Back to a Working and Gaming Life

It’s been a busy few months and, to be honest, I totally forgot about this blog after I got fed up with all the frustration stemming from the url problems (which may actually be fixed now but I’m not certain it will last very long). I suppose I better give you the good news though, and that’s the fact that I’ve finally got a full time job. So, now I no longer have to worry about money (much) I can feed my gaming habit which obviously now gives me something to write about. I have really missed it though, and now I have a massive load off my mind I can concentrate on improving my writing abilities. Let’s get back to the real reason of this blog though, and that, obviously, is the games!

Since my last post I’ve actually done a lot more gaming than I usually do which, for someone who runs a blog dedicated to the topic, is a strange thing to say. When I had free time I spent it doing other things, which isn’t a bad thing but it left a stack of games unplayed and my rentals just lying around collecting dust (luckily I pay monthly through Boomerang). I’ve played everything from Castle Crashers to Prototype and GTA IV: The Lost and Damned to the original Fallout (which is going for an amazingly cheap price on Good Old Games). It’s just good to be able to come home and get a few hours relaxation on a game. When I could do that whenever I wanted it didn’t mean as much, but now it strangely feels more fun when I’m trying to fit a session into the few spare hours I have on weekdays (I work from 9am until 5.30pm, but I don’t get home until about 6.15pm). Of course, there’s always the weekends but I do try to fit other things into my life apart from gaming.

One game I’m not really having much fun with at the moment is The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (the Xbox 360 remake). The game is just too damn hard, and because I can’t play in high definition at the moment (my last monitor apparently ‘broke’ but I’ll be getting a new one at the end of the month, which is actually better than my old one as it goes up to 1080) it’s hard to see what’s going on in the really dark places – which there are a damn lot of! I’m contemplating sending it back to Boomerang, but that will be breaking my unwritten rule that I complete games before I send them back for another rental (plus I can be a bit of an achievement whore at times and there’s still plenty up for grabs).

Another benefit of my monthly wage is my new iPhone 3G. I got it on an 02 contract last Friday and I already want to marry it (maybe there’s an app for that?). Games wise I’ve bought Crash Kart and Bejeweled 2; both of which help to pass the time on the bus to work (although Crash Kart is a little hard to play when the bus is bumping up and down). I’ll be trying some more out over the coming weeks and I hope to write mini-reviews here for them.

I’m crossing my fingers that the url problem will stay fixed for tomorrow, but I will be posting some more impressions on what I’ve been playing lately either way. I may also be working on another project, so stay tuned for details on that.