Kendrick Kerwin Chua

We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
after you've spent your weekend enjoying:

Monster Hunter Tri (Wii) - My American gaming buddies are enjoying the
Jhen Moran hunt, an epic event quest that has you *leaping* off a boat to
land on the back of this giant crocodile. You might be called on to duck
into its cavernous mouth to plant explosives and carve off his dangerous
tusks. Never did anything like that in Phantasy Star Online. I've got to
try that quest for myself.

Half Minute Hero (PSP) - Probably my last weekend with it. If I don't see
some end credits this weekend it'll probably be shelved in favour of...

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) - Playing the newer game informs my
ability to play the previous one, as I gain insight into weapon mechanisms
and multiplayer methods I didn't know about before. Apropos of nothing, I
happen to have a spare copy of the game just in case I ever own more than
one PSP unit, so I can sit and mess with multiplayer functions by myself.
That's probably obsessive in an unhealthy way.

Braid (PC) - Maybe. This is out on disk in the States, but something makes
me think there's some horrible DRM implemented with it. I ought to just
download the console version.

-KKC, awash in new work assignments.
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The Rev

On 23/07/2010 12:46, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:

DungeonCore (iPhone) - Takes a while to get used to, but when you do, you
realise that this roguelike upside-down Doodle Jump is absolutely excellent.

Plunderland (iPhone) - First impressions: Lovely presentation, shitting
controls. Going to give it some more time, but it's a chore to play right now.

Dark Void Zero (iPhone) - First impressions: A bit rubbish, despite all the
glowing reviews.

And the usual other bits and pieces.

gunthergloop

Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on
> Monday, after you've spent your weekend enjoying:
>

Yesterday I traded in Uncharted 2, Just Cause 2, Fallout 3 and Tiger Woods
09, paid 1 euro and received...

Tiger Woods 11 (360)

I haven't played it yet and the 'exchange rate' was not exactly great, but
it was a damn sight better (49euros) than the 37euros offered in Gamestop
(they were offering 9.50euros for UC2!)

I'm not in a big rush to play, but I figured it'll be the last non-b0rked
PGA game for a while since the next few years will be spent configuring
their various 'non-controller' methods of playing.


Watch out Witty, I'll be better than you (well, near enough almost as good)
in a month or two!


Also, while my 360 is actually on, I plan on finally returning to

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (360)
I had a quick blast on Battlefield 1943 the other day on PS3 and was amazed
at how bad I was. That's what 2 months of non-play does to ya.


-Kevin.

Chris Stevens

gunthergloop wrote:
> Yesterday I traded in Uncharted 2, Just Cause 2, Fallout 3 and Tiger
> Woods 09, paid 1 euro and received...
>
> Tiger Woods 11 (360)
>
> I haven't played it yet and the 'exchange rate' was not exactly
> great, but it was a damn sight better (49euros) than the 37euros
> offered in Gamestop (they were offering 9.50euros for UC2!)
>
> I'm not in a big rush to play, but I figured it'll be the last
> non-b0rked PGA game for a while since the next few years will be
> spent configuring their various 'non-controller' methods of playing.
>
> Watch out Witty, I'll be better than you (well, near enough almost as
> good) in a month or two!

Bring it on! I've actually played this far less than any previous iterations
at this stage in their lives, and am still struggling to score consistently
well, so a bit of friendly competition might do me good! Also - the way
stats are built up (and limited) in this game should mean that you'll have a
competitive golfer within a few days play.

> Also, while my 360 is actually on, I plan on finally returning to
>
> Battlefield Bad Company 2 (360)
> I had a quick blast on Battlefield 1943 the other day on PS3 and was
> amazed at how bad I was. That's what 2 months of non-play does to ya.

Right. After months of relative online apathy/inactivity, I really am going
to find you (and trooper? toad? skim? others?) and join up for a game or two
of this. I need to kickstart myself out of console gaming lethargy and this
seems like a good way to do it.

