Monthly Archives: April 2012

Too many languages..

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Cat

..yet it’s only two! My inability to speak German has found its way into several blogposts before with the most notable one being this one. Things have somewhat changed since then. A couple of months ago I started a new … Continue reading →

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Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 completed

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Cat

I recently completed Mass Effect 2 and then straightaway played Mass Effect 3. In fact, Mass Effect 3 and my worry about being unable to avoid spoilers for any longer were the reasons I decided to buy a new 360 … Continue reading →

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“This is my opening negotiating position” – L.A. Noire review

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Cat

I recently completed L.A. Noire. The game had been on my radar since it was first announced, but a lack of console and/or time made that difficult up until recently. The game starts off really well. All the initial cases … Continue reading →

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Splinter Cell Conviction was a bad purchase

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Cat

I bought Splinter Cell Conviction as I felt that, as a Splinter Cell fan, I really should play it. Two levels in and I am incredibly angry at the game, the developers and mourning the loss of a fantastic series. … Continue reading →

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The lack of choice in gaming

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Cat

Choices feature more or less in some games. There are games that are truly linear offering no choices [such as the excellent Beyond Good & Evil], games that offer some choices [such as BioShock with the little sisters which affected … Continue reading →

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Telephone Preference Service (TPS)

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Cat

This year the amount of cold calls on our landline became unmanageable. There were at least five PPI calls a day, as well as others promising holidays or other things. None of them were actually made by real people and … Continue reading →

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Gaming weekend

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cat

As I am on my way to work after a four-day blissful Easter weekend I’m torn between the guilt of not doing anything constructive that I planned and remembering the fun I had playing games for most of my waking … Continue reading →

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“London smells like my grandma”

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Cat

Tonight I saw ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’ at the cinema. The film probably would have passed me by had it not been for a friend and mine’s decision to go to a cinema, as well as the … Continue reading →

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