A Gaming Diary
Archive for May, 2007
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
May 17th
Thirty-five hours in. Five gyms down. Tried the sixth this evening, but I’m not ready. So I intended to level myself up, but didn’t do very well, sintead getting distracted by new Pokemon, trading and mixing records with my wife, dressing up my Crandios and going for a nice walk with my cute For Bear.
Yes, a bit of a contrast with Halo 3.
Halo 3 Beta (360)
May 17th
It’s Halo 2, but with a lick of paint and couple of new bits of furniture.
This means two things -
1) It’s truly excellent.
2) I am rubbish at it.
At World’s End Demo (360)
May 15th
A grown-up version of last year’s DS game, basically. As such it’s a fun swashbuckling romp and possibly worth getting in full, if you like that sort of thing.
Which I do.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
May 13th
Well, I finally beat the fifth gym leader. About thirty-three hours in now and I’m going to see if the sixth gym is doable.
Picross DS (DS)
May 13th
I made two puzzles and then handed them over to my wife to do. She was very impressed. Darth Vader and Jason Voorhees. Didn’t actually solve any puzzles myself.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
May 13th
Went to the gaming casino. You get some super special prize if you get to ten bonus rounds. So I played the tedious no-skill fruit machine mini-game for ages and ages, getting bonus round after bonus round, until after the ninth bonus round… the bonus rounds stopped. No idea why. Was very annoying.
Since then I’ve been seeking out trainers I’ve missed to try and eek out some experience for Batowl, my Noctowl, who’s the only anti-ghost guy I’ve really got.
Forza Motorsport 2 Demo (360)
May 13th
I think I’m going to have admit that I like this, as I can’t seem to stop playing it. Today’s car was the Gallardo, which I managed to drive reasonably well for the most part. I wish tiny mistakes weren’t punished so severely, but there’s no way round that as it’s, you know, car racing.
Crackdown (360)
May 13th
First! Ever! Co-op!
Played with a friend of mine and it was great fun when it wasn’t disconnecting (when I was winning a checkpoint race) or crashing (when I won rocket tag).
I also got my first achievement for a while – the one for killing a boss in co-op.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
May 12th
I’m unsure about what I should be doing right now. The next official task is the fifth gym, but I’ve somehow got to that stage with a severely under-levelled and unsuitable team, so I’ve got to try and level my guys up. If I just do battling of random Pokemon it’s going to take about six thousand years, so I’m trying to find a shortcut.
