summer summary

Ok, I did play quite a bit of games during the holidays, even though there was some quality time spent in summer cottages etc.

Let's see, dear gaming diary...I played some Metroid Prime! Yeah, I had this idea of finishing one game during my holidays, and made some progress with Prime but it turned out too vast and difficult.

Then I played some Boktai (finally!) on the GBA while the sun was shining. Did not get that far, but it was quite enjoyable. Now that the autumn is looming I guess it will be left gathering dust...the story of my gaming life.

On a more uplifting note, Animal Crossing is finally being released in Europe - yippee! I wrote a review of this wonderful game for Pelaaja magazine.

Oh yeah, Riddick is a fine one. Should try to continue this vindieselesque FPS.

Then, there was some card and board gaming: We bought some expansions to Carcassonne, and also the two-player Castle variant, which I liked quite a bit. Then we had friends, Heidi & Syksy and Frans & Laura over, and played a couple of rounds of Reiner Knizia's Lord of the Rings game. It was pretty good I think, as Heidi & Syksy were experienced players and so the game progressed quite smoothly. It had been slightly cumbersome with two players only and definitely improved with more players. The Sauron expansion was nice, too. We saved the Middle Earth twice! :D

At the moment, it's mostly digital gaming: There is Winning Eleven 8, of course, but I have a review task on NHL 2005, so that has taken most of my time. Satu has been playing Beyond Good & Evil, which seems quite refreshing and fun.

I'm pretty sure I forgot something...

back at it...sorta

Yep, been back from holiday for a full working week now...but haven't had time to even take a glance at the thesis. But my summer vacation was super :)

The irony is that I carried a whole bunch of research literature and printed the 1st draft with me to the holidays...but did not even touch them. I believe that is actually what holiday is supposed to be like ;)

I hope to clear out most of the 'proper work' in a week or so and get back to the draft. It would also mean that I put up the design diary for The Game Game, and - finally - also put some papers up for grabs!

I request patience, my readers. It's only a question of time ;)