Review of LittleBigPlanet: BradyGames Signature Series Guide

October 25, 2008
James Skemp

Rated 5 stars. Rate this review on Amazon. Purchase this guide or game through Amazon. First of all, this is a beautiful guide. Every time I pick up one of the Brady Games guides I'm impressed with the quality of the actual item. Nice smooth pages, great colors, etcetera. About 66% of this guide deals with the story mode. This involves a checklist of items for each level, as well as hints and tips on completing them successfully.

October 25, 2008
James Skemp

Right or wrong, GameStop was in stock and selling pre-orders of LittleBigPlanet today, so I was able to pick up my copy, along with the official guide. Thus far I've gone through four complete areas, and picked up the trophies accordingly. On only the first level did I actually get a 100% (but not the Ace award), and with the later levels, I had to retry a number of times.

October 12, 2008
James Skemp

A brief guide/listing of specialists for Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (Playstation 2 Greatest Hits) is now available. While there are other guides available, I didn't find one that I could easily print out and make note of which character had which specialists. Now I've got one. Comments appreciated.

August 7, 2008
James Skemp

Got a notice of http://littlebigplanet.us.playstation.com/ in my Gmail account a few moments ago. I was unaware that LittleBigPlanet was already available for pre-order. I looked at Amazon, but, quite frankly, I want it rather quickly. BestBuy.com doesn't have it listed, but Gamestop.com does, so ... my first online purchase through that site. Store pick-up selected, of course. What I don't care for is that there will supposedly be different items available for pre-ordering, depending upon where you do so.

August 1, 2008
James Skemp

This morning Charter fixed whatever issues they were having, so I was able to purchase and download the full version of PixelJunk Eden. I played 30 minutes this morning, and many hours this afternoon/evening. (When I shut down for the last time, my rank was 1013 - I'm sure it's already changed though.) As the demo suggested, this game is the closest thing to a masterpiece I've seen in a very long time.

July 10, 2008
James Skemp

While not yet announced on the official blog, Firmware 2.41 is out this morning for the Playstation 3. No word yet on what happened with 2.40, but, that's to be expected I suppose (and unfortunately). (I didn't get 2.40 when it was out - they seem to release these in the morning, and most days I'm at work in the morning.) Now if only you got something that really mattered when you got a trophy/achievement/what-have-you .

June 22, 2008
James Skemp

The following review is for The Complete Official Guide of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The short story: If you're new to MG, BUY THIS BOOK. If you want to completely* understand this game, BUY THIS BOOK. If you want to have a book that you can be glad you spent every penny for, BUY THIS BOOK. :D MGS4 is my first experience with the entire Metal Gear 'saga.

June 20, 2008
James Skemp

Naked Normal Total Play Time: 20:31:09 Continues: 7 Alert Phases: 107 Kills: 326 Recovery Items Used: 39 Weapon Types Procured: 52 Flashbacks Watched: 164 Special Items Used: Not Used Title: Hawk Unlocked: Hawk, Rabbit (on purpose), Inch Worm, Lobster, Hyena, Cow, Panther Completion 2 Liquid Easy Total Play Time: 08:06:42 Continues: 0 Alert Phases: 16 Kills: 0 Recovery Items Used: 0 Weapon Types Procured: 63 Flashbacks Watched: 198 Special Items Used: Not Used Title: Wolf Unlocked: Wolf, Pigeon, Hawk, Hyena, Scorpion

June 12, 2008
James Skemp

Wow. Imagine Black, but with stealth, better graphics, and less damagable property, but definitely better sound and effects. That's Metal Gear Solid 4. Despite the fact that I don't play these types of games very often, I only died three times. (Granted, I'm playing one level above wuss.) However, I'm not very fair in, since I've actually been something of a collector in my travels. I've also yet to get used to the sneaking about (oh, you have to hold the button down to grab them, then slash), so I've basically been stealth walking about, bailing out militia.

April 25, 2008
James Skemp

After all the hype, I finally had the chance to actually play a demo of echochrome, the M.C. Escher-ish game that's coming out for the Playstation 3 and PSP. The first Google result, for a YouTube video, gives an excellent presentation of what the game is like. However, at least in the demo, the camera controls seem sluggish. Perhaps the Sixaxis motion control would make this easier - I haven't tried it yet.

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Review of LittleBigPlanet: BradyGames Signature Series Guide

LittleBigPlanet - First day, first thoughts

Specialists guide/listing for Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (Playstation 2 Greatest Hits)

LittleBigPlanet - New site and available for pre-order

Thoughts on PixelJunk Eden

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