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If we could make… a logo?

Look at this! A logo! Our logo!

    Now, you can see a blue token with an amalgamation of assorted patterns with a big golden M and N at the center. Why would the circle be a token? Tokens are common and old style inputs to activate arcades! Now, the token contains many patterns, but these aren’t just any patterns. It consists of controller buttons; cross directional, the X, triangle, circle, and square buttons, and a large circle to represent a joystick; and video game references like Zelda, Pac-Man, and TF2. The center of the token shows a big lightning bolt, which represents many things like power ups or abilities, and gold letters of M&N (not to be confused with M&Ms candy). The gold represents our first initials of our names, Matt and Nathan. 

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The Drama Around Roblox

Roblox, a game that supposedly “empowers imaginations” has been getting their name in the mud. Ever since the infamous Schlep incident, which took place last year where a Youtuber has been permanently banned and received a cease and desist letter from Roblox for protecting minors from bad actors, Roblox has been implementing a number of updates which triggers the community for their controversial effect on gameplay.

    For instance, Roblox has created a chat restriction, preventing anyone from being able to interact with others playing the same game. In order for a user to communicate with another, they have to either verify with their face or use their ID. This caused backlash, considering that someone could break into databases to access private information. Another one of these is that Roblox is developing three separate Roblox games. This works by grouping users to specific Roblox areas made for their appropriate ages. On paper, this sounds good. However, many disadvantages are present, such as more restrictions on user interaction, preventing some to interact with friends, or even family.

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if we started an academy…

Ok, as a video game based blog channel, this feels a bit silly, if we could start our own academy, it would be called ISU. (Imaginations and Screens United). This academy would teach you all about programming your own video game! Starting from primary, Scratch and Castle would show every fundamental of how video games are created. Then as you progress through courses, you can branch out to different areas such as in Unity programming or art. It’s guaranteed that we provide basic amenities in this academy, such as cooled water fountains and restrooms that do not look like it was abandoned for 40 years. Moving back to our academy, we also teach digital media so kids can learn how to make a game popular. To summarize this, we teach people how to create video games and how to make them popular. Would this be real? No :p, but this concept would really be interesting if it exists!

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If we had a spokesperson...

If I had to choose the best spokesperson for our blog, I would choose Spider-Man. I think he would be a great choice because he is funny, smart, and always helps people. Many students already know him, so our blog would become more interesting and popular.

One reason Spider-Man would fit our blog is because he has a busy life just like students. He goes to school, studies, and still finds time to help others. This shows responsibility and hard work. He also makes mistakes sometimes, which makes him feel realistic and relatable to readers our age.

Another reason is that Spider-Man is creative and entertaining. He jokes around even during difficult situations, so he could make our blog more fun to read. If our blog talked about school life, hobbies, movies, or challenges students face, Spider-Man would have many interesting opinions and stories to share.

Spider-Man also teaches an important lesson: “With great power comes great responsibility.” This message reminds people to use their talents in a good way and help others when possible. I think this positive message would match a school blog very well.

(whoah! Spiderman!!!!!)

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If we could create a holiday...

The holiday would be centered around the popular shooter game of TF2, where global players can join and share their love and experience for the popular hero shooter game. People would cosplay as their favorite mercenary (such as Engineer my favorite, Heavy, or Soldier) and act like them. If they want, they can cosplay as other characters that are not playable, like Ms Pauling or the Administrator. Then, people would enjoy creating art, making and dancing to music, and even interacting with the actual voice actors of TF2! The TF2 community is a really large one, in fact, it kept this 2 decade old game from dying! All I have to do is to create a name.. I could name it Team Global Fortress. 

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If we had ฿45,000,000...

We feel like we need to take a break with video games, just this once… if we had ฿45,000,000 we would use the money to do fun things and help people. First, we would travel to different countries and see new places and to different places around the world. It would be exciting to try new food and learn about different cultures. We could also use our money to help those in need, as it is important to share with others and to not be selfish. In fact… maybe we could create campaigns in video games to raise charities! We can also use our money for future use, like education. That way, we don’t blow all our cash off.

   In conclusion, we would have fun, help others, and be smart with our ฿45,000,000

feels good to get out of video games! owo

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If we could change one thing about microtransactions...

  I understand that microtransactions help developers earn income, however sometimes these paywalls could get incredibly annoying if you are trying to have fun. One example of this is the EA developers, where you basically pay an arm, leg, and the global GDP for one digital item. Completely eradicating microtransactions seems ridiculous, so my idea for microtransactions is to encourage using in-game currency in games. Video games feel absolutely rewarding, especially winning, so why not add a simple award? These funds (I’m shortening in-game currency to funds) can be used to buy anything, from new arsenal to skins, and to also make sure people don’t abandon the microtransactions, players can pay the items at a reasonable price if they want to access their item early.

TC2 funds, in game currency

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Top 3 quotes in relation to gaming

In this posts, we chose three quotes from video games or people involved in video games. And we even gave each quotes their meanings

“You were good son, real good, maybe even the best!”

-Soldier from Team Fortress 2

   This line, before April 5 2020, was just an ordinary voice command for the Soldier class in Team Fortress 2 (TF2). But on that date I mentioned, this was when the community had been struck with devastating news, where the voice actor of the Soldier had passed away due to Covid complications. Leaving both the developers and the fans heartbroken, they have made their tribulations to commemorate the passing of Rick May (Richard James May). This quote until today has made an impact to those who play TF2, as a reminder that Rick May lives forever in the game.

“Dont ever stop. Always keep going, no matter what happens and is taken from you. Even when life is unfair, don’t give up”

-Eizo from Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

   This was a quote made by an Assassin’s Creed character named Eizo. During a sequence where he begins to pass away, he leaves Sofia Sartor a message as his final act of wisdom. Not only does it encourage her to keep fighting and choose her own path, it encourages the player(s) to also keep fighting and choose their own path in life.

