3DS Games I Can't Wait To See

I spend a lot of time talking about Animal Crossing 3DS, so much so that people might get the idea that its the only game I'm looking forward to on the 3DS. Thats just not true. Sure its the MAIN game I'm looking forward to, but its not the only one. Here are the other games I'm looking forward to:

Heroes of Ruin, coming out on July 17th in the U.S., is a dungeon crawler action rpg. If it was only a single player game, I'm not sure I'd buy it. Thankfully Heroes of Ruin has 4-player off-line and on-line co-op. You can join people online or offline to fight monsters and hunt for loot. The game even has voice chat online! It'll have Daily/weekly challenges for people to complete too. I think this game is going to be one of the best games for the 3DS when it comes out. Can't wait!

Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance is an action rpg from Disney/SquareEnix. If you're a Disney fan and you've never played a Kingdom Hearts game....GO! Stop reading this. Just go get Kingdom Hearts 2 for the PS2 if you can. Its a fantastic title. It has lots of Disney characters and worlds, along with some SquareEnix characters too. The Kingdom Hearts series does have a very complicated story (does it ever!), but its so much fun to go to the different worlds and meet the Disney characters. Previously the handheld Kingdom Hearts games haven't been great, but DDD will change that. The game has all-new Disney worlds to explore, some new gameplay tricks up its sleeve, and it looks great on the 3DS. I don't think I'll be buying this one right when it comes out, but I will get it as soon as I can!

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a spinoff of the Epic Mickey series of games (the first one was Wii only, the second one is multiplatform). Its a platformer, think Mario, but with lots of Disney characters & a cool paint/thinner concept. I think its going to be a really fun game. Possibly a must buy too. I'm hoping that a demo will appear on the 3DS before it comes out!

And those are the three other games that I'm really looking forward to. Though, I'm sure there will be many more games added to this list as the year goes on! Can't wait to see what appears on the 3DS next.

Thank You Mr. Bradbury

Ray Bradbury, writer of so many wonderful stories, died last week.

It came as a shock to me. I knew he was older now, but yet, he was still writing books. You still heard about him online too. I guess apart of me expected we'd have him around for years to come...

And now he's gone.

I didn't know Bradbury the person, but I loved the Martian Chronicles and loved the short stories of his I've read.

Most of all, he's had a major effect on my writing. I love how he thought of summer, childhood, and October, one of my favorite months (because of Halloween). I love the sense of wonder and excitement he brought to his stories. Nobody writes like Bradbury. His stories are descriptive, full of imagination and times long past.

I can see Ray Bradbury in some of the stories I've written so far too. In one recent story I wrote, there was a scene set in a park that when I went back to read I thought "Thats definitly influenced by Ray Bradbury." I owe him so much. For the wonderful stories I've read and will read of his. And for the sense of wonder and excitement I hope to put into my own stories.

Bradbury the person may be gone, but his books are still out there. If you've never read a Ray Bradbury story, please go out and read his books now. At least the Martian Chronicles or one of his brillant short stories. Everyone should experiance a Ray Bradbury story.

The world needs more wonder...