Prissy Girl's Guide: Prissy Girl's Guide to Video Games Part 1

Crack Kills. Crack Kills.

Video games. Video games. Video Games. Either they mean the world to you ^like this kid^ or you just don’t care. Regardless, they are forcefully present in our modern world and are responsible for lapses in time and, perhaps, put need to do tasks on the back burner. For us Prissy Girls this means adapting, if we are not already into the video game world, to find a style that fits us best.

Boys don't stand a chance.

Most of us have a past with video games from childhood and enjoying games like Super MarioBros., Donkey Kong Country, or various others on our Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, GameCube for the unfortunate, and Nintendo 64. But unless we really got involved with Xbox and Playstation, it was easy to miss the boat on where video games are headed to now. In case your thumbs are a bit rusty, here are a few games to get you back in the swing of aaa,bb,ab,a,bb,c,b, combos.

Get to 12 Million if you can.

Whether you have an Xbox live account or not, you can still access some awesome games for not a lot of coin. Set in an infinite universe where neon, raving figures try to invade your space and ultimately kill you with one touch, Geometry Wars: RetroEvolved is a barrel of fun and doesn’t cost much. It’s considered an arcade game and it is killer fun to play alone or with a girlfriend – PLUS. There is something nostalgic about this brain child from Bizarre Creations (fare thee well). I have been known to toss a few beverages back and kill a few shapes for hours when I should have been doing other productive things, like catching up on my OnceUpon a Time.

From one crasher to another.

For those of us old school Prissy Girls, modern video games just have too much unnecessary content. There are tiers and classes to excel in; weapon and firearm customization and selection; base points and whatever the hell comes next. What happened to just kicking the crap out of some baddies and rescuing the hot princess? Not all is lost with the totally awesome and old school feel of Castle Crashers. This is an awesome modern blend of a fun story line and graphics, but a very simple concept – PLUS. Thank the lord for Tom Fulp and DanPaladin’s creativity to bring us this tubular time capsule. Of all the games mentioned in this blog, Castle Crashers is one of the better to springboard to more advanced games like Assassin’s Creed, Borderlands, WOW, and Halo (New Halo 4 set to drop Nov. 6^th).

Bing. Bing. Bing-Bing.

For the uber old school Prissy Girl, there is one game that blows all the others out of the water. May I introduce Pinball Arcade? If no, tough, I’m going to anyway because no one can resist the childhood joy of hearing that pinball bounce from bumper to bumper and the evil loser tune that haunts you when you tank a ball. This electronic version of the pinball classic is a great way to have fun and learn the controllers exceptionally well – PLUS. Also, you can select from four different pinball machines depending on your Prissy Girl preference from sexy mystery to space confusion.

Kinect. Meet your father.

I see you

I love my Kinect for Xbox 360. I, admittedly, don’t play it as much as I should or want to, but I’ve never felt more satisfied after getting a work out. The Kinect is for every style of Prissy Girl: Star Wars for the Nerdy Prissy Girls. DanceCentral for the Clubbanging Prissy Girl (the moves aren’t as stupid as you’d think), but especially if you’re the Athletic Prissy Girl. You can practice Yoga, Tai Chi, and other work outs – PLUS. The Kinect resembles #5 from ShortCircuit and even moves eerily similar. So messing with the Kinect itself is kinda fun. I recommend it.

I just reached ultimate gallactic empire status in 10 hours. What'd you want?

These are just a few games to get you back on the videogame bandwagon, if Wreck-It-Ralph doesn't do it for you. You would be surprised how much more brain filling it is to solve puzzles and push your last score than it is to flip through fashion magazines looking at clothes you’d never wear. It doesn’t hurt to expand your horizons and surprise yourself. Still, it would be a shame to deny yourself of much needed girl time. So, like anything, videogame in moderation.

Origin of the BOOMSHAKALAKA (who would have known it would be from this guy):