Draw Something - Piano

Draw Something - Sing

Yes I’m still playing Draw Something, albeit I am taking my turns slowly possibly only 3 to 4 turns a week.

Some of my better drawings unlike my lazy stick art efforts.

Firstly Sing

Guild Wars - Legendary Defender of Ascalon

Not long to go now till Guild Wars 2 is released, in the meantime I purchased the original game for Abbas to enjoy.

I have never completed Guild Wars, I got to Lions Arch & then got distracted possibly by the arrival of the 360 & my return to console gaming.

Thus with Abbas we are adventuring in pre-searing with our level 9 characters (Warrior/Elemental & Warrior/Monk) to the Northland’s in search of experience points & more importantly Charr Bags. 

Once we have reached level 10 Lieutenant Langmar in Ascalon offers you daily quests, I have never gotten a character this high in pre-searing so I am curious to see what quest he offers & this will decide if we decide to advance  pass searing or stick around to try and earn the title Legendary Defender of Ascalon.

Terraria - GOLD !!

Finally after nearly 20+ hours of mining I have struck gold, albeit a very small amount. You have to mine quite far down (I don't have a depth meter yet to confirm how much) before you get to find the rare meals like gold & silver.

By going further down you encounter more dangers like falling boulders, water filled caverns & tougher enemies like worms.

Terraria - Mine Shaft

I'm sure there are lots of different tactics to mine but I like the mine shaft approach. I build a shaft straight down & then mine either left or right when I see something interesting.

It also handy to have a supply of wooden planks & torches which I keep in a storage chest at the top of the shaft.

Tiny Tower - Rev Owen Arcade

Finally after building 99 floors I finally got the floor I wanted.

This will also be the only floor in the tower where the workers will wear costumes.

I wanted Batman costumes but these are not available in the game so the next best is the cat costume or I like to think Cat Woman.

Still miss you Owen (RIP)
Here's to you big guy enjoy the Arcade :)

New Logo - Borderlands 2

New Logo - Time for the Claptrap Boys to reunite !!

Time for a new logo, with the many new releases coming out this year including Assassins Creed 3, Halo 4, Need for Speed Most Wanted. Once game stands above all of these & that is Borderlands 2, release date 21st September can't come sooner.

Old Logo - Bye Bye Red shades

I still have a couple of more DLCs to play for Fallout New Vegas

Completed - Fallout New Vegas - Honest Hearts

Another DLC completed, Honest Hearts has you joining the fight of the Sorrows & the Dead Horses against the White Legs.

The two tribes have a mutual understanding against each other but the Sorrows are generally a more peaceful tribe & the Dead Horses are happy to kill if needed.

By doing various quests you eventually end up at a crossroad where you have to decide if you want to help the Sorrows leave Zion or go and attack the White Legs so the tribes can live in peace.

This would be a good point to save the game if you want to see both endings. I won't say any further want happens in the game but I played both endings before leaving Zion & returning to the Mojave wasteland.

I am going to take a break before starting the next DLC to go & play Uncharted 2.

Terraria - My House

My first house in Terraria, i's a work in progress & is constantly evolving but it has a few essential tools for helping me craft equipment & chest for me to store any valuable loot or ore. But more importantly it protects me from the  zombies & flying eye balls that come out at night. You also need to build houses for any NPC characters but I only built him a basic hut.

The return of the Skyrim Diary - Entry 22 - Throat of the World

Please note this post is littered with spoilers.

The Diary returns from the dead but in a slightly different style rather than from the perspective of my in game character Valdarr it will be from my perspective the gamer.


I've not played Skyrim since April & thanks to a colleague at work who is always playing Skyrim I decided that hence forth I will devote my Friday gaming time to Skyrim.

It took me a while to remember the controls, after a quick look down my current quest list I decided it was time to ditch Esbern & Delphine & finally take them to Sky Haven Temple. Upon arrival at the temple Esbern takes you to Alduin's Wall & gives you a quick history lesson. I am really impressed with the writing in the game for the dialogue & lore.