Other than the above, I may well play:

Limbo (360)
Quite possibly the most beautiful game of this generation. Spooky as hell,
too. I've only played for about half an hour so far, but I'm absolutely
loving its minimalist charms. I spent a good chunk of that time desperately
trying to balance and wobble a crate across a fly-infested pond before
opening my mind to looking for a more sensible alternative. I don't care if
this is a little short (as the completion percentage seems to suggest),
because every second of it is wonderful.

The Jim and Frank Mysteries: The Blood River Files (iPhone)
Very near the end of this now, and it's 59 of the best pence I've ever
spent. It really is almost as good as the Layton games, and has a similar
level of polish. I'm hoping that there will be further adventures...

FIFA 10 (360)
My most played game of recent months by a country mile. As I'm off on my
hols on Thursday I'll be trying to squeeze in a couple of outstanding 1v1
league fixtures over the weekend. I'm very, very sad that my holidays will
mean that I'll miss two weeks of fixtures in the rllmuk 10v10 BAP league, as
this is my favourite thing that involves a 360 these days, and something I
genuinely look forward to each Thursday.

--

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

jochta

On 23/07/2010 12:46, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:
>

Crackdown 2 (360) - Been saving the last beacon but now it's time to do
it and finish the story. Got about 40 agility orbs left to find so I
might see if I can tidy those up too. Plus some co-opping I expect.

Sir Chewbury Gubbins

Kendrick Kerwin Chua the Monkey was never naughty:
>
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:

Not sure - got the kids for the next fortnight and I'm holiday so I
probably won't get near anything that plays games

If I do, it'll likely be a bit of either RDR or WAR.

Choobs

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HarpingOn

On 23/07/2010 12:46, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:
>

Bioshock 2 (PS3)

Not sure if I'm liking it more than the first one. Or even as much. I
think I am.

TW11 (PS3)

Thwack. Oh bugger. Thwack. Blast. A lot.

Puzzle Quest 2 (DS)

Some. It's good but I have too many mobile time wastes. When I only had
the DS, I'd be playing this, and only this

Android + iOS

Various

Chris Whitworth

On 2010-07-23, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io> wrote:
>
> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:

It's the school holidays, which basically now means that MrsW will no longer be
exhausted and sleeping all weekend, and thus my weekends will be filled with
Exciting Things To Make And Do, not relaxing and playing games. However, should
I get a chance to actually sit down for five minutes, I'll be playing:

Sam and Max S3E04 (PC) - came out earlier in the week, but I've been too tired
to play it so far. Hope to make a sizeable dent in it this weekend.

Nethack (PC) - Whoever it is here that keeps on banging on about it has made
me dig it out again and I've been quietly playing it in the background for the
last couple of days at work. I'm still yet to get much past level 6 or so and
I keep dying of hunger (or, more precisely, fainting due to hunger and then
getting beaten up by something embarassing like a grid bug). There's a lot to
this game I still don't understand but I'm quite enjoying not understanding it.

Sim City 4 (PC) - Came out on Steam, which has prompted me to start playing it.
Again.

Maybe something consolely too, but I doubt it.

Chris
--
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"Back when I was young, we had to travel back in time to put the tape in so
the game would load before we died."

deKay

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:

> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:

Another Code:R (Wii)
It's a chatty game, but as in interactive storybook (like the original)
it's pretty good. Enjoying it a lot.

Monstar Huntar Tri (Wii)
Thanks Much to Mr Choobs! Will try to give this a go at the weekend.

deKay
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <alpine.OSX.2.00.1007231548570.2255@iMac.dekay.syt es.net>,
deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>
>> We only care about what you want and what you've put in the bin on Monday,
>> after you've spent your weekend enjoying:
>
>Monstar Huntar Tri (Wii)
>Thanks Much to Mr Choobs! Will try to give this a go at the weekend.

Have you played any of the previous games in the series? If not, I'm
curious to know if your experience with Tri inspires you to try out any of
the PSP versions. It wil either annoy the hell out of you, or stoke the
fires of your OCD.

-KKC, who tends towards the latter category.
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--"I think I'm kind of like pennies. You | kendrick
have 'em in your pocket but you don't | @ io.com
remember they're there." - Bill Withers | http://www.io.com/~kkc