Occasional spleen venting and soundbites from my shed.

• 22Jan 12

  LBP. So fun it hurts.

  So I finally coralled some friends into helping me give LBP one last hurrah and, now that I have finally finished this gem of a game I just thought I would put into words what a truly inspiring bit of work it is.

  I know it's a pretty basic idea - parallax 3D platforming, humourous level design, cutesy graphics - but this game is a perfect storm of all those things thrown in with just amazingly silly and enjoyable MP.

  I have been playing the game on and off for about 2 years and I genuinely still enjoy it, especially with a group of mates.

  From the random backhander slaps which allow you to knock your mate across the room, to the way the sackpeople grab on to one another as they hang from ropes, to the fiendish multiplayer puzzles thrown casually into an otherwise straightforward level - it all combines to bring that rarest of things in gaming these days - a smile to your face.

  Bravo, Media Molecule. Just bravo

  

  • Posted Jan 22, 2012 12:36 pm GMT
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• 24Dec 11

  Merry Christmas, World

  Merry Christmas, everybody, everywhere!

  Nadolig Llawen
  Gesëende Kersfees
  Een Plesierige Kerfees
  Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
  Gezur Krislinjden
  Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
  Feliz Navidad
  Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
  Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
  Selamat Hari Natal
  Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
  Shuvo Naba Barsha
  Vesele Vanoce
  Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
  Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
  Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
  Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
  Feliz Navidad
  Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
  Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
  Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
  Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
  Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
  Pace e salute
  Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
  Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
  Sretan Bozic
  Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
  Glædelig Jul
  Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
  Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
  Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
  Gajan Kristnaskon
  Ruumsaid juulup|hi
  Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
  Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
  Hyvaa joulua
  Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
  Joyeux Noel
  Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
  Bo Nada
  Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
  Froehliche Weihnachten
  Kala Christouyenna!
  Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
  Mele Kalikimaka
  Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
  Shub Naya Baras
  Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
  Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
  Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
  Gledileg Jol
  Selamat Hari Natal
  Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
  Nollaig Shona Dhuit
  Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
  Buone Feste Natalizie
  Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
  Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
  Sung Tan Chuk Ha
  Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
  Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
  Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
  Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
  Linksmu Kaledu
  Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
  Sreken Bozhik
  IL-Milied It-tajjeb
  Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
  Meri Kirihimete
  Shub Naya Varsh
  Merry Keshmish
  God Jul
  Pulit nadal e bona annado
  Bon Pasco
  Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
  En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
  Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
  Maligayan Pasko!
  Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
  Feliz Natal
  Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
  Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
  Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
  Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
  Sarbatori vesele
  Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
  Buorrit Juovllat
  La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
  Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
  Hristos se rodi
  Sretan Bozic
  Buorrit Juovllat
  La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
  Nollaig chridheil huibh
  Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
  Hristos se rodi.
  Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
  Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
  Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
  Feliz Navidad
  God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
  Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
  Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
  Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
  Sawadee Pee Mai
  Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
  Srozhdestvom Kristovym
  Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
  Chung Mung Giang Sinh
  Cestitamo Bozic
  E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

  • Posted Dec 24, 2011 2:26 pm GMT
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• 9Oct 11

  BFBC2: Boom! You're dead.

  144 hours over 4 months. 283,582 rounds fired. 4,434 kills. 600 games.

  Lots of stats.

  I ****ing love this game. Can you tell?

  But the one stat that made me start firing continuously into the sky, screaming and shouting with enreserved joy? That made me beat the air, shouting "**** YEAH!", at 1:30am at the end of my latest 5-hour play session?

  20 Destruction 2.0 Kills - Trophy Unlocked

  Oh how many hours have I spent planting C4 booby-traps, only to miss the target by milliseconds? Blowing up everything that moves, while watching the enemy escape at the last second? Shelling targets left, right and centre without killing a single combatant? To call it frustrating doesn't even come close. Hellishly annoying.

  Well, lets just say it was a very long road... but I have blown the living **** out of it now.

  

  So that's Platinum trophy number 11 sorted.

  

  I can go back to playing this epic game again just because it is fun.

  

  • Posted Oct 9, 2011 1:24 pm GMT
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