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Apr 18
New Blog
This will be my final post on the Tumblr blog and under this URL. I have created a new blog which you can find here http://toevadeslugs.co.uk. I am looking forward to the future of my new blog as I will be concentrating on doing more video to go with my posts. I have already posted my first entry along with a couple of videos for your enjoyment. See you on the other side.
Feb 02
3DS
I will be attending a Nintendo event in Manchester this Sunday ahead of the 3DS launch next month. I will be trying out the system and some of the “launch window” games. I will update the blog when I get back home on Sunday after the event so stay tuned and I will give my impressions. Until then I am out. Oh and I am back for good now.
Sep 24
1 Week Until Eurogamer Expo 2010
I attended 1 day of the Eurogamer Expo last year in Leeds, which involved playing many unreleased games at the time, and going to a developer session which was as good, if not even more interesting. Hearing how Introversion struggled with getting their game, Darwinia, onto the xbox live market place for an hour was actually very insightful. This year they scrapped the Leeds location to concentrate on the main London event which I haven’t attended before. So that being said, this year I will be traveling down south for all 3 days at Earls Court. I had originally booked the last 2 days which I figured would be more than enough time. I want to go to as many developer sessions as possible and figured I could spend one day going to all the available sessions, playing a few games inbetween, and then concentrate on playing games on the second day. That was before they annouced a developer session with Peter Molyneux on the Friday. When I heared about this I bought a ticket for the first day as well. This would have been my traveling day, but now I will be going early hours of the morning to get to London in time. But I’m sure it will be worth it.
I will be recording lots of video, and writing up my impressions of many games so check back after the event to see all of that.
Happy returns to a boy and his blog.
Steve
May 18
E3 is coming
I realise I have been away for far to long due to… well due to life basically. But I am back and I’m more excited than ever. In a few short weeks E3 will be under way.
Things we can expect to see
Nintendo will have to be showing their next hand held device, the glasses free 3DS.
Microsoft will of course be showing off more Natal.
Sony will be showing more of their motion controller, Move.
Rumour/Speculation
Will Microsoft announce an Xbox 360 Slim?
Could Sony possibly announce a PSP 2?
Have Nintendo got a Wii HD in the pipeline?
Personally I think it is likely that Microsoft will announce some sort of slim console. As for a PSP 2 and a Wii HD I think not. But you never know what the big 3 will throw at us. For me, the excitement comes from the things I don’t see coming, that blow me away. I am hoping for as little pre E3 leaks as possible. They are usually inevitable but they spoil the surprises that I love so much, so I can only hope for as little of them as possible this year.
So, I am ready for E3. I will be enjoying it from the comfort of my desk and laptop but will enjoy it all the same. Expect to hear more from me in the coming weeks, and during E3 week itself.
Mar 07
Weekly Update (7th March 2010)
This week has been a busy week, but I have managed to get some gaming done. I started playing Bayonetta. I am enjoying it although it is rather difficult. I may have to knock the difficulty setting down a notch. I have continued with MotorStorm and I finished Heavy Rain a couple of hours after the last weekly update. I will do a more in depth update on Heavy Rain this week as I am on holiday from work. Although I don’t have such a lot to say this week, I should certainly have plenty to talk about next week. I plan on spending most of this week playing games, reading graphic novels and going to the gym. Should be a good one.
Feb 28
Weekly Update (28th February 2010)
I am so engaged with Heavy Rain I nearly forgot about updating the blog. So I may as well begin with just that. I played more last night and then a few hours again today. I am really loving the “game” now. I put the word game in quotes, as it isn’t really a game. I will talk about it fully once I have completed it, which I expect to do this week, if not the next day or two.
Another game I bought this week was MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. I have kept meaning to buy the game since it came out as I rather enjoyed the first one for the PS3 as well as the most recent addition to the franchise on the PSP. I actually rented it first from Swapgame but clicked the keep it button as it was a good price. I am really enjoying it and I am pleased to finally get some Trophies from a MotorStorm game.
I bought the new DLC for Borderlands, “The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. But as of yet I haven’t had chance to play it. I am looking forward to jumping back into Borderlands but Heavy Rain is a higher priority right now. I actually bought the previous DLC for borderlands and haven’t even played it, after reading several bad reviews, and I probably won’t bother now. This one however looks to be the best one yet with a level cap increase to go with the superior content. Anyway I will probably do a stand alone update on the DLC if I ever get round to playing it.
I don’t usually talk about football, but I may as well mention that I went to Old Trafford earlier in the week to watch the Man United and West Ham game. I haven’t been to see them play for a few seasons so it was great to get to go again and I hope to get to see them play more often in the future.
