Quote of the Week [#143] {Lucky 3 Special}

“There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, ‘It all depends on me.’”
– Andre Gide

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
– Sophia Loren

“You don’t have to specialize – do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.”
– Francis Ford Coppola

My Top 10 Games of 2011

2011 was a decent year for the gaming industry. With the launch of Nintendo 3DS, and a few unique and memorable games, 2011 proved to be a nice follow-up to my top 10 2010 games. Here’s my top 10 games of 2011:

Silvercublogger’s Four Year Anniversary!

I’m a few days late posting an article here! In 2007, December 3rd was when this blog came into existence.

Over 1,200 posts over the years. This year was the least amount of articles posted, because I’ve been so busy with graduate college.

Hopefully later at the end of the month I’ll have my top 10 favorite movies and video games of this year.

Happy Anniversary!

100+ Great Gamecube Games

The Gamecube may have stopped releasing games in 2007, but there’s still plenty of games to try out if you have a Wii and are starving for some more games. Check out the list, there’s something here for everyone:

Gamer Banter: Falling Into Gaming Again, Maybe?

The fall and winter gaming release schedule is generally known for its bombardment of great titles, and this year seems to be better than the last. Here’s some select highlights that have me intrigued:

Solatorobo, one of the last great (and unknown) releases for the aging Nintendo DS, is being published by XSEED (responsible for publishing Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, one of my favorite games of all time). 

With a release date set for September 29 and the inclusion of a soundtrack in first-run copies, it’s an enticing purchase. The game, from what I’ve read and watched, is an action-RPG with anime cutscenes and with even more quests available to download online. Only time will tell if I’ll enjoy it but XSEED is known for great games (Little King’s Story anyone?)

Deepak Chopra “Leela” is a relaxing video game. Not many of those, so this can either be very good or dreadfully terrible. I’ll be starting graduate college at the end of August, and this might help to relax if things get too intense. The graphics look really cool (reminiscent of Child of Eden). Other than that, not really sure about it but I’m interested in trying it out.

The game is available for Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii and its release date is currently November 8. Maybe I can finally use the Kinect a bit more, it’s been collecting quite a bit of dust.

This Nintendo 3DS game has potential, it’s a ghost-hunting game using augmented reality. That is, your own personal living space. The 3DS has the ability to change whatever your environment is into a “virtual playground” – which is rather interesting. Props for originality, only time will tell if it’s good. The game is set to be released October 11.

Other mentions:  Kirby Mass Attack, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Uncharted 3, Mario Kart 7. There may be other games on the horizon that are good or seem interesting, though I’m probably just not aware of it. Time will tell!

This post was part of Gamer Banter, a monthly video game discussion coordinated by Terry at Game Couch. If you’re interested in being part of this, please email him for details.

Other takes:
Gunthera1-Gamer, Zath, Game Couch

Quote of the Week [#142]

“We feel alone when we disconnect from ourselves, & then we feel lonely because we cannot connect to others until we connect to ourselves.” – Margaret Paul

Forgetting What Could Be

In life, there’s one thing at times that I forget or perhaps don’t really treasure. The possibility of growing up where you are completely stuck and only know what you are taught. Watching the video “Inside a school for suicide bombers” I see an unfortunate world where children are taught to carry out attacks. This heartbreaking video made me realize that if you don’t have the proper support and development, a person is capable of doing anything. A person does have a choice, but if it’s so fundamentally absorbed into a person’s mind that attacking other people is good, than it’s very difficult to stop this from happening. It’s frustrating and sickening.

One thing I wonder is if any of the students have an innate sense that what they are being taught is wrong. This sense is obviously a difficult one because we see through history that people are susceptible to doing horrendous things, and even more so in a group. However, I am hoping that for everyone out there in this world, a person’s sense of intuition and the idea of thinking twice or three times about things being said may help in making this world a better place. Just because everyone else is doing something, does not mean it’s okay.  I imagine it would be difficult to come to this realization in extreme situations.