CAWD

All of them…

Posted by mcronin | Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 | Comments (3)

We are happy to say that we now have all 3 versions of Smash Brothers to use in CAWD, as the following picture illustrates.

That cart on the bottom left is the Japaneese version of Smash Brothers 64, which a certain student picked up while in Japan this summer.

There are less differences than you would think, some different character names and sound effects, but suprisingly similar to the American game. Someone said the thought the AI was less difficult in the Japaneese version, but who knows.

So – the moral of the story is we are playing at lunch, earning CAWD money to……what should we do? Any new movies CAWD related that seem good? I mean, something better than that alien infused Indiana Jones malarkey?

Cronin

Super Smash Bros Brawl

Posted by sherr | Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | Comments (0)

We finally got Super Smash Bros Brawl, and have been playing it every free moment for the last 2 days. After playing the n64 smash for 2 years, jumping to Brawl is a HUGE difference, Brawl’s graphics look a thousand times better. The fire and bombs don’t look like animated .gifs anymore, and the character models look dramatically better due to the fact they have more than 12 polys. As always Kirby is still just a glorified sphere and looks the same, but he still owns all others.

The biggest difference between the two games is the pace. The pace in Brawl is a so much faster, I get lost and have no idea where I am, what game I’m playing or even what my name is. This is the first time in a video game that I feel that I just can’t keep up with the pace and it makes me feel like a middle aged person playing an atari for the first time in the mid 80′s. There is so mush happening on the screen sometimes that I feel like I should just give up and go back to the n64 version; or better yet, where’s my atari 2600, I can pwn me some noobs on that thing.

Merry Winter-een-mas!!

Posted by Goodman | Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | Comments (0)

Staring tomorrow, January 25, Winter-een-mas begins! Winter-een-mas is a week long holiday lasting the rest of January to celebrate video games and everyone who loves to play them. Winter-een-mas is a holiday of sorts. More specifically, it is a celebration of video games and the people that play them. Video games allow us to do things, go places, see stuff, that we couldn’t do in real life. They can be an escape from reality, a release after a long day, a fun activity with friends, or just an enjoyable way to pass time. Winter-een-mas was started in 2003 by gamers and is now celebrated around the world.

Here is a printable version of the Winter-een-mas crown for your enjoyment.

See you on Xbox live.

We gots the Wii!!

Posted by Angela | Friday, December 21st, 2007 | Comments (0)

We have been saving up money to buy something that can be used in the classroom. The second years got together and decided what it was going to be. It wasn’t a tough decision and a new Nintendo Wii is now ours! Our favorite game is Wii Sports (gotta get that P.E. credit somehow). Wii Sports has bowling, tennis, baseball, golf, and boxing. We also bought Resident Evil 4, Zelda, and 4 controllers. This is the new edition to our classroom and it’s all about the fun. We have a Wii!!