So this marks the end of my gaming diary in its current guise. I’ll still be updating it occasionally, but nowhere near as frequently as I have done previously. My intention is to still record games I start (and to give impressions of them), and to post when I complete things, but writing stuff every day I play a game is taking up too much of my time. Time I have less of now, with a baby. Please don’t unsubscribe, …
For four years now, I’ve kept a diary detailing the games I play. Part of the reason was to see how many games I buy (and to reduce this number), and how many I complete (and to increase this number). 2008 saw a drop in completed games – 33 compared to 61 in 2007. I don’t think this is bad, when you look at the games I’ve been completing. In 2007, there were quite a few shorter games, including 5 …
Hurrah! My first game of the year completed, and the first since the birth of my daughter. It seems fatherhood and gaming can co-exist after all! Some of the final puzzles were very hard, but I’m pleased I managed to complete all of them (well, the 113 of the 120 I found) without losing any Picorats or spending any Hint Coins. After completing the game, I went back to find some more puzzles, managing to locate all bar one. I …
Jim did this, so I thought I’d be original and do the same. Sadly, mine aren’t so exciting. The top 10 terms people searched for to find this blog in 2008 are, in most hits first: 01254 277054 drupal register_globals 01254277054 the loyalty awards club 01792 828105 gary wilmott philips freevents drivers philips freevents 01254 fallout 3 addiction It goes to show just how many people are scam targets – those phone numbers, and the Loyalty Awards Club searches are …
It’s a few days late, sure, but I’ve been busy. I spent New Year’s Eve trying to keep the baby quiet so we could get some sleep. We barely even noticed it was night time, let alone new year. All the days just seem to roll into one. Anyway, things are calming down a bit. As in, we’re actually getting some sleep sometimes now. Hurrah!
But it was worth it!¬¨‚Ć Today, my wife gave birth to out gorgeous baby daughter, Daisy.¬¨‚Ć I’m so proud! And I cried a lot. I’ll type more another day when I’m not knackered. Well, as knackered. 85 hours is forever.
Contractions started about 40 hours ago, and it still isn’t forthcoming. Please come soon!
Look what Santa brought for me today! And very nice it is too! Not had any puzzles totally stump me yet, thankfully, but I’ve had a few where I’ve thought “What?!” before realising a simpler solution exists. So far I’ve completed 30 or so puzzles, and am on the hunt for Ramon, whereever he may be.
You know, I just saw Father Christmas going past on his sleigh! No, really, I did! And I shot him. Merry Christmas!
Since I was far too young to have seen such filth before, this was the first time I’d ever watched Porky’s. I was under the impression it was sort of like American Pie, only from the 80s. I was part right. It is like American Pie (in fact, one of the writers of American Pie has signed up to co-write a Porky’s remake, apparently), but like American Pie crossed with Happy Days and Grease. I had no idea it was …
Yes, after 15 and a bit months, I’m still working through this. And now, I have just FOUR puzzles remaining! So, almost there! Yay!
Seems like the iPod games store on iTunes has had quite a few games added recently that I hadn’t noticed. So I bought a few: Trivial PursuitIt’s the same game as you’d expect, only with multiple choice answers. And it’s pretty good, even if my wife did beat me (it has multiplayer) and the questions are too US-based. I don’t know anything about baseball or basketball! I mean, they’re not even proper sports! And since the only two books referenced …
Played this a lot yesterday and today, culminating in a 100% completion this afternoon. Although I’ve played it a few times before (on the N64), I never, ever, managed to defeat the final boss. Today, however, I did – and after only 4 or 5 attempts! She was still hard, but for some reason I found it very easy on my successful attempt, losing hardly any life at all (and none until the final Jinjonator bit). So, complete! I still …
You know, even though I’d not seen this before, the number of take-off and parodies I’d seen in things like The Simpsons and Family Guy made it feel like it was a repeat. Of course, I didn’t really know the plot (and there were a few twists in it anyway), but I started thinking to myself – “this is the bit where…”. Which I suppose is testament to it’s classic film status, really. There are a few jarring special effects …
I’ve been playing quite a few different things on my Wii today: CubelloI’m up to level 6 (although I’ve not done all of the lettered variants on previous levels) now, and although I can get it down to just a few blocks each time, I can’t complete it. It gives me too few of each colour, and insists on giving me colours I’ve already removed all of, which is annoying. It seems I can only do it if I fluke …