This Gamer Girl Got

Hey All!

So in follow up to my Gift Guide I figured that I would do a nice little posting to tell you all what this gamer girl got for Christmas! I have to say that the girl in me is very happy well the gamer in me too is doing back flips shes so excited :D For Christmas this year both of my sisters got me Game Stop gift cards which I am super excited about cause Little Big Planet 2 comes out January 18th, but at the same time their are having the most epic sale of buy two get one free on preowned games I might just have to get in on that and just pay for LBP2 myself :P Next up Zephy got herself a nice gaming mic for her PS3 from the parents. Thank you Mom and Dad! I love it so very much! Now I can talk to the people that are on my team and smack on the people that are NOOBS! Though I am sure they aren't super excited about the increased yelling coming from my room! Next up I got an awesome USB Logitech Headset for my computer from the most amazing guy Brian! I am super excited over it cause now raiding will be easy again. My poor headset decided to give out after three years of keeping me going in World of Warcraft, from the end of Outlands to the start of the Cataclysm. Thank you for all your faithfullness may you rest in peace now and not have to transport my screams at noobs anymore. Next up my big gift from the parents this year is enough to make the gamer in me salivate! An amazingly beautiful 32" HD LCD Flatscreeen TV! The picture is amazing!!! I swear I am in love with a TV, it keeps me happier then any man has *giggles* and can't cheat on me :P Speaking of men and all that stuff I have to send a big congrats to my baby sister and her new Fiance! I am so happy for you two! Alright so I have saved the best for last Zephy's best friend Knob decided to spoil her this year, and got her the most epic gift EVER!! The Candy Pink Dual Shock PS3 Controller and as you can see above it is a very loved controller!!!!! Well that is all for now! Comment girls let me know what you got for Christmas that you love! Gamer and girly sides are both welcomed! You too guys let me know what epic gifts you got this year and want to show off!

Happy Holidays!
May the new year bring you nothing but gaming bliss!
Peach.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!

Holiday Gift Guide to Your Gamer Girls Heart!

Hey All!

The Holidays are here and the time for crazy sales, frantic shopping and trying to find that perfect gift to give the girl you love comes with it! :P Finding that gift can be some what of a challenge, I know believe me been there and done that. So here is your Holiday Gift Guide to Your Gamer Girls Heart!

Those on a Budget!

We all know that things can get really tight around the holidays, but you still want to be able to get something that the one you love will really enjoy and appreciate. Gift Cards are the common fall back, but they lack that zing! that WOW factor! Well there are some awesome gifts for those who still want to put a smile on her face but are on a budget. There are always some awesome Indie games on XBox Live, WiiWare and Playstation Network. For XBox Live might I recommend Arkedo Series - 03 PIXEL! for 240points?? This old school, 2D, side scrolling platformer makes me smile! The blue and white color are a nice soothing feel so it is a nice game to play at the end of the day to wind down along with the little cat being oh so very cute! Now for PSN I would recommend the game Flower, well not exactly an Indie game it still is a really amazing game for the low price of $9.99! thatgamecompany fully took advantage of the motion sensor in the PS3's wireless remote and ran with it! Which after playing for the first time I fell head over heels in love with :D

Then of course we have the two biggest games of the year! First off we have Plants vs Zombies! This adorable and addicting game allows you to plant flowers (progressively better ones) to combat waves of cute zombies coming up the lawn to eat your brains! The colorful cuteness of this game is enough to make even the most seasoned FPS girl squee in joy! Not to mention the theme song! So freaking cute! This is available for download on Steam for your Mac or PC, on iTunes for your iPhone, iTouch or iPad, and even for download for those of you with XBoxLive! Second I have for you the Number 1 top paid app on iTunes in the whole world, Angry Birds! This game is so addicting and fun to play, and you really come to hate that stupid little grin that the pigs get on their face when one is left alive ..... -_- ..... I really hate those pigs. Check out the intro to the game in the animation below, and see the back story on why the birds hate the pigs so.

If you play World of Warcraft together you can always get her something in game! You could always go the route of getting her some sweet Bind on Use gear from the new expansion, most everyone is rushing to get to 85 and will be needing the gear once there. Though those will vary depending on what class and spec she runs. If you don't mind a little bit of mad grinding (or dropping some serious gold in the action house) might I recommend the Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw)?? This is a companion that any girl would be happy to add to her collection and show off to the world! Now if you want something from the new expansion and you just so happen to be a miner then I would say pick up your ax empty your bags and head out to Twilight Highlands, Deepholm or Uldum and looking for Elementium and Rich Elementium Veins, you have a chance to find the Elementium Geode well mining these! This tiny little creature will be the sparkle in any girls eye for the holiday season! If you still are not happy with either of those and want something cheep but don't have to work to hard for it, you might want to try the Blizzard Store. They have two new companions up for sale the Moonkin Hatchling and Lil' Ragnaros both are just ten dollars flat and will put a nice smile on her face! And on a plus side if you want to do a good dead at the same time then go for the Moonkin Hatchling, Blizzard will donate 50% of each one purchased to the Make A Wish Foundation now through December 31st!

Tech Girls!

For my Techy girls out there, I have some nice Pink options! I recommend the Candy Pink PS3 Controller, for the Playstation girls out there. Any PS3 gamer should be proud to hold this controller in his or her hands, the epicness of it is to never be matched! :P There is of course the XBox360 version of this with the Baby Pink Controller.


There is of course the lovely SOYNTEC Netsound 500 Headphones and Microphone. It is totally adjustable to fit your head and the sound is stereo which makes those late nights playing World of Warcraft and hearing all those lovely insults in vent in all clarity. With an in cable volume control and a noise cancellation microphone, this comfortable design allows for hours of wear!

The Fluffy Cute Girl!

