Outlast - Video Game Review

 

Outlast PS4 

The moment I heard about the game Outlast I knew I HAD to play.  It is an indie game which to me are usually pretty good.  The game was always for PC and at the time I hadn't signed up for Steam because I was lazy and didn't want to put it on my iMac. I do finally have Steam but this game became free on PS4 and I KNEW I would get to play it then.  I was SCARED!  I played it on my home theater with a group of friends (it's about 6 hours long) and we all had such a good time. 

OK.. so the point of the game is you go to this Insane Asylum as a reporter.  You want to get to the bottom of these crazy rumors people are saying about the place.  What is crazy though is as soon as you go in your know this place is soooooo scary yet this reporter keeps going (yea right).  Anywho... the place is almost always completely dark and the only way you can see is through the infrared on your camcorder. 

 

Oh and while running around in dark the batteries will run out on your camera ... so you have to look around and find them. The building is full of noises... scary lights... floating bodies.  I just loved it.  I even screamed out a few times.  You aren't able to fight any of the crazies you meet... you must hide and just hope they didn't see you.  Or just run for it.

 

I would recommend not watching any walkthrough videos before playing.  I might ruin the jump scenes and you don't want to spoil the game for yourself. I even had some friends say that they had watched walkthroughs and weren't going to be scared but still jumped!  So I guess either way you will be OK and still be scared. 

 

There is nothing like playing a video game night with your friends and this is the one.  It is totally worth buying and playing in the dark!  10 out of 10

And if you haven't seen Conan playing this game you must watch!

Dewey Readathon Update 3

Ok book party people... I think I am petering out.  I have been reading for a quite a few hours tonight reading up on some ARC comics that I received from Edelweiss.  They expire quickly so I wanted to get those done and out of the way.   Seriously though... I don't know if I will make it past say midnight my time.  That is 9 hours short of the 24 hour mark.  Sigh... maybe MAYBE I will try to go a little further.

Currently Reading:  Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Books Finished: Robin Hood, 3 graphic novels.
Pages Read: 700
Amount of Time Spent Reading: 6 hours
Snacks: french bread pizza for lunch... dinner... chicken.. and a bowl of frosted flakes for a snack tonight
Where are you reading:  In my favorite recliner!

I will  be updating a lot on Twitter.  My Twitter handler is @Kingmod
Also be sure to check me out on instagram... my handler there is Wsbronco.  I have been posting pictures there today of my readathon adventures.

 Some challenges I thought I would join in:
The uncomfy challenge: This is a great challenge and I wish I would've participated in this one when it was still daytime out and I could go somewhere.  This challenge wants you to leave the house and go somewhere and read.  Well... I did read in the bathtub today.  I have read in a lot of crazy places.  For example... I totally don't mind going to dinner/lunch in a restaurant alone.  A lot of people have issues with this but I just bring a book and eat some yummy food.


I love the Spine Name Picture!  I am the worst at poetry so I loved to see a spine challenge where you spell out your name!

Angie:

Across the Universe
NOS4A2
Going Vintage
Inferno
Eragon

Sunday Post

Let's chat about what's going on this week... on my blog.. on other blogs... on the internet... and just everywhere!    I link up my post to Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves.

On the Blog:
-I review and talk about Cinder by Marissa Meyer. 
-I declare that I am joining Bout of Books again!
-Comic Adventures Issue #9 is published.  This time I chat about Nightwing, Batman the Dark Knight, Jack of Fables and Supergirl.
-As you may have seen... I am currently in the middle of a 24 hour readathon!!  Dewey's Readathon is going on right now.  Update 1 , Update 2,  and my final Update 3.  Honestly this was a fun Readathon.  Lots of challenges throughout the events.  Lots of chat on twitter... I mean seriously it was fun.  Though I really didn't get reading done like a lot of people.


Around the Blogospere:
-If you have never checked out the Book Rat's Annual Fairy Tale Fortnight then you are missing out!  The even just started so be sure to check it out. 
-BEA Armchair still needs volunteers to help cheer everyone on who is participating.  If this is something you think you would have time for be sure to help out!
-I have been obsessed with instagram lately... well seeing books on there.  And YA Highway has a huge link of authors on there.
 


