2 Down! + Snowmobiling

Finished two games this weekend! Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles and Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

Layton: 9/10 (Based entirely on my comparison with other puzzle games)
Creed: 6/10 (It's a wanna-be platformer/slash-em-up {think God of Playground-fighting})

Layton had 135 of the coolest puzzles I've ever solved. I was actually able to reach 100% completion, which was fun. Not many games allow this sort of completion without hundreds of hours of searching.

Creed on the other hand was kind of a Game-sploitation of the console version of Assassin's Creed. However... it did explain who Adha was, and made for a pretty decent prequel. The gameplay was the worst part.... though not debilitating difficult. I'm very excited to see what time period the sequel takes place in. With the hundreds of clues throughout Assassin's Creed, I am willing to play just about anything to sink my teeth into more of the story.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to play through Mass Effect again as a wussy sniper or magic user.

Regarding things other than gaming, I just returned from Cle Elum Washington with Mark and Heidi + Family. First off - they are SUCH a wonderful group of people. If you're reading this, THANK YOU!! Within an hour of being at the cabin I had a snowmobile stuck on a 50-degree incline, and in eight feet of snow. A few minutes after that Mark had his machine rolled over 15 feet below me on the same hill. Don't take this as a bad thing... at least I gained a healthy respect for powered sleds while it was warm out. The next couple of rides were amazing. Especially the one at 10pm up to the 5k summit to drink champaign and bullshit next to a fire.

In addition to snow-sports I got to experience a pretty awesome bonfire, great company, several games of liars dice, catchphrase, and about 35 pounds of bacon, eggs, lasagna and chicken. Before leaving I introduced the kids to Skeet shooting and handguns. Sandy definitely has a Walther coming in March. ;) On the way home we passed through two semi-famous central Washington boroughs. North Bend (Twin Peaks) and Roslyn (Northern Exposure).

Heidi took a few great pics and videos. I'll post them as soon as I can!

Thanks!

-- T