Just some business to attend to before we get started. I am now home for a month, it being Christmas and all. I am also quite sick and have a terrible sore throat. Apart from that I'm doing great.
Also, it's snowing. A LOT. I had to push a car today, I almost fell over in a road. Not the best of times.
Right onto the matter at hand; LEFT 4 DEAD 2
After the whole Tesco Entertainment debacle, I'd been itching to give this game a go, and when Robb told be that he'd got it, I was over to his place faster than a Survivor into a safe house. When I got there, he still hadn't opened it, stating he was "worried about zombies leaping out of the box" After beating him over the head with an 360 controller for being an idiot, we started up the game.
I don't have a great history with shooters. My aiming ability has never been fantastic, and I panic under pressure and end up flailing wildly around, hoping somebody chooses to walk into the path of my bullets. Having said that, I performed pretty well in L4D2, mainly because of two things; shotguns and katanas. I charged wildly through hordes of zombies, varying between blowing faces off with a combat shotgun, and slicing limbs with manic cuts of my ninja sword.
L4D2 looks very pretty and plays beautifully. At first, me and Robb had a manic strategy of shooting anything that moved. But after a while we started to work together, with me on close-range combat, and him on automatic, long-range weapons. It was really amazing to see how our team skills developed. At the start, we would leg it from any group of zombies bigger than us. By the end of our play session, we were co-ordinating tactical attacks on Tanks. As well as hitting people with guitars.
The game really won me over, and I'd love to get it. I may pick it up in the January sales and then play some co-op over XBox Live, but this all remains to be seen.
I've been playing a lot recently, ranging between Bioshock (really scary), Prince of Persia (needlessly repetetive) and Batman (excellent) as well as Wario Land 3 (it works! Also, it's great) so I may randomly post about them at some point.
But right now I'm sick. Leave me alone, y'all...
21 Dec 2009
15 Dec 2009
The Potential Death of A Cartridge by Perpetual Rain
I dunno, what do you think? This blog post title sounds like the name of a really pretentious art piece you might get in the Tate modern. It would feature neither cartridges, nor water, and be made mainly of polystyrene. And feature an apple somewhere. Okay, tangent completed.
Here's the thing about Amazon or eBay ettiquette. The moment something is sent, and I mean literally the moment (using your iPhone from the post office) you mark it as sent. This is so the people (in this case, me) who are waiting for the item in question (in this case, Wario Land 3) know to check their post box to see if it has arrived. Otherwise, it sits in the post box, ALL Saturday, a day filled with showers of heavy rain, resulting in the cartridge absorbing a fair amount of water.
Admittedly this rage could be mis-placed. I haven't actually tried the game yet, so it could work fine, but I know these cartridges. They struggled if they got a little dust in 'em, I can't bare to think how it'll handle a day of British precipitation.
However we are coming ever closer to my return to London, and my epic splurg of gaming that will ensue. I'm really psyched for Bioshock. Wolfenstein can't hold my interest for much longer.
Until next time, this is me, a guy who doesn't understand the words "end of term revision", saying I'll see y'all after the storm!
Here's the thing about Amazon or eBay ettiquette. The moment something is sent, and I mean literally the moment (using your iPhone from the post office) you mark it as sent. This is so the people (in this case, me) who are waiting for the item in question (in this case, Wario Land 3) know to check their post box to see if it has arrived. Otherwise, it sits in the post box, ALL Saturday, a day filled with showers of heavy rain, resulting in the cartridge absorbing a fair amount of water.
Admittedly this rage could be mis-placed. I haven't actually tried the game yet, so it could work fine, but I know these cartridges. They struggled if they got a little dust in 'em, I can't bare to think how it'll handle a day of British precipitation.
However we are coming ever closer to my return to London, and my epic splurg of gaming that will ensue. I'm really psyched for Bioshock. Wolfenstein can't hold my interest for much longer.
Until next time, this is me, a guy who doesn't understand the words "end of term revision", saying I'll see y'all after the storm!
11 Dec 2009
Stocking Up Shop
Tis the season to be gaming! That's right, I'm going HOME!... next weekend. BUT I'M STILL EXCITED!
In preperation for getting back on the Xbox, I am getting in a load of cheap old games to play until Christmas, which should both pass the time and boost my pitiful gamer score. So, in the fashion, let's run those games down together, shall we?
BIOSHOCK! Partially inspired by the recent coverage of Bioshock 2 (which looks very good) and also by the fact I've played it on a mate's console and it was pretty awesome. I like the idea of being able to upgrade a shotgun, and the fact I can combine that with telekinesis is basically my idea of some bizarre FPS-RPG nirvana. However, Bioshock is slightly scary and I haven't had a great history with scary things in the past. HOW WILL I MANAGE?!??
