lost in games

• A magical 2nd half, together with some flawless offside decision making, was all i needed in a mostly non-gaming Sunday. Even though Arsenal’s target this season should only be to qualify for next year’s Champions League, it’s feels so good to beat Chelsea in their home ground. Arsene, enjoy this win and stop whining all the time to the 4th official and move on with building a title contending squad at last.

• Finished reading Criminal: Lawless (Vol: 2), a crime graphic novel. I like these guys (Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips). Very enjoyable series. I recommend it.

• Left 4 Dead is a fantastic multiplayer experience even in split screen. Played it on Saturday and the game constantly surprises and overwhelms you (in a good way). Each enemy type is oozing with personality. For example the first time i encountered a Hunter was fatal….Now every time i hear a girl crying i keep the hell away. And don’t get me started on the Tank….Brilliant game. I believed that the game was ideally suited for playing only with friends and not random people on Live but i read this beautifully written post on Graffiti Gamer that changed my mind.

• I am currently in Chapter 5 (a total of eight) in Mirror’s Edge and have two things to say. First of all, it’s a really short game. I mean it’s a game where the story can be finished in a weekend at most. Of course you can replay it at harder difficulty levels and also do the time trials but for a Euro 60-70 game i consider it a very short game. The second thing is that although innovative it is flawed in the way the developers want you to play it. I will have more on that in a later post.

• After going through a few DS titles to make a decision, i decided to start playing Square Enix’s The World Ends With You. Beautiful art! The combat needs some getting used to as you are fighting with two characters. One is in the touch screen and controlled via the stylus while the second is on the top screen and controlled using the d-pad. It needs some getting used to. Again i will write a few comments on the game later on as it’s very interesting.

Bravo re ethnikara. You made us proud! Our Cyprus national football team last night was the better team against an Ireland which had “hopes” for qualifying for the EURO 2008 final stage. We should have won all three points last night and with a margin of 2 goals. Unfortunately the finishing was both poor and unlucky.

Nevertheless this national team is the best we have had ever and at last the players themselves are finding it out for themselves. They have the confidence to play good passing football and attack even in away games now. Under “Angelos”, our psycho manager, the team has made great leaps. I just hope that we don’t lost our faith. The players need to keep this confidence even after setbacks and the fans should support the team more.