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enjoy!

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

i read that in the mag, but still know nothing about the bloody game

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 23 January 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link

It's surreally fun, Alan. You are rolling rolling rolling a ball all around the house, the town, the beach, picking up random objects that are strewn all over that magically stick to the ball (if they are no bigger than the ball at that moment). The ball gets larger, you pick up cabbages and eyedrops and new driver signs; larger still and you pick up cats and park benches and lifeguards and sumo wrestlers! On most levels you have a time limit and a size goal. The animations and randomness are great, the speeches the King of All Cosmos makes are bizarre, and you are making the stars to put back in the sky. Things can bash into you and knock stuff off your katamari; if you are thwarted in your goal, the King chastises you severely. But you can always try again! It's just exceptionally surreal and more fun than most.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Stop lying to Alan guys... this is a joke and not a funny one at that. If you can't tell that this sick demented game is a metaphor for AIDS in Afroca yet, well, you're in for a lot of cold hard sobering.

Peace, jah rastafari,

Steve Shasta

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link

wow, steve shasta has discovered ILG

― kingfish kuribo's shoe (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 07:11 (eighteen years ago) link

did the first one of these ever come out in england?

― tom west (thomp), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 05:52 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm sure i'd like it. but it takes me a year to finish a game, and i've still got 2 or 3 games i want to get done, and then the new zelda will be here, ect

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

BTW thank Jaq!

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Yr welcome! This game is such a stress-buster, I don't care if I ever finish it. I'm up to Star 7, but RJM has made the moon already and is going back to pick up all the cousins. We have yet to even open We Love Katamari!

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link

I was feeling really kind of pseudo-bipolar so I rented "rehash sequel" We Love Katamari and "super-amazing Game of the Year" Resident Evil 4 yesterday. Played WLK for 5 hours, decided to try RE4 for a change of pace, dicked around and got pitchfork-murdered for 20 minutes, then switched back to rolling things up. I'm pretty sure this means I am not a True Hardcore Gamer now or some shit like that, but fuck it. I ROLLED UP CAPE CANAVERAL, BASTARDS.

― disco violence (disco violence), Thursday, 26 January 2006 02:13 (eighteen years ago) link

"i'm sure i'd like it. but it takes me a year to finish a game, and i've still got 2 or 3 games i want to get done, and then the new zelda will be here, ect"

As noted above, this is less a game and more of a game that you play to escape games. It's a wondrous trifle; reasonably easy to beat but compelling enough that you'll return to it again and again. Why else roll up a million roses?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 January 2006 03:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh christ

― disco violence (disco violence), Thursday, 26 January 2006 06:22 (eighteen years ago) link

HAHAHA, the cat!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 January 2006 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link

i just pre-ordered this today, it better be as bloody good as you lot make it out to be.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I bought a cheap s/h ps2 and pre-ordered it, so it had betterer be as bloody good as you lot make it out to be.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I am going to pre-order this, so it etc etc

― melton mowbray (adr), Thursday, 26 January 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I have it in my hand. Why isn't it time to go home yet?

The kids drawings on the back are teh cuet.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 3 February 2006 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link

The UK box is even BETTER than the Japanese one!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:11 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm supposed to be saving for an arcade stick, but this is more important, right?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:27 (eighteen years ago) link

We saw one at the V & A museum!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:35 (eighteen years ago) link

gah why did i choose 3 day delivery service! i won't have mine until next week.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:47 (eighteen years ago) link

AMAZING!!

as i finished posting that - guess what the mail woman has just planted on my lap?

I love you Amazon!!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Doh! Well neither will I, if that's any consolation. It's not going to sell out everywhere is it?

xpost, lucky sod!

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago) link

and i will be able to sample it at lunch time when i go home, but i just got a text off a mate inviting me out for drinks tonight so i won't be able to get addicted to it. best not to turn it on after work then.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 3 February 2006 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link

ha! this is great, gotta love that music. I couldn't put it down at lunchtime and was late getting back for work.

