Can't Stop Drawing!

 Aha! Finally getting into the groove of drawing even if it takes me about half of the day to find the right inspiration!!!

Obviously there are so many things I still need to work on such as, hands, feet, and proper proportions. However, with lots more practice, I am determined to get better.

I'm really looking forward to creating more challenging drawings with more expressive poses and such....Ideally, I'd like to draw video game characters next! We'll see where my skills take me! :D

Portal 2 Co-op "The First Stages"

What is a better way to spend a birthday than to play Portal 2? This game reminds my of the delicious looking cake Glados always promises Chell from the first game! In this video, my friend Baku and I, attempt to make portals while working together to beat the first stages....

"I'm Not a Hipster!" GTA V Update 1.14

Ha! I'm always excited to see what Rockstar is going to do with GTA V Online! And it looks like they played to my girly fantasies with new clothes and a few new cars! 

Introducing the Smart Car look-a-like, Benefactor Panto~! LOL 

This has become my new favorite car, valued at $85 000, not because it's super fast...its speed is about average but the customization's are quite funny. I'm really looking forward to adding luggage to the top of this Panto eventually! he he



Truthfully, I have always wanted to see the Smart car make a debut in GTA and I'm quite satisfied with the end result! This cute little car surprisingly fits 2 people and can be customized to have bumper stickers over the body of the entire thing. Despite being small and a hell of a lot slower than my Zentorno or even my Coquette I think it has its own unique charms. 

I laugh every time I'm driving down the road and I'm overshadowed by a Mammoth! It's nice being small because you can squeeze your way into small alleys that is normally only used by pedestrians!

Obviously there is more to this update than just this clown car but I have never laughed so much driving around Los Santos! I can't wait to add a Jazzy Horn, new bumpers, and a snazzy new spoiler, and maybe just to top it all off, I'll add some dollar sign rims to my wheels! xD

Other fun things included in this update are a new array of clothing for both genders, hairstyles, and weapons, plus some extra cars added to the online catalog! Woot woot! It's time to waste all my money....I'm so poor! :(

 All in all, the "I'm Not a Hipster!" update is Gummy Approved!

More drawings!

I'm really working hard on improving my drawing skills! Now attempting body proportions...they still look a little off but at least I'm trying! O.o

Clearly, I still need to work on hands and feet.... ugh...

Practice Drawings!

Hello world!

Sorry I have been away for a few days! Lately I've been struggling to find any inspiration, but today I realized that I haven't done a lot of drawings for many many years! So, here is what I've come up with. I'm not an artist but one should keep practicing, right?

So, I realize that the girl on the left - her eyes are too far apart...I still need to practice proper facial proportions and shading! HA! >.<

Hopefully, with a lot more practice I will be able to produce the actual image in my head!!! >:D

The Sims 3 Machinima - Pharrell Williams - Happy (+playlist)

I love Machinima and I love Sims! In honor of Friday, enjoy this video I found on YouTube! :P

Food!!!

I have fallen into my rut again...

It's a vicious cycle that consumes me, and I hate that, I'm the one who is supposed be consuming! 

My stomach roars for something yummy and extra greasy like KFC or poutine! Instead, mysteriously, I have managed to survive on crackers, water, and rabbit food (aka salad). It's not a terrible thing...I mean, the body needs proper nourishment but I feel like I'm going through a sort of greasy food withdrawal. At least I still have my coffee... boy, it will be an oncoming apocalypse if someone tries to take that away!!!

Whenever I sit down in front of my computer I always get the urge to eat something that's not within my cupboards or lingering on the shelves or drawers in my fridge. "Why don't you just go out and get it then?" A small voice in my head asks as innocently as possible. However, I know the real truth!!! "No, brain! My metabolism might be okay for now, but I need to practice eating more sensibly for when the day comes when anything I eat goes straight to the hips!" Those days are coming...

So, here are some of my own tips to eating snacks while gaming, or working away on your computer.

1. When sitting for long periods of time, the best thing you can do is keep hydrated. Drink lots of water. Stay away from sugary drinks - this is the hardest thing to do, but if you don't buy it then it will make things easier in the long run. Also, over time, you'll come to dislike those soda pops and sweet sweet juices. This took me months to accomplish.
2. Got a craving for chips? Try making a plate of grapes, cheese, and crackers. This always worked fine for me...at first I would make really big plates because I have such a big appetite but after awhile, I became more satisfied with lesser quantities.
3. Feel like something juicy and sweet? Eat strawberries or make a fruit smoothie! My favorite combination of fruits is strawberries, blueberries, banana, and maybe cherries (if there is a good sale on cherries, that is - those things are expensive!)
4. Other snacks can be a simple veggie plate consisting of cucumber, carrots, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, and/or cauliflower. Just put a small amount of your favorite salad dressing (I happen to like Cesar) in a bowl and bam! 
5. Another simple snack to have around would be any kind of nut or seed or just granola. Walnuts, almonds, peanuts, sunflowers seeds, whatever takes your fancy. I will just go to a bulk food store and stock up!
6. I recently learned how to make sticky rice!! WEEE, sushi for moi!

