General Update and Game Reviews

The weekend was nice and relaxing, it's interesting how much longer a weekend feels when you don't go larping. I got various things done; some cleaning, some sorting, made a cake, and played games. My brother was also down from Reading this weekend, and time was spent with him listening to him playing the piano (he's just started getting himself lessons), and finding out about the various creative projects he's currently got on at the moment (1 novel, 1 screenplay adaptation of a play he's written, 1 half hour play to be entered into the next short play production of the society he joined and another 30-100 page play he's working on for something else I forget). Speaking as someone who was always asked to read his various efforts from the past few years (beginning from memory with teenage angst ridden poetry) it's been interesting to see both the quality and breadth of his writing improve. He was always the least academic on the three of us, but he's certainly turned out to be very good with his words. It'll be interesting to read the first 10,000 words of his novel, when he sends it to me, it's only taken him a few days to write apparently so I'm curious to see what he's produced.

My time has been spent less productively on games, the reviews of which I've cut here:

( Shadow of the Colossus )

( ICO )

( Black )

( We Love Katamari )

Summary for those who know I'll have waffled above. All of them good, all worth playing and all, expect We Love Katamari, have their flaws. Oh yes and everyone will play 'We Love Katamari'. You have no choice. There is no escape.

In injury related new my leg continues to heal which is good. Though it aches if I walk too fast, and I'm struggling at the moment to remember to rein in my walking pace.