What I Played Today: August 27

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Plants vs. Zombies, DJ Hero, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

I finished two games today! That’s quite an achievement, if I say so. Sure, I was on the last level on both games, and was just a matter of finishing things up, but hey, they are done. In the can. Boosh.

I first completed Plants vs. Zombies. Finally figured out that the big damn zombies are just, you know, big, and a cherry bomb will take out half their life, so that they were actually defeatable before they squashed all my stuff. Also, screw that little zombie. But the true test was the Zomboss, who has a giant robot. I had to look up a hint so that I didn’t lose all my dude, but after about five tries, he was dead, and I got to “enjoy” their cute little ending song. Ug, cute songs. So, now I need to grind levels until I can afford the ridiculous prices for the cool stuff. Luckily, pretty easy on the early levels, which I finally have access to.

Also beat Lara Croft: the Guardian of Light, which I had been reviewing (review should be up early next week), after finally slogging through the second to last level and killing the huge damn demons that hold the keys to the door, and then I had to fight Xolotl, who has a stupid complicated name. It was only tough because of the first level, in which the entire floor is covered with spiketraps, which would occasionally catch me. But the game made it easy by handing me the ultimate weapon halfway through the boss level, so...thanks.

Also played DJ Hero some more, which is neat. I want a new DJ though...all the beginner DJs look like complete idiots. But man, I wish I had an interest in the scenester scene, because the mixups are really fun. Speaking of scenester stuff (I forget, are scenesters douchebags? I think they’re cool), I downloaded Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and played as Kim Pine for a while. Best part about Kim Pine? Her Knives attack is a reference to the coolest part of Volume 4. It’s pretty awesome. But the game is good. The only problem is that a lot of the action happens at the edge of the screen, where I can’t see anything. That’s not where action should happen. Just saying.