My mission, should I choose to accept it, was to escort a gold-filled train through treacherous territory. Along the way I would have to knock out gigantic sticks of dynamite obstructing the track, take down a few tanks, sink a destroyer coming down the river, and blow up a few UFOs. All with my sackboy in a little toy helicopter.
One other thing. The characters driving the train are Buzz Lightyear and Woody.
This week I got to try out the Toy Story DLC for Little Big Planet 2. A friend of mine suggested I should give it a shot. For some reason he thinks I like the game. “But it’s probably just a bunch of goofy costumes and stickers,” he said. “So don’t get your hopes up.” I didn’t. I don’t really care for costumes (sorry Ken). It’s not that I’m not a collector, I’ve just come to be fond of the way I’ve kitted out my sackboy, so turning him into Slinky Dog doesn’t interest me. I gave the DLC a spin anyway.
It helped me win the Cold War.
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The following comment from this interview with Gears of War 3 writer Karen Traviss explains a lot.
I don’t read novels. I’m a novelist, but I don’t read. I don’t like reading. I love comics. I love reading comics. I can still read comics and write, just about… But I come from a TV background.
The single most important thing anyone can do to be a better writer is to read, and specifically to read lots of different kinds of things. But if you want to write truly atrocious stuff like Gears of War 3, by all means stick to comic books and television.
It’s going to happen sooner or later, on every system you own. You’re going to want to download something, or install something, or save a game, and you’re going to discover you’re out of storage space. So you’ll have to wade into the data management option in search of stuff to delete. And you’ll discover things you’d long since forgotten.
For instance, to make room to download a Wii Ware title, today I discovered that I played Manhunt 2 on the Wii. I did? There even was a Manhunt 2? And it was on the Wii? Also I apparently played something on the Wii called Boogie. I’d rather you didn’t let that get around.
There’s something simultaneously familiar and daunting about the Treasure logo appearing when I fire up Radiant Silvergun, a classic bullet hell shmup that thinks a lot more of me than I do. I love Treasure games, but you have to “get” what Treasure is trying to do in any given game before you “get” what they’re trying to do.
Does that make sense? If not, you’ll have to forgive me. I’ve applied more brain power to Radiant Silvergun than I intended, so I’m running on a mental deficit right now.
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