Shadow Complex (360): COMPLETED! YET AGAIN!
This time on Insane Mode. It was hard, very hard, but the game got much easier towards the end and the final boss was really easy. Now for 100%! Again!
Wave with me!
I have a Google Wave account! Sadly, Wave is pretty much broken. It’s confusing, inconsistent, unreliable and slow. And broken. Very broken. But! If you have an account, you can Wave With Me in the Wave below! Probably. [wave id=”googlewave.com!w%252BQtrt0eJoI”] Update 07/10/09 – might actually work now!
Shadow Complex (360)
This, aside from a few iPhone games, is pretty much the only thing I’ve played in the last week. Oh, and some Xbox 360 demos. Erm, anyway. This is mainly due to my Wii being deader than a dead thing, so no Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros Brawl, or MadWorld for me. Thankfully, Shadow Complex is still aces. Hard, since I’m still playing it on Insane Mode, but aces. I’m now up to the point just after rescuing Clare and …
My Wii RIP, part II
A reply! Read the bit in bold as if they’re sucking air in through their teeth: Dear (deleted), thank you for your email. I have included our Repair FAQ below for you, as this descibres how you would send your console to us for repair. However, I‚Äö?Ñ?¥m afraid any console that has had any kind of unauthorised software or hardware modifiction would be listed as a chargeable repair. In some cases, this may be at a cost as high as …
My Wii RIP, part I
So I bricked my Wii last night. To cut a long story short, I’d attempted to download the updated shop channel using WiiSCU to bypass the homebrew-stomping Nintendo System Menu 4.2 update, and now it’s bricked. Bah. When my 360 dies, or plays up, or just doesn’t work, I get annoyed. With my Wii, it’s different. It made me sad. Not least because I’m concerned about the 4 months I’ve put into Animal Crossing – a save file it won’t …
Technical support needs technical support
Can you see the form? No, neither can I.¬¨‚Ć I wouldn’t mind, but they’re not answering the phone either.
My 360 RIP, part IX
Last week, there was an update for the 360. It was supposedly innocuous, simply providing the groundwork for some features not yet accessible. It wasn’t supposed to do anything to the system. Except, of course, for me. I can now no longer access the Marketplace. Joy! I can sign in and out of Live, send and receive messages, play games online, and all that – but the Marketplace is just… gone. I can still download stuff, by going to xbox.com …
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
No idea why I started playing this today, but I did install it on my Wii’s hard drive. I was unable to play it for a long time as there wasn’t enough space on my Wii for the save file, although that problem has been resolved now. Didn’t bother with the Subspace Emmisary missions, instead playing single player arcade mode (which I completed with Ike) and some of the challenges and minigames. It is good, but I don’t feel like …
Museum game list updated
I’ve added 37 more games to the Museum! I’ve not updated it in quite a while, and I still have to scan a few covers for some of those games added, but the majority are Xbox Live Arcade/Wii Ware/iPhone downloaded titles, so have no covers to scan. I’m up to 1719 games now. That’s a lot of games.
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 (Wii): COMPLETED!
Thankfully, having completed chapter 1 last weekend, I didn’t have to wait long for chapter 2 – it was out on WiiWare yesterday! Played it a bit last night, than completed it this morning. Like chapter 1 it’s a bit short, but then it is a chapter, not a full game. It was great, anyway. A little harder than the first one, as I got stuck a couple of times, but it was just as good.
MadWorld (Wii)
I’ve had this for ages, but never really got round to playing it. However, I installed it on my Wii’s hard drive at the weekend so have played it a bit this week. First of all, it’s violent. Very violent. But it’s so stylised and over the top that it doesn’t feel so bad when you play. It’s not exactly cartoon violence, but it’s certainly not realistic. The gameplay didn’t gel with me at first. The controls felt clumsy, and …
Needed: a Kettle with a Progress Bar
I had an AMAZING idea this morning. You know kettles, right? They’re great, aren’t they? Thing is, you don’t know how long they take to boil – unless you time it or something. Imagine if they had a computer-style progress bar on them! Wouldn’t that be fantastic? You’d never more have to guess how long left before you have a coffee! You’d know if you still had time to nip to the loo or not! You’d be able to manage …