Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Imagination Brought to You by Bratz Games

"Pa, please do not leave me here. I am afraid. A monster is beneath my bed and it wants to bring me to his dark kingdom. Please pa. Sleep with me and do not turn off the lights!" This is what one usually hears from young kids who have their own rooms and who are left alone in their room with the lights out. Or you may also see your daughter saying: "Hello my friend. Why have I not seen you yesterday? Did you get sick or did your mommy not allow you to come out and play? No problem. I understand, so what drink will you have today? After our little afternoon party can we play outside?" Now this is really creepy especially if you look and it turns out that your daughter is sitting alone, facing her side and talking to nobody in particular. It turned out that your daughter has an imaginary friend. We always dismiss imaginary friends, being too common in children, as a result of an over active imagination. This imagination is something that better left ignored for all children will outgrow that phase anyway.

Albert Einstein was once heard of having said: " Imagination is better than knowledge." I believe that this little saying (from the guy whose own knowledge discovered relativity and the process of nuclear fusion and fission which resulted to the atomic bomb) as very true. As we grow older, we tend to forget the simple things. We have become like Susan who does not believe in the existence of the country in a far away land, Narnia. We get caught up in our own world of grown up problems: paying electric and water bills, paying mortgage interests, being fired from a job, dimming eyesight and slower muscles. Our lives have lost its magic and meaning!

Now close your eyes and imagine that you are a long haired pony with almost a human like smile cantering the catwalk (or horsewalk. whatever) while thousands of cameras flash. You are a star: a pony star! As you slowly open your eyes, does it not feel great? It is not Harry Potter in his magical school Hogwarts. And It is not even JRR Tolkien in his much loved book (The movie was critically acclaimed too. Just count the money it received for filming and the number of Oscar nominations that it received.

It is simply the world of Bratz games. Bratz games is a world of imagination where all girls big or small, rich or poor do actually look beautiful. Bratz games managed to maintain the child like wonder and imagination. With Bratz games, you can be anybody there, you can do anything there and you can actually feel that your dreams could come true. You can be a princess if that what makes you happy. You can even become a fish if you imagine it to be if you play Bratz Fish Tank. Bratz games, ladies and gentlemen, the possibilities are simply and undeniably endless.



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Bratz Games and Good Values

Do you have a pesky little cousin or little sibling-- someone who will not let you out of her constant persuasive powers unless you give in to what she wants? You can relate to what I am saying right? I guess everyone has that. With billions of people in the world, I guess the probability of the existence of these pesky creatures (Ok. I probably am blowing things out of proportion by describing them as such.) are pretty high. I may not be exaggerating on this one when I say that I have the peskiest little sister in the whole world.

My little sister Mary is seven years old, highly inquisitive, curly haired and brown eyes, totally adorable kid (on the outside appearance that is.) for beware when she starts pestering you there is no stopping her. She sounds worse than a broken down cassette player (You know, rectangular shaped plastic that plays music? Sorry for the comparison, when I was born CD or DVD players are not invented yet). She would something like this: "Please, brother, can you buy me that cute pink stuff toy? Please, please, please, pretty please!" She would keep repeating that over and over that you will be forced to give in. When you will not give her what she wants, it is usually the end of modern civilization as we know it. She makes Dennis The Menace looks like a saint.

One day, the little angel or devil (depending on her mood) came bouncing my way while I was sorting out my MP3 collection in my PC. "I want to play Bratz games!" she declared. "Ok. You just wait sis. I am going to finish sorting this." "I want to play Bratz games! I want to play Bratz games now!" The spoiled brat. I have to give in or else I will never hear the end of it. She sat on the chair and asks me to go to Bratz games. When the Bratz games site appeared, she screamed: "Yey! I want to play Bratz Mall Crawl, Bratz Babyz Ponyz and Bratz Fish Tank!" I just stood beside her and watch her play the games that she had been mentioning.

Bratz Mall Crawl is a game wherein you help the baby Bratz find their way out of the mall. "Yey! I saved them! Now they can find their mommy and daddy!" Meanwhile, Bratz Babyz Ponyz is a game where you will do a makeover to the ponies. While playing, my sister would say: "Now aren't they cute? They do not look plain anymore. I am sure they are happy!" Lastly, Bratz Fish Tank is a game where one gets to feed virtual fishes. "See brother? Now those poor fishes are not hungry anymore!"

Watching her play, I realize that my sister has a very good heart. Her main concern while playing the games is to help the virtual characters-finding their way, making them pretty, feeding them. I hope Bratz would be making more games like these.



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The Top 10 List - Hottest Girls in Video Games

Choosing the top 10 hottest video game chicks is not only a hard thing to do, I think its darn near impossible, however, I do have a few choice picks that I would like to mention though. These are ANY women in ANY game on ANY gaming console available to man! Obviously some of these are a given like that of Lara Croft and others? Not so much. I'm not even going to even bother listing these in chronological order because that is simple madness! Video games are most likely tailored to attract boys or the male genre in general. By the video game companies catering to these "men" they have created several different female characters that make these boys actually feel that its okay to play a female role just because she's a hottie.

