Broccoli

Yesterday, we got our Asda shopping delivered. Not because we’re fat and lazy, but because we were busy. And lazy. If you’ve ever ordered stuff from them yourselves, you’ll know that sometimes things are out of stock, and they replace them with alternatives. So the juice we ordered was replaced with a different flavour. No problem. For some reason, and without listing it as a replacement on the delivery note (like they did with the juice), our order of apples, …

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Six and a half hours in. Now, don’t hit me, but I’m not actually enjoying it. I’ve never completed a 3D Zelda before, but it’s not because I’ve not enjoyed them – it’s just because I’ve…stopped. But this? It’s not bad by any means, but I don’t really like it. In true deKay fashion, lets list the faults, yes? 1) It’s Not Zelda Well, the Link-as-Link bits are. But since more than half of the game has been Link-as-a-dog, that’s …

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Many moons ago, when the Wii came out, Twilight Princess was released. And I bought it. Even though I knew I probably would never complete it, as despite my best intentions, I’ve never managed to finish a 3D Zelda game. 2D – fo’ sho. But 3D? For some reason I just… stop playing. With Twilight Princess, I stopped at an hour in. Not for any real reason – I just never went back. Until now. I played it, from the …

How to buy a Lenovo server

Perhaps the title for this post should contain a question mark, because, as you’ll see, I have no idea. We needed a new server at work. We always buy Dell, but The Powers That Be request that all purchases over £3000 require at least three quotes. So off I went to Dell’s website, where I spec’d up a server and they gave me a price on the screen there and then. I then emailed a Dell reseller the same spec, …

Rabbids Go Home (Wii): COMPLETED!

BWAAAAAAAAAH! Today I went through the few remaining levels, picking up the final huge XL item – an entire actual plane. Which didn’t really fit properly in the sewers. And then there was the last cow-stealing level, and it was back to the rubbish pile and off to the moooooooooon! I really enjoyed Rabbids Go Home. Even though it kept crashing. The levels are varied enough to stay interesting, even if some are graphically repeats of previous levels, and the …

Selling Bar Gratings

I got a very strange email yesterday: From: clement boot Date: 8 March 2010 12:15 Subject: Order Dear Customer Service My name is Rev Clement Boot with the Boot’s & Company Inc and i am sending this email to your business as per regards to the order for some ((Bar Grating)) . I will want you to send me an email response back with the types of ((Bar Grating))that you carry as well as their prices that you carry in …

In defence of the Wii

Nintendo’s Wii gets a bit of a hard time on gaming forums and newsgroups. In the eyes of many, it’s still a console for kids and/or old people. If you enjoy playing Wii games, the 360 and PS3 owners sneer at you as if you can’t afford a “proper” console (even though the 360 is cheaper!). They wonder how you can possibly like playing games with “last gen graphics” and “tacked on waggle”. What they’re not realising, is that graphics …

Eaten by a bear

Today, I was pleased to see that online music “experience” and music streaming service Last.fm were doing their bit for carbon dioxide emissions and bandwidth reduction by pausing the radio if they detected I may have been eaten by a bear. After all, there’s nothing worse than letting the creature who has devoured you waste your precious internets.

House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii): COMPLETED!

With just one level left, I soon finished this off. The final level was FULL of mutants. Really – every turn, every door, threw another 6 or more at me. I’m glad I’d swapped away from the Magnum and only the SMG, as although it reduces your accuracy and power, it at least allows you to fend off large numbers of mutants without having to reload before you’ve even dazed them. Still, was pretty hard and I grabbed virtually none …

House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)

With Ghost Squad finally out of the way, it was time to turn to working through Sega’s other meatier, lightgun shooter. It’s hilarious. Really. Not just Isaac’s constant swearing, but the dialogue, the cutscenes, and the fact you steal an ice cream van. Oh yes. I’m up to what would appear, from the level select screen, to be the final level now.