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A Gaming Diary
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.
MLB 2K7 (PS3)
May 25th
Played two excellent games.
First up, I played an exhibition game as the 1946 Red Sox against the current Astros lineup and won 4-2.
After that I decided I should start a season. Might take a while, as there are 162 games in the standard season and each game takes over an hour to play. And that’s ignoring all the time spent doing all the managerial things I’ve not worked out yet. I’ve set it to automate as much as possible, as I just want to play to ball.
Anyway, I’m playing as the Astos and I’ve played one game so far this season. A win at home against the Pirates, 6-4. Was looking bad until a three-run homer in the sixth and then a solo homer in the eighth to take a two-run lead going in to the ninth.
Gran Turismo HD (PS3)
May 25th
I went through and did all the basic Time Trials, unlocking all the cars and the different modes along the way. Wish there were more persistant leaderboards – on the daily leaderboards my highest position is 4 and lowest is 71, which basically just shows roughly how many people have tried each challenge, rather than my own quality. If you see what I mean.
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.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
May 24th
I’m trying to find fossils.
I’m failing.
I’ve also decided to bury all spheres outside my base in future. I know I buried some a while back and can’t find them anywhere. Oops.
