Thought I'd do a little blog about all the XNA games that have been out on demo recently:

Culture: I was almost put into comatose after playing this. I like casual games, but whoever though circling weeds with flowers would be good gameplay should be shot. Add to that the dire other modes and hideous slowdown make for an unappealing game.

Trilinea: A broken version of some of the best puzzlers on XBLA. It just didn't make sense most of the time, and a large time the game didn't work as it should. I don't like having to dredge through more text than War and Peace to get into my puzzle games.

Little Gamers: I really don't understand the cult hype that's developed around this one, as pressing the keys on my keyboard was more interesting than playing this. Highly repetitive, and lacked charm, which was what it was trying so desperately for. The amount of annoying gamer words injected at every possible chance also got on my nerves.

Rocketball: Having been horrified by "Deathrow" on the Xbox, I was hoping for a decent dodgeball game with this, but alas, I did not get one. The controls are broken, and the play is just dull.

However, its not all bad, as there were a trio of games that I thoroughly enjoyed!

The Dishwasher: AWSMness in a game! I loved everything about it! The dark tone, the lightning fast gameplay, the themes, the boss in the demo. I can't wait for the Dishawasher, and when XNA games are made available to buy, I'll be getting it the day I can!

Jelly Car: Awwww... Jelly Car is so sweet. The crayon look mixed with the bouncy gameplay make for a unique experience, and I could easily see this becoming the "Katamari" of XNA.

Proximity HD: A nice little numbers tile game which reminds me of the card games in Final Fantasy VIII and IX. I really liked this, but it needs to be 400 points at launch in order for anyone to take it seriously. A bit of fine tuning on the "Evil" difficulty is needed, but a nice surprise.

You may be saying "You try and make a game!". I'm not going to, and I'm a critic, so I criticise and praise where need be.

OMG!!!!

I love Bad Influence so much. Its my fave video game TV show. If you don't know, it ran from 1992-1996, and I adore it. Now the website is offering all the episodes on DVD for £24 incl. P&P. I am estatic, and I can't wait to get my hands on those lucious disks.

So, in October last year, I bought a Mega CD, 'cos I'm a collector. Since then, I have literally played it twice. The day I got it, and early last month, and that was to laugh at it with a friend of mine.

Apart from those two instances, I have not touched it once, and I'm just sick of it. So I'm seelling it on eBay. If anyone on here is interested, message me, and we'll work something out. Note: only those living in the UK apply.

If anyone knows how to detach a Mega II from a Megadrive II, please do tell!

Yesterday, I canceled my pre-order of Odin Sphere from Amazon. Not because I didn't want the game, but because I found a much better deal at HMV's site.

You see, with Amazon, I would have paid £27 incl. P&P, but with HMV, that went down to £17 with free delivery. Alos, HMV had the correct release date while Amazon didn't, and their date was two weeks later.

I have stopped buying games second hand from amazon because of eBay, and I know where I'm getting my pre-orders for new games. Truly, the end of an era.

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Hopefully this episode won't be DOA like the last one thanks to Glitchspot! Enjoy!

So, Odin Sphere's UK release date was finally announced as March 14th. Easily the best news yesterday along with all the news about WiiWare and XNA. Gears of War 2? What a surprise! /Sarcasm

Anyway, so I went on Amazon today, and pre-ordered Odin Sphere for 325. Now, I very rarely buy games "new" when it isn't my birthday or Christmas, but I had to get Odin Sphere. I cannot wait, but annoyingly, Amazon still have the release as March 30th, which is WRONG! But it'll be sorted out.

Odin Sphere will be the last PS2 game that I am interested in, as Persona 3 and Wild Arms 5 are released this month, and after Odin Sphere, all there is left is nasty movie liscences.

*Sigh* Today was very up and down. I thought I was having some huge tests today, and they are either delayed to Wednesday, or for another three weeks.

My body gets pumped up when I am about to have tests, and then not having them makes me feel a little odd, but whatever, I've always been a bit weird.

Saturday, I'm going job hunting! I can now work legally, 'cos I'm 16 you see. Anyway, I really want to get a Saturday job so I can earn some moneyz. I live within 20 minutes of over a hundred shops, restaurants and other amenities in this one street near me, so I should find something, and minimum wage is more than enough, as I don't have any bills, and so anything I earn will be mine. (Well, apart from taxes, obviously.)

I've thought of a really good idea for the next ToaSHG episode, so that will be up, probably Thursday, so look forward to that.

Ummm, I have no idea what to play. Having over 200 games in your backlog makes it a bit difficult to say the least......

I think maybe Lego Star Wars as I can get through that pretty quickly. Maybe some Harvest Moon: It's A wonderful Life.

I really need to finish: Metroid Prim 1 & 2, Ocarina of Time/Master Quest and Tales of Symphonia, as I got those games in 2004, and I still haven't finished them.

*Sigh* My life is SO hard......:P

The reason none of you could watch my vlog yesterday was because....well, I don't know, but the same thing is happening to everything, so blame it on Glitchspot.

Great way to launch a vlog, hey!

PS I do have friends. It was a joke. If I seriously didn't have any friends I would be crying in a corner and not saying it to the whole world. OK?!

My youtube channel is:

http://www.youtube.com/user/utadah4eva10000

The video works there, and you can find other fun stuff!

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It lives!