WEEK EIGHTEEN

And here we have one of the all-time Nintendo greats... A Link To The Past.

Here's the GameTrailers take on the Zelda chronology. It's enough to spin your head!

Video Games | The Legend of Zelda Retrospective | Zelda Retrospective Part 6

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So does Zelda III live up to modern expectations? Pffff, of course it does!

So there it is. I might just play a little bit more of Portal 2 and Dragon Quest 5 before starting on next week's games. They're kinda hard to put down...   ;-)   That's it for this week. Ciao.

ME + UEMATSU

I'm back! What a great holiday I had. I'm stoked to report that after the amazing "Distant Worlds" concert I got to meet Uematsu himself. He shook my hand, signed my C.D. and I got a photo with him. I don't usually get starstruck when meeting famous people, but wow, this guy is like my idol!

The next episode is in-the-works, should be up before too long. In the meantime, here's some holiday snaps!

WELL, I'M OFF...

This will be my last blog post for a while. Tomorrow morning I'm off to Sydney. I'll hopefully be able to post something from up there, but I won't be home until the Easter weekend. Take care, everybody. :-)

BETRAYING THE CAUSE...

Okay, I admit it... I've been playing something other than the retro collection. No biggie though; there's nothing in the contract to say I CAN'T play any modern games. Heavy Rain has been sitting on my shelf unplayed for about 6 months now, and as soon as I put it in the PS3 last night I was hooked. What an awesome game! It's like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure murder-mystery movie. Brilliant! It feels like every little choice I make is going to affect the outcome somehow. Alongside Heavy Rain I'm also playing through A Link To The Past. Played it a million times and it's still owning me. I'm absolutely loving it. I'm up to the Water Temple now, so all-up probably about 1/2 way through it. I'm hoping to have it finished before I leave on my Sydney trip on Sunday. Going to meet Nobuo Uematsu!! *girlish squeal*

WEEK SEVENTEEN

Well, I got my 3DS. Funky little machine. Even though I didn't buy a game with it (worst... launch lineup... ever...) there's been lots of stuff to play around with. I'm still undecided whether or not I'll buy Pilotwings (it gets released in a couple of weeks) but playing the Super Nintendo version has given me a bit of a taste. Here's what I thought...

Happy 20th birthday, Street Fighter II! Here's this week's outcomes.

How long has it been since a game "fell" in the test of time? I'd better start playing some crappy games again! Doesn't look like that's going to start in the next week though. A game that many consider as the greatest game ever made. I've finished it about 20,000 times, but I'm still looking forward to experiencing it again. :-) Anyone else feel like playing it this week?