Game Corner: The App Edition (Part 1) - Summoners War and Marvel Contest of Champions

Hello Hello everyone!!

How are you all today?

Game Corner is back, and today I am going to talk about two (2) mobile games that I have been playing non-stop for the past month or so. However, before I get started on this post, I just wanted to thank everyone who read my Skincare Routine post. That post surpassed 100 views, which was totally unexpected, and I am grateful to each and everyone one of you who took time out of your day to read and visit my blog. Thank you so much!

All the pictures in this post, are screenshots from my phone (Asus Zenfone 2)
This post like all of my other posts are NOT SPONSORED!
Now, let's get into these games!

Summoners War

Screenshot from my Asus Zenfone 2

Summoners War is a fantasy-based RPG (Roleplaying Game), where you summon a large variety of monsters, that you collect, train and battle with.
Hands down, this is one of the most graphically beautiful games I have ever played on a mobile. The characters, and environment are all in gorgeous 3D, and I've never had any issues running it on my ASUS Zenfone 2.
There are five (5) elements that the monsters are classified into:

1. Fire
2. Wind
3. Water
4. Light 
5. Dark 

Screenshot from my Zenfone 2

Now like most mobile games, there are in-app purchases available, I personally don't make in-app purchases, so I struggle to get through levels from time to time, because the enemies, are really tough.....I'm looking at you Chimera! >.<
However, I approach this the way I approached old school Pokémon games, I grind until my arms hurt, then I grind some more. I love that this game allows you to use lower level monsters that you summon to power up your higher level and higher starred monsters, it helps with the grind life. I thoroughly enjoy this game, and I have been recommending it to my fellow smartphone owning RPG playing friends, and I would recommend it to you also.



Marvel Contest of Champions

Screenshot from my Zenfone 2

 I am a Marvel fangirl!!!
I will never in my life deny it. I love Marvel, She-Hulk is forever my favourite, and I'm still questioning why she hasn't been in an Avengers movie, nor why she hasn't had her own stand alone movie?!! What's up with that Marvel?!

I've gone totally off topic, so back to Contest of Champions, I was introduced to this game by one of my very best friends who told me he was hooked on this game, so of course I went ahead and downloaded it, and now I am hooked also.
This is a free to play fighting game, where you are summoned by 'The Collector' to fight in an epic battle against both villains and hereoes, in the ultimate "Contest of Champions".

This game is in full 3D, and it is very pretty, and the character models are awesome! For example, Gamora (pictured below):

Screenshot of Gamora - Zenfone 2

You collect champions through the use of crystals, which you can find throughout the game or you can purchase them through...you guessed it, in-app purchases ( I don't purchase anything in-app). Thus far I've obtained Hulk and Gamora, while Spiderman and Hawkeye I believe everyone starts off with.
This is one of those games I have found myself completely engrossed in, and I cannot remember when last a mobile fighting game has kept me coming back to it continuously. I'm very grateful that my friend recommended this to me, and I happily recommend it to you.
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This marks the end of this week's post, and I will like to thank you all for coming by and I hope you all have a very lovely weekend.
Like I mentioned last week, I won't be doing an August Favourites on my blog, but you can keep an eye out on my Instagram (@ladyjpsych) for my August Favourites over there.
I'm still considering starting a Facebook page for J's Mind Palace, but I haven't fully convinced myself to do that just yet.  
Until next Friday, I hope you all stay happy, healthy and positive!
Bye (^_^)/

Game Corner : The Return!

Hello everyone!
I'm so pleased to announce that Game Corner has finally returned!
I haven't posted a Game Corner is quite some time, and it was simply due to the fact that I wasn't really gaming as much. However, today I have two Nintendo 3DS games to discuss, that you can get in the Nintendo eShop. They are; Pokemon Rumble World and Pokemon Shuffle....yes I am 23 and love Pokémon!

Pokémon Rumble World

• It is a free to start game, where you battle and collect over 700 Toy Pokémon. It's an easy and casual game that is perfect if you just want to unwind. 
• I usually play this after I get home from work, to relax. The Toy Pokémon designs are absolutely adorable, and I enjoy the concept of using hot air balloons to get to the different areas. 
• According to the information given about the game, there are 18 different areas with more than 80 stages, which to me is very impressive and generous for a free game. 

