Zombie Zunday: SighFyes Top 3 Zombie Games

Hey guys SighFye here.

I have decided to take a page out of Lloyd's book and start a new series. I will be starting a few of them over the following week but today I will begin Zombie Zunday. Every Sunday I will write something about zombies. As a start I thought I would write my top 3 zombie games of all time.

Number 3: Dead Nation

     Dead Nation is a top down shooter developed by Housemarque and Climax Studios on the PS3. It's a fast pace game with hordes after hordes of zombies coming from all directions. You have a wide arsenal of weapons to buy and upgrade from a head popping rifle with unlimited ammo, a shocker which send bolts of electricity through hordes of the undead, to my personal favourite, the blade cannon. This weapon fires a saw blade through the horde killing whole groups in one shot.

     Each kill gives the player cash and multiplier. Each time you get hit your multiplier goes down which directly effects your overall score. The cash collected is spent on much needed upgrades, armour and ammo refills at the end of each stage.

     The graphics are great and at times this game can get rather intense with the amount of zombies racing to get you.

Number 2: 7 Days To Die

 My second top 3 game is a game that's currently in alpha. 7 Days to Die is an open world voxel-base sandbox game. You are dropped into either a randomly generated world or a premade world. You must scavenge for items and food to help you survive in this creepy world. This game is a mash up between DayZ and Minecraft. You can mine, farm, hunt, survive, craft weapons and items, build bases and fortify them against the zombie hordes.

The crafting system is very in depth and has many recipes. A lot of recipes must be found in books found in the game before you can even start building those items. There is a leveling system which increases the chance to craft higher quality weapons and items. You must eat and drink to survive. Zombie can see, hear and even smell you.

The best part of this game for me is that every single room in every single building can be entered. The ambient sounds in this game are creepy and the night time is scary. This is a must try game if you love zombie survivals.

Number 1: The Last Of Us

The last of us is by far my favourite zombie game of all time. This game is made by Naughty Dog for the PS3. The story is an emotion roller coaster ride. The story is about a Joel who must deliver Ellie to a safe place. You must pass through zombie infected areas and groups of rebels who have no regard for people outside their group and will kill you for the can of beans in your bag or just because they don't like you.

This game has you sneaking passed zombies with pressing the controller so slightly that if you press it too hard the zombie will hear you and attack. It is so freaky and gets the heart racing. The story also has twist after twist which just pulls at the heart strings. This game will shock the shit out of you.

Brilliant story, brilliant graphics and, brilliant gameplay. This is not only my number one zombie game but also sits as my number one game of all time. Get it, play it and love it. I so hope they make a number 2 of this.

NES Mods

Since I have been working on a NES mod with my NES-top, it got me thinking what have others have made from the NES? There are some really cool ideas out there some of which I really want to make.

Alarm Clock / iPod dock

Toaster

This is by far the best...

Bag

Then I stumble across so awesome ideas for NES accessories...

This is one of my favourites.

Would be a cool purse for a lady friend

How awesome would this be for a lan center.

I'm sure there are so many more out there. If you find a cool addition, add it into the comments.

SighFye

Call of Duty: The End Of PC Warfare

Hey guys, SighFye here

I have played many CoD's on PC in my day, the last big one for me was Black Ops. I did buy Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops 2 but I noticed a repeating pattern in them and have been told that Ghost and Advanced Warfare both have this same pattern. What is this pattern? It's the lack of a server browser and rentable ranked server.

Image from  store.steampowered.com

Black Ops 1 was an amazing game. Servers in that game are still running today and are running at full capacity. This is because people can see the servers and choose to join them. They know they are controlled by admins keeping abuse and fair play.

Image from cod.vokr.com

All the cod games I have played and been told about since have not had the server browser and on PC these games have died very quickly. Without server browsers people are only going into TDM and that gets boring quickly. There are just not enough people on PC for the match making lobbies to work. But why doesn't Activision give us what we want. Personally I think this is because we are all screaming for dedicated servers without realising what we are asking for. Dedicated servers mean the CoD will not host the game on one of the players computers.

