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		<title>Adios for the weekend, here&#8217;s some reviews to keep you busy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m away this weekend for a joint Stag/Hen Weekend do but I have got a few reviews to keep you all busy while I&#8217;m away: First up is Drakensang on the PC. An old school RPG that&#8217;s nearly very, very good but instead is not quite up to Baldur&#8217;s Gate standards but still good fun [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m away this weekend for a joint Stag/Hen Weekend do but I have got a few reviews to keep you all busy while I&#8217;m away:<br />
First up is <a href="http://play.tm/review/23980/drakensang-the-dark-eye/">Drakensang</a> on the PC. An old school RPG that&#8217;s nearly very, very good but instead is not quite up to Baldur&#8217;s Gate standards but still good fun and certainly excellent value for money! As not the greatest fan of the Oblivion style of RPGdom (although I&#8217;m going to be slightly hypocritical in a minute), it was a refreshing change to go back to the party based RPG on the PC. </p>
<p>As well as this, I&#8217;m now writing a few reviews for <a href="http://theportablegamer.com">ThePortableGamer</a>. They&#8217;re much shorter than what I&#8217;m used to writing and it is taking quite a bit of adjustment for me. After writing 1,000-2,000 words per review for nearly two years, it&#8217;s a bit of a shock to the system trying to fit everything into 500ish words. Anyway, here&#8217;s some more links: <a href="http://theportablegamer.com/2009/03/iphone-review-wordology/">Wordology</a> (far too addictive and yet so simple!) and <a href="http://theportablegamer.com/2009/03/iphone-review-bookworm/">Bookworm</a> (if only it had been Bookworm Adventure rather than regular Bookworm). </p>
<p>A Silent Hill Homecoming review should be forthcoming next week too <img src='http://www.halycopter.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Seems a little odd to only have the one review to do at the moment!</p>
<p>Anyways, moving away from work. I&#8217;ve been rather hooked on Fallout 3 again. It&#8217;s hypocritical after my earlier comment about the Oblivion style of RPG but I am enjoying it. I&#8217;m still not quite convinced that it deserves some of the near perfect reviews I&#8217;ve seen but it is still well worth a purchase if you&#8217;re still one of the few people yet to try it! I enjoyed the Operation Anchorage DLC, it made a nice change of pace. In a strange sort of way it reminded me of Goldeneye, I&#8217;m still not quite sure why, but it did! Also plenty of exp to be had too. I haven&#8217;t played The Pitt yet, I&#8217;m waiting till I&#8217;m over level 14 (for the sake of the karma achievements) then I&#8217;ll go give it a shot. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also been playing a rental copy of Broken Sword: Director&#8217;s Cut on the Wii. I&#8217;m still not convinced about the Wii being the console for me. What can I say, I&#8217;m a lazy gamer. I like being able to sit back and &#8216;slob out&#8217; on the sofa while I game. I feel like I have to sit to attention for the Wii a bit because of the Wiimote controls. However I&#8217;m enjoying Broken Sword. I&#8217;m a huge fan of the original on the PC (and Broken Sword 2) so that helps a lot. It does look pretty dated admittedly but I can forgive it. Not sure about some of the new Wii-centric puzzles, one involving opening a safe felt a bit irritating but I think a lot of that was down to the fact that the disc kept jamming (why do people rent games then treat them so appalling? <img src='http://www.halycopter.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> ). I&#8217;m intrigued to see what the DS version is like so might see if I can find a cheap copy of that sometime. </p>
<p>Must try the DS version of Chrono Trigger too, and GTA:Chinatown&#8230;&#8230;hmm might need to dust down my DS I think! For once, there are games I want to play for it.</p>
<p>Best sign off now, long drive to Chester in the morning! </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget you can <strikethrough>stalk</strikethrough> follow me on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jenjeahaly">Twitter</a>. </p>
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