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Half-term has been peaceful as the duo are in Royston and Cambridge (due back today). However, it has also been busy. Friday night, following a quick dinner of rather fine Hawaiian pancakes at My Old Dutch with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ao_lai, I went to the Distant Worlds concert at the Royal Albert Hall with chrestomancy, chrisvenus and ao_lai.
( Much Final Fantasy Music )
Since I last posted, I completed The Blackwell Deception, which is the fourth in the Blackwell series from Wadjet Eye Games. The Blackwell series are point-and-click games about helping ghosts that fall more into the "mystery" category than "horror". They are good for a number of reasons - decent puzzles (without silly object combinations), complex characters and interesting stories. I played the first three games at the start of this year, found the first two good, but on the short side and then really enjoyed the third. This fourth game is of a decent length (like the third one) and a rather interesting plot. There are plenty of ghosts to help, as well as some advance of the grand plot which has been going since the start (or, strictly speaking, since the second game). I really enjoyed Deception and was smug when I completed it without having to refer to a walkthrough. Recommended to anyone who likes point-and-clicks.
Now that LoveFilms have a reached an agreement with Universal Pictures, we finally got to hire and watch Kick-Ass. I was surprised and pleased to see it lived up to all its hype. Great film, lovely action sequences and a good cast - in particular there was a wonderful performance from Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl.
With the duo away,huggyrei and telpher came over yesterday to play Magic. I didn't enjoy it as much this year as I have done previously. Mainly because I had an unusually high number of bad draws when I had all lands or none (telpher similarly suffered). While the game sometimes goes that way, I only play once a year and so really noticed it. The set itself was fine (Pack rats was banned), although both bateleur and telpher had difficulty putting a playable deck together due to the guilds (which use five of the ten colour pairs).
Today I've been thinking about various family birthdays and Christmas shopping. I like this time of year, particularly when I don't leave all the shopping to the last minute.
Note: Updated to reflect further information about the concert
ao_lai, I went to the Distant Worlds concert at the Royal Albert Hall with chrestomancy, chrisvenus and ao_lai. ( Much Final Fantasy Music )
Since I last posted, I completed The Blackwell Deception, which is the fourth in the Blackwell series from Wadjet Eye Games. The Blackwell series are point-and-click games about helping ghosts that fall more into the "mystery" category than "horror". They are good for a number of reasons - decent puzzles (without silly object combinations), complex characters and interesting stories. I played the first three games at the start of this year, found the first two good, but on the short side and then really enjoyed the third. This fourth game is of a decent length (like the third one) and a rather interesting plot. There are plenty of ghosts to help, as well as some advance of the grand plot which has been going since the start (or, strictly speaking, since the second game). I really enjoyed Deception and was smug when I completed it without having to refer to a walkthrough. Recommended to anyone who likes point-and-clicks.
Now that LoveFilms have a reached an agreement with Universal Pictures, we finally got to hire and watch Kick-Ass. I was surprised and pleased to see it lived up to all its hype. Great film, lovely action sequences and a good cast - in particular there was a wonderful performance from Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl.
With the duo away,
huggyrei and telpher came over yesterday to play Magic. I didn't enjoy it as much this year as I have done previously. Mainly because I had an unusually high number of bad draws when I had all lands or none (telpher similarly suffered). While the game sometimes goes that way, I only play once a year and so really noticed it. The set itself was fine (Pack rats was banned), although both bateleur and telpher had difficulty putting a playable deck together due to the guilds (which use five of the ten colour pairs).Today I've been thinking about various family birthdays and Christmas shopping. I like this time of year, particularly when I don't leave all the shopping to the last minute.
Note: Updated to reflect further information about the concert
