{"id":85,"date":"2005-01-14T21:29:29","date_gmt":"2005-01-14T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-01-14T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T21:29:29","slug":"thursday-night-foursome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/01\/14\/thursday-night-foursome\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Night Foursome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, it is not what you think.  Last night I decided to do something a little different.  Well, something I have not done in a while.  But I am getting ahead of myself, and like I said, it is not what you think.<\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason \u2013 growing old, less time to play, family responsibilities, you name it \u2013 I typically play a single game in one sitting, and I usually concentrate on that same game for several sessions in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I decided to tackle several games in a two hour block.  First up was Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 for the PlayStation 2.  Man, that is still a fun arcade racer; maybe still one of the best (if not the best) for the PS2.  I never finished the World Tour (or whatever it is called) \u2026 so I jumped in and promptly won one of the events.  Now I am one away from the fine one where you win the F1.  Have to try that one again sometime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Next up was Animal Crossings for the GameCube.  I have not booted this one up in 10 months or so.  All my animal friends were pissed, and there were a ton of weeds in Toonceville (in honor of Toonces the Driving Cat).  I cheated a little and set the clock to December 2, 2004 (my birthday) to see if I would get any sort of neat goodies.  I did not, but the snowflakes were pretty.  If you want a low stress game, with no blood and gore, time limits and such, that is a good way to waste away time, Animal Crossings is it.<\/p>\n<p>Enough of the cute crap \u2013 Champions of Norrath was up next.  I have written enough about this game to make many of you puke.  I just keep pouring it on.  I stopped at the Arena (somewhere in Act IV before pure hate and junk kicks in).  Actually I died in the Arena a couple of times before deciding to try something else.<\/p>\n<p>Something else was Katamari Damacy.  What a crazy, funky game.  I have written a lot about this one lately, so I will not get to out of control with this one right now.  Just know that rolling around a ball and picking up stuff is a ton of fun.  Give it a try \u2013 you will be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it; my Thursday night foursome.  It was not what you thought, but hopefully it was still worth a read.<\/p>\n<p>Right now life is good.  I am having a cold one (or three), watching G4-Tech TV, blogging, managing my OOTP6 baseball team (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invitationonlysports.com\/IOSBL\/index.php\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.invitationonlysports.com\/IOSBL\/index.php', 'Columbus Kudzu');\" target=blank>Columbus Kudzu<\/a>), having adult conversation with my wonderful wife, and getting ready for some more gaming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, it is not what you think. 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