Jul 26, 1:40 pm
I have recently picked up a new super power. I have become EMR Girl, fighting the forces of evil technology. I have the power to emit electromagnetic radiation in a way that devastates even the toughest electrical machine. In my mighty equipment-fighting battles I have managed to render my digital camera useless, break my wireless doorbell, watch my friend receive irretrievable text messages, observe my oven light up but refuse to heat up, and of course give the touch of death to my Xbox 360.
I obviously see this new super power as a gift and hope that soon I will be able to tame it and use its awesome-ness for the good of mankind. True, I may be somewhat presumptuous to call it a super power. For example, there is in no way that the batteries of the above mentioned appliances may have simply died, or suffered a general electrical fault. Instead I am convinced it is my own super-powered doing, and I am going through the stages of transforming into a super hero. Currently I am - as I guess all super heroes were at some point - a little unhappy with the way my powers are developing. This stage will pass.
Before I fought off the evils of my Xbox 360 I was actually enjoying making a start on a game that I had overlooked for some weeks. It was looking miserable and untouched and I am but a kindly soul, so on Jam’s recommendation I thought I would give it a go.
Hence I was playing a little WarTech Senko no Ronde last week (before I had to do such tiresome things as move house and go back to University for 3 days, which somewhat impeded my continued play.) I was really getting into it. As Kitt and Jam mention in the recent podcast, at first it seemed samey and I had no idea what was going on. This is possibly because I didn’t really read the in-game subtitles explaining the plot. But I soon started to see the subtleties in each characters’ weapons, and how they could influence the final boss fights. So when I left to go back to University, I was actually looking forward to returning and playing it again. But alas, now I have super powers and my Xbox 360 is bust, so I shall have to read the new Harry Potter instead, then find out if Okami does indeed play without any backwards compatibility issues on the PS3 ... That is unless the world needs me to rid my front room of the evils of the PS3 as well, but I do hope I am not called upon for such a task.
