Chapter 2 of Ninja Gaiden II is not coming along very well on Mentor...ah well. my brother and I have been playing a lot of Rock Band, and I decided to get back into Lost Planet, as I only got as far as mission 5 before getting sidetracked by other stuff...mission 6 is mean, and so is the moth in mission 5...but if we're gonna be like that, then the worm in chapter 3 is mean, too. so we're gonna take the high road and not complain about those things.

i'll probably try and beat Devil May Cry 4, too. sounds like fun. then i'll have defeated most of my games in at least one thing...N3 and DOAX2 will not get that sort of satisfaction.

oh, and a little bit of trivia for Ninja Gaiden II. for those that don't know, Chapter 9 (Heart of Darkness) is a reference to Joseph Conrad's novel of the same name...and the opening of the chapter is taken from a scene in Apocalypse Now. all three things (the game chapter, the book, and the movie) are set in the jungle, although Ninja Gaiden II takes place in South America, Heart of Darkness was based in the Congo, and Apocalypse Now as in the jungles of southeast Asia. that's my bit of trivia for the day.

enjoy your veal