Not a lot going on with gaming in the last half of March.
Playing
Homefront for PC
I’ve been putting time into this for the past couple weeks and finished it tonight. I enjoyed it. It had a lot of technical problems that kept it from being anywhere near the hype, but it was enjoyable nevertheless. The campaign was about six hours long or so – the perfect length for someone who only plays games once per week. If the story sounds intriguing and you don’t mind some annoyances, borrow it and give it a go. Don’t buy it.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm for PC
Last week I got Cataclysm Dungeon Hero by finally doing the final heroic I needed, and tonight I unlocked the portal to Uldum, the last I needed. I still haven’t hit 80,000 honorable kills, but I’m very close. I’d like to start doing Algaloth weekly and maybe BGing daily.
Mirror’s Edge for iOS
Definitely worth the $1 I paid when it was on sale. This version is a side-scrolling platformer that’s played with one finger by swiping vertically and horizontally. It’s nothing amazing, but the atmosphere matches its console counterpart well. I’m enjoying it.
YumYumBoy for iOS
Here’s a puzzle game I’m reviewing. It should be done, but there’s a freeze on new posts to Game Boyz while we change hosts. More on this later then, I suppose.
Surviving High School for iOS
I can’t believe I’m playing a visual novel by EA. The game is about of a bunch of high school kids who try to date and get into trouble. It’s episodic and comes with a long (2-3 hours) campaign called Football Season. After finishing that, I looked at the other episodes. There are a few standalone episodes and sequels to Football Season as well as various numbered episodes that belong to seasons. I bought a sequel to Football Sequence taking place during college and didn’t like it as much. The numbered episodes each cost a dollar, but the game features a “now airing” episode, which is the newest episode every week, for free. I played through one of those and will probably continue playing the free one each week for a while.
Slacking
Pokémon White Version for DS
Nothing. I need to get back to it.
GTA4: The Ballad of Gay Tony for 360
If gem and I are ever off at the same time, I’ll play it more.
Johnny Platform’s Biscuit Romp for XBLIG
Too lazy to bring my 360 back upstairs.
Super Meat Boy for PC
Can’t find my PS3 controller.
The Force Unleashed II for PS3
Can’t find the game
Beat Hazard for PC
Couldn’t find my PS3 controller, but I’m not sure I would have touched this anyways. Am I done with it?
Infinity Blade, Doodle Lab 101, Angry Birds for iOS
Nada
To Play Later
So many things running through my mind! I need to finish the Layton series, and I’m only on the second Phoenix Wright. I know I should play Demon’s Souls and finish Mad World since it’s short. There are a bunch of newish Wii games to play – DKC Returns, A Shadow’s Tale, Epic Mickey, and Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Lately what I’ve been thinking about the most though are Golden Sun, Psychonauts, and Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. I’ll need to replay Golden Sun to properly import into Golden Sun 2 though. Phooey.