Virtual Villager--The Beach

A rotten old crate washed up on shore, but my villagers pushed it back into the ocean. Other then that, nothing else happened before the beach was cleared, allowing the villagers to swim and eventually (hopefully) fish.

virtual villagers--New Hut

about 10 seconds after the last puzzle was solved, construction on the new hut was completed.

Ok, so it was more then 10 seconds, but there wasn't much time between them, and nothing really happened. This should be the shortest, and possibly most boring post I've ever written on here. Yet isn't it ironic that it is most likely going to be the longest one for this game?

A little too ironic
and yet I really do think.

It's like rain. On your wedding day!
A free ride. When

at this point an army of people whose brains were about to explode from Iceman's singing burst into the room and beat him sensless. for some unknown reason he kept singing for another seven minutes. In addition to Ironic, he also sang parts of Jingle Bells, London Calling, Seven Deadly Sins and the theme from Star Trek: The Next Generation with made up lyrics.

Megacorp Games--Ratchet and Clank Going Commando

I got the Robo Rampage Skill Point when I turned Lunar City into a parking lot while fighting the Thugs-4-Less Leader as Giant Clank (this was on Dobbo. After that I stuck around Dobbo until I got the Mini Rocket Tube.

Then it was on to Joba. First thing I did, after refilling my ammo, was win the Hover Bike Race and the Charge Boots. I also bought the Spiderbot Glove and won the Gravity Boots and Infiltrator in the Megacorp Games. I found the Platinum Bolt and defeated the Arachnoid as well.

Lost of nanotech level ups in this world, mostly in the arena and fighting natives, but now it's on to the Hrugis Cloud Deep Space Disposal

Virtual Villagers--The School

Not much has happened since the last post. Spirituality and construction tech were upgraded top level 2, and a new baby was born, the first new member of the village! and then, after some cork, the school was open for business.

Virtual Villagers--Herb Mastery

Found a monkey trying to steal food. The villagers chased it and found 200 more food then as stolen. I bought level 2 Farming tech and had a villager study some of th plants on the island, resulting in Herb Mastery.

Virtual Villagers--Clean Well

Just logged on after starting a new game and my Villagers cleared the well. I also lost one when he saw a face in the trees and went to investigate, never to be seen again. He had been working on building a new hut. I moved another villager, who still wasn't doing anything, to building it, but then realized I needed to get some tech points so I could start farming so he is now on the research table. Have three of my remaining adults chain ganged at the research table while the last one keeps foraging for food.

Weekly Challenges--February 25-March 2, 2008

Didn't do too great last week. It was just a bad gaming week. Took forever for me to finish Dobbo in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, and I killed all my villagers in Virtual Villagers. Not sure how they all died, but they some how starved to death, even though there were plenty of berries on the berry bush.

Oh well. I'll repeat the goals this week. and I'll keep playing Virtual Villagers. Not going to list any goals for that game since it is kind of hard to do so. For now I'll just post challenges completed as I solve the various puzzles.

On to this week's goals.

1.) Complete More Then Meets The Eye in Transformers: The Game.
2.) Get to Mount Kolts in Final Fantasy VI Advance.
3.) Get 4 stars in Super Mario 64.
4.) Get to Todano in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
5.) Complete Level 4 of Diablo.
6.) Win the Megacorp Games in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
7.) Get 10 Skill Points in Ratchet and Clank.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Dobbo

Took forever to beat this world. Got the Tetrafiber Armor right away and my Nanotech level went up soon after that. Eventually got enough Bolts to buy the Synthenoids. Kept dieing, mostly because I would fall in the water and get eaten by the giant fish. This gave me plenty of chances to increase my Nanotech level and upgrade weapons. Eventually increased my level two more times and upgraded the Seeker Gun to the HK22 Gun.

Finally got to orbit, where I got to fight as Giant Clank. Had to fight the Thugs-4-Less Leader and when I beat him I earned the right to compete in the Megacorp Games on Joba.

Went to work exploring the Megacorp Testing Facility. Wasn't too hard. Managed to get the location of the Deep Space Disposal Facility, which is in the Hrugis Cloud. Had to spend 10.000 Bolts to get the info, so I wasn't able to get the Minirocket Tube :(

Oh well. I'll get them later, either by earning bolts in the arena or in Hover Boke Races.