Soooo have to resist playing it before I go out tonight.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey guys, guess what game I'm booting up that doesn't belong to me.

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

the original ghostbusters game?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link

my friend just got this. i won't be able to try it for at least 5 days tho >:O

― W i l l (common_person), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link

This is great, but I can't play it any more THIS WEEKEND as my son has come from his mothers' with instructions he's not allowed ANYTHING ELECTRONIC as punishment.

Parenting sucks.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link

OMG s1ocki, how did you know!?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Bahhh, it's going now. No more Katamari for.. four days?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

And blimey aldo, that's a harsh punishment! What did he do that warrants spending a whole weekend playing noughts and crosses in the dark?

― melton mowbray (adr), Friday, 3 February 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Apparently she came back in and found him playing his DS when he was already serving a 1 day ban. Harsh but fair, I suppose.

I JUST WISH IT DIDN'T AFFECT ME ON THE RELEASE DAY OF KATAMARI.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 3 February 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9643/katamariverucacy5yw.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Saturday, 4 February 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

http://katamaribombacy.ytmnd.com/

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Saturday, 4 February 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link

http://craphound.com/images/mariokatamari.gif

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2006 00:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Katamario!

― melton mowbray (adr), Sunday, 5 February 2006 09:57 (eighteen years ago) link

We Love Katamari: the best game ever made.

― jeffrey (johnson), Sunday, 5 February 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

CAN'T... STOP... PLAYING...

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Sunday, 5 February 2006 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

So i rolled up to the sun today.

That Bird level is just the most amazing thing ever, it just gets bigger and bigger and doesn't seem to want to stop.

Love it all! Apart from the campfire mission which bugs me a bit.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 6 February 2006 00:06 (eighteen years ago) link

okay it's the best game ever made but is it worth paying £35 to play on a friend's PS2? n.b. this is more than i have paid for any game since the dreamcast died

― tom west (thomp), Monday, 6 February 2006 11:34 (eighteen years ago) link

lolz at PAL

― A BOLD QUAHOG (ex machina), Monday, 6 February 2006 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

pretty much all current-gen games come with a 60hz option so eh

well, they used to

― tom west (thomp), Monday, 6 February 2006 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link

JON OTM. Is it really worth playing games in squashed slow motion just for a few extra lines?

― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link

okay it's the best game ever made but is it worth paying £35 to play on a friend's PS2? n.b. this is more than i have paid for any game since the dreamcast died
-- tom west (u3i0...), February 6th, 2006 11:34 AM.
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I bought a cheap s/h ps2 and pre-ordered it, so it had betterer be as bloody good as you lot make it out to be.
-- aldo_cowpat (aldo...), January 26th, 2006 11:18 AM.

We Love Katamari: the best game ever made.
-- jeffrey (jeffrey...), February 5th, 2006 4:20 PM. (later)

CAN'T... STOP... PLAYING...
-- aldo_cowpat (aldo...), February 5th, 2006 5:48 PM. (later)


― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 6 February 2006 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

If I don't buy this tomorrow, I'm going to be sort of upset with myself. I suppose tonight I should play killer7 through and get all the creepy-nasty-sweary stuff out of my head for Katamari.

― melton mowbray (adr), Monday, 6 February 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

So i rolled up to the sun today.
That Bird level is just the most amazing thing ever, it just gets bigger and bigger and doesn't seem to want to stop.

Love it all! Apart from the campfire mission which bugs me a bit.

-- Ste (ste.foste...) (webmail), Yesterday 6:06 PM. (Fuzzy) (later)

hey, i rolled up the sun on the same day!

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 February 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

and I've played this all day today.

So someone has to help me, where the heck are the last 100 cranes on that origami level. I've been in every classroom and the locker room and still can't get much more than 900!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link

| Starting Room.................................................152
| Hallway.......................................................454
| Bathroom......................................................153
| Third Room....................................................120
| Second Room...................................................121

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link

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