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1950's LA criminals, if you can hear me, well done for getting on the Internet. Also, inventing the Internet. And a time machine, weirdly enough. Do you mind if I use it after you?

Wait, what was I going on about? Oh, right, criminals! Be afraid! I never fail to catch my man, bar that one time I caught the wrong man, but the less said about that the better. Welcome to the world of LA Noire, where all I can do is doubt you.

After a while, LA Noire starts to feel a bit... samey. Search the crime scene. Visit a bar. Visit the husband. Visit person X. Visit person Y. Have a fist fight. Have a car chase. Catch criminal. END. Plus, along the way all your character does is act like a dick.

Case in point: the second case I did today involved a woman being killed. I went to where she and her husband lived to speak to the husband. My character's opening words were 'Is your wife home?'. Oh you cold bastard. You know she's dead! Why ask? You know the answer! Of course, the husband says no, at which point you break to him 'the bad news'. In front of their 2 young children. Scar them for life, why don't you?

Also, EVERY street crime ends in a death. I'm amazed the population of LA isn't just me at this point judging by the amount of people I've had to shoot.

Finally, a quick congrats to xPut Name Herex, who became the first person to beat 5 TDDs in The League of To-Do Destiny yesterday. Even more impressive is that his average ratio is the 3rd best, too.

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Goodbye GTA4 and your achievement for 100% and good riddance. It's highly possible that, if I had the patience, I could have easily got there. But I haven't even got to the pigeons yet, and having to steal a police car and get criminals again and again and again just got so boring that I couldn't go on any longer. So, I've used a skip and picked another achievement. However, TDD5 will return, one day...

So, what's next? Here's hoping it isn't yet another open world game...



Son of a bitch. Why do you hate me button, WHY?

Today, I also played a lot of FIFA 11 against one of my real life friends (yes, I do actually have those). Firstly, we played 2 legs of Denmark v Poland, our dream final. The first leg, where I played as Denmark, I won 3-2 in a very close match. The second leg, where I played as Poland (see how that works?), I won 2-1 after extra time in an even closer match.

Seeing as he's never beat me at FIFA, we decided to go for a David V Goliath over 2 legs; Spain V Ireland. In the first leg, he ran all me as Spain, winning 4-2 with only 8 men at the end of the match. The second leg was almost a whitewash, with him as Ireland losing a player to a red card in the 2nd minute and me 6-1 up by the 75th. However, the match ended 6-3, with him almost getting the 'winning' goal in the very last kick of the match.

In other words... MAN, I really need to play more FIFA at some point.

So, tomorrow starts my journey through LA Noire. Will I do well and catch the criminals? Be sure to come back and find out!

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Developer: heloli
Website: http://www.heloli.com/ (in Japanese)
Platform: XBLIG
Price: 80MSP ($1)
Size: 48MB

It's not called bullet heaven for a reason, you know.

Prismatic Solid was released around 2 years ago, but only came to my attention recently. The game is as simple as a bullet hell shooter gets; no plot, no named enemies. Just keep shooting and avoid those bullets!

The game looks visually stunning for an indie game, with the enemies and bullets amazingly crisp and clear on the backgrounds, which allows for the 3D enemies to stand out greatly. The game's techno soundtrack also blends in perfectly with the gameplay, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the game.


The game itself includes 6 different weapons, ranging from the default 'homing missiles' (my personal favourite), 'spilt' and '3-way' weapons, each of which appears to be good for different situations. The game also included coloured pick-ups which filled a bar, but I have no idea what these do sadly due to the game's lack of instructions. Thankfully this didn't hinder the game's controls, as those are clearly explained.

In my 8 minutes with the game, I managed to die in the first stage, beat the first boss (I actually beat a boss in a shooter!), and die in the second stage, which is when it started to get really like a bullet hell shooter. Even though I'm not much of a fan of the genre, I enjoyed my 8 minutes with this game, so if you are a fan of a decent bullet hell shooter, then this is clearly going to be one for you.



These reviews can also be found on IndieTheory.com. Indie Theory; Just when you thought you had gaming figured out...

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Not much has been happening in the world of Liberty City, as I've mostly been playing 1000 Amps, one of the many, MANY indie bundle PC games in my collection for my upcoming Indie Bundle Backlog Battle. I know I said this for And Yet It Moves as well, but this is yet another unique puzzle-platformer that's slowly starting to tax my brain. If your a fan of that genre, be sure to read my upcoming review.

However, some progress has been made in GTA4. I won another race, bring my total to five, but only after I stopped shooting at the other drivers. Wimps! Take a bullet to the tyres and be happy with it!

I also started taking down the 'Most Wanted', getting the first four before the fifth gave my police car the killer blow. This led to me jumping out of the car, being hit by another police car which pushed me back into my car which was now flaming, which then launched me into the train tracks above me when it blew up. To say that it didn't quite go to plan is an understatement.

Good to see so many readers of this blog signing up for The League of To-Do Destiny. Already in the first 3 days 21 people have signed up and have already beaten 13 achievements!

Be sure to come back tomorrow, when even more criminals get sniped and I do my first '8 Minute Trial' in weeks!

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Today I decided to go and finish off all of the assassination side missions in GTA4. As with every other side-mission like this, I only needed 2 things; a rocket launcher and an assault rifle. The rocket launcher to be used if they were far away, the AK if they were close. This plan worked amazingly well, and an hour later Assassin's Greed popped.

I also took full advantage of the free DLC in MS Flight and popped 3 quick achievements worth a huge 90 GamerScore. The achievement that glitched on me also appears to have unglitched on me in the process. OK, it wiped my Aerocache total as well, but hey, it's something. I took my inverted time total to 22 minutes as well, so another 38 minutes of that and a very nice ratio will be mine, all mine!

Meanwhile, back in The League of To-Do Destiny, we welcomed 3 more to the fold. Welcome! The league is open to all and surprisingly still growing.

Be sure to come back tomorrow, as I attempt to finish all the races and kill some criminals in GTA4!

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