Just found out they are making a Lego Indiana Jones game! From the sounds of it the game will cover the first three movies (Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull will have it's own game) and there will be no Nazis in it, but the games will follow the original storylines. This was probably done to make it easier to release internationally, since some countries don't like games with Nazis in them. Since there is no dialog in the Lego games, it shouldn't be to hard for them to change the story to take them out.

The game looks a lot like Lego Star Wars, but they in an interview on X-Play they said that it would play very different and the whip will be used a lot (as it should be) They also said that there would be sixty playable characters. How they got that many is anyone's guess, but it should be interesting to see who they picked and how they got that many.

The game is due out around the same time as the new movie, so we have to wait a few more months, but this plus the rumored Lego Batman means there is plenty of lego goodness to come :)

Virtual Villagers--New Hut

I got Virtual Villagers yesterday and started playing. When I fired up the game this morning, my first hut was done, but my main builder was sick and the berry bush, my villager's main food source, was depleted. So I grabbed all my villagers (after healing my main builder) and got them all on research. The sooner I can get to the next level of farming, the sooner I can find a new food source for them.

Man, now Phantasy Star 2 and Ninja Gaiden are on the Virtual Console. I really need more Wii points

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Defeat the B2 Brawler

Just beat the B2 Brawler. Took a while. he kept knocking me off the platform, and as soon as I got back on it he would knock me off again. In the end I ended up going to Gamefaqs for help, but it turns out what I was doing was the same thing they recommended, so I just kept at it. after a few more tried I managed to take him out.

Weekly Challenges--February 18-February 24, 2008

I did pretty good last week, accomplishing 5 goals.

Of course when you realize that most of them were in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, this is less impressive, and even more so when you consider the fact that these are all short levels, but the point is that I got 5 done!

Next week will be Ratchet and Clank Week (and last week wasn't?) here at the Game Journal. I hope to get some work done on the Skill Points in the original game. figured I'm almost at the point in Going Commando where I need to go back and start getting the Platinum Bolts and Skill Points I missed earlier in the game, so I should probably get all that stuff in the first one first.

Other then that not much new this week. Moving onto the next level in Diablo, hopefully I can finally finish the More Then Meets The Eye chapter in Transformers: The Game, and I hope to make some progress in Final Fantasy VI Advanced.

Now on to the Challenges!

1.) Complete More Then Meets The Eye in Transformers: The Game.
2.) Get to Mount Kolts in Final Fantasy VI Advance.
3.) Get 4 stars in Super Mario 64.
4.) Get to Joba in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
5.) Complete Level 4 of Diablo.
6.) Defeat the B2 Brawler in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
7.) Get 10 Skill Points in Ratchet and Clank.

Diablo--Complete Level 3

Not much on this level, just a bunch of monsters to kill. Fought some new ones; Hidden, Corpse Captains, and Bloody Ones. I also fought several Unique monsters.

Found plenty of loot, including some enchanted weapons. Sold them all and also sold my Hunter's Bow. Replaced it with a long bow, which does a bit more damage. I also found a shrine that increased the damage of all my weapons, which got me a few more pieces of gold when I sold them. Found another Book of Healing as well, bringing that spell up to level 3.

Not much else to talk about, hope there is some quest on level 4.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Tabora

Another short planet. After falling into the mining area, I loaded up on ammo and started looking for a way out. On the way, I increased my nanotech level, upgraded my wrench, upgraded the Pulse Rifle to the Vaporizer I also caught up with the Thief, who turned out to be a girl and said that by giving the experiment to Fizzwidget, I may have doomed the galaxy.

After getting directions to the Megacorp Testing Facility, I found my ship and a guy said he would fix it if I got him some crystals. While looking for them I increased my Nanotech again, found the glider (lots of fun) and a Platinum Bolt. Found enough crystals,, but my ship fixed, and found more crystals, selling them for bolts before heading to Dobbo

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Siberius

After swinging by Slim Cognito's Ship Shack and upgrading my ship to the Advaced Shielding System and some cool looking Hi-Lift Wings, it was of to Siberius.

this wan't too long of a level, but it was fun, especialy the truck ride. My Nanotech Level Increased, the Turret Glove upgraded to the Megaturret Gun, and I defeated the Thief and rescued the Experiment. The Thief got away and I met up with Mr. Fizzwidget on Tabora, where he crushed my ship and accidently ejected Ratchet and Clank into the mining area of the planet.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Notak

Lots happened on this level, which is impressive since there were only three missions.

