WEEK TWENTY

Playing through all four of this week's games took quite a bit of time... especially since they fell on such a busy week. Bleugh. Real life! Who needs it, eh? ;-)

Do you have any memories of any of these games? If so, leave a comment. Did I completely misjudge Smash T.V. or The Addams Family?

Here are the standings.

Wow, two "falling" games? The last game to "fall" was Golden Axe at the launch of the Mega Drive! Honestly though, I just couldn't play those two. Joe & Mac was a pleasant (but frustrating) surprise though.

Next week I'm continuing on with the platforming. Hopefully these games should take a lot less time than this week's did!

HOW'S YOUR JAP KNOWLEDGE...?

Played Legend of the Mystical Ninja lately? Have no idea what most of it means? (Like me?)
Check out this webpage. I found it really interesting, and I was frankly stunned by how much iconic Japanese imagery was included in the game!
ANNOTATED GUIDE TO LEGEND OF THE MYSTICAL NINJA

I'm still playing through this week's games. Not really close to finished yet, since y'know, there's FOUR of them. It's also been a really busy week. But hooray for the weekend!!

WEEK NINETEEN

Just realised that I forgot to put the "standing" for Mystical Ninja into the video. Oops. Ah well.

Apologies for my no-doubt terrible Japanese pronunciation. Here's this week's results:

How's everyone holding up in this full-on year of gaming? I finished Portal 2 the other day. Brilliant stuff, can't wait to get into the co-op. Er... I mean... back to retro gaming!   <_<

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

Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | PC Games

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*