Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday

Fable: The Lost Chapters is an extended version of the original fable developed by Lionhead Studios and released on the 20th September 2005. Set in the nation of Albion, the player assumes the role of an orphaned boy that becomes a great hero. The player can make choices which changes how the people of Albion react to the hero and changes the appearance of the character depending on if the player chooses to do evil deeds or good deeds. The hero goes on a quest to find out what happened to the hero's family, the player can also go on optional quests, trade, steal and romance characters in the game.

This game is a very enjoyable action-rpg, easy to get use to and the fighting is fun. You can work on being close combat focused, being an archer, mage or a little of all of them making the game fun for however you want to play. You can also be evil or good which changes what happens in the game because people act differently towards you. The hero can also get titles like "Chicken Chaser" and Paladin which people will call you. This game is entertaining and you should definitely give it a go.

*The Elder*

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday!

Beserk

Berserk is a classic anime created by Kentaro Miura. Set in a fantasy medieval Europe, it follows the characters Guts, an orphaned mercenary and Griffith, the charismatic leader of a mercenary group called the Band of the Hawk. It shows you how Guts hunts demon like creatures called Apostles and how he and his band of warriors fight a long war that has devastated the country of Midland. The anime has a slightly dark story and is aimed at an older audience, making it a seinen manga, but it is very interesting to watch.

The series has an amazingly well done plot, which keeps you interested from start to finish and character depth that leaves you wishing all anime was done the same way. If you like action anime, then Beserk is the anime for you. Even people who don't particularly like anime have said that Beserk is one of the best made anime in existence and is definitely worth a try, so give it a go.

*The Elder*

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday!

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh. Age of Empires II was an RTS game that helped shape the genre into what it is today, the game is set in the middle ages and has 13 different civilizations to play as. The players aim is to gather resources, which is used to build towns and armies which the player uses to defeat the enemy. There are five historically based campaigns, which constrict the player to specialized story conditions.

 Age of Empires II is one of the first games I ever played it, the gameplay is enjoyable and sometimes challenging  as you battle your computer or human enemy on all the different maps. This game is great and enjoyable even though it is old, it's worth giving it a go if you haven't yet.

*The Elder*

Christmas Tale: Part 2

Christmas Tale

Part Two

'Twas the day of Christmas,

And all through the house,

Every creature was stirring,

Even the mouse.

All kids were grounded,

For their late night,

That gave mum and dad,

A bloody big fright.

The Greek went home,

For he was a dick,

He decided to ditch,

What a bloody big prick.

Santa Claus was hungover,

But all gifts were there,

All four felt great pride,

as they gave them a stare.

"We did a good thing," Merlin laughed aloud,

The Elder smiled, "Santa would be proud."

The Elf's lips' corners lifted,

As she gave The short Dwarf a look,

They then said in time, "This should be in a book."

And that's how the story of drunk Christmas began,

With a tipsy 'Claus and a bloody great plan.

Merry Christmas to all,

And to all a bloody great night.

THE END OF PART TWO

What did you think of part two? Should I do a part three?

-The Dwarf

Update!!

Update!!

Hello everyone!

Merry Christmas to all and we hope you've all had a fantastic day, we know we have. 

This year was actually even busier than last year, so we have been worse than ever at keeping things updated and posting often. We are very, very sorry about that, but we're definitely going to pick up the Christmas spirit for the rest of the month and, as our New Year's resolution, we're going to try to post at least five times every month from now on.

Unfortunately, most of these posts will still be by me, since I have internet access most often and am available to do things on a more regular basis. Next year, The Dwarf and The Elder will be posting more often, I assure you, but probably still not as often as we would like. We all have busy lives, but we will definitely try to be more consistent. If we still can't post very often, we apologize in advance, but we are aiming to have more regular posting by June next year - at the latest.

The Friday Flashbacks have been very inconsistent, but hopefully from next week on wards, we'll be posting every Friday. We also plan on doing as many new reviews as we can in the next few weeks, before we have to get back to school and work, etc... Otherwise, we plan to do more things for the blog next year, which we're quite excited about.

Hopefully, we'll have everything sorted next year and be much more organized.

In any case, we hope you all have a lovely Christmas! Best wishes to everyone and we hope you all get the things that were on your wishlist this year.

We love you all very much, and thank you for checking out the blog!

~The Elf

Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Assassin's Creed Black Flag is a game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game is set during the golden age of piracy, you play as Edward Kenway a young man trying to make his fortune, he leaves his wife and family to join privateer's working for the British navy. While on duty the ship he is on comes under attack from the rogue assassin Duncan Walpole. Both ships are destroyed in the conflict and Edward and Duncan survive and are stranded on the island together, he kills Duncan and disguises himself as the rouge assassin. He sneaks into the Templar meeting but is eventually found and must escape. This conflict continues through out the game. Edward eventually becomes an Assassin and hunts down the Templar order.

