Month: February 2006

Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)

Ye Gods! Chapter Six was a bit….. strange! I went back in time on a train and ran about in a submerged city. Then I went to the moon! Or was that before? Anyway, I killed EVERYTHING and then three months passed and I ended up back in the future where five years had passed.

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Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)

Hah – chapters three and four pwn0red. Chapter five is proving a bit, well, mad – involving chasing a train while gunning down bad guys, running along the top of the train while gunning down bad guys and running along the inside while sharing some biscuits between bad guys. Oh no – it’s not sharing

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It’s madness – madness, I tell you!

Right now, we’re attempting to bring some form of order to the kids’ rooms. As we’re moving out on the 7th April to take up temporary residence in rented accomodation, we need to work out what is going into storage before being shipped to Oz, and what we’re taking with us to the rented house.

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Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)

Just what the doctor ordered – an ennui-breaking side scrolling blaster from Treasure, the company who brought us the sublime Radiant Silvergun. It has everything – a surreal black-hotpanted non-baby with a finger lazer, ultra powerful arm cannon, and, erm, butt-mounted gatling gun. No, really! Oh, and jetboots. There are also RPG-lite elements in there,

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Leaving Navyblue

It’s often said that everything has to come to an end eventually. In the case of root canal treatment, this is a good thing. In the case of a particularly fiery vindaloo, it’s not so good. Leaving Navyblue is definitely very close to the incendiary curry end of the spectrum (or rectum, if you prefer).

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