Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Arcane Academic

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Arcane Academic
The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Tuesday, May 31, 2011 is the Arcane Academic Badge.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Wizard's Run.  To get the badge you have to kill 50 monsters. For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

I already had this badge from back on April 15 when I got the medium badge for that day's Badge of the Day.

As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

Comment if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out

Monday, May 30, 2011

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Original Sin

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Original Sin
The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Monday, May 30, 2011 is Original Sin.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Doodle Devil.  To get the badge you need to unlock your first mortal sin. For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

I got this badge by mixing sex and sin to get lust.

As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

Comment if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble. Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Monocular Precision

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Monocular Precision
The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Saturday, May 28, 2011 is Monocular Precision.  This is a Hard rated badge for the game Steambirds. To get the badge you need to win the 1948 mission with 100 health (i.e. lose no health). For getting this Badge of the Day you get 33 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

I cannot even really try this game, as for some reason it keeps freezing up in the tutorial planning phase and I cannot even play the game.

As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

Comment if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble. Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Level Zero Hero

Kongregate Badge of the Day: Level Zero Hero
The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Friday, May 27, 2011 is Level Zero Hero.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Elements.  To get the badge you need to beat a Level 0 AI opponent.  For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.


I already had this badge from playing through the Best of 2009 Quest and getting the Medium badge for this game.  I remember the easy badge taking little time to get.  Even the Medium one was easy, but it took a lot of time to play and get it.
    As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

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    Thursday, May 26, 2011

    Kongregate Badge of the Day: Test Drive the Pants

    Kongregate Badge of the Day: Test Drive the Pants
    The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Thursday, May 26, 2011 is Test Drive the Pants  This is an Easy rated badge for the game FPA: Sneak Peak.  To get the badge you need to beat the very short adventure.  For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

    This is very easy to beat.  Just keep going as far to the right as you can and then get to the door up top.  Then you get to a water area and swim down and to the right and then back up when you can to get to the final door.
      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

      Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

      Wednesday, May 25, 2011

      Nintendo 3DS Screenshots: Pilotwings Resort

      Pilotwings Resort 3DAbout a week ago I tried out Pilotwings Resort.  It is not an intense game with a lot depth, but it is a great looking game that gives a great feel to what the 3DS can do.  The 3D aspect is good and it is fun to fly around and over the island I am used to cycling around in Wii Fit Plus.  I also like the you use your Mii character for the profile and fly using it.

      The flying is pretty easy to get used to, although the jet pack I could not really get a hang of.  Of course, I only played the game for about 40 minutes total and mostly with the airplane and only a little with the hang glider and very little with the jet pack.

      Overall Pilotwings Resort is a fun game, but is more of a rent or borrow game rather than a game to actually own unless you get it cheap used unless you really love the game.




        

      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Bloodied Blade

      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Bloodied Blade
      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Wednesday, May 25, 2011 is Bloodied Blade  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Shadowreign RPG.  To get the badge you need to defeat 100 enemies.  For getting this Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

      Not sure how truly difficult this badge is, but the game is certainly frustrating me.  I spent 10 minutes on my first try just figure out that it glitched and I had to restart to try to get the starting guy to drop the weapon and let me actually play the game.  I now have the weapon, but no longer feel much like playing.  Might come back to it later today.
        As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

        Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

        Tuesday, May 24, 2011

        Kongregate Badge of the Day: Robo Power

        Kongregate Badge of the Day: Robo Power
        The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Tuesday, May 24, 2011 is Robo Power.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Robot Wants Ice Cream.  To get the badge you need to collect 10 power ups and go to a computron for it to save..  For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

        This is a not to hard.  Just wander around through the game a little going for whatever orange power up blocks you can reach until you get your tenth.  Then return to the nearest computron.
          As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

          Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

          Monday, May 23, 2011

          Kongregate Badge of the Day: Upstate Farm

          Kongregate Badge of Day 5/23/11
          The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Monday, May 23, 2011 is Upstate Farm.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game SeppuKitties.  To get the badge you need to finish world 1.  For getting this Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

          This in truly easy badge.  You just need to beat the first 5 levels.  Now if you actually win the game, you have to be more careful with losing lives, but for this you can lose a bunch and still be fine.
            As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

            Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

            Sunday, May 22, 2011

            Kongregate Badge of the Day: Radical Dreamer

            Kongregate Badge of Day 5/22/11
            The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Sunday, May 22, 2011 is Radical Dreamer.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game The Dreamerz.  To get the badge you need to reassemble the dream machine/game completed.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

            Check out the comment section on Kongregate for some tips.  This walkthrough might also be helpful.
              As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

              Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

              Saturday, May 21, 2011

              Kongregate Badge of the Day: Music Survivalist

              Kongregate Badge of Day 5/21/11
              The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Saturday, May 21, 2011 is Music Survivalist.  This is a Hard rated badge for the game Streamline.  To get the badge you need to survive the game.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 33 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.
                This seems like it could be possible if I took some time to get used to the game, but I do not have the patience for mouse control only with my touchpad right now.

