Kirby’s Fun Pak (Wii): COMPLETED!

Well yeah y’see I actually completed this a while ago, and not today. Because today I played it to complete what I thought was the final game mode I’d unlocked, only to find that I’d not just played that mode already, but completed it as well. So it was a somewhat short play session consisting of a quick load of each mode just to make sure I’d done them all, and I had. So, er, hurrah! Then I played Kirby …

Let’s Play! The Steelyard Blues

That Harry S Price was a card, wasn’t he? Ripping off loads of Spectrum games, altering their graphics, selling the game on as his own. Nawty. One of these game was The Steelyard Blues. Which I loved, until only a few years ago when I found out it was a shameless clone of “Cheekah’s Exploits” by Julian Wood – a game published as a type-in in Your Computer. Tch. Still, it’s a competent and difficult collect-em-up platformer, complete with level …

That Rev Chap, a year on

A year ago today, one of the few people I know online who I could call a proper actual friend, died suddenly. I won’t go into it all, as I’ve written everything before, but I wanted to mark it in some way. I’m still sad he’s gone. Something about the online fora I frequent, and Twitter, has changed a little. They’re not the same. Sure, he was just one of many in those places, but he’s one who made an …

Catrap (3DS)

Once I realised this wasn’t the same game as the poorly remembered Kat Trap game I had for the Spectrum, I was much more interested in it. Turns out it’s a nice block-pushy platform puzzle game and not a nasty space, uh, thing. And it’s hard. There are 99 levels (and a ?? level), and so far I’ve managed 33 of them. And I’ve skipped three, as you can. I have no idea how to do some of them. I …

Change is as good as a rest

It isn’t. That’s a complete and utter lie. A rest is far better than change, unless the change is a change from not resting to actually resting, and even then it’s not as good as a rest, it IS a rest. Stupid phrase. Anyway. Nonsense aside, you may have noticed I’ve done a bit of decorating. I don’t know if it’s all going to stay or not yet, but it’s about time I updated the theme to something, well, updated. …

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS): COMPLETED!

It took me a while to actually find the final remaining zone (Space Zone) as it was somewhat hidden via an exit from another level, but it was soon completed and Wario’s Castle infiltrated. And Wario was defeated with ease. All the bosses were pretty easy, actually, and very few of the levels gave much of a challenge. Quite different to Super Mario Bros 3 or Super Mario World, which this is a sort of portable analogue of. It was …

Fallout: New Vegas: Lonesome Road (360): COMPLETED!

That’s it! That’s the entire set of New Vegas stories completed. Sure, there are still some sidequests, and yeah, I have a few unvisited markers on my Mojave map, but that’s pretty much the game sewn up. Aces. I was really close to the end of Lonesome Road, needing only to work through a few rooms and then meet up with the other courier. I think perhaps fighting him was on the cards, but I talked him round and now …

Fallout: New Vegas: Lonesome Road (360)

It would appear my time in the Mojave Wasteland is coming to an end. Lonesome Road is the final story-based DLC for New Vegas, and the two other DLC packs (Courier’s Stash and Gun Runner’s Arsenal) don’t add a great deal. I’m also now a Level 48 character, with all bar Unarmed and Melee stats at max, and SPECIAL pretty much all 8/9/10, I’m almost done. Having said that, I’ve still the Gun Runner’s achievements to do, and I’ve got …

A post about video games

Hello! It’s been a little while since I last posted anything, mainly because I’ve been busy. Thought I’d just mention a few upcoming games that’s I’m really looking forward to, and some other game related stuff. It’s been a slim few months for releases I’ve been interested in. Partly because there haven’t been that many big games over the summer, and partly because due to the £18 Rule I don’t get much on release any more and by the time …

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (3DS)

The lovely people at Nintendo gave everyone with a DSi/XL/3DS a free copy of this updated version of the GBA Four Swords game, to tie in with the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary. How lovely! The main difference between this and the GBA one is that they’ve added a single player mode. Well, it’s sort of single player two player co-op, with you controlling two Links at the same time. It’s pretty good too, although I’ve only played for an …

Fortified Zone (3DS): COMPLETED!

It’s not a great game. And it’s certainly not as good (or as colourful) as my playfully fiddled with end sequence screenshot suggests. But somehow, I enjoyed it. It’s like a cut-down version of the old MSX Metal Gear, only with no sneaking. Each level is a sort of maze with slight puzzle elements, different enemy types (with different movement and shooting patterns), the occasional miniboss, and finishes up with a larger (usually artillery) level boss. You can also swap your character …

Ridge Racer 3D (3DS)

I don’t really know why I’ve started playing this again in the last few days, but it’s actually a lot better than my memory seems to suggest. I mean, it’s not a bad game at all, but of the four games I got at or around the 3DS launch, I liked it least. Mainly because I’ve never really been a fan of Ridge Racer. But I’m enjoying it now, and I’ve completed three more Grand Prix events in it as …

Fallout: New Vegas: Honest Hearts (360): COMPLETED!

Although this is, in theory, supposed to be played before Old World Blues, I played it afterwards. The main reason being, lots of people have been saying it’s terrible, and the worst of all the New Vegas DLC. I wasn’t really looking forwards to it as a result. But guess what? Everyone is wrong except me. It was excellent. Sure, it’s shorter than some other DLC (about 6 hours or so), but I can’t really fault it. The story was …

Stuff wot I are bin playing

I’ve not posted in a while, aside from to mention Yakuza 3 and Old World Blues, but I have still been playing games. Here’s a round-up of what’s been going down over the last few weeks: Professor Layton and the Lost Future (DS) I actually completed this at the start of the year, but as I did with the previous two games once the story was done I left the remaining puzzles until near the release of the following game. …