For four years now, I’ve kept a diary detailing the games I play. Part of the reason was to see how many games I buy (and to reduce this number), and how many I complete (and to increase this number). 2008 saw a drop in completed games – 33 compared to 61 in 2007. I don’t think this is bad, when you look at the games I’ve been completing. In 2007, there were quite a few shorter games, including 5 …
Nintendo shouldn’t be worried about all those fake Nintendo DSes that don’t exist – they should be more concerned about the iTek, a not-like-a-Wii-a-all ¬¨¬£39.99 jobbie from Roys: Dear Santa, Please get me a crappy iTek for Christmas! Love, deKay xxx
Except for all those people not on my friends list who are above me. But they don’t count! (The game is “A Kingdom for Keflings”, by the way).
So this would normally be on my Gaming Diary, but it’s a little different and marks both the first proper use of my new camcorder, and the first time I’ve uploaded a video to YouTube. I give you, then, a video of me playing Pit Crew Panic! on the Wii.¬¨‚Ć Oh Lord.
I just sent this off to the BBC: (This complaint also covers the reporting of the same story on BBC TV and radio) I find it disgusting that the BBC would report on a story like this in such a poorly researched manner, effectively scaremongering and propagating untruths. The real news story is that some companies (both at home at abroad) are supplying Nintendo DS consoles with power supplies that are not tested to British Standards. Also, some companies sell …
This is where lies become fact, isn’t it? Parents warned on fake consoles (BBC) Lets just ignore the woman from HM Customs who doesn’t have a clue what she’s talking about, and doesn’t seem to know how to answer questions coherently either, and just move on to the subject. It would appear that Nintendo has been complaining that people have been buying DS consoles abroad for less money than they are over here in rip-off Britain. However, since ordering the …
I don’t like it.¬¨‚Ć Not only because I installed it accidentally, but also because it keeps freezing and the Marketplace is broken.¬¨‚Ć And I can’t find anything. And so much just seems pointless. I’m not saying the old dashboard was perfect, as it wasn’t. But this is bad in a different way. Thankfully, the install-to-hard-drive option makes the pain more bearable. It really speeds up the loading times on Fallout 3, and reports are saying that the difference it makes …
The new Xbox 360 dashboard is available as of today. I don’t care for it, to be honest, but it’s a manditory “upgrade” so I’ll have to get it eventually.¬¨‚Ć I’m waiting until I know for sure it won’t make my 360 explode. Anyway, for giggles, I emailed Microsoft technical support: Hi there, I see that you can now set up Miis on the Xbox 360. Since I already have a Mii on my Wii, is there any way of …
According to someone on a newsgroup (and I pretty much agree), Football Manager is more or less a role playing game. It’s all the stats and stuff, innit. And now here’s Football Manager 2009. Perhaps this time the text on the 360 version will be large enough to read? No wait – it’s a Sega game. They don’t fix problems with successive releases, the exacerbate them. Anyway!
It’s happening all over again. It’s Oblivion once more. And, even though Fallout 3 has the OCD-factor turned way down in comparison (there’s no alchemy, no stat grinding, etc.) there’s still waaaay too much to get me hooked. Like gun collection. And paranoid constant equipment repair. And having to speak to everyone and try every possible conversation permutation. And unnecessary, self-imposed inventory management. It’s all horribly, horribly addictive. I’ve played about 14 hours in less than three days. And the …
I posted earlier that I’d broken the £25 Rule – the self-imposed game price limit I’ve stuck to for over a year – so I could get the Special Edition version of Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360. Well, Good News, Everyone! It would appear that Game have made a bit of an error, and instead of charging me the £32-ish (some of which I’d get back via Quidco) they should have done, my credit card statement shows they’ve only …
I’ve stuck to it for over a year, but now I’ve had to break it as there’s no option – I must have the Fallout 3 Collectors Edition, and there’s not a chance in hell I’ll ever get it for less than £25, as it’ll be out of stock forever before it gets a chance to drop. But I did my best to minimise the damage. It’s £49.99 at Game. I had £15 in points built up from previous purchases, …
Look. Either do Sonic properly, or just leave his dead corpse alone. Sonic and the Black Knight is all sorts of wrongness.