Let's think happy thoughts!

The author of the blog has been feeling like utter crap lately. (Differential diagnoses: infectious mononucleosis? adjustment disorder? major depressive episode?)

So here's some happy thoughts, in order to flood away the darkness in the author's life:

Ouendan!
I've beat Ouendan 2 the same evening I had started on it. It's fairly easy, WAY easier than the first game in normal mode, which ended up sort of a disappointment. Which game deserves to be completed in just 1 evening? Apparently 2 of my online friends, Richie included, finished it in the same evening.

The new songs aren't as catchy, perhaps except for a couple of levels. The only memorable song, oh well, was the final level. They have made use of some new, fun hit marker patterns which makes for most of the improvement in this game. Add that to the ability to skip the song intros, which makes gameplay way less frustrating for the more difficult stages where you end up restarting the level quite often.

Kishidan
Kishidan is the band that probably inspired the concept of Ouendan. It's no surprise that their hit One Night Carnival is found in the first game. Here's the video of them perfoming live. Cool stuff.

Bread and butter pudding
I made bread and butter pudding! Recipe here.