My Review

This is a beautiful game with many unique and interesting places to travel to on your ship "The Jackdaw". The game has great character development, excellent game play and an amazing story line with many twists that keep you guessing. You can customize your character's look as well as weaponry and your ships look. the game play varies depending on how you want to play it, you could run in and chop everyone down to dog meat or you can sneak through like the sneaky little assassin you are.

*The Elder* and <Merlin>

Christmas Tale: Part 1

Christmas Tale
Part One

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all things were dark,
Except for one house, near Burnside Park.
The lights were turned on, inside and out,
Then two cheering girls decided to shout:
"Merry Christmas my dear friend! And let the season never end!"
The pair were joined by a group of three,
The signs on their faces were showing nothing but glee.
The Elder jumped up and onto the bed,
"Best Christmas so far." He finally said.
All of a sudden outside was a roar,
And the five ran out, and into the door.
"Ouch!" They all cried and yelled "What the hell?"
As their yelling was stopped by jolly red bells.
"Santa?" Merlin asked, "But, you aren't real?!"
Then his lips were magically sealed.
"'TIS I!" A drunken Saint Nick replied,
"Oh God, he's drunk." The Greek boy sighed.
Santa tripped over and out of his sleigh,
in a very informal and drunken way.
He waved his hand and gave his fingers a snap,
and not a second after, Merlin's voice came back.
"Santa can not deliver presents like this!"
"Not when he's currently on the piss!"
"We should be Santa!" The Dwarf hit The Elf's arm,
"Well, we've done worse, so I don't see the harm."
The Dwarf dug through her bag and pulled out a red hat,
then onto the sleigh the five of them sat.
"This will be stupid." The Greek said with a grunt.
"Shut up, Greek boy. No body cares."
Moaned Merlin, who received multiple stares.
The Elf turned round to give them a slap,
Then turned on the radio to Eminem's rap.
As the five of them cheered, the sleigh lifted up,
And coffee spilled out of The Elder's cup.
House after house, the presents dropped in,
"This is quite fun." The Elf said with a grin.
Five hours later, with lots of complaints,
They headed home to watch Boondock Saints.
They went backwards and forwards, trying to find their way,
But navigation was difficult, in the red sleigh.
After a while they were back on track,
And The Elf and Dwarf said back to back:
"See, I told you this Christmas would be fun."
"Yes, but drive faster, I can already see the sun."
They parked on the driveway, as quiet as a mouse,
And tried to sneak into the Christmassy house.
Their mum opened the door and said, "You're all grounded."
"WHAT?!" They all screamed, rather astounded.

THE END OF PART ONE

What did you think? We'll be posting part two next year ;)
-The Dwarf

Christmas

Dear Viewers,
We wish you all a merry Christmas and happy New Year, hope to see you all next year!
We hope that next year we will get more involvement from the viewers through comments, and so on.
Have a happy holiday and best of luck for all your New Year's resolutions.
Next year we are going to try to post more often and the Dwarf apologizes for her lack of involvement due to technical difficulties. We are going to try to update more with guest bloggers, too.
Once again, merry Christmas and happy New Year!
From The Elder, The Elf and The Dwarf!

Christmas Poem

Christmas Poem

A tree sparks joy, of those young and old,
And at the top, a star made of gold.
Either Santa Claus or boys in stables,
There's a celebration at all tables.

Those of us, on this blog,
Wish you the best, and lot's of egg-nog.
So let's celebrate now my friends,
As this season is soon to end.

-The Dwarf

Merry Christmas from the duo!

Singularity

Singularity

Singularity is a game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. You battle your way through Katorga-12, jumping through time, trying to fix your mistakes.
The game starts when an electromagnetic pulse knocks out an American satellite and the U.S military decide to investigate. They send some soldiers, including Captain Nathaniel Renko, but another surge destroys their helicopter.
After the crash, Renko starts going between the present and 1955, which is when a catastrophic accident on Katorga-12 occurs. He arrives in time to save a scientist named Nikolai Demichev from falling into a fire, despite a man warning him not to.
When Renko arrives back in the present, he realizes that Demichev has taken over the world. The rest of the game are missions where you try to prevent that from happening.

My Review

The game play is very much like most of the Call of Duty series, but you can customize your character (Renko) so that he is stronger in some ways and weaker in others. You can also choose which gun you want to improve and upgrade the most, those parts are more like Bioshock and Borderlands. There are some creepy parts where you can see and hear ghosts from the past, and a lot of them are children, which just makes it creepier.
I personally enjoyed the game. It was good because although you were technically going back into the past, it had a futuristic feel. With the TMD, or Time Manipulation Device, it makes it seem more futuristic. It's a good first person shooter game and it has a multiplayer feature, similar to Call of Duty. The graphics were brilliant and made the game better. This game is definitely not family friendly being rated PEGI 18+. It has a lot of blood, guts and gore. Despite that, it's still a brilliant game and I think more people should play it. This is MY personal opinion, if you have anything to say please keep it clean. Or I will shoot you. Jk..... Mostly. Seriously though, what did you think?
*The Elder*