaxy 2!
Sleeping Kaila
MySims screenshots with A4 drawing cover
Wii — drawn on my Moleskine A4
Edited in Photoshop using Auto Tone
Wii Music
