A Gaming Diary
iPod
Peggle (iPod)
Nov 18th
It’s a shame that this is so battery intensive. I played for an hour or so today and almost drained my Nano’s battery.
I did get to the last set of story levels, though.
Star Trigon (iPod)
Nov 17th
Wonderful stuff, but it’s got very hard. Not only does it require very precise timing, but I’m now at the stage where I need to actually plan how to tackle a stage, rather than just wing it.
A far better game than the reviews on iTunes would suggest.
Peggle (iPod)
Nov 14th
Turned this on for one level, ended up playing three. Not too bad, then.
The music is good and seems to be different for each level, but it’s not nearly as joyful as the Star Trigion music.
(Yes, I know it includes the actual honest-to-goodness Ode to Joy, but that’s used as a sound effect, not part of the musical soundtrack – and, quite frankly, Beethoven could learn a few things from Namco about how to write properly joyful music.)
Star Trigon (iPod)
Nov 14th
I didn’t play my own music on my iPod today, instead I decided to listen to the in-game music for the games I played.
And Star Trigon as well as being a very good game has some excellent, excellent music. Happy, bouncy tunes that make me smile. But, remember, this is coming from a man who bought a Mr Driller double soundtrack CD.
In fact, the presentation of the game is very Mr Driller indeed. Same style of graphics, same style of music, even shared characters.
Star Trigon (iPod)
Nov 13th
One button arcade/puzzle game where you draw triangles in space. Done the beginner stages, seems fun. Quicker than I was expecting, so harder than I was expecting, so better than I was expecting.
Incredibly important information: It has Susumu from Mr. Driller in it.
Peggle (iPod)
Nov 12th
Suffered from terrible “one-more-level” syndrome at lunchtime today, but finally managed to stop after I managed to lose a level.
Phew.
Peggle (iPod)
Nov 10th
Just one quick level after playing Song Summoner. I’m very good.
Produced some great shots near the end of the level to win. Skill-based great shots, at that. It’s not all about luck, you know.
Song Summoner (iPod)
Nov 10th
It’s a Final Fantasy Tactics game. On an iPod. Where you use songs to create new units.
Amy Winehouse’s Back in Black produces a rubbish archer, Half Man Half Biscuit’s Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years produces a decent mage. Etc.
Not done much, yet. Initial cut scene and tutorial, the creation of sixteen troopers and the first battle proper. It’s a bit fiddly to control, simpler than the DS FFT game and has some annoying load times, but it’s on an iPod.
Peggle (iPod)
Nov 7th
It’s Peggle.
In my pocket.
It’s a good thing it eats up the Nano’s battery or my life would be over.
