Koala Gaming Diary – April 29, 2008

Ok, folks been super super busy. A lot has happened in the two weeks since my last post. First and foremost, my Elite 360 got the dreaded red ring of death! (oh knowz!) Except it wasn’t the three red lights…I got one red light and the error message E74. A quick google search indicated that this was likely to be an error in one of the graphics components, so needless to say, my console was f’d. Luckily I was still under warranty, so Micro$oft sent me my coffin and now I’m just waiting for it to get shipped back.

However, this really messed up some of my gaming plans. I had just gotten Army of Two and was ready to bust some fictional Middle-eastern country to hell with my brother online. I also got a copy of Dead Rising from Goozex and was ready to pretend I was in Dawn of the Dead. And perhaps most frustrating, I got a nice clean copy of Grand Theft Auto IV sitting on my tv stand just begging to be taken for a spin. Alas, all for naught. Why oh why have you forsaken me oh gaming gods!

Koala Game Diary – April 15, 2008

Sorry for the delay between posts folks. Have been extremely busy gaming and working in the hospital. Plus, the weather is starting to get nice outside, so I’ve been venturing outside and seeing this long dormant object called the sun. Anyway, onto my gaming updates.

• Professor Layton – Proving that my brain is working well (despite what my wife may have you believe), I conquered this awesome game and its 100+ puzzles. My favorite puzzle involved transporting people back and forth between an island and a sinking ship. My least favorite was the one involving counting triangles. All you who have played the game know what I am talking about. If you got a DS and want to work on puzzles that really train your brain and test logic, definitely get this game.

Koala Game Diary – April 2, 2008

1) Been playing a ton of Lost Odyssey recently.  Currently on the 4th disc, working on the sidequests prior to going back to Numara aboard the Nautilus.  About 37 hours into it, and have been playing an hour or so a night for the last few days.  Very similar to Final Fantasy, but seeing as how FFXIII probably won’t be out till late 2009, it’s the closest to a solid J-RPG this year.