• 12Aug 08

  Gotta Catch 'em All

  Perhaps someone with a minor compulsive disorder like myself shouldn't be playing games of any sort of game where you can level up with experiance.
  I've only just manage to escape the addictive jaws of World of Warcraft. Not only does it have the usual experiance system but it hits you with numberous ingame factions where you gain reputation by completing quests or killing certain mobs. Evil!

  
  Nice hat....

  Now I have Pokemon Diamond perminately slotted into my DS. I seem to be hell bent on catching every Pokemon in the game. I've even caught all 26 Unown which opened a cave where I could catch the ! and ? Unown. They don't do anything... just sit there in a PC. But I had to have them. I am now planning on getting Pokemon Pearl so I can get the unique Pokemon from that game. And after a little research on the net I discovered that having LeafGreen or FireRed in the GBA slot unlocks previously unavailable Pokemon. Oh will it ever end?! Nintendo are offically the Devils spawn.

  

  • Posted Aug 12, 2008 1:48 pm GMT
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• 20Jul 08

  My Gaming: ... to be this good takes Sega.

  

  The rise of the console. Well it was for me anyways. I hadn't played any video games outside of the arcades for a couple of years when '88 came around. A friend of mine had this mysterious computer called a 'Sega'. I was amazed when I played it. I remember 2 of the games he had were Wonder Boy and R-Type and as far as I was concerned this was arcade gaming in the home.

  I promptly nagged my mum for a Sega Master System and a 1 single game. It had to be just the one game because the price of a new cart was a whopping £30! I mean 30 quid back in 88/89, I wouldn't pay thirty notes today for a brand new PSP or DS game.

  
  The marketing boys for Sega really didn't have a clue... who drew these a 6 year old?

  In Britain at least the SMS was king and had very little competition. The 8-bit computer era was coming to an end, no one wanted an Atari 7800 and no one had even heard of the NES.

  Unbeknown to me at the time was Nintendos attempt at monopoly by threatening all the major 3rd party game makers with death and torture. Sega had to rely on converting there own coin-ops. Out Run, After Burner, Space Harrier and Wonder Boy all graced Segas 8-bit with graphics and sound other consoles couldn't live with.

  A closer look at some of my fave games later.

  • Posted Jul 20, 2008 8:56 am GMT
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• 18Jul 08

  Azeroth R.I.P.

  Once Blizz increased the experiance gained in Azeroth it was well and truely in the domain of 'oh this is the bit you level you character in before the real game begins'. A great shame because it's full of lore and a sense of history and lets be honest the instances are much better designed than Burning Crusade. Now with this weeks patch the mount level has been reduced from 40 to 30. Ok, so Stranglethorn Vale won't be as annoying any more but it's just another way to zoom through levels 1-58.

  On reflection reducing the level for a mount isn't much in itself. I could see it being rather helpful actually for alts and new players. Blizzard needs to try and keep players from getting bored and going to Conan or Warhammer. It's just the whole disregard for Azeroth saddens me. All those unexplored areas, all those excellent level 60 raids, all those story driven quests.

  What next with Wrath of the Lich King expansion? The ability to create level 60 characters and just bypass Azeroth all together? How about throwing in some epic gear and a flying mount?

  • Posted Jul 18, 2008 8:26 am GMT
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