Lips – Iain Douglas Stewart

Top of the leaderboard, baby!

By Iain October 6, 2013Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

The Xbox 360 brought all kinds of neat touches to consoles, one of them being robust online leaderboards. They were by no means the first stab at global high-score tables, but most games offered different leaderboards per level/mission or track, per difficulty, some ranked by score, some by time, some by how few times you died. My question is: Have…

Somethingfest was a success

By Iain April 4, 2011Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Our yearly pilgrimage to Coventry was a success yet again - it was great to see everyone and catch up and stuff. A massive thank you must be extended to Hannah and Karl for once again hosting such an eclectic mass of bodies in their home, it's really appreciated. A personal highlight was singing Everybody Wants To Rule The World,…

Golden brown, texture like sun

By Iain November 7, 2010Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

So Claire was going out so she asked me to watch her shortbread and take it out of the oven when it was golden brown. I kept an eye on it while playing Lips with Lewis, took it out when it was nice and golden, but later found out I had killed it because it was in there for too…

But Daddy I wanted to eat the lemon

By Iain July 18, 2010Reflections, Videogames2 Comments

Went to see Jasmine (and Mum, David and Katie as well) yesterday, got to give her her belated birthday presents. We got her this turtle thing that plays little tunes while roaming around launching little plastic balls out of it's back that'll encourage her to crawl after it. Well, we put some batteries in it and as soon as it…

Infinity!

By Iain July 15, 2010VideogamesNo Comments

Just a quick one to say that I got an Infinity rating on Lips last night, singing Viva La Vida by Coldplay. Then, immediately after, Jane got an Infinity rating on "a song I can't remember which I'll edit in when I've asked her later tonight". None for two months, then two in a row! Awesome! The Avatar Award didn't…

Number one in the world!

By Iain July 10, 2010Videogames4 Comments

I've finally achieved my dream of being number one on a leaderboard on an Xbox 360 game! Yesterday we downloaded Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations for Lips, and after our first go we saw that we could easily get to the top spot. We sang it a few more times, each time getting closer and closer until finally:…

I love the Eighties

By Iain June 26, 2010Music, VideogamesNo Comments

Lips: I Love the 80's is absolutely amazing, I have to mention this. Jane has always loved 80's music and picked it up in Asda earlier in the week. An inspired decision, I must admit. I was surprised how many songs I knew - or at least thought I knew! It seems I mostly only know the catchy chorus bits,…

I’m turning into a casual gamer?

By Iain June 20, 2010Music, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Last night I played Just Dance on a Nintendo Wii and surprisingly, I really enjoyed it. The night before I played Lips on the 360 (I knew I would enjoy that though, it's great fun). And although I was initially not too fond of the idea of Kinect, I'm coming around to it now, as we have two genuine children…

Ten years

By Iain May 31, 2010Music, Reflections, Videogames8 Comments

Ten years ago to this very day, Jane and I decided to become a couple. It seems like less, maybe six or seven years, but it's been the best ten years of my life. She is beautiful, and I love her so much. I can't begin to contemplate what a horrible direction my life would have taken if it weren't…

Dead bunnies and easy games

By Iain May 23, 2010Music, Reflections, Videogames2 Comments

One of Claire’s rabbits died earlier in the week. They had been smelly for the past few weeks now, and when she finally got around to cleaning the hutch out, the poor thing had a huge abscess full of maggots. It was really quite something to behold. She rushed off to the vets with it, only to be told it had to be put down as they had eaten all the way through the rabbit’s abdomen and up to it’s lungs and was pretty much gonna die anyway, whatever they did. So that was exciting.

I sold some stuff on the eBay earlier in the week, so had a bit of cash to spare which I used to get some Microsoft Points. I had it in my head to get 5 Arcade games that were 400 points each, and a new song for Lips. Here’s what I ended up with and what I thought of them: