{"id":1209,"date":"2008-07-07T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/07\/monday-weekend-gaming-recap\/"},"modified":"2008-07-19T08:37:54","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T12:37:54","slug":"monday-weekend-gaming-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/07\/07\/monday-weekend-gaming-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday (weekend) gaming recap."},"content":{"rendered":"

As you can tell by the number of posts over the last few days, I actually spent a fair amount of time with the PS3 over Independence weekend. It is a damn shame that it takes a three-day holiday weekend to get my gaming on. For the first time in a long time, I was happy playing, and writing about my experiences. I think something in NCAA Football always brings out the inner gamer (and game writer) in me. So, it was a good gaming weekend \u2013 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, NCAA Football 09 (demo), and Super Stardust HD ruled the day.<\/p>\n

Saturday I threw up a couple of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue<\/em><\/strong> posts, so I will not rehash too much of that right now. I am still a couple of Gold Trophies short of getting all Gold in the C Class: Race C-3 (Cappaccino Time Target) and C-9 (FF Challenge). Sunday I moved on to the B Class and rapidly made mincemeat of the competition. While it may be too easy, there is something compelling (dare I say gratifying) about beating the snot out of the competition. Of course the AI is not very smart, but I will take what I can get. I think I am short of Gold on three B Class races, so I still have a little work in front of me. Gran Turismo is something you either love or hate. Obviously I am in the loving me some GT camp. Besides, it gives me a reason to do some eye candy<\/a> posts.<\/p>\n

NCAA Football 09<\/em><\/strong> cannot get here soon enough. I am sure that some of the gaming\/blog\/message board \u201cexperts\u201d will slice this one up ten ways to Saturday, pointing out all the flaws, perceived show stoppers, and then some. Hopefully I will enjoy the game and avoid the yearly negativity that follows the hype machine associated with EA Sports football games. In the spirit of a Presidential Election Year, I promise to keep my comments squarely on fun factor, with some pros\/cons type of posts.<\/p>\n

Finally we move on to Super Stardust HD (with solo expansion)<\/em><\/strong>, which has to be one of the greatest shooters ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I am still struggling to break 6 million \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Last night I just missed breaking my high score; I was within 400K of my 5.9 million record. That damn long snake boss thing on the second planet did me in. That\u2019s right, I have not cleared the second planet, but I have fun trying. My top score continues to be bumped further and further to the back of the buss. I remember when I was in the Top 15K; my score is now ranks in the top 60.5K. My goal this week is to break 6 million. Simple pleasures equal lots of fun factor.<\/p>\n

Finally, there is Qore<\/em><\/strong>, but it deserves a post of its own.<\/p>\n

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