Still Playing Sunshine

 Been a bit since my E3 article but we're back again with a topic I've been using to stream on Twitch!  Today, I'm going to talk about a little application called RomStation.  This isn't some fancy Playstationesque device, but rather a front to download games on for PC.  This includes games for almost all systems you can imagine too, from Gamecube to Saturn to even arcade.  Past just the regular games you can find on here are a special type of game that form the reason I wanted to talk about this- Romhacks! Romhacks are games that someone has messed with or changed in some minor or major way to change the experience for the player.  These can be things such as level design like in Kaizo Mario World  or just a simple character addition/ change like in Super Mario 3D World 64  or Goldeneye With Mario Characters .  These games can also change the story, move encounters around, and just be a completely new experience from the old one, so with tha...

 Another E3 is wrapping up as I write this and the new online formula was tested.  There was much to see despite Covid-19 limiting what developers had ready to show, and things ran the gamut from great to awful this year.  E3 is full of things for different gamers, and now it's time to look back at everything we've seen these last 4 days and sort out what fell where, starting with the more lackluster and moving upwards! The Worst: Ubisoft Forward: The Ubisoft presentation was pretty standard for them.  We got a new Rainbow Six  announcement with Rainbow Six Extraction , which sees players go up against an alien parasite foe.  Players found more Farcry 6  news as well as Blood Dragon  and a new thing that sees players take on the roles of Vaas and other villains.  We got a new dance game and some sports titles, but the highlight had to be the reveal of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope , which gave us a glimpse into the more free moving gameplay...

 E3 2021 approaches fast, and since large gatherings are still out of the question, the event has become the "Electronic Entertainment Experience", going all online for the first time ever (2020 was canceled).  While many talk about what they hope to see and what series deserve a new entry, a different thought occurred to me.  Being all online is definitely convenient for more people, but given how much gets announced and shown off at the event by so many companies,  can everything be done like this well? The usual spectacle of E3 is a big draw.  So many industry big names showing off what they have planned to large crowds.  The reactions and the in person reveals make up so much of what makes E3 fun, so having pre-recorded or even live recordings of it will never be able to hit the same way as being in person would. While companies like Nintendo and Sony had already begun their shift to video presentations a few years ago, others like Bethesda and Microsof...

 I did say last time that I'd end up talking about mods a lot, and here we are again.  This time, rather than talking about custom boards, we're talking about Resident Evil 3 .  Specifically, I'm going to talk about some of the fun ways you can change up the game with various character mods!  There's simply too many for me to go over every one, but I'll try to cover a decent amount here. Most of these will be character mods that change the appearance of Jill, Carlos, or others around, but there are other kinds out there too.  I said last time that mods really bring out the creativity in folks, and it's not a different case here, so let's dive on into some Resident Evil 3  mods. Aerith Gainsborough This is a character mod for Jill Valentine.  None of the dialogue will be affected but Jill's model will change.  Using Final Fantasy VII Remake  as a base, this mod  brings Aerith into the world of zombies.  This mod goes further than jus...

 It's time to talk about something that I've delved deep into over the last few years and even gotten a few articles published on: Mods!  There's a surprisingly large amount of them, whether it's on the internet or the Steam Workshop, and they come in so many varieties.  There's character mods, level mods, and depending on the game, even game mode mods. One type of these I recently discovered was Custom Mario Party boards, where folks create all new experiences in place of the standard boards. When I discovered these only a month ago, I knew I had hit something great to talk about. There's a surprising variety of them for all three original N64 games in the series, and there's 2 ways to even get them in.  These can be made to work on the regular N64 hardware, but since this is a more technical and difficult, the easiest method to use is the Project64 Emulator. But this article is less about that part, though the knowledge of how it all works was necessary...

This is a topic that's been on my mind since I began playing Duke Nukem Forever again back on May 14.  By all accounts, it's not a very good game, and the story of that game's development cycle has become legend at this point. I even took a crack at covering that myself in an article published on CBR.com.  As I continued to play through the game on the "Come Get Some" or normal difficulty, several thoughts began going through my head, and a picture of what went wrong in design choices became something I would continue thinking about, so here, It's time to let that thought loose and examine the game itself and what it did so wrong. Duke's 2011 outing is a complete mess of a game from a gameplay standpoint.  It tries so hard to call back to the 90's and Duke Nukem 3D  but ultimately becomes so full of differing shooter game tropes that it loses its own identity.  Starting with the basics, Duke now has a regenerating health bar, or "Ego" meter...

 Blog Welcome! Hi everybody!  This is SweetSailorRosalina making the fist post just to welcome you to my new blog!  This idea came about for a few reasons, the main one of which was all the thoughts I have about games, the industry itself, and all the cool mods for games that I find!  Rather than just reviews, the content I plan to share here will do a variety of things, such as provide my own insight as to goings on in the wider gaming world or topics I'd just like to cover when it comes to certain games.  I tend to play more retro games than newer ones these days, so the blog name in a way tries to imbibe that feel.  Going back to classic things we know well can be fun, and I certainly hope my thoughts maybe connect with at least one other person out there!  Anyhow, Welcome to Still Playing Sunshine ! I hope you;ll stick around! -SweetSailorRosalina