Alright so I don't agree with the sexism but considering it is a game and it isn't a real person, these video game companies have made even me (a female) play some of these games and think "wow she really is attractive." Okay so it's a dumb thing to think I mean these are "characters" but still, it's a pretty amazing feat to have people drooling over your cartoony self! On to the list, shall we?

Lara Croft - I fought the urge to put this one even on the list but, she is on so many other lists, I had to do it. Okay, we all know Lara's story and I presume most of you are well-acquainted with the ever popular Tomb Raider video game series. However, there are some fascinating facts linked to this character, which some of you may not be aware of. Before Lara's origination, Core Design had to come up with a fashionable lead role for their game and several ideas were thrown around. The purpose was to make a "real-time cinematic game" and to appeal to the ultramodern gamer. Although several might differ, Lara is still one of the sexiest video game heroines ever created!

Rayne - aka BloodRayne - In addition to having a killer physical structure, BloodRayne is known for her cutthroat and predatory nature. She was born after her mom was assaulted by her vampire father (which would account for her predatory). Rayne treats some of her foes brutally and without mercy. Sometimes she envelops her legs around them and sinks her teeth into their necks to feast on their blood.

Farah - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - When Ubisoft renewed the Prince of Persia character with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a new hot icon was born - a nimble young lady, named Farah. This extremely attractive maidenly specimen is the Maharajah's daughter and often assists the Prince in his death-defying travels. Whenever he's stuck some place, Farah is usually there to provide a solution.

Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark Series) - Joanna Dark is the legendary protagonist of the Perfect Dark video game franchise formulated by Rare. In the games, Dark acts as an elite group mercenary who specializes in industrialized espionage. She is working for the Carrington Institute, where she is given the code name "Perfect Dark" in honor of her flawless performance in conditioning trials. Her real name is derived from Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc).

Alice from Resident Evil - A virus has escaped in a classified facility called "The Hive," turning the faculty into ravenous zombies and releasing the mutated Lab "Animals" that they were studying. The complex computer shuts down the base to prevent transmission. The parent corporation sends in elite armed services unit, where they encounter Alice, who is suffering from amnesia due to exposure to nerve gas. The military team must shut down the computing device and get out, contending past zombies, mutants, and the computer itself, before the virus escapes and infects the rest of the world. Alice must also come to terms with her slowly-returning memories.

Lightning from Final Fantasy - Character designer Tetsuya Nomura was asked to produce a "female version of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII". During development, he has described her as "not very feminine". Lightning is a young woman with strawberry-blond hair. She is given an anonymous task by a Crystal. Lightning wields a gun-sword, which can also manipulate gravitation. Lightning is only a codename and her real given name was said to be revealed somewhere with the game's plot. There is a speculation that it might depend on what the player will name her.

Shahdee (Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within) - is a subordinate of the Empress of Time, appearing scantily dressed with a black, short haircut. She is charged with the duty of seeing that the Prince does not attain the Island of Time. Shahdee departs with the cognition that the Empress will kill her if she fails in this duty, demonstrating that she'll do everything in her power to ensure the Prince does not make his destination.

Kasumi - also known as "the Kunoichi of Destiny", is a female ninja skilled in the Mugen Tenshin Style of Ninjutsu. She was to become the 18th Master of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan, but ran away in order to enter the Dead or Alive tournament. There, she hoped to defeat Raidou, the man responsible for crippling her brother Hayate. By leaving the secretive ninja clan, she became a nukenin (runaway shinobi). This means that she must live on the run from her former comrades every day as they seek to silence the "traitorous" Kasumi. Eventually, Kasumi kills Raidou and wins the tournament. She also plays on DOA 2, 3, 4, Volleyball, and DOA Xtreme 2!

Rikku from Final Fantasy - is a playable character in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and most notably in Final Fantasy X-2. She is a lively, kind-hearted young Al Bhed girl with blond hair and spiral-shaped pupils instead of the ordinary "dots" - features that all Al Bhed share - and is highly skilled in mechanics, alchemy and thievery. She is the daughter of Al Bhed leader Cid, the younger sister of Brother, and younger cousin of Yuna, whom she calls "Yunie". She speaks English fluently, is mechanically-minded, makes eccentric gestures, and has a tendency to use humor in tense situations.

Jill Valentine from Resident Evil - She first appears as one of two playable protagonists in the original Resident Evil. Along with Chris Redfield, she is a member of STARS' Alpha team, deployed to the Arklay Mountains. Alpha team is attacked by several undead dogs, and retreats to the Arklay Research Facility. Jill initially works with Barry Burton, as they inspect the mansion and discover its undead residents.



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