After giving some pants to the fortune teller woman, I soon found the local Glastonbury pub on fire, so rushed in to save a bloke who turned out to be Bruno. Then it was back to Paris, where Nico had been let out of jail. Some wandering round, and some breaking and entering (which was the old newspaper-under-the-door-and-wiggle-something-in-the-lock-and-the-key-falls-out trick), later, and I was in possession of a DVD. The video on the DVD was the programmer bloke retelling his discovery …

Found my way out of the cave thing I was in from last night, through a faux Tomb Raider section, and escaped from a very gaunt baddie man. I then found myself in Glastonbury, as you do. Solved the “mystery” of a missing woman, talked to the locals, and finally found some information on Bruno, who is linked into the story in some way. Off to find him next then, I expect.

Worked my way through all the 40s and now I’m onto the 50s. Some of the levels seem to be really, really hard, and then you get a stupidly easy one. Is this right? Or am I just not doing them the way you’re supposed to? Most of the levels I’ve tried so many times that you get the “start here” hint on, I haven’t started where it is suggested and done it another way instead. Well, it doesn’t matter …

After a hard think about which game I wanted to play-to-complete next, I settled on this. Don’t know how far in I am – not very I expect. Have done George’s first bit, then all of Nico’s bit, then back to George again. It’s pretty good so far, although some of the puzzles have been a little obvious (although this is noted by the game – George says “Oh, the old block-on-a-pressure pad trick, eh?” at one point). I was …

Just a quick few runs to see if I can beat my times any further. Managed to save a few fractions of seconds off some stages, but nothing dramatic.

Poor Tim. He went and beat all my Outrun 2 high scores, but then I’ve just been along and thrashed him again. Aw, bless.

After 23423865873 more attempts, I defeated Gergorio III. Just. I had no energy left at all. Hurrah! The next round was really easy, and I finished that on my first attempt, before moving on to the end of game boss – who was probably the easiest character to beat in the entire game! Not only was it a simple hammer-the-button for the “strum” cues, but there was a “charge” section every minute or so, which allowed me to regain all …

NO WAY IN HELL. I hate this game. I don’t know why the heck I keep playing it, as it just isn’t fun. At all. I can’t get past the weird camp bloke I reached earlier. I managed to got to “Final” again, and died. Again. And again. I think, actually, there may be something wrong with my PS2 joypad, as I’m certain that I’m getting the rhythm right, but the hits are not registering. I have to press Circle …

I am rubbish at this game. I really am. Either that, or the game is impossible (which is more likely, to be fair). I managed to defeat the Sanbone Trio, who were almost as annoying as Ban-K, but thankfully a bit easier. They only took a double-figures number of attempts to get past, anyway. Then it was on to some really camp bloke in what appeared to be a Cathedral. He’s easy, until you get into the “Final” section, and …

It seems that not fully concentrating on playing is the best way to do the puzzle levels on this game. I was distracted by the TV while playing, but managed to do all the puzzles I had left from 31-40, plus a few more that became available after that. Excellent.

I thought I’d beat a few more of Tim’s scores today, so did so. Specifically, Route 1. I then went and tried some of the Challenges, but failed on them all. They’re too hard. FACT. Then something bizarre happened. I decided to try and beat Tim’s Route 4 score, so chose his ghost to race. All was well (aside from me being behind) until the first split in the road – I could only go left, as I expected, but …

Spent a merry while slaying Tim Miller’s times on this, whilst simulaneously being whipped by others from ugvx. Damn your eyes, Kramer and Cowfields. Damn your eyes.

Well, it seems that hammering the buttons randomly all the way through the level is the way to go to defeat Ben-K. How rubbish. With him out the way, I then had to fight him again – properly this time – and he was pretty easy. As was the girl I had to play a proper guitar to after that. Now I’m onto some skeletons, who start off like Ben-K (only the cues actually match the music this time, so …

No, it’s no use. I can’t get past the shark thing. I’ve spent too long getting annoyed at this game to bother with it any more. It’s a shame, as I enjoyed the music, but games are supposed to be fun – and this one I just want to burn.

In general, I like rhythm games. I liked Samba de Amigo, and Parappa the Rapper. I liked Donkey Konga, and I like Dancing Stage. This, however, is pants. I’ve done the tutorial, and defeated three baddies. Not without some difficulty, though. It is as if the game is trying to be three rhythm games at once, and fails at all three. The backgrounds make it difficult to see your cues for starters. Even when they don’t, they’re difficult to follow …