That about does it for this week so here’s to another awesome week coming up, hopefully.
Feb 26
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain came out today, and the weather couldn’t be more perfect for it’s release. At least where I live anyway. I actually got my copy in the post yesterday, and got to play it for an hour or so last night, as well as a couple of hours today. I am enjoying it so far. The start is a little slow but necessary to get you into the controls and how everything works. I am at a point now where it is starting to get real interesting, so I am looking forward to continuing the story. Unfortunately I need to get to the gym now, and I have work this evening. I am also at work all day tomorrow so I will have to wait until tomorrow night before I can get back into it again. If you have a PS3 then you really need to check this game out as it is completely different from anything you will have played before. I will do another update on Heavy Rain once I finish it. But now I am going off to the gym. Good job I am driving. Its heavy rain outside.
Feb 21
Weekly Update (21st February 2010)
This week I really only have a couple of things to talk about. Firstly, I have read my remaining Walking Dead graphic novels. I love it more and more after each volume I read and I have now ordered the remaining volumes (7-10), so I can’t wait for them to get here so I can read them.
As far as games are concerned, I haven’t played such a lot. With the combination of going to the gym and work, along with other commitments, I haven’t had such a lot of time to play. But one game I have picked up which is perfect for my busy schedule, is Plants vs Zombies for the iPhone. When the game came out for PC last year I couldn’t stop playing it and I sunk rather a lot of hours into it. I said at the time that it would be absolutely perfect for the iPhone and I really hoped PopCap made the conversion. Sure enough they announced it, and after a delay or 2 it finally hit the App Store. It’s the only game I have played on my iPhone since I downloaded it. I quite often find myself playing it when I am at home which is amusing, when I could be playing a console game, or for that matter just be playing it on the PC. But that shows just how good a game it is. I also couldn’t believe the price they were charging for it which was only £1.79. I expected it to be £2.99 which would have still been a complete bargain.
One last thing, I keep looking at Broken Sword on the App Store and so far I haven’t clicked the buy button. I love the Broken Sword games and I keep thinking about buying it, but end up deciding against it with the thought I probably will never get round to playing through it on my phone. But I nearly know that I will go back and buy it at some point, it’s just a matter of time.
Feb 14
Weekly Update (14th February 2010)
It’s only been a 3 days since my last update so there isn’t a huge amount to say. I have finished God Of War 2 now though, so that’s all 3 of them done with. I’m glad I’ve got a little while to rest now as I don’t want to burn myself out, after playing through them all so quickly.
I watched Star Trek last night which I had wanted to see since it came out. I am not a fan of Star Trek by any means. I have maybe seen a few episodes of it many years ago but I don’t really know a great deal about the Universe. Having said that I thought the movie was fantastic. I really enjoyed it and I am actually considering maybe picking up some old Star Trek TV series. I will look into what is available on DVD or Blu-Ray.
The Heavy Rain Demo hit PSN on thursday which i was eager to download and play. I played through the demo and was happy to see it was 2 different scenes than what I played at the Eurogame Expo. I am super excited for this game now and actually didn’t realise it is going to be out in less than 2 weeks. Awesome.
The next weekly update will actually be in a week’s time so I look forward to this week ahead.
Feb 11
Weekly Update
I’ve decided to start a weekly update on everything that I have been doi
ng in the past week. Today is Thursday but I will continue to do this on Sunday’s in the future. Anyway I finally got The Zombie Survival Guide finished this week. I have been reading it for a while now and really enjoyed it. I have bought World War Z now which I will save to read a bit later as I really want to get back into my graphic novels.
I started reading The Walking Dead a while back now, and I have bought the first 6 volumes. I had already read the first 3, and finally got back to reading them this week and I am on the 5th now. I really love The Walking Dead so I want to finish reading the ones I have before I start another book. I will then order up to volume 10 and read them so I will finally be caught up.
I have been getting back into God of War again. I have finished the first one and I am 8 hours in to the second. I want to get it completed so I can look forward to GoW 3 in March. I have also just bought Darwinia+ on Xbox Live Arcade. I have been looking forward to this one for a while. I have found Introversion’s development on the game rather fascinating after I went to their developer conference at the Eurogamer Expo last year. Hopefully it does well for them. I am certainly enjoying it on the xbox.
Finally I decided to join the Gym at long last earlier this week. I have kept meaning to join for a while now, and finally bothered to actually do it on Tuesday. I have been the last couple of day’s and I am definitely feeling it on my arms especially. Shows how much I was using certain muscles before. Also my arse hurts from the exercise bike.