Kendrick Kerwin Chua
2024-09-02 17:57:30 UTC
I have a bank holiday today, which is just as well because I'm not fully
recovered from having half my face lasered off by a dermatologist. My
bathroom is now filled with creams and salves and serums and something
that might be the type of oil used to lubricate mechanical watch parts?
Play:
--=--
Commander Keen (GBC) - This is unplayable. I mean, I'm sure that people
have figured it out on the basis of knowing the levels from the old PC
version. But this port to the Gameboy Colour is simply too busy and
fiddly. Every map area and every platform level is just overdecorated
with so many irrelevant details, colours and shapes and animations that
are lovely to behold but make no sense from an information standpoint. I
can't tell what's a safe surface to stand on or what's an enemy I need
to shoot at or what's a collectible that might not actually benefit me
in any way. I'm glad I own it but if I'm ever inspired to play I'm going
to go back to the PC version just so I know what I'm looking at.
Want:
--=--
Moar spays (RL) - As I slowly tidy up my house I'm discovering that I
don't actually have room for every damn I thing I own. Particularly not
the CRTs I own to support the use of light guns. I need like a Murphy
TV, that folds down out of the wall so that it can be up and out of the
way when I'm not using it. Which, if I'm honest, is most of the time.
Bin:
-==-
Nothing game-related this time around.
Expenditure:
-----=-----
Balance forward - $2,146
Commander Keen (GBC) - $10
Total to date - $2,156
-KKC, who has the rest of the week off too to stop bleeding.
recovered from having half my face lasered off by a dermatologist. My
bathroom is now filled with creams and salves and serums and something
that might be the type of oil used to lubricate mechanical watch parts?
Play:
--=--
Commander Keen (GBC) - This is unplayable. I mean, I'm sure that people
have figured it out on the basis of knowing the levels from the old PC
version. But this port to the Gameboy Colour is simply too busy and
fiddly. Every map area and every platform level is just overdecorated
with so many irrelevant details, colours and shapes and animations that
are lovely to behold but make no sense from an information standpoint. I
can't tell what's a safe surface to stand on or what's an enemy I need
to shoot at or what's a collectible that might not actually benefit me
in any way. I'm glad I own it but if I'm ever inspired to play I'm going
to go back to the PC version just so I know what I'm looking at.
Want:
--=--
Moar spays (RL) - As I slowly tidy up my house I'm discovering that I
don't actually have room for every damn I thing I own. Particularly not
the CRTs I own to support the use of light guns. I need like a Murphy
TV, that folds down out of the wall so that it can be up and out of the
way when I'm not using it. Which, if I'm honest, is most of the time.
Bin:
-==-
Nothing game-related this time around.
Expenditure:
-----=-----
Balance forward - $2,146
Commander Keen (GBC) - $10
Total to date - $2,156
-KKC, who has the rest of the week off too to stop bleeding.