No apologies for the very poor pun in the title. It was business involving crows. And there’s really nothing like it. Last year, we heard scratching in our (bricked up) chimney. About a week later, the scratching stopped. Whatever had fallen in had either died or escaped, but we didn’t know what it was at the time. A bird? A mouse? A dog? OK, probably not a dog. About three weeks after the scratching stopped, we noticed a few bluebottles …
Viva Pinata (360 12/01/2007) New Rally-X (360 14/01/2007) Super Castlevania IV (Wii 25/01/2007) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA 30/01/2007) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA 04/02/2007) Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA 10/02/2007) Super Mario World (Wii 11/02/2007) Kirby’s Adventure (Wii 17/02/2007) The Castlevania Adventure (GB 18/02/2007) Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge (GB 19/02/2007) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS 25/02/2007) Gunpey (DS 01/03/2007) Kororinpa (Wii 03/03/2007) Kirby Squeak Squad (DS 08/03/2007) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (360 14/03/2007) Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS …
It’s that time of year again. Well, actually, it’s not, which is the problem. Traditionally, there’s slim pickings for new games around this time of year. The busiest times for releasing new titles (especially big titles) is normally around Christmas and often over Easter too, but the July-October period is like release death in the UK. Except this year. As well having Bioshock released this week already, there’s fahsands more out between now and the end of November. Before the …
I turned my Xbox 360 on today for the first time in over a month (I think – perhaps longer), and set about downloading demos of all the Xbox Live Arcade additions since I last looked. I then played them: Alien Hominid HD:Pretty, Metal Slug-type game with a stupidly hard difficulty setting. It isn’t the mid and end of level bosses that caused me any grief, really – unlike everyone else – since they have simple patterns you can avoid. …
And into the next painting I went! One nice thing about the paintings is that it allows Castlevania-ing in locations not normally included in Castlevania. So there’s a bit less castle, and more, well – this painting is in Egypt, so it’s got sand. And sandworms! It adds a bit of variety to the proceedings, anyway. So I’ve gone though loads of this Egyptian level, and not found a boss yet. I’ve found a few places I can’t yet reach …
Two days and two Wii titles finished! This one feels like the first “proper” game on the Wii that I’ve completed, however. So there was more dancing, shooting, warthog racing, marbles-in-the-brain maze tilting, pulling worms from teeth, barrel bowling (with rabbids as pins), and Super Bunny launching. Amongst other things, anyway. Overall, I’ve only skipped two mini-games (you only need to do three of the four each day to progress, but I’ve done 4 each day bar two), so I …
If you’ve been reading my gaming diary, you’ll know I got a copy of Viva Pinata for the Xbox 360 this week. It’s the same sort of game as Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, and is written by Rare. It’s also very cute. There’s a TV cartoon series to match too, so it’s clearly mainly aimed at kids. Which is why I bought it, obviously, since I am a child. Or not. Anyway. It’s very child-friendly for the most part. …
Had another long bash today, notching me up to just over 100 hours play! I don’t think I’ve ever had a game rack up that many (recorded) hours before. Excellent. So I went and found Mannimarco, and killed him and all his followers. I got some great stuff on the way, including some boots that give me a 50% protection from fire, frost and shock (which, combined with my Weatherward Circlet gives me 60% for each). Added to my 85% …