My Gamingesque Blogtard

Well, I finished Darwinia today. Excellent game by Introversion Software. I would recommend you try it out, you can't go wrong. It isn't all that expensive either. I paid, what, $30.00 for it? For a game that's not too bad. It should run on almost any system available these days, and it's definitely worth the price. I've looked into it, and apparently there are dozens of mods available for the game that add additional levels and so forth. So even though I have completed the main game, there's still more for me to do.

Another period of time later and here I am again. Let's see. Dirge of Cerebus just came out so I'll be picking that up in the upcoming months. Also picked up a couple of sweet games: Civilization IV: Warlords Darwinia Now, I know Warlords is only an expansion, but it adds lots of cool features to the game, such as having Great Generals which can give experience to your armies, a Great Wall that actually appears on the map, even being able to play as the barbarians. Who doesn't want to loot and plunder... You'll pay for this Captain Planet! Darwinia though, that is an amazing game! You are an observer in a virtual theme park which is populated by these little guys called Darwins. A virus invades the system and it's up to you to help them take back their territory but protect them from harm while you do. You can't directly control the Darwinians, but you can nudge them in the right direction. I'll be playing through for a third time soon, not just because I li...

Well, I neglected to post for my entire vacation, but that doesn't mean I neglected to play anything. :) I picked up a DS Lite the other day, trading in my old DS Phat. The touch screen seems a tad on the blurry side, so I will be exchanging it to see if it's an issue with just the one DSL or common to them all. Also picked up another slew of games: StarFox Assault Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) Conker: Live & Reloaded Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Empire Earth II The Legend of Heroes II Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth So far I've only played Empire Earth II and I really enjoy the many alternate histories that they present, such as the Aztecs fending off the Spanish and growing to be a super power of it's own, allied with the U.S. I'm currently in the Korean campaign and have so far united the peninsula, and pushed all other influences out. I will have to see where this goes. I am now officially married! :) Life continues as normal for m...

I am on vacation officially as of tomorrow, technically it's my weekend right now! With time off comes more time to play games, and with more time to play games comes more updates of blog! Right now I'm really into A Tale in the Desert . If you want a leisurely paced game that isn't all about fighting, killing or jumping, and is more about social interaction, then you might want to check this one out! Picked up a handful of games yesterday as well: Genma Onimusha for Xbox, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within for GameCube, and for the DS, Big Brain Academy, Break 'Em All and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. I've been looking for Phoenix Wright for the longest time, I'm glad they printed some more copies of it, and it's as much fun as I had hoped! Break 'Em All is the classic Break Out/Arkanoid game we have all come to love, and with over 3 million randomly generated puzzles, and invincible Jesus evolution, you can bet this will keep you busy! I am confident tha...

It has been just over a month since I last posted. Things have been busy, money is hard to find, so I have little new game information to pass on. I got Lemmings for the PSP. They have all the original levels from the old SNES version, which is great cause I always wanted to get that, but was never able to find it. There are new levels, as well as player created levels you can download. Couple this with a snazzy 3D, colourful interface and you have a hit... well to me anyway :P. I've also finished the New Super Mario Bros, and am slowing working my way towards getting all the Star Coins, which will unlock Expert mode I believe. Gonna start playing more of them multiplayer at work, see who I can't make cry! What else have I been doing, ah yes! I've gotten back into A Tale in the Desert. Have some big plans for that again, of the obelisk persuation of course! :) For details... well, you'll just have to wait and see!

It's here, it's here! The New Super Mario Bros . is upon us and with it much old school awesomeness! Do you like jumping? It's here! Do you like shooting balls of fire from your hand? It's got that too! Do you like climbing inside a turtle shell and bouncing all over the room? Oh, you don't. Well that's in here as well! If you haven't already tried it, please do! Please? I'll do the Mario if you do! Take one step, and then again, let's do the Mario, all together now!

That's right! The end will be here soon, the end of all my free time! What with the Wii and PS3 being release this fall, Final Fantasy XII this August, a new Chibi Robo game on the horizon, and so on and so forth, there won't be time for anything else! But wait? "Where does all this magnificent information come from?" you ask? Well, tis the week of E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where all the big announcements are made in the world of gaming. From Super Mario Galaxy , to the two versions of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess , to Grand Theft Auto IV, they are all coming! The Coming Soon list just got a whole lot bigger!

