Odds and Ends

Hey, speaking of MvC2, I've been playing it a lot lately. I finally broke my old High Score in Arcade Mode. I cracked two billion (2000000000) points. That's a lot of points!! I couldn't have done it without this charming mechanical fellow to my right. In so many matches, my partners never tag in, they merely assist. Ms. White to makeup for Sent's notorious weakness to attacks from above, and Mr. Raging Demon for the Tatsumaki Expanision Assist plus Flight Mode raves (= Crazy Repetitious).

I suppose I should mention that I hit an arcade yesterday for some kicks. Totally got pwned... I need more stick practice. T.T

Beat Ico a few days back. Definitely a game everybody should play... once. Although, personally, I think Shadow of the Colossus is the better game. And in no small measure either. Shadow towers over Ico like Malus the Grand Gigas towers over a simple Smokeman.

I picked up Mario Party 8 as a favor to Poptart and, in my personal opinion, it has a lovely box. Yeah, I have been forbidden to open it until her return from the Banks, but as soon as she returns and we get a chance to Party, I'll let ya'll know the haps. As Catarina and I have already kibitzed, the reviews are pretty spread out across the rating spectrum. It comes down to the old Penny Arcade syllogism, "All you do is bark. You never meow." It seems a number of critics don't even like the idea of Mario Party, and grade it down based largely on its genre. It is akin to reviewing a puzzle game, and complaining that it doesn't have enough blowing up of stuff. (Every Extend Extra aside.)

Oh yeah, I'm also so close to buying a PS3 I can taste it. (In fact, I tasted Catarina's when she was out of the room.) I'm pretty set on grabbing F.E.A.R as my first title, even though I'm not much of an FPS fan. It is also odd that I've been piqued by Ubisoft's Haze, which is speculatively slated to be Halo 3's release rival. Planet Earth on Blu Ray is also near the top of my list, as well as fl0w and Super Rub-a-Dub. The retail dates for Assassin's Creed and Heavenly Sword are still up in the air, so, you know, those are more vague desires than planned purchases.

As Poptart pointed out, I don't have an HDTV at the homestead, but I get the feeling that owning the new Sony space heater might be the catalyst for convincing Legoman to go halfsies on a new set.

According to Google Analytics, our Bossa Nova segment was a mild success. So, due to whelming demand, and the fact that I have a killer subtitle cooked up for one boss, we will be executing a second round of Bossa Nova articles, hopefully beginning this Monday. Will your favorite boss be featured? Stay tuned! (Or not, whatever...)

Catch you on the flipside.