Mega Derived

I love Lumines II. And Lumines I, for that matter.

Later tonight/tomorrow/this week, I’ll do a post defending the PSP. It’s about time somebody did one. It’s not that bad, people! Infact, if you play with it a bit, it’s actually quite good! Seriously, I haven’t gone mental. I’ll just talk about it later, that’s all. What I want to devote this post to, my friends, is Lumines.

So, I’ll get to the meat of the issue: I love Lumines. And Lumines II, for that matter. I’m a year or two late, sure, but it’s fashionably late.

For those that haven’t played it, you get two coloured blocks. They might be, say, orange and grey, depending on which ’skin’ you’re playing on. The drops descend from top to bottom, and to clear them off the screen you have to make quadrilaterals out of them. In short: Make big squares to score big points. If you get to the top, you’ve died. Added twists are the fact that fancy music plays in the background, and when the level changes, so does the music. It’s very cool.

They’re just divine. An eclectic mix of music, coupled with a high score-driven puzzle game? Why, that’s about all the addictive I can take, Mr. Game Designer! Wait, you’ve added more? You’re adding…. unlockable content? Oh god, I just don’t think I can take it.

Here’s a fun story. It’s early December. I’ve just spent an hour on the toilet. I started at 3am. I was done with the, you know, toilet, by about 3:05am. Maybe even earlier. I did not, however, leave my bathroom abode until 3:55, and that was only because the battery in my PSP was dying and needed to be stuck on the charger again. To make matters worse, i’m only up this time of night to do important revisions to my coursework essays, due in at 9am this morning, which account for 60% of my grade on the modules I have spent twelve weeks studying for. Grr!

To conclude: Lumines is one of my favourite games and it has enriched my life.