deKay

Play:
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The Stay Awake Game (RL)
Five hours sleep since Thursday. Woo! FEEL THE BURN.

Cycletron 4000 (RL)
17 miles over the weekend. Not as many on Sunday as I'd have liked, but 1)
it was chufing cold, and 2) see the Stay Awake Game. Still, did 6.4-ish
miles in my old 4.7 mile time, so that's pleasing. After cycling daily for
15 days, I now have new legs. These ones are HARD with MUSCLES. The ladies
can't stop stroking them.

Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
Not as much as I'd have liked, but completed another couple of worlds. It
is very, very good. Well worth 22 miles

Crysis 2 (360)
Started off meh, went AWESOME, fizzled out at the end which was far, far
too easy. No end boss? No end massive battle? Just punch a few guys in the
face and enter a tunnel - that's it?! Pff. Still, it was fun overall, and
I'm glad I played it. If I hadn't seen it for £7 I doubt I ever would
have done.

Wario Ware Inc. (3DS)
Completed last night. Far easier than I remember it being, although I did
need multiple tries at doing Wario's games. Really is a lot of fun though.

Want:
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Batmang/Skyrim/Mighty Switch Force/Mutant Mudds/VVVVVV.

Bin:
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Daughter being ill and keeping us awake for several days. She's only got a
cold, but it's enough to keep us up. Sigh.

Expense:
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£22 on Mario so far this year.
90.76 miles cycled so far.
68.76 miles remaining.

deKay
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Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <alpine.OSX.2.00.1201160844130.25586@imac.dekay.sy tes.net>,
deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>Play:
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Tekken 6 (360) - I'm really, genuinely surprised by how good this game is.
It's not a fighting game with an action RPG attached to the side like all
the other entries, but completely the other way around. The action RPG is
the main content, and it's through working your way into the narrative
that all the other characters and costume options are unlocked. I was
worried that it would end up being a Virtua Fighter 5 imitator, but it's
doing so many new things that I can't accuse it of that. The game totally
won me over when I thought I had started to tire of the cut scenes, but
then we had a situation where Nina and Jin were conducting a conversation
in two different languages. Jin spoke in Japanese, Nina in her California
English, and the two understood each other perfectly. That's my first
indication that they were having a lot of fun making the game, more so
than with any of its predecessors. This is my new nightly diversion.

Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition (DC) - I suspect I would have been
more thrilled about this ten years ago. I never did get into the driving
mission genre (Wreckless and Driver come to mind) so I'm not really hip to
what works and what doesn't. That said, I suspect that it's a flaw that
Super Runabout has a penchant for putting mission goals in places where
you can barely drive. Unless there's some button that allows me to get out
of the car to go wandering down the alley to pick up the hot dog bun. I'm
somewhat less enthusiastic to go hunt down the two Playstation prequel
games, but I'm still sore that the one set in New York wasn't available in
the States.

Star Wars Invasion (PSX) - Whee! Commander Worf is giving me orders... to
fly through the tutorial navigation rings very, very, very slowly. Press
R2 to accelerate? I am pressing it. Why am I moving at the speed of trench
warfare? Well, I've spent $5 on dumber, more boring games.

PC SRPG under NDA (PC) - Pre-release review impressions going up on the
website shortly, I hope.

>Want:
>-----

Felony 11-79 and Runabout 2 (PSX) - The two previous Runabout games. I
have no idea why the first one got a different name, except that almost
every odd niche Playstation title seemed to have gone through some sort of
dumb-ass renaming when the first localisation efforts ocurred.

>Bin:
>----

Old Xbox 360 (360) - I dug up the old packaging and put it all back
inside, just to save space. I'm surprised at how much crap they jammed
into that original launch box, and that there weren't more defective units
due to shipping trauma.

>Expense:
>--------

Balance forward - $200

50 Cent Bulletproof: G Unit Edition (PSP) - $11
Dungeons and Dragons: Eye of the Beholder (GBA) - $4
Guilty Gear Judgment (PSP) - $7
Ultra Bust A Move (Xbox) - $3

Total year-to-date - $225

-KKC, who hopes the THQ bankruptcy rumours are all false.
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WCZ

"deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:alpine.OSX.2.00.1201160844130.25586@imac.deka y.sytes.net...
> Play:
> -----
>

The call xbox support game (IRL)

Spent about half an hour on the phone to xbox support on Saturday trying to
get them to remove the hijackers email address from my password reset
information. After half an hour Derek told me he had reached a 'dead end'
and could not do anything to remove the rogue password reset info. He
suggested I raise a question on windowslivehelp.com as apparently there are
no real people you can talk to about Windows Live account issues. I've done
this and am still waiting for a reply. He also suggested I just create a
new Windows Live account and move my Xbox Live account to that. I've done
that too and the associated email address will be used no where. I think
it's time I put a complaint in writing as I'm pretty pissed off with how
this has been resolved. Quite how Microsoft could release my Windows Live
account back to me with the hijackers info still in the password reset
details is a mystery to me.

