State of the PEOWW

We've had a week off but I'm doing some bits and pieces for this weekend.

First up, we've added a Twitter thing. This can be accessed by any of the main writers for the site. I'm still a little unsure if Twitter has any use at all, so that's why I'm leaving up to others to make it good. Our good friend Mafro seems to know how to use it.

I'm writing and researching a piece about emulation on the PSP. The homebrew scene for that thing is still very active and cacks on the DSHB scene. So far the Megadrive and Arcade emulators seem to be the best ones.

Also looking to finish up a piece about the easiest 1000s out there for my regular(ish) Achievement Whore series. I've done most of the factual stuff but it needs padding out to make it even slightly entertaining to read.

I've got fucking Modest Mouse stuck in my head. Fucking Rock Band 2.

Some shit I've played recently.

Poor old Return To Kai Temple. I've not been giving this blog much love recently so here's a quick update. I've recently played some decent stuff, some gash stuff and some whorey stuff. Here's the highlights...


Saint's Row 2 - I hate GTA games. All of them apart from the first one. The first one was good because it was truly sandbox. You just had to hit a score target, but how you did that was up to you. None of this story shite.

Well, colour me sexually confused. Saint's Row 2 is amazing. There is loads to see, loads to do, lots of customisation, a decent story, some moments of comedy. It's the best example of the genre in years. Even the 'gangsta' stylings don't really annoy me but maybe that's because I based my character on the Duke from Escape From New York. Am surprised at how fantastic this game is in co-op also.

Verdict: excellence.


Resident Evil 5 - not nearly as good as Resi 4 but miles better than any of Resi 4's imitators. Forces too many playthroughs and has some fairly dull levels but I beat the game five times and never really got bored. The game is maxed at 1000GS but the DLC for the extra 200 can go fuck itself.

Verdict: very good


Fallout 3 - Oblivion but set in a landfill site. I want to love it but I can't. It bores me senseless.

Verdict: tramp simulator.


Trivial Pursuit - acquired in a tasty deal with Burnout Ultimate Box. Fairly straightforward conversion of the board game but with an annoying fucking habit of asking you easy questions like 'Pearl Jam were part of a music scene that originated in which US city' and then asking you to pick it from a map without telling you what the four multiple choice options actually are.

Verdict: alright I suppose.


Peggle - addictive but frustrating bastard.

Verdict - worse for you than crack.



WHORE-OH SELECTION

CSI - easy but soul-destroying.
Surf's Up - reasonably fun.
Open Season - really quite shit.
Cars Mater-National - a bit dismal.