Much in the spirit of my last set of reviews, I've put one up of my favourite Intellivision game - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain. This is a c1assic game, which I still enjoy playing today. As usual with Intellivision reviews, CodingGenius was the first and only other user to have posted one for this title, and it's really good too.


Okami - I'm just about to head into Yoshpet, and I would say that I'm now officially past the 3/4 mark of the game's main story adventure. Just a few more sittings should do it.

Opeation Spy - To appease Kleeyok's concern for my gaming habits (jk ) I'll make mention that's I've been occasionally cheating on Okami by dabbling these past few weeks with an EyeToy game called Operation Spy. I'm on the last mission, and it only took maybe 2 to 2.5 hours worth of game-time to get there. It's just as well too, as the missions get rather repetitive. I'll probably be posting a review when I'm done, which will hopefully be soon as the last mission is proving to be a serious pain in the ***.


In my last post I talked about a new game I picked up.

I got (what I think is) a great deal! Someone on UsedOttawa.com was selling The Nightmare Before Christmas PS2 game for $5. I've been looking to pick this game up for a while, but was holding out until I could get it at a nice low price. I may be weak when I see a game I want, but at least I'll hold out for a deal. It can be found on eBay, but it tends to be at least 3 to 4 times the price after shipping costs for the PS2 version.
It's not renowned as a great game, but I love the movie, so just getting to be Jack should be satisfying enough.

When I picked it up, I was pleased to see that it was in perfect condition. It's like they took the shrink wrap off and said "I don't want it". It's just like new. The same person is also selling Psychonauts for PS2 for $5. Talk about another deal! But I already have that one.


Okami - I'm in the cold land of Kamui, and have beat the wolf-man dude that was hanging out in his hut near the start of the area.


In my last post I talked about an article that highlights game developers in Canada.

Canada Day is July 1st, and that day is tomorrow. Yay!
That means I have the day off. YAY!

Since I likely wouldn't be posting anything tomorrow, I thought I'd jump the gun and post my patriotic message today; but don't' worry, it's on the topic of gaming.

I saw this article recently that provides some highlights in the world of game development in Canada. Here are some excerpts:
"The support of the different levels of government, along with the quality of our universities and colleges, have definitely played a huge role in generating a critical mass of developers."
"Great people want to work with great people, so we've been able to attract some of the best developers and creative minds to [EA Canada] because they want to work with the best people in the industry."

Hooray for us!
You can read the entire article here if you're interested.


On the League of Reviewers Union board, I started a topic for games that members have scored, but have not reviewed. Here members were to post their scores, and a quick note with their thoughts on the game or why they didn't review it. Upon looking through my own list, I realized that I've done this for quite a few games. In an effort to start minimizing this list, I banged out 3 brief reviews for some of my Game Gear titles.
- Streets of Rage 2 (I posted the first review for this game!)
- Sonic Chaos
- Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine

They're all short and to the point, but at least they're officially off my list now


In my last post I talk about remake of the old game based on a movie based on a game The Last Starfighter.