Friday update 16/5/14

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Jane is feeling Flipper quite a lot now that she knows what it is that she is feeling. She had been feeling butterflies for a couple of days, but has only just cottoned on to what it actually is. Our child moving around! That is magical. I've still not felt them move from the outside though, that's the bit I'm…
Reading list for August

Reading list for August

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LOL GOT YOU! I've not read anything for months, mainly because we've not bought any new books. Instead, I've been playing videogames. I'll be honest - I'm struggling a bit with Pokémon Emerald. It's not the difficulty, it's just the slog. The areas seem a lot farther apart in this game and I've not found Fly yet, and as such,…
Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

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This is all about Firefight, the super cool mode on Halo 3: ODST where you are in an arena and wave after wave of Covenant rush at you, shooting their futuristic neon laser guns in your direction. It was going to be about Pokémon, I figured I'd not written about it in a while. I am still playing Pokémon Emerald…
Emerald is Excellent

Emerald is Excellent

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Even at this early stage, I think I'm preferring Pokémon Emerald to Pokémon Leaf Green. I played Blue to death when it came out, and more than once. I took to transferring over all my Pokémon to Pokémon Stadium on the N64 and then playing through it again, it was insane. This is probably why Leaf Green felt so familiar,…
Off to catch Mewtwo, BRB

Off to catch Mewtwo, BRB

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I finished Leaf Green - well, beat the Elite 4 at any rate. I went off to try to catch Mewtwo, but it told me I had to do a great deed before I could get in. I thought you only had to beat the Elite 4 (that's how it was in the original games - it was foolish for…
My Pokémon adventure continues…

My Pokémon adventure continues…

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...and I'm still thoroughly enjoying it. I've just beat the final Gym and am gearing up to the Victory Road/Indigo Plateau finale. I enjoyed the three little islands that weren't in the original Red and Blue, although it was a pretty slight diversion. I've caught all three Legendary birds, defeated Team Rocket but probably still need to do a bit…

Infinity!

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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…
I’m playing Pokémon on my PSP

I’m playing Pokémon on my PSP

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This week I finally got around to enabling homebrew on my PSP. It was very easy, mostly thanks to my PSP being one of the old "Phat" models. I eventually found some suitable emulators and some questionable software - It was a bit tricky thanks to the gamut of sites that are mostly keywords designed to send you round and…

Are you a pirate?

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Do you pirate games? Do you illegally download music? Watch dodgy copies of films bought from suspect looking guys sitting on the high street? Do you regret doing any of this? Personally, I try not to pirate anything. Things like Spotify and last.fm are brilliant, I've got into quite a few artists that I probably wouldn't have otherwise and actually…