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30 Days of Gaming meme is now completed
It took me 287 days to complete the 30 Days of Gaming meme, which is a list of thirty topic trains meant to be derailed one after the other in thirty consecutive days. Another way to look at it is … Continue reading
Posted in 30 days of gaming, entertainment, lists, meme, musings, nintendo DS, playstation 2, randomness, RPGs, SNES, update, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Grinding Down
Samus as she’s always been in Metroid II: Return of Samus
I made decent attempts at the original Metroid, both back when it was out on the NES via a neighbor’s system and many moons later with it in my pocket on the Nintendo 3DS. I absolutely love and continue to … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, links, love, musings, nintendo 3DS, videogames
Tagged Freaky Forms, Metroid, Metroid II, Samus Aran, Spore Creatures, Super Metroid
All must bow before the Master of the Fighters Guild
Well, of the remaining quests to complete to the Fighters Guild, three more involved going into a cave and killing [plural noun]. The final ones actually broke form, but even with that said, they weren’t that exciting, despite being concerned … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, entertainment, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Achievements of the Week – The Elusive Master of Fashionistas Edition
Well, it’s been a week, and a busy one at that, at least in terms of my Gamerscore going up, up, up. Since Grinding Down last ran this feature, I’ve unlocked 12 Achievements in total for a whopping 190G, which … Continue reading
Posted in achievements, achievements of the week, entertainment, randomness, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Fallout: New Vegas, Grinding Down, L.A. Noire, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2
Games Completed in 2011, #30 – Portal
Always late to the party, I finally emerged from my rocky home this summer and played Portal–this time, all the way to completion. I guess I can now join society and nod appreciatively at jokes about cake and cubes. See, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 completed games, achievements, entertainment, food, impressions, life, links, music, review, science, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged Aperture Science, cake, Chell, GLaDOS, Portal, portals, puzzles, The Orange Box
Angry Birds should really be called Murdered Pigs
Yesterday, I played Angry Birds for the very first time. It was bound to happen. You can only avoid these things for so long; it’s kind of like how everyone eventually joins a social media site, no matter how vocal … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, links, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged Angry Birds, facebook, Google, Google Plus, grinding, pigs, Poached Eggs, social media
Bouncing around the cosmos with Osmos
I think it’s safe to assume that I’m going to be talking about many of the indie games I’ve recently added to my collection over the last week or so. It started with just five darlings from Humble Indie Bundle … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, videogames
Tagged And Yet It Moves, Braid, Cogs, cosmos, Humble Indie Bundle, mac, Machinarium, Minecraft, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans, space, Steel Storm, VVVVVV
Another day, another patch for Fallout: New Vegas
Old World Blues will be released on all platforms on July 19, but before that can happen, a patch must hit to fix some problems with Fallout: New Vegas. And when I say some, I really mean a plenitude of … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, fail, first-person shooter, lists, news, RPGs, videogames, xbox 360
Tagged DLC, Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian, patch