If your girl is one who likes fluffy and cuddly things such as plushies then here are some gift ideas for you! For our Classic gamer girls we have the wonderful and adorable Shine Sprite from SuperMarioSunshine! This plushy is a perfect replica of the Shine Sprites from the game and brings back fond memories for any gamer of a game much loved and played!



Now if your girl played the much loved game of Little Big Planet then she is going to just adore these! Her very own Sack Boy or Girl! Any fangirl of LPB will love having one, if not all of these to cuddle as she traverses through the world of dreams.



Now if you don't mind the gift being a little late Rovio has up on their site Angry Bird Plush Dolls! Well these would make a great gift....they are not going to be shipped until January 2011. You could always get her a card with a homemade gift certificate that says good for one plush and let her choose, that might make it a little better. Well these look great and all you might not want to wait tell after the first of the year to be able to present your gift and win her heart. In that case might I recommend something from the Blizzard Store again?? Why not go with something that she can show off both in real life and in game?? A great way to do that would be with the Wind Rider Cub or the Gryphon Hatchling! When you buy either of these you get a a nice real life plushy to snuggle and love and attached to his ear comes a card that contains and in game code which gives you the same companion to love in game also! Blizzard also offers a pink and white Murloc plushy for your girl to love and cuddle this one sadly does not come with an in game version though. :(

Geek Chic Girl!

If your girl is a gamer and really into the fashion that goes along with it, otherwise known as Geek Chic! Then you might want to try these wonderful gifts for her! First up we have the website JunkieLovers, here you can find some pretty awesome jewelry for your geek chic girl. Some of my personal favorites would have to be the Space Invader Necklace, this kick back to old Atari Classic will bring up fond memories to any Geek Chic girl out there! The Girly Gamer Necklace is another must have with the old school brick GameBoy and the pink bow in the corner this is good enough for any gamer girl to proudly wear to show off her love of gaming! Next up we have the Pacman Ring, well this makes for a great holiday gift, I wouldn't use it for an engagement ring if that is the way you are going! :P And last but not least from JunkieLovers we have the Pacman and Ghost Earrings, any girl would love to have these two chasing each other around and around forever apart on her ears as she walks around town. There is many more things for the gamer in your life on the lovely site of homemade goodies, Etsy!

Iron First does some amazingly nerdy and oh so very cute and fashionable clothing and shoes! Their Laides Zombie Chomper Handbag makes any girl proud to be a nerd, and showing offer her love of zombies on the go is an awesome thing! Now if your girl is one that likes to dress up and go out on the town then the Ladies Siren Platform are enough to make every gamer girl squee in joy! With so many things to choose from it would be any girls dream to have a lovely outfit waiting for her under the tree this Holiday Season!

Money Is No Object :P

For those of you who money means nothing to and want to make your gamer girl the happiest around, try the X-Rocker Spider Wireless Gaming Chair! With 3in full range arx speakers, 5.5in power sub sub woofer, headphone jack, volume and bass controls, and is compatible with XBox360, PS3, Wii, iPod, MPS, PSP, DVD, and more! This makes a perfect gift for any gamer girl out there! It even folds in half for easy storage and or transport :) With a price tag of 300 dollars though this one better be the gift for that very special special gamer girl in your life :P This doesn't sound like something your girl would be into then you could always go with one of the new motion gaming systems! Either the PS3's Move or the XBox360's Kinect. That choice I will leave up to you though!

The only other amazing gift that I can offer to you is a pair of Gunnar glasses. Made for any gamer and or graphic designer these glasses are amazing! They help those who spend long hours looking at digital screens, without getting into all the details I will tell you that they really do work they actually make it so that your eyes don't fatigue as much and on top of that they actually make it easier to notice details quicker and more to the point. Gaming performance has even been known to improve!

Alright I think that will end it for the time being on my Holiday Gift Guide to Your Gamer Girls Heart! I hope that this helps with your now last minute shopping and that you make the Gamer Girl in your life a very happy person!

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!

EPIC GAME RELEASES!!! Part III :P

Hey All!

That's right Zephy is back! Sorry about the long absences, life got a little carried away there with me for a while. I promise that from now on even if I am uber busy, I will post something amazing here at least once a week (if I have to give up gaming time to do so then so be it!) So be sure to check in with me every week!

Alright let's get this ball rolling enough with the mushy stuff :P I know that I missed a few really epic game releases, so I have been debating as to how to continue/end this series of posts. I didn't want to just stop and act like missing some of the greatest game releases of the year was okay so I figured that I would take this time to go over a few of the note worthy releases and make this an on going series of posts every month or so!

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Systems: PS3, Xbox360, PC

Alright so my original plan was to dedicate a full posting to this EPIC game release but plans change :P I am instead going to tell you that this game is so worth the 60 plus bucks you are going to spend on it! I have to say that Treyarch did an amazing job making this game into one of the best in the series, they took an already awesome title and made it even better. Now for those of you who played MW2 there is some slight differences in this game; it plays more life like, what with the delay on the time of explosion on frags, the time it takes to drop your gun, knife someone, and pick your gun back up, and even the time it takes to burn to death from the napalm drop! :P Yes Zephy gets very excited when it comes to killing people. I haven't gotten to play as much as I would like but I have to say that Treyarch did a killer job on the map layouts and the weapons systems. I even love the fact that you can buy what you want when it unlocks! In fact the only two complaints I have are of course the ever present one on my part: Activision and their hate of gamers, the way they run their servers pisses me off. Along with the fact that they keep insisting on not putting their commercials on girl networks, though I will give them mad props for their "There is a Soldier in all of us" commercial :) They just need to remember that the keep missing out on half of the population (more then half actually) by not advertising to girls. I can't wait tell the day that I open up a fashion magazine and see gamer fashion in there with video game advertisement :P And the other complaint I have is that I miss my emblems and call signs. I like the make your own emblem but I miss being able to earn epic ones! :P That's just the "half to be the best" side of me coming out! Now I will say this Black Ops does have a rating of M for Blood, Gore, Intense Violence, and Strong Language, that means parents out there you have to decided if you want your young ones playing this. If you want my opinion I I would say that anyone under the age of 16 should not play mainly because of the fact that there are some pretty intense imagery (like blood splattering across the screen) that might be to much. So the answer to the all important question: YES! Black Ops is a great investment for any gamer out there! Be you a causal or a hardcore player!

