Feeling Rather RETRO

I found a load of old DOS games today, and after a bit of a fiddle (Damn you Vista...) I finally got them to run!

So for the past few hours I've been playing classic games such as DOOM 2, Theme Hospital, Sim City 2000 and good old Warcraft 2! It's been brilliant. I get to open them in DOS, play them as they were meant to be played. Everythings there, the incredible gameplay, the 90's graphics, the catchy tunes and the god awful frustration trying to get them work.

Truly a blast from the past :')

2D Sim City Games!

I've been loving Sim City 4 lately. It's nice to play a game that doesn't involve mindless killing every once in a while, but it's raised an issue that really bothers me. Why don't they make simple, 2-D City building games anymore?

I bought Sim City Societies ages ago, and I can't help but feel... Empty when I play it. These huge sprawling full 3D city games are amazing, visually, but gameplay wise? They're.... well they're wank.

What's wrong with the traditional format of the Sim City games? Like Sim City 4, where the 2D elements are not only sophisticated in their art style but also practical and compliment the dense gameplay elements that are on offer. Personally, I think games like Sim City Societies lose half of the challenge due to the limitations caused by the 3D graphics and yes you read that right.

.... MAXIS MAKE ANOTHER SIM CITY :(

Sim City 4

HAHA! AHA! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD DEFEAT ME DIDN'T YOU SIM CITY 4? YOU THOUGHT ALL YOU'RE BULLSHIT BUDGETING AND ZONE PLANNING WOULD DEFEAT ME DIDN'T YOU?

WELL GUESS WHAT? YOU WERE WRONG! SO GODDAMN WRONG! BECAUSE I BUILT A MINT CITY WITH OVER A MILLION PEOPLE WITHIN IT AND MADE A PROFIT FROM IT!

HAHAHA

Oh Lord. I shouldn't be this pleased....

.... but I am! HAH!

Guilty Pleasures

Everyone has guilty pleasures. Whether it's having a fondness for Loose Women, (the program, not just easy females) , kids TV or... I dunno, maybe you like licking shoes.

Anyway, my major guilty pleasure is listening to Lilly Allen... on a regular basis.

This may not sound too strange, I mean she is awfully popular amongst the youth of today (ey, what what), but compared to my normal music taste it's a bit odd. See, I love bands such as the Super Furry Animals, Editors and the Smiths. THE SMITHS for Gods sake. Take a second to think of Morrisey and Lilly Allen. In a fight. To the Death. That doesn't help my point but it's a beautiful thought none the less... Who would win?

Another guilty pleasure of mine would be my obsession with game soundtracks (of which I'm going to base a blog on soon). Thing is, It's not just amazing videogame soundtracks like Mirrors Edge, Fallout 3 or the Orange box. As I sit here right now, I'm listening to the Sim City 3000 soundtrack for the FOURTH time today.

I also write books about fairy's with no wings.

Nah that last ones a lie.

Stuff

I’ve become a bit of a CVG addict if I’m honest. I go on the thing about 4 or 5 times a day. It’s well handy when I’m trying to think of things to blog about, which happens quite often lately.

 

Today, unfortunately, there wasn’t much there to nick and blog about. Looks like I’m going to have to just write a list of crap xD

 

I played a bit of SimCity Societies today. I got it ages ago but never really got into to it. I only played it for an hour but I had fun. I made a communist city and ended up just rounding up the entire population and putting them in prison. Good times.

 

I’m getting an Xbox on Saturday. I’ve decided to trade in my Wii and spend the money on something that you can actually have fun with. Getting Xbox Live and a few games. Should be good.

 

I think I’ve lost my DS. Doesn’t really bother me though.

 

I really REALLY wanna play the new Uncharted Game D: If anyone from Naughty Dog’s reading this, send me a copy pluz? 8D

 

I found my DS, it was in my sisters room. Hers broke the other day after she dropped it and the top screen snapped off. I didn’t even think it was possible to be honest. I dropped mine down the stairs the other day and it didn’t even turn itself off.

 

Boring day for games! :P