WatchMePlayGames: Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2 (3DS) Let’s Play

Enter the LIGHT PIT!

In WatchMePlayGames: Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2, we jump into the tutorial sections of Nintendo’s latest Angelic shooter/action game for the Nintendo 3DS.

WatchMePlay Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2

This section of the game walks you through how this unique title plays, from running on the ground to attack enemies, to avoiding and dodging enemy attacks, to flying through the skies to shoot down the forces of Medusa.

You get to hear lots of funny banter between Pit and the Goddess Palutena as she informs Pit on the nuances of becoming a great Angelic warrior!

Other WatchMePlayGames Installments:
* Elite Beat Agents Part 1
* Elite Beat Agents Part 2
* Kid Icarus: Uprising Part 1
* Kid Icarus Uprising Part 2
* Kid Icarus Uprising Part 3
* The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX Part 1
* Professor Layton and the Last Specter Part 1

 

Andy Rooney On Lists and Magazines

Make anything a “Top 10” and you are surely to get more eyeballs. Lists, lists, lists!

Lists lists lists. Editors discovered a long time ago that if you put something in a list… People will be intrigued enough to read it, even if they normally would not care about the topic. Why?

Because people are naturally more intrigued to simply see what’s on the list, what order its compiled in and how what it contains is listed. Everyone wants to know what was selected as number 1, and what was given last place. Why? Because most people will naturally disagree with the list, and they want to see how the list would compare with their own results.

The Yahoo frontpage and that of many other website homepages is a great example of how this little trick works and works well. People are often so upset with the list and disagree with it so much, that they comment on the article. Thus handing the people who composed the list a double-win. Not only did you take the time out of your busy day to READ the list and increase their numbers and viewership, but you also COMMENTED on their article. Spurring even more discussion and virtually ensuring that the article will be read by even more people (people tend to click on articles with high comment counts, more comments also raises the pages google and search engine ratings, ensuring it gets more exposure).

The moral of the story? Whenever you see lists compiled, especially if its by a publication you disagree with, despise, or think is unworthy to be read, RESIST THE URGE to read the list they’ve made. This can be a hard thing to accomplish, but every little part you do helps. By reading and especially by commenting, even if its a negative comment to tell these people how little they know, you’ve just handed them the victory!

In this funny piece, the late, great, Andy Rooney discusses the magazines of 1996, and how each and every cover seems to be full of nonsensical “lists”, ranging from the “20 Most Fascinating Women Politicians” to “33 Ways To Simplify Your Life” to “Answers to the 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Orgasm”.

Admit it… You would’ve picked up and read a few of these if you came across them right? Sad, sad reality… just like “sex sells”, “lists sell” is a new term, and one that is still being implemented on a daily basis throughout the Internets. One reason why IGN started getting so much hate… and yet I’d be willing to bet that their viewership increased…. People love lists…..

Here is Andy Rooney On Lists and Magazines:

Previous Andy Rooney On Videos:
* Andy Rooney On the Middle East. Utah and Utaq, Mesopotamia and Persia, Iraq Half the Size of Texas [Posted On October 28 2012]
* Andy Rooney On WWII and Covering the 8th Air Force Division During World War II [Posted On July 11 2012]
* Andy Rooney On Ex Presidents [Posted June 13 2012]
* Andy Rooney On His Critics [Posted June 1, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On Lists and Magazines [Posted May 26, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On A Woman US President and Why We Haven’t Had One. Plus Ar Women Smarter Than Men? What Countries Have Women Presidents [Posted May 21, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On Computers, Bill Gates, Off Being On (Start) and Typewriters (Andy’s Funniest Video) [Posted May 9, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On eBooks and eReaders… Physical vs digital (Kindle, Nook, etc.) [Posted May 2, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On the 5 Worst Inventions of All Time [Posted April 25, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On Saving, Investing, Money, Finances, Bailouts and the National Debt [Posted April 19, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On President Obama’s Election [Posted April 14, 2012]
* Andy Rooney On the Death of Osama Bin Laden [Posted April 12, 2012]

 

Skyrim Mounted Combat Announced In Patch 1.6, Says Bethesda

Skyrim Mounted Combat Gameplay Screenshot

Just when you thought Skyrim couldn’t get any more awesome, Bethesda goes and adds Mounted Combat to the game!

That’s right, combat while riding horseback will be added with the official “Patch #1.6” which is currently in beta as we speak. If you are playing Skyrim via Steam, you can download the Mounted Combat Patch Beta to see what its all about and help the developers iron out all of the bugs!

A release date for the Mounted Combat Patch 1.6 has yet to be announced, but hopefully it’ll come sooner rather than later, for consoles as well as PC.

The Mounted Combat Patch for Skyrim follows many other very cool features that have been patched into the game via updates, including snazzy new Kill Cams and the long-awaited gesture-and-voice controls for the Xbox 360 Kinect Motion Camera!

Here is an awesome live-action Skyrim commercial!

Don’t forget to check out my extremely popular Skyrim For Real – Live Action Music Video Is Breathtaking! One Voice, One Violin – Lindsey Stirling, Peter Hollens article!

 

Support Unlocked Treasures of the Heart, Me and MyDad’s Kickstater Project!

This Unlocked Treasures of the Heart logo was drawn by our friend Jamie. R.I.P.

