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NOW PLAYING: PEGGLE and Friends

Unlike many, I have resisted the lure of Peggle. But the recent deal on Pop-Cap games meant I was able to buy a copy for $3. Somehow I ended up with two copies due to a timeout but for $6, i don’t care. This has already supplanted many PSN/XBLA/Wiiware games as far as I am concerned.
If you’ve never played peggle, its weird to explain. You have a ball firing gun that pivots long a short arc and you have to hit certain coloured pegs before you run out of balls. Its like Pachinko, Pinball, Bust a Move, Breakout, etc. And there’s a unicorn in there.
Normally games like this bore me after about five minutes, but Peggle is just hard enough to challenge you, but not too hard to frustrate you into never ever playing again. After months of Fallout, Resistance 2 and Killzone 2, I had been looking to something colourful to provide sharp relief, contrast if you will. Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts is not a relief. Peggle is.
I got to the final boss in Killzone the another night and spent a while trying to beat it, but to no avail. Fuck this “wave after wave of my own men” shit. I might try and give it another go on the weekend, or I might go back to PoP. But the CoD WaW maps are out and I have enjoyed that game, despite lag. Some call it lag, others call it my incredibly dull reflexes.
I have been looking forward to killing Killzone 2 so I could enjoy some game-free time (which usually just means I play multiplayer for a while) on the weekends as I plan my next movie (watch our videos on the Clive Pwned Video link).
I know that every year I need about 3-4 weeks, spread throughout the year, where I am not playing videogames at all. Usually this coincides with travel so there’s no problem there but occasionally I just want to spend a weekend doing absolutely NOTHING!