(Anyone looking to game with Zephy just add me on PSN under the name Zephyira include a note so that I know why you are adding me though!)

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Systems: PS3, Xbox360, PC

In the sequel to Assassin's Creed II you play as the Master Assassin Ezio as he journeys to Italy and the once great city of Rome to continue in his on growing struggle against the Templar Order! We have seen the story. We have watched it grow. And we have fallen in love with Assassin's Creed, and Brotherhood is a wonderful addition to this series of amazing games! We are again joined from some of Histories most famous people, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and even Caterina Sforza, I don't know about the rest of you but the history nerd in me is in love with the fact that we get to see these people in such an awesome setting! You get to lead Ezio through the single player mode where for the first time you are introduced to the new line of Assassins, each under his command and coming together to defeat the Templars. In addition to the famous story line we also get to see the first ever Assassin's Creed Multiplayer! Choose from any of the unique characters offered, each with his or her own signature weapon and techniques! Yes Ladies there are even some neck slicing, kidney stabbing, girls for us to play as, the Courtesan, the Hellequin and even the Smuggler! Now the ESRB rating on this is M for Blood, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, and Strong Language. For young children this is not a good game. Though for everyone else I have to say this is a MUST BUY! This game is pretty epic, even if you are not going to play online the story itself is a great tale to play through, and well worth the money.

Sonic Colors
Systems: Wii, DS

I covered games for the adults, now lets cover something for the children! My nephew absolutely loves Sonic, so of course this was a must have, and I have to say that the this new adventure in the Sonic universe can hold it's own among the classic games! The Wii version offers a 2-player co-op which allows for you to combine Color Power to have twice the fun. Where as the DS version allows for you to go head to head with two on two races among your friends or to go international to play against anyone around the world on the WiFi connection! The story it self is great! Dr. Eggman is back and at it again with the evil plots. He is building a them park in space, now this sounds all fine and dandy tell Sonic discovers that he has abducted an alien race called Wisps and is using their color powers in his plans :( Poor little Wisps! And they are so cute too! Shortly after this Sonic discovers that he too can use these new Alien powers and does so to save them! Rated E for EVERYONE! There is some cartoon violence but it's the classic old school violence that all of you parents out there grew up with well watching cartoons! So don't be too harsh let them enjoy their game and you should join in on the fun too!

Well folks that is all for now! Look for my holiday guides for the gamer girl and guy in your life coming in the next few posts and I hope to see you all back here soon!

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!

EPIC GAME RELEASES!!! Part II :P

Hey All!

First I have to apologize for taking so long to get this up! Remember that I am the only person writing this blog, sometimes life gets away with me.....and sometimes I get dragged back into WoW! :P Yea I know bad Zephy bad! *giggles* Well lets get this going Part two of this years EPIC GAME RELEASES! Woot! Come on you know you are excited for this!

Battle vs Chess
Release Date: 19 Oct 2010
System: PS3, PSP, Xbox360, Wii,
Nintendo Ds, Mac, PC

Alright, this is an odd one for me to have found. I have to say, that I had no idea this game was even in the making and well looking through a list of hot new games for this holiday season I ran across this and freaked out! I just had to do a project in my gaming class to design a game that I would love to see made. And well this doesn't follow my idea precisely, it's still pretty awesome and one that I am actually super excited for. Combining professional chess software, Fritz! a world renowned chess algorithm software, combat oriented game mechanics, animated game pieces and vivid 3D conflict animations, has brought the classic game of Chess into this day and age :P In this new version of the classic game you play out your match only to have a "death match" when confronted with another piece! Hence your game pieces will no longer be easily taken! Now even the lowly pawn has the chance to stand up to the King!

Fallout: New Vegas
Release Date: 19 Oct 2010
System: PS3, XBox360, PC

I know this is the one that many of you have been waiting for, and I can totally dig that. I have personally been super cranked for this release! I have to say that this is going to be big for this holiday season, I know that I will spend a lot of my vacation playing through this story. A single player story line Fallout: New Vegas looks to be pretty promising and a true credit to the Fallout line. So sit back at your pad grab yourself a nice cold bottle of Nuka Cola and have yourself a a blast playing Fallout New Vegas!

Enjoy your stay!

Crafting Mama
Release Date: 26 Oct 2010
System: Nintendo DS

Alright, so if you played that annoying, addictive, time eating game Cooking Mama, and hated yet loved in a sick way, then you are where I am right now. Do you buy this new game?? And risk wasting hour upon hour of time playing this, because you know you will sit there saying "this game is so stupid" only to spend yet another hour playing! This stylist based game of sewing, molding, painting, cutting, gluing, and oh so much more contains 40 different crafts with many different out comes for each one depending on how well you preform each step in the task. Yes Mama will even award you Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards for what you have done! I know I am going to end up getting it and being sickly addicted to yet another Mama game :P So join me in the maddness!

