This is Halloween, A great time for mobile gaming!

 

Halloween is one of the best holidays around, and not just because of the free candy. Of course being as old as I am I’d rather just go out and buy a small bag of it, to not share but c’est la vie.

Mobile games are something that have really begun to come into their own. They are now able to craft amazing games for phones. Depending on the game they even have access to great teams with so many interesting ideas. Now I don’t play tons of mobile games, okay maybe I dabble in tons.

Halloween is the time of year where these teams really go all out. Specifically I am talking about games like Simpsons Tapped Out, Family Guy Quest for Stuff, and Marvel Avengers Academy. These three games carry some great characters and weight because they are good programming.

Simpsons Tapped Out is the oldest of the games but with such a collection of characters the possibilities are endless. It is such a surprise seeing what they come up with. Every year there is something different to do, with tons of cool prizes and gags galore. Plus the writing is spot on Simpsons and that is spectacular.

This update revolves around Director Lisa and the monster academy. They are invading the town because they heard of a director. Lisa of course is cocky and wants to make the best film ever. Homer and the adults fight giant worms while the kids trick or treat. Try and collect as many coins as you can to trade them in for all sorts of goodies!

Family Guy Quest For Stuff is the second oldest and has all of the humor of the show. It can be crude like the show also but what’s so bad about a little dirty humor. This game is great because even if you have to purchase them, they really pull in all sorts of characters.

This event revolves around James Woods and his mansion previously seen in the Season 9 premiere where some key cast members died. Will James Woods finally be in the games? Yes, yes he is, better have some Reses handy to lead him to a trap if he gets evil.

Marvel Avengers Academy not only has marvel characters to collect it has awesome costumes. Marvel Avengers Academy is a College version of your favorite marvel characters. With all sorts of events passed and more to come this game never dissapoints. From humorous costumes like Loki dressed as Thor to new characters like Misty Knight, Ghost Rider and Blade this event looks like a blast.

So, if you like any of these shows or universes and haven’t given them a try jump in give it a shot. I really do enjoy them all because you get to build your own playspace. They may be mindless and require you to wait but they can be fun diversions and that is always a good thing.

Regular Show: In Space S8 E9 ‘Fries Night’

Benson is talking to his girlfriend who breaks it off with him. Once again Benson is single, poor guy. Of course he decides to eat wings after this break up.

They decide to have fries instead. Benson runs to find fries and puts on a space suit to get some fries. He is hit by a truck and wakes up in the fry truck. The owner a floating rock named Roxy voiced by Kate Micucci takes him on a supply run so she can make fries. Micucci has a great voice for odd cartoon characters and weirdness is always a good thing in a cartoon.

They head to Potaton 4 to mine for the best potatoes.  They have fun digging until they are beset upon by Potato bugs. He saves Roxy and she begins to fall for him. Of course she does, clearly Roxy is going to make Benson feel better when he shows what a viable partner he is.

They head off to Cornoilio to get oil for the potatoes. Coated in oil he looks even better to the floating rock. Roxy is turned on by Benson when he cuts the potatoes. She calls her friend Crystal who says their relationship would be the ultimate taboo. This pushes Roxy to make a move because clearly she is interested in the gumball machine.

Roxy tries to kiss Benson but it only hurts him. I mean how could a rock head butting you not hurt. She heads out into an asteroid field and Benson chases her.

Benson tells her he needs some time to heal and they make fries together.Looks like they could be a pretty good couple. My biggest question is how she eats the fries as clearly she has no mouth. This episode was rather humorous especially in that they had to go to all of these food based planets to find ingredients. I hope that Benson really is able to find happiness as I think at the end of the day if he were to find someone to love him and stay with him then he could actually be happy.

Regular Show: In Space S8 E8 ‘The Brain of Evil’

Mordecai and Rigby have the afternoon off and have no idea what to do. They discover there is a city inside the ship. They head into a store where there are all sorts of interesting things. Rigby heads into a room and finds a brain in a cage. The brain talks to him and tells him he just wants to see his family.

He lets the brain out and finds out the brain is actually evil, of course it is. Mordecai and Rigby chase after the brain who fights back. They track him down again until he drives off in a car. They head to the security room to see if they can find the brain.

The brain is headed to their dome, what could he want with the park? The park soon blasts off into space with Mordecai and Rigby on it. The leader says they have to shoot down the rogue dome.

Mordecai and Rigby have 10 minutes to beat the brain at his own game. The brain accepts his challenge. They play their game and the Brain thinks he is going to win. The brain gets a check mate but is captured in Mordecai’s salad bowl. Mordecai then tosses him out into the vacuum of space.

Regular Show:In Space S8 E7 ‘The Dream Warrior’

Pops is having a dream he is hanging out with a bunny when he suddenly has a nightmare. He begins levitating the room like he did in a past episode.  They end up watching a Scooby Doo style show. Regular Show is certainly a show that loves homages to great things.