                As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

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                Friday, May 20, 2011

                Kongregate Badge of the Day: Flak Jack

                Kongregate Badge of Day 5/20/11
                The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Friday, May 20, 2011 is Flak Jack.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Reactance.  To get the badge you need to get a x21 multiplier.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.
                  The multiplier goes up when you hit enemies, but it also goes down slowly when you are not hitting enemies.  Hit enemies fast in a row to rack the multiplier up.  It seems to work best on the asteroid levels.  I got the badge by using Lasers on Level 8 and I did not even beat the level.  I had the lasers upgraded to level 2 for everything, except I had defensive laser still at level 1.  My ship upgrades were Health Level 4, Regen Level 3, Speed Level 4, Ally Level 1, and Shield Level 2.  I am sure different builds can do it, but this is what worked for me.

                  As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                  Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                  Thursday, May 19, 2011

                  Kongregate Badge of the Day: --- -

                  Kongregate Badge of Day 5/19/11
                  The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Thursday, May 19, 2011 is --- -.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Z-Rox  To get the badge you need to beat level 4.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.
                    This is game can be kind of hard on your own, but it is extremely easy to get the first three badges if you just use a walkthrough, such as this YouTube video.

                    As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                    Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                    Wednesday, May 18, 2011

                    Nintendo 3DS Screenshots: Ridge Racer

                    Ridge Racer is a decent racing game for the Nintendo 3DS.  I got it as a Gamefly rental and enjoyed playing it for several hours over the course of a week.  As just a racing game it is a lot fun, but as a 3D game it is only so-so.

                    The 3D graphics are not bad, but the aspect of a racing game and 3D graphics that require you to look at the screen straight on does not always work out well.  This is because if you are the kind of person that tends to tilt the controller and/or game system when playing racing games the graphics go blurry as you race.  I only do it a little every once in a while, so most of the time I did not have a problem with the 3D graphics, but boy could it cause trouble when I did tilt the 3DS just a bit.

                    While the 3D aspect does not really work great for a racing game, it is not the game's fault.  I still had fun playing through the first 5 to 7 Grand Prixes.  However, after a while the courses got boring and my thumb got really tired of using the B button.  For some reason, I can go way long if the button is the A button for acceleration.  Even after several hours of playing the game I still wanted to keep using the A button to accelerate at the start of some races.  I think you can change the controls, but not sure if it can be changed to A for the acceleration, as I did not think of changing controls until after I mailed the game back.

                    Overall Ridge Racer is not a bad game for the 3DS if you are into the Ridge Racer games and/or racing games.  However, if you are the type to tilt the system, it is not worth the 3D aspect.  Also, the first few Grand Prixes are kind of boring and you have to get past them before it gets even sort of challenging and more interesting scenery.

                    Click the thumbnails below to see a larger version of the screenshots.

                    Kongregate Badge of the Day: Adapt or Die

                    Kongregate Badge of the Day 5/18/11
                    The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Wednesday, May 18, 2011 is Adapt or Fly.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Adapt or Die.  To get the badge you need to beat level 4.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.
                      Level 4 is not too hard, but you can get stuck if you do not leave one of the bees back in the starting area and accidentally end up only creating non-flying bees away from the area and lose your only flyer like I did on my first try.  The second time through I kept making them in the first area and survived fine.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge and help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Tuesday, May 17, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Let's Get This Party Started!

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day 5/17/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Tuesday, May 17, 2011 is Let's Get This Party Started!  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Cyclomaniacs.  To get the badge you need to find all the red buttons/beat the game.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 5 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      I already had this badge from completing the Beginner's Badge Quest.  I do not remember it being too difficult and I did not even buy any upgrades, as when I started playing today for the harder badges I realized I had not noticed the upgrades before.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Monday, May 16, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: The Hunt for Red Button

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/16/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Monday, May 16, 2011 is The Hunt for Red Button.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game ButtonHunt 2.  To get the badge you need to find all the red buttons/beat the game.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 15 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      It is not too hard to beat this game, but I found the asteroids part extremely hard.  I kept clicking and holding to drag the asteroid and it would suddenly run into an asteroid that was unavoidable.  Finally, the controls worked as they should.

