Bayonetta, The Good, The Could be Better, and The Curves

The hottest new video game vixen has been unleashed. The Bayonetta costume will no doubt be a popular one at all the cons this year. With the the glasses and witchy street cred, she has hypnotized all the emo, nerdy, and gothic chicks that lay eyes on her. Since Sugar Gamers is making an appearance at ACEN I think I'll do an article dedicated to the best Bayonetta costumes I see and hopefully get some tips. I have to admit she has great appeal, good sense of humor, witty, full of attitude and a bagin' bod. She's kinda like a female Dante (Devil May Cry) for me.

Game play is highly stylistic, somewhat similar to Devil May Cry and the controls are very fluid. There's a good variety of movements and attacks. Scenery and enemies are ripe with juicy color and shading, it's a very handsome set of graphics. Plot works for me, it's just complicated enough to keep me interested while keeping things simple. At the end of the day, you really just want to get to the hack and slashing. Music is a great compliment to the game and deserves an honorable mention.

Sometimes it can get a little frustrating, checkpoints can be a little far apart, but I suppose that adds replay value. The cut away scenes: Some of the writing while funny, is a bit cheesy. And I know, it's a video game, they're not looking for an Emmy. Still, I personally like to keep the cheese to a minimum. If you go too cheesy with a sexually charged game like this, it can come off like porn banter.

Speaking of sexually charged: I don't care how much nudity is in the game, I wouldn't care if she was running around naked the whole time she could probably get away with it. Some argue that she's just another slutty character to sell games. PUH- lease! She's just putting it all on the table folks. Let's face facts, ladies and gentlemen alike, you mean to tell you've never had naughty thoughts about your favorite video game character with the sweet body? Don't answer that, you'll probably lie to me. Even if she is a little slutty, I'd still hang out with her, she seems like a blast! To her credit, she's got a great ass for a bunch of pixels, sometimes these designers don't get the ass right, usually it ends up looking flat so props to them for that one.

HELLO!! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!!! Well done on your coming out Bayonetta, I have no doubt you'll make a splash and I KNOW there will be another game, with even more fabulous costumes.

Here's to Bungie's Hero movement

I know everyone has something to say about Bungie but I do have to tip my hat to them for their "Be a Hero" Halo event. I won't lie, there are days I curse Bungie for being unable to ban all the hackers, knowing full well that's just a bad game of cat and mouse. But Bungie has really made an impressive effort that makes me feel good about investing A LOT of my cash into their products and this event was like the icing on a cake.

For those unaware, Bungie encouraged Halo players to rock a red heart emblem on their Spartans and Elites, in return, for every 1000 participants who sport the emblem they would donate 100$ to the Haiti cause. Some say they did it just to bump up their numbers and pull people back from COD, but I can't agree. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST WANT TO HELP! KNOCK IT OFF YOU WEB TROLLS! I've been playing the past two days and have seen nothing but red hearts wall to wall, it's pretty moving.

Gamers are often considered apathetic, and emotionless drones. Seeing so many hearts says that despite one's judgement, there are a ton of gamers out there who give a shit. Now I know that not all gamers are incredibly informed or generous but the shear number of hearts makes me think that even those who normally wouldn't care, made a decision to do something proactive. Of course the act of changing one's emblem is not difficult, but it made being charitable very accessible. Just being able to get people to do something, no matter how small I feel is a step in the right direction. Bungie has a vast following from the more mature to the youngsters so I think it's good that these young gamers see someone like Bungie setting a great example. As you know, Sugar Gamers has declared a crusade against gamer stereotypes so I had no choice but to bring to light the amazing response from our gaming friends. I hope to see a lot of copy cat movements similar to this one and I hope that anyone who owns Halo3 or ODST will make sure to pop on and play for the cause.

Geek Chic Lifestyle Tip #3 (We need to talk hair)

Hello again foxy ladies, time to talk about hair. I won't lie, I might be a little harsh on this one. Just know, I'm not trying to turn into some cookie cutter betty, there's just a few rules I strongly recommend following.

1. I know you guys know this, but there's a few friends of mine who try to bend this one because of their lack of social interaction. All hair needs to be washed regularly. For some textures it's daily for others there may be a couple days in between. Rule of thumb is your hair should NOT be oily or clumping, that's gonna make your face break out. So you need to wash before it gets to that point. And when washing it's very important to message the scalp. And for most hair textures, you gotta, gotta blow dry. Most hair textures look dull and almost like you didn't wash it all if you let it air dry.

2. This ain't Home Depot. Do it yourself rarely works out when it comes to hair. I know your bangs are gettin' long and they're hangin' in your face, go ahead and sweep them to one side until you can get a pro on that. Your local hair stylist is your friend. Stylists won't do anything without your permission, but sometimes they have great suggestions so you might wanna listen. You don't have to throw down a ton of cash for a good cut either. Also, I wouldn't let more than three months go by between cuts.

3. The ethereal long hair look. Okay, Bonks loves ya, but here it goes. If you're gonna have this long hair you have to MAINTAIN that mane. That means washing, blow drying, straightening, and hair styling product. It's a lot of work, and if you're not up to it, I strongly recommend investing in a wig or extensions. There is nothing worse than seeing a perfectly beautiful young woman with frizzy, lifeless, limp hair down to her thighs. And no pulling it back into a ponytail and or enormous bun does not help, at all. I would also like state that no one should have their hair any longer than a couple inches past their bust, any length after that is near impossible to maintain. On another note, a ton of hair with a singular length for all strands doesn't have a whole lot of life to it. You may want to consider layers.

4. Color. Oh ladies I love color, and I'm going to say that you can have your hair any color you want but I do want you to be aware of a few things. A full head of dyed pink hair is no doubt a statement, but if you're not in high school, it might limit you. Finding a job might be harder as well as being taken seriously. I know, that blows, I wish I could tell you to dye on until you pass out from the chemical smells, but I care about you so I can't. Now, if you're in a professional situation where your radical dye jobs are embraced, work really hard cuz you've probably got an awesome gig. But for most professional situations, I'd hate to see any of you held back because you love purple so much that you had to cover your head with it. This would be a another situation where wigs can save the day. They come in all colors and cuts, you can save a ton of time and bad smells.

Okay, I'm glad we could have that talk. I love you guys and I'll check in with you soon.