The gaming diary

[UNFORGIVINGPAIN]

More Wario Land Shake It with my son. Fun game.

[blcklblskt]

I'm nearing completion on Order of Ecclesia.

[jackttt]

Gta:san andreas still damn amazing after playing it for sooooo long

[Sirgin]

Gta:san andreas still damn amazing after playing it for sooooo long

Yeah, it's still very much enjoyable. I've played it for a few hours myself a week or two ago.

[phoenix1967]

Played some GTA IV last night. I'm about 25% complete in the game, but these "chase" missions are annoying. If you fail it, you don't get to start from the beginning point of the chase, you have to drive to get to the starting point before the chase begins. I have to chase down a freaking train for Manny (and even Nico is getting pissed at that!) to take out some gang dude and I have to chase & shoot down some thug for Derek (as a favor to Playboy X) on a motorcycle! I definitely need help on my driving skills for these missions!

I also noticed the game had some clipping and scenic "fill in"  that I hadn't noticed before. Still a great game, though, but imo not worth perfect scores.

I'm also trying to catch my cousin's voiceover work in the game on the radio stations and bystanders. I thought I found it once or twice.

[Feechy]

What radio station do you think it's on? And also, using common sense, why don't you just call him and ask?

[phoenix1967]

It's not that simple. When I talked to him over Christmas, he said that they didn't let him know about where his voice would show up. They just gave him the scripts and said "Go!".

He's in the credits under "TV and Radio Commercial voices" and is in "The crowd of Liberty City". He also mentioned being one of the unlockable NPCs, a guy that was totally P-whipped, but that part may have been cut out because he wasn't able to find it when he was playing the game. And I haven't found it yet either.

So all I can do is flip through the radio stations and hope to hear it in the commercials.

[Feechy]

He doesn't even remember what he said... Odd...

[phoenix1967]

^It was over a year ago that the voice work was done. And he's a very busy guy.

Also, a lot of the voice work was reactionary, like "OW!", "AAARRGHH!", and various grunting. They would tell him while recording..."You got shot in the arm. GO!", etc.

[NES_Rules]

Just survived my first 72 hours of Dead Rising. 3,853 zombies killed and 441,445 PP, is that good?

Now, I don't know what to play next, more Dead Rising, start Battlefield Bad Company, start Crackdown, play more Simpsons game, start Okami, or start Blast Works.

[phoenix1967]

If you're done with Dead Rising, or just need a break from it, Crackdown is a BLAST!


I played some Rock Band last night. Still stuck on Green Grass and High Tides on the Medium Drum Solo Tour. I'm growing to hate that song. I always get to about 65% or so before bombing out.

[Izret101]

Beat RE4 Wii Edition
I've passed the first 115+ stages in Defend Your Castle for the Wii and the stick figures can barely even make it on screen before getting annihilated by archers.

[phoenix1967]

Celebrated New Year's with some Rock Band 2 and Left 4 Dead at Den's place.

[Silent Scythe]

Tried to Beat Dragon Quest 3 last night but couldn't. I beat it today at noon, I might work on a little Breath of Fire 2 now.

[Sirgin]

Played some more Dark Chronicle yesterday, it was fun. Somehow the dungeos seem less boring than they used to, even though they're bigger than before. I just do 2-3 "episodes" per play instead of trying to do too much and getting annoyed with it.

The GeoRama is getting more fun too, the Seaside one is quite interesting.