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Well I’m officially back to work after an enjoyable 27 days off on paternity leave and I can’t say I’m glad to be back. Straight back into the deep end, I’ve been reminded hard why I was looking for another job prior to Ethan being born and I think the hunt will be back on sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed and post Xmas, I could be officially teaching Game Design at Preston College… that sounds utterly more awesome than answering phones to Ballbags ever could!

And speaking of games, I officially broke the Achievement Point 40k barrier whilst baby and mother slept, proving that my addiction to gaming can officially withstand the birth of a child. But of the games I’ve played, a few minor summaries would be:

Civilization Revolut’n : Awesome… buy it now!

FIFA Street 3 : Annoying but fun in brief periods

Bee Movie™ Game : Surprising deep for a movie game, great game engine

Virtua Tennis 3 : Brought back memories of the Dreamcast because this game could be called Virtua Tennis 2+, Now with New Douchebags

Beautiful Katamari : Great but very, very cheap of Namco to rerelease a PS2 version and then nickle and dime XBL for the new levels…

SEGA Superstars Tennis : Frustrating as hell yet sometimes brilliant…

EA SPORTS FN 3 : Give Me Geekpoints… not a bad game though… worth a play through

LEGO® Indiana Jones™ : Amy liked this a lot more than I did in Co-op mode… I found myself getting annoyed with her wandering off…

Battle for the Pacific : Wank… and I still completed it…

LEGO Star Wars: TCS : Completely cheap if you’ve already played through Star Wars II as its just bolted that onto the first three chapters

Top Spin 2 : Meh…

Halo 3 : Eventually played through the entire game on Normal after beginning it on Legendary and after a few Near Joypad Destruction Experiences, reduced the difficultly to Heroic, then down again to Normal….

NHL 2K6 : Fucking game… I did the damn score a penalty achievement on All Star and I didn’t give me the achievement!

I also got my ass down to Morrisons today in my lunch break, to get Viva Pinata : Trouble in Paradise. Normally I would be ashamed to step foot in a Morrisons but for this week only they have all the Top 10 games for X360 and PS3 for £25, most Wii games for £15 (including Mario Kart with Wheel) and DS games for £12.

Other than looking after baby and gaming though, I haven’t been up to a great deal… a bit of Nintendo DS demo coding to show potential employers, some humorous eBaying and some grilling in the rain. Nothing exciting really!

This update was more to make sure I could still log into my blog than anything else…