Rock Band 3
Release Date: 26 Oct 2010
Systems: XBox360 PS3 Wii

I will admit that I have never been a big fan of Rock Band. Yes I know "OhEmGee! What is she thinking?!" I enjoy it in a group setting but sitting there playing it by myself for hours just never really got me excited. With the most tracks to date this looks to be the most promising game in the series yet. I see hours of fun times and many nights of late play parties ahead for the many fans. :P

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II
Release Date: 26 Oct 2010
Systems: XBox360, Wii, PSP, PS3,
iPhone, PC, Nintendo DS

We find ourselves again on the journey of Starkiller, Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice. I have to say that the best part is the dual welding Lightsabers, can you say shweet! The new combat techniques, expanded custom options, all new challenging levels and a variety of brand new enemies makes this game more epic then ever! You can even challenge your friends to a 4-player Force showdown on Wii! Anyone willing to face me??

Fable III
Release Date: 26 Oct 2010
Systems: XBox 360

Five decades have passed since the events of "Fable II" and Albion has evolved into an industrial revolution, but now the fate of the kingdom is in danger! You will be called upon to face your destiny but the choices you make along the way will effect the world around you. Will it be for the greater good or your own personal gain?? Who will you become?? I am so looking forward to this! You know Zephy is going to have to go the evil route! :P

That's it for now!
Peace.Love.&.Gaming!
Zephy Out!

EPIC GAME RELEASES!!! Part I :P

Hey All!

With the recent release of Halo Reach and Dead Rising 2, I am reminded of all the amazing games to look forward to this Holiday season! I figured that I would take a little time out of the blog to go over a few of these games and see what y'all think! There is a whole list of games coming out that I am looking forward to, I have no idea where I am going to find the time or the money to enjoy them all :P but I will definitely try! Because there is so many games to look forward to I am going to spend the next few days going over a few a day and y'all can tell me what you think and what you would like to see me post as an EPIC GAME RELEASE! I debated how I should go over the games and how I should break them up in the up coming posts. I finally settled on just going by release date starting with what is coming up the quickest! Let's get this show on the road!

Intellivision Lives!
Release Date: 15 Oct 2010
System: DS

This is actually not really a "new release". Well it is a new game to the DS the game itself is not new in anyway. Well this is a rerelease of classic games from the Intellivision it is also a rerelease of the game itself the first one actually having been released in 1999 for the PC, 2004 for Playstation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. Released again in 2008 for the Xbox360 under Xbox Originals. The game includes over 60 titles from the classic system the Intellivision, and brings back childhood memories and a love for good games.

Super Scribblenauts
Release Date: 12 Oct 2010
System: DS

The amazing and much anticipated sequel of Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts is a side-scrolling puzzle game where you as Maxwell must traverse through the world and collect "starites" using only your worlds to summon objects to help you. Spelling is a must to play this game. This new and exciting version not only allows you to continue the story, but to use adjectives in your words also. Let me explain were as before you could only summon things such as a ball or a pig, you can now "up the ante" and summon a pink ball or a zombie pig. Personally I am going to enjoy all the amazing things I can bring to life in this game!

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
Release Date: System individual
System: iOS, Wii, Playstation3, Xbox360

Now I personally am not a die hard Sonic fan, I am excited for and doing this one mainly for my nephew who is turning into a little gamer, and has a deep love for Sonic. A 2.5D side-scrolling platform with a slight throw back to the original sonic game, this new one allows you to control Sonic as he goes through the mazes and levels of each world. Using mechanics such as the original spin dash and power-ups like speed shoes alongside the homing attacks seen in the newer 3D Sonic games. This will also be the first time since Sonic 3 & Knuckles where Sonic can transform into Super Sonic during regular levels after collectiong all the Chaos Emeralds. This promises to be well loved by new and old fans alike. This new game is downloadable with a different release date for each system. Sonic will be available first on the iOS on the 7th of Oct, followed by WiiWare on the 11th of Oct, Playstation Network the 12 of Oct and finally on Xbox Live Arcade on the 13th of Oct. Even promoting online leader boards where players can compare level completion times, and high scores!

Just Dance 2Release Date: 12 Oct 2010
System: Wii

The sequel to Ubisofts much loved game Just Dance is back with new songs and new life! Well I have never been much a fan of the first game I am excited to see some of my favorite songs on the new game!

Kirby's Epic Yarn
Release Date: 17 Oct 2010
System: Wii

I have to admit that when I first heard of this game I could not help but laugh, I thought for sure that someone had finally lost their mind and was snatching at straws to try and keep themselves floating in today's economy. After seeing the trailer though, I have to say that I have fallen in love with this new version of Kirby! Animated yarn and a wonderful world of cloth textiles and zippers makes this adventure look to be a lot of fun, and allows for Kirby himself to be morphed into many different shapes and objects! I wont bore you with the details let me just show you why I have fallen in love with this game!

Medal of Honor
Release Date: 12 Oct 2010
Systems: PS3 Xbox360 PC

There has been much controversy in the news over this much awaited game, and well it looks bad we have to remember that the media takes things way out of context and need to do a little more research before they go off and print some of their stories. Then again they are just looking for what sells :P I am going to take directly from the Medal of Honor website so that y'all get a lovely idea of the game itself. Hopefully you are looking forward to this as much as I am!

"Operating directly under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors are called on when the mission must not fail. They are the Tier 1 Operators.

Over 2 million Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines wear the uniform. Of those, approximately 50 thousand fall under the direct control of the Special Operations Command. The Tier 1 Operator functions on a plane of existence above and beyond even the most highly trained Special Operations Forces. Their exact numbers, while classified, hover in the low hundreds. They are living, breathing, precision instruments of war. They are experts in the application of violence. The new Medal of Honor is inspired by and has been developed with Tier 1 Operators from this elite community. Players will step into the boots of these warriors and apply their unique skill sets to a new enemy in the most unforgiving and hostile battlefield conditions of present day Afghanistan.

There is a new enemy. There is a new war. There is a new warrior. He is Tier 1."

There you have it folks the end of Part I of Zephy's EPIC GAME RELEASES!

