MvM's World, Entry #23 - July Game Progress

Ok, so here we are just a week into July and I feel I am off to a terrific start on my goals for the second half of the year. Lets be honest, my gaming habits and trophy goals are extremely nerdy but they make me happy as hell, keep me occupied and busy, and make me feel like I am accomplishing something. That's all that matters right? :)

Ok, so I had a bit of a slammed gaming/troho holiday weekend last weekend. Over the course of just 3 days, I beat and or completed 4 games, and racked up 46 trophies. Considering I only need 102 trophies a month to hit my goal at the end of the year, that's a huge jump start! Here's the 411......


July 1st, 2011

(Truth or Lies, PS3, 13 Trophies) Man this was such an easy one to start with! I was able to 100% this game in under 35 minutes. Oddly it is a retail game yet it has no Platinum trophy. And only a mere 13 trophies altogether. I can't really complain though, and here is why...... I nabbed this game at Target. On clearance. For..... ready for this?....... $2.48. I kid you not! Not a bad price at all for 13 trophies and a game I will never play again. Wonder if I can sell it to GameStop for more than what I payed for it? lol

(After Burner: Climax, PSN, 12 Trophies) I had been wanting to get to this one for awhile, and this past weekend I finally did. I have always been bad at flying games, but I fondly remember playing this one in the arcades when I was a kid. So I sat down to check out the new HD remake, and before I knew it, I had 100% of the trophies for the game. Pretty easy to do when you have this new EX mode thing in the game. When you accomplish certain things in the game, you will unlock EX Enhancements...... a fancy term for in game cheats. Pretty much making it super easy for anyone to get all of the trophies in this game. After a few playthroughs, I unlocked enough things to blast my way to the secret 'A' ending and unlock the final trophy. Done. I will have to play again though, was a lot of fun. :)



July 2nd / 3rd, 2011

(Stacking, PSN, 17 Trophies) Words can't describe this fun and quirky little puzzle/adventure game. Assuming the role of a tiny Russian nesting doll, and being able to jump into larger nesting dolls to complete tasks and puzzles is a really interesting idea. Each doll has it's own abilities, personalities, and humor. The game is decent in length and I finished over the weekend. Got it for free via my PS+ membership months ago, and never got around to playing it. Was so much fun, I would love to see another game in the series. Maybe a sequel?

(Stacking: The Lost Hobo King, PSN, 4 Trophies) While this is technically an Add-On for Stacking, "The Lost Hobo King" is actually an adventure of it's own. A new world, and a new story, it is MUCH shorter than the main game itself, but just as much fun. The puzzles were a tad trickier, and a little longer but nothing too bad at all. With new nesting dolls to unlock and interact with, it was overall a great 'little' adventure. Finished this one up fairly quickly after finishing the main game. :)


Having 46 out of the 102 trophies I need for the month is a great start, and there are still 3 weeks to go! And with all of the games I have sitting to go through, man.......... I just may get my goal sooner. Or surpass it. Or both. :)

Game On!

- Gamer42

MvM's World, Entry #20 - Mid-Year Trophy Update! :)

Well guys and gals, we are now at the half way point of 2011. I had set myself a monsterous goal of hitting the 2,000 overall trophy mark, and 20 Platinum trophies mark by the end of this year. December 31st is still 6 months away, but I feel I am heading in the right direction.

June saw me falling way short of where I wanted to be at this point, but a very quick (and large) catch up is on the way as we head in to July.

I started 2011 with only a mere 744 Trophies. Now I am sitting on a total of 1,388 Trophies. So far this year I have amassed another 644 Trophies. So let's take a quick minute to break this down (I don't keep a detailed Excel Spreadsheet for nothing folks.....lol).......

Total Trophies Earned (By Month)

 

January - 77

February - 65

March - 242

April - 89

May - 48

June - 123

Obviously March was the best month. I don't know or remember what was going on then or what I was doing. Oh wait, yes I do...... I was playing a SHIT TON of video games! lmao!

I also brought the plat total up from 7 to 15. So here is a breakdown of the 8 Platinum Trophies I earned (what and when)......

Total Platinum Trophies Earned (By Month)

January - 0

February - 1
('Spare Parts')

March - 3
('Shrek Forever After', 'Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus', 'Rango')

April - 3
('CSI: Fatal Conspiracy', 'Cars: Race-O-Rama', 'Where The Wild Things Are')

May - 0

June -1

('Disney Pixar's Up!')

