Gears of War is much love. <3 Considering what an ugly bastard Marcus Fenix is, he's strangely attractive. In the same way as my PC from Fable - all covered in a map-marking of lines and points - is attractive, that is.

In other words, I think I just got used to him.

And in other words, I got luckier than PC2: mum's character Dom.

But I'm miffed Carmine and Kim died. I spent ages bringing Carmine back, only for the git to get shot in the face. And as for Kim... Hell, I wanted to kill the bastard myself. He kept standing in my way, directly in front of whatever I was trying to shoot.

But the fact his death was stolen from me was annoying.

Mum doesn't like the Berserker: she can't run away from her fast enough.



Viva Pinata is so much fun for a game aimed at kids... but there's no way a kid could appreciate that game. It's more delicate than Sim City, and less easy. (I can finish most scenarios in an hour these days... At least, I could when I spent most lunch breaks doing them.) Its still fun though, if you enjoy feeding Wirlms to Sparrowmints.

I keep wanting to call them Wurmples.