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ICO
Finally finished Ico. It's been a long time I know. Anyways, interesting. Losing Yorda towards the end was more frustrating than I imagined. You spend the whole game slightly annoyed with her, but then when you don't have her you miss her. Especially since you can't save once you're separated (well, that was my biggest frustration ( Read more... ) -
Pet Humour
From stupidpetowners the LJ group stupidpetowners (someday I need to figure out how to link those). (thanks liannaa)
Free to a Good Home
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Coyote
I saw a coyote this morning while walking the dog. It was trotting towards me down the path, and I first thought it was a loose dog. The coyote ambled up and left the trail, passing maybe 10 ft from me (obviously it was not particularly afraid of me or the dog). It then proceeded to hunt mice (leaping and pouncing) about 20 ft from where I stood ( Read more... ) -
Snow Leopard Cubs and Other Zoo Fun
Since my summer is effectively finished after this week, I decided to head to the zoo before chains of school surrounded me again. The weather was decent, cool when I got there but was getting pretty hot when I left. I was hoping for the forecasted thunder-storms in the afternoon, but that was not to be (perhaps later ( Read more... ) -
Advertising on Social Media
Due to the upcoming changes to LiveJournal's business model, I've been thinking and reading about advertising on Social Media sites. An interesting, and well-thought out argument can be found on Synecdochic's LJAlong this same vein, I've been kinda evaluating my own interests with LJ. I'm not exactly pleased with the changes, but I can kinda see ( Read more... ) -
Ico - The Windmill
The infamous windmill. The only part I've had to look up so far. And, actually I'd figured out what to do, but (I guess) didn't quite have the timing right because I couldn't catch the blades. (Probably would have just kept trying, but the last couch was awhile back and I wanted to save before taking a break.) Mainly more puzzles thus far, and ( Read more... ) -
Ico - The Queen
So, at last we have met the "real" antagonist, the Queen. First, we must fight through a significant number of shadow creatures, far more than seen before. We then reach a courtyard, with the gates wide open. After the somewhat frustrating battle, the open courtyard seems to mean freedom, but the player is thinking "can it really be that easy ( Read more... ) -
Ico - The Crane and Chandelier
Ico is not divided into nice segments like SotC so I'm doing the best I can with titling these ( Read more... ) -
Ico - Meeting Yorda
Wow, this game does make you feel like a child with no idea what's going on. No tutorial or anything to teach you the buttons (maybe the booklet had them, but my used copy didn't have a booklet). And no "marker" to show you what you can interact with in the environment. A lot of trial and error, and just looking for things you might be able to ( Read more... ) -
Ico - Starting Out
So, again I'm going to be using this blog to post my feelings on a video game. This time for Ico, which was made by the same people as Shadow of the Colossus. It's supposed to take place long after SotC in the same world, but was made several years before. Even having just started the game, you can see the similarities. The graphics aren't ( Read more... )