Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Spring Is Dying
Because today the temperature actually rose to 26 degrees. My God, the kid that grew up in Edmonton in me still isn’t used to these southern temperatures…
Sickness Continues
It’s good thing we mostly stay at home. I expect we’d both be sicker right now with constant exposure to other people. For all I know the Wife’s blah-ness could have resulted from last week’s little outing.
It's Official
I don’t like Heathrow airport. Compared to other airports I’ve been through the layout is inefficient and there’s an incredible waste of space. Oh well, it’s only for layover to the final destination.
Oops
I kind of surprised myself by powering through Infamous on Hard difficulty and actually finishing it. Of course, this isn’t really “finishing” the game any more than it’s considered finishing a Grand Theft Auto game if you only play story missions and ignore all that wonderful optional stuff just lying around in wait, which is [...]
Whoo!
Harmonix releasted a funk pack! James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire and Average White Band! Holy hell, playing funk on guitar is HARD.
Wow.
Every once in a while a game comes along that surprises you simply because you had no (or even low) expectations about it. This is one of those games. Best described as “Electro Jr. Goes To Liberty City,” Infamous is a non DC/Marvel superhero game. You control a guy named Cole suddenly imbued with eletrical [...]
And Done
Aquanaut’s Holiday has been thouroughly explored. Probably the only game I’ll ever play in my life that lets me examine sea slugs, swim next to Megalodon and… chase after the planet Mars.
Don’t ask.
Saturday In Shelter
Another day at home, though there was plenty of good reason since the hottest day of the year so far was also accompanied by one hell of a rainstorm. People were almost getting knocked down on the street by the force of the wind alone.