The gaming diary

[James]

More Forza 2. I'm getting stuck into it, even though it's a lot like Forza 1. I'm up to about level 22. I'm working through the Arcade races at the moment.

[two_scoop_steve]

some magic online, anyone else play this?

[phoenix1967]

some magic online, anyone else play this?

Magic: Battlegrounds for Xbox or Magic:the Gathering on the PC?

[two_scoop_steve]

magic online for the pc

[James]

Too much Forza after driving 350 miles across England. My eyes are numb, my back aches, my fingers are tingling and I've got a headache coming on.

*head asplode*

[Tan]

Time Crisis II. Which is loads better than Project Titan IMO.

[Tan]

Played the Project Sylpheed demo which is now on the marketplace. Haven't decided if I like it yet. Everything is as I had expected of it but the particular mission they used for the demo seems a bit chaotic. So many bright colours, nebulae, ships, weapons fire, exhaist trails etc. the screen is extremely busy. Where it not for the indicator arrows telling you where the enemy is you couldn't tell the difference between friend or foe, and even then it's still confusing.

If that's the only level like that then I'll definately give the full game a go before I buy/pass on it, there's a lot of potential there and it controls well.

[captain_nintendo]

More PSU last night. I finally got my copy of Crackdown, and will probably play that for a while tonight.

[James]

I've been trying to play some PC games.

Sims 2 - Keeps crashing when I change the TV channel to one with a custom video.

Medieval 2: Total War - On full settings at 1440X900 I got ~20 FPS, which is bearable. But I still can't get my head around it. I can't be bothered with so called "tactics".

Age of Empires 3 - Good game but a bit repetitive after a while. Build lots of units... stockpile them... attack in one big orgy of kill

And I'm back to trying to sort out the TV problem in The Sims 2. I've reinstalled older video drivers, new sound drivers, new video drivers. The only way I can make it not crash is to run in windowed mode with no sound, but then the video doesn't play, it just stays on the first frame.

[phoenix1967]

Guitar Hero II for 360. Made some good progress in Career mode tonight.

[Tynstar]

Crackdown co op with Capt Nintendo.

[two_scoop_steve]

some more baseball stars

[Tan]

Beaten the Federation campaign on Star Trek Tactical Assault, Played some Kameo and some Koi Koi on Clubhouse Games.

[Tondog]

Hotel Dusk and Sam and Max Hit The Road!

[phoenix1967]

Tan, How do you like Kameo? I still haven't opened my copy yet.