Internet:
Since I will be watching Spiderman 2 this week thought I would post this trailer to get us excited!


Books Books Books: 
This week I am trying to read a lot of books that I own.. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, Scarlet by Marissa Meyers! 

Don't forget that the Clean Sweep Arc Challenge starts this week!!!  Be sure to sign up. Click on the button to find out more!

 

Dewey's Readathon Update 2

OK.... well here is update 2 today.  I am reading along with Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon for those that don't know.  So I'll occasionally be spamming updating you today. I just finished reading Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.  I didn't actually start that book though during the readathon but still finished it.  Oh and when I went to check out on the website site what was going on... I actually won a prize.  Woot Woot... even more incentive to get to reading.

Currently Reading:  My first comic of the day Green Lantern Vol 4 which is an ARC.
Books Finished: Robin Hood
Pages Read: 160
Amount of Time Spent Reading: 2 1/2 hour
Snacks: french bread pizza for lunch
Where are you reading:  In my favorite recliner!

I will  be updating a lot on Twitter.  My Twitter handler is @Kingmod
Also be sure to check me out on instagram... my handler there is Wsbronco.  I have been posting pictures there today of my readathon adventures. 
I know.. my twitter and instagram names have nothing to do with my blog name!  

The challenges I am doing now:

Estelle's Revenge has a really fun challenge to me.  I came up with 6 words to explain the event in my eyes:  Hurry and Read Your Books Now.

The next challenge is hosted by Lisa's World of Books where you pick the best of the best:

I picked Cinder for my Top Rated Sci-Fi, Miss Peregrine for my top rated Mystery Book, and Doctor Sleep for best cover!

Next challenge by the Book Monsters.  Take a Shelfie!

Edit:  I am adding this into the Update 2
1. What are you reading right now?  I am reading Green Lantern Volume 4 DC an ARC from Edelweiss
2. How many books have you read so far? Just 1!
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon? Scarlet but I really want to get like 4 graphic novels out of the way first.
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?  No ... I had to get my husband from the airport, cook dinner and put away laundry.  Then I started blogging and had to quit so I could get to reading!
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?  Well I slept past the start date of the event and didn't really mean to do that.  So I started about 2 hours late. 
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?  I feel as if I am running out of time.  The 24 hours is flying past and every time I do something other then reading I feel like I wasted that time!
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year? No
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?  Plan better.  This was my first year so I didn't realize I should've had that spread sheet and posts set up in templates ready to go!
9. Are you getting tired yet?  No
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?  No... well turn off the TV!

Ok well that's it for this update!

Dewey's Read-a-thon

I am excited to be participating for the first time in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon.  This is going to be quite an adventure. There are all kinds of fun things happening today.  I didn't realize that every hour there was going to be an update on their webpage!!  Fun.  I will update here all day so if you want to see how I am doing click on this blog post.  I just don't want to spam everyone all day... but who knows.. maybe I will??

Update 1:

Currently Reading:  Robin Hood (finishing it up for my Project Disney this week).
Books Finished: None
Pages Read: 60
Amount of Time Spent Reading: 1 hour
Snacks: None yet
Where are you reading:  In my favorite recliner!

I will  be updating a lot on Twitter.  My Twitter handler is @Kingmod

I posted a picture on Twitter of my TBR pile for the event:

I just found out that if you plan on reading one of the Lunar Chronicle books by Marissa Meyers she will donate $5 to Reach out and Read.  Really this is amazing and has inspired me to move Scarlet up on my list to be the next book I start! 


