This may sound like a strange statement, especially since I don’t work nights or live underground. The thing is, although we’ve had a few reasonably bright days, I’ve not actually seen the sun since before Christmas. It’s been dark, or cloudy. Not today though! Hurrah for the sun!
How do the save points on this work, exactly? Last time I played, I’d made it all the way to Damascus. When I started playing today, I was 15 minutes away, although all the view points I’d reached previously were still “counted”. I don’t get it. Anyway. I ran round the city a lot, which was fun, eavesdropped some people, beat up lots of guards who seemed to enjoy harassing locals, and climbed all the view points. Then, it was …
This is a bit of an update to my post the other day about my new surround sound kit. I’m not an audiophile. I can tell the difference between the radio and a CD, but that’s about it. However, I can appreciate a decent surround sound experience. Thanks to my new sound equipment, my ears have now been opened. Here’s what I had, soundwise, this time last week: Nothing Well, I had the speakers in my TV. But that’s it. …
I just caught this while flicking channels. It’s some Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon which I’ve not seen before, and stars these two badly designed freaks alongside Sonic himself. Sonic who plays guitar. And the worst least scary baddie ever. And the channel it’s on – Pop, which I’ve never heard of – appears to have an annual budget of 17 pence. Amazing scenes.
Straight in, no trial, no testing, no hesitation – I just paid for and downloaded the full game. And? It’s crap. NOT REALLY! LOL! No, it’s great. It’s just like the PS2 version I have, only with three main differences: I don’t have to use that awful PS2 pad. It’s slightly better looking. It sounds AMAZING. Admittedly, one of those things could be solved by the Dreamcast version, and another by plugging my PS2 into my new surround sound system, …
So I hated the demo, but Microsoft gave it away free last week (as a “we’re sorry Xbox Live has been broken for a month – here, have some crap” gesture) so I’d downloaded it. You can see that there’s been a week’s delay in playing it – I was hardly excited to do so. It’s still crap. Like, really crap. I was compelled to switch it off after the first level, and I really don’t see myself ever playing …
Started this for the sole purpose of trying out something other than Tony Hawk on my new speakers. It doesn’t (yet) have the immersion, soundwise, but then I have only played it for just over an hour. Well, I say I’ve played it for just over an hour. In reality, I’ve watched it a lot, pressed a button every now and again, and been shown how to press buttons. Oh, and I’ve been killed and somehow came back to life. …
So I got my subwoofer working today. Good grief does it make a difference! Every skate-check gets a heavy thump, bailing makes a deep crunch, even aggro kicking gets a meaty whoomph from the speaker. Excellent! As far as the game went, I (again) beat a few more street challenges, and then mopped up some more Classic and Hawk-Man goals. The Museum Classic goals were bloody difficult, although really shouldn’t have been. Could I natas spin the switches to turn …
Since today was mainly taken up with setting up my new surround sound kit, I didn’t spend long playing games. I did, however, break Tony out for a while and finished off the last Uber Goals, completing those remaining. The Pro one was really quite hard (on the Nail The Trick demo especially), until I realised you could manage more than one of the ten required tricks in one combo. Then, as usual, I completed some more street goals. 87% …
Today, I went to Richer Sounds and spent far too much money on some audio kit. I got myself an Onkyo TX-SR605 AV receiver, a set of Tannoy FX5.1 speakers, and some more expensive than expected cables to connect everything up. I then spent SIX HOURS connecting everything up. SIX. ACTUAL. HOURS. And then, when I tried to put the receiver into my under-the-TV “entertainment centre” unit, it wouldn’t fit. So I had to undo all the cables and fit …
Yes, I did skip two days of playing games. I was busy! Mainly with resurrecting the dead. But then I came back… to Tony. Again. Can’t stay away. So I thought I’d have a crack the Uber Goals again, and managed the Hardcore one without a problem. I haven’t attempted the Rigger one at all yet, and the Pro one? Not looking forward to trying that again. It was hard! Also completed some more street goals and improved a few …
Have you tried to install Drupal, and got a message saying your server environment is unsupported because you have register_globals turned on? Have you been unable to change this because your web host (1&1, in my case) doesn’t let you play with PHP’s settings (and quite right too)? Help is (possibly) at hand! It’s likely that although you can’t configure PHP directly, your host will allow per-directory PHP configuration changes. You do this with a plain-text file called php.ini, which …
So about this “I’m done with the game now” post last night. It was clearly a lie, wasn’t it? Completed Pro in two more Classic Goals runs, Am in a third, and one Am and one Pro for the Pac-Man-meets-Tony-Hawk “Hawk-man” runs. Not a chance in hell I’ll get Sick for any of the Classic or Hawk-man goals. They’re clearly not possible.
Just when you thought the Gizmondo Story had reached the final chapter, it seems there may be a sequel! The Gizmondo was a poorly realised and even more poorly marketed handheld machine, with built in camera and GPS, and with game and media playing facilities. Seven people bought one. Of course, the great thing about Gizmondo wasn’t the device, but Gizmondo Executive Stefan Eriksson. Eriksson had a dodgy financial background, links to organised crime, and, in 2006, crashed his Enzo …