Archive for December, 2006

25 hours later

25 hours into Twilight Princess I had accepted the fact that this game wouldn't bring anything new to the series, but then I had to go to this cold place called Snowpeak…

(Minor spoilers)

I've played a couple of Zelda games, some of the GameBoy-versions and especially Ocarina of Time, and so far most of the gear, temples and so on in TP, is just as in the old games, and I haven't even played Wind Waker. Forest Temple, Fire Temple, Water Temple, it's all there. Running around Hyrule Castle Town the other day, slapping the sillyness out of annoying dogs, I got a new mission where I was to investigate the "snowy mountains to the north" because the Zoras were annoyed by some Yeti-like monster with a reeking fish. Off I go, the scenery is cool, snow and blizzards, never seen that in a Zelda-game before (afaik), you have to follow the scent of the socalled Reekfish to get through it and then you meet Yoti, a huge, friendly yeti who screams stuff like "I LIKE FISH!" and "UH UH! YOU LOOK TASTY BUT I GOT FISH!", hilarious fella, he invites you to his house and you have to complete a cool little snowboarding game to get there (complete with jumps and everything), you arrive at his house, which is actually a gigantic mansion, go inside, meet his sick wife, and start investigating the place to find a key for the yetis' bedroom (in which the mission objective, a mirror shard, is located). The atmosphere in this place is amazing, the cozyness in the living room, with an open fire, and kitchen (in which Yoti is making a soup for his wife), stands in stark contrast to the freezy courtyards and creepy hallways in the rest of the house. So far, this level has been the coolest in the entire game, you run around looking for the key, blasting away icewalls with cannons and a big wrecking-ball, stumbling upon ingredients for the soup and eventually fighting against the yeti wife (Yota), who, because of an Lord of the Rings-like obsession, turns into a demon. Also, before getting this mission, you see a cutscene with Ganondorf (!) who hadn't been mentioned in the game until that point. Twilight Princess just got a hell of a lot better.

Wii-written entry

Had to test this, I’m writing this from the browser on my Wii. Oh, the wonders of technology! Now I just need a keyboard because this is taking forever, even with the word-suggestion function turned on.

Post-Christmas and presents!

The best evening of the year is over, as always, now you're supposed to feel guilty about all the disgusting things you've been filling yourself with the last month. Well, that's what you're supposed to, you could also just enjoy all your presents, bring up the extra case of Coca Colas from the basement and continue stuffing your growing, belching gut. Anyway, that's what I'm gonna do. ALL HAIL THE SPIRIT OF GEEKNESS!

Call of Duty 3, Madden NFL 07.

Thanks to Play.com I didn't receive Call of Duty 3 and Madden NFL 07 in time of christmas. Should be here soon.

Resident Evil 4.

I've been playing Resident Evil 4 for a while, I'm a big fan of the series, and RE 4 is not really what I would call a Resident Evil game (mainly because you collect money and buy stuff from freaky-looking guys in alleys, and the zombies often come running at you in big crowds, not really scary), but it's still a lot of fun. The graphics are decent, and the interactive cutscenes are great.

Metroid Prime.

Haven't been able to play this alot, got around to kill the first boss and it's very entertaining so far, I love the way the interface looks like it's actually a part of the inside of the helmet.

Guitar Hero 2.

Sooo addictive, I'm on medium difficulty now, a lot more fun than easy, which is just dull.

The Ultimates vol 1.

Not as good as Astonishing X-Men (the only comic I can compare it with, because I'm a comics-newbie), probably primarily because of the missing Whedon-humor in The Ultimates. It's still very entertaining though, nice story, intriguing characters, interesting dialogue, including the cool punchlines.

Preacher – Gone to Texas.

Fascinating on so many levels it's hard to explain. The story is extremely far out, vampires, angels, serial-killers, stuff like that, but it just fits so well together it all seems believable. Extremely violent, a lot of gore, and of course, foul language, but hey, I'm a guy, my neanderthal-like brain loves those sort of things.

January issue of >pcplayer

Latest issue of >pcplayer is out, do yourself a favor and go buy it. I've contributed with a two-page interview with a Star Wars Galaxies player, mainly as a follow-up to a similar interview in the march issue, and the retrospect article in a recent issue of the magazine.

Burning Crusade intro

Let the hype reach new heights.

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