Drought Breaker

Hello all, kcduckling here. Just thought I'd shoot out a quick post to break up the drought here. Yes, missing last week's update was planned as Pokemon Moon has devoured my time. I am in the midst of both composing my Pokemon Moon review and also composing my first video for my brand new YouTube channel: some gameplay for Civ VI. Stay frosty and I'll see you soon. Love you all and kcduckling out.

Weekly Update e.13

Another week has gone by and this week is all about the preparation for the release of the seventh generation of Pokemon: Pokemon Sun and Moon.

Pokemon Sun and Moon release on Friday

I would have a countdown timer on the side, but Blogger isn't participating with my dorm WiFi so instead you will have to do it like they did in the olden days: count down using some simple math. The game comes out Friday so the release is in.. 3 days-ish.

More Ultra Beasts revealed

And boy do they look different from anything ever shown in a Pokemon game before. Check these suckers out: 

Those are UB03 and UB05, respectively. Still no deets on how exactly they will play into the game, but we can all find out this weekend.

Even more exclusive Z-Moves

Now the starter's final evolutions too have received exclusive Z-Moves for Pokemon Sun and Moon. Since the reveal of Z-Moves, I still don't know exactly how sold I am on them. They look a little time consuming and I can't really imagine that one of the status Z-Moves would be of much use, but hey, I haven't played it yet, so who knows? Maybe I'll like it.

kcduckling, when are you going to start making videos?

Great question. Due to me being sort of busy in college and also me having people around where I live, it can be difficult to find a good time to sit down and do some good ole commentary and talk about my favorite games. I am not moving away from this idea, but the time has got to be right. I still plan on streaming flash games with commentary because dammit, flash games are underrated. Until then, I've come up with an in-between. I'm going to start doing some videos with just game noise and gameplay. No voice, no me. Just you watching a video game. Some people are into that, so I hope you are.

Well, with this week being both the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon and also my fall break, don't get your hopes to high for a weekly update or videos. Just kick back, relax, play some Pokemon, and I'll see you next time. Until then, kcduckling out.

Weekly Update e.12

Another week, another close miss on the deadline for the Sunday post. Hey, it's college, stuff happens. Without further ado...

COD Infinite Warfare came out... who cares?

I dunno, not a lot of people I guess because although the game has received some okay reviews, the servers are just hilariously underused. The simple fact is COD is going somewhere where it shouldn't be: the future/space. Just stay out man, that's Halo's turf. And you don't want beef with the Master Chief.

A new hero for Overwatch

Sombra, I hear is what they call her. I don't really know much about her (because Overwatch is a dumb game, in my humble opinion), but for you Overwatch fans, eat it up! Here are the deets: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/sombra/

A rather unexciting week. Pokemon crawls closer as does that good ole January Nintendo Switch date. As for the YouTube channel and some hot vids, once again I will ask you to hold your horses. Progress has been made, I have the ingredients, I just need a little time to get cooking. But, I think that I've figured out that I'm gonna stream flash games mostly because those are the games that no one really talks about, and there are some damn good ones out there. Until next time, kcduckling out.

Weekly Update e.11

It's  been more than a week since the release of Civilization VI and Battlefield One, and time goes on. This week was a surprisingly packed week for Nintendo fans, including a very desired Nintendo Switch related date. Let's dive on in.

Nintendo Switch Announcements

We have already received the first look at Nintendo's next console, but there is actually quite a bit that we still don't know about it, including specs, price, and what games the system will have at launch. Nintendo's January 12 presentation seeks to clarify all of these burning questions. Until then, well I guess we'll have to keep hearing rumors and wait.

Pokemon Sun and Moon... again

The Pokemon Company has been releasing trailer after trailer after trailer trying to get Pokemon fans hyped for the seventh generation of Pokemon, and it certainly is working. Yet another Pokemon Sun and Moon trailer has released this week, detailing even more new features to the game and showing off a few new Pokemon as well. I won't go too much into this one, but the trailer includes the final evolution for the starter 'mons, the guardian deity for all four islands, and a new post-champion battle challenge that includes some Pokemon Trainer legends. Pokemon Sun and Moon are now only 18 days away.

Because why not? A Volcanion code!

GameStop had an event this month were you could go into their store and pick up a special code for a Volcanion in your OmegaRuby or AlphaSapphire Pokemon game, and I happened to come across an extra, so if you still need a code for this event-only Pokemon, here she is:

A6Z7 H4U4 USEL 6P6X

Enjoy your badass Volcanion, courtesy of GameStop and kcduckling.

I'm still looking to post some Civ VI gameplay hopefully soon, but school will be school, so probably I'll have to wait for the weekend. Until then kcduckling out.

