A Lizard of Unusual Size

So! I just played Silent Hill: Homecoming after renting it for a few days. It's the first Silent Hill game I've played since I'm a huge pussy, but I finished it, so I'm very proud of myself. Well . . . finished it kind of. I couldn't beat the final boss because I went in ill-prepared D: Five rifle bullets and the knife was all I had on me, because I wasn't thinking this was the LAST boss. So I pumped all the final dudes full of ammo then went in all AW CRAP. I tried three times, but fighting it with a knife is so terribly boring :( so I watched the ending we would have gotten on youtube and called it a day. (this was after playing it for nine hours straight. gave me some weird dreams, I tell you.)

I'm really happy I've finally played a SH game, since I've read so goddamn much about them that I could probably write a novel without having played any of them (besides watching an LP of 0rigins). I liked Homecoming, though! Besides the sewers, they were terrible. I haven't heard many fan reviews besides on SA, but they all seemed pretty positive. I really grew attached to Alex throughout, even with his weird monkey faces.

Rented the new Prince of Persia, as well. It sucks. Pretty graphics, nice new tricks, but the snark makes me want to shove barbed wire in my skull. I hate the prince AND his stupid bitch that clings onto him like a whore even though she quite clearly has the same jumping-climbing skills that the prince does. Also I don't think it's right that a brand new game should still be able to pull the whole artificial-lengthening deal, making me go through a level once to get to the boss, then again to collect all the shiny things. Boring.