Last night, Dave and Katriona invited me over for pizza and PS2. We got some pizza from “Homer’s Pizza” and rented some games from Microplay. We rented (I say we, even though it was really Dave renting the games I picked out ;-)) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, NHL Hitz Pro, and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, but only played the first two. Overall, Turtles was a good game, but it lacked a certain something - two certain somethings actually, players three and four. The camera angles and some of the mechanics (you have to kill all the baddies before you can advance) were mildly annoying, and the voice stuff was brutal, but overall it’s not a bad game.

Hitz Pro is a different beast than Hitz 2003, and suffers from it. Hitz 2003 was so close to a great game that it’s hard to follow it. They could have settled for cleaning up some of the minor interface problems in 2003, but instead they went for a complete overhaul. The fancy heads aren’t available without a cheat, and team customization options suck. The game itself is good, if too easy. I think there’s another difficulty level we needed to notch it up to. At the same time though, it was fun to beat the Saskatoon Barnstormers 27-0. The “shoot from anywhere - it’ll go in” style of gameplay would get old quick though. We were playing on “pro” though, so it’s not like we were playing “rookie” or something. Overall, it just reinforced my desire to pick up a copy of 2003.

They’ve invited me over again tonight, but I think I’m going to stay home and go to bed early. Very early. Way too early.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Well, anyone who beats you up for wearing a shirt isn’t your friend.” - Marge