Hello boys and girls,

Please take a hard look at me and my dad’s Kickstarter Project, called “Unlocked Treasures of the Heart“. This is a project that has been 40 years in the making as it seeks to turn my dad’s life’s work of Christian songs, ballads, poems, StorySongs and writings into a published literary work. To get to that book form, we need your help.

We still have a whopping 20 days left for our Kickstarter Campaign, but we need your support! Please take a look at the project and read the sample songs we have provided, these are full pieces or partials, which give you a strong example of what will be included in the final book. If you like what you see, please Like the Unlocked Treasures of the Heart Project Page, and consider Backing it with whatever you can afford, even if it is only $1! We’d greatly, greatly appreciate it!

Of course, the most important thing you can do is tell your friends or people you think might be interested! Also tweet it to help us spread the word to the wide world, and post it on your Facebook wall, encouraging others to check it out!

Farewell and Godspeed!

Here is an unused video that was originally going to be our pitch for the Unlocked Treasures Kickstarter Project! It’ll give you a lot more insight into what to expect from the project, as told by MyDad himself.

 

Prayer Request – Pray for Benny Hinn and His Family

Pray for the restoration of Benny Hinn’s family.

This comes directly from Benny Hinn’s newsletter, asking that people pray for the restoration of his family, which he believes is already underway. Either way, it is important for us to pray for those pastors, leaders and preachers of the gospel, they arguably need prayer more than any of us, because they are responsible for leading the lost to Christ and taking care of their flock.

“I have wonderful news that I know will be an incredible blessing to you and a great encouragement to your family.

Our God is a God of restoration and reconciliation. The cross is the ultimate symbol of His unending yearning to reconcile man to God and will be our only hope for healing. I know, for I experienced this healing when I gave my heart to my precious Master Jesus so many years ago; but I have experienced His healing touch more recently when He began His glorious healing work in my own family, as the process of restoration in my marriage has begun.

And it all started this past Christmas…

What could have been one of the loneliest Christmases of my life turned out to be one of the most beautiful I have ever experienced. As my children, grandchildren, Suzanne, and I gathered together on Christmas day, I began to sense that our precious Lord Jesus was moving in my family to bring about the healing and reconciliation I have prayed for so long. We laughed together, exchanged gifts, and reminisced about all the wonderful memories of family over the years, and I breathed a simple prayer, “Lord Jesus, protect my family for Your name’s sake.”

As many of you know, my wife, Suzanne, and I have been through a difficult season in our life and marriage. And while I am not prepared to make any announcements about what is taking place, I ask that you continue to pray for our family and be watching This Is Your Day for some precious news about what God is doing.

But I will say this: what I want more than anything on this earth is for God’s will to be done in my life, Suzanne’s life, and in the lives of my children and grandchildren. As a family we have been through so much, but we have seen God do the miraculous as He has called my daughters into the precious work of the Lord, delivered my son, and now begun the process of complete restoration in my marriage.

My beloved partner, I want to tell you afresh and anew that preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ is my heart and my life, and I want to preach it until my heart stops beating. I want to cry out the words, “Jesus saves, Jesus saves, Jesus saves” until the last beat of my heart and, by His grace, the last words I breathe to be, “To Jesus be the praise!”

You’ve been my partner and have stuck with me through thick and thin—through everything that has happened—and with all my heart I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you. I am grateful to you beyond words and will love you always. I thank my precious Jesus for bringing you into my life, and I pray that He will bless you over and over again, meeting every need in your life.

I pray every day for you, my precious partner, and I ask that He will move in a mighty way on your behalf—healing your home, your life, and your finances. I pray that He will make you whole in every area of your life. You are precious to Him, just as you are precious to me. And together we can truly be part of the coming greatest harvest!

So continue to pray with me that His healing work will be completed and, very soon, we will rejoice together at what our mighty God has done in our midst.

I love you so much and you are more precious to me that I can say,
Benny Hinn”

 

Photo of the Day – Happy Memorial Day 2012! And When He Gets To Heaven To Saint Peter He Will Tell, Just Another Soldier Reporting Sir I’ve Served My Time In Hell

Happy Memorial Day Weekend 2012, May 25-27th.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to everyone and to all the American soldiers who served, and who have served, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of this fine nation, we honor and salute you.

It is because of your sacrifice that our freedom to live a life far from war, a life of peace and the pursuit of happiness, is a reality. We honor the service that many brave men and woman still make even in this day and age of uber partisan bickering and wide gulfs between parties. Even so, the brave soldier does as he is ordered, and makes sacrifices everyday, putting themselves in harms way, that we civilians cannot even comprehend.

To those still serving in warzones like Iraq and Afghanistan, we pray for your safety, that you may return home and hold your head up high; proud in the silent duty you’ve displayed, knowing that you’re life experience is unmatched by most who will pass through this realm, and that you have given all you had to a cause greater than your own self interests.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! Take a minute or two to bow your head, and say prayer for our active duty American soldiers, men and women abroad and at home, as well as for all who serve, including Policemen, Firemen, Coast Guard, pilots, bus drivers, and all those who put themselves in compromising or dangerous situations on a daily basis, for the service of others and the betterment of their community. Without them, our society would cease to function, and that is something often taken for granted.