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.

Zephy Out!

Self Hatred Anyone??

Hey All

So something that I have noticed as of recently is a lot of hatred among my fellow gamers/geeks/nerds, now I am not talking about the friendly bad talk in game or the classic "Im gonna to cut you bitch!" or the "Im gonna own you bitch!" Those are all said in good gamer love! :P What I am talking about is the actual hatred among my fellow gamer girls, (and a few gamer guys) And this truly makes me sad! :(

If you follow me on twitter you saw my tweet about a week ago that simply states "Geeks and Gamers need to be proud of who we are! We are already frowned upon enough by "normal" society, we don't need it among ourselves! :D" Though if you ask me I would just simply say what is normal?? Cause to me I am perfectly normal, my obsessive gaming and constant need to own at all video games along with my drive to get all the achievements possible along with my sick need to make sure that everything is perfect :P That is normal to me. Where as to my sister, the massive amounts of make up she owns and changing her clothes four or five times a day and going out to the desert and spending the weekend off roading is completely normal! So the question there is what is really normal?? But I will go into that on a later post! For now we are working on the hatred!
Team Unicorn - named such because you know gamer girls are as elusive as uincorns! - Michele Boyd, Clare Grant, Milynn Sarley and Rileah Vanderbilt; recently released a video entitled "G33k and G4m3r Girls" as a parody of Katy Perry's, California Girls. (Yes I am fully aware of the ComicCon version of this song too done a while before this one, but because this is the well known one, mainly because of the girls themselves we will stick with this one for the blog). I have to say that I personally loved this video, as seen by the fact that I posted it on this very blog with heart felt love over the fact that they did something so amazing. The problem at hand though is the hate that they received from the geek and gamer community!

Now as a girl yes I understand where the hatred is coming from, but as a girl GAMER I don't understand they why of it! Yes these girls are all beautiful and lovely and yes I understand they don't represent our everyday girls, heck I will the first say that yes I know I am not one of the "hot" or "sexy" girls but I am proud of who I am! Both as a girl and as a gamer. Why should we hate on someone because they are beautiful and sexy, and are proud of it themselves?? What because they are this they should hide themselves in a closet and never show it off to the world?? Doesn't that go against everything that we are always saying as a society?? Don't we normally want to put the people that are like this on the pedestal and "worship" them?? Not I personally, I am more interested in what each person stands for and what they are doing with their fame rather then how pretty they are. And each one of these girls has done me very proud. They showed here that girl gamers are not in all reality Unicorns, and a figment of the worlds imagination yet again. So why the hate?? I know that I personally would never be able to do what they did in the video, only because I am not built like them :P but I sure as hell don't hate or fault them for being and doing so!

So explain to me girls (and guys), why are we hating on them for going out there and showing yet again that girls do game?? And not just the sterotypical nerdy girl/guy, you know what I am talking about the ones with the big thick glasses, buck teeth and no fashion sense at all and are still virgins that live in their mothers basement with no social life that is always used to portray us. I for one thank them! Lets show those boys who rule! :P You know I am just kidding guys. I will say this though PLEASE! from one gamer to another stop with the geek on geek hate! Like I said before, we get enough of it from outside the gaming community. Heck most of them consider us to be "sick" and in need of "help" because we are "gamers" O.o Yea I don't get it either but listen to what people are saying and you will see. Apparently we are suppose to "grow-up" and be "normal". We really don't need the self hatred! We have been trying to change this sterotype for years! And here we have girls going out and doing it, and all you can do is hate on them! How hypocritical is that?? If you are really not happy with how they do it then stop bitching and do something yourselves, show that they are not the majority!
Yes I am a girl! Yes I am a gamer! Yes I am cute! Yes I have a fashion sense! Yes I function in real life(well for the most part)! Yes I can quote Starwars! Yes I own 20 sided dice! Yes I pwn at video games! Yes I play Modern Warfare2! Yes I play World of Warcraft, and not just a raider but a RAID LEADER! Yes I h ave collectibles! Yes I own comics! Yes I love Star Trek! Yes I wear make up! Yes I play sports! Yes I have a family! Yes I have a steady job! Yes I wear glasses! Yes I love mudding! Yes I social life! Yes I date! Yes I have a family(including two sisters who pull me out when I get to into a game :P)!

No I don't care what you think of me. You either like me or you don't and that is completely up to you and you alone. :D Now if you will excuse me I am going back to MW2 I got a N00Bs to take out!! :P

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!

Girls! We Have a New Anthem!

Hey All!

Alright so Zephy is not feeling well at all :( and on top of that I seem to have lost my book. Oh well I get to spend a little time working on a few things I guess. Trying to take it easy. So I signed up for Raptr I am under Zephyira like usual :P Fell free to add me if you wish! Other then that I just wanted to do a quick post and show the most awesome music video of all time!

EMBED-Geek and Gamer Girls Song - Watch more free videos

Awesome! Right??

Peace.Love.&.Gaming
Zephy Out!

Hmmm.....

Hey all!

Alright, so I just watched Abby Heppe's review on Metroid: Other M. I have to say first of all that I am not in full agreement with her on how horrid the game was. Yes there was a few things that I would have to agree with, they did sexitize her a little bit in this game. I just don't think it was as bad as they make it out to be in her review. And yes the mechanics need a lot of work, they didn't flow as nicely as they should have with the Wii Remote. They gave her a feminine side, is that so horrible?? Why can't she be a strong woman, and still be a woman. That's what she is after all. I am a gamer yes, but I pride myself on being a girl. That includes make up and everything else that makes me a girl. I do agree that she shouldn't have been so subservient to Adam, but you also have to remember she does follow him out of respect and love. And because he is her commander, anyone in the military will tell you that you HAVE to follow orders, you may not like the orders but you have to follow them. She is still the strong woman she was I mean come on the guys she teams up with are getting in trouble and who saves their asses?? Samus! And lastly, what is the problem with her voice being girly?? I am 23 years old, I still sound like a little girl most the time. When I answer the phone half the time people will actually ask me, "Is your mommy home?" -_- And having heard her voice myself, I have to say that she doesn't sound all that much like a little girl. I honestly think that I sound more like a little girl then her. Some girls just have voice like that, is it so wrong?? I should hope not. :P

I am not saying that Abby is wrong in her views on the contrary I agree with her right to be offended. I just don't see how it is so horrible for Samus to come a little more into her feminine side. I know that even we girl gamers like to get dressed up and feel pretty every now and then.