Yeah ok, so not any real hard plats, but I will say for kids games, Up! was a huge bitch! Just like Ice Age 3 (which I also got the plat), they end the game with one final, very hard, not easy for kids flying level. Not easy for me either. Not good at flying and inverted controls. Of course I am about to try out After Burner soon so I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet.

With all of the games I have in my backlog, I know for a fact I will hit my 2011 goal of 20 Plats WAY before end of year. I am only 5 away so I am not worried at all at this point.

Not all games have Platinum trophies though. Most PSN games do not have them. So for those I just got '100%' on them. Here is the absolute total breakdown of the total of ALL games completed/beaten by me (Plat AND Non-Plat)..........

Total Games Beaten/Completed (By Month)

 

January - 5

February - 4

March - 10

April - 3

May - 0

June - 4

Wow! I have beaten and/or completed 26 games so far this year! That's a ton! More than I have ever done in any year before......ever! And we are only have way there. Being a certified troho sure does make you play alot more games than you normally would. Kinda neat!

Well ok, the more I write, the less time I have to get some trophies. A certain someone in my PS3 friends list did a trophy update last night and jumped ahead of me again in the totals. I have some catching up (and friendly competition) to do. 

Game On!

- Gamer42 (MvM)

MvM's World, Entry #17 - The Collection: PS3 [Digital]

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) [Digital]

 Total: 2 Games

Adding lists of my video game collection to MvM's World, and this is the list for the PS3. This 'blog' will be updated as new games are added to the collection, and you can always find this list by clicking on "MvM's Video Game Collection" at the top of the page. Feel free to comment on these games or this list anytime you want, in the comment box at the bottom of this list. :)

Dead Nation
iNFAMOUS

MvM's World, Entry #14 - The Collection: PS3

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3)

 Total: 36 Games

Adding lists of my video game collection to MvM's World, and this is the list for the PS3. This 'blog' will be updated as new games are added to the collection, and you can always find this list by clicking on "MvM's Video Game Collection" at the top of the page. Feel free to comment on these games or this list anytime you want, in the comment box at the bottom of this list. :)

3D Dot Game Heroes
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Burnout: Paradise
Dante's Inferno
Folklore
Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Heavenly Sword
LittleBigPlanet
Madagascar Kartz
Metal Gear Solid 4
Mini Nijas
ModNation Racers
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe (Kollector's Edition)
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Rock Band 2
Sega Superstars Tennis
SingStar!
Sly Cooper Collection
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Soul Calibur IV [Premium Edition]
The Eye Of Judgment
Tomb Raider Collection
Tomb Raider Underworld
Trivial Pursuit
Up!
Wall-E
Warhawk (w/Bluetooth Headset)

MvM's World, Entry #13 - No Trophies In This Dollhouse......

Damn you Netflix! Damn you Dollhouse Tv show starring Eliza Dushku! lol

Ok well seriously, for anyone who has seen me online on the PS3 as of late has seen not a game title under my status (currently playing), but rather it has been saying Netflix. That's right I finally signed up, and I have been using it alot this week instead of playing the games that are supposed to be getting me closer to my monthly goal. Sadly, I don't think I will be hitting that goal now. Getting too far behind. However, I am getting caught up on an old show that I started watching a few years ago, and never finished. Dollhouse.

Yet another ill fated show starring Elza Dushku (who also produced the show) and was canned by FOX (bastards). I am not going to try to explain the show, or it's premise as it would take way too long, so here is the Wikipedia Link (Warning! Contains Spoilers!).

I have spent the last few days, in between being exhausted from all of the overtime I have been working and passing out at home, to re-watch and catch up on this 26 episode masterpiece from the creative mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, Angel, Serenity, etc.). I wrapped up season 1 last night, and I must say I am still really into the show....... and very confused.......lol

But I will keep it up. Only 13 episodes left to go, and knowing that the series did wrap things up and didn't leave you hanging when it was cancelled is a relief. Then after that, I may track down the official comics released after the series ended to see how the story continues.

You know, I wish all the popular sci-fi shows that got canned would have book afterlives. Fuck, look at Star Wars, and Star Trek! Novels out the ass! Why can't they do that for other shows that built up such a huge fan base?

Anyways, I am ranting now. I will resume my trophy ho ways soon, but have to see what happens to Echo next. I have a few suspicions. Guess I will have to tune in to see. :)

Later!

