I'll make this quick with bullet points this time!
- Finished playing and writing a review for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventure: Fright of the Bumble Bees - review should be going up soon, after the embargo lifts on the game. My Peggle Deluxe review should also be coming this week on GameRevolution.com, keep an eye or two peeled for that.
- Giving Persona 3 FES a break since it started to feel like a chore, and restarted playing Okami on the PS2 - I had a save file from when I played the game at the time I bought it, it read 2:00:00, I decided to scrap it and start over. Gorgeous game so far, has a strong Zelda feel, I'm loving it - already crying for Clover's closure yet again. Feels like the game will stretch for quite a while, which is good!
- Also restarted playing Bully, on the PS2 as well. I want to follow ex-1UPer's Rebel FM's Game Club segment on the game that should be starting this week - for those who don't know, when these guys were at 1UP they had a podcast named 1UP FM in which there was a segment called backlog where they played an old game along with the users, commenting along the way, and they carried the idea over to the new site. I admit I did not like Bully a whole lot back when I got it, but now it's clicking with me - it's a lot simpler than GTA, less violent, and it's a bit more interesting now for me. I also had an old saved game from way back when, at the Halloween portion. Figured it wasn't that far off from the start, so I kept playing, now I'm at Chapter III, winter, a bit further than what the Rebel FM podcast guys are playing for this week. I'll probably play more during the week and get even further.
- Started playing Lock's Quest on the DS. Feels like this game will get way too hectic rather soon, so it might not last 'til the end with me, since getting hectic with a fragile piece of electronics and a stylus isn't exactly my idea of an enjoyable time. I'll wait 'til it gets to that point. It's a fun little game, good art, interesting premise so far.
- Finished reading Bernard Cornwell's 'Stonehenge' novel last weekend. I think it's worth mentioning that even though I really enjoy playing games, reading is a bigger passion for me, and that I tend to finish far more books than games during the year. Also, Cornwell's stories are structured in a way that would make great games, with lots of twists and turns, and relatable heroes and villains. 'Stonehenge' is a story limited to just one book, great one to start off reading his other works.
- In World of WarCraft, that 25 player Naxxramas raid never happened. Not even half of the people signed up showed, so I gathered some stragglers in the guild and ran the Halls of Lightning instance on heroic difficulty. I never ran that particular instance in that difficulty setting, and it showed - we died a couple of times at the final bosses. Remember that polar bear mount I mentioned? Got it on Tuesday, after nearly three months of trying daily. To hell with random drops... cool mount, though.
- Will probably skip Fallout 3's DLC 'The Pitt' tomorrow, as much as it pains me to do so - my XBLA points are almost dry, and I almost rather play the Broken Steel campaign with the new level cap before going to the Pitt. I'll play The Pitt if I get it for review - which I doubt it'll happen.
- Last, but not least, I am working on a piece of VERY nostalgic art that will make a lot of people happy. It's not close to being ready yet and will take another couple of weeks of work. I'll be sure to post about it as soon as it is out the door. I'm very, very happy with its progress so far!
There you go for now! Have a fun week, everyone!