She’s ba-ack
I first really must apologize for my long, unannounced hiatus, especially when we are so early in the game for this blogging group. Really, it is due to a few things. First, video games are always boring in the summer. Second, video games are even *more* boring this summer than they have been previously (did you read about E3? Yeah, snoozefest.) Third, I am so tired of first person shooters I could first-person-shoot my XBox 360.
Well, and then there is always the bottomless pit of World of Warcraft, which tends to happen during every school break and of which I am cured miraculously about two weeks before school starts. Regardless, if none of you have experienced the joy of making a gigantic dinner and inviting all of your guild mates over for a night in the kitchen of making fun of your picked up raid members and trying your darnedest to make it through Karazhan despite drinking too much Canadian beer, well, you should.
Regardless, the thing that snapped me out of my ongoing distaste for my 360 (we never really made up after that Red Ring of Death incident) was Braid. Well, and Tomb Raider, but mostly Braid. I finally dusted off the old white thing and bought an XBLA game! And it was fun! I cannot finish it because my boyfriend is out of town and I am sure he would never forgive me, but I can say that the first half, at least, is very satisfying.
The writing for the little storyline portion of it is overdone, trite, and silly, but regardless, they really hit the nail on the head with the entirety of the puzzles. There is a good combination of simple to complicated. Some can be solved in two minutes, but some took us at least 30 minutes to solve. They did a wonderful job of making each level an entirely different type of challenge, which made it incredibly enjoyable.
Anyway, now that the video game season is sluggishly pulling itself out of hibernation, I should have a heck of a lot more to say in the coming months.