Even though it's tough when you're just starting the switch from chips, pop, and sweet snacks, if you keep fighting the urge, eventually your body will begin to appreciate the extra nourishment. You'll soon find that you are less tired and more able to function.  Of course, I don't like to take pop, chips, and chocolate bars or skittles entirely out of my diet. I will incorporate them from time to time as a reward for finishing certain tasks.

Now...the next task on my agenda....learn how to make my own slushies! From gamer to gamer, good luck!

Gummy Plays "Ibb & Obb"

New game!! "Ibb & Obb" is a simple little puzzle game that takes on the essence of Portal 2's co-op. You play the super cute characters Ibb and Obb....and I still have yet to figure out who is who so I've been calling them Pinky and Brain! I hope you enjoy the video, and as always, thanks for watching!



"Ibb & Obb" can be purchased on Steam is definitely Gummy Approved!!! <3

"Full of Life" Texture Pack for Minecraft

I'm loving Minecraft but as I have stated before, it is painful to look at sometimes! ha! 

Take this before picture of a castle (work in progress) and compare is to one where a texture pack is used.

You can see that the lines are smoother and less pixelated. Even the rain looks less cartoon-ish and still it retains the same block like signature!~

When it comes to playing this game, I love checking out sites, like Planet Minecraft, to see if there is a new texture pack to make my game look more interesting! In the photo above I am using a texture pack called "Full of Life" which adds a "realistic" feel and therefore satisfying my greedy for graphics eyes.

In previous videos and pictures featured on my blog and YouTube, I have always favored "CubCon's" texture pack but ever since discovering "Full of Life" with its bold colors and beautiful textures for all blocks, I am very pleased. The pack itself is still only 95% complete and I look forward to when everything becomes updated. 

So, I'll continue to piece all of the blocks together until I finish my first Castle and with this new texture pack, it's gonna look fantastic!! WEEE!!

DreadOut

Horror games do a really good job of really creeping me out!

DreadOut is no exception...

When I first started to play this game it opened with some "Lady in Red" chanting the creepy tune, "Lingsir Wengi". I had to do some research to find out what that meant and apparently it is some sort of chant to summon a ghost called Kuntilanak. The Lady then moves closer to the screen and suddenly we are transported to real time with our protagonist and her fellow students and teacher.

We don't really know too much about the other people other than their names and personalities. 

Ms. Siska: the teacher of the group of students who manages to get lost. She swears she followed her GPS correctly, however, they are lost near an abandoned town.

Linda Melinda: The main character of "DreadOut" who ends up following everyone to a school where most of "Act 1" takes place. When suddenly everyone becomes trapped in, Linda is left all alone to explore and figure out how to get back to the real world!

Shakira Irawat: Also known as Ira, and is Linda's best friend sine childhood. She seems different than everyone and tends to be withdrawn from the group of students. Only on rare occasions does she cut in to interrupt a "hostile" conversation. However, something strange happens to her when they reach the school as she appears to be possessed. 


Shelly Angelia: She's very much like the rich "good" girl of the group. Yayaan refers to her as the perky one and teases her about if she die then he would be happy to be haunted by her.

Doni Maulana: Would make a good explorer as he is adventurous and always wanting to check things out. He leads the group towards the abandoned school.

Yayaan: The "know-it-all" is someone who would always try to figure things out first. When in the school, he disappears and everyone goes looking for him, that's when everything goes wrong.

When it comes to video games I am a firm believer in giving any game a shot because you just never know when you might find a gem. DreadOut surprised me. My initial thought was how cheesy the dialogue was, and the graphics were okay, but I did keep in mind that it was a indie game. But despite all of its faults, the game play drastically improved as we got to the school. The eerie music started to seep into my bones and suddenly I found myself shaking with adrenaline. It may have similarities to other games, but I really did see the story in this one.

I am now only wondering how the town got this way, and are any of the others still alive? How will it end? Will there be the infamous cliffhangers that most survivor horrors leave behind or will there be a "happy" ending?

