February 2007 Entries

It's all in the cards

A few friends and I have been playing the EVE CCG for a few games now, and last night we played our second game as a group and now even think that we got the rules right. I was up against a Caldari and Minmitar deck that I think weren't modified from the starter decks, and I played a modified Amarr starter deck that used Juggernaut Platforms in order to provide a reason for them not to attack me, Moon Harvesters to up my income if they didn't attack and Warp Disruption Fields to also put them off...

XBox Live

I play a lot on my XBox, sometimes even while playing Eve. OK, generally when I'm sitting in corp chat just chiming in when something gets my interest, but having games that I can play when I don't fancy doing much in Eve is vital in order to keep my interest up. XBox Live Arcade is an interesting thing, but I'm getting really disappointed with a lot of the games recently because they seem to be nearly all retro remakes. Take this week for instance, Paperboy. If I want to play that they I'll grab an emulator online. The problem...