Wii Games - E3 2011 - Metroid: Other M

Edit: (7 Sept 2010) I was watching G4 today and saw the trailer for Metorid: Other M again, and it just reinforced what I am trying to say here. Samus' past is what makes her, her. It is not something she can run from. It is something that she has to embrace.

"My past is not a memory, its a force at my back. It pushes and steers. I may not always like where it leads me but like any story the past needs resolution."

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!

O.o....I think I am scarred for life..

That is all.

Peace.Love.&.Gaming
Zephy Out!
<3

Call of Duty: Black Ops! Mulitplayer!

Hey All!

Alright, so something that you might not know about me is that one of my favorite game series of all time is Call of Duty. And with Call of Duty: Black Ops just around the corner I am so freaking stoked! I am constantly reading up on all the stuff that is to come in this new installment in the series and finding myself more and more excited they have yet to disappoint! Well reading through a few things tonight, I found out a little bit more about the Multiplayer mode, a combat training mode for those who have never played multiplayer before, and even more exciting a currency to be introduced to the game!

First a quick look at the combat training apparently you will get to choose this option to try and get a little practice in on playing in the live mulitplayer mode. The idea came from a dummy the team created named Larry who stood in the field and reported back damaged received to the programmers, soon everyone even the Devs wanted Larry to be a little more and he was developed into a full package thus bring AI opponents into the game. In this mode you will get to choose to play alone or with friends. There is not much information out on this right now but as soon as I come across more I will be posting on it for now lets just leave it at this.

Next CURRENCY! So if you have ever played a Call of Duty game you know that a huge part of the fun is trying to unlock the different items, and Kill streaks. With the introduction of CP or "CoD Points" we see a whole new idea to getting the stuffs you want. Instead of waiting for it to unlock now you can save up the amount of CP it takes and use that to open it up instead. It also seems that our perks will be changed around a little bit, something like choosing Ghost will put you in guilly suit where as scavenger will give you lots of pouches on your armor. This will also be seen by other players so that they will know at a glance what perks you have equipped.

Alright so what is cash in hand without a bit of gambling?! Well the creators of Black Ops fully agree! They have created a series of four multiplayer games called "Wage Matches" which allow people to ante up and compete against each other for the combined CP, the top three players of each match walk away with it split between them. The rest, well lets just say better luck next time!

The four wage matches are actually pretty awesome in their own rights! "One in the Chamber" is a battle of the pistol! Everyone gets one pistol and one bullet, killing an opponent gives you another bullet well missing means you are left with just your knife, now don't worry to much! If you manage to kill someone with your knife then you will be granted another bullet to go about trying to kill people! "Sticks and Stones" arms each player with a tomahawk and a crossbow! Yes folks you heard me right a freaking crossbow! If you manage to kill an opponent with a tomahawk it automatically puts them at bankrupt in the match thus making them have to work to get all their CP back and to try and win the match :P This is probably going to be one of my favorites! "Gun Game" is a battle royal! Players will progress through different tiers of guns where killing a player will get you the next level of gun but die and you are dropped back down! Last but not least we have "Sharp Shooter" this match is designed to be a weapons knowledge game. Every player will have the same weapon at a time but the weapons are randomly generated and at the end of a set period of time the weapon will change to a different one. I must say I am fully excited for all four of these matches and can't wait to start betting my CoD Points away! :P

Another way to make money goes to the always loved version where you are a "hitman"! Alright, alright not so much but you do get to have the fun of "buying" a "contract" with your CP. You then have to complete said contract in the amount of time allotted. For example, you buy a contract that says you are going to kill 50 players in four matches, if you complete this you will be payed back in more CP then you paid for the contract thus turning a profit. If you are epic fail and somehow do not complete this contract you loose your monies all together and are left broke and on the streets left to beg for CP!

Something I always look forward to is customization! In Black Ops you will be able to customize your weapons even further! And even be able to create emblems and place them on your guns! It seems that new gear has been added to our beloved care packages as well! There is a Gatling gun, an off site mortar team, a remotely controlled bomb, a movable SAM turret that targets any aircraft in the Area, a special RPG and my personal favorite a napalm strike! Who doesn't just love to sit back and watch things burn in sticky goo??

And lastly something all of us epic players look forward to, the ability to not only brag about our achievements in game but to also be able to SHOW them off! Black Ops will allow the player to record their matches! You will then be able to save, store, share and browse! Show off how good you are, and see how epic fail everyone else is! :P

Just in case you all were wondering yes Zephy plays live mode she is addicted to killing peoples and reviles in the opportunity to do so in MW2! My beloved Callsign and Emblem:

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.
Zephy Out!
<3

Hey All!

Alright so as most of you know by now I am in a CISGame class at my school! Yes I know it has to be just about the best class EVER!!! I get to get a grade for learning about what I love already! AWESOME!!! So for those of you out there that are willing, I need some help for the second homework assignment for this class I have to ask different peoples a few questions to get a Demographic on gamers! So what I need from you is people to answer the questions! Here they are:

1. Name and Gamertag
2. Age and Gender
3. Location (City and State)
4. Marital Status
5. Ethnicity
6. Religion
7. Education Level
8. What type of games do you play? (FPS, RTS, RPG, etc.)
9. Preferred gaming platform?
10. What is your reason for playing, or what influenced you to play in the first place?

