I've been without a car this week which has made it hard to get to MK's for gaming, but I managed it one day by bus. Here are the results.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - At level 15 of 20 in the Verdigris Black Hole. I got stuck fighting the boss in the space ship Aphelion. I guess I was stressed about my car and my patience worn thin because I quit after a trio of fails. Those darn laser lines you have to dodge kept stripping away my health. I'll go at it again sometime. I absolutely loved this game.

Red Faction Guerilla - I must've bought this when I couldn't find a copy for 360. I have that now and did a unsuccessful playthrough a few months back. I didn't feel like revisiting it so soon. I'll probably trade it now I have a 360 copy.

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - I thought I'd play it again on PS3 for Trophies but discovered this came out in '08 just before Trophies were implemented on PS3. So no Trophies. DIdn't matter, because I love this game and played one of the scenarios through to a Domination victory with Ghengis Khan. I have a weird fascination with building roads between my cities. It's like, conquest is only so I can build roads and watch troops, settlers, caravans and spies travel them.

Motor Storm - A good off-road racer, choose between all sorts of vehicles and bump and grind around wide open, windy tracks full of jumps and obstacles. I was just not in the mood for it. It's fine but a little more active crashing into opponents would have engaged me more, like more Burnout style.

PixelJunk Monsters - This has been installed on my PS3 for ever and I've played it many times. I jumped back in and tried all the special missions, failing every single one of them. I even failed after a few levels in single player on Regular difficulty. I must've forgotten all my strategy in this tower defense game. I don't mind though because my favorite part is just building towers and watching the carnage. I think I'd just enjoy a building sim instead more.

God of War Origins Collection - I got these two PSP games for $10 on PSN, but I kept having DSN errors and disconnects as I tried to download them. Usually the DSN error corrects itself with a reboot but this time it kept losing the connection every ten minutes or so regardless whether I was streaming youtube, downloading or just playing a game. I hope this doesn't continue because it's very discouraging. I might have to do some troubleshooting. Maybe it's just MK's internet connection but he never lost connection on his XSX. In a way though, it doesn't matter much because I continued playing offline without any problems. I may just watch the download next time and see if it comes down without interruptions.

I continued on with the first Borderlands, used Roland for my character, and took an attitude that I was going to use the turret special ability as much as possible. I only got a few missions in before I had to stop for the day. I'll be continuing it, and hopefully getting trophies, next time.

I'm off work 'til next Friday on a supposed vacation, but without a car, it's a pretty muted affair (lots of walking too). Still, I'm near both bus and train routes so I'll manage.

Next time, back to 80s gaming with the year 1985.