The gaming diary

[cant-grow-up]

Got panzer Dragoon out of the way.
Thinking gran tourismo 4 here in a bit.....or mayber tourist trophy? hmmm..

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

More Empire. Really needs some patching but it's still pretty damn amazing as is.

Finished the Road to Independence campaign. Rather than fighting the Cherokee for the West I concentrated on pushing the English out of Canada. My first expedition went horribly as I landed a small force on a peninsula in Nova Scotia and they got overwhelmed by this huge army Britain had parked there. Was pretty epic all the same, had my men form squares and they did some damage to the British cavalry until their infantry arrived. Rather than be shot to mincemeat in squares I charged them. 100% losses on my part; but I took a good many of them with my men and when my main force arrived the next turn with Washington at their head I chased them into the sea.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

To play a game with campaigns in my own backyard (Nova Scotia) would be fantastic. Fort Cumberland/Beauséjour or Halifax Citadel by any chance?

No, it's not quite that in-depth. I'll printscreen the map for you.

More news from the Empire front though. Started a Grand Campaign as the British and immediately started attempting to expand in the Americas. I can see the troubles they had...

I'm stretched incredibly thin now, fighting the French in Canada, the Cherokee to the west, the Spanish in the south, and now the US has sprouted up in the middle of territory I thought secure. Going to try and call a peace with the Cherokee, and probably the French too before they figure out I've left England defenseless and invade. I've got a substantial navy which I should use to make sure that doesn't happen; but it's all in the Caribbean or southern Europe dealing with Spain. None of this would be a horrible problem if I had established some financial infrastructure before going all gung-ho and expanding all over the place.

[phoenix1967]

Played some Pogo tonight with Sue.

[logical123]

I have played today
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Ikaruga
Peter Jacksons King Kong
Super Mario Strikers
Sonic Adventure DX Directors Cut
Freedom Fighters
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Soul Calibur II
Luigi's Mansion
Bloodrayne
The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
all for my GCN

>.<

No work today?

[Tynstar]

Boosted some NHL 08 last night.

[phoenix1967]

Fallout 3 last night also.

[Sirgin]

Played more Maximo vs Army of Zin yesterday. I'm at 78% now but that'll probably rise more today.

[Crabmaster2000]

My little brother came over and spent the night so we played some:

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - I think he likes the first one better because of the easy option which helps you do special moves. Even with the handicaps set hugely in his favor it was difficult for him to win.

Smash Bros. Brawl - Played this one a lot while he was here. Tons of fun, and I even unlocked a bunch of new songs, stickers, trophies and stuff. My wife played this one with us too. Usually we are pretty evenly ranked on this game depending on our characters (we pick random characters a lot), but my brother made me the bet that I didnt have to feed him until he beat me and then I went on a 17 game winning streak.  Man was he starving.

Mario Kart Wii - the 3 of us played a lot of Mario Kart aswell. Good times

Crazy Taxi - My brother and I stayed up late and beat all the Crazy Box challenges and got an S rank for the arcade mode. This ones just fun to screw around with.

Metal Slug Anthology - This game is a lot more fun with an extra person. I mean it was fun by itself, but with a second player to annoy you by grabbing power ups it was a blast. Played and finished Metal Slug 6.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Restarted my grand campaign in Empire. Still playing British, I decided rather than mainland America to go after India. Although I did seize the whole of the Caribbean from the Spanish as my first move. I had planned to simply take one city on the Southwest coast of India, it being a faction in itself and therefore not going to piss people off if I take them out. However, the local Maharata Confederacy started trying to demand stuff from me, then declared war for no reason at all. Was a stupid move as I had two full stack armies within striking distance of their capital. Three turns later I was holding on to the entire southern half of India.

Pretty good income flow from India, and I'm not sure where to focus next. I figure I might try and replicate history and cut Gibraltar out from the Spanish, although that would mean getting back into it with the French and Spanish. I might just sit back for awhile and let the cash flow in.

[hXd]

I discovered the wonders of Peggle tonight

[Izret101]

More Insaniquarium.
Unlocked 1 the first of 4 extra pets. First one was a scuba diving elephant.

[phoenix1967]

I discovered the wonders of Peggle tonight

I've heard good things about Peggle.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I'vew peeged good ting s about pegginrg

[Crabmaster2000]

Had another guy over that is married to my wifes friend and we played some:

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (Dreamcast)- Had my son on my lap as sort of a handicap and it turned out to be pretty even matches like that. My kid loves the analog stick. I keep telling him to stick to the D-Pad, but he just doesnt get it.

Raiden III (PS2)- Played through this one and beat it. Seems like you get infinite continues on multiplayer, unlike single player.

Ice Hockey (NES) - 3 skinnies and a fatty rules the rink!! But in the third period one of my skinny men dissapeared. He was still playable, but I couldnt see him. Just had a floating puck running around a couple times, and he couldnt skate past the center line. Weird.

Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers (NES) - Beat this one too. This game is so much fun with two players. And a lot harder when doing climbing levels.

Yoshi (NES) - Finished the night off with a rousing game of Yoshi. Good times!

[Barracuda]

Just did my Wii Fit for the day. Now I might try and get into Dead Head Fred again.