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Ninja Gaiden Black

May 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Posted in @Home

Ninja Gaiden Black

In my previous post I mentioned that I will conquer Ninja Gaiden Black. Well, I am pleased to announce that I managed to complete up to Chapter 2. Hey, at least I got past the initial stage.

It took me a while to get used to the game pad. I manage to reach the first boss, Murai. I got beat up pretty bad the first 3 times and had to repeat the entire sequence from start. When I finally beat him, I got labelled as a Ninja Dog. Bloody hell…

After that, I discovered how to fight properly with the game pad. All this while, I was simply slamming buttons. And I managed to beat Murai with this technique. Not bad eh?

I was starting to get the hang of it and successfully beat all those brown/white ninjas and the samurais. I gave up after the 5th time trying to beat Masakado. He has got those irritating ‘magicians’ that keep appearing and disappearing all over the place. That’s cheating (according to Jarod’s handbook of gaming ethics).

Anyway, I stopped there and went to bed. Will continue later. Next time I’m sure I’ll beat the crap out of that horsey fellow.

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Xbox Virgin

May 13th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in @Home
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I’m working in a game development company. But believe it or not, I’ve never played any console games before (with the exception of the 1st Atari when I was a wee little kid). So when my friend loan me his xbox set last week, you can imagine my excitement.

I hooked it up to my 21 inch. The TV not my… never mind; and started reading the manual. I don’t usually read manuals but I wanted to make sure I got everything right. Besides, they didn’t come up with the word “RTFM” for nothing.

Together with the xbox set, my friend also loan me his collection of games. The first game I tried out was Ninja Gaiden Black. I gave up at the first level… the level where you’re suppose to get to the top of the hill… I didn’t manage to get there. Yes, I’m ashamed. Shut up. May I remind you that this is my FIRST console game.

Then I tried Jade Empire. I got to level five before I restarted with another character up till level 5 again. Didn’t quite like it. I then tried Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I was hooked. I played on for a few hours before my aching body start screaming “GO SLEEP!”

Well, I’m gonna have this xbox for a sometime so I’m gonna maximise it. As for the stupid Ninja Gaiden Black, I’m gonna conquer it no matter what.

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