Now if you are so inclined to answer them but don' t want to answer them where everyone else can see them please feel free to send me an email! at Zephyira@yahoo.com and I will be very happy! Thank you so much!!!! <3

Peace.Love.&.Gaming!
Zephy Out!
<3

Most Influential Game of All Time!

This semester at school I am taking a class dedicated entirely to the element of gaming! I am in love with this class! First let me give a shout out to my class who is reading this, and a big thank you for voting my poster in 1st place, along with a congratz to my two fellow placers! And to my Professor Tracy, for creating the class! For our first assignment of the class we had to choose and write a paper on what we believed to be the most influential game of all time and why. I present to you, Zephy's choice for most influential game of all time!

Most Influential Game of All Time

Let me first start off by saying that this is one of the hardest assignments that I have ever had to do, and it has excited me more then any in a long time. I sat down for hours thinking over the answer to the one question asked “What do you believe is the most influential game of all time?” I went through hundreds of games in my head and the reasons that they could be consider influential, in reality how influential they were or are, and in the end it came down to two. Either Doom, the game that completely changed the face of First-Person Shooters which are my favorite, or Metroid, the first game to have a female Protagonists. After much thought I figured it would be best to go with something that I stand for in my blog (http://girlsdontgame-headshot.blogspot.com) and choose the game that brings women to the fore-front of gaming: Metroid.

Now I know that Metroid is in reality not the first game to star a female character, that would be Ms. Pac Man but it is noted for having the first female protagonist in a video game. Protagonist for the Greek protagonistes meaning “one who plays the first part, chief actor, the leading character, hero or heroine of a drama or other literary work.” This is the person in the story, or in this case the video game plot line, whom the events of said plot line revolve around and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy; (Empathy - The capacity to, through imagination rather than literally, share the sadness or happiness of another sentient being.) And well we don’t know that Samus Aran is female at the start we learn in a surprising twist that the character we have come to love and relate to is in fact a girl who is a femme de force; a girl that can and will save herself, and kick your butt in the process.

From the beginning of history we have seen the story over and over again. Princess/damsel is captured by the evil/misunderstood villain; hero comes along and saves her/kills or entraps the evil and is rewarded with either a kiss from or the princess herself. The thing we rarely see is that girl saving herself. Metroid showed us that that is possible, and in doing so brought a new and revolutionary idea to the video game industry. Girl’s can game too, and they don’t have to be a sex object well doing so. The moment at the end of Metroid when Samus is relieved to be a girl is considered one of the greatest twists in a video game, and the greatest moment in Nintendo history.

The game play in itself is revolutionary, combining the platforming of Super Mario Bros and the exploration of the world as in The Legend of Zelda and containing elements of shooters, makes for the great nonlinear gameplay that we find in Metroid with a much darker atmosphere. The Metroid series will consists of eleven games as of the 31^st of August 2010, and is one of Nintendo’s most successful franchises with over 16 million games sold.

That right there proves that Activision is wrong in its latest statements, recently brought to light, where they claimed “they don’t do female characters because they don’t sell.” The Metroid series has been and is still running strong since its first release in 1986, with the latest and much anticipated installment Metroid: Other M being released later this month (31 August 2010). Thus proving that statement wrong and that a female character, can, will and do sell; provided that the character is more then just a sex object.

So after much internal debate, and hours of research; I truly believe Metroid to be the most influential game of all time. Not only being an evolution in gaming, but for showing the world that women can be the lead in a video game too, and you’ll still love her. It makes me proud to be a strong women and true girl gamer.

Peace.Love.&.Gaming

Zephy Out!

Blizzcon Draws Closer! Announcments Incoming!

Hey All!

Alright so with Blizzcon only a little ways away, we are going to see an influx of new information on the up coming Blizzard games! And I am happy to say that I will be including what I can. Well I am not going to Blizzcon this year, (School, Work and the lack of an ability to get a ticket) I will be informing my readers of the oh so wonderful things that are going to be coming out!

The first of the many great posts to come, was brought to my attention by Revenant earlier today! Blizzard has announced their website today what the new non combat pet will be for attending Blizzcon this year!

Meet Deathy!

" A murloc companion decked out as Deathwing and doing his best to strike fear into the hearts of Azeroth's crustacean population."

I must say that well he is super cute, I wouldn't want to try and cuddle him to close :P Deathy will be a must add to any companion pet collection out there! I am sure the people over at WarcraftPets are super excited to hear this one!

Along with Deathy our fans of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be given a Murloc Marine character portrait and a pair of deep-sea decals to emblazon on your units, each with a different terran, protoss, and zerg design!

Along with that we had the recent announcement for the Special Edition Cataclysm Pet! I am happy to introduce you to:

Lil' Deathwing!

I am sure by now if you are a wow player you have heard and seen the footage already but I figure that if I am going to cover Deathy I might as well cover Lil' Deathwing too!

That's it for now!

Peace.Love.&.Gaming
Zephy Out!

WOW....Activision Fails Even More!

Okay for the last few years Activision has slowly been destroying everything that they touch, but this latest action has taken it to far.

Now those of you who know me know that I am the first to tell girls to stop bitching about guys saying girls don't game, and to just be proud and prove that we do, we are here, and we PWN3!

In a post by Leigh Alexander on Gamasutra we are shown just how EPIC FAIL Activision really is when it comes to girls in gaming.

