A Gaming Diary
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Rainbow Six Vegas (360)
May 28th
Started single player. A bit hard and I got annoyed when a team mate died in a mine shaft, so I quit.
Jumped into a game of Survival on Live, got told my character’s face was ugly and was then killed very dead, so I quit.
Rainbow Six Vegas (360)
May 28th
I haven’t actually played this yet, but I ddi just boot it up and map my face on to my character using the Xbox Live Vision camera. Took a few attempts and I’ve ended up with something reminiscient of me, but with a very orange face and huge, sad, black-ringed eyes. If I ever mate with a panda I’ll know what the children will look like, anyway.
It’s really quite spooky and I spent a while staring at this face before turning off the console.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
May 28th
What just happened?
I was merrily driving along when a message popped up saying I had a $147,000 fine and that as I couldn’t pay it I had to go to jail. So after thirty seconds of staring at a jail I was dumped back in my house with no money.
Except, I’ve spent hours today playing and saving up about $300,000. It’s all gone. I feel like I’ve been kicked in the stomach.
How did I run up a $147,000 fine? Why did it suddenly stop me without me being caught by the police? And where did all my money go, anyway?
What am I going to do now?
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
May 27th
Only one Achievement today, for buying Chevrolets. It’s not really an achievement, though, more an addiction. I’m not progressing through the game, I’m just buying cars I like and driving them for miles to get to challenges with tiny rewards.
But given the amount of fun I’m having progress can go hang for now. Mind you, I really do want an Enzo after driving one in a car delivery challenge earlier.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
May 26th
Lots of Achievements today. For buying a house, buying a car online, getting up to Expert level, driving 400 miles, having four cars… maybe more.
I spent the whole day driving my bitchin’ Camaro, which is now fully tuned and a lovely metallic purple with yellow stripes. Yeah, I pimped my ride.
I’m now leaning back to getting Forza 2, rather than DiRT, simply because I love the car ownership thing. I love to buy a car, learn to drive it, customise it, all that. And Forza’s got that in spades, I believe. It’s certainly got the customisation down.
DiRT Demo (360)
May 24th
Oh, this is very nice. Very nice indeed. Not too sure about the tarmac racing, but the buggy racing is just different enoguh from Motorstorm to be worthwhile and the hill climb is brilliant.
I’m really not sure about Forza now.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
May 24th
So, I played this for the first time in months. I nearly started a new game, but decided against it. Took my gorgeous Charger out for a spin, then got in my Nissan Nismo, which though not sexy in the least is at least useful.
A few events wouldn’t give me a gold, so I settled for silver, but I added over $150,000 to my bank balance, mainly thanks to a car delivery mission that I almost, almost, almost did perfectly. Also got a few Achievements, reached Pro level (no idea how, it just popped up) and created and uploaded an online challenge.
Soltrio Solitaire (360)
May 24th
It’s very simple, but I really like the way you can construct your own decks of cards. You just choose three elements to create the back of the card, but it’s still a very nice touch.
Xevious Demo (360)
May 24th
Just checking I didn’t want to buy this. Though it was better than I remembered I still didn’t think it was worth 400 points. Maybe 200, but not 400.
Gyruss Demo (360)
May 24th
Just checking I didn’t want to buy this. Though it was better than I remembered I still didn’t think it was worth 400 points. Maybe 200, but not 400.