Blox Roll (Android)

Good move your block around puzzle type game. I've 3*'d the first 19 levels
but its got hard all of a sudden. I might be struggling.

>
> Want:
> -----
>

Xbox Support to be less shit.

Driver : San Fran to be £9.99 again as I missed out

Skyrim to drop to under 20 quid

Gears 3 to drop to under 20 quid

>
> Bin:
> ----
>

Xbox Live support.

>
> Expense:
> --------
>

I think all I've spent so far is £29.97 on 12 months of XBL Gold.

--

WCZ

gunthergloop

On 16/01/2012 09:37, WCZ wrote:
>
> Driver : San Fran to be £9.99 again as I missed out

When/ where was this? Was it on PS3?

-Kevin.

gospvg

"deKay" <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:alpine.OSX.2.00.1201160844130.25586@imac.deka y.sytes.net...
> Play:
> -----

Skee Rim (360)
Done a few quests on the main dragonborn quest

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jvyy sbyybj zr vs V qb bgure dhrfgf naq abg gurve dhrfg? Jr pna or na Nezl
bs sbhe !!


Enslaved (360)
Went back to visit this, played a couple of chapters. It's good and I think
a nice break from Skee rim so will play a few chapters a week.

> Want:
I need to stop reacting to cheap purchases, purchased a few cheap games over
the weekend.
Bugger off Zavvi !! I'm not interested !!

> Bin:
Forgot to bid on some ebay auctions I was watching, which is probably a good
thing otherwise I would have purchased more.

> Expense:
Can't remember will wait for them to arrive in the post & then post but I
think around £30 for 5 games.


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http://www.gospvg.com

HarpingOn

On 16/01/2012 08:53, deKay wrote:
> Play:
> -----
>

Skyrim (360)

Bored bored bored. Just let me get the campaign over, please? Think I'm
nearly there, then I can park it. I'm into the fifty-mumbles with levels
now.

Jelly Defense (Android)

I seem to have had an epiphany and completed lots of levels that I
couldn't get gold on before, thus opening up more new levels. Hooray!

Boom Boom Rocket (360)

Wow. Despite my not having any of my old save game data, for some reason
all my high scores and unlocks were still there. Guess they're
associated with my gamertag.

>
> Want:
> -----
>

To finish Skyrim and start either Fable 3 or Alan Wake.

> Bin:
> ----
>

Nothing

> Expense:
> --------
>

Alan Wake (360) - £7
Fable 3 (360) - £6

>
> deKay

gospvg

"gunthergloop" <news1@keviSPAMNOnforde.com> wrote in message
news:4f13f1ea$0$32013$c3e8da3$853bf72e@news.astraw eb.com...
> On 16/01/2012 09:37, WCZ wrote:
>>
>> Driver : San Fran to be £9.99 again as I missed out
>
> When/ where was this? Was it on PS3?
>

£11.99 I think
Before xmas on quite a few sites Play & Amazon


--
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[..getting old and still playing video games..]
http://www.gospvg.com

WCZ

"gunthergloop" <news1@keviSPAMNOnforde.com> wrote in message
news:4f13f1ea$0$32013$c3e8da3$853bf72e@news.astraw eb.com...
> On 16/01/2012 09:37, WCZ wrote:
>>
>> Driver : San Fran to be £9.99 again as I missed out
>
> When/ where was this? Was it on PS3?
>

Play.com on PS3 and 360 in their Jan sale. I ummed and aaaahd too long and
missed out.

--

WCZ

WCZ

>> Expense:
>> --------
>>
>
> Alan Wake (360) - £7
> Fable 3 (360) - £6
>

Was Fable 3 new or pre-owned at that price? I've been waiting for a £9.99
price tag.

--

WCZ

HarpingOn

On 16/01/2012 09:58, WCZ wrote:
>>> Expense:
>>> --------
>>>
>>
>> Alan Wake (360) - £7
>> Fable 3 (360) - £6
>>
>
> Was Fable 3 new or pre-owned at that price? I've been waiting for a
> £9.99 price tag.
>

Preowned.

Better than the 20 quid download version that I wasn't at all tempted by.