Whatever happens, whenever all of the "Acts" are finally released, I am pumped and ready to play them all! It's safe to say, even with it's slow start, that DreadOut is Gummy Approved! DreadOut can be found on Steam.

Gummy Plays: "DreadOut"

Enjoy my screw ups and screams as I play as a girl named Linda who gets trapped in an abandoned school. I went in with an open mind and my first impressions from the beginning went from weak to good. It's not a high graphic game but it does entertain...once you get to the school, that is....



As always, thank you for watching, and enjoy! :3

Minecraft Playlist

This game is so easy to spend many hours in and yet there isn't much of a soundtrack. You could just build a jukebox and play "Cat" repeatedly until you tire of it but it's way more fun looking up Minecraft parodies!

Some Minecraft parodies that I would include in my playlist would be:

• Pixelmon by Lachlan
• based on the first season of the Pokemon theme song 
• I'm a Noob by CaptainLazerGuns
• most players probably started playing Minecraft with a dirt house!
• You Thought I Used XRAY by ZexyZek
• getting banned is tough especially when the person who banned was considered a friend.
• Wrecking Mob by CavemanFilms
• damn those creepers! They ruin everything!
• How Do I Craft This Again by TheYogscast
• this is me whenever I play Minecraft
• Promise by ZexyZek
• a block style love story!
• Cube Land by Slamacow
• a heroic tale between Steve and his best friend Piggy. Song written by Laura Shigihara the composer of Plants vs Zombies!!!! <3
• Fallen Kingdon by CaptainSparklez
• a king roams his kingdom and reminisces of when everything was good, up until a mob comes an destroys everything including his family.
• Take Back the Night by CaptainSparklez
• the sequel to "Fallen Kingdom" where the King's son survives but is taken by some villagers. He grows up training with a master of "kicking butt" and eventually falls upon his destiny to save his kingdom. 
• Running Out of Time by ZexyZek
• a young man is surrounded by a mob of zombies, and he thinks about his past as the zombies get closer to finishing him off!
• Don't Mine At Night by BebopVox
• a warning about the dangers of mining at night. Zombies, Creepers, and Skeletons, oh my!

These are just the few of the many spectacular renditions of popular songs that can help you in your quest to build the next best castle, or dig your way to finding more irresistible diamonds! Even when you take on the Ender Dragon it can help to have some epic Minecraft parody playing in the background!

Left 4 Dead Arcade?

Left 4 Dead moves to Tokyo, Japan!

Cool! ...I suppose....

When I first played the game it was through the Xbox. The very idea of a 4 person co-op was great so when my brother first handed me the controller and told me to play it, I was all for it. This game marks the beginning of my online game play. Now, it's quite a few years later since its original release and Valve collaborates with Taito, to make an arcade friendly version of the game.

It's more like a redesign of the game where the characters are changed including added voice acting. Zombies even reflect more of the Japanese culture but the campaigns are pretty much the same. For the small price of approximately 3$ per 15 minutes of game play, you could have the chance to be one of the four characters: A Japanese university student, a Japanese schoolgirl, an American bartender, and a Japanese/American tour guide.

Still, I'm not disappointed to see L4D cross the ocean and venture into Tokyo arcades, it's definitely something I would at least try. So, looks like I will have to brush up on my Japanese language skills! 

That's it and that's all, at least for now! Ja mata ne! xD

Gummy Super Mario World

Who can resist this old school game? I attempted to bring back the memories and clearly mine was a little dusty! This is one of my most favorite games in the whole wide world where I spent oodles of hours in...it was definitely hard to get me to stop playing it! ;D

The Legend of Dragoon

There are few games from when I was growing up that I wished they would remake, I mean especially with what they could accomplish with current technology.

Better game play, graphics, and sound! So when I was thinking back, one game that I really enjoyed and would love to see as a remake or even just revamp the story a bit would be, "The Legend of Dragoon".

The story was good enough, you play a young man named Dart who returns to a destroyed home and his childhood friend taken. He then embarks on a rescue mission to save his friend, Shana (who happens to harbor some sort of emotional feeling towards Dart).  Along the way, you encounter some cool people who eventually join you to take on the evil forces of the world! 

Apart from the interesting characters the world is worth more exploration than the game permits which is kind of a let down. The one thing I dislike about games is seeing something interesting in the distance and then not being able to check it out! Another let down of the game was the horrible and cheesy voice dubbing! The actors literally just read their lines and didn't even attempt to match the moving lips of the characters. It was like a stereotypical old foreign film dubbed in English. BUT, I did really enjoy the story line, and even the music.