First I got the Turret Glove from the Megacorp Vendor. It only took a couple of enamies to increase my nanotech level, and not too long after that I got the Planet Buster skill point. I kept fighting through the Promenade, taking on Megacorp Chicken Bots and Thug-4-Less Henchmen until the Blitz Gun was upgraded to the Blitz Cannon. At the top of the Promenade I found a Nanotech Boost, increasing my Nanotech level a second time.

After that it was time to go looking for the Thief. Not long after I crossed the bridge into the wharf area I found a Platinum Bolt. Fought more Chickenbots and Henchmen and got a third nanotech Level increase! Not only that, but the Gravity Bomb was upgraded to the Mini-Nuke as well.

My nanotech level increased a fourth time before I found the courdinents to Slim Cognito's Ship Shack and entered the factory. After making my way through it and fighting some more enamies, mostly Chickenbots, I bought a transmission that gave the Thief's next location.

Next stop, Siberius, but first a stop at the Ship Shack for some upgrades.

I'm going to have to add more points to my Wii Points account. I just found out that Harvest Moon is available :) Plus I'm guessing that when they finally release Super Smash Bros Brawl, the original will be made available on the virtual console. In fact I wouldn't be suprised if that is why they pushed it back another month.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Feltzin System

This was rather easy. All I had to do was defeat a bunch of Thugs-4-Less ships. 30 of them if I remember right. It wasn't to hard, and in the end I got a lead on where the Thief might be.

I also defeated a swarm of Space Wasps and a squadren of ace Thug-4-Less pilots for some bolts. Neither battle was too hard.

Next stop, Canal City, on Notak.

Weekly Challenges--February 11-February 17, 2008

I didn't do to bad last week. Yeah I only got 2 goals done, but I did reach gold in Level 1 of Links Crossbow Training, so a total of 3 goals were done, even if one wasn't listed.

I'm thinking about adding another PC game to the list. Not sure what it will be yet, or if it will replace one of the current goals or be a 7th. I have plenty to chose from, just need to decide on what genre and then what game. I only have over 200 PC games to choose from. should be easy.

On to this weeks challenges


1.) Finish Chapters 2 of Half Life
2.) Get to Mount Kolts in Final Fantasy VI Advance.
3.) Get 4 stars in Super Mario 64.
4.) Clear Feltzin in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
5.) Complete Level 3 of Diablo.
6.) Complete More Then Meets The Eye in Transformers: The Game.

Diablo--Complete Level 2

This level took longer then Level 1, if for no other reason then it was bigger and had a couple quests to complete on it. Took me about an hour total, killing more enamies, gaining a couple of levels, and making several trips to town to sell loot.

I finally got to the point where I could read the book of Charged Bolt, and I was also able to read a second book of healing as a book of Holy Bolt, giving me that spell a s well. a fair amount of the loot I found was magic, including several scrolls of various types and weapons. the only thing I kept (other then the scrolls) was a staff of Charged Bolt and a Short Bow of Quality. I kept the bow until I got my Hunters bow, and the staff I used when I ran into an area with a huge amount of enamies. I figured the spells it could send out would come in handy for that part, and it was. made it a lot easier to take out then monsters in that area.

Also got two unique items from quests. First I got the Ring Of Truth for completing the Poisoned Water quest. After a removed the source of the poison (the monsters) I talked to Cain and got the Ring of Truth. doesn't do much, but it increased my max HP by 10, +1 to armor class, and 10% to all resistances.

I also got the Butcher's Cleaver, which I got by defeating The Butcher. It gives +10 to Strength and has 4-24 damage. Not bad, and will come in useful in melee range, which the Bow isn't as good for. I also go a sword of Light, which increased the light radius by 2, but I decided to sell that.

