...'cause it's easier than doing proper entrys
What i have learnt this week
- N+ is good, nay, even better than i thought it was. Its also fucking frustrating but there we go. Coop and Online coop are brilliance, if only cause you don't have to play with wanker 11 year old kids. They're all too busy playing Halo and COD4 and Halo. Anyway i've been spending about all my free time on it and i suggest you do too.
- The Big Lebowski is still within my top 5 films, having been on tv recently.
This guy seems to agree
Can't figure out if he's a cringing cock or an amusing review man.
- Charlie Brooker is a God (his articles in G2 are most amusing)
- Devonte Hynes is also some kind of god, having listened to his album 'Falling off the Lavender Bridge' and then the various songs i have downloaded from his earlier band Test Icicles (Harhar) for about all of this week
- Thats apart from when i've been listening to the Juno OST, which is FANTASTIC. I havn't even seen the godamn film yet but the soundtrack is just so.... so good that i've listened at least 20 times in the last week... Kimya Dawson is some kind of Goddess
- Lost really is a phenomenal program, with an episode this week which was without a doubt the greatest episode of anything, ever™. Ingenious storyline - if somewhat pointless in the grand scheme of things - all very exciting, and happily not starring boring characters like kate, or kate.
Unrelated to this weeks episode, here are two ways i can see the flashforwards panning out
1 - They pull a heroes, except worse, and at the last minute jack does something differntly on island which mean that the flashforwards never happen, and we've wasted hours watching them
2 - The whole time fluxuation-thing will mean that at the end of the flashforwards, jack and co will go back to the island, but for the islanders, barely any time will have passed.
3 - A third, more clever option that i haven't thought of.
Lets hope for the later.
Also, it's 24th december - could mean the tsunami's gunna hit in 2 days.... o.O Kewlness
Oh and, nearly forgot this,
Friday 29 February 2008
Friday 22 February 2008
I summarize the week
- N+ (aka xbla version on N game (make sure you download it for free by the way)) is truely as fun as ever. The online is kick ass, and the levels are addictive as ever. Then there's high scores, a level editor.... I've spent more time this year on just the live arcade than i have on my wii... way more
- Noein continues to be awesome
- Lost, on the other hand, does not, with a slightly dull episode about kate and her baby-stealing antics. Not enough of the god that is Daniel Faraday. Except he has memory problems, or something.
- The Brits were shits, and i should never watch them ever again. Though i only really tuned in for the last ten minutes, in which i saw Paul McCartney cruise onto the stage for getting his retard award for being a retard, much to the pleasure of the Ozbournes and Kylie minogue*. At this point i practically threw up.... sorry, but im allergic to sell outs. Good on the arctic moneys though... dressed as farmers and insulting the awards ceremony - kick ass
- Music theory can fuck right off
- Leonardo Dicaprioo is making a live action remake of Akira... o.O Yeaahh.... might not have been too bad if it wasn't for the fact that he's doing it. Oh and it's now in 'New Manhattan'. Fuck out.
- Xbox live can fuck right off aswell, as my friends crackdown won't connect, thus rendering the reason i bought my copy useless. I did get a good game with some geek american kid though; were quite fun. And N doesnt seem to want to let me online anymore. By anymore i mean that i got a day of play in before it wanked itself up.
- Facebook doesn't suck so much ass now that i've discovered that you can play Risk on it
*She's not as bad as 'macca' or 'ozzy' mind
- Noein continues to be awesome
- Lost, on the other hand, does not, with a slightly dull episode about kate and her baby-stealing antics. Not enough of the god that is Daniel Faraday. Except he has memory problems, or something.
- The Brits were shits, and i should never watch them ever again. Though i only really tuned in for the last ten minutes, in which i saw Paul McCartney cruise onto the stage for getting his retard award for being a retard, much to the pleasure of the Ozbournes and Kylie minogue*. At this point i practically threw up.... sorry, but im allergic to sell outs. Good on the arctic moneys though... dressed as farmers and insulting the awards ceremony - kick ass
- Music theory can fuck right off
- Leonardo Dicaprioo is making a live action remake of Akira... o.O Yeaahh.... might not have been too bad if it wasn't for the fact that he's doing it. Oh and it's now in 'New Manhattan'. Fuck out.
