Things I learned over the weekend - Monday, 11 October 2010
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Yup, more stuff managed to permeate the lump of granite I call a brain. Will it ever end?
Breaking Bad is amazing.
I'd heard a lot about this series – it's collected six Emmies, so it's hard to dodge – and my lass and I settled in to start watching it over the weekend. We've watched seven episodes so far, and my gob is well and truly smacked. It's possibly the most entertaining show I've watched from the recent clutch ( True Blood and Deadwood included) although it's certainly not relaxing viewing. There were times where I was so on-edge that I could barely stand to be in the room, but of course it's all so well acted and interestingly plotted that there was no way I was budging my gaze, let alone my arse. I can't wait to watch more of this insanely breakneck piece of compulsive telly.I'm in an abusive relationship with Operation Logic Bomb.
Operation Logic Bomb is a strange hybrid of arcade run 'n' gun and action adventure. It's mostly twitchy shooting of stuff, with multiple enemies haranguing you in the most persistent manner. That's fine, but all the blasting is stretched across a bigger quest, which sees you collecting different kinds of weapon upgrades along the way, Zelda-style. As you progress through the levels, you'll have to use newly acquired equipment to help get you through to the next area.
It can get bastard tough in some spots, and I'll admit that every time I play it I usually only get a little bit further because I've learned how to tackle these bits. The only problem is that once you've died a few times and run out of continues, that's your whole game done. Kaput. No passwords, just begin again. And you'll have to battle through this entire adventure just to get up to the point where you died, probably so you can die just a little bit slower this time around because you kinda figured what you were supposed to do. Ugh. I still love the game, but I feel like I've been punched in the guts every time I run out of credits. Needless to say, I only ever play the game once per sitting before I leave it alone for a few months, hoping to forget the sting.