Thoughts and Impressions

*Thoughts and Impressions* was a series on Derek S about cheap video games. In this series, the video games were mostly for the Wii, but there were occasionally Nintendo DS and 3DS titles. Also, the games were reviewed with a word based on the game's quality. The first episode was posted on September 12, 2015 about the video game *Build n' Race* for the Nintendo Wii. The series was discontinued on March 11, 2016 at 24 episodes, and the episode was about *Trackmania Turbo: Build to Race* for the Nintendo DS. This series was discontinued following an announcement video, released on March 10, 2016, mostly due to the new *Bargain Shopping* series conflicting with the series.

## Episode 1 - Build n' Race

The first episode of the series *Thoughts and Impressions* was released on September 12, 2015. The game was *Build n' Race* for the Nintendo Wii. The game received the word *Mediocre.*

## Episode 2 - Balls of Fury

The second episode was released on September 18, 2015 about the game *Balls of Fury* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Garbage*. After the review, the game disc was destroyed and broken into tiny pieces.

### Review

A review for *Balls of Fury* was later released on October 14, 2015. In this review, the game received a score of a *1.5/10.* During the review, a gaming skit compared the controls to *Table Tennis* in *Wii Sports Resort* to the game that was being reviewed. After the review, the game was compared to the review of *Hannah Montana: The Movie*, another terrible game, for the Nintendo Wii which received a score of a *1/10.* A cameo appearance video of Allyson (sister) was shown of her claiming that it was the best game ever.

## Episode 3 - Shaun White Skateboarding

The third episode of this series was released on October 1, 2015 about *Shaun White Skateboarding* for the Nintendo Wii. In this episode, the game was compared often to other skateboarding video games such as *Tony Hawk* and *EA Skate*, and it was also compared to other games from *Ubisoft*. This game received the word *Okay.*

## Episode 4 - Dream Pinball 3D

The fourth episode of the series was released on October 1, 2015 about the game *Dream Pinball 3D* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Okay.*

## Episode 5 - SpongeBob's Truth or Square

The fifth episode of the series released on October 1, 2015 about the game *SpongeBob's Truth or Square* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Passable.*

## Episode 6 - Carnival Games

The sixth episode of the series was released on October 1, 2015 about the game *Carnival Games* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Good* as the game could have gone for more testing before release, but it can still be fun and the games were replayable.

## Episode 7 - Skate It

The seventh episode of the series was released on October 5, 2016 about the game *Skate It* for the Nintendo Wii. This game is a spinoff *EA's Skate* series which also had the releases of *Skate*, *Skate 2* and *Skate 3* on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This game received the word *Great*.

## Episode 8 - Smarty Pants

The eighth episode of the series was released on October 7, 2015 about the trivia game *Smarty Pants* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Good.* Also, this game features a skit of gameplay in which I put in 11 (age at the time of this video) as my age. Then, I react to the questions that I get at that age.

## Episode 9 - Thrillville Off the Rails

The ninth episode of the series was released on October 8, 2015 about *Thrillville: Off the Rails* for the Nintendo Wii. This game received the word *Okay.*

## Episode 10 - Puppy Luv

The tenth episode of the series was released on October 10, 2015 about *Puppy Luv* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Awful.*

## Episode 11 - We Ski

The eleventh episode of the series was released on October 13, 2015 about *We Ski* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Good.*

## Episode 12 - Circus Games

The twelfth episode of the series was released on October 17, 2015 about *Circus Games* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Bad*, despite being quoted as *"a bad game"* over just the word.

## Episode 13 - Six Flags: Fun Park

The thirteenth episode of the series was released on October 19, 2015 about *Six Flags: Fun Park*, based on the theme park of the same name, on the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Bad*.

## Episode 14 - Kung Fu Panda

The fourteenth episode of the series was released on October 22, 2015 about *Kung Fu Panda*, based on the movie, on Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Good*.

## Episode 15 - Lego Rock Band

The fifteenth episode of the series was released on November 16, 2015 about *Lego Rock Band* for the Nintendo DS. This game was received with the word *Great*.

## Episode 16 - Pilotwings Resort

The sixteenth episode of the series was released on November 23, 2015 about *Pilotwings Resort* for the Nintendo 3DS. This game was received with the word *Good*.

## Episode 17 - Guinness World Records: The Video Game

The seventeenth episode of the series was released on November 25, 2015 about *Guinness World Records: The Video Game*, based on the book series, for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Passable*.