Apparently True Crime: Hong Kong was originally a project called 'Black Lotus' which was suppose to feature an Asian female assassin as the main character, who was even to be modeled after Lucy Lui. (I don't know about you but I personally think that would have been awesome to see!) In the article a former Activision employee states:

"We were all on board, and then Activision killed it, said they don't do female
characters because they dont sell."

Leigh's other source even says:

"Activision gave us specific direction to lose the chick,"

As a hardcore girl gamer I have to say that I am actually offended, and for someone to offend me is a pretty big deal. Leave it to Activision to piss me off even more.

The article goes on to tell how close minded Activision really is:

"Activision has no room for 'we are making an open-world game with a Hong
Kong action movie fell with a female lead,' because that game doesn't
exist right now." says one source. "What they do have room for is, 'we are
making an open-world game with a gangster main character who can steal
cars and shoot people, but it will be in Hong Kong instead of Liberty City."

What they don't seem to understand, is that the lead of the game is only a small portion of if it will do well or not. If the story line sucks, or the characters are flat, or the mechanics are horrible the game isn't going to sell regardless of the main character be it male, female, or a freaking purple people eater!

If you want you can find the full article here! And if you take the time to read through the article just take a glance at the comments at the bottom they are enough to make you want to really pull of a headshot.

Enough of that sadness to close this post out on a happy note Zephy has found two new sites for my fellow girl gamers out there! The first is Gameinatrix! This awesome site is the home to the podcast Gamer Girls Radio and is dedicated to all the gamer girls out there! The second is WomenGamers.com not really sure on this one yet, though they seem to have a lot of really interesting posts and a great information lead on girls in the gaming industry. I am going to keep my eye on that one before I say anything else. But I fully suggest checking out both of them!

As always comment! Let me know what you think!

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.

Zephy Out!

Gaming Aside for a Minute

Hey y'all

Alright, so gaming aside for a minute there was a horrible accident this last weekend (14 August 2010) at the California 200 run by the Mojave Racing. Eight people were killed and many more injured, there is going to be a fun raising event Thursday August 26th at Fast Lap in Ontario, so right off the fifteen at 4pm. For any of those out there that read my this and want to help the families that have lost their loved ones in this then please comment and I will be more then happy to give you more information or someone you can get a hold of for more details.

For those of you out there that have taken this to the extreme and are saying that racing needs to be banned you need to get a life, there is no reason that this should be banned. Yes it is a horrible tragedy, but no by no means does this need to be closed down. Now I am not saying that nothing should be done, I agree with the regulations that they want to put on the races so that no one is that close ever again. There are rules in place now that say that spectators should be 100feet back form the track at all times but as you can see from the videos posted all over youtube and the news this is not the fact of the matter. The fans come right up to the track so that there is just enough room for the trucks to get through.

The race does not need to be closed down, nor outlawed! Yes regulations should be put into place AND ENFORCED! But please don't make this more then it should be.

My heart goes out to the families who have lost their love ones.

Peace.Love.&.Gaming.

Zephy, Out!

Congratulations and Decisions!

First things first!

I want to say a big congratulations to all the new Frag Doll Cadettes!

AliBakes
Miz_Calamity
JaspirLady Graphix
SDWIFEY or DeathChips
ElisaRockDocPMS SourPatch
PMS Fedaykin
Texas XOPMS ClubSammich
PMS Seliona or Kimminyton
PMS Vball Chick

I have to say that some of your videos were really awesome! I can not wait to see what you all do with your time as a cadette! And for those of you wondering, no I did not put my application in this time around. I decided to wait the January deadline, for the spring session! No worries I will keep you all up to date on that one too! And even post my video once the new girls are announced for the season.

Enough with the congrtaz now on to the decisions! Mwahahahahahaha! So as many of you know I do not own an XBox360 yet and with the release of the new 250GB Slim I have decided to drop the money and get one! Yay! New thing for Zephy to get addicted to! Oh Joy! I can just see it now!
"Homework what homework are you talking about?! I spent the night owning noobs at Halo!"

So now comes the decision point, do I want to go the "build your own bundle" route with GameStop?? and end up getting the XBox360 250GB Accessory Bundle which comes with:

• XBox360 Console (250GB) - Black
• 2 XBox 360 Wireless Controllers - Black
• XBox360 Black Headset
• One Month XBox Live Membership
• XBox360 Hard Drive Data Transfer Cable

for $369.97 and then add on an XBox360 Live 12+1 Month Card for $49.99 making my total so far $419.96. Then of course I am going to need games so I would have to go with Red Dead Redemption (59.99), Naughty Bear (49.99) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (54.99) which would bring me up to $548.93. Finally we all know that Zephy is going to need Marketplace points to get my avatar all beautified so we have to add a 4,000 point card to that which closes my total out at $634.92! Woot! And of course this is all BEFORE tax! :P

Or do I go with the Uber L33T and get the XBox360 Limited Edition Halo: Reach Console - With Bonus! which includes:

• XBox360 250GB S Console With Custom Design
• Halo Reach Standard Edition
• 2 XBOX360 Wireless Controllers With Custom Design
• XBox360 Black Headset
• One Month XBox Live Membership
• Gamestop Exclusive in-game UA Multi-Threat Mjolnir Mark V(B) Armor
• Exclusive in-game Spartan Recon helmet with the Visor/Blast Shield

for $399.99. See I would still need the other three games which brings me up to $564.96 plus the Live membership and the 4,000 Marketplace points which brings me to $664.94! WOOT!

So for Thirty dollars and two cents more I can get the Halo: Reach game with a smexy console and controllers along with exclusive in-game content! The question here is it worth it?? Do I really want a console with Halo:Reach permanently attached to it?? Or do I just want to go with the first custom bundle and get Halo: Reach Legendary Edition for another $149.99?? Decisions! Decisions! What is a girl to do??

Give me your advice what do you think I should go with??


Peach.Love&Gaming!

Zephy Out!