trine

right. written two and a half scenes today and my inspiration is running out. so i decided to post about the latest game i'm playing.
and no, it's not bayonetta. lordkilljoy hijacked the xbox, so i started trine on the pc. it is the best game i've played in a very, very long time. i love the idea, the setting, the graphics, the level design. i have not played a game that has kept me in the "flow" zone for so long. last night i played from 8 to 11pm and i thought it was about 20 minutes. to me, that is a sign of masterful game design. and each of the levels is short enough that you don't have time to get bored. i'm sort of playing going, "ahh, no. i don't want this game to end, ever."
the idea behind the game is that you have three characters who are stuck in a magical device called a trine and you can swap which character you play at will. they each have different abilities and you need all of them to solve the puzzles in each level.
the levels themselves are well laid out, side-scroller style. you can only go forward or back (and jump) and you have to use the terrain and your powers to get from one side to the other, collecting as many treasures as you can get to. and some of the treasures are hidden away in very nooky places that take a while to figure out a route to.

so yea. it's good. i don't have much else newsworthy. it snowed yesterday for a bit. no longer exciting. just cold. because it was miserable wet snow.

ah well. we cooked chicken tikka last night, using shan spices. shan make the best spice packets ever. and marinating chicken does amazing things to it.

right so. bye then.

p.s - we also have the new borderlands dlc to play. i'm kind of excited about that too.