Gaming Diary

503? Rubbish. Why can’t I get nearer the 2000-odd I used to score? I’m sure they’ve made it cheat.

After wandering around the Countess’ garden looking for a stick, and then a well, it was back to Paris briefly for a catchup with Nico and André. Then, we went to Scotland. As you do. Some action on the train there resulted in me gaining some plastic explosives, and then I arrived at a church. The Neo-Templars were inside, chanting. Then [spoiler]! And I won the game! Blimey. Two days play and it’s all over. That was quick!

Yes, more play this evening. George’s globe trotting has taken him to Syria and Spain now, via a few places in Paris. I’m now searching some Spanish Countess’ house and grounds for a hidden well. I have a feeling, I’m nearing the end. Not bad considering I only started playing it this morning!

More playage here. I’ve foiled (well, bungled a foiling) a robbery at a museum, done some juggling, and entered the sewers again. Ah – it seems the bits I recognised earlier were not what I thought. This is where some of the Sleeping Dragon game took place, and not that other bit. Probably.

I enjoyed the Xbox Broken Sword game, so thought I might as well give this GBA version a go (especially since I’ve bought it). And I’ve spent about two hours on it so far. Fears of not being able to see what I’m supposed to “activate” or “pick up” due to the small screen vanished when I found there was a button to cycle through interactable objects, which helps. No Splinter Cell bits yet either. Or crate puzzles. I’ve witnessed …

Just a quick blast through this, taking Route 3, and shaving a second or so off my time for it. Also managed two or three of the missions as well, which were much easier than they seemed to be previously. Maybe I was “in the zone” or something.

A friend came round this evening, and we played some 20 or so games of this. We were generally evenly matched, with lots of 1-0 and 0-1 scores, when playing as random teams. The last two games were decided in penalties, they were so close (we won one each). I then played a game on Xbox Live – against some random bod playing as Real Madrid. I played as England (two Beckhams on the pitch!) and lost 4-0. I was …

Three more matches in the on-going league I’m playing. The first was a poor 0-0 draw with Middlesborough, who are now bottom of the table. Why I failed to even get a shot on goal is beyond me. Next, was some London team, but I forget which. I beat them 1-0, due to a stupid own goal they managed within the first five minutes of play. Finally, for now, was Arsenal. They played much, much better than me (and had …

What? You mean my swanky new Apple Mac mini has games on it? Cripes! You’re right! Nanosaur 2, installed by default on the hard drive and tucked away under Applications, is crap. Yes, free. Yes, a game on the Mac. Yes, it has DINOSAURS with GUNS. Sadly, it’s still crap. Flying a pterodactyl around shooting things and collecting spinny things isn’t actually as great as it sounds. Tch.

HARDEST. BOSS. EVAAR. Probably. After 8976749836 more goes, I finally killed him! And, with his bubble popped, it was time to watch the credits roll… only… what’s this? I only rescued Patty or Tilly or Fluffy or Boris or whatever her name is. “This is not a true ending!” it says. I now need to do it again in two player mode! Or so I thought. I can actually let the GBA control Bobblen. So off I went to kill …

I’ve been playing this all evening, and after some real bitches of levels (73, 95 and 99 stand out), I finally made it to level 100. The boss. After 8752354523847 goes, I still can’t kill him. I know what to do – that bit is easy. I just can’t do it without dying. You can’t even discern how much “damage” he has left, which is a pain. Stupid game, smash smash smash.

“Flowered” a few more of the minigames, and also played 9-Volt’s and Kat & Ana’s levels to unlock a few more minigames. Also unlocked some more “toys” along the way, including a calculator, a bubble blower, and a snowman maker thing. Bizarre.

Level 71. And stuck. I can’t figure out how to kill the baddies in the left and right vertical tubey bits. Shouldn’t have said it was easy! I had a go on “Old” mode for a bit then, and got to level 22 on one life, then lost them all. Pah.

Working my way though all the characters, and, erm, they ran out. The End. Although, this being Wario Ware, it isn’t really “finished” until you’ve unlocked all the bonus games and collected all the “flowers” for each minigame. I had a go at some of those already unlocked, but didn’t do many.

Further playing == level 57. Still reasonably easy, though. And still no bosses. Did I imagine them in previous games or something?