Pops is dreaming again and ends up in the show. Skips is playing the Daphne style character because obviously that is the most humorous way to go about it. The alien from his other nightmare is in this dream too asking where he lives again.

Benson decides to help him out next and introduces him to the man that helps him sleep. With his sick music he aims to help but Pops realizes this isn’t Sweet Dreams it is the alien. This alien just won’t back down.

Pops is dealing with a nightmare alien and has to stand up to it or it won’t leave. Skips decides to see if they all can mind meld and fight the monster together. They are soon asleep and ready to take on the alien. The alien soundly defeats all of them and is against Pops alone.

Pops stands up to the alien and is able to defeat him by harnessing his power. Soundly defeating him the nightmare alien is sent away on a cartoon style rocket. Pops goes back to his regular dream. Of course Pops dreams of cute things, because he really is a simple child like man.

Meanwhile the Nightmare alien known as Carl is meeting with his boss. His boss just happens to be an evil form of Pops. Looks like he will be the ultimate enemy for our heroes. I am excited to see what evil Pops has in store for our heroes.

Regular Show: In Space S8 E6 ‘Ugly Moons’

In space the head of the space tree is working out when he is called by a subordinate.  He is suddenly mooned by a group of  men in another space city. He calls Muscle Man in to help prank his archenemy.

He tells Muscleman that he will have everything at his disposal. Mitch is excited to prank in space of course. They go to see Dr.Prankenstein which ends up including a Young Frankenstein reference. He  then calls in his friends in an A-Team style reference.

The operation is going to be called Operation Slime Bomb. They are going to drop them off at key points to totally slime the ship.  The foes prank the head of the tree again and moon our heroes. The heroes begin the operation they get into the space bush and head to their drop points. They are quickly captured by the enemy but Mitch sets off his bombs which is quickly disarmed.

Pranking has always been a part of Mitch’s character so I can’t see him failing. They are sent back to the ship and yelled at by the leader. It is hilarious because now that they have this boss, even Benson is yelled at.

The real prank was in the giant bottle which the enemy took from them. Muscleman then moons the slime coated villains. Of course he was able to defeat them, he is certainly the greatest prankster. Just another solid episode on this final season.

The Simpsons S28 E2 ‘Friends and Family’

Smithers and Burns are off to the doctor and Burns needs to hide so no one thinks he is sick.  He is seeing a therapist and is about to talk about his anger. When he brings it up he yells “anger issues” for their session. He’s been seeing him for 70 years and soon kicks the bucket. Burns is quite happy to have outlived all of his older friends.

Marge remembers when they saw the therapist who died. Little did she know Maggie talked during it and since no one heard her, she said she’d never speak again. It is always funny seeing Maggie talk since she rarely does it being a baby and all.

Frink the egg-headed scientist is wearing a VR headset when he gets hit by Burn’s car. Frink gives Burn’s the headset and passes out. What could Burns want to do with this new  gizmo?

Burns is enjoying VR but besides one space adventure it is all porn. Burns  thinks he needs a family and ends up hiring the Simpsons besides Homer. He is happy to see his “family” and even creates home videos. Burns has them live in his guest house and says they will work for him for ten years.

Homer ends up having the time of life since he is living alone. He’s naked on the roof when he starts talking to a new neighbor who is also on her roof. She clearly has no interest in Homer but there is still a little tension.  Homer decides a man and a woman can just be friends but his decisions are never wrong right?

He gets dressed and hangs out with his new friend. They end up going out in a nice platonic relationship though all assume they are dating. This woman is his best friend because they are so similar, and he realizes how much he really loves Marge especially since she isn’t exactly like him.

Burns fires the Simpsons saying his life is better without a family. Homer’s new best friend Julia becomes a fight, when Homer acts like he really has feelings for her. Marge flips out. Marge apologizes to Homer, but Homer shows that Julia has taught him a thing or two about marriage that makes Marge happy.

Burns has his final fantasy which is his death. He then is in hell and he takes a selfie with the Devil, though the device isn’t plugged in, Dun Dun, Dunnn!

All around good episode of the Simpsons and I am excited for the next episode.

 

Family Guy S15 E2 ‘Bookie of the Year’

Peter has is going to fair with the family. He is suddenly giving a tablet to an old Italian woman. It’s rather funny, as he begins to act like her son. At the Italian festival they meet Frank Sinatra Jr. They decide to start their own Italian restaurant in Quahog.

Chris gets angry and breaks a carnival game. Lois is troubled and begins talking to Peter. Peter is in the elevator with Beyonce and Jay Z and is troubled by their fight. Always so topical, even if it is after the event occurred.

Peter and Chis throw apples at cars and Chris hits the coach’s car. He wants him to join his Baseball Team. Of course Chris is happy to join the team which is surprising because Chris clearly isn’t into exercising.