- Xbox live can fuck right off aswell, as my friends crackdown won't connect, thus rendering the reason i bought my copy useless. I did get a good game with some geek american kid though; were quite fun. And N doesnt seem to want to let me online anymore. By anymore i mean that i got a day of play in before it wanked itself up.
- Facebook doesn't suck so much ass now that i've discovered that you can play Risk on it
*She's not as bad as 'macca' or 'ozzy' mind
Friday 15 February 2008
Wednesday 13 February 2008
And at long last i beat the game...
Wow, who would have thought that at the end of it all, it would be the story, that seemed so non-existent for the first 9 hours, that was perhaps the greatest triumph of Shadow of the Colossus?
Almost a full 2 years after it's UK release and i have finally defeated the final colossus; a huge towering fortress of a beast set against a stormy sky and a suitably epic soundtrack. It's not like i took particularly long to beat it, clocking in at just over 10 hours total playtime, but for some reason i kept stopping and coming back months later. This week then, i made it my goal to finish, and i am so very glad i did.
The colossus are interesting and varied, with some superb highlights such as the 10th, a sort of Sand Snake whose eye you must pierce with an arrow, whilst speeding away from it, horseback, or the 13th, a huge snake-like creature (pictured below) that flies through the air, onto which you must leap from your horse, indiana Jones style, and crawl to it's weakspot, hundreds of meters in the air; a fight that has become perhaps my favorite videogame moment in recent memory.
Of course, simply traversing the huge landmass to reach each of the creatures is a joy in itself, and often you must overcome obsticles and cliffaces that stand it your path. At first i was dubious that the art-like nature of the landscape that has been so often talked about could be achieved, but by the end i honestly found myself exploring the land, in awe of the incredible views, the geysers, waterfalls, and rock formations, all created with a drag colourset, which only went to support the feeling of isolation and loneliness that is presented to the player. It has been said before, but along with Rez and Okami, this game really shows that videogames can be genuine forms of art; better ones, I would say, than alot of the crap you see these days
Suffice to say, the game is far from perfect, even, at times, being extremely frustrating; for a great deal of the fights i wished i was in control of Altier rather than Wander, as he struggled to dive out of harms way for me, or annoyingly jumped the wrong way, often plummeting to the ground below rather than grabbing the beast's fur. As well as this, hardly anything was explained in the game, and it was only from browsing the internet that i figured out there was a 'reminiscence' mode; in which you could go back and replay beaten colossus, or that you could be badass and standup on your horse to then shoot arrows. Similarly it was down to fluke that i figure out the easier way to jump on your horse (jump and then hold r1 near), and i have read alot of reviews in which people apparently failed to find this feature, and noted how much of a hassle it was to get n the horse. Oh and did i mention the camera? Which, while often very nicely employed, I frequently had to wrestle with to have any use whatsoever.
But by the end my frustrations had been forgotten, as the ending few colossus, and the final set of cutscenes, were simply beautiful. The death of one of the characters in particular was probably the most moving scene in any game which i have played; which may seem odd to you if you know who i am refering to, and the ending of the game was suitibly stunning, if ambiguos and confusing, and the final playable sections were genuinely tragic. By the end of this wonderful exerience i am left wondering wether Shadow of the Colossus was not just the best game i never completed, but, quite simply, the best videogame i have ever played.
Almost a full 2 years after it's UK release and i have finally defeated the final colossus; a huge towering fortress of a beast set against a stormy sky and a suitably epic soundtrack. It's not like i took particularly long to beat it, clocking in at just over 10 hours total playtime, but for some reason i kept stopping and coming back months later. This week then, i made it my goal to finish, and i am so very glad i did.
The colossus are interesting and varied, with some superb highlights such as the 10th, a sort of Sand Snake whose eye you must pierce with an arrow, whilst speeding away from it, horseback, or the 13th, a huge snake-like creature (pictured below) that flies through the air, onto which you must leap from your horse, indiana Jones style, and crawl to it's weakspot, hundreds of meters in the air; a fight that has become perhaps my favorite videogame moment in recent memory.