“On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer”

-Satoru Iwata, former president of Nintendo

   Satoru Iwata was a former president of Nintendo. His quote shows that he is a corporate president and a game designer, but it also shows he has the same interests as his customers.

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If we could meet anyone...

Y’know? It seems like we can’t pick only one person to write about when meeting them, so we decided that each of us would share our favorite person to meet!

N) I would like to meet a game developer named Qwelver or Qwel for short. She is well known for the popular Roblox game Dandy’s World where it has simple gameplay and an active fanbase. For me, I used to always play the game, but I stopped since the gameplay gets repetitive, however it would be swell if I could meet her in person!

M) I would really like to meet TZE, the game developer and owner of Jujutsu Shenanigans. I admire his work and creativity in making such an exciting and popular game. Meeting him would be an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about game development and understand how he created such a unique experience for players.

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5 myths in Video Games

Here are five video game myths

Myth 1: The Coconut of Interstellar Stability

I made up that name, however, the myth is not. According to the myth, the game files in the shooter game Team Fortress 2 contained a jpeg of a random coconut, and if the coconut jpeg was removed, the game wouldn’t work. This claim was later debunked by a Reddit post. Certain elements of the game, such as a 2fort cow, can potentially crash the game, but a singular jpeg of a coconut can’t create the game to crash altogether.

Myth 2: The Coffee Charm can increase parry speed.

In the famous 2019 game called Cuphead, it was believed that a certain charm can increase parrying speed (which is the attack that can counter any attacks that are the color pink). However, the Coffee charm can only automatically fill the EX meter, and not fill parrying speed.

Myth 3 (now real): Diablo II’s Cow level

The urban legend of the Cow Level was around the Diablo II community where the level’s majority were just cows. However, Blizzard (the game developers) actually created the level as an easter egg.

Myth 4: “Fixing” NES Cartridges.

Back in the days, people played video games with NES cartridges, and whenever the cartridge wouldn’t work, they would blow into them, likely in the belief that dust is inside. Blowing into NES cartridges wouldn’t actually fix anything, and sometimes could worsen it by creating oxidation.

Myth 5: Herobrine

The classic Herobrine is a Minecraft creepypasta where it features the Steve character, but his eyes are fully white. They say that this entity would randomly appear in gameplay, but it is not actually in the game code. Like I said, it’s a creepypasta

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What We Predict on How Video Games Are Played

So, in this blog, we are going to predict the future of how video games are going to be played. Video games nowadays are somewhat portable entertainment, because of how they can be stored in an insertable object like a floppy disk or a memory game card. VR headsets are also an example of a popular advanced video game technology, with the role of making the user feel like they are in the actual video game world. So we predict that video games will later develop into creating immersive gameplay with having the player really feel like having authentic movement with their own body rather than just using a handheld controller. An example of this is Disney’s 360 immersive walking pad, which makes the user walk in any direction and any speed without walking out of their position. Maybe, players can get to talk to interactable npcs or they can get to hold their favorite arsenal they see in the game.

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Why it is Important to Learn Video Game Combinations

   When playing video games, or maybe even in offers that corporations give you, you may have come across the word combo. A combo is an abbreviation for the word combination, and when it comes to video game playing, it is a word used for using two or more actions or factors in a specific order to improve gameplay. So why is it important to learn combos? Learning combos can help improve your gaming skills and level up in whatever you play. An example of a combo is in a game called Team Fortress 2, a Pyro consists of a flamethrower and a secondary. The player who uses a Pyro can weaken their enemies with the w+m1 tactic (moving forward while firing the primary) and then using their secondary, or even their melee, to finish off their targeted enemy. Another TF2 based combo is a Heavy and Medic, where the Medic can use their medigun only onto a Heavy player, and the Heavy can fight better without the worry of being eliminated.

Combos are a fun and simple way to play video games while enjoying your skill and potentially a revenge elimination.

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Our Top 5 Games!

If you want to find something to play, take a look at this!

Here are our top 5 games for you to choose and play!

#5 (Crostic)

Puzzles are a fun mind boggling way to keep yourself occupied and to increase your noggin power, so Crostic is a fun puzzle game you can download to increase vocabulary and some general knowledge. To play, you start the round with a message with all letters missing which is a bit like the game hangman. To solve the hidden message, you answer a couple of questions. Each correct word can use its letters to fill the hidden message

(heads up: it has ads)

#4 (2048) 

It's a fun game where you have to make the number 2048 by combining and creating the exact numbers to create the final number.

#3 (Castle: Make and Play)

Sometimes you’ve wanted to create games for you to share, however you do not have any coding experience. This is Castle. It is an app where you can explore games made by people and where you too can share and create games!

#2 (Typical Colors 2)

Typical Colors 2 is a Roblox Game, yeah… I feel you roblox players with the chat feature being limited. However, this game actually includes its own chat feature! With an additional voiceline mechanic for the character you play. To the main topic: Typical Colors 2 is a cool Roblox parody of a popular fps game called Team Fortress 2, where you can fight with different roles!

#1 (Flag Tag)

It's a game on Roblox with different gamemodes, the game is based on freeze tag games, but the game has a lot more to it, it has freeze, infection, steal the crown, and bomb.

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Introduction

Hillo! (it's a portmanteau of Hi and Hello)

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I like video games, you like video games, we ALL like video games! You may feel that finding games to play might be hard, especially if you have finished your favorite ones. So the reason why we started this blog is that we aim our blogs will introduce you new games for you to play, and we hope you could now enjoy playing games without scavenging! We will showcase the game itself (of course), the rating, the genre, and gameplay.

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(A NLT School Project)