Wow, end of April already! This makes a little over 2 months until I tie the knot, eep! Not eep for the boy scout hobby, just eep 'cause 2 months! I need to get stuff done, but I digress! Recently aquired the wondeful Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War for my aging PS2. While I wasn't filled with the same sense of awe and wonder as I was with the first two Ace Combat games on this console, it is quite fun all the same, especially when I got my X-02! You play the roll of an unkown mercenary pilot, call sign: Cipher, who's undefeated streak climbs higher and higher throught the war, filling all enemy pilots with fear and hatred. The good part, is you have three ways you can play the game: as a mercenary, a solider, or a knight. The difference is as follows. There are three types of targets on every mission, the red essential targets that will almost always result in a Mission Accomplished once destroyed, the optional green targets that you don't necessarily have to destroy, ...

So, once again money is deducted from my bank account as two new members join my gaming collection: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow , and Trauma Center: Under the Kinfe . I have yet to try Castlevania, however those fair are always good. Trauma Center is very engrossing, I've saved many a life, and am on my way to wooing my fair nurse! Black and White 2 is like three games in one. Think Command & Conquer meets Sim City meets Tamagochi. Your roll: Ancient god resureteced by the power of prayer. Your goal: Save the Greek people from extinction by either impressing or destroying all the other civilization from the world. How you go about this determines if you are a good god or an evil god! It is a lot harder to be evil then you would think. I take that back. It's easy to be evil, but since you need the support of the people to keep you going, it's hard to be evil, and productive. More to come!

Well, here we are a week later. Have more to add to my gaming "To Do" pile. Chibi-Robo for the GameCube, Black & White 2 for PC, Oblivion for PC, and the Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff for PC. Chibi-Robo is simply awesome! You are a little robot, and your job is to clean the house. That's pretty much it from what I've played so far. Cleaning said house earns you happiness points, the more happiness points you get from the family you are cleaning for, the higher your rank goes! I guess your ultimate goal is to be the #1 Chibi-Robo in all the world! Definitely worth checking out. The other 3 games I will get to at a later date, but for now, back to Egypt!

Let's see. I got me some new games this last week: Age of Empires III and Comand & Conquer: The First Decade . Age of Empires is what you have come to expect from the AoE series, build lots of little settlers to rape the land around you, and build lots of units to crush your foes, although, it's prettier than the last incarnation, and the story is pretty good too, if you like knights and stuff. C&C: TFD is where it's at though. I had previously played all the other C&C games before, save the first one and the 1st person shooter, and only owned two of the others, so it was a good deal. This is what I've been needing for the longest time! I've been craving some good old fashioned RTS action for the last months and this fits the bill quite nicely. The only thing that could do better, would be some sort of Star Trek: Armada III, if such a glorious thing exsisted. Alas, this is the best we have in that area.

So the other day, I was out and about with the family, and I mentioned that I had recently gotten Tetris for the DS, and how good it was. My youngest, who is an excellent gamer in her own right, asked innocently "Who's Tetris?" Yeah, I know. To answer the question, go here .

So I got a few new games recently: Me and My Katamari , Metroid Prime Hunters , and Tetris DS . All great fun, all portable, and all... made by Nitendo? Nah, that's not quite right. Behold the link, and it's awesomeness! Oh, and my blog doesn't have enough pictures, so:

Haven't posted in a while, mainly due to lack of sleep. That, and I've been playing an awful lot of Travian. Y'all should check it out. You create your own little village, and you get 4 resources: wood, clay, iron and crop. Spend the 4 anyway you see fit, like upgrading your ability to harvest said resources, building walls and troops to defend your city, or crannies to prevent the enemy from stealing what's yours! The game is java based, online, and free. You can get to it at www.travian.com . The first 3 servers are full, 4 is almost full and 5 will be opening soon. Oh, and for a directly link to the server http://s4.travian.com .

Started playing some Final Fantasy IV for the GBA this weekend. Started a new game, and left that darned Lunar Dungeon before it drove me nuts! I'd rather level up somewhere safe and controled like the Lunar Core :P Why would a game decrease your stats randomly after level 70? Why punish those who spend the time to get that far? Who knows! Ooooo, Flan Princess!

Just a quick few words before work. Two nights ago, it was so dead I was able to complete 3 entire worlds in Super Mario 64 DS. At this rate, I may actually complete a consolde game, which hasn't happen in a dogs age. That's years in human speak.

Well, here is me testing out adding a picture. This isn't my cat, or my sink either. It could be my soap though...

Here be a list of games I have played recently: March 16th, 2006 World of Warcraft (PC) Travian (PC) Final Fantasy IV March 15th, 2006 Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volley Ball (Xbox) Resident Evil 4 (NGC) Super Mario 64 DS (DS) March 13th, 2006 Super Mario 64 DS (DS) Final Fantasy IV (GBA) World of Warcraft (PC)

So, this is a blog. I don't really have much to put in here yet, but I guess I will keep track of games I have beaten after this date. I better get started as I don't have anything here yet. Edit test...