Frank Stewie and Brian are at the home of their new restaurant and Frank tells them to go steal the chairs and tables from the other restaurants.  Rather humorous to think the son of the great Frank Sinatra would do this.

Chris earns Peter 100 bucks when he bets he will strike him out with another Dad.Clearly they are going to make a tidy sum off Chris’s arm. This can’t possibly end well.

Brian, Stewie, and Frank Sinatra Jr sing a song about their restaurant. Seth McFarlane’s voice is always just so good. The music in the show is also always on point.

Chris is making them a lot of money until Tom Tucker talks about his talent on the news.Now, the guys have to scramble to figure out how to keep  making money from Chris’ arm.

Frank is comping all the meals which means they are losing money. Of course he is doing this, he doesn’t care much about the money, he just wants a place for people to enjoy a good meal.

They can only make money if Chris takes a dive. When Lois finds out of course she is angered. The guys decide to deal with Chris’s arm and break it.

Frank, Stewie, and Brian’s restaurant goes under when they decide to make people pay for the food.  They turn off the light and then proceed to light the restaurant on fire.

The guys broke Chris’ arm and Peter is upset by the fact. He realizes he should have never bet on Chris’ games. He pitches a ball and breaks Quagmire’s arm. Chris ends up having all the players walk when he tries to use his left arm. Peter is just happy he didn’t have to pay any of the bets off.

Another good episode of Family Guy, filled with good jokes, a nice farewell to a long time celebrity guest star and a good musical number. Rest in Peace, Frank Sinatra Jr.

Vans creates Toy Story shoes!

OK this is cute. It appears that in celebration of Toy Story, Vans has decided to come out with feet gear that is themed after the beloved characters of the movie. And yes, they are available in both kids and adult sizes in case you are wondering…

You can rock it in either Woody’s boots in the style of high tops, or in glow-in-the-dark Aliens shoes… If you are a Buzz fan, you can pop those sneaks on the feets and show them off as well. Are you looking for a girlier look, then you got the Bo Peep style high tops that are pink with polka dots, unless you want the darker parts from the movie, you have Sid’s disfigured toys, which are convenient in the slip-on style.

These shoes, plus more, are available starting October 7^th, which is just a few days away, and will be available in Vans stores and online. I’m thinking that I may have to check out the glow-in-the-dark Aliens myself. ^_^

Come and Grab your friends for a good cry, Adventure Time ends in 2018

The year after Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball Ends, Adventure Time is also closing its curtains. This is really quite astounding that in a pretty short time three of the best Cartoon network shows are ending.

Adventure Time is really something to be admired as it did open the door for better cartoons. Before Adventure Time cartoons were stagnating. The old school violence of Tom and Jerry was thrown out and the cartoons were just trying to push funny.

Then Adventure Time began and suddenly a young boy of twelve was yelling how sexy women were. The violence was back along with amazing songs, a gripping and often emotional story, and honestly just plain old fun.

Really if you haven’t watched Adventure Time watch it now, I’m sure even if you watched an episode a day you could finish it before the show ends. This show really did open up a new world of cartoons and the fact that it lead the charge for shows like Regular Show, Amazing World of Gumball, and Steven Universe makes it that much greater.

Of course there is still some time for us all to enjoy the amazing world created by the master Pendleton Ward. I will stay tuned to the rest of Finn and Jake’s adventures and  will most likely cry when the show ends.

I will be really sad when this show ends but luckily I have bought the DVD’s so I will always be able to re watch my favorite duo’s adventures. So again, if you haven’t watched this show I implore you to find a way to watch it and you will find something enjoyable about it I am sure!

Regular Show:In Space S8 E5 ‘Lost and Found’

The episode begins with Mordecai and Rigby having lunch. Their captain decides to cover them but lost his wallet so he is covered in a force field. He tasks Mordecai and Rigby to find it on Mantis Planet.

There are customs they have to learn but when the guards come to lead them in they don’t learn them. Clearly this is going to cause trouble later on.

They pull out a lost and found box which does in fact hold the wallet. Before they are able to take it they must take part in a feast. The feast is of course a disgusting bug food feast. Our heroes vomit at the flavor and must eat course after course. Though they end up getting rid of the food in other ways.

The last course is “vanilla ice cream” and he offers it to the princess which is a marriage proposal. Mordecai isn’t going to marry her which makes her cry. Due to tradition they are told to execute him.

Rigby tells him to just go through with the marriage but their new robot friend tells him why it would be a bad idea. Of course Mantis women eat their mates to reproduce and thus if he married her he would die.

Using his attack pheromone the king sends the mantis after them, soon shooting a boulder down it crushes them. They bring the wallet back and find it is empty. Their captain wants them to go the wasp planet but they aren’t having it.

This show is still just as good as it has ever been and the ideas flowing through it are always stellar. Excited for more space adventures!