Of course, simply traversing the huge landmass to reach each of the creatures is a joy in itself, and often you must overcome obsticles and cliffaces that stand it your path. At first i was dubious that the art-like nature of the landscape that has been so often talked about could be achieved, but by the end i honestly found myself exploring the land, in awe of the incredible views, the geysers, waterfalls, and rock formations, all created with a drag colourset, which only went to support the feeling of isolation and loneliness that is presented to the player. It has been said before, but along with Rez and Okami, this game really shows that videogames can be genuine forms of art; better ones, I would say, than alot of the crap you see these days
Suffice to say, the game is far from perfect, even, at times, being extremely frustrating; for a great deal of the fights i wished i was in control of Altier rather than Wander, as he struggled to dive out of harms way for me, or annoyingly jumped the wrong way, often plummeting to the ground below rather than grabbing the beast's fur. As well as this, hardly anything was explained in the game, and it was only from browsing the internet that i figured out there was a 'reminiscence' mode; in which you could go back and replay beaten colossus, or that you could be badass and standup on your horse to then shoot arrows. Similarly it was down to fluke that i figure out the easier way to jump on your horse (jump and then hold r1 near), and i have read alot of reviews in which people apparently failed to find this feature, and noted how much of a hassle it was to get n the horse. Oh and did i mention the camera? Which, while often very nicely employed, I frequently had to wrestle with to have any use whatsoever.
But by the end my frustrations had been forgotten, as the ending few colossus, and the final set of cutscenes, were simply beautiful. The death of one of the characters in particular was probably the most moving scene in any game which i have played; which may seem odd to you if you know who i am refering to, and the ending of the game was suitibly stunning, if ambiguos and confusing, and the final playable sections were genuinely tragic. By the end of this wonderful exerience i am left wondering wether Shadow of the Colossus was not just the best game i never completed, but, quite simply, the best videogame i have ever played.
Sunday 10 February 2008
Friday 8 February 2008
Fucking Blogger and stuff
*is still pissed off about the fucking password restrictions*
Anyway heres a fun game i found on the internet
The Never Ending Level game
See how far you can get. I got to lv29, where i had to stop, as macs lack the # sign which i need to pass the level. I checked, it ain't like im just doing the wrong thing. So i feel slightly pissed off. Anyway give it a go. Kinda like Not Pr0n, expect alot less complicated, and easier.
Also,
- Finished Bioshock; man that was good, overtook Galaxy as GOTY for me. Shame for the sodding fetch-quests in the second half though. 9 .5/ 10
- Downloaded Rez - and played the hell outta it. Missed out on ps2 version, so than god again for xbla. Killer game, area four in particular was brilliant. Strangely weird and a rare instance of me actually listning to game music rather than just putting on itunes and muting the volume...
- Lost season 4 is fucking incredible so far!! Best it's been since the first season. Hopefully it'll keep this up. Can't be much worse than the first few s3 episodes anyways... So many questions from the first two episodes!! And it looks like they're gunna be answered, which is nice... The flashbacks in particular have worked well so far, especially in the 2nd epsiode; 'Confirmed Dead', being short, consise, and, cruicially, not disrupting the flow of the episode. Good to see more of theatAbingdon (sp?) bloke,, very intriguing character.
Oh but they need to get rid of the annoying english woman. We do not sound like that.
And now i have a week off working, aahhhh relaxation.......
Anyway heres a fun game i found on the internet
The Never Ending Level game
See how far you can get. I got to lv29, where i had to stop, as macs lack the # sign which i need to pass the level. I checked, it ain't like im just doing the wrong thing. So i feel slightly pissed off. Anyway give it a go. Kinda like Not Pr0n, expect alot less complicated, and easier.
Also,
- Finished Bioshock; man that was good, overtook Galaxy as GOTY for me. Shame for the sodding fetch-quests in the second half though. 9 .5/ 10
- Downloaded Rez - and played the hell outta it. Missed out on ps2 version, so than god again for xbla. Killer game, area four in particular was brilliant. Strangely weird and a rare instance of me actually listning to game music rather than just putting on itunes and muting the volume...
- Lost season 4 is fucking incredible so far!! Best it's been since the first season. Hopefully it'll keep this up. Can't be much worse than the first few s3 episodes anyways... So many questions from the first two episodes!! And it looks like they're gunna be answered, which is nice... The flashbacks in particular have worked well so far, especially in the 2nd epsiode; 'Confirmed Dead', being short, consise, and, cruicially, not disrupting the flow of the episode. Good to see more of theatAbingdon (sp?) bloke,, very intriguing character.
Oh but they need to get rid of the annoying english woman. We do not sound like that.
And now i have a week off working, aahhhh relaxation.......
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