Feb
Games
This month started off with me playing a game that released at the end of January, Mass Effect 2, and what a game it was! Definitely my game of the year so far and one of my most enjoyable game experiences in a long time. It looks lovely, it plays brilliant, it has an epic story that continues from ME1 and sets up the inevitable ME3 beautifully.
After just finishing up Mass Effect 2, along came another sequel to a brilliant game, Bioshock 2. From outer space to under water in the time it takes to change discs. Bioshock 2 while not as good as Mass Effect 2 was still a fun game. It was a bit hard to get into but after a couple hours the story finally decided what it wanted to do and got on with it. I’ve not had a go at the multiplayer yet but I will at some point I’m sure.
Once I’d blasted my way through hordes of Geth and Big Sisters I got a bit ADD in my gaming. I went back to a couple of old titles that I’d either not completed fully or missed out on completely. I never got around to the Fallout 3 DLC so that was first on my list. I played through the Mothership Zeta content first and to be honest, it was pretty horrible. I moved onto Point Lookout next but never got very far in that because I kept dying. So I gave up on Fallout 3 and moved to Dragon Age: Origins which I missed out on because it released five days before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I’d played a little bit but never got into it before MW2 arrived so I thought I’d give it another go. I played a couple hours of it but it just didn’t grab me so I gave up on that too.
Next on the pile was Borderlands which I’d never finished cos Callum borrowed it. I’m still playing through it cos it’s a huge game but I think I need to play it on co-op to enjoy it more.
Since I knocked my rental games down to only one at a time the only rental game I’ve played this month is Darksiders: Wrath of War. It’s an alright game and I was starting to really enjoy it when it did something I really hate: had an unkillable boss. I tried four or five times to beat this boss and couldn’t so the games going back.
I’ve finally managed to settle on a game that I’ll be playing for a while tho: Eternal Sonata. It’s a beautiful game that’s easy to play and I should be able to get a fair few hours out of it.
There’s been some games I really want to play released in the past couple weeks and March just sees more added to that list. Battlefield: Bad Company 2, God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Dante’s Inferno, Echoshift, Command & Conquer 4, Final Fantasy 13, Metro 2033, Just Cause 2, Mafia 2, and Resonance of Fate. I think I’m gonna have to increase my rental number again!
On my iPhone I’ve been playing a bit of Cogs, a little Marple and some Final Fantasy. I love how good the iPhone is for bite-sized gaming.
TV
February has been pretty quiet for TV shows since the Olympics have been on. Lost started back and has been completely confusing as always, I caught up with Supernatural and cannot wait for that to start up again and finish the story arc, I finally started to watch Weeds season 5 and only have a few episodes to go, Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters are finally jettisoning the crappier storylines and sticking to the ones I’ve been enjoying, I gave up on Heroes as it was just too crap and that’s about it. March should hopefully be better with the Olympics out of the way.
Books
I’ve read four books this month: Doctor Who: Shining Darkness which was pretty dull, The Mirrored Heavens which was a good sci-fi romp, Peter & Max which was my favourite of the lot and a highly enjoyable read, and The Medici Curse which was a nice romance novel. I think I enjoyed The Medici Curse more because it was set in the same time period as Assassins Creed 2 and I recognised events that were taking place.
Movies
I think the only new movie I watched this month was Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs which I saw with Paula and Kirstin. It was alright, not as funny as the Disney Pixar movies but it was cute. I also watched the Directors Cut of Watchmen which I really enjoyed.
Music
The Courteneers debut album would have to be my favourite of this month, I don’t know why but it reminds me of Glasvegas a lot. I also can’t stop listening to Lady Gaga’s Dance in the Dark and Timbaland’s If We Ever Meet Again since I heard them in Polo. I think I enjoyed myself more than I think I did. Next month sees the release of Amy MacDonald’s second album so look for my review of that next month.
