Review - Metroid Prime: Hunters

Posted Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:48:29 GMT to Posted in , ,

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine showed off Metroid Prime: Hunters on his Nintendo DS. Playing it for a few minutes, I have to admit I was hooked. Using the stylus to aim and select things just seemed so SIMPLE, the gameplay itself was good, and it has multiplayer capability!

I picked up my own copy shortly after finishing up Compiler Construction, and I beat the game today. A few things of note:

  • Short game – 7 hours game time got me to the end (66% of items/lore/etc)
  • Hand cramps – Stylus good, holding the DS with other hand not so good (I suppose this is one of the reasons the DS Lite was created).
  • ?? – That is an actual column in the ‘Records’ section. Yep, there is the regular bout of Nintendo unlockables. Awesome (and at least with the short game time, I don’t have to rewind through 20+ hours of gameplay
  • Missiles – Really, I know they are in all the other games, but I felt that they were useless here. USELESS.

Haven’t really had a chance to try out multiplayer (don’t have wireless), so I can’t really comment on that. Overall, I am really liking the game though. Nice amount of exploration with some fast and furios bounty hunter on bountry hunter action. Now all I have to do is figure out what ???? is …....

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Visual Studio 2005 Advertising

Posted Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:38:41 GMT to Posted in Tags

Say what you want about Microsoft, but the following Visual Studio 2005 advertising is HILARIOUS.

Ready2005.Com

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The Ball Season Has Begun

Posted Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:48:12 GMT to Posted in ,

As some of you might know, I enjoy going to formal events. Weddings, balls, whatever, you invite me to a function where I can get spiffy and wear a suit, and I am there.

Ball season has once again begun, and better than ever. Things kicked off last night with the DASSS/DSS Formal Ball. Much fun was had in between drinking, dancing, and conversation with various arts students. I am very glad that I was invited and went to this.

Upcoming:

Friday, November 25th – Snowball

You should all come. Seriously. Buy tickets from the CS Infodesk. I’m going to be MC and all that.

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Sun vs Dell

Posted Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:27:32 GMT to Posted in Tags

Considering my frequent problems with individual Dell machines, is it any surprise I find these amusing?

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Buskers - Part 1

Posted Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:46:34 GMT to Posted in , , Tags ,

Halifax International Buskerfest is once again in motion. Quite a few interesting shows were performed this year. On the first day I went down, I basically ended up watching a series of finales, so I really don’t know how good the entire acts were. As always, the waterfront areas were PACKED with people.

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