Professor Leyton & the Curious Village [DS]

Play it for:
* atmospheric, claustrophobic story.
* great animated cutscenes.
* sense of achievement.

Avoid it for:
* tricksiness gets you wrongly second-guessing some ambiguously worded puzzles.

Sam n Max [wii]

Play it for:
* episodes that escalate along an insane story arc.
* wickedly offbeat humour and characters.
* great game to play with a friend.

Avoid it for:
* buggy.
* occasionally frustrating puzzles.

Making Babies

OK, I really need to write mini-reviews of a couple of games I've finished recently. So this is a reminder to me to do that soon. But given the positive reception of my last playful attempt at poetry, I've written something new for all my fans. I hope both of you enjoy it!


Making Babies

I feel a throbbing, deep desire that's bursting to get out,
A fiercely blazing inner fire that makes me want to shout,
"Let's make babies!"

I've got the perfect partner now, the family planning starts,
(You trap your lover with a vow, and then you trap their parts).
So in and out and out and in - this ain't no cricket game.
It's serious and sexual fun, with one specific aim...
To make babies!

A cloud on the horizon lurks, a problem blocks the way.
Don't worry, folks, our plumbing works. But both of us are gay.
Can sperm meet sperm and interact, with bottom as a womb,
Subverting biologic fact, and thus bring life to bloom?
We need a miracle of luck, so now you see our trouble.
One gives then takes; in turns we fuck - to make our chances double
And make babies!

We try sooo haaard. Is hope too blind? Reality has won.
Reluctantly I change my mind and turn the oven on.
"Let's make cookies!"

Amsterdam Poem - Work in Progress

The summer days of Amsterdam
Are long as long can be.
The sun forgets it's meant to set
Until nine forty-three;

Perhaps it gets excited there
(Now that makes sense to me)
To watch the people eat and smoke
And play and laugh with glee,

'Cause there's so much to see and do
For any cultured man.
I'll list the main attractions now
Of laid-back Amsterdam.

For those who have a sinful bent
There's shops for sex and drugs;
A green-brown light for skunky highs
But red for naked hugs.

For those who love the Christian God
Or merely like His Word
There's bibles by the metric tonne
To please your inner nerd.

For those who want to gawp and shrink
From man-made misery
There's Holocaust memorials -
Horrific history.

So many ways to get around
By bus, by boat, by bike,
By tram, by foot, or even car...
Just pick the mode you like.

The native Dutch are friendly folk
And most are Anglophones
An extra scoop of ice-cream tops
The spittle in the cones.