With both quests done, I'm going to have to talk to everyone again to see if there are any new ones unlocked yet before I head down into level 3.

Link's Crossbow Training--Gold Score on Level 1

I decided to fire up the shooting gallery that is Link's Crossbow Training, and after some practice I managed to get a gold score on Level 1. Probably would have gotten Platinum but I ran out of time before I could get the last target in 1-3. Since I had only missed 1 target early in the level, I am guessing the multiplier would have gotten me enough points for Platinum.

As it was I destroyed my old score in each level, as well as the overall score. Had to practice 1-2 quite a bit, but it was worth it for a much higher score.

Might try to get platinum later, but for now I'm going to go practice for Level 2.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Barlow

This was a fun world, especially swinging through the ruins of the Gadgetron Factory with the Swingshot. While doing that I found my way to some guy frozen in a giant ice cube. Busted him out with the wrench and found out he worked at Gadgetron before they pulled out of the Bogon galaxy. Bought the Thermanator from him.

Next it was time to find the Desert Riders. Had to fight a bunch of Vukovar Tribesmen, Barlowian Saur-Beasts, and Gadgetron Hounds of Cuddly Death. Took them out no problem. There were plenty of times when I went in Wrench first before switching to the Blitz Gun. At one point I dropped down from above, took out one with the wrench and then killed the rest with my Boomstick :)

Wrench Ninjas Rule!!!!!!!

On the way I found the last operative Gadgetron Vendor in the Bogon Galaxy and I bought the Tesla Claw, Bomb Glove, Walloper, Visibomb Gun, and Decoy Glove (All free since I still had my Ratchet and Clank saved game on the card :) ) Didn't get the RYNO II though since it cost a million bolts!

After buying my old toys I talked to the biker, fixed his bike, and entered the Hover Bike Race. Took a few tries, but I won it and got the Biker's Helmet. More importantly I got the location of a Thugs-4 Less roundevous point.

During all this my Nanotech level increased, bought the Seeker Gun, won the Intermediate Hoverbike race, and the Blitz Gun is nearly ready for an upgrade. I might visit the arena before going to the next system.

Now on to the Feltzin System!

Weekly Challenges--February 4-February 10, 2008

I did pretty good, completing half the goals for last week, I would have gotten the Transformers one as well, but I had some trouble with the second mission in the chapter. Over all, it was a good week of gaming. Even better news is I found the charger for the DS. Could have gotten it from my sisters since I was there this weekend anyways, but I didn't have to since it had just fallen between between the couch and the end table :)

Now on to this weeks goals!

1.) Finish Chapters 2 of Half Life
2.) Get to Mount Kolts in Final Fantasy VI Advance.
3.) Get 4 stars in Super Mario 64.
4.) Clear Barlow in Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando.
5.) Complete Level 2 of Diablo.
6.) Complete More Then Meets The Eye in Transformers: The Game.

Final Fantasy VI Advance--South Figaro

I know I said I was going to the South Figaro Cave, but I changed my mind a bit. After Figaro Castle submerged under the sand, I fought two soldiers in Magitek Armor, took some Chocobo to the cave, fought some monsters, and got to South Figaro, where I upgraded my weapons and armor before saving. I also found what may be Sabin's house.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando--Rescue Clank

I rescued Clank, visited his apartment, and defeated the Thugs-4-less leader, for now. He wasn't that hard, I jsut kept throwing Multi-Stars at him. only took about 30 seconds. He did get a few shots off though,a nd since I was already low on health, he killed me at the same time I killed him.

On my way to rescuing Clank, I increased my Nanotech level, found the Swingshot and Grind boots, bought the Pulse Rifle, and met the weapon modifier.

next stop, Barlow to find the Desert Riders and try to infiltrate Thugs-4-Less.

I was just watching an episode of XPlay, and they did a review of Endless Ocean. If you've never heard of this game, basicly it's a scuba diving sim. They gave it 4 out of 5.

Obviously this isn't a game for everyone. My nephews would all be bored to tears by it (they are all Halo fanatics) But I kind of like the look of it, and the concept. I love watching shows about underwater exploration on National Geographic, History, and Discovory. I don't know if I would be willing to pay full price for it, but I definatly plan on getting it if I find it on a discount rack or used.