So what do we really want? We want rentable ranked servers which are displayed in a server browser. The lobby crap does not work for PC. With Black Ops 3 coming out, I do not see our wishes coming true. I personally will never buy another COD unless it has a server browser and rentable ranked servers.


Well that's my rant for today.

Peace Out

SighFye

Mario Kart 8 - My Top 3!

I was spoilt on Easter! Not only did I get loads of Chocolate (what else could a girl want???) SighFye also surprised me with a Wii U and Mario Kart 8!

I'd stumbled across a YouTube video and was quite impressed with the look of Mario Kart 8, probably because I had recently been playing Mario Kart 64 and well, you'd imagine a game released 8 years after the last one you were playing to look a lot better... But if you've been reading my posts you may know by now that I like shiny things and Mario Kart 8 is ever so shiny!

I love it! I can't get enough so I'm sharing...

My Top 3 Characters, Tracks and Karts

 

Including The Legend of Zelda - DLC pack 1

 

Characters: 

 

3. Shy Guy - I bought the 2 DLC packs and received all 8 coloured shy guys, this didn't influence my pick as my 3rd favourite, it's just a cool bonus! He's fun to play with and ever so cute when he jumps.

2. Tanooki Mario - Yup, all my choices are because they're cute. Ah... what a sucker I am... But.. but just look at him in his little Tanooki outfit. Plus when you toot the horn, it's the Tanooki Mario flying sound!

1. Yoshi - Yoshi is my favourite Nintendo character. I fell in love with him in Yoshi's Story, he's just too adorable! I'm so glad they gave him a voice and not just those computer noises he used to have. Since buying the DLC pack I have 8 colours to choose from! SighFye also bought me the Yoshi Amiibo so I can play as my Mii wearing a Yoshi suit. 

 

Tracks:

 

3. Mount Wario - This is a fast paced down the snow slopes race and instead of repeating the same lap 3 times it's a race to the bottom with check points. It's fun and challenging.

2. Mute City - The F-Zero track is the fastest track in Mario Kart 8 which makes it a lot of fun.

1. Hyrule Circuit - My number one track is Hyrule Circuit, I was excited for the Rupees, the Zelda treasure chest sound played when you obtain an item box and the fact you can open up a boost by hitting the anti-gravity switches raising the Master Sword.

 

Karts:

 

Choosing 3 karts is quite difficult considering how many there are. I also haven't unlocked all the karts yet so can only choose out of what I have. Here goes...

3. Teddy Buggy - It's cute and drives well, what more can I say?

2. Landship - It's a land ship, looks awesome if you ask me *hehe*

1. The Duke - Silly karts aside, we're getting serious now, The Duke kicks ass!

So there you have it, my top 3 characters, tracks and karts in Mario Kart 8. What are your top 3? Let us know in the comments below.

Race on!

Bellistik

The Last Of Us... the movie.

Hey guys, just a quick post this time.

I was looking for a good zombie movie to watch tonight and stumbled on something. The Last Of Us, a game on the PS3, is to be made into a movie. The story in the game is unbelievable good so I am very excited about this.

The person to play Ellie has already be confirmed as Maisie Williams.

Personally I like that match but I do think there could have been better. Ellen Page not only look exactly like Ellie, she also complained saying Naughty Dog ripped off her likeness. Also, as a final, she has the right name lol, so it's destiny.

So the question is now who will play Joel. Personally I think the number one choice is Hugh Jackman.

 I wonder if they will keep the story line or make a new one for the movie. Either way I think this is going to be a zombie movie to watch for.

So that's it geeks... 

SighFye

NES-Top Computer: Part 5

Hey Guys, SighFye again...

If you haven't yet read the rest of this topic, start from the... well start right here.

Before I start on the progress I realised, in the last post I mentioned that the power supply had been ordered but did not add it to the price. So here it is.


ITEM:  picoPSU-120 + 8.5A (102W) Power Kit
PRICE:  $149 + $15 Postage
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $372.98

 

Now as you can see in the picture, there is only 1 sata power, so to add enough for 2 internal drives and a bluray drive I have bought myself a molex power to 2 x sata power adapter.

