Glad you moved to such a cool city. I've actually been to Perth. Went there when I was in the Navy. My ship was there for 5 days. Such wonderful people,they were just fantastic. We were at a big pier at Fremantle. At night we had these huge parties in a warehouse they loaned us. Tons of locals came out(many of them girls) to drink and visit with us. During the day we roamed around Perth. It was so cool because it had the things we liked from the US. But also had lots of things unique to Australia. I'm a big fan of the Crash Bandicoot games. Warped is my favorite. They will always remain in my collection,as I consider them classics.
Moving to Oz and hand held delights (gaming that is!)
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 On 04/03/2013 at 09:44 PM by Chunopo See More From This User » |
Well a lot's been going on at the moment, my wife and I have just moved to Australia which is exactly the other side of the world and my dear old ma is not too happy about it, but hey a guy can only take so much bad weather which England has in spades! We decided on Perth (WA) and its absolutely amazing out here. It's fast approaching winter but the temperature is well into the thirties and the sun makes for a ultra relaxed attitude, though the price of stuff will take some getting used too, it works out to be about £10 ($15 Aus dollars) for a pint of beer! Great incentive to cut down though.
so I ve gone from this:
to this:
Were currently looking for a place to live but again it's pretty hair raising, you actually have to bid here for property rental and we only have about a week left in our hotel so were cutting it a bit fine. All f our stuff is coming via ship and unfortunately will take about two months to arrive, that means my lovely flat screen and X box will be all by their lonesome until then, and who knows what state they'll arrive in! I wasn't anticipating such a long wait but luckily I brought all of my hand held gaming goodness on the plane with me. My trusty 3DS and PSP will have to serve me right until I can finish playing Ninja Storm 3 and Dishonoured (which I was really starting to enjoy).
So far I ve re-played Ocarina of Time and I am currently having another blast through Kid Icarus which always seems to impress with it's visual spectacle! Despite the control issues (of which there are a few, particularly in the 'ground' levels) the developers really went to town in creating an experience that signifies what the 3DS is all about. That's what I've always loved about Nintendo's hand held systems, they tailor experiences to 'on the go gaming' even console releases like Ocarina of Time and Starfox lend them selves well to 10-20 min sessions, though they play equally well for an hour or two!
Comparing that to the PSP is interesting as I do feel that many games for Sony's portable flag ship attempt to cram a few too many console experiences into the mix, not that this is a bad thing of course as you can 'turn off' the console and hours later turn it back on to be exactly where you left off without the need to re-load, however the most fun I have had here is re-visiting PS1 classics. I've been playing all three Crash Bandicoot's and Resident evil 1,2 and 3. Also having been inspired by Grey Haired's last play through of MGS1 I think I'm going to start again on that bad boy, but I won't be aiming to beat GH's impressive completion time!
Whilst en-route to Perth we stopped in Singapore and I happened to come across this little number:
Crash and Mario on the same platform! yes please, though not sure how successfully this has been pulled off, I didn't have the funds at the time to purchase but you tube footage has led me to believe that it's an interesting experience.
Any how I hope to get some more art work out there soon, I've got my latest Ultimate Battles piece to finish so I'll post the 'unfinished' line drawing asap, though all my artists equipment is currently en route with my TV and X Box so I need to find an artists supplier out here.
Peace out ladies and gents.
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