                      Here is a walkthrough if you need help with some of the levels.  I found it when the asteroids were not working for me, which it did not help me with as it was some sort of glitch, and then used it for a few of the not too obvious levels.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Sunday, May 15, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Title Trasher

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day 5/15/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Sunday, May 15, 2011 is Title Trasher.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Shift 2.  To get the badge you need to beat the title screen.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      This title is extremely easy and takes about a minute to beat.  See this YouTube video to easily beat the title screen or try yourself by starting the title screen level by clicking the face that appears when you roll over the top right corner.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Saturday, May 14, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Icebreaker

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/14/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Saturday, May 14, 2011 is Icebreaker.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Icy Gifts.  To get the badge you need get 3 stars on each of the 36 levels.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      Icy gifts is an interesting game.  You click to blow up ice gifts and they start chain reactions including with some special items.  It really helps to get the upgrades.  I played through all the levels once upgrading as I could and then went back and played the ones I did not get 3 stars on the first time I beat the level.  Some of the levels took quite a few replays, but overall it did not take me more than 20 minutes to get this badge.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Friday, May 13, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Magnoliophyta Master

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/13/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Friday, May 13, 2011 is Magnoliophyta Master.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Sprout.  To get the badge you need finish become an acorn.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      Here is a walkthrough to easily get through this game.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Thursday, May 12, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Bake a Pretty Cake

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Bake a Pretty Cake
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Thursday, May 12, 2011 is Pants full of Squiggles.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Hanna in a Choppa.  To get the badge you need complete all 21 levels.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      I was surprised that this game only took me about 25 minutes to get through all the levels.  Overall it is pretty simple.  There are a few challenging parts, but at least how to beat most levels is rather straightforward as long as you read the words placed around the levels.  I think the hardest part was figuring out that I should pull the tower towards me in level 20 to be able to get past it.  That and the fan level kept making me go fast and crash before I could get to the flag.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Wednesday, May 11, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Pants full of Squiggles

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/10/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 is Pants full of Squiggles.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game The Fancy Pants Adventure.  To get the badge you need finish a level with 100 squiggles.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 6 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      I already had this badge, since I played to get the medium badge for the Best of 2008 challenge.  I remember the Easy part not taking too long.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Tuesday, May 10, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Tickle Me Robo

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/10/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Tuesday, May 10, 2011 is Tickle Me Robo.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game The Tickler.  To get the badge you need to complete the adventure (23 levels).  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Monday, May 9, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Ragdoll Initiate

                      Kongregate Badge of Day
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Monday, May 9, 2011 is Rising Star.  This is an Easy rated badge for the game Ragdoll Avalanche 2.  To get the badge you need to win the young mages competition.  For getting this  Badge of the Day you get 5 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Sunday, May 8, 2011

                      Kongregate Badge of the Day: Rising Star

                      Kongregate Badge of Day 5/8/11
                      The Kongregate Badge of the Day for Sunday, May 8, 2011 is Rising Star.  This is a Medium rated badge for the game Book of Mages: The Dark Times.  To get the badge you need to win the young mages competition.  For  getting this  Badge of the Day you get 17 Gamestop PowerUp Reward Points.

                      I beat the Young Mages Competition by only getting the Burn and High Attack bonus skills and not wasting any more days on additional skills.  I used my skills earned from the mana cave to upgrade regular high and low attacks to max of level 10, high attack bonus to level 5, life to level 11 (i.e. 110 HP), mana to level 7 (i.e. 150 mana), and basic damage to level 5.

                      As always if you already have the badge, just go to the game and you will be awarded the extra points.

                      Comment  if you have any if you have any other tips to help others get today's badge to help out those having trouble.  Also, feel free to ask questions if you need help and I will try to help you out.

                      Saturday, May 7, 2011

                      Nintendo 3DS Screenshots: Steel Divers

                      Steel Diver 3DS
                      Steel Divers 3DS is the first 3DS game I was able to rent through Gamefly.  Honestly, none of the currently released 3DS games appeal to be other than possibly Pilot Wings, so I did not have major expectations from the game.  I just wanted to see some of the 3D graphics in action.

                      The graphics for Steel Diver is not bad, but there really is not much to the game.  I will admit I did not even try all the different modes after the periscope levels annoyed me.  It just has too many different things to control and mostly on the touch screen, which is hard for wanting to change multiple things at once.

                      The concept of a submarine simulation game is kind of cool and the download play game is interesting, but the difficulty of the periscope aspect does not make for a great casual game to download play.  However, I think there is definitely good replay value and it is great for those that want a more intense download play experience.  Thus while I did not really like the game, I still recommend it for those that think it sounds interesting to give it a shot.

                      Click screenshots below to see a larger version of them.