ITEM:  Dual Sata power cable
PRICE:  $13.63
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $386.61

Today I went out to get the last parts. I couldn't get hold of a slim slot bluray drive but I did get everything else I needed.

ITEM:  Fujitsu 64GB SSD Drive
PRICE:  $71.82
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $458.43
This should give me a speedy boot up. I don't want to have to wait for the NES to boot just to watch a DvD.

ITEM:  8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Sol-Dimm
PRICE:  $90.00
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $548.43

ITEM:  Deep Cool SF-500 Fan
PRICE:  $13.64
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $562.07

When I added the power supply to the motherboard my risers that I glued on snapped off. If you remember I glued 2 of them in the wrong spot so it was only held on by 2 of the screws. So I had to repair this and this time I was doing it right. I screwed all the risers onto the motherboard before gluing them in place as suggest by twitter follower @Oz Ravenheart. This ensured all the risers sat exactly were they were needed.

 I then made up some brackets for the SSD drive to screw to. I changed my plan a little and decided to have the SSD standing up on its side. I made the brackets and glued them in place using the same method as the motherboard. Unfortunately, once again, my master builder skills came into play and I didn't take into account the SSD drive was too high for the top housing. Since the brackets were already glued into place I decided to bend them on an angle to lower the height of the drive.

I added the RAM and now the NES is almost complete.

All it needs now is the Blu-ray drive, a 2TB HDD and the buttons made for the front. I already have a HDD from a previous build so that's not going to cost me zip but the size of it does concern me. I may not be able to fit it in with the bluray drive. I haven't added the fan yet as I am trying to decide where it should go. There are vents at the top and bottom of the NES both of which would hold the fan nicely. My thoughts are, 1) heat rises so the fan should be on top. 2) Dust falls so to prevent the dust being sucked in it should be on the bottom.

So that's where the build is sitting for now. I have purchased the keyboard and mouse combo...

ITEM:  Kaiser Baas Mini Blu-tooth Keyboard.
PRICE:  $50.00
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $612.07

... and of course I need the blu-tooth adapter to be able to use it. This will plug into one of the USB ports at the back.

ITEM:  USB Bluetooth Dongle Ver 4
PRICE:  $26.82
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $638.89

So that's the build so far guys... It's turning out to be a lot more expensive than I first thought, but I guess that's living in the country.

Next step, rebuild the switches and get a Blu-Ray drive.
Until then, stay geeky...

Continue Reading Right HERE

SighFye

NES-top Computer: Part 4

 Hey guys SighFye here,

This is part 4 of the NES-top build. If you have not yet read about it, you can start by clicking here.

The motherboard has arrived so now I can prepare the NES housing. First thing is to see where the motherboard can sit and chop all the plastic risers and anything else in the way. The only way I could chop them with my hacksaw was to chop the back out first. This makes way for the motherboard port plate too.

I used some of the rises I cut off and glued them in place where the motherboard screws needed to be. Being the master engineer I am, I glued 2 in the wrong spot and a few at the wrong heights so only 2 screws on hold the motherboard in place. But it is held firmly so I see no issue with it.

Next top top housing need to be cut to allow room for the port plate.

Putting the two parts back together (not screwing them as a lot more needs to be added) I get this...

Ignore the paint marks, I am also in process of painting the NES and choosing colours too, but that will be another post towards the end of it all.

Now the motherboard is in place I have found my next obstacle. The front switches no longer fit in their place.

Being an old system the switches are rather large. A quick Google brought me to a simple solution.

These are small switches that do the same thing. Gluing the original front of the button to these will cut down the space needed.

On another note, some of the parts I placed on Ebay have sold bringing my total cost down a little.

ITEM: 6 items sold on Ebay
PRICE:  $25.81
TOTAL CURRENT PRICE OF BUILD: $239.17

So that's it for now. The power supply has been ordered from mini-box.com.au and I am heading into the city on Friday. I should be able to pick up the hard drive, blu-ray drive and ram.

Until then... stay geeky

Read the next part right here

SighFye