Mic in Today

My mic just arrived in the mail today, so you can expect the kcduckling of the future to have a lot more impressions and reviews via microphone, a real treat for you loyal fans to finally experience my silky smooth voice into your ears. I'll come back soon with some Nintendo Switch impressions and hopefully my first Civ VI Let's Play

Weekly Update e.10

Back at it again with the weekly update, its me. And boy howdy was this a hell of a week for us gamers, with the release of Battlefield One, Civilization VI, a Pokemon Sun demo, AND the freaking goddamn Nintendo NX was revealed as the Nintendo Switch. Pretty cool stuff. Let's get into the details, shall we?

Battlefield One

I already touched on this a tad bit the other day, I've only played a few hours of the online multiplayer, and it was pretty damn excellent. Seriously good looking and pretty fun to play, it's worth checking out.

Pokemon Sun Demo

A very overshadowed little fella, the Pokemon Sun demo also came out earlier this week on Tuesday. It is an incredibly short demo that was very, very, very disappointing. I know it's just a demo, but seriously, put at least a little substance in it. The demo is literally you walk around in a city and then go to a trial and take a few pics and battle about 6 Pokemon with your type disadvantaged Greninja. After that, you unlock a Tauros for your PokeRide service and can do a few more things, but seriously, a really quick demo that offers a tiny taste of the game. Overall though, the game still is shaping up to be the biggest entry in the series to date, so look forward to its release come this November 18th.

Civilization VI

Seriously, wow man. Civilization V had dominated my play time on Steam and was easily my most played game in my whole library, so I was looking very much forward to its follower, Civilization VI. When it finally unlocked for me Thursday night at 11pm, I immediately jumped into the game and was not at all disappointed. As of now, the game has been out for 71 hours and Steam tells me that I have played for 35 of those, so I'm pretty hooked. My time has pretty evenly been distributed between a single player game as Gandhi and a multiplayer game as Montezuma. I've got about 300 turns in both and there are some really big things that jump out at me.

• The incredible aggressiveness of the barbarians seems to be so much more powerful than in Civ V. In my multiplayer game, I foolishly expanded too far out of my reach and put a new city up on the same landmass as a barbarian encampment and for my first time in Civ history, the barbarians took my city from me and burned it to the ground. Pretty rude, if I do say so myself.
• The updated civics and tech trees are incredibly helpful and the integration into the game is incredible. Every tech and civic comes with a "Eureka moment" to speed its research, a feature that rewards players for playing the game with wit and really thinking through their moves.
• The unstacked cities too offer a fresh take on the Civilization gameplay that demands city planning, which tiles will become districts and which tiles will be saved for food and housing.
• Civ AI leaders definitely have not changed much from my experience. Even though leaders all have agendas now that should allow you to please them, they still make some pretty outlandish claims sometimes, like my multiplayer game where Gilgamesh of Sumeria denounced me because of my treasury size when I had 5,000 gold and he only had 195. Hypocritical much?

I'm thinking perhaps sometime this next week or weekend, I'll finally get that YouTube channel I've dreamed about up and running. For sure I'll try to stream a little Civ this upcoming week, we'll just have to see.

I feel like there was something else. I can't quite remember what it was, what was I thinking of? Oh, right.

A freaking new Nintendo console is on the way and not only does it look pretty freakin sweet, it also teased a new 3D Mario game for it which is enough to get that hype train rolling down the tracks. I'll come back later for some more detailed Nintendo NX impressions, but until then have a good week and kcduckling out.

Civ VI, Battlefield One Impressions

I too am surprised that I was away from video games enough this weekend in order to get this post out, but I have already logged about 12 hours in Civ VI and have also gotten to play about 3 hours of Battlefield One and both have been impressive.

Battlefield One
Seriously one of the prettiest games I think I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I don't own it, but I did get to play it for a few hours on my friend's PlayStation 4. The weapons are cool as shit, the game looks phenomenal, and the only gripe that I have with it is the seriously overpowered horsemen and snipers. But that is a small complaint. One of my friends said that Battlefield One is a good game but doesn't feel like a Battlefield game, which could disappoint some fans of the series. Still though, with an incredible story experience, Battlefield One is a good entry, at least as a first person shooter and not so much as a Battlefield game.

Civilization VI
It has been a little while since Civilization V and Beyond Earth just couldn't satisfy my Civ cravings, so thank god Civ VI is finally upon us. I have played about 12 hours, in one single player game as Gandhi and in another multiplayer game as Montezuma. 200 turns into the game as Gandhi and I can really feel all the changes that have been made, from feeling the wrath of crossing an AI's agenda to the relentlessness of the goddamn barbarians. I'll be back with a more in depth look at Civ VI, but just know this: Civ VI has improved in just about every way from Civ V, and that was a damn good game.

This is a little appetizer for tomorrow's post for the weekly update + Civ VI stuff, but I am also thinking about maybe recording some Civ VI and doing a little YouTube actin, but we'll just have to see. Until tomorrow, kcduckling out.