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2010: The Games

So it comes the time to round up my top five games from 2010. As is always the case, a lot of games I actually played in 2010 were, in fact, from previous years. The result of which means that my Top 5 Games of 2010 is really my Top 5 Games That May Have Come Out In 2010 But There’s A Chance They May Have Been Released At Some Point Previous And For That I Apologise. Oh yes, and …

The 2010 Gaming Expenditure Horror

I’ve been tracking which games I play, on my Gaming Diary, for 6 years now. It’s helped me realise how many different games I play, and how many I complete. This year, however, I’ve additionally started tracking the games I buy, and how much I paid for them – the aim being to scare myself into how much I spend on gaming. Thing is, just knowing that it’s logged has actually made me more frugal with my spending. Not only …

In defence of the Wii

Nintendo’s Wii gets a bit of a hard time on gaming forums and newsgroups. In the eyes of many, it’s still a console for kids and/or old people. If you enjoy playing Wii games, the 360 and PS3 owners sneer at you as if you can’t afford a “proper” console (even though the 360 is cheaper!). They wonder how you can possibly like playing games with “last gen graphics” and “tacked on waggle”. What they’re not realising, is that graphics …

Rabbids Go Home (Wii)

I started this a month or so ago, and although it was great, it seemed to crash a lot via the USB Loader I was using. And Mass Effect and Batman came along. And other stuff. Went back to it this week. It’s a surprisingly long game, actually. Although each level is pretty short (some are longer than others, however), there are LOADS of them. I’ve done about 20 so far, and I’m not even half way to the moon …

Completed 2010

Mario Kart Wii (Wii 01/01/2010) Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (DS 09/01/2010) Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut (Wii 19/01/2010) A Boy and His Blob (Wii 21/01/2010) Lego Rock Band (360 29/01/2010) I Love Katamari (iPhone 31/01/2010) Excitebike: World Challenge (Wii 09/02/2010) Mass Effect (360 15/02/2010) Batman: Arkham Asylum (360 20/02/2010) Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God (Wii 25/02/2010) Sonic and Knuckles (Wii 25/02/2010) Castlevania Rebirth (Wii 27/02/2010) The Conduit (Wii 28/02/2010) Mega Man 10 (Wii …

Completed 2009

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS 07/01/2009) Lego Indiana Jones (360 31/01/2009) Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage (360 14/02/2009) Miner Dig Deep (360 19/02/2009) Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People – Episode 3 (Wii 25/02/2009) Lego Batman (360 21/03/2009) Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (360 28/03/2009) Peggle (360 28/03/2009) Mirror’s Edge (360 09/04/2009) GTAIV: The Lost and Damned (360 15/04/2009) Outrun Online Arcade (360 16/04/2009) Penny Arcade Adventures On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1 (360 25/04/2009) Strong …

inFamous

I don’t have a PS3, but if I did, this would interest me. I loved Crackdown, and it seems to have a similar sort of feel to it. The blurb: In the aftermath of an urban disaster, an everyday guy finds himself with extraordinary powers. What he does with them is up to you. Welcome to inFamous, the sensational new title for PLAYSTATION¬¨?Ü3 If society collapsed tomorrow and you found yourself with unique powers that could either help people or …

Mirror’s Edge (360)

I thought this for £13 was a bargain from Asda the other day. Until I saw it for £9.98 in Blockbuster this weekend. Oh well. After milking Lego Batman for everything it had, I moved onto Mirror’s Edge. It’s really good too, if somewhat hard and disorientating. It isn’t making me feel sick (like many have found), it’s just I get lost easily and even though there’s a button to look at where you’re supposed to go, that doesn’t help. …

Fallout 3 (360): COMPLETED!

To my regular readers, it may appear I’ve taken a break from gaming for the last week or so. This is not quite the case. In fact, I’ve probably squeezed more gaming hours into the last seven days than any other seven days in the last 15 years or more. Yes, that’s a lot of gaming. All of it (bar a 10 minute Lego Batman demo blip) on Fallout 3. Today, I completed the main story after a total recorded …