- MvM

MvM's World, Entry #8 - 48 In 5

I set what still may seem like an impossible task and goal for my self as a gamer, but dammit I am having fun, and that's all that matters. With that said I have now racked up 48 trophies in the first 5 days of this month (Today doesn't count yet, as I am at work and haven't played any games yet.....lol). Will I hit my goal for the month?

210 trophies does seem like alot, but broken down that's only 7 a day. So after today is over, based on that factor, I need to be at 42 (nice!) trophies. Seeing that I already have 48 and haven't even played yet today, I feel good about my goal so far.

This will also when done, bring my platinum total up to 19. That is one less than my yearly goal of 20 I set for myself. Looks like Gamer42 is still in action my friends! :)

Here is the 48 I have racked up so far this month:

04 Trophies - SingStar (Goal Sheet Complete)
02 Trophies - Press Your Luck (5 Left On Goal Sheet)
12 Trophies - Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (5 Left On Goal Sheet)
11 Trophies - BTTF - Episode 3: Citizen Brown (Game Complete!)
19 Trophies - Disney Pixar’s Up (3 Left On Goal Sheet, and will be Complete / Plat #15!)

The rest of the month is still a huge amount of time and will see me not only nabbing those last few left for the above games, but also completing the following games to 100%:

14 Trophies - SBCGFAP Episode 5
28 Trophies - Dante’s Inferno [Plat #16]
36 Trophies - God of War [Plat #17]
35 Trophies - God of War II [Plat #18]
41 Trophies - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands [Plat #19]

Wish me luck guys, and I will keep you posted! :)

- Gamer42 (MvM)

MvM's World, Entry #7 - TroHo / Gaming Update

Man, I better get going on this or I will never hit my goal. What started off as a stellar year in beating and completing games, as well as earning trophies, I seem to have hit a stale period as of the last month or two.

March still holds as my best month netting me over 200+ trophies earned, as well as completing a dozen games. Now I seem to have fallen behind once again. And just when you think my GameFly subscription should be helping my troho score, I have actually made it worse for myself.

When you have a sub with GF, and you have it for 3 games at a time, the last thing you would think about is having to buy any games. But alas that is what I did anyways. Now my backlog is huge! (Does that sound dirty at all? lol)

To start off, I have to stop buying games that are in my GF queue. I had rented the Sly Cooper collection through them, and once I had beaten the first of the 3 games on the disc, I decided I loved the games so much I would just keep it. So I made my purchase with GF (Free Shipping FTW!), and got my case and manual sent to me, and it was done.

Then I made the dumb choice to upgrade. Lets face it, 2 games at a time was more than enough, did I really need 3? Probably not, and to make it worse, after upgrading, I kept buying!

 Next came the Tomb Raider collection, then I bought Mini Ninja's (another game that was on my Q), then saw Dante's Inferno at Walmart for cheap. Then I grabbed Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing for cheap at Gamestop. Not to mention I still have a copy of the God of War collection I borrowed a few moons ago from my boss at work.

Whew!

Ok so on my own, I have at least 9 games to Plat and complete. So with that said, I am reducing my GF account to 1 at a time for now. Going to keep GF just to throw some randomness into the mix when I get tired of Action/Adventure/Platformer's. That seems to be the bulk of what I keep buying.

It also doesn't help that I finally finished modding my Wii, and now have a 1TB HDD attached to that bad boy with over 100 Wii games, plus emulators and a shit ton of Roms. But that's another story for another day.

Damn I am just overwhelmed with all the games I am trying to get through. Bit off more than I could chew? For sure. But rest assured, I am still shooting for my end of year goal..... 20 Plats, and 2000 overall Trophies. Only 6 Plats left to go, and....... around 750 overall trophies left to go? Yeah, I have my work cut out for me. I better get moving!

- Gamer42 (MvM)

Welcome To The All New Gamer42!

Knowing that the 'Gamer' part of MvM is too large to be meshed with this blog, I have decided to give it it's own page once again! The all new Gamer42!

I will slowly be migrating any and all 'Gamer' related elements from this blog/site, to the new blog/site. The new site will contain all links to my game collection (via Backloggery), as well as game reviews, updated Trophy stats, and anything else game related that I find of interest to me.

Please be sure to bookmark the new site. You will also find a link to Gamer42 in the sidebar to the left of all of my 'sites' under 'Website's Run By Me'.

Thanks for looking, and hope to see you all on the new Gamer42! :)

- MvM (Gamer42)