Category: Games

By popular demand… with ratings! The Gamer Test: How much of a gamer are you? Score one point for everything you can answer “yes” to. Technicalities count. (Warning: spoilers exist below!) Miscellany. 1.I’ve played a game. 2.I’ve played a game continuously for more than an hour. 3.More than 4 hours. 4.More than 12 hours. 5.More… Continue reading The Gamer Test Revisited

As somewhat of a followup to my earlier “are you a gamer” post, I’ve been thinking about the “50 games to play before you die” sort of idea. This isn’t 50 (I haven’t bothered to count, and I may add more) but here are my first thoughts about a gaming canon. I’m including the systems… Continue reading Games to play before you die

Some things are inexplicably (ok not inexplicably, I’m sure because of licensing issues – try harder, Activision!) missing from GH1 & 2, others simply would be good for GH3. Just off the top of my head… Back in Black or Highway to Hell – AC/DC Tales of Brave Ulysses or Sunshine of your Love –… Continue reading Guitar Hero 3: My suggestions

The Gamer Test: How much of a gamer are you? Score one point for everything you can answer “yes” to. Technicalities count. (Warning: spoilers exist below!) Miscellany. 1.I’ve played a game. 2.I’ve played a game continuously for more than an hour. 3.More than 4 hours. 4.More than 12 hours. 5.More than 24 hours. 6….and it… Continue reading The Gamer Test

Run, don’t walk. This game is one of the more brilliant things you’ll play in your life. Actually, I don’t know if it’s quite out yet. I have it on the dev network. But soon if not now. Drool in anticipation.

Various items I’ve collected over the course of my career.

Shirts that I’ve collected over my career.

And my Mii Parade has 5 miis in it now! My new bowling high score is 279. I missed the strike on frame 10!

5183 7827 7354 6715 I’m pro level at tennis! And advancing rapidly with the bowling (high score 197). Golf I haven’t touched yet, baseball is fun but takes too long, and boxing is a bit hit and miss (har) for me.

Played with it a bit last night. Fun! I can see that Wii Sports Tennis is going to be great. But I was too jet-lagged to play much. I set up my Mii and did the online update, played a bit of Tennis and Bowling. Now I just need a component video cable, and Zelda… Continue reading I have my Wii