Lost: Via Domus
Xbox 360

Feels like I’ve been playing a lot of TV/movie IP games lately.

I’m a big fan of Lost. I don’t spend hours on the internet looking stuff up, but I thoroughly enjoy watching it, thinking about the plot and analyzing episodes.

As a fan of the show, there were things I liked about Via Domus and things I didn’t.

Pros:

• I liked being able to wander around and visit the places I’ve seen in the show. Not anything amazing, but kind of cool.
• Good sense of discovery as I wandered around.
• Jungle graphics looked good.
• Getting to see areas we haven’t in the show (like behind the walled-in parts of the Swan station).

Cons:

• None (or barely any) of the voice acting is done by the actors from the show.
• It is the definition of a linear game.
• The character dialog was often uncharacteristic either in general, or because of timing. For example, people acting in a way that they wouldn’t until later on in their time on the island.
  Super short.

Overall, it was an interesting adventure game, set within the existing story of Lost. The jungle graphics looked great but rather than the vast, lush jungle it appeared to be, it was mostly a series of jungle-looking corridors. Mostly ‘go here, grab this’ quests. Here and there were puzzles, but they were all wiring circuit puzzles of increasing difficulty. Meh.

Bonus: An easy 1000 Gamerscore and did I mention it was super short?

If Michael Scott has taught us anything: Booze cruise = guaranteed win.

So to celebrate my sister’s birthday, we went out as a family and drank.

Oh, they served food on the boat, but that wasn’t why we were there.

And these dudes were there, from Cuba. Because nothing says Kelowna like… Cuban music?

[Complete pictures can be found here]

Evil Romer says: I’m beating you again
QuietJACKNIFE says: damn you
Evil Romer says: as much as I don’t want to compete for Gamerscore, it feels so good when I’m winning again
QuietJACKNIFE says: lol
Evil Romer says: and when I’m losing it’s all like, “this is dumb – why do I even care?”
QuietJACKNIFE says: i know!!

Twice in one day:

Apparently this is J’s standard ‘caught-off-guard‘ pose.

Anyway, it was J and Jenn’s going away party today. Meaning, show up early and help us pack up our house. I was too smart for them, though, and by the time Laura and I arrived, all that was left was to move the heavy washer and dryer out of the apartment. Okay, so not that smart…

Ah yes, and then we went swimming / jumping off a platform into the water somewhere in Westbank-ish.

Too embarrassed to come up with a caption for this.

so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu

…on our fridge

I can have two kinds of jam on a single piece of toast!

Squish it into the living room!