## Episode 18 - Goosebumps HorrorLand

The eighteenth episode of the series was released on December 3, 2015 about *Goosebumps HorrorLand*, based on the R.L. Stine book series, for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Terrible*.

## Episode 19 - Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games

The nineteenth episode of the series was released on December 9, 2015 about *Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Terrible*.

## Episode 20 - Boom Blox

The twentieth episode of the series was released on December 14, 2015 about *Boom Blox* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Amazing*.

## Episode 21 - Elebits

The twenty-first episode of the series was released on January 27, 2015 about the game *Elebits* for the Nintendo Wii. In the beginning of the video, a skit about the title of the game is recorded from an in-game cinematic. This game was received with the word *Good*.

## Episode 22 - Pizza Delivery Boy

The twenty-second episode of the series was released on February 25, 2016 about the video game *Pizza Delivery Boy* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Garbage*. After the review, the game artwork and instruction manual were ripped up into pieces.

## Episode 23 - Arcade Shooting Gallery

The twenty-third episode of the series was released on March 4, 2016 about the video game *Arcade Shooting Gallery* for the Nintendo Wii. This game was received with the word *Mediocre*.

## Episode 24 - Trackmania Turbo: Build to Race

The twenty-fourth and last episode of the series was released on March 11, 2016 about the video game *Trackmania Turbo: Build to Race* for the Nintendo DS. In the beginning, a montage of gray, black and white flashbacks of moments from the series is seen introducing the last video. At the end of this video, the word ratings for each game were shown. After the ratings, an announcement about *Bargain Bin* coming to an end and about the series was edited in a rotating video.

## Post Discontinuation

The first episode of *Derek S Bargain Shopping* was released the day after the last *Thoughts and Impressions* episode on March 12, 2016.

12, 2016. This series was all about finding video games and it also included DVDs. At the end of the video, the games were shown off in a haul.

The second episode of *Derek S Bargain Shopping* was released on April 9, 2016. It was mostly the same as the previous episode including a haul at the end of the video. However, some of the stops that were supposed to be in the final video ended up being cut. However, the items from the final stop were still seen in the haul.

However, editing on episode 3 was in the process and an episode 4 was planned, but both videos ended up not coming out following an announcement video on April 28, 2016 about the discontinuation of the series.

A follow up video of the finds from episode 3 and episode 4 was released on May 18, 2016 which was titled *Derek S Bargain Shopping - The Forgotten Finds*.

On May, 28, 2016, the first episode in a new series titled *Game Shopping* was released. In this series, it was about looking for video games. The series did not focus specifically on bargains and it did not include DVDs.

A second episode to the series *Game Shopping* was released on June 18, 2016 during the time I had a broken wrist. Unfortunately, the series has never seen a return after this episode.

## Other Related Videos

### Bargain Bin

Most of the games after episode 3 were accompanied by *Bargain Bin* videos. The videos in this series were meant to show off the cheap video games before playing the game while *Thoughts and Impressions* was after the game has been played. This series also had initial thoughts of the game looking into the game's box art, genre and/or publisher. The first episode in this series was released on September 23, 2015, and this series ended on episode 8 with the final games on February 21, 2016.

The first episode's game was seen in *Video Game Pickups #16* on dns1851. This video was released on September 11, 2015 which was the day *Super Mario Maker* released. However, *Balls of Fury* was before the series and it was never seen in any type of pickup videos.

Also, the pickups in the video released on November 27, 2015 were not in a separate *Bargain Bin* video, but instead were on the *Black Friday Shopping Haul* video. There were six bargain games featured in this video, but only three of the games ended up in the series. *MySims Sky Heroes* was originally going to be part of the series, but it ended up not being on the series for reasons explained in another video.

### Top 10 Best/Worst Games for Thoughts and Impressions

Two videos were made about the top 10 best and worst games in the series after the series has officially hit twenty episodes. In these episodes, ten games made there way into the top 10 best games, and then there was a ten that made it to the top 10 worst games.

In the worst list, after the games, a list of games was shown that did not make it to the final cut as *Games That Did Not Make It to Thoughts and Impressions*. The games that did not make it were *MySims Sky Heroes* and *The Price is Right: 2010 Edition*. *MySims Sky Heroes* did not make it as the other *MySims* titles that I bought were not going to be in the series. *The Price is Right: 2010 Edition* did not make it as it would have been too hard to review based my personal interest of the game.

*Top 10 Worst Games for Thoughts and Impressions* was released first on January 20, 2016. A week later, *Top 10 Best Games for Thoughts and Impressions* was released on January 27, 2016.