Now Playing (PEACE WALKER!!!)

Currently playing Super Mario Galaxy 1, in anticipation of the second (curse Australia and it's waiting times), and at 75 stars, it's just about to get to all of the really fun stars. I also weakened and bought MGS: Peace Walker before beating MGS1, and it is pretty amazing. But I am still not really good with the controls and really annoyingly tend to accidentally run too quickly behind guards (the analogue stick is terrible) and constantly getting caught when I try and do CQC (close quarters combat). But it is pretty awesome and has so much content, and I feel compelled to get an S rank in EVERY mission! But I am still trying to get through MGS1 and just got past the battle with the Hind (annoying helicopter) which took at least 6 attempts because I only had 3/4 health and 1 ration, and I was terrible at that boss, but I got past it and it is still pretty awesome, even though it has aged a bit. Of course I am still playing Yakuza 3 and have just arrived in what I think is some part of Tokyo, and it is really cool and much larger than the first city, it's still an awesome game that I am enjoying a lot. I am playing a lot right now because it's holidays, so I can just relax and play video games, hopefully I'll post a bit more too!

Now Playing

Just yesterday got Batman: Arkham Asylum, and it is pretty awesome! As is anything with the current generation Batman. It captures the dark and moody theme of the two most recent movies and makes a good licensed game. Everything 3 hours in feels great, combat feels as the name suggests (freeflow) and the finishing blows are suitably brutal. He moves with grace (gliding) as well as with gadgetry (grapple). Then there are the riddles which are the collectible goodness that adds more fun to it. I can't wait to play more of it.

At the same time I got Yakuza 3, a pretty good looking open world beat em up, it seems alright after an hour with it. The combat seems pretty neat and the characters and story relatively interesting.

Just a week ago I started playing Red Dead Redemption, which is pretty amazing. And no, it isn't just GTA with horses, it feels like much more than that, at least to me. It is an amazingly well fleshed out world that constantly impresses and sidetracks you, and John Marston as a character has really grown on me. Annoyingly I've gotten a bit sidetracked from it with those 2 other games but I will try and play some of all of them this long weekend!