PRINCE OF PERSIA! (THE NEW ONE!) I liked the look of this game the moment I set eyes on it. I'm not entirely sure what you would call the art style (cell-shaded realism, perhaps?) but it looks beautiful. As far as I know the game got fair to good reviews, although apparently it's quite easy. For me this is a good thing. Easier games = faster gamerscore. I'm a wannabe achievement whore!
WARIO LAND 3! I am well aware this is not a 360 game, or infact a current generation game, but I was thinking about it the other day and remembering how brilliant it was. I have to say, maybe apart from Rayman and the original Super Mario Bros., it's probably the best platformer I've ever played. It's got non-linear level choices, multiple level endings, a wide range of enemies and power-ups, mashes platforming and puzzling brilliantly and has lovely visuals considering when it was released. I'm may even dig out my Game Boy Colour to play it as God intended. Although if I can't use it I'll use the SP.
This is all still a week away. I'm killing myself writing this.
Until then, this is me, a guy who HATED Wario Land 4, signing off until I make it back home y'all!
In preperation for getting back on the Xbox, I am getting in a load of cheap old games to play until Christmas, which should both pass the time and boost my pitiful gamer score. So, in the fashion, let's run those games down together, shall we?
BIOSHOCK! Partially inspired by the recent coverage of Bioshock 2 (which looks very good) and also by the fact I've played it on a mate's console and it was pretty awesome. I like the idea of being able to upgrade a shotgun, and the fact I can combine that with telekinesis is basically my idea of some bizarre FPS-RPG nirvana. However, Bioshock is slightly scary and I haven't had a great history with scary things in the past. HOW WILL I MANAGE?!??
PRINCE OF PERSIA! (THE NEW ONE!) I liked the look of this game the moment I set eyes on it. I'm not entirely sure what you would call the art style (cell-shaded realism, perhaps?) but it looks beautiful. As far as I know the game got fair to good reviews, although apparently it's quite easy. For me this is a good thing. Easier games = faster gamerscore. I'm a wannabe achievement whore!
WARIO LAND 3! I am well aware this is not a 360 game, or infact a current generation game, but I was thinking about it the other day and remembering how brilliant it was. I have to say, maybe apart from Rayman and the original Super Mario Bros., it's probably the best platformer I've ever played. It's got non-linear level choices, multiple level endings, a wide range of enemies and power-ups, mashes platforming and puzzling brilliantly and has lovely visuals considering when it was released. I'm may even dig out my Game Boy Colour to play it as God intended. Although if I can't use it I'll use the SP.
This is all still a week away. I'm killing myself writing this.
Until then, this is me, a guy who HATED Wario Land 4, signing off until I make it back home y'all!
5 Dec 2009
Fupdate
'lo internet peeps. Rather subdued blog post today. I feel I have had one too many bamboo martinis, an entirely fictional drink I just made up, although I'm not sure why... Meh.
First up, I recently worked out how to hook my iPod up to the WiFi in all of my lecture halls, meaning that I can access Twitter, Facebook, the App store and the internet at large during my learning sessions. It also has the negative side effect of reducing my attention three-fold, but as any good mathmatician will tell you, zero divided by anything is still zero. But onward, to the new games!
EARTHWORM JIM! This is an old game, but has now been re-released on that developer's lottery ticket, the App Store. I've never actually seen Earthworm Jim but I've read a lot about it, and how it is actually a geniunely funny game. And here's the thing; Earthworm Jim is actually funny, and not in a bad way. The only way to describe it is like playing through a cartoon. Being attacked by several crows? Just hold down the fire button and Jim flails around comedically, blasting every which way. Want to cross a spiky chasm? Whip your OWN HEAD around a chain. There's not really many new things I can say about a game released almost 15 years ago 'cept this; IT'S FUNNY STUFF
WOLFENSTEIN! Talked about about this a long time ago, and at the time said it was fun, if not dated (shockingly) I've now downloaded the newer version, which has the Spear of Destiny levels. It's pretty much more of the same, aim in the general direction of the baddies and shoot at them. Occasionally there's a guy with miniguns. A nice way to pass the time in a particularly dull biochem lecture.
LEFT 4 DEAD 2! Well, I haven't actually played this yet, although I would like to. The other day, via a certain games journalist's Twitter feed, I found out that L4D2 was selling on Tesco Entertainment for the amazing sum of 15 quid. As a student, I lapped up this offer and looked forward to playing it as soon as I returned home for Christmas. However, Tesco then emailed me a few days later telling me the producted was "incorrectly priced" and that they had cancelled my order. How. How do you mean to price something at £37.70 and accidentally put it on at 15 pounds? If it was on for £3.77 because someone dropped a decimal I can get that, but that's not a pricing error, they just hate me. However, they verykindly (SARCASM) gave me £2 off anything in the store, so I'm trying to decide between L4D2 or...