My complaints 

• In order to catch the Toy Pokémon, they have to wobble during the battle or at the end of the battle and that wobbling increases the chances of catching them. However, I've found even with the items to increase the chance of the Toy Pokémon wobbling, if you're on a stage with only 1 more Toy to capture, the chances of that particular one wobbling are still very low.
• Even after catching all the toys in a particular stage, you will more than likely end up repeating stages. The stage selection is similar to roulette, wherever the spotlight from the hot air balloon lands, that's where you'll be going. Despite the fact that repeating stages allows you the opportunity to catch more powerful toys, it gets annoying after a while. 

 Despite my annoyance with the repeating stages, I still find myself coming back to this game every evening. To me it's just a great way to relax and take the load of the day off of my shoulders.

Pokémon Shuffle

• Free to play puzzle game. 
• It's essentially Candy Crush or Bejeweled, where you match 3 or more of the same Pokémon. Each match sums the Pokémon's attack power, and does damage to your opponent (the Pokémon you are attempting to capture).
• You have 5 hearts and hearts are used to play the stages (again like Candy Crush) and each heart takes approximately 30 minutes to replenish. 
• Good way to relax and it is pretty fun to play. 

My complaints

• None!

Conclusion
These two games are super chill and I do enjoy them on a daily basis, but I know for many people these won't be their cup of tea. If you're trying to relax and you're on a budget and you like Pokémon, why not give these a whirl, you've got nothing to lose!

Now this isn't the end, just yet, I'm now going to list a few games I hope to play in the coming months and that I may include in a future Game Corner;

• Smite 
• BloodBorne
• Batman Arkham Knights 
• MKX
• Marvel Contest of Champions (app)
• Fortress Fury (app)

If there is any game above, that you want me to spew my thoughts on first, please feel free to leave a comment, I would love to hear from you.

That's all from me today, I may see you on Sunday, for some favourites and/or not so favourites *wink*
Until then, stay happy, healthy and positive (keep that optimism up!)
Bye (^_^)/

February Favourites: Short and Sweet

Hey everyone. Its favourites time again and I will admit I don't have very many this month, however I do have favourites from different categories apart from makeup, yay!

Makeup

Jordana Twist and Shine Moisturizing Lip Balm Stain - 05 Honey Love
Last month, I raved over this particular product and it continued to be my go to lip product for the month of February. It's moisturising, leaves a beautiful colour on the lips. For swatches, you can check out my January Favourites post in the archives.

Maybelline Shine Free Loose Powder - Medium
This is my current go to powder for when I don't feel like wearing foundation. It is not a powder foundation, just a traditional loose powder, the coverage is very light, but it helps to keep shine at bay for a few hours, so if I'm running errands, I just dust this on over some face primer either my elf or Prestige primer (also have a blog post on those) and that's my face makeup done for almost all of February. It has a pink undertone, which is the only draw back for me since I have very yellow undertones, however on the skin, it isn't noticeable.

Makeup Tools

EcoTools Fan Brush
It's so fluffy!!!! (Cue Agnes from Despicable Me voice) I initially bought this brush for highlighter, but I fell in love with using it for applying my loose powder. It picks up just enough product and all I have to do is lightly dust it on my face. The bristles are super soft and help to distribute the powder evenly, and even better EcoTools is quite affordable. I am thinking about buying a separate fan brush for highlighter, something smaller, maybe the elf fan brush.

Cala Professional Blending Brush (311)
A synthetic bristle blending brush, that works well with both cream and powder eyeshadows. It's soft, fits into the eyesocket easily, if you have very small eyes, I would recommend this brush for blending out shadows but not necessarily for applying them into the crease.

Television

Fresh Off The Boat
Based on the book by Chef Eddie Haung, Fresh Off The Boat is the best new comedy in recent years. Constance Wu who plays the mother, Jessica is hilarious. She honestly steals the show. I highly recommend you guys check it out.

Gotham
Fish did what to herself?!?!
Alfred!!!!! *ugly crying*
Gotham has been getting better and better with each episode. The writers are doing an awesome job. Can't recommend Gotham enough.