OK.. of to do some challenges!
I participated in Little Miss Reader's Puzzle Challenge
Challenge # 2 Paragraph challenge by Cautious:
  "In which shall be told how Robin Hood turned Butcher, and how he revenged himself upon the Sheriff.  Also, of the famous adventures that befell Little John at the Nottinham Archery Match, and how he entered the Sheriff's service".  Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Challenge #3 Intro Meme:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  In reading from Colorado!
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  Honestly I am most looking forward to Scarlet by Marissa Meyer!!! 
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  I missed the part about snacks!!!  So I didn't buy any to prepare for the readathon!!  Luckily I just went grocery shopping so I have plenty of food.  About to eat a french bread pizza for lunch. 30 minutes till pizza!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  My name is Angie.. I have been blogging here for almost three years now!!  I love it. This is actually my first time participating in this readathon.  Surprising.  I just never thought there would be any way that I could read for 24 hours.  We will see right? 
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?  This is my first readathon with Dewey.  I am looking forward to getting a lot of books read.  I will have a few distractions today (have to go to the airport).  I have to give my cats shots... I have to eat... blah blah.  LOL!!! 

Comic Adventures Issue #9

I read a lot of comics and rarely review them here on the blog. That's because I really don't have a lot to say for an entire post.  So I thought I would review several comics on one post.  I will still review graphic novels on their own now and then, but this is where I will talk about super-hero type comics (DC/Marvel) or sequels to some that I have already reviewed.

This issue we discuss Nightwing Volume 3 Death of the Family DC, Batman The Dark Knight Vol 3 Mad, Jack of Fables Vol. 4 Americana , and Supergirl Vol 1 Last Daughter of Krypton.

Nightwing Volume 3 includes part of the Joker arc which I have read so I skipped that part. The rest of the book gives a huge spoiler which I guess happens in the comic Batman Incorporated which I haven't read yet. Sigh  I had no idea that they died.  I have stayed caught up in all the comics.  Turns out they die in Batman Incorporated which is a comic series I haven't been reading. I also learned that Nightwing has been canceled so I think volume 4 will be the last one in the series.  I am kind of sad about this since I like Nightwing but reading this issue I can understand why it's not as popular anymore.  Nightwing's stories never seem to be his own. He is always mixed up with Batman and never really gets his own story to take off. 3 out of 5

Batman The Dark Knight Vol 3 Mad is a series that I have enjoyed.  Here is another series that will be coming to an end with Vol. 4.  This is OK because the series doesn't really have a big story going with it.  Each volume seems to follow one story with one villain.  Volume 3 really is Batman VS the Mad Hatter.  We get to see Batman at his lowest, with his long time love interest dying.  It seems that Batman can never be close to anyone.  I didn't love the art work in this issue.  I felt it was a little messy and could be hard to follow expressions on faces at times. 3 out of 5 stars

I am still continuing in the Jack of Fables series (which is the spin off series from Fables by Bill Willingham). I don't know this series still isn't great but this book was much better then volume 3. This time Jack is still running around trying to have sex and find riches. I did like this one a little better because we get some new characters in it.  I was going to try to finish all the Jack of Fables before jumping back into the main Fable arc but I decided to go ahead and just read both at the same time.   3 out of 5

Supergirl is a new 52 that I borrowed from the library since I am starting to get caught up on the other new 52 I am reading.  I really enjoyed it.  I liked how this comic portrays what it would be like for an alien to just show up on our planet and get all their powers at once.  My library only has volume 1, though I did request that they get volumes 2 and 3 since I really enjoyed this one. I have to admit though Supergirl's outfit just doesn't do it for me.  She loses her skirt and has to wear some sort of underwear, and the boots are crazy too!!  The story at least gets 5 out of 5

Well that's it for comics this time around... can't wait to read what comics come into the library next!!

I am now up to 38 books towards my Graphic Novel Reading Challenge!

Bout of Books 10

I am going to participate again in this Bout of Books read-a-thon! It is my 5th time.  I really need to get caught up on some books and when I saw others participating in it I knew it was perfect for me.  It starts on the 12th of May!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 12th and runs through Sunday, May 18th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 10 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.

Don't forget to use the #boutofbooks hashtag when updating on Twitter and follow boutofbooks.
I will be updating my progress here on my webpage and on my my twitter page. 
I will be doing a master post as the read-a-thon gets closer with all the books I plan to read and with all the challenges I do!  Can't wait to get started!