Gaming Blogs

Over the past week, I didn't get so much game time in as during the week before. What i did manage was some more time in Just Cause 2 (love that title =+) - I managed to discover a few new locations, with help from the map, and even kill another one of the army boss characters.  My next step is to attempt the next Agency Mission, which I already unlocked a while ago but so far have not managed to attempt yet. I also had a few goes at the remake of Mickey And The Castle Of Illusion, re-visiting the level I most recently completed, in order to collect more of the gems.  It took a few attempts but I did manage it in the end.  There is still a playing card in it that i haven't reached yet though.

So the past week, I played a little more of Mark of The Ninja on PC, a stealth 2D platformer.  It doesn't have a full savegame system, but does have very regular auto-save checkpoints, so it's not a chore to play. You can use either mouse+keyboard, or controller, and i switch between these 2 methods depending on what needs doing in the current section of the level I'm on. I also did another run of a dungeon (read: grinding) in Torchlight 2, in the area I've actually completed but not yet moved on from.  I'm just trying to get my character's level up one more point before I continue my journey in the game! I made an attempt at making a custom track for the "flying" rollercoaster type in Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.  I've got a custom park started, in a scenario that has unlimited money so i can basically build whatever I want.  It didn't go well though, not even gaining a 1 for "excitement", but being mega-intense.  So i'm going to h

On Tuesday I played a little more of Batman: Arkham Asylum on PC. It's easy to see why, when it was released, it gained glowing reviews - it's a joy to play (I recommend switching between controller and mouse/keyboard) and really captures the darker mood of the Batman world. On Thursday, I went to The Dice Cup with a couple of friends, and we played a game of Tiny Epic Galaxies , without any of the expansions.  Admittedly, I lost, but the scoring was close - 18, 21 and 22 points. Then on Friday, with my girlfriend and her son, I again was at The Dice Cup.  I introduced them to the joys of Star Wars: Destiny , a nice CCG that also uses dice.  I find it simpler to get the hang of than Magic:The Gathering.  Plus, it's Star Wars!.  For this, I used the 2-player starter set.  We also had time to have a go at Chronicles Of Crime .  This is an excellent, fullly co-operative crime solving boardgame/card game.  It makes good use of QR codes (every card and location board in the ga