THE SABOTEUR! This game was another one of those games that snuck up on me. When I first saw it at E3 I passed it off as a sort of Assassin's Creed clone set in WW2, but I got more interested when I found out the main character was Irish, not French. Yes, I know, casual racism is wrong and everything. I like the colour concept, and the missions look interesting. Plus, boobs.
Kay, I'm done here. Let's roll out, y'all!
First up, I recently worked out how to hook my iPod up to the WiFi in all of my lecture halls, meaning that I can access Twitter, Facebook, the App store and the internet at large during my learning sessions. It also has the negative side effect of reducing my attention three-fold, but as any good mathmatician will tell you, zero divided by anything is still zero. But onward, to the new games!
EARTHWORM JIM! This is an old game, but has now been re-released on that developer's lottery ticket, the App Store. I've never actually seen Earthworm Jim but I've read a lot about it, and how it is actually a geniunely funny game. And here's the thing; Earthworm Jim is actually funny, and not in a bad way. The only way to describe it is like playing through a cartoon. Being attacked by several crows? Just hold down the fire button and Jim flails around comedically, blasting every which way. Want to cross a spiky chasm? Whip your OWN HEAD around a chain. There's not really many new things I can say about a game released almost 15 years ago 'cept this; IT'S FUNNY STUFF
WOLFENSTEIN! Talked about about this a long time ago, and at the time said it was fun, if not dated (shockingly) I've now downloaded the newer version, which has the Spear of Destiny levels. It's pretty much more of the same, aim in the general direction of the baddies and shoot at them. Occasionally there's a guy with miniguns. A nice way to pass the time in a particularly dull biochem lecture.
LEFT 4 DEAD 2! Well, I haven't actually played this yet, although I would like to. The other day, via a certain games journalist's Twitter feed, I found out that L4D2 was selling on Tesco Entertainment for the amazing sum of 15 quid. As a student, I lapped up this offer and looked forward to playing it as soon as I returned home for Christmas. However, Tesco then emailed me a few days later telling me the producted was "incorrectly priced" and that they had cancelled my order. How. How do you mean to price something at £37.70 and accidentally put it on at 15 pounds? If it was on for £3.77 because someone dropped a decimal I can get that, but that's not a pricing error, they just hate me. However, they very
THE SABOTEUR! This game was another one of those games that snuck up on me. When I first saw it at E3 I passed it off as a sort of Assassin's Creed clone set in WW2, but I got more interested when I found out the main character was Irish, not French. Yes, I know, casual racism is wrong and everything. I like the colour concept, and the missions look interesting. Plus, boobs.
Kay, I'm done here. Let's roll out, y'all!
2 Dec 2009
A Text Adventure (WITH SECRET MESSAGE)
You are in a room. It is dark.
> Look at room
The room is dark
>Turn on light
The room is light. You see a door
>Open door
You go out into a wooden glade. There is a "The Starting Village"
> Look at "The Starting Village"
There is a tape recorder sellotaped to the front of the "The Startign Village"
> Play tape recorder
The note says;
Hey there. My laptop is fundamentally broken, both the charger and the battery, meaning I can barely get an hour out of it, and the screen keeps fading in and out. Sucks that I can't play Torchlight... But I've ordered a new charger, so hopefully that should get here soon... *crackle* Oh no I'm losing receptio- *static* Listen, you must go through the por-*buzzing* -ing the blue key, grab the final glyp-*shrieking* place all the energy crystals in the al-*barking* then once the demon is dead, report back to me, okay?
A portal opens beside you
>Fuck this
Do you really want to fuck this without saving? Y/N
>Y
> Look at room
The room is dark
>Turn on light
The room is light. You see a door
>Open door
You go out into a wooden glade. There is a "The Starting Village"
> Look at "The Starting Village"
There is a tape recorder sellotaped to the front of the "The Startign Village"
> Play tape recorder
The note says;
Hey there. My laptop is fundamentally broken, both the charger and the battery, meaning I can barely get an hour out of it, and the screen keeps fading in and out. Sucks that I can't play Torchlight... But I've ordered a new charger, so hopefully that should get here soon... *crackle* Oh no I'm losing receptio- *static* Listen, you must go through the por-*buzzing* -ing the blue key, grab the final glyp-*shrieking* place all the energy crystals in the al-*barking* then once the demon is dead, report back to me, okay?
A portal opens beside you
>Fuck this
Do you really want to fuck this without saving? Y/N
>Y
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