Rubik’s Cube solving Lego robot
This is more than a little impressive. The robot first scans all the faces, then works out a solution, before carrying it out.
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Zack and Wiki (Wii): COMPLETED!
It took over an hour to finish off the boss, as I had several failures, but eventually he was defeated. There were then four (or five?) “Game Over” sequences, including two more after it declared “Fin”, and then it was finally over. Now there are some extra challenges to complete, but I haven’t a clue how to go about accessing them. The books on the bookshelf are mostly empty still too. Total play time: 12 hours 27 minutes.
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
ONE HOUR AND FOURTY FIVE MINUTES. That’s how long it took me to complete Barbaros’ Land. In fact, aside from a quick fail of the final “boss”, that’s all I did on the game today. I’m up to around 11-12 hours in total, but it doesn’t feel that long. The time just vanishes while I play. Anyway, since I’m on the last bit of the game (I think), I’d best start asking for a sequel. Mind you, only seven people …
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
Getting close the end now, I’m sure of it. I’ve completed all the open levels, rebuilt Barbaros, and killed a giant squid. Now it’s off to Treasure Island itself! Woo!
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
Just one level today – the Airship one (called “Operation Takeback”, or something). It wasn’t especially hard, but I had to restart several times, meaning it took ages. I kept missing things, making later bits of the solution impossible. But MAP GET! Aces.
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
Worked my way through all (well, all bar one) of the Fire World levels today. I don’t know if they’re actually getting easier, or that my brain is now becoming tuned to the way the game expects you to think, but I certainly found them easier. Even the boss (although good, and clever) was much easier than the previous two.
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
Completed all the remaining Ice World levels today, including the fiddly IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZERS one. Then I opened up the Lava World levels (so… grass, ice, fire… desert next? Cave? Space? Thems the rules!). Completed the first one there too.
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
Ah… for some reason the things I tried on the monkey-boss level last time I played didn’t work, but this time, they worked fine. Very odd. But with that done, and the other “first world” level complete, it was onto the second world – the ice one. Only done two levels here so far though.
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
And today I played this. It too is very good! It’s a point and click adventure game (which are generally ace), but with Wii-specific controls for certain actions. For example, you turn a key in a lock by twisting the remote. You saw down a tree by thrusting the remote forwards and backwards like a saw, and so on. It’s intuitive and doesn’t feel tacked on in the slightest, unlike some other Wii games. So far I’ve completed 5 “levels”, …
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy via IM
Amazing. You can now play the classic text adventure (or “interactive fiction” as they seem to be called these days) game version of Douglas Adams’ book via an instant messenger client. It uses the Jabber network, but Google Talk is compatible so if you have that (or even just the Google homepage gadget, as shown below) you can play! Just send a message to “prakbot [at] jabber.org”, and once connected, type !startgame to, uh, well, you can guess. See here …
Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the hardest game ever made. I played a few games online, and lost every since one by at least three goals. Not only that, but I’m incapable of finishing the second (novice!) challenge in Challenge Mode. Rubbish.
Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
OK. First up, it’s not really football. You have a ball, and you score goals, but there the similarity ends. You have powerups, special moves (some of which let you score six goals at once!) and it’s totally insane. Anyway. I played through the tutorial section, which actually took the best part of an hour, and then dived straight into some online games. I really should have practised offline a bit, though. I played two people, both in Best of …
Nikon punishes Cuban boy for Castro
Apparently, some 12 year old Cuban kid can’t get his prize in a competition because the camera contains parts embargoed by the US. The US drew up the list in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis. Apparently it is very worried about 12 year olds getting their paws on digital cameras in case they disassemble it and build a nuclear missile. Amazing. Nikon punishes Cuban boy for Castro
Ai Cho Aniki (PCE)
Best most gay game ever! I don’t really like shooters, and this isn’t really that great an example of the genre, but in the same way that I love playing Parodius because of its amazing levels of sillyness, this is just bizarre to great excellence. Sadly, I’m rubbish at it and so only got as far as level 3.