I would be more than happy to see a remake of the game or even just a brand new story all together. There was definitely some good material to make an epic RPG! "The Legend of Dragoon" is Gummy Approved for sure, ah, the good old days!

Bloons TD5

When it comes to just passing the time and you don't feel like playing anything too serious, then try a flash game! One in particular is definitely worth a try and that's Bloon's TD5 which can be found on the Ninja Kiwi site. This simple yet time consuming and addictive game is easy to play but still offers the challenges that addicted gamers are used to!



Enjoy, the video (I tried to make it a short as possible but it still ended up at 18 minutes!!) Let me know what you think! :D

The Morning Ritual

The fuel of the morning is becoming too hot to drink...

Yet, I am too stubborn to try it cold!

Whenever I wake up in the morning, I stagger towards the coffee machine and put on a pot of coffee. I love the smell of freshly brewed coffee, just the bold scent alone is enough to stir my brain mechanisms. As I wait for the coffee to be ready, I turn on my ancient computer and the fans immediately start to whir a loud hum (much like my brain pre-caffeinated)

"It's time to work..." I groggily say to myself. It has become a morning ritual. Everyday, the same thing. "Coffee. Check. Computer. Check. Brain. Still pending. Coffee. Oh right!" I then move my way back to the kitchen and pour a cup of coffee, put in one spoon of sugar and a splash of milk, and then follow my feet back to my computer. It has finally loaded up fully and the first thing I do is procrastinate!

"Work can wait until the coffee has kicked in, " I think and I begin logging into Facebook. Sometimes I will play a game, sometimes I will watch a video, and sometimes I will master another status update. Finally, my brain seems to function a little better and I test out my motor skills in a video game. I always blame the lack of adequate coffee for my failures! he he

When all is fine and dandy, I finally get to work. "Okay! Let's write!" But half of the time I end of up sitting in front of a blank screen. Clearly, my brain is still waking up. "I can't believe my brain is slower than my computer at times!"

Then out of no where, a thought strikes me and writing comes naturally. The ideas flow until they seem to fall from a never ending fountain of ideas. Some ideas I keep and others I write down on a notepad or post it to a sticky note. Whatever ideas I don't include one day, they will appear on another day following the same morning routine.

When to coffee runs out, and my brain is fully buzzed on the nectar drug caffeine, I am ready to take on the day. Bring on the creativity, in any shape or form! I'm ready!

The Sims

After starting my blog, I am surprised that I haven't even written about Sims yet...

The Sims happen to be one of my passions and yet they go unnoticed in my mentions.

When I was in high school eons ago I became aware of this game through a friend. I would remember her telling me on the bus on how she stayed up very late playing Sims. At this point in my life, I was only playing PlayStation 2 games so I guess, now that I think about it, Sims was my first PC game!! Wow... he he. Anyway, after obtaining my first copy of the original game it wasn't long after that that I began purchasing expansion packs. To me, it didn't matter that the expansion packs would almost equal the price of another game because I was more interested in trying new actions or adventures. Then, once I managed to get about half of the expansions, EA introduced The Sims 2. 

"OMG!!!" I would exclaim and I passed on the first game to my siblings.  Soon, I was immersed in Sims 2 causing all sorts of mischief. It really wasn't until The Sims 3 that I wanted a better PC and eventually we finally got the internet. Slowly, my family was moving out of the Stone Age! Yes! I thought, I can finally customize my game!

And that's exactly what I did. I found the sites where people were adding custom content. I created stories and even tried to film them. And then, I even attempted to build my own homes and upload them so other people could enjoy them. Sims was the life for me! ^^

Now, it's years later and I am eagerly awaiting for The Sims 4! I think in celebration, I will upgrade my computer too! I've always wanted to because just a few months ago I became horribly depressed to see that my graphics card is now in the minimum requirements on recent PC games.

Aw well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. So, that's it, that's all at least for now! The Sims will always be Gummy Approved!

L4D2 Death Toll Part 4

The finale!!! YAY! About time....Well, this is the end of the series....Remainderdude, Bakuman, and moi finally get the chance to prove that we got what it takes to survive, or do we?? Hmm, sit back and enjoy our struggles and thanks for watching! :D

Playing L4D2 Death Toll on Expert. Be sure to watch the proceeding videos: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

L4D2 Death Toll Part 3

Barely making it to the chapel in one piece, everyone is glad to keep fighting forward. Be sure to watch Part 1 and Part 2!



Starring Remeepsalot, Baku, and yours truly! 



Playing L4D2 Death Toll on Expert