Games

World Of Warcraft
I recently started playing on a new, US based server as a Night-Elf Druid and I've been having so much fun. Unfortunately, my prepaid game card ran out so now I can't play. However, I am planning on upgrading to Warlords of Dreanor at the end of March, so I can't wait to get back into WoW. 
 
This is really short, but I really haven't been doing much this month in terms of wearing makeup, or playing games. On Monday, I start a temporary job, which I super excited for, and I'm hoping my migraines don't ruin the experience.
Until next week loves, have a safe and fun weekend. Stay healthy, positive and happy.
Bye (^_^)/

Game Corner : Pokemon Omega Ruby

I'm 23 years old and I love Pokemon...and I wonder why I'm single lol. 

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire a.k.a PokemonORAS, are the latest Pokemon games to hit the market and I gotta say, I really enjoyed it. I bought myself Omega Ruby for my birthday a few weeks back and I somehow managed to beat the main story in three and a half days, and then went on to complete the Delta episode two hours after...{Who's a total nerd? -------> (O_O)/...I am!}

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are remakes of the original Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire for Gameboy Advance, which funny enough are the only Pokemon games I never played, so for me the Hoenn region was a totally foreign experience. The story is basically the same as any Pokemon game, a young trainer with ambitions to become a Pokemon Master while attempting to stop an evil team from destroying the world and the harmony between humans and Pokemon. It's never failed before and if it's ain't broke, don't fix it.

This remake introduced a number of new mega evolutions, some I absolutely love, and some I find absolutely pointless for example. Mega Latios/Latias and the ability to soar over Hoenn is amazing, the graphics and beautiful and the ability to find mirage spots to are home to different types of Pokemon that can't be found anywhere else in Hoenn is awesome. However, I don't see the point of having a Pokemon like Glalie mega evolve, he just looks like a grumpy snowball/unicorn hybrid and the only reason to have kept him in your team, to beat a dragon-type trainer if you had no fairy-type Pokemon on your team.

Apart from the new mega evolutions, Pokemon ORAS also introduced Primal Reversal for the main legendary pokemon, Groudon and Kyogre. Let me just say, Primal Groudon makes you unbelievably O.P. No water attacks are effective, becaue of it's ability Desolate Land, the weather condition becomes so harsh that the water evaporates, and here I was thinking that Fairy-types were OP as all heck.  
  
The one thing about the revamp that had me a bit skeptical was secret bases. I never saw the appeal of them previously, however, hunting for flags in the secret bases has me going back to Omega Ruby everyday, and depending on the number flags you collect, you go up in rank and ranking up unlocks new items for your secret base as well as allows for your secret pals (other players you can recruit from their bases) to use new skills. The one feature I thought I would despise, is actually the reason I keep playing. 

I genuinely love Pokemon Omega Ruby and I am going to continue playing it until I complete my Pokedex, GTS here I come! 

Until next time amigos, stay happy, positive and healthy!
Bye (^_^)   

It's 2015 : Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Happy New Year to each and everyone of my amazing readers. I've been ill for the most of December and rang in the new year with a hard cough and slight fever while comforting my pup who is absolutely terrified of fireworks. I hope you all have a great year ahead of you. I wish you all health, prosperity and positivity in this upcoming year.

I'm not one to make new year's resolutions, however, I am going to make a promise to make a post once a week, most likely on Fridays and it will be a mix of the beauty and makeup as well as my gamer/nerdy loves or any random thoughts or rants I may have on a particular subject, while maintaining positivity.

The reason I created my blog, was to have a space to be free, to be myself in all my nerdy, weird and makeup addicted glory! In the few months of running my blog, I'm happy to say I've been able to do that. I've become so much happier with the person I am simply because I'm not hiding the fact that I love video games, comics and marathoning Lord of The Rings and Star Wars while simultaneously embracing my love of makeup and making recommendations to others about stuff I love.

I really want in 2015, to be more active with my blog, so I bought myself a new compact flash memory for my T3 and I've been busy snapping away, preparing for new post, so be on the lookout for those very soon.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, and I shall see you all very soon!
As always stay happy, healthy and positive,
Bye (^_^)/