After the history lesson you are told that you need to learn a shout that will help you defeat Alduin but they do not know it so you pay a quick visit to High Hrothgar & speak to the greybeards.

Delphine also now wants to set this temple up for the Blades new home & asks you to go and recruit suitable people (I've not recruited anyone yet)

The greybeards are annoyed that you are helping the blades but eventually agree to let you go and speak to Paarthurnax (the leader of the greybeards).

I would strongly suggest waiting till nightfall before you make your trek up the mountain pass because the skyline is simply amazing. Alas the xbox 360 does not have a screenshot option like steam & my attempts at trying to make a video via the iPhone came out poor.

Once you reach the top of the mountain you are greeted by Paarthurnax who is actually a dragon, another history lesson later & you learn about a time wound that you can can access via an "Elder Scroll" & return back to when the shout was first used to learn it. So basically this is Back to the Future but you need to find an energy source before you can go back to the past. Any excuse to use a BTTF reference but the writing and the dragon encounter with the skyline is an amazing experience & I just wished I had a larger TV screen (32") & full sound system to experience it again.

Paarthurnax does not know where an Elder Scroll can be found so time for you to pay a visit to the librarian in the College of Winterhold who informs you that you need to go north and try and track down a scholar who knows more about the Elder Scroll. I had a funny moment when exiting the college I encountered an ancient dragon & whilst fighting him Jzargo ran off saying "He was not going to die fighting a dragon" After taking care of the dragon he returned & I gave him a bitch slap with my sword.

You now get to wonder across an arctic ice-field to find Septimus Signus who is standing next to some Dwemor cube, he then asks you to help him use this cube by charging a lexicon from some Dwemor ruins which typically is far away from where you are standing, in return for hopefully an Elder Scroll? I don't know because I got to the ruins & it was time to open my fast so that was my first Skyrim Friday day over.

Thank you to LPFigwort for constantly talking about the game at work which finally made me get back to playing it.

More exciting adventures in Skyrim next week.

New Game - Terraria

Mine Craft (is i two words or one, I could google and find out but hey ho), "You must get it". "It's the best game ever" & so- on ...

It probably is & I know one individual who certainly lives, eats & dreams Mine Craft. Not mentioning any names Luffers :)

Anyhow the recent steam sale (my first I may add) had me of course spending some money & one of the games purchased for a tiny sum of £1.49 was Terraria.

It's a block mining game similar to Mine Craft but in 2D & I blame wikipedia for making me buy it. The first line "Terraria is noted for its similarity to Minecraft and classic exploration-adventure titles such as Metroid."

Metroid !! ... click, buy & install.

You start off with basic tools allowing you to mine, attack & chop. The first task is to build yourself a house, you need this because at night & yes you guessed it ZOMBIES !!

Once you have survived the first night you can then set off on your mining adventure hoping to find rare metals to then return home & craft into a sword, pickaxe or armour.

Syndicate - It's now geting easier

After a few weeks of further PMGs & a lot more players joining the UGVM syndicate. The game is getting easier to play, not because we are any better (albeit maybe slightly) but mainly due to research you can unlock upgrades to your weapons, learn new skills & upgrade your agent chip.

The first attempt at a map was very painful but now we can easily complete a map with no difficulties especially if we have a full roster of 4 agents only taking 15 minutes.

In fact yesterday Toby & I showed some amazing skills to complete a map with just 2 players !!

I have a couple of maps still to play on normal difficulty but it won't be too long before we start looking at ramping up the difficulty to the next level.

Completed - Gatling Gears

It was in limbo for a long time but I finally managed to get my son to sit down for an hour to complete the last few levels.

It's your usual twin stick shooter affair but with mechs, you have very basic custom add-ons in the form of different skins & the weapons can be upgraded by collecting enough gold through the levels.

At the end of each level you get to encounter a final boss which only proves tricky because of the re-spawning minions.

Anyhow it's done & deleted from the 360. Next on the XBLA games list is Scott Pilgrim.