Dead good game 2

I'm not quite done yet, but I will be soon, and probably won't get a chance to get to the PC after I'm totally done with it. I've done the story (lots of nice twists!) and I'm just mopping up the last lot of achievements. It wasn't as episodic in structure as the first game, it was more of a…

Rabbit

There's a rabbit that lives in the front garden opposite us. A real-life wild rabbit. What's even more surprising is that there is a family of foxes living in the garden next door. At first I was concerned for the rabbit, but that was about year ago. Now I'm beginning to worry about the foxes inability to catch it.
Dark Of The Moon

Dark Of The Moon

So I went to the cinema (by myself - no shame in that) and watched this today. There are spoilers, so be warned. The plot was the best of the three films so far, and while by no means a literary masterclass, it fulfilled it's role in providing a reason for the giant robots to fight. The special effects were…

Dead good game

I’ve just finished Dead Space.

Man, what a game.

It kinda reminded me of Resident Evil 4, but set in the future.

In space.

With aliens instead of zombies…

I loved that Isaac used tools to kill the bad guys rather than weapons to start off with. I loved the atmosphere (or should that be atmos-fear lol get it?). I loved the hub nature of each level. You basically started in a room, then had to go off and complete objectives which opened up new routes from the hub room. It worked really well. I loved every second, even when I fell through the floor of a lift for no reason and was stuck out of the game world. The enemies were a varied bunch, all interesting to fight against in their own way, and then a challenge when several different types turned up at once.

Oh, and I noticed this about half way through: The first letters of the names of the chapters spell out a nice little hidden message. Caution, this is spoilers!

OMG

You know I said last week that my phone wasn't updating? Well, it worked for no apparent reason just now - I didn't change anything, it just worked. The system works, I embrace our Microsoft overlords, etc. Also, and I'm not sure if I should announce this (LIKE ANYONE READS THIS ANYWAY LOL), but Jasmine is gonna have a little…

I am happy

I am. Mum sent me a text message after we went to see her last weekend and in it she said I seemed very happy. I am very happy at the moment, very content with my life and the direction it is taking. My relationship with Jane is the best it has ever been, we're getting on great. My work…

Fifty

I completed my 50th Xbox game today, geoDefense, on my phone. It was a nice little game, but not as mentally taxing as some other tower defence style games. You could simply plow through most levels with as many fully upgraded regular gun turrets as you could cram into the arena. For the few levels that required a different approach,…
E3 2011

E3 2011

Well, that was a bit of a let down. The only things that stood out for me were one brand new (and kinda unexpected) Halo game, and one kinda expected (and brand new) Halo game. I'll start with the kinda expected one, Halo Anniversary. It looks utterly beautiful in stills, but I'm sad that they've not updated the animations at…

Great weekend

It was great. On Saturday, Jane and I went shopping in Portsmouth, we went for lunch at Jamie Oliver's Italian, I bought 4 new polo shirts (£80!!) and I finally put my "propose to her at the top of the Spinnaker Tower" plan into action. By the way, the food was amazing, the shirts will no doubt soon not fit…

From the Forum: Battlefield debut

Another one from the forum. This time it's GrumpyPenguin, talking about his first go on Battlefield: Bad Company 2... I'm not saying I'm going to dislike this one, but my first outing did consist of quite a lot of running around in maps I